15/02/2017 BBC Wales Today


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Here, on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.

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Thousands of steelworkers at Tata vote to accept less generous

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pensions in a bid to secure the future of the industry.

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And, they say we'll all be driving electric cars soon -

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so why are there so few places to recharge them?

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They've voted for less money in future to save their jobs.

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Tata steelworkers, including 6,000 in Wales,

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have overwhelmingly backed a deal that will end the company's final

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The company's offer included a ?1 billion investment

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commitment at Port Talbot and no compulsory job losses.

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Here's our Business Correspondent Brian Meechan.

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28-year-old Scott's been working at Port Talbot for ten years.

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He followed his dad into the Tata plant.

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Scott and his workmates have had a tough decision to make.

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Obviously pension is not at the front of our minds

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as the older workforce but obviously it gives us hope for the future,

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that's what we need, we need to save the steel industry

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for our future and the future of the next generation coming through.

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Workers are being offered a pension that will give them

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a lot less in retirement than their current one.

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The company will pay 10% into the pension pot

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Tata says it's essential to secure the long-term future of Port Talbot

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The pension deal is also tied to a 10-year ?1 billion investment

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plan to support steel-making at the site.

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A minimum five-year commitment to keeping two blast furnaces

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And a commitment to seek to avoid compulsory

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I think although the employees at Port Talbot and elsewhere have

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They didn't really have any choice in the matter.

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The traditional company pensions scheme is dead

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Companies are closing the pension schemes left, right and centre.

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We had Tesco, which was a very big one, about a year ago,

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When the pensions deal was announced in December,

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the workforce seemed split and there was a significant chance

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But in the end members of the Community Union voted 72%

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Unite reported 75% vote in favour on a 69% turnout.

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While GMB says it members voted yes by 74% in a 51% turnout.

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Local union leaders who also worked at Talbot initially said they'd let

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But last month they urged them to back the deal,

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arguing the alternative was almost unthinkable.

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I don't think anybody had any great pleasure in putting the X in the yes

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box and I think people have thought about future and, you know,

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it is the ultimate sacrifice, you know, absolutely immense to do

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Do you think that Tata can rebuilt trust and how does

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Everybody I think now has got to a stage where we are tired,

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frustrated, and we need to rebuild confidence in ourselves,

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in the company and put us back where we need to be.

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The future of Port Talbot and the rest of Tata's steel

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operations may be a little clearer tonight, but there are many more

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decisions to be made about what that future looks like.

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A 23-year-old man from South Wales will appear before

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Westminster Magistrates tomorrow charged with possessing information

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likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing

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Nathan Saunders, from Tredegar, was arrested earlier this month.

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Police investigating an armed robbery at a shop in Usk have

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The incident happened at the One Stop Shop on Sunday morning.

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A 36-year-old from Blaina and a 42-year-old from Little Mill

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A 15-year-old boy from Little Mill is in police custody.

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Severn Trent has completed its takeover

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Shareholders were against the deal because of fears over job

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But they dropped an appeal opposing it on Sunday.

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Wales urgently needs a network of rapid charging

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That's the call from campaigners who say a lack of infrastructure

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in rural Wales is holding back the growth of low carbon vehicles.

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More from our Environment Correspondent, Steffan Messenger.

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Making the switch from a diesel van to an electric model

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was all about cutting fuel costs and helping the environment

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Based in Newtown in Powys, he delivers plumbing

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He's installed his own charger, which tops up the van

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But far from helping his business, he's found that a lack of points

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to plug into whilst he's out and about means this new vehicle

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On a fully charged battery, you're basically, you get about 70 miles.

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I mean, people talk about this thing, range anxiety,

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Currently to operate an electric vehicle in mid Wales is quite

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Currently, so-called rapid charging points that can top up an electric

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car in around 20 to 30 minutes are only available in four

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locations along the A55, and eight stops along the M4.

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Without some serious forward planning, the rest of Wales is,

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Use of electric cars is growing in Wales.

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Latest figures show there are 1,725 licensed vehicles here,

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The Welsh government says it wants to see that continued.

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More of us choosing electric vehicles will help tackle carbon

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But campaigners say a lack of charging infrastructure means

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the switch isn't happening as quickly as it could.

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People want to travel and use electric vehicles, but they can't

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because infrastructure isn't there, and infrastructure isn't going to be

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What I would like to see is government recognising that it

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does need some grant and funding support.

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Back in 2015, a report by transport experts commissioned by the Welsh

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government made a string of recommendations to

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They included installing charge points on all government property

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and encouraging local authorities to do the same.

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All the places that people want to go need to have

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And so until we get to that level, I think we are still going

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to struggle a bit to really make a difference in terms of our carbon

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The Welsh government told us it was considering the recommendations

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that it received and was committed to helping the low carbon vehicle

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Back in Newtown, Richard is hoping it won't be too long before he has

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other faster points to plug into, apart from his own.

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Able and talented pupils are not getting enough attention

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in Welsh schools according to the education watchdog Estyn.

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It says schools focus on helping pupils on the borderline

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The Welsh government agrees it needs to help able pupils

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Snooker now and Lee Walker, Dominic Dale and Michael White

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are all through to the last 32 of the Welsh open in Cardiff.

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But the star of the show was 15-year-old Jackson

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He's also through to the next round, out-performing some of the best

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Let's see what the weather has in store - Derek has the forecast.

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Jamie, I think we have seen the last of the cold weather for a while. In

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fact, if out like spring this afternoon with some sunshine.

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Temperatures in many places up to 12 Celsius. There is more mild weather

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to come over the next few macro days. Showers in the south this

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evening will clear. The rest of the night dry, clear spells. Some low

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cloud and mist. Not a particularly cold light. A bit chilly in land.

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Tomorrow morning, much of the country's drive. Right in places.

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Some sunshine developing. Across the rest of the UK, watch out for the

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patch in southern England if you are travelling. They will gradually but

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during the morning. Most of the South Pine and dry. The two showers

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and northern England. Breezy in Scotland with a few showers there.

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Some rain into Northern Ireland, which will cross the Irish Sea to

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North West England. 12 Celsius in London. Most of Wales dry tomorrow

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afternoon, some bright spells, some sunshine. Rain spreading down into

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the north of the afternoon was some of that could turn heavy.

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Temperatures above average. Some rain in the north tomorrow evening

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and overnight stop gradually turning light and dying out. Further south

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it is dry, some low cloud and mist. A bridge of high pressure over us on

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Friday with a cold front to the west of Ireland. Any list of fog on

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Friday morning will lift. Some sunshine and dry but cloud spreading

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from the West during the afternoon. Rain approaching Pembrokeshire. Over

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the weekend a few spots of light rain and drizzle but no more than

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that. On the whole, dry weather and staying on the mild side. The use

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soon. Jamie. -- see you soon. From all of us on the

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programme, goodnight. So, apparently Red Nose Day

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is back... Cool. So, we...

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We love Red Nose Day. Yes. So, Comic Relief have asked

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if we can help with a bit a reboot of the show.

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OK, cool.

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