:00:02. > :00:05.Welcome to Wales Today. Tonight's headlines:
:00:05. > :00:15.The fight for cheaper, faster internet access in the countryside
:00:15. > :00:24.
:00:24. > :00:27.- pressure on providers to cut Also tonight:
:00:27. > :00:37.Campaigners trying to save their church heckle the Archbishop of
:00:37. > :00:39.
:00:39. > :00:42.The Archbishop offers parishioners an olive branch - they can buy
:00:42. > :00:46.their church. So what future for Maerdy?
:00:46. > :00:49.Good evening from the Royal Welsh Show. There's a very special
:00:49. > :00:59.anniversary being celebrated here. Welsh Young Farmers Clubs have been
:00:59. > :01:05.going for 75 years and there's no sign of them slowing up.
:01:05. > :01:09.This is what being a member is all about. Joining in and having fun.
:01:09. > :01:19.And a hero's welcome - Cecil Foster was one of Britain's most famous
:01:19. > :01:20.
:01:20. > :01:22.sailors, now his hometown is Good evening. It's an issue that
:01:22. > :01:26.affects people across rural Wales and, today, an announcement that
:01:26. > :01:30.could see customers paying less for broadband. The telecom regulator
:01:30. > :01:35.Ofcom has told BT to drop the price it charges other internet providers
:01:35. > :01:40.to use its network. More from our Rural Affairs Correspondent Iolo ap
:01:40. > :01:44.Dafydd. For four days of the year, if you
:01:44. > :01:48.run a business in rural Wales, this is probably the best place to meet
:01:49. > :01:52.and forge new contacts. But how can you expand your business if you're
:01:52. > :01:55.based in an area which is more of a not-spot rather than a hot-spot in
:01:55. > :01:58.terms of fast broadband connection? According to the UK's telecoms
:01:58. > :02:01.regulator, Ofcom, 12 local authorities in mid, north and west
:02:01. > :02:05.Wales are amongst the worst connected areas in Britain. An
:02:05. > :02:07.example of how that leaves you at a disadvantage is Frances Volecker's
:02:07. > :02:13.business. She's an architect and works from her home in Pantglas,
:02:13. > :02:18.near Penygroes in Gwynedd. If you were a young person trying to set
:02:18. > :02:22.up a business and you had these kind of problems, you could not do
:02:22. > :02:28.it here. You cannot set up a business in a rural area which
:02:28. > :02:31.relies on broadband connections to the rest of the world. You can't
:02:31. > :02:34.compete with the towns. BT largely provides the internet
:02:34. > :02:38.infrastructure which more than 400 other companies use and then charge
:02:38. > :02:41.their own rates to customers. Ofcom has asked BT to drop the wholesale
:02:41. > :02:45.price they charge those providers who service rural areas. It costs
:02:45. > :02:52.more to provide the internet in rural areas and customers there can
:02:52. > :02:58.end up paying more. What will happen will be that the wholesale
:02:58. > :03:02.offer that BT will sell to the 400 plus service providers out there
:03:02. > :03:06.will be flexible within rural areas. I think that is partly because they
:03:06. > :03:12.have been cases where the rural areas have been charged more and BT
:03:12. > :03:15.has never charged more in the rural area. BT were doing the big sell
:03:15. > :03:18.today at the Show, explaining a new fast broadband scheme in Cornwall.
:03:18. > :03:28.The telecoms regulator feels the onus is on them to start bringing
:03:28. > :03:28.
:03:28. > :03:33.prices down. What we are doing by enforcing a charge control, in
:03:33. > :03:41.forcing BT to put a price cut on the charge they charge their
:03:41. > :03:44.wholesale customer companies such as Sky or Vodafone, that creates
:03:44. > :03:48.greater competition. Milking time at Brynrhyd farm in Llanedi,
:03:48. > :03:51.Carmarthenshire. Last year, Dawn Richards was at the Show, and
:03:51. > :03:55.seized on a grant from the Welsh Government to improve a
:03:55. > :03:58.frustratingly slow internet speed. Her farm now has a small satellite
:03:58. > :04:08.dish and broadband has transformed the farm business as well as home
:04:08. > :04:12.life. We use on a daily basis. My husband unit -- use it for silage
:04:13. > :04:17.analysis and buys different things for the farm on it. Before, when we
:04:17. > :04:21.had dial-up, which was impossible, because by the time you got to the
:04:21. > :04:25.site you wanted, you were cut off. The UK Government has promised
:04:25. > :04:28.almost �57 million to improve broadband in Wales. Currently
:04:28. > :04:31.there's a bidding competition to see which company will take
:04:32. > :04:36.advantage of public money and make our internet lives easier. BT are
:04:36. > :04:45.one of the bidders. What customers want to know most is, can they have
:04:45. > :04:51.better access at lower prices? This is becoming a big political
:04:51. > :04:55.issue. There is a lot of political emphasis being put on this and the
:04:55. > :04:58.financial and economic implications. We hear how much money the UK
:04:58. > :05:03.government will put aside but the unofficial estimate is that there
:05:03. > :05:07.will need to be around �200 million to roll out new generation super-
:05:07. > :05:10.fast broadband right across the country. There are ongoing
:05:10. > :05:14.negotiations to see how much and where that money comes from. There
:05:14. > :05:19.is another issue as well which Ofcom alluded to there, that there
:05:19. > :05:23.has got to be services for everyone in Wales, not just the 78 % of
:05:23. > :05:29.broadband users in urban areas but also in the countryside. Mid-Wales,
:05:29. > :05:33.North Wales and West Wales. They have got to have the same services.
:05:33. > :05:36.Campaigners trying to save their church in the Rhondda have been
:05:36. > :05:39.told they can buy it. The parishioners of All Saints in
:05:39. > :05:43.Maerdy have been staging a sleep-in protest since its closure nearly
:05:43. > :05:45.three weeks ago. Now, the Archbishop of Wales has offered to
:05:45. > :05:49.sell them the building and agreed that two weddings, cancelled
:05:50. > :05:52.because of the closure, can now take place. Dr Barry Morgan made
:05:52. > :06:02.the concessions during a sometimes heated meeting at a neighbouring
:06:02. > :06:05.
:06:05. > :06:08.church last night. I think all of this is getting out of hand.
:06:08. > :06:11.Shouted down by parishioners of All Saints, the Archbishop of Wales
:06:11. > :06:21.struggled to calm the protestors who want to prevent the closure of
:06:21. > :06:24.
:06:24. > :06:28.their local church in Maerdy. we're asking for is a 12 months.
:06:28. > :06:30.This meeting of the Parochial Church Council in Tylorstown last
:06:30. > :06:32.night degenerated into a heated exchange. The Archbishop's
:06:32. > :06:35.concession to sell them their church at a knock-down price
:06:35. > :06:43.failing to lift their spirits. Church in Wales is able to offer it
:06:43. > :06:45.for sale far below the market value to a charity. He said we could buy
:06:45. > :06:49.the church and still have to worship there but we would have to
:06:50. > :06:53.pay for everything. We would have to pay the costs of the vicar. It
:06:53. > :06:57.would be our building but the land would never be ours. They've been
:06:57. > :07:00.worshiping at All Saints in Maerdy since 1885, but this month that
:07:00. > :07:03.came to an end. With a dwindling congregation and a mounting repair
:07:03. > :07:13.bill, estimated to cost hundreds of thousands of pounds, All Saints was
:07:13. > :07:18.
:07:18. > :07:21.earmarked for closure. Incensed by the move, parishioners have held a
:07:22. > :07:24.sleep-in protest for nearly three weeks and have been seeking to
:07:24. > :07:27.overturn that decision. After the meeting in Tylorstown last night,
:07:27. > :07:29.campaigners invited the Archbishop to come and see their church for
:07:29. > :07:32.himself. There he held an unscheduled evensong service and
:07:32. > :07:35.reiterated the offer from the Church in Wales to the parishioners
:07:35. > :07:38.- form a charity and buy the building. Once it was brought up
:07:38. > :07:46.into an appropriate standard, then we could resume and they can
:07:46. > :07:48.worship here, but it would not be a church in Wales building at that
:07:48. > :07:58.juncture. Is this a signal of the way the Church in Wales is going to
:07:58. > :08:03.
:08:03. > :08:06.go? This is where my mother got married. Though the Archbishop did
:08:06. > :08:09.not grant the church a reprieve last night, he did overturn a
:08:09. > :08:12.decision to cancel weddings scheduled for All Saints this
:08:12. > :08:19.summer. That's come as a great relief for nurse Stephanie Rowe,
:08:19. > :08:28.who'll be the fourth generation of excitement of being able to go
:08:28. > :08:30.ahead with it in the church. It at the church I have always gone to
:08:30. > :08:34.as a child. Back at the church, the campaigners are arranging for a
:08:34. > :08:41.structural survey so they can find out just how much needs to be spent
:08:41. > :08:47.on saving the building. He called it yesterday afternoon and his
:08:47. > :08:52.first words were, there is no need to close this building. There is
:08:52. > :08:58.nothing that cannot be fixed in this building. It will take many,
:08:58. > :09:01.but we are more than prepared to sort out our finances.
:09:01. > :09:05.campaigners say they can't see the point of the offer to sell them the
:09:05. > :09:10.church. Any money spent on buying the building will actually reduce
:09:10. > :09:15.the amount they have to spend on repairing it. For the time being,
:09:15. > :09:18.the vigil goes on and this row continues.
:09:18. > :09:23.The battle to succeed Ieuan Wyn Jones as Plaid Cymru leader will
:09:23. > :09:27.begin in the New Year. The party says it wants a new leader in place
:09:27. > :09:30.before next May's local elections. Mr Jones had already announced his
:09:30. > :09:37.decision to stand down after a disappointing performance in the
:09:37. > :09:41.Assembly elections. I do hope there is a contest
:09:41. > :09:46.because party members really value having candidates coming before
:09:46. > :09:54.them. I have done to leadership elections and the party members
:09:54. > :09:57.need to know that they have had a vote in deciding the next leader
:09:57. > :09:59.and the next leader needs to know that they have the support of the
:09:59. > :10:02.party when they take over the position.
:10:02. > :10:06.Small businesses employing fewer than ten people will be exempt from
:10:06. > :10:09.a new carrier bag levy being introduced by the Welsh Government.
:10:09. > :10:19.From October 1st, all retailers in Wales will be required to charge 5p
:10:19. > :10:23.
:10:23. > :10:26.for every bag used as part of the environmental scheme.
:10:26. > :10:29.The public services union Unison says it's disappointed that Wrexham
:10:29. > :10:32.Council is considering whether to privatise its home care services as
:10:32. > :10:34.part of efficiency measures. It says it would be the first local
:10:34. > :10:37.authority in Wales to completely outsource the assistance it offers
:10:37. > :10:41.to elderly and infirm people at their homes.
:10:41. > :10:43.Wrexham Council says around 80% of its home care is provided by the
:10:43. > :10:48.private sector and is consulting on transferring the remaining 20% that
:10:48. > :10:50.it currently offers. It wants to concentrate its efforts on a scheme
:10:50. > :10:54.which helps people regain their independence after suffering health
:10:54. > :11:01.or welfare problems. But Unison says that could come at the expense
:11:01. > :11:05.of other vulnerable people. The 20 % that we still provide at the
:11:05. > :11:10.moment is absolutely vital. The private sector does have a contract
:11:10. > :11:12.to provide 80 % of care, however, we are aware of many instances
:11:13. > :11:16.where they do not fulfil those contracts and our carers have got
:11:16. > :11:20.to pick up the pieces when the vulnerable in our communities are
:11:20. > :11:23.abandoned by the private sector. Care Forum Wales says the private
:11:23. > :11:26.sector is more than capable of providing excellent home care, but
:11:26. > :11:29.agrees with the charity Age Cymru that the onus is on local
:11:29. > :11:33.authorities to demand a good value and high quality service. That is
:11:33. > :11:36.where councils need to be very careful in terms of who they are
:11:36. > :11:39.commissioning, to make sure that in those tender processes, they are
:11:39. > :11:44.aware that the services are going to be of a high quality and they
:11:44. > :11:49.are satisfied with that. Also, companies need sustainable business
:11:49. > :11:52.plans. We have seen the problems with residential homes recently.
:11:52. > :11:55.Wrexham Council says it will offer alternative employment or voluntary
:11:55. > :11:59.redundancy to the 50 staff who would be affected.
:11:59. > :12:02.Still to come in the programme: The dream of a third Olympic medal
:12:02. > :12:06.is still alive - David Davies could still qualify for London, despite
:12:06. > :12:10.missing the World Championships. And Cecil Foster was a hero -
:12:10. > :12:20.leading his ship-wrecked crew to safety. Nearly 90 years on, his
:12:20. > :12:23.
:12:23. > :12:26.Welcome back to the Royal Welsh. You join me overlooking the main
:12:26. > :12:32.ring, where earlier today thousands gathered to see the Welsh champion
:12:32. > :12:36.cob being crowned. It's always a fiercely contested competition. The
:12:36. > :12:39.Prince of Wales Cup is one of the most coveted trophies at the Royal
:12:39. > :12:42.Welsh. This year's winner was Abergavenny Morning Queen. Her
:12:42. > :12:52.owner, Jonathan Batt, from Abergavenny, is with me now. What
:12:52. > :12:55.
:12:55. > :12:58.did the judges say put her ahead of the rest? She was a standing today.
:12:58. > :13:05.She was full of substance and moved and cover the ground pretty well
:13:05. > :13:09.today. It must have been very nerve-racking. It does play on the
:13:09. > :13:16.nerves. We have been competing at the show for 25 years now.
:13:16. > :13:22.Competing in the final line-up does play anew. How much is she worth
:13:22. > :13:26.after all of this? She has won the biggest show of her career so to
:13:26. > :13:32.put a price on it is hard to do. She will always stay in Abergavenny
:13:32. > :13:37.now and she will have a home for life as we planned. The prize money
:13:37. > :13:42.is not much but it is all about the prestige today. Yes, we have been
:13:42. > :13:46.breeding and showing Welsh cobs for 25 years now. We have never won the
:13:46. > :13:54.Cup. We have been reserved before but she has finally come through
:13:54. > :13:57.Forest today. -- for us today. Join us again in a few minutes.
:13:57. > :14:07.We'll be toasting happy birthday to the Young Farmers Club. See you
:14:07. > :14:11.
:14:11. > :14:17.the Young Farmers Club. See you Herr evidence have to gel three
:14:17. > :14:21.innocent men. Eight ex-police officers deny conspiracy to the
:14:21. > :14:25.pervert the course of justice. Police are hunting a 28-year-old
:14:25. > :14:27.man who absconded from Prescoed open prison in Monmouthshire. Gavin
:14:27. > :14:31.Williams who has links to South Wales was convicted of grievous
:14:31. > :14:33.bodily harm in 2009. He's thought to be dangerous and members of the
:14:33. > :14:36.public are asked not to approach him and contact the police.
:14:36. > :14:39.The Airbus plant at Broughton in Flintshire has had a huge boost
:14:39. > :14:43.after American Airlines placed an order for 260 A3-20 passenger jets.
:14:43. > :14:46.The wings for the planes are made at the North Wales site.
:14:46. > :14:49.Sport: Wales' two top distance swimmers
:14:49. > :14:52.are preparing for a showdown next year to decide who will represent
:14:52. > :14:55.Great Britain at the Olympics. Today, Tom Allen from Flintshire
:14:55. > :14:58.missed his chance to guarantee selection in the 10 kilometre open
:14:58. > :15:02.water race after finishing outside the top ten at the World
:15:03. > :15:05.Championships. That result has thrown a lifeline to Beijing
:15:05. > :15:12.medallist David Davies who now has another chance to qualify for
:15:12. > :15:15.London 2012. Two Welsh Olympic careers hung in
:15:15. > :15:18.the balance as today's race got underway. 19-year-old Tom Allen
:15:18. > :15:21.knew a top ten finish would guarantee him a place at the London
:15:21. > :15:26.Olympics, at the expense of Welsh great David Davies, who'd chosen to
:15:26. > :15:30.miss the World Championships because of fatigue. In the end,
:15:30. > :15:34.Allen could only finish 26th. He'll now have to try again next year,
:15:34. > :15:41.where he'll need to beat his friend and countryman if he wants to swim
:15:41. > :15:49.the open water in 2012. Back in Cardiff, Davies spent a nervous
:15:49. > :15:54.night waiting for others to decide his future plans. I have not
:15:54. > :16:02.thought about it too much. Last night, I realised it was a big deal.
:16:02. > :16:05.I was waiting for the firm to go. I have got a massive incentive.
:16:05. > :16:08.Davies is one of Wales' greatest modern day Olympians, winning a
:16:08. > :16:11.bronze in the pool in 2004, and then a silver in the 10 kilometre
:16:11. > :16:14.open water in Beijing. But since then, he's struggled for form,
:16:14. > :16:17.which he now puts down to excessive training. In a bid to turn things
:16:17. > :16:24.around, he returned to his mentor and childhood coach who thinks he
:16:24. > :16:29.deserves today's slice of good fortune. Good things happen to
:16:29. > :16:35.those who wait. He has had to wait and see what happened. It has all
:16:35. > :16:38.come through. He is very encouraged. Great Britain's open water
:16:38. > :16:47.selection will now be decided in May with Davies and Tom Allen both
:16:47. > :16:51.hoping they will win a place in the Olympic team.
:16:51. > :16:56.Glamorgan not playing Essex. The Welsh county were put into bat and
:16:56. > :16:59.at the moment they are up 182 for four.
:16:59. > :17:02.Football: Bangor City lost 10-0 away last
:17:02. > :17:04.night against HJK Helsinki in the second leg of the Champions League
:17:04. > :17:11.second qualifying round. Bangor were 2-0 down at half-time before
:17:11. > :17:15.the floodgates opened. Over the two legs, they lost 13-0 on aggregate.
:17:15. > :17:18.Cardiff City are expected to sign two players. Scotland striker Kenny
:17:18. > :17:22.Miller is set for a medical while Slovan Bratislava say their 20-
:17:22. > :17:26.year-old midfielder Filip Kiss is about to join the club. Tonight,
:17:26. > :17:33.the Bluebirds play Celtic in a friendly. The Wales midfielder Joe
:17:33. > :17:37.Ledley is to return to the club where he started his career.
:17:37. > :17:41.The name Cecil Foster might not mean much to us these days, but in
:17:41. > :17:44.the 1920s, he was one of Britain's most famous sailors. 88 years ago,
:17:44. > :17:50.he led his shipwrecked crew to safety after their vessel sank in
:17:50. > :17:54.the Indian Ocean 1700 miles from shore. Over the years, his exploits
:17:54. > :17:57.have been forgotten. But now, people in his home town of Barry in
:17:57. > :18:04.the Vale of Glamorgan have restored his damaged grave in memory of
:18:04. > :18:09.their local hero. August 1923. 34 merchant seamen
:18:09. > :18:13.return to British shores. It was a homecoming like no other. The men
:18:13. > :18:17.had survived 23 days on lifeboats in the middle of the Indian Ocean.
:18:17. > :18:22.They had little food and no navigation equipment. This is the
:18:22. > :18:25.man credited with saving their lives. Master Mariner Cecil Foster.
:18:25. > :18:30.In June 1923, his merchant ship the Trevessa encountered high storms
:18:30. > :18:40.after leaving Australia. As the ship began to sink, he ordered an
:18:40. > :18:47.evacuation. The initial Lovering the boats and getting them underway
:18:47. > :18:51.and so by evening was incredible. - - and surviving. The ship's anchor
:18:51. > :18:55.very quickly. When the Trevessa sank, she was
:18:55. > :18:58.1700 miles from shore. But Cecil Foster had been cast adrift on a
:18:58. > :19:02.lifeboat during WWI after being torpedoed by German u-boats and
:19:02. > :19:11.knew what to expect. He took control of the crew and led them to
:19:11. > :19:18.dry land after 23 days at sea. He was hailed as a hero. The cameras
:19:18. > :19:23.were there to greet the men. The King and the Queen invited them to
:19:23. > :19:26.Buckingham Palace. He was a national figure at the time.
:19:26. > :19:29.But Cecil Foster was a modest man and uncomfortable in the limelight.
:19:29. > :19:33.He died in 1930, and it seems his fame died with him. Over the years,
:19:33. > :19:36.even his gravestone began to decay. But after a recent call to arms,
:19:36. > :19:39.admirers in his hometown of Barry have put their hands in their
:19:40. > :19:43.pockets and raised �1,000 to restore the monument. It's their
:19:43. > :19:48.way of reminding the community of a long-forgotten hero of the seven
:19:48. > :19:54.seas. He may not be a household name anymore, but here at least the
:19:54. > :19:59.exploits of Cecil Foster will always be remembered.
:19:59. > :20:03.Over again to the Royal Welsh Show and Ross.
:20:03. > :20:07.Thanks, Lucy. We're in the cattle sheds, where many young farmers get
:20:07. > :20:11.their animals ready for competition. Young farmers clubs in Wales this
:20:11. > :20:21.year are celebrating their 75th anniversary. And Cemlyn Davies has
:20:21. > :20:22.
:20:22. > :20:27.been finding out what it's all about.
:20:27. > :20:32.The Royal Welsh Show meets the X factor. A special talent
:20:33. > :20:40.competition takes place. It is just one of the activity is that the
:20:40. > :20:45.Young Farmers have arranged at the Showground. One event guaranteed to
:20:45. > :20:51.pulling the crowds is the tide of war competition. This is what being
:20:51. > :21:00.a member of the Young Farmers is all about. Competing, joining in
:21:00. > :21:04.and being prepared to make a fool of yourself. It is just the
:21:04. > :21:11.atmosphere and making great friends. It is the -- it is building
:21:11. > :21:15.relationships. I was a member for a while when I was 14 and I have now
:21:15. > :21:22.rejoined. I am glad to get back into it. The movement is
:21:22. > :21:32.celebrating its 75th anniversary. This couple were members back in
:21:32. > :21:32.
:21:32. > :21:40.the 1960s. Drama competitions, entertainment competitions. We went
:21:40. > :21:43.on quite a few trips. We went to Blackpool. This is where many of
:21:43. > :21:48.the Young Farmers come to enjoy themselves. The young people's
:21:48. > :21:54.villages celebrating a special birthday. It is 21 years since it
:21:55. > :22:00.first opened and much has changed since 1990. The crowds have grown
:22:00. > :22:04.from only a few hundred to 5,000 now. There is 24 hour security and
:22:04. > :22:12.the Big Top was only introduced last year. Originally, it started
:22:12. > :22:16.on the back of a farm trailer. This is what we have got at the moment.
:22:16. > :22:19.As the movement and the end people's movement -- and BNP
:22:19. > :22:26.Bosnich both celebrate their birthdays, things are still on the
:22:26. > :22:28.at 4 ft Young Farmers. I'm joined now by a group of young
:22:28. > :22:32.farmers' members. Some have been tug-of-warring this week and
:22:32. > :22:35.showing their animals. Sara Downes, you've been a member for 15 years.
:22:35. > :22:45.You're Member of the Year. For people who know nothing about it,
:22:45. > :22:45.
:22:45. > :22:49.what do you do in YFC? The young farmers' movement is the prime
:22:49. > :22:54.organisation for people in rural Wales. It gives people are so many
:22:54. > :22:59.opportunities to learn new skills and socialise. I have learned more
:22:59. > :23:02.through being a member of the Young Farmers than I ever did in any
:23:02. > :23:06.formal education. The Young Farmers have given the endless
:23:06. > :23:14.opportunities throughout the time I have been a member. This is your
:23:14. > :23:18.last year. It is. I am no longer a young farmer. I will be a joining
:23:18. > :23:22.the ranks of people like Nigel Owens. I have only got a few months
:23:22. > :23:29.left of enjoying being a young farmer. Hopefully I will be able to
:23:29. > :23:34.give something back to the current members by being an advisory member.
:23:34. > :23:37.We may recognise you as an international rugby referee, but to
:23:37. > :23:42.what the President of the Young Farmers' Clubs in Wales. I believe
:23:42. > :23:47.you were a member yourself. Yes. I joined when I was 16. They asked me
:23:47. > :23:51.last year if I would be the President. It is a good opportunity
:23:51. > :23:57.to put something back into a movement I owe so much to. It is
:23:57. > :24:00.not all about what you see here today. There are other
:24:00. > :24:05.opportunities in public speaking, acting, entertainment. I would not
:24:05. > :24:10.be able to stand here and speak to you not as nervous as I usually
:24:10. > :24:17.would be if it was not for the Young Farmers. It is great to put
:24:17. > :24:20.something back in. Thank you very much.
:24:20. > :24:23.There's been new award at this year's Royal Welsh. The Brynle
:24:23. > :24:26.Williams award in honour of the popular AM and passionate farmer
:24:26. > :24:28.who died last year. Aled Llyr Thomas from Aberystwyth is the
:24:28. > :24:31.first ever winner of a grant given to promising young farmers.
:24:31. > :24:38.Politicians from all parties were there alongside Mr Williams' widow
:24:38. > :24:44.Mary, who made the presentation. Just time to tell you today's
:24:44. > :24:48.attendance figure. 65,280 people have come to the Show today. That's
:24:48. > :24:52.3,000 fewer than the same day last year.
:24:52. > :24:56.Now, I was fooled by some early sunshine today. It didn't last long,
:24:56. > :25:04.but the rain has held off. Derek, are we going to have a scorcher for
:25:04. > :25:08.are we going to have a scorcher for the final day?
:25:08. > :25:14.No chance. We have been very lucky with the weather. One or two light
:25:14. > :25:17.showers. Otherwise, it has been cloudy and dry. Temperatures a
:25:17. > :25:23.little bit on the core side but the wind has been lighter than
:25:23. > :25:27.yesterday. Ideal conditions for the animals and also for a spot of hot-
:25:27. > :25:32.air ballooning. I bet they have got a great view from up there. There
:25:32. > :25:38.has been some rain in the south early on today, but for the North
:25:38. > :25:42.and the Cardigan Bay coast, it has been lovely with lots of sunshine.
:25:42. > :25:47.Mixed fortunes today. It is a similar story tomorrow. Some places
:25:47. > :25:52.dry, but not everywhere. There will be at some scattered heavy showers.
:25:52. > :26:02.If you are coming tomorrow, or bring a packed the match just in
:26:02. > :26:08.case. - -- poor bring a Mac just in case. Lowest temperatures tonight
:26:08. > :26:12.down to seven Celsius in rural spots. Tomorrow's chart shows high-
:26:12. > :26:17.pressure between Iceland and Ireland. That will trigger a few
:26:17. > :26:21.heavy showers. Tomorrow will not be as nice as today in the north, much
:26:21. > :26:25.cloudier and some rain in the morning. It should be brighter in
:26:25. > :26:30.the south-west with some sunshine. During the day, a few showers. It
:26:30. > :26:35.could be heavy with a small risk of thunder. Some places will miss them
:26:35. > :26:40.and stay dry. Top temperatures between 15 and 19 Celsius with
:26:40. > :26:45.light winds. Tomorrow night, most of the showers will die away to
:26:45. > :26:50.leave many places try but a few showers will continue. On Friday,
:26:50. > :26:55.fewer showers, some sunshine and some clout. It is looking fairly
:26:55. > :27:00.promising for the weekend. That is the latest forecasts. You can get
:27:00. > :27:10.highlights from today's show on BBC Two wares at 7:30pm. We will be
:27:10. > :27:10.
:27:10. > :27:13.Tonight's headlines: The Prime Minister has admitted that in
:27:13. > :27:17.hindsight, he wouldn't have employed former News of the World
:27:17. > :27:26.editor, Andy Coulson. David Cameron said he's extremely sorry for the
:27:26. > :27:31.furore caused by his decision to hire him. With hindsight, I would
:27:31. > :27:35.not have offered him the job and I expect he would not have taken it.
:27:35. > :27:40.But you do not make decisions in hindsight, you make them in the