:00:02. > :00:06.Welcome to Wales Today. Tonight's headlines:
:00:06. > :00:11.A lorry burning in a tunnel on the M4. Significant damage to the main
:00:11. > :00:21.artery into South Wales. There could be days of disruption. Tens
:00:21. > :00:32.
:00:32. > :00:37.Our other headlines tonight: People claiming benefits. New
:00:37. > :00:40.figures suggest tens of thousands will be told, "you're fit to work."
:00:40. > :00:46.The end of elite rugby league in Wales. The Crusaders stun their
:00:46. > :00:48.players and fans by pulling out. We begin a celebration of our
:00:48. > :00:53.national parks in Pembrokeshire, the only one in Britain that's
:00:53. > :01:03.largely by the coast. And setting her sights on London
:01:03. > :01:05.
:01:05. > :01:08.2012. Helen Warnes has her eye on Good evening. It's been a day of
:01:08. > :01:11.huge disruption on the roads of South East Wales, after a lorry
:01:11. > :01:14.fire in the Brynglas Tunnels. It broke out during this morning's
:01:14. > :01:21.rush hour, causing severe delays, with people taking hours to drive
:01:21. > :01:25.just a few miles. This was the scale of the problem. The A48 M out
:01:25. > :01:29.of Cardiff was closed for much of the day, as was part of the M4, in
:01:29. > :01:32.both directions around Newport. The motorway has reopened tonight, but
:01:32. > :01:42.the drivers still face delays, as the westbound Brynglas tunnel could
:01:42. > :01:46.
:01:46. > :01:49.be closed for days. Here's Nick We have just received these
:01:49. > :01:54.pictures from our cameraman, who has filmed inside the Brynglas
:01:54. > :02:03.tunnel in the past hour. You can see the extent of the damage. The
:02:03. > :02:07.temperature got so high, the tarmac melted.
:02:07. > :02:10.This was the immediate aftermath of the lorry fire. Phil Taylor from
:02:10. > :02:15.Chepstow filmed this on his mobile phone, after reversing his car out
:02:15. > :02:18.of the tunnel. He says the lorry was well alight, the tunnel quickly
:02:18. > :02:23.filling up with thick black smoke. There was a series of loud bangs,
:02:23. > :02:33.which fire crews say were tyres exploding. The motorway was closed
:02:33. > :02:33.
:02:33. > :02:38.immediately, the tailbacks immense in both directions. I have moved
:02:38. > :02:41.about half-a-mile in 40 minutes. is gridlock here at rush hour.
:02:41. > :02:44.For many regular motorists on this stretch of the M4 between Newport
:02:44. > :02:47.and Cardiff, there must have been a sense of deja-vu, a simple accident
:02:47. > :02:49.having massive repercussions for the travelling public. At one point,
:02:49. > :02:57.Traffic Wales say the tailback stretched up to nine miles along
:02:57. > :03:02.the M4. And those diverted off the motorway fared little better.
:03:02. > :03:07.policeman directed me to come this way. The roundabout is completely
:03:07. > :03:13.blocked. I do not know which way to go! We have been here about an hour
:03:13. > :03:19.now. We have ended up driving round demand Newport, getting diverted
:03:19. > :03:23.further and further. We have kind of given up. We came off the
:03:23. > :03:28.motorway as we were instructed by the police. There is no instruction
:03:28. > :03:33.where to go. When the Brynglas Tunnel opened in
:03:33. > :03:36.1967, it was designed to ease traffic congestion around Newport.
:03:36. > :03:38.Nearly half a century on, the tunnel itself has become a
:03:39. > :03:43.pinchpoint for commuter traffic to the Capital as four lanes become
:03:43. > :03:52.two. Problems here have serious implications, as demonstrated this
:03:52. > :03:57.morning, and will lead to renewed calls for an M4 relief road. We are
:03:57. > :04:02.very vulnerable in terms of the tunnels in Newport. Whilst there
:04:02. > :04:07.has been improvements in terms of the flow of traffic, it is still a
:04:07. > :04:13.gateway to Wales. Whenever this happens, the perception it gives of
:04:13. > :04:16.Wales I do not think is a good one. You are not trained to build a new
:04:16. > :04:22.road overnight, but there must be other ways in which you can deal
:04:22. > :04:26.with a crisis. It is now approaching 12 o'clock. Neddie four
:04:26. > :04:33.hours since their problems began. - - nearly four hours since the
:04:33. > :04:35.problems began. My journey took over two hours, to travel three
:04:35. > :04:37.miles. And the situation won't improve
:04:37. > :04:40.quickly. The Transport Minister admitting one tunnel could be
:04:40. > :04:48.closed for some considerable time. The fire has now been completely
:04:48. > :04:50.extinguished and engineers are assessing any structural damage.
:04:50. > :04:55.Tonight, the M4 has re-opened, though the westbound Brynglas
:04:56. > :05:04.tunnel remains closed. A contraflow through the Eastbound tunnel is in
:05:04. > :05:07.operation. Lengthy delays are expected.
:05:07. > :05:10.New figures suggest there'll be dramatic reductions in the number
:05:10. > :05:13.of people in Wales able to claim the replacement to Incapacity
:05:13. > :05:16.Benefit, which is in the process of being phased out. Wales has one of
:05:16. > :05:19.the highest proportion of people claiming sickness benefit in the UK,
:05:19. > :05:22.at more than 180,000. All of those people are undergoing tests, and
:05:22. > :05:31.early estimates suggest that as many four in ten could be judged
:05:31. > :05:36.capable to work. Let's talk to Nick Servini.
:05:36. > :05:39.Dramatic changes are ahead. Where have these figures come from?
:05:39. > :05:44.critical thing to remember is that Incapacity Benefit is being phased
:05:44. > :05:50.out, and been replaced by something called the employment and support
:05:50. > :05:57.allowance. There are huge figures in Wales of people claiming
:05:57. > :06:02.incapacity benefit, around 180,000. Those existing claimants will
:06:02. > :06:07.undergo a medical test to see what new benefit they will be entitled
:06:07. > :06:11.to. They have only just started, they began in the spring, and are
:06:11. > :06:17.being rolled out now. We do not know exactly how they are going,
:06:17. > :06:24.but we know that is 2008, across the UK, all new claimants have
:06:24. > :06:28.undergone of those test. The figures show that 39 % of the
:06:28. > :06:34.people who went through those tests were deemed to be capable of
:06:34. > :06:38.working. If those figures are reflected in the figures in Wales,
:06:38. > :06:43.where 180,000 people are on benefits, we're talking about
:06:43. > :06:49.70,000 people in Wales will be told that they are fit for work. As part
:06:49. > :06:54.of that, if these figures at reflected in Wales, only about
:06:54. > :06:59.13,000 people will actually have a legitimate claim for some kind of
:06:59. > :07:04.long-term benefit, because they are not capable of working. I should
:07:04. > :07:07.stress these are early estimates, but dramatic change is never less.
:07:07. > :07:14.The Prime Minister has been in Caerphilly today talking about this.
:07:14. > :07:19.Yes. He was at one of those centres that people will prove to to try to
:07:19. > :07:24.get a job, to get back into the workplace. He told us that he
:07:24. > :07:28.believed these changes are long overdue. Far too long in this
:07:28. > :07:33.country, we have let people on welfare for year after year, when
:07:33. > :07:37.those people with help could work. We are producing a much better
:07:37. > :07:42.system, where we put people through their paces and say, if you can
:07:42. > :07:47.work, you should work. There has been some criticism of these tests.
:07:47. > :07:50.Yes. The freshest criticism came this morning from a select
:07:50. > :07:55.committee of MPs which said the attempt by the government were
:07:55. > :08:05.laudable, but these tests had contributed to a sense of mistrust
:08:05. > :08:10.a monster some vulnerable groups. This report said they were
:08:10. > :08:14.concerned about the levels of appeals. A lot of people are
:08:14. > :08:18.appealing against decisions of this test. About 40 % of them are
:08:18. > :08:22.successful. Thank you very much. A full meeting of the Welsh Cabinet
:08:22. > :08:24.took place in North Wales for the first time today. It marks the
:08:24. > :08:27.first anniversary of staff moving into new Government offices at
:08:27. > :08:30.Llandudno Junction. Later, on a visit to Caernarfon, the First
:08:30. > :08:33.Minister Carwyn Jones announced a �15 million scheme to support young
:08:33. > :08:39.people across North West Wales who are risk of falling out of school
:08:39. > :08:42.or further education. A man has been arrested in
:08:42. > :08:45.connection with a fire at a disused tyre factory which burned for more
:08:45. > :08:52.than three weeks. The warehouse in the Fforestfach Industrial Estate
:08:52. > :08:58.of Swansea contained 5,000 tonnes of shredded tyres. The cause of the
:08:58. > :09:01.fire is still under investigation. Wales will be without an elite
:09:01. > :09:04.rugby league side following the shock news that Crusaders have
:09:04. > :09:07.withdrawn their application to play in Super League next season. The
:09:07. > :09:12.decision follows a review of the club's finances and leaves staff
:09:12. > :09:20.and players concerned for their future. Matthew Richards is at the
:09:20. > :09:22.club's ground in Wrexham. Thanks. This all began as an
:09:22. > :09:25.experiment to transplant rugby league from South to North Wales,
:09:25. > :09:29.but despite some high profile signings it hasn't been a smooth
:09:29. > :09:38.transition. The club's chief executive is facing fans at a
:09:38. > :09:41.meeting now to explain why it looks like that experiment has failed.
:09:41. > :09:51.They want answers. Supporters arriving in the past 90 minutes to
:09:51. > :09:55.hear why the club they love won't be continuing at the highest levels.
:09:55. > :10:02.We know we are bottom of the leak, but we thought as a new club, we
:10:02. > :10:07.would get a licence for another three years. This morning, I
:10:07. > :10:10.thought we would win. We watched it on Sky and it was like execution by
:10:10. > :10:13.live television. This was the Crusaders three years
:10:13. > :10:15.ago, in their high profile move to Wrexham from Bridgend. But apart
:10:15. > :10:18.from reaching the play-offs last year, they've spent much of their
:10:18. > :10:21.time languishing at the bottom of the table and went into
:10:21. > :10:23.administration. Keen to support a club branching out in a new
:10:23. > :10:26.location, the Rugby Football League had backed the Crusaders' attempts
:10:26. > :10:32.to encourage younger players to participate in the sport. The
:10:32. > :10:38.future looked secure until this morning's announcement that it
:10:38. > :10:44.couldn't afford to go on. At the end of the day, we have found it is
:10:44. > :10:49.not sustainable going forward. To be fair to the game and the clubs
:10:49. > :10:53.involved, to take a place that we may not be able to carry on through
:10:53. > :10:58.the years ahead, that would be unfair. Many are disappointed that
:10:58. > :11:03.after such a promising start, things have ended so badly. What is
:11:03. > :11:08.sad is that they had created a very positive impact. They did a lot of
:11:08. > :11:10.street would be with kids, there Street engage and was good.
:11:10. > :11:16.Players are reeling. Gareth Thomas has garnered much of the headlines
:11:16. > :11:19.since his move north. He'd signed on for the next season. And Keith
:11:19. > :11:22.Senior recently joined the club from Leeds Rhinos only to learn he
:11:22. > :11:25.may have to find work elsewhere. There's no news yet on how the
:11:25. > :11:32.Crusaders will emerge from this crisis, or what impact it will have
:11:32. > :11:42.on the future of rugby league in North Wales.
:11:42. > :11:43.
:11:43. > :11:48.What has the chief executive been saying to fans? He set out why this
:11:48. > :11:51.process has happened. Fans wanted to know why this was happening now.
:11:51. > :11:55.He was pointing out that back in April, when they applied for
:11:55. > :11:58.permission to join the Super League, they forecast a much better
:11:58. > :12:02.financial position, but said they could not really go ahead with the
:12:02. > :12:08.next season and find themselves halfway through and risk not been
:12:08. > :12:13.able to pay their debts. What happens next? There are around five
:12:13. > :12:19.games left of the season, including a home game here in August. Fans
:12:19. > :12:24.are happy that there has been a legacy of rugby league in this area,
:12:24. > :12:28.which was not here before. They want to make sure that links with
:12:28. > :12:33.young people continue, even if a Super League rugby League is not go
:12:33. > :12:38.to happen here. They say they need to find out whether it pans --
:12:38. > :12:42.whether the fans and players want to play in lower leagues. Thank you
:12:42. > :12:52.Much more to come before 7 o'clock, including all of tonight's sport.
:12:52. > :12:53.
:12:53. > :12:56.Making a comeback from injury - Tom The new director of BBC Cymru Wales
:12:56. > :13:00.has been announced. Rhodri Talfan Davies will take up the post in
:13:00. > :13:03.September. He began his career as a regional television news producer
:13:03. > :13:07.and reporter, and has recently been taking a leading role in the BBC's
:13:07. > :13:10.digital and interactive services. Earlier he told me his priority
:13:10. > :13:18.would be to protect the services that matter most to the audience as
:13:18. > :13:21.the BBC tries to makes savings of 20%.
:13:22. > :13:25.I think that viewers will want to know that the services they value
:13:25. > :13:30.the most will be protected. Undoubtedly, there are going to be
:13:30. > :13:35.some tough choices to make, but at the heart of that thinking,
:13:35. > :13:38.certainly be thinking we have been doing over recent months, is how to
:13:38. > :13:42.protect that which matters most to audiences. That will be at the
:13:42. > :13:46.heart of whatever decisions we come up with.
:13:46. > :13:51.If you are protecting programmes, presumably you will cut managers?
:13:51. > :13:57.We will look hard at all costs. Audiences would expect us to do
:13:57. > :13:59.that. The BBC has a strong story in terms of making savings of
:13:59. > :14:02.efficiency over the last four or five years but there is probably
:14:02. > :14:07.more we can do and we are looking hard at that at a moment.
:14:07. > :14:09.It's National Parks Week. Over the next three days we'll be reporting
:14:09. > :14:12.from Wales' three National Parks. Tomorrow, we'll be visiting
:14:12. > :14:14.Snowdonia. Then on Thursday, we'll be travelling south to the Brecon
:14:14. > :14:17.Beacons. But tonight, we report from Pembrokeshire, home to the
:14:17. > :14:27.only largely coastal national park in the UK. Matt Murray has been
:14:27. > :14:28.
:14:28. > :14:33.From the wild hills to the extensive would land. Pembrokeshire
:14:33. > :14:37.Coast National Park covers 240 square miles. It is this
:14:37. > :14:43.breathtaking coastline which is the main attraction. It is unique in
:14:43. > :14:48.Britain as the only national park that is predominately coastal. That
:14:48. > :14:54.makes it the busiest can National Park in Wales for activities. I
:14:54. > :14:59.headed out with a park ranger. The world is your oyster. We have
:14:59. > :15:05.the greatest coastline in Britain. There are water activities and rock
:15:05. > :15:08.climbing. The important thing is these activities work hand in hand
:15:08. > :15:13.with the wildlife which exists on the coastline?
:15:13. > :15:19.We have some of the most diverse to the wildlife in the world. It has
:15:19. > :15:23.to be carefully managed. The marine wildlife is spectacular
:15:23. > :15:27.along this coast line, from Europe's largest population of
:15:27. > :15:32.bottle-nosed dolphins at Cardigan Bay to Pembrokeshire's grey seals.
:15:32. > :15:37.The offshore islands are home to thousands of seabirds. The National
:15:37. > :15:42.Parks research into its wildlife is always ongoing, so they can manage
:15:42. > :15:49.the area and activities. This summer, canoeists are being asked
:15:49. > :15:53.to look out for otters. You can actually spot otters here?
:15:54. > :15:58.Absolutely. There is tons of food they can search for here. It is
:15:58. > :16:02.clean and fresh. We failed to spot any otters but we
:16:02. > :16:08.headed back to the shore to meet eight marine conservationist. We
:16:08. > :16:13.found areas were the mammals had recently been.
:16:13. > :16:19.This is a good site for otters. They tend to follow the stream down
:16:19. > :16:29.until they can get to DEC. They will mark their territory by
:16:29. > :16:34.
:16:34. > :16:38.spraying it. I have just found one here. There we have something left
:16:38. > :16:44.by the otters. You can see they have been spending time in the seat
:16:44. > :16:47.from the droppings. Some survey we have done, we found that they
:16:47. > :16:51.actually used the whole of the coastline.
:16:51. > :16:56.It is not just the otters and other wildlife using the coastline in its
:16:56. > :16:59.entirety. Thousands of tourist will flock here this summer and it will
:16:59. > :17:02.be down to the national park to make sure everyone and everything
:17:02. > :17:05.gets the most out of these beautiful surroundings. We had
:17:05. > :17:08.hoped to be live in Pembrokeshire this evening. We've had some
:17:08. > :17:10.technical difficulties with that, but fingers crossed we will be live
:17:10. > :17:13.in Snowdonia tomorrow. A dozen puppies are 'recovering
:17:13. > :17:15.well' after being dumped by the roadside in a recycling box near
:17:15. > :17:19.Swansea. The five-week-old Staffordshire bull terrier cross
:17:19. > :17:23.pups were crammed into a tub at Penllergaer. The badly dehydrated
:17:23. > :17:28.puppies were found the next day and said to be too weak to climb out of
:17:28. > :17:31.the bin. They were taken to the city's RSPCA animal centre. All are
:17:31. > :17:34.expected to survive. Football, and Cardiff City continue
:17:34. > :17:36.their build-up to the new season tonight with a friendly against
:17:36. > :17:39.Yeovil Town. Earlier, they completed the signing of Scottish
:17:39. > :17:43.international Kenny Miller from Bursaspor and, subject to football
:17:43. > :17:45.league clearance, French striker Rudi Gestarde. Meanwhile, BBC Wales
:17:45. > :17:55.understands that Swansea City are close to agreeing a fee for
:17:55. > :17:58.Rugby and former Dragons coach Paul Turner is back in work. He's joined
:17:58. > :18:01.former Blues boss Dai Young at the English Premiership side Wasps.
:18:01. > :18:06.Turner, who left Rodney Parade in March, will become the club's
:18:06. > :18:08.attack and skills coach. Tomorrow will mark one year to go
:18:08. > :18:11.until the opening ceremony of the London Olympics, which means the
:18:11. > :18:15.clock is ticking for Welsh sportsmen and -women who want to
:18:15. > :18:19.qualify for the Games. All this week, we're meeting five Welsh
:18:19. > :18:29.athletes with dreams of competing in 2012. Tonight Tomos Dafydd meets
:18:29. > :18:30.
:18:30. > :18:37.Cwmbran rifle shooter Helen Warnes. Meet one of our best shooters.
:18:37. > :18:45.Helen Warnes's target is on a Olympic glory at London 2012.
:18:45. > :18:50.This is my event rifle. That is my target down fair. That black dot
:18:50. > :18:55.there is the target I will wane -- I will aim at. That is represented
:18:55. > :19:01.on this screen. For me to gain represent -- for me to gain maximum
:19:01. > :19:09.points, I need to hit this tiny dot in the centre. It is actually one
:19:09. > :19:11.millimetre wide. From 10 metres, your target is one
:19:11. > :19:17.millimetre wide? Yes.
:19:17. > :19:23.It requires hours of training each week to be this good. Helen has
:19:23. > :19:31.ditched University and is aiming for the 2012 Olympics.
:19:31. > :19:33.It is amazing. Any person's dream. For that to come true, it is one of
:19:33. > :19:40.those once-in-a-lifetime experiences. A her preparation has
:19:40. > :19:46.not been without setbacks after an illness earlier in the year.
:19:46. > :19:51.I got food poisoning in Australia. I was really ill and was in
:19:51. > :19:56.hospital there and I had to come home early so I couldn't compete in
:19:56. > :20:01.Korea. The road to recovery was long.
:20:01. > :20:05.With this session, we are going to have a look at your lens. It is
:20:05. > :20:10.slightly out of alignment. With hers since she started seven
:20:10. > :20:14.years ago is her coach. He says that reaching London will be tough.
:20:14. > :20:17.There is one place available in the squad and Helen will have to
:20:17. > :20:24.outperform her counterparts in London, who get more funding than
:20:24. > :20:27.her. She won the British championship as
:20:27. > :20:33.an end to -- as an under 21-year- old. She showed a lot of potential
:20:33. > :20:38.then. She has been to three of the four World Cups for Great Britain
:20:38. > :20:45.and is in line for the Olympics next year. With a bit of luck, we
:20:45. > :20:51.will see her home and dry. Rifle shooting isn't cheap. This
:20:51. > :20:58.kit costs more than �5,000, 1,500 pounds goes on ammunition alone
:20:58. > :21:02.every year. For extra cash, Helen swaps bullets
:21:02. > :21:06.for the bar. She pulls pints at the local pub.
:21:06. > :21:12.It doesn't get as much publicity and sponsorship as cycling or
:21:12. > :21:19.athletics. It is a lot harder for me as an individual to get more
:21:19. > :21:23.funding and sponsorship. Working somewhere like here helps me get
:21:23. > :21:28.that money to pay for things like ammunition and other equipment,
:21:28. > :21:33.because there is so much equipment. One of my rivals is worth �2,000.
:21:33. > :21:35.The other is worth �1,000. I also have a full body kit.
:21:35. > :21:39.The Olympic dream is inexpensive one?
:21:39. > :21:44.Deri. It could all be worth it, should
:21:44. > :21:47.she make it into Team GB. The first Olympic Games for Helen will be
:21:47. > :21:50.next year. Well one man who's already tasted
:21:50. > :21:53.Olympic success is Wrexham rower Tom James. He won gold in Beijing
:21:53. > :21:56.and is now working hard to do the same in London, despite having
:21:56. > :21:59.surgery to treat a bad back. Our reporter Ashleigh Crowter caught up
:21:59. > :22:09.with Tom at one of rowing's showpiece events, the Henley Royal
:22:09. > :22:11.
:22:11. > :22:15.Regatta. The Henley Royal Regatta is one of
:22:15. > :22:19.the most prestigious events in the British sporting summer. It is as
:22:19. > :22:24.important to roaming as Wimbledon is to tennis. The social side plays
:22:25. > :22:30.a big part here but there is more to Henley than sipping champagne by
:22:30. > :22:33.the riverside. The rowing is fiercely competitive. This weekend,
:22:33. > :22:36.Tom James and his crew are desperate to win. It's been four
:22:36. > :22:40.years since Tom James climbed into a boat at rowing's summer festival
:22:40. > :22:43.on the Thames. And it's a huge relief to be back. Because just a
:22:43. > :22:47.few months ago, Tom James was wondering whether he could ever
:22:47. > :22:52.reach the heights again after a serious back injury.
:22:52. > :22:57.It has been a nice surprise because I have had a miserable year. I was
:22:57. > :23:02.sitting around with doctors and physiotherapists. Training on your
:23:03. > :23:06.own is depressing. It was one thing staying fit for the sake of staying
:23:06. > :23:09.fit. Hard work. In fact, his comeback was so good
:23:09. > :23:11.and his training times so impressive that Tom forced his way
:23:12. > :23:16.back in Great Britain's iconic coxless four, breaking in to an
:23:16. > :23:22.established crew just like he did in the run-up to Beijing.
:23:22. > :23:27.Everybody knows that it is based on performance. Everybody has the same
:23:27. > :23:32.chance and he took his chance. He is a very experienced guide. He had
:23:32. > :23:38.a very tough time, fighting his way back into the team. I think he
:23:38. > :23:42.knows how it feels to win at races. He is an Olympic champion and so
:23:42. > :23:48.far I am quite happy with how it is going so far.
:23:48. > :23:51.Tom James made a name for himself in Beijing. His coxless four
:23:51. > :23:53.produced one of the great moments of the Games to win the sport's
:23:53. > :23:59.Blue Riband event, maintaining Great Britain's incredible record
:23:59. > :24:02.of winning that race at the last four Olympics. One year out from
:24:02. > :24:05.the London Games, Tom and three new team-mates are already favourites
:24:05. > :24:08.to keep the run going, beating Australia and the USA at Henley,
:24:08. > :24:16.and breaking the course record on the same stretch of water where the
:24:16. > :24:21.1948 Olympic rowing regatta was held.
:24:21. > :24:27.It is quite satisfying, being back in a good vote with a good bunch of
:24:27. > :24:32.guys, having fun. Not taking it too seriously, although obviously, it
:24:32. > :24:35.is a big deal. We are preparing for the Olympics. Everything is a
:24:35. > :24:38.stepping stone for the Olympics. Quite how Tom and his team-mates
:24:38. > :24:41.will handle that extra pressure remains to be seen, although if
:24:41. > :24:45.their performance at Henley is anything to go by, he remains one
:24:45. > :24:55.of Wales' best hopes for a gold medal this time next year.
:24:55. > :25:11.
:25:11. > :25:18.Let's get the weather now with Sue, Plenty of sunny spells on the way
:25:18. > :25:21.tomorrow. That's all thanks to an area of reasonably high pressure
:25:21. > :25:24.over the UK which is keeping things fine and settled at least for a
:25:24. > :25:27.couple of days before this weather system heads our way. This
:25:27. > :25:35.afternoon will be dry with plenty of sunshine, especially in the west,
:25:35. > :25:38.and only small amounts of cloud. Feeling warm with light and
:25:38. > :25:41.variable winds. Cooler on the coast with a sea breeze. Up to 23 Celsius
:25:41. > :25:43.in Cardiff and Newport. This evening it's staying dry with clear
:25:43. > :25:46.spells overnight, especially further west. Winds remain light so
:25:46. > :25:49.we could see a few mist patches forming with temperatures falling
:25:49. > :25:52.no lower than 9 Celsius overnight. Tomorrow, a fine start to the day.
:25:52. > :25:55.Some long sunny spells through the morning. Another largely dry one
:25:55. > :25:58.with a bit more cloud developing by the afternoon further east. It will
:25:58. > :26:02.feel warm again as winds staying quite light. Again cooler on the
:26:02. > :26:05.coast - 19 Celsius along Cardigan Bay - up to 24 in parts of Powys,
:26:05. > :26:07.75 degrees Fahrenheit, just above the July average. But late
:26:07. > :26:10.Wednesday into Thursday a front pushes in from the northwest so
:26:10. > :26:12.mostly cloudy through Thursday morning with some outbreaks of rain
:26:12. > :26:22.spreading south-eastwards, but improving from the west later in
:26:22. > :26:25.
:26:25. > :26:33.the day. So fine for the next couple of days. It will be breezier.
:26:33. > :26:39.Some rain on Thursday. Friday cloudier, looking a bit mixed. And
:26:39. > :26:42.improving story heading into the weekend. Finally today's picture is
:26:42. > :26:50.from Ray Worsnop, a glorious sunset taken over the Rhyl coastline last
:26:50. > :26:53.It's approaching seven o'clock - the main news again from the BBC.
:26:53. > :26:57.It's been a day of huge disruption on the roads of southeast Wales
:26:57. > :27:02.after a lorry fire in the Brynglas tunnels. It broke out during this
:27:02. > :27:05.morning's rush hour, the heat so intense it melted the tarmac.
:27:05. > :27:10.Tonight the M4 has reopened but the westbound tunnel remains closed as
:27:10. > :27:13.engineers assess the damage. Growth in the UK economy has slowed
:27:13. > :27:17.in the past three months with official figures estimating it was
:27:17. > :27:20.up by just 0.2% on the start of the year. The Office for National
:27:20. > :27:26.Statistics said the figures were heavily influenced by a number of
:27:26. > :27:30.one-off factors, such as the extra bank holiday for the Royal wedding.