:00:04. > :00:07.Hello, welcome to Wales Today. Tonight's top stories: A partial
:00:07. > :00:15.victory for parents. They win more time in the fight to stop school
:00:15. > :00:18.closures, but is a delay really benefiting anyone? If the
:00:18. > :00:28.consultation is relaunched in October and comes back much the
:00:28. > :00:37.
:00:37. > :00:40.same, we'll be back out there Also tonight:
:00:40. > :00:43.Good news at this hi-tech medical company. The workforce is doubling,
:00:43. > :00:45.but there are fears we're being left behind by England's new
:00:45. > :00:48.Enterprise Zones. Patients in wales are waiting too
:00:48. > :00:51.long for treatment, and the situation is far worse than a year
:00:51. > :01:01.ago. Not what the manager expected - the
:01:01. > :01:01.
:01:01. > :01:07.drainage works that uncovered a medieval monument beneath his hotel.
:01:07. > :01:10.I've been cleared by the surgeon to play, so I'm fine, good to go.
:01:10. > :01:19.And, Dwayne Peel says he's ready to play. Wales bosses say he's not. So
:01:19. > :01:23.who's telling the truth? Good evening. Hundreds of parents and
:01:23. > :01:29.pupils have stepped up their fight against school closures. The latest
:01:29. > :01:34.protest as councils try to cut down on surplus places in the classroom.
:01:34. > :01:41.The campaigners gathered in Mold outside a special meeting of
:01:41. > :01:46.Flintshire Council, and the parents won a partial victory after a
:01:46. > :01:52.consultation on plans. What they wanted was the process
:01:52. > :01:56.stopped. What they won was a delay, a breathing space, in Flintshire as
:01:56. > :01:59.elsewhere in Wales the prospect of school closures hasn't proved
:01:59. > :02:02.popular, with pupils among the first to leap to the defence of
:02:02. > :02:08.their own particular institution. think it is a really good school
:02:08. > :02:13.and I reckon I've got lots out of it so far. I think it will be a
:02:13. > :02:18.shame to knock it down. It is a really friendly school and it is
:02:18. > :02:23.fifth in Wales, so it will be really upsetting if it merges or it
:02:23. > :02:29.is closed down. The issue is thes mismatch between school places and
:02:29. > :02:35.the number of pupils to fill them. Flintshire has a series of options
:02:36. > :02:41.ranging from amalgamations and shared sites to closures.
:02:41. > :02:49.This High School would have merged with another under one head.
:02:49. > :02:54.Another would have closed altogether. Elsewhere Welsh medium
:02:55. > :02:57.and primary schools would have been introduced on one site. Now council
:02:57. > :03:02.has decided to extend the deadline into December, opening the
:03:03. > :03:07.possibility for other solutions. give as real opportunity to go back
:03:07. > :03:15.to the drawing board, all options to be discussed and the suss pluses
:03:15. > :03:17.to be discussed in a proper manner which don't include Argoed. We need
:03:17. > :03:26.to have lengthy discussions with the group leaders involved and try
:03:26. > :03:29.to find a way forward which will involve most of them. Haven't we
:03:29. > :03:34.been here before? Protest after protest. The issue of surplus
:03:34. > :03:37.school places has been cropping up across the country. The carrot for
:03:38. > :03:42.authorities cutting places and by extension closing schools was
:03:42. > :03:47.moirch from the Welsh Government, called 21st century schools funding.
:03:47. > :03:51.But spending cuts mean that pot is smaller, with a warning that the
:03:51. > :03:57.process will have to slow. Flintshire is hoping to get some of
:03:57. > :04:03.that cash as well. A battle won by the protesters today but it is only
:04:03. > :04:13.a battle. What the council has done is agree to delay its consultation.
:04:13. > :04:17.
:04:17. > :04:20.The proposals haven't gone away. Why can't it be sorted more
:04:20. > :04:23.quickly? It is very difficult. Local authorities have to follow
:04:23. > :04:26.the rules and the rules state you have to consult. If you don't
:04:26. > :04:30.consult properly the parents we've heard tonight can go to the courts
:04:30. > :04:33.and ask from a judicial review. At the end of the process the local
:04:33. > :04:37.authority doesn't make the decisions. It's the Minister for
:04:37. > :04:42.Education, Leyton Andrews. If he believes the authority hasn't
:04:42. > :04:45.followed the rules properly he can ask them to go back. Local
:04:45. > :04:48.government has to do something about this issue. A-level results
:04:48. > :04:52.are out tomorrow. How much of this ruckus over organisation is
:04:53. > :04:56.affecting the children? It is all about education isn't it? Lots of
:04:56. > :04:59.children and parents like their local school. But at the end of the
:04:59. > :05:04.day local government is going to have less money to spend on
:05:04. > :05:08.education in the next few years. The Assembly is rightly saying, we
:05:08. > :05:15.want that money to go further. We've had a report which says that
:05:15. > :05:21.surplus places need to be attacked. In Flintshire recommendation one
:05:21. > :05:27.was look at your places and develop a modernisation programme.
:05:27. > :05:31.Flintshire needs �40 million to bring it up to the schools -- bring
:05:31. > :05:35.schools up to the standard we would all want for our children. What
:05:35. > :05:40.should they be doing? Today's postponement doesn't help anybody.
:05:40. > :05:44.They've got to get it right, in the eyes of the parents, the Assembly
:05:44. > :05:48.and the authority's members. You can't postpone this any longer. It
:05:49. > :05:53.is an issue that has to be addressed, to spend money in the
:05:53. > :05:58.right places. In Flintshire you have secondary schools with 1,000
:05:58. > :06:02.pupils and others with 427. One primary school has less than 30. It
:06:02. > :06:06.Costas lot to education children in a very small school. Many would
:06:06. > :06:14.argue that with less money we have to make sure the money goes further.
:06:14. > :06:17.Jeff Jones, thank you. There was some disappointing news
:06:17. > :06:19.on unemployment today, as the number of those out of work in
:06:19. > :06:22.Wales rose unexpectedly. The figures show 122,000 people are
:06:22. > :06:25.unemployed here, up 10,000 on the last quarterly figures. That's 8.4%
:06:25. > :06:29.of the workforce. Since the start of last year, the figures have
:06:29. > :06:32.ranged from a high of 9.3% in the first quarter of last year before
:06:32. > :06:35.coming down to the 8.4% we see today. Business leaders say more
:06:35. > :06:43.could be done to get people back to work. Welsh unemployment is also
:06:43. > :06:49.higher than other parts of the UK. One of the things we would like to
:06:49. > :06:54.see is the work trial scheme extended from six months to the
:06:54. > :06:59.first day somebody signs on for jobseeker's allowance. A individual
:06:59. > :07:03.would voluntary go into a business, maybe increase their confidence,
:07:03. > :07:06.upscale, and the benefit to the business would be maybe business
:07:06. > :07:14.growth adding to that business and maybe creating a permanent position
:07:14. > :07:18.for that individual as well. Welsh un employment is higher than most
:07:18. > :07:22.parts of the UK. 8.4% of people here are out of work, compared with
:07:22. > :07:24.7.9% in England, 7.7% in Scotland, and only 7.3% in Northern Ireland.
:07:24. > :07:34.Well, the Welsh Government says the figures show how volatile the
:07:34. > :07:35.
:07:35. > :07:40.economy is. So, how will politicians tackle the jobless
:07:40. > :07:44.figures? The Welsh Government is being urged to decide quickly on
:07:44. > :07:49.new Enterprise Zone amid fears we could be left behind by England.
:07:49. > :07:53.Today the UK announced its full list of English enterprise zones,
:07:53. > :07:57.four of which lie just across the border. The zones are designed to
:07:57. > :08:01.breathe new life into economic black spots by offering incentsives
:08:01. > :08:06.to businesses. Flintshire, Barry and Cardiff would all like to said
:08:06. > :08:12.up new zones, but so far no decisions have been made here. More
:08:12. > :08:16.from James Williams. It may not look like much now but Flintshire
:08:16. > :08:26.Council believe this is land could unlock the economic potential of
:08:26. > :08:27.
:08:27. > :08:33.forth Wales, creating 5 ,000 jobs. Councillors want it to be
:08:33. > :08:37.designated an enterprise zone. �10 million has been set aside for
:08:37. > :08:39.the scheme. A scheme is set up in the Wirral, so it is important we
:08:39. > :08:43.make decisions. We know the Welsh Government are not necessarily
:08:43. > :08:49.against the idea. But let's go forward, let's make decisions and
:08:49. > :08:52.get those jobs for people. This site is within a stone's throw from
:08:52. > :08:55.England. Developments across the border are creating a sense of
:08:55. > :08:59.urgenty in this part of Wales, as the Westminster Government
:08:59. > :09:04.announced this year it would be establishing an enterprise zone in
:09:04. > :09:09.the Wirral, new Liverpool. The site, with 20 others in England, would
:09:09. > :09:14.benefit from superfast broadband, lower taxes, to encourage growth.
:09:14. > :09:18.It has led to fears it could attract businesses away from Wales
:09:18. > :09:22.unless the Government acts soon. haven't had an announcement by the
:09:22. > :09:25.Welsh Government yet and knowing the lack of rapidity of decision
:09:25. > :09:31.making by the Welsh Civil Service it is going to be unlikely if a
:09:31. > :09:35.decision is made before Christmas that these be in by this time next
:09:36. > :09:40.year. That will mean that the English region will have had 12
:09:40. > :09:44.months to contact and develop their links with companies and attract
:09:44. > :09:48.investment. Enterprise zones were introduced to Wales by the Thatcher
:09:48. > :09:55.Government in materialy 1980s. In 1981 Swansea was the first site in
:09:55. > :10:00.the UK, followed by sites in Pembroke shire and Delyn. Now
:10:00. > :10:04.Flintshire and Glamorgan councils want to reintroduce the policy in
:10:04. > :10:11.their patches. Not everyone is convinced. A leading London think-
:10:11. > :10:15.tank questions their worth. Up to 80% of zones created in the 1980s
:10:15. > :10:20.were moved from within the same town or city and across the country.
:10:20. > :10:24.Because you are concentrating in a small area of land and creating an
:10:24. > :10:27.unlevel playing field for businesses in that area there's a
:10:27. > :10:32.danger that rather than creating jobs you are moving them around.
:10:32. > :10:36.The Welsh Government says they are currently looking at options for
:10:36. > :10:39.Enterprise Zone. Flintshire Council must hope that decisions are made
:10:39. > :10:42.before businesses direct their attention elsewhere.
:10:42. > :10:49.How to encourage enterprise in Wales is becoming a significant
:10:49. > :10:55.debate. The Welsh Government says it is keen to trumpet innovation.
:10:55. > :10:59.One firm in east Wales has doubled its workforce this year. It has
:10:59. > :11:04.created a new device which monitors blood clovements it allows patients
:11:04. > :11:08.to work out the correct -- blood clots. It allows patients to work
:11:09. > :11:13.out the correct dose they need. The company is about to export to
:11:13. > :11:23.America. Everyone knows that chips can be bad for your health but
:11:23. > :11:28.these could have the opposite effect. Cick ro visk is using --
:11:28. > :11:35.microvisc. To monitor coagulation correctly you should be taking
:11:35. > :11:40.results on a weekly basis. The Food and Drug Administration in the US
:11:40. > :11:46.advises tow do it weekly. You are not going to go to your doctor
:11:46. > :11:50.weekly, so the user can simply and quickly take their coagulation time
:11:50. > :11:56.at home in exactly the way as a diabetic would take their glucose.
:11:56. > :12:03.A drop of blood is added to a strip containing a microsensor. That's
:12:03. > :12:08.inserted into a hand-held monitor which gives people an idea of their
:12:08. > :12:12.clotting levels. This disk contains enough sensors to make more than
:12:12. > :12:18.2,000 strips. They are nanosensors. The chips move up and down and work
:12:18. > :12:22.out how long it takes for the blood to thicken. This is Joe. He had a
:12:22. > :12:27.stroke eight years ago and takes warfarin, a blood-thinning drug
:12:27. > :12:34.used by 8 million people in the western world to lower the chance
:12:34. > :12:39.of further clots. I get a reading, if I get a reading which is 1.5 and
:12:39. > :12:44.I know should be between 2 and 3, I can increase the dose myself and
:12:44. > :12:51.test it within a couple of days or a week, whatever they tell you to
:12:51. > :12:55.do with this machine, and take it from there. The company has doubled
:12:55. > :12:58.its workforce from 20 to 30. Next year they will begin full-scale
:12:58. > :13:05.manufacturing with the hope that patients will have the means to
:13:05. > :13:09.diagnose themselves at the touch of Still ahead tonight: He's lined up
:13:09. > :13:12.for his team photo with Sale. Dwayne Peel says he is ready to
:13:12. > :13:22.play, but Wales bosses say he is still injured and can't be
:13:22. > :13:24.
:13:24. > :13:27.considered for selection. The NHS in Wales is still missing
:13:27. > :13:31.its target of treating 95% of hospital patients within six months
:13:31. > :13:34.have been referred by a GP. And the situation is far worse now than a
:13:34. > :13:37.year ago. 18 months ago, in January last year, only 1.5% of patients
:13:38. > :13:42.were waiting more than six months for treatment. In June last year,
:13:42. > :13:52.the figure was 3.5%. And the latest figures to be released show the
:13:52. > :13:53.
:13:53. > :13:58.figure is now more than 7%. Arwyn Jones is at the Senedd.
:13:58. > :14:02.What is the explanation? Why are waiting times going up? Well, if
:14:02. > :14:06.you speak to the Welsh government, they will say it is because we are
:14:06. > :14:10.an ageing population. More specifically, the additional
:14:10. > :14:15.pressures that puts on orthopaedic services. If you look at the
:14:15. > :14:20.statistics, you will see it is because orthopaedic services are
:14:20. > :14:23.dragging down the rest of the NHS. The reason for that is because
:14:23. > :14:27.there is an ageing population with greater demand for things like hip
:14:27. > :14:31.surgery, for example, any replacement surgery. And with that,
:14:32. > :14:35.greater demand so an increase in the chances of the waiting list
:14:35. > :14:40.going up. But the opposition in the assembly don't accept that, do
:14:40. > :14:44.they? No, they placed the blame firmly at the door of the Welsh
:14:44. > :14:48.government. They say it is because the policy of reducing the role of
:14:48. > :14:52.the private sector in the NHS in Wales, and that in turn reduces
:14:52. > :14:55.capacity. Then the result is more people waiting longer for their
:14:55. > :14:59.services. They say that the Welsh government is put in politics ahead
:15:00. > :15:03.of the needs of patients. They refer not any to the fact that more
:15:03. > :15:05.people are waiting six months, but also the number of people waiting
:15:05. > :15:09.over nine months for their treatment has rocketed over the
:15:09. > :15:15.last 18 months. What is the Welsh government saying it is going to do
:15:15. > :15:18.about it? Well, they have already announced that there will be an
:15:18. > :15:21.extra �65 million made available over the next few years for
:15:21. > :15:26.orthopaedic services, and they are confident that will get to grips
:15:26. > :15:31.with the issue. So much so, that they have said by the end of 20th
:15:31. > :15:36.March 12 they will be hitting their targets. So, once referred by their
:15:36. > :15:43.GP, 95% of patients in Wales will then receive fair treatment within
:15:43. > :15:48.that six-month bracket. A father and two children overcome by fumes
:15:48. > :15:52.in their tent whilst camping have been discharged from hospital. That
:15:52. > :15:56.children's mother died in the incident. It is believed the fumes
:15:56. > :16:00.were caused by a barbecue in or near the tent.
:16:00. > :16:04.An inquest has heard how a man found in a park in Bangor during
:16:04. > :16:09.the cold weather last December died of hypothermia. Patrick Cleary, 48,
:16:09. > :16:13.was discovered close to the city's Cathedral a week before Christmas.
:16:13. > :16:16.A verdict of accidental death was recorded. The new Vice Chancellor
:16:16. > :16:18.of Aberystwyth University says she is prepared to look at the
:16:18. > :16:21.possibility of working more closely with Bangor University. The Welsh
:16:21. > :16:24.government has backed plans that would see many higher education
:16:24. > :16:26.institutions merge. But in her first interview since arriving from
:16:26. > :16:36.Edinburgh, Professor April McMahon told us she hopes Aberystwyth is
:16:36. > :16:40.
:16:40. > :16:47.given an opportunity to show what it can offer on its own first.
:16:47. > :16:50.This -- there is no shortage of good luck cards at Professor
:16:50. > :16:55.McMahon's new offers. And the Vice Chancellor knows it is an uncertain
:16:55. > :16:58.time for the university. The education minister has told our
:16:58. > :17:02.higher education institutions to adapt or die. Leighton Andrews
:17:02. > :17:07.supports plans to reduce the number of Welsh universities from 10-6,
:17:07. > :17:10.but that would mean asking some of them to merge. I believe that it is
:17:10. > :17:15.right to say that they have been too many small institutions in
:17:15. > :17:20.Wales. If you are asking me if Aberystwyth there is one of those,
:17:20. > :17:27.then clearly I have a strong view that we can be a had -- healthy and
:17:27. > :17:31.sustainable University. So a merger with Bangor is not on the cards
:17:31. > :17:35.just yet? We have been asked to look at it over the longer term. It
:17:35. > :17:39.would only be reasonable to look at all the possibilities, but I would
:17:39. > :17:44.like to see us given the opportunity to show what we can
:17:44. > :17:48.deliver while maintaining two very important and quite different
:17:48. > :17:52.brands through the Universities of Bangor and Aberystwyth. In May,
:17:52. > :17:56.Aberystwyth became the first Welsh university to announce it will be
:17:56. > :18:01.increasing tuition fees to �9,000 next September. And, even though
:18:01. > :18:08.she had not started her new job then, Professor Mike Ma'am was part
:18:08. > :18:12.of the decision-making process. -- Professor McMahon. The previous
:18:12. > :18:18.funding regime for higher education, given the numbers that now come
:18:18. > :18:20.into the system, I'm afraid that it just was not sustainable. April
:18:20. > :18:24.McMahon's appointment was controversial because at the time
:18:24. > :18:30.she was not a Welsh speaker. Seven months on, she has made significant
:18:30. > :18:36.progress learning the language. But, barely a fortnight into her new job,
:18:36. > :18:39.she already realises even greater challenges lie ahead.
:18:40. > :18:43.Aberystwyth University is already full for next year, the only Welsh
:18:43. > :18:47.university not offering any places through clearing to students. They
:18:47. > :18:52.will get their A-level results tomorrow morning, and most of our
:18:52. > :18:55.universities are expecting a rush of calls. His our education
:18:55. > :18:59.correspondent. This is the clearing centre here at
:18:59. > :19:03.the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, where, tomorrow A-level
:19:03. > :19:07.results day, these phones will be ringing pretty much non-stop. It is
:19:07. > :19:13.going to be incredibly competitive yet again this year as applications
:19:13. > :19:15.are up, but unfortunately thousands of students will miss out on a
:19:15. > :19:19.university place. There will be celebrations, too, and we will
:19:19. > :19:23.bring those scenes do you from across the country. Join us
:19:23. > :19:26.tomorrow night on a Wales Today from 6:30pm.
:19:26. > :19:30.If you're waiting for those important exam results, have a look
:19:30. > :19:34.at the BBC News website where there is a full list of phone lines and
:19:34. > :19:38.Web links to Welsh universities for students still looking for a
:19:38. > :19:41.university place. Now, when one hotel manager in
:19:41. > :19:44.Conwy started drainage work on his grounds, he didn't expect to
:19:45. > :19:51.uncover three medieval walls. They are believed to be from Maenan
:19:51. > :19:57.Abbey near Llanrwst and are thought to be nearly 700 years old. Kate
:19:57. > :20:02.Morgan reports. They may not look like much, but
:20:02. > :20:08.these are the stones of one of the original medieval walls of men and
:20:08. > :20:14.Abbey. They are nearly 700 years old, and one of three 13th century
:20:14. > :20:19.walls found at this hotel recently. We started some work on the hotel's
:20:19. > :20:24.drainage system a few weeks ago, and we started within -- with one
:20:24. > :20:28.change. Within an hour of digging the came across one medieval war.
:20:28. > :20:32.The abbey was built here in 1283, but was destroyed in the 16th
:20:32. > :20:37.century when Henry eighth shut down the monasteries, and there has been
:20:37. > :20:41.no trace of it until now. From what we can gather, the Abbey was a very
:20:41. > :20:45.impressive building, which would have been something totally amazing
:20:45. > :20:49.in this area. Experts have already covered two of the walls with
:20:49. > :20:53.Tarmac to protect them from damage, but the hotel manager says he wants
:20:53. > :20:58.to find a way to uncover them safely and make them are a feature
:20:58. > :21:02.of the grounds. Rugby, and a row has broken out over the decision
:21:02. > :21:05.not to include scrum half Dwayne Peel in Wales's pre-World Cup squad.
:21:05. > :21:11.The Welsh management say he is injured, but that has been
:21:11. > :21:16.contradicted by both Dwayne Peel and his club Sale, who both say he
:21:16. > :21:20.is fully fit and ready to play. With 79 caps and buckets of
:21:20. > :21:26.experience with Wales and the Lions, Dwayne Peel is the player most
:21:26. > :21:29.coaches would love to have in their team. But, five days before Warren
:21:29. > :21:33.Gatland names his World Cup squad, the Sale scrum half looks set to be
:21:33. > :21:36.overlooked. He had been set to return to the squad for their last
:21:36. > :21:41.two warm-up games but was not called up. This is how the
:21:41. > :21:46.management explained their decision on Friday. He is up and running,
:21:46. > :21:51.doing all the fitness stuff, but he can't do any of the contact. He had
:21:51. > :21:55.a bumper last week and as a result has become unavailable to us in
:21:55. > :22:01.terms of preparation for this game. But that just isn't true, according
:22:01. > :22:06.to Dwayne Peel. He says he has been in full training for several weeks.
:22:06. > :22:11.I started the first week in June. I am fine now and have been cleared
:22:11. > :22:18.by the surgeon to play. I am fine, good to go. He has been available
:22:18. > :22:22.since July. As fit as a butcher's dog. The reason he has not been
:22:22. > :22:25.picked is on their selection policy. There is no doubt that his decision
:22:25. > :22:29.to play rugby in England has affected his international
:22:29. > :22:37.prospects and his touch -- chances of playing in the World Cup. He
:22:37. > :22:41.missed all of Wales's summer fitness camps. There's been a
:22:41. > :22:48.number of occasions where he has not been available to us. He was
:22:48. > :22:52.not available until 4th August, which hampered his opportunities.
:22:52. > :22:55.We have been pleased with the progress Mike Phillips made in the
:22:55. > :23:03.first two games, and the two youngsters are really put in
:23:03. > :23:07.pressure on him. And so, for all his skill and experience, Dwayne
:23:07. > :23:10.Peel seems to be well down the pecking order with Wales, and is
:23:10. > :23:14.facing the prospect of watching the World Cup on television.
:23:14. > :23:17.Football, and Cardiff City will try to extend their unbeaten run to
:23:17. > :23:20.four matches tonight when they play Brighton in the championship. Both
:23:20. > :23:26.teams have a perfect record in the league so far. Cardiff go into the
:23:26. > :23:30.game of the back of a thumping 3-1 win over Bristol City on Sunday.
:23:30. > :23:35.It is something we have talked- about and we wanted to become
:23:35. > :23:40.reality. Major when people look at the fixed to live and see they have
:23:40. > :23:44.got carted away they are in for a hard game. Hopefully we can build
:23:44. > :23:48.of Sunday's performance against Bristol. Commentary of that game
:23:48. > :23:51.will be live on BBC Radio Wales this evening.
:23:51. > :23:54.Glamorgan are playing cricket in Colwyn Bay this week. They made a
:23:54. > :24:02.reasonable start to their match with Leicestershire. At the close
:24:02. > :24:07.of the first day, the Welsh county Summer seems to have disappeared
:24:07. > :24:11.for the moment. It is looking lovely there at the moment, how
:24:11. > :24:14.does it look for the rest of the week?
:24:14. > :24:18.It is looking mixed, but we have got more in the way of summery
:24:18. > :24:23.weather heading our way. It is a beautiful evening he in Cardiff Bay,
:24:23. > :24:27.feeling warm in the sunshine. Tomorrow more in the way of cloud,
:24:27. > :24:31.but also some sunny spells. Much of the brighter intervals tomorrow
:24:31. > :24:36.morning will be across the north and west. More in the way of cloud
:24:36. > :24:39.across the south-east. Tonight, for all of us brightening up nicely.
:24:39. > :24:42.Becoming dry for all of us in the overnight period, and we will see
:24:43. > :24:47.more in the way of cloud pushing into parts of the south-east and
:24:47. > :24:51.into the early hours of tomorrow morning. Temperatures 9 - 13
:24:51. > :24:55.Celsius with light winds. The pressure chart for tomorrow shows
:24:55. > :24:59.an area of low pressure sitting across France, so that weather
:24:59. > :25:03.front bushing in from the south- east. More in the way of cloud for
:25:03. > :25:06.the south-east, but brighter conditions across the north and
:25:06. > :25:10.west. Through the day, we will start to see thicker cloud making
:25:10. > :25:15.its way in from the West, and with that comes a few showers, merging
:25:15. > :25:19.into longer spells of rain. By the time we get into the afternoon it
:25:19. > :25:26.will be cloudy with a few showers, but not as bad as originally
:25:27. > :25:31.forecast. Tomorrow's top temperature 14 - 17 Celsius. Under
:25:31. > :25:41.the cloud it will feel rather cool by the afternoon. Light winds from
:25:41. > :25:44.
:25:44. > :25:48.As we go into tomorrow night, we would start to see the showers
:25:48. > :25:51.clearing the way. It won't be as warm as deceiving. Clearer
:25:51. > :25:56.conditions through the night and into the early hours of Friday
:25:56. > :26:00.morning. Overnight temperatures dipping as low as eight Celsius, so
:26:00. > :26:04.it will be a cooler night than tonight. That sets the scene nicely
:26:04. > :26:07.for Friday, which is likely to be the best day of the week. Lots of
:26:07. > :26:11.sunshine from the word go. The day to be out and about and even to
:26:11. > :26:16.have a barbecue. Make the most of it because Saturday is looking
:26:16. > :26:22.rather changeable. Cloudy from the word go, on and off throughout the
:26:22. > :26:27.day. Much better on Sunday. Brighter conditions coming through
:26:27. > :26:37.with temperatures creeping up to about 21 Celsius, the best day of
:26:37. > :26:39.
:26:39. > :26:42.the weekend. Make the most of the The main headlines again: David
:26:42. > :26:46.Cameron has praised the courts for handing out tough sentences to some
:26:46. > :26:51.of those involved in last week's riots and looting in England. Some
:26:51. > :26:55.senior Lib Dems say sentences have been disproportionate.
:26:55. > :27:01.Unemployment in Wales rose unexpectedly today. 122,000 people
:27:01. > :27:05.are out of work here, that is 8.4% of the work force. The UK figure
:27:05. > :27:08.also rose in the three months to June to just under 2.5 million.
:27:08. > :27:13.Hundreds of parents and pupils have stepped up their fight against
:27:13. > :27:16.school closures. Flintshire council today voted to delay a consultation
:27:16. > :27:20.on plans that could have seen some schools closed.
:27:20. > :27:26.And just a reminder, if you have got a story you think we should be