:00:07. > :00:13.Welcome to Wales Today. Tonight's headlines. Amy Francis hoped an
:00:13. > :00:16.operation would help her beat cancer. But an inquest hears she
:00:16. > :00:22.died after the surgeon tried to remove her liver, instead of her
:00:22. > :00:32.kidney. It was a great shock. It was what we thought would be a
:00:32. > :00:37.
:00:37. > :00:40.routine operation and we were devastated. We lost her so suddenly.
:00:40. > :00:44.Also in the programme tonight, this school may not be included in the
:00:44. > :00:47.primary school banding system. It is too small. But despite the
:00:48. > :00:51.controversy, the Education Minister will press ahead with the plans.
:00:51. > :01:00.The fund to help the Gleision miners families will top a million
:01:00. > :01:05.pounds. Trustees say they are astonished by the amount raised.
:01:05. > :01:09.Cardiff University seals a �1.6 billion deal to continue to work on
:01:09. > :01:13.a drug that could transform the treat -- treatment of hepatitis C.
:01:13. > :01:19.And you won't be seeing any of this during the Olympic Games. The "no
:01:19. > :01:22.go" advertising zone 500 metres around the Millennium Stadium.
:01:22. > :01:25.Good evening. An inquest has heard how a grandmother died after a
:01:25. > :01:28.surgeon accidentally tried to remove her liver instead of one of
:01:28. > :01:31.her kidneys. The operation was supposed to help Amy Francis beat
:01:31. > :01:41.cancer. Instead the routine operation using keyhole surgery
:01:41. > :01:44.
:01:44. > :01:47.ended in tragedy. Caroline Evans reports. Amy Francis was 77, a
:01:47. > :01:52.mother of four with seven grandchildren. She had lived and
:01:52. > :01:57.new -- worked in Newport, enjoying good health for most of her life,
:01:57. > :02:01.until she was diagnosed with a kidney cancer. Doctors told her
:02:01. > :02:06.that if she had her right kidney removed, there was a good chance
:02:06. > :02:11.her left kidney could be treated and she would recover. It was a
:02:11. > :02:18.great shock. It was what we thought would be a routine operation. We
:02:18. > :02:21.were devastated at the time to lose her so suddenly. Surgeon Adon --
:02:21. > :02:28.Adam Carter had done such an operation more than 100 times
:02:28. > :02:31.before. But what should have been routine went tragically wrong. Amy
:02:31. > :02:35.Francis was undergoing keyhole surgery where small cuts are made
:02:35. > :02:39.in the body, allowing surgeons to insert a camera and instruments
:02:39. > :02:44.without the need for -- need for a bigger incision. The procedure
:02:44. > :02:51.should have involved attaching the kidney and pulling it out through a
:02:51. > :02:56.cat in the crime. By that time, the key hole camera cannot be used and
:02:56. > :03:05.the sea -- surgeon is working by touch alone. Deliverer is usually
:03:05. > :03:09.out of the way higher up -- the liver. When it be surgeon reached
:03:09. > :03:13.in to get hold of the kidney, his hand instead grabbed the liver. He
:03:13. > :03:16.told the inquest today that initially he had asked a trainee
:03:16. > :03:21.surgeon to remove the kidney but when she said she was not confident,
:03:21. > :03:25.he had taken over and he was responsible for the mistake. I
:03:25. > :03:31.should have known where the kidney was will stop emerging from the
:03:31. > :03:37.hearing, Amy Francis's family said Mr Carter's honesty had saved them
:03:37. > :03:42.grief and the hospital from legal action. It was what we expected the
:03:42. > :03:47.outcome to be, it was a mistake. But we are glad we came and
:03:47. > :03:51.listened to the full story of what happened. We take heart from the
:03:51. > :03:57.fact they have learned from the mistake that was made. We accept
:03:57. > :04:05.the decision of the court. We miss -- which Mr Carter all the best and
:04:05. > :04:11.appreciate his honesty in admitting the error. Hopefully we can put it
:04:11. > :04:15.behind us now. In a statement, the health board said it fully accepts
:04:15. > :04:19.the verdict and all thoughts are with the family. A full internal
:04:19. > :04:23.investigation was undertaken which examined in every detail every
:04:23. > :04:27.action taken prior to and during the operation. Every possible
:04:27. > :04:33.effort was made by the surgical team to save the life of Amy
:04:33. > :04:36.Francis, they say. The details of the death have been shared with
:04:36. > :04:41.surgeons nationwide core stock as a result, it is hoped lessons are
:04:41. > :04:44.being learned by the profession across Britain. Plans to put
:04:44. > :04:48.primary schools in Wales into bands will go ahead later this year,
:04:48. > :04:50.despite calls for the whole scheme to be abandoned. The system is
:04:50. > :04:53.similar to the controversial one already in place in our
:04:53. > :04:56.comprehensives, but as many as a third of primary schools in rural
:04:56. > :04:59.areas may not be included. The Education Minister denies claims
:04:59. > :05:00.that'll make the whole system meaningless, as our Education
:05:00. > :05:03.Correspondent, Nicola Smith, reports.
:05:03. > :05:06.In just a few months' time, parents, teachers and pupils here at
:05:06. > :05:11.Greenway Primary School in Cardiff will learn for the first time what
:05:11. > :05:14.band their school is in. Just like the system in secondary schools
:05:14. > :05:17.across Wales, the banding is designed to see how each school is
:05:17. > :05:20.performing and which ones need extra support. It's likely that
:05:20. > :05:24.pupil attendance and teacher assessments at Key Stage 1 and 2
:05:24. > :05:32.will be taken into account. The exact criteria is still being
:05:32. > :05:36.discussed. But it's controversial. I don't think we need it. I think
:05:36. > :05:40.it might be divisive, it's a score on the door and doesn't show what
:05:40. > :05:43.goes on behind that door. It's one number. I think we have other
:05:43. > :05:49.systems in place, Estyn framework and the inspection system that pick
:05:49. > :05:51.up schools doing well and schools that need help. But unlike Greenway
:05:51. > :05:57.Primary School, Ysgol Penllwyn near Aberystwyth probably won't be
:05:57. > :06:00.included in the new system. In fact, around a third of schools in Wales
:06:00. > :06:07.won't because they have too few pupils to be accurately and fairly
:06:07. > :06:10.measured. With a relatively small number of kids in each year group,
:06:10. > :06:13.one child can represent aboutt 33% of that particular cohort so that
:06:13. > :06:23.would unbalance the figures year on year and make it very difficult to
:06:23. > :06:24.
:06:24. > :06:30.make them meaningful. Parents here told us they didn't need to be part
:06:30. > :06:33.of a banding system to know their school was doing well. We know that
:06:33. > :06:38.our child is doing very well here, academically, and other parents are
:06:38. > :06:41.happy too, so we're fine with that. This is a small school. Community
:06:41. > :06:50.and family spirit far outweighs anything else at this stage of the
:06:50. > :07:00.game at primary school level. of the parents seem very happy, we
:07:00. > :07:01.
:07:01. > :07:04.absolutely fine way back. -- -- with that. Parents at Ysgol Parc y
:07:04. > :07:08.Bont on Anglesey don't know if their school will be banded and
:07:08. > :07:12.opinions on the system are mixed. It just gives you a bit of a
:07:12. > :07:22.comparison really. I look more at GCSE results than the bands but
:07:22. > :07:26.
:07:26. > :07:29.it's a useful benchmark to look at. I think I go with my gut instinct.
:07:29. > :07:31.Plaid Cymru has called on the Education Minister to abandon the
:07:31. > :07:34.plans entirely because it says if significant numbers of small rural
:07:34. > :07:39.schools are excluded, the overall system becomes meaningless. A call
:07:39. > :07:41.resolutely rejected by Leighton Andrews. There are greater
:07:41. > :07:44.challenges in developing an objective model for primary schools
:07:44. > :07:49.compared to secondary schools and the greatest of these is the large
:07:49. > :07:52.number of schools which have a small number of pupils. Banding of
:07:52. > :07:58.primary schools is important as we want to ensure system of providing
:07:58. > :08:00.support for schools is there from the start of a child's education.
:08:00. > :08:04.The exact model for primary school banding is being developed right
:08:04. > :08:14.now. Schools will be provided with a provisional band before Easter
:08:14. > :08:16.
:08:16. > :08:21.and the final band in the summer term.
:08:21. > :08:31.A 22-year-old man has been charged with murder after a pedestrian died
:08:31. > :08:48.
:08:48. > :08:53.in Cardiff Bay. A Spanish budget airline is adding two new routes
:08:53. > :09:01.out of Cardiff airport. Flights will begin operating three times
:09:01. > :09:05.per week from June. Campaigners opposing more wind farms and pylons
:09:05. > :09:09.in mid-Wales have been giving evidence to an inquiry by the
:09:09. > :09:13.Environment Committee. They claim and European directives on at
:09:13. > :09:18.protecting the environment has been overlooked and want a review of the
:09:18. > :09:26.policy which encourages wind Energy Development in several areas of the
:09:26. > :09:32.country. It is a bad policy. It was squeezed through without being
:09:32. > :09:37.monitored, as it should have been, by the director. There was a day it
:09:37. > :09:44.-- degree of legitimacy and what happened but it looks bad, it's not
:09:44. > :09:49.bad, it is bad. The Welsh comb and have responded saying that their
:09:49. > :09:54.policy predated any European directive -- Welsh government. It's
:09:54. > :09:58.a tragedy that scarred a community. Now it's been confirmed that the
:09:58. > :10:02.charity fund set up to help the families of the men who died in the
:10:02. > :10:05.Gleision Mine will top �1 million. That's how much has been raised
:10:05. > :10:08.since the accident in the Swansea Valley last year. Rhodri Lewis has
:10:08. > :10:11.spoken exclusively to the fund's trustees. A meeting of the
:10:11. > :10:13.charity's trustees this afternoon. The Archbishop of Wales, Barry
:10:14. > :10:16.Morgan, and Tyrone O'Sullivan, the man behind Tower Colliery, all
:10:16. > :10:25.charged with ensuring the public's generosity reaches the families of
:10:25. > :10:29.the four dead miners. The fund is now likely to top �1 million.
:10:29. > :10:38.sincerely think it will make �1 million. Going back to September,
:10:38. > :10:43.nobody expected us. -- this. Now we are up 970,000. I sincerely think
:10:43. > :10:50.we will make it there. Thursday the 15th of September, and a huge
:10:50. > :11:00.rescue operation after four miners were trapped underground. The
:11:00. > :11:03.Gleision Mine near Pontardawe had flooded. All the men who died that
:11:03. > :11:07.day, David Powell, Charles Breslin, Gary Jenkins and Philip Hill with
:11:07. > :11:11.families to support. Within days a fund was set up to help them, which
:11:11. > :11:14.is now likely to top �1 million. The tragedy of what happened here
:11:14. > :11:17.not only touched people in the Swansea Valley and Wales, but was
:11:17. > :11:19.felt around the world. In the months since September, the
:11:19. > :11:21.trustees have received cheques from right across the globe. There's
:11:21. > :11:24.been particular generosity from countries with strong mining
:11:24. > :11:28.traditions, such as New Zealand and Chile. Today the trustees met to
:11:28. > :11:31.monitor how the fund is doing. They've already invested a
:11:31. > :11:34.substantial part in an account to gain interest and two payouts have
:11:34. > :11:38.already been made. One was to the families to help with funeral costs,
:11:38. > :11:41.the other to the daughter of one of the men who died. She is disabled,
:11:41. > :11:47.and has used the money to buy an electric wheelchair and a specially
:11:47. > :11:52.adapted car. We have had numerous fundraisers over the Christmas..
:11:52. > :11:55.is phenomenal. The fund is expected to be wound up later this year.
:11:55. > :11:58.Only then will more details emerge on how the generosity of people
:11:58. > :12:01.from Wales and all over the world will be used to help the families
:12:01. > :12:05.of the Gleision miners. Still to come in the programme, this is the
:12:05. > :12:10.people's market in Wrexham but unfortunately, not many people are
:12:10. > :12:15.using it. The council has offered stallholder has a 25 % cut in rent
:12:15. > :12:23.but is it enough? And why these will be banned around the
:12:23. > :12:27.Millennium Stadium during the Olympics.
:12:27. > :12:31.A drug developed at Cardiff University to Crete -- treat
:12:31. > :12:41.hepatitis C has been bought by an American country in a �1.6 billion
:12:41. > :12:42.
:12:42. > :12:46.deal. The tie in could be a lucrative move for the university.
:12:46. > :12:50.When I was standing in this laboratory one year in -- one year
:12:50. > :12:57.ago, it was to report the first human trials of this drug had been
:12:57. > :13:01.successful. Today, they have passed another milestone. You have been
:13:01. > :13:05.working on the project for a number of years. Tell us about what it
:13:05. > :13:09.means for the development of the drug and the university. As you
:13:09. > :13:13.correctly said, this started four years ago with a corporation
:13:13. > :13:17.between Cardiff University and this company from the United States. Now
:13:17. > :13:24.what happens is the potential of this compound has been recognised
:13:24. > :13:33.by a big company. It has acquired and invested in us. It has the
:13:33. > :13:42.potential to become a drug and really it is a force behind us. It
:13:42. > :13:47.There are 300,000 people in the UK who have hepatitis C, it can be
:13:47. > :13:51.fatal and people have to go on the transplant lists for a new liver.
:13:51. > :13:56.With new do-it- -- drugs we often hear the words pioneering and
:13:56. > :14:02.revolutionary. How good could this drug before those people?
:14:02. > :14:08.current treatment really only works for a small number of patients, and
:14:08. > :14:13.the drug that has just been approved -- the drugs that have
:14:13. > :14:17.been approved to not cover all types of the disease. This drug
:14:17. > :14:22.will cover all the types of hepatitis C so there is a chance
:14:22. > :14:29.for every patient to be cured of this disease by using this drug.
:14:29. > :14:34.Briefly, I you enter Phase Three now? We are about to finish the
:14:34. > :14:38.phase two trials in a few months, and then the final stage, phase
:14:38. > :14:43.three, soon after that, and possibly in three to four years'
:14:43. > :14:47.time it will be on the market and time for us and the patience of
:14:47. > :14:51.Wales. Thank you for sharing that with us. If that happens in 18
:14:51. > :14:55.months or so we can guarantee we will be back here reporting it.
:14:55. > :14:59.Back to you. Thank you. Motor insurance group
:14:59. > :15:04.Admiral has been bailed plans for a new office building in Newport. The
:15:04. > :15:08.FTSE 100 business has provisional plans for the Cambrian Centre in
:15:09. > :15:12.the city centre. Up to 2000 staff could be based there by the end of
:15:12. > :15:16.next year. Prices are being slashed at
:15:16. > :15:20.Wrexham's markets, not for customers but for traders. Business
:15:20. > :15:23.is so slow the council is cutting the rent it charges stall holders
:15:23. > :15:27.by a quarter to help them out as part of a series of measures to
:15:27. > :15:33.boost the town's three indoor markets. Matthew Richards is at one
:15:33. > :15:36.of them for us tonight. Matthew. Thank you very much, Lucy. The
:15:36. > :15:39.shutters have come down on another day hearer the People's Market in
:15:39. > :15:42.Wrexham but we have been here much of the day and they have not been
:15:42. > :15:46.many people here, which is where the council has stepped in and
:15:46. > :15:49.reduced rent rates for the 100 stallholders here in Wrexham for
:15:49. > :15:54.the next three months, traditionally a quiet time of the
:15:54. > :15:57.year. But some of the traders here, who had a meeting tonight with
:15:57. > :16:01.council members, thing more could be done to bring shoppers back.
:16:01. > :16:04.Evelyn Clutton is moving on. She has had a stall at the People's
:16:04. > :16:08.Market for two years and is leaving to open a shop nearby. She's
:16:08. > :16:11.renting it from the council so will benefit from the dreaded by per
:16:11. > :16:15.cent discount, but so she is going because she doesn't get enough
:16:15. > :16:20.passing trade here, especially since some big stores left the high
:16:20. > :16:25.street. Since they have closed down, the People's market has gone down
:16:25. > :16:28.really badly. All the people that are supposed as -- be supporting
:16:28. > :16:33.local businesses, they should be doing that, not going to bigger
:16:33. > :16:36.companies. Normally when prices are cut by 25 per cent it is something
:16:36. > :16:39.traders do to attract customers but this time it is being done by the
:16:39. > :16:42.council to help traders turn a corner after the busy Christmas
:16:42. > :16:46.period has ended. The council admits it may have fallen short in
:16:46. > :16:49.the past but hopes a series of talks with stall holders will
:16:50. > :16:54.create a better relationship and a busier town centre. Communication
:16:54. > :16:58.is probably key to this and I have to say the traders will come to you
:16:58. > :17:01.and say may be the council has and always listened, so we have a bit
:17:01. > :17:05.of a sea-change going on and are getting the communication process
:17:05. > :17:08.right, so it is important for us. Shoppers were thin on the ground
:17:08. > :17:11.this afternoon despite free parking from midday. One told me the
:17:11. > :17:16.markets are missing out because the town centre is spread over a wide
:17:16. > :17:20.area. This is in the middle, you see, so you either go to one end of
:17:20. > :17:23.town or the other end up miss the middle. The rent relief will
:17:23. > :17:27.certainly help traders weather the winter and the council is promising
:17:27. > :17:34.more action to bring people back to the People's Market.
:17:34. > :17:37.Joining me now is a man who has stepped into the world of market
:17:37. > :17:42.trading and opened a store here. Why did you come? It is a fantastic
:17:42. > :17:46.place. It is a fantastic place to trade, and Wrexham being
:17:46. > :17:50.traditionally a market town, and now it has a new level of vibrancy
:17:50. > :17:54.and liveliness with new businesses coming in every week. This 25 per
:17:54. > :17:58.cent rent cut is because business has been slow, that will obviously
:17:58. > :18:02.be a bonus. It is a huge bonus. When you are starting up with a
:18:02. > :18:05.stall, keeping costs down is an important factor it so it is great
:18:05. > :18:09.for the council is doing for market traders, new and existing, some
:18:10. > :18:12.have been here for 20 years. met with more experienced traders
:18:13. > :18:16.to write and probably discuss a lot, but you want to get people through
:18:16. > :18:20.the doors. How would you do that? The cancer had many things plan for
:18:20. > :18:25.the near future. Free parking since November has increased footfall,
:18:25. > :18:29.which is positive, and we hope for a new shuttle bus in the next few
:18:29. > :18:32.months, and we have been talking about ideas for facelift in the
:18:32. > :18:39.People's Market and improving its look, and may be doing a relaunch.
:18:39. > :18:43.Has the market still got an appeal, due think people still like it?
:18:43. > :18:46.has a huge appeal, Wrexham has three vibrant markets, indoor and
:18:46. > :18:51.outdoor, which are expanding all time. We're always getting people
:18:51. > :18:55.coming in and it is a fantastic mix of stall holders, old, new, young,
:18:55. > :19:01.experienced, this is the place to come and shots. Excellent. Great
:19:01. > :19:06.sales pitch. We wish you the best for the opening of your stall. Back
:19:06. > :19:09.to you, Lucy. Thank you, Matthew. Meanwhile the
:19:09. > :19:12.closure and sale of Abergavenny cattle market is one step closer.
:19:12. > :19:16.Monmouthshire Council wants to move the market outside the town and
:19:16. > :19:20.build a supermarket on the site. The local government minister Carl
:19:20. > :19:22.Sargeant says the Council should have the final say. He is appealing
:19:22. > :19:27.a Victorian law which could have forced them to keep the market
:19:27. > :19:31.where it is there -- where it is. In sport, in the last few minutes,
:19:31. > :19:36.the International Rugby Board has ruled that London Irish player
:19:36. > :19:40.Stephen Sinn were his only eligible to play for Wales. The former
:19:40. > :19:43.Kennedy fly-half was picked for Scotland because his mother is
:19:43. > :19:48.Scottish, but the governing body has now ruled he can only represent
:19:48. > :19:52.Wales because of a previous appearance for Wales and twenties.
:19:52. > :19:56.In football, Wales captain Aaron Ramsey says he was right to express
:19:56. > :20:00.his disappointment that players had not been asked their opinion during
:20:00. > :20:04.the search for a new national coach. Responding to criticism, the
:20:04. > :20:07.Arsenal midfielder said he was giving an honest view, and didn't
:20:07. > :20:10.need advisors to tell him what he should and shouldn't say.
:20:10. > :20:13.Meanwhile, four Swansea City players could be part of the
:20:13. > :20:17.British Olympic football team after being named on the initial
:20:17. > :20:21.shortlist. Ashley Williams, Neil Taylor, Joe Allen and on-loan
:20:21. > :20:25.centre-half Steven Caulker have all been asked for their availability.
:20:25. > :20:30.Boss Brendan Rodgers confirmed the coach had been impressed by the
:20:30. > :20:36.performances. I think it is fantastic for them. Liz spoke to a
:20:36. > :20:40.number of them individually, and obviously there is a long way to go,
:20:40. > :20:47.but I think the feeling is similar to mine, it is something I
:20:47. > :20:51.encourage. If it is good enough for Lionel messy, it is good enough for
:20:51. > :20:54.our players. Talking of the Olympics, businesses in the heart
:20:54. > :20:57.of Cardiff will be banned from displaying advertising hoardings
:20:57. > :21:01.while Olympic events are being staged at the Millennium Stadium.
:21:01. > :21:04.Legislation passed by the National Assembly this week means only
:21:04. > :21:08.official sponsors of the games can display adverts within 500 metres
:21:08. > :21:12.of the event when the football comes to the city in July and
:21:12. > :21:16.August. When the big sporting events come
:21:16. > :21:19.to town, Cardiff comes alive. The central location of the stadium is
:21:19. > :21:23.a bonus for traders who can capitalise on the large crowds and
:21:23. > :21:27.entice them through their doors, advertising special offers. In July
:21:27. > :21:30.and August this year the Millennium Stadium will host Olympic football,
:21:30. > :21:36.and local businesses were looking forward to promoting their wares as
:21:36. > :21:39.usual, but this summer, on the day and day before the Olympic events,
:21:39. > :21:42.all advertising and promotional material like this the than 500
:21:42. > :21:45.metres at the Millennium Stadium will be banned unless they are from
:21:45. > :21:48.official sponsors. The National Assembly passed a special law
:21:48. > :21:52.earlier this week preventing advertising by non sponsors and in
:21:52. > :21:57.Cardiff it will have a big impact, from bus shelters and advertising
:21:57. > :22:01.hoardings to telephone boxes and billboards. I think it is a shame
:22:01. > :22:05.that businesses cannot promote their things in the area.
:22:05. > :22:08.sponsors have paid a huge amount of money so they should have the right.
:22:08. > :22:12.Sponsors pay a high price to be connected to a prestigious sporting
:22:12. > :22:17.event, and other businesses are often keen to cash in on the
:22:17. > :22:20.exposure for free, think Newport's Ryder Cup and this book make a's
:22:20. > :22:24.attempt to get his companies name on screen. Here, Paddy Power's
:22:24. > :22:29.attempt at so-called at Bush advertising was blocked by the
:22:29. > :22:32.courts. -- ambush advertising. The exclusion zone works fine for these
:22:32. > :22:36.new purpose built Olympic stadia, but Cardiff traders argue the rules
:22:36. > :22:43.shouldn't apply here. I don't think there is a city in the world that
:22:43. > :22:48.has a stadium right in the centre, within such close proximity to
:22:48. > :22:52.other retail units, so I think they should have taken a bit more of a
:22:52. > :22:55.lenient approach. But one Assembly Member representing the city centre
:22:55. > :23:00.so she is confident that those policing the rules will use a light
:23:00. > :23:02.touch. We need to make sure traders within the exclusion no -- they
:23:02. > :23:07.know exactly what they can and cannot do and stay within the
:23:07. > :23:09.regulations. We also need to be clear that they are policed with a
:23:09. > :23:14.light touch so honest traders had nothing to fear. In a statement
:23:14. > :23:17.tonight London 20 Todd said the rules are protect -- to protect
:23:17. > :23:20.this one's investments, but they say regulations allow local
:23:20. > :23:25.companies within the zone to apply for or ruck -- authorisation for
:23:25. > :23:30.the sprays and silage. One area of uncertainty, however, went execs to
:23:30. > :23:35.constitute an advert, with this railway bridge 500 metres from the
:23:35. > :23:43.stadium need to be covered up? Let's find out what the new -- next
:23:43. > :23:47.few days have in store, will we Yes, it is time to dig out the
:23:47. > :23:52.staff admittance because it will turn cold and it already is --
:23:52. > :23:57.scarf and mittens. It will be more like winter should be over the next
:23:57. > :24:01.few days, colder and much drier, some sunshine, frost and fog
:24:01. > :24:08.patches. Tonight is dry with clear skies, mist patches and fog, and
:24:08. > :24:12.cold, the coldest night of the month so far. Those temperatures
:24:12. > :24:21.minus 1 in Powys, lower in rural spots, been in widespread ground
:24:21. > :24:24.High pressure over Britain tonight meaning dry and settled weather so
:24:24. > :24:29.tomorrow morning, certainly much colder than we have been used to,
:24:29. > :24:33.but at least it will be dry, frost in most places, and watch out for
:24:33. > :24:39.fog patches if you are travelling. It could be locally dense, three
:24:39. > :24:42.edict -- freezing and slow to lists. Temperatures only on a me around
:24:42. > :24:46.one sources in Caernarfon. It will linger into the afternoon in
:24:46. > :24:50.sunspots perhaps but most of the country fine with bright skies and
:24:50. > :24:55.sunshine to look forward to. Temperatures recovering, eventually
:24:55. > :24:59.reaching between 5 and 8 Celsius, 41-46 Fahrenheit, which is about
:24:59. > :25:02.right for this time of year. Hardly a breath of wind as well. Tomorrow
:25:02. > :25:06.night dry over the mixture of cloud, mist and fog patches, and if
:25:06. > :25:10.anything tomorrow night will be colder than tonight. As for the
:25:10. > :25:14.weekend, it is more of the same, really, generally dry, some
:25:14. > :25:19.sunshine, frost, a few fog patches, I think the best of the sunshine in
:25:19. > :25:24.the north and west on Saturday, a lovely day in Colwyn Bay and
:25:24. > :25:29.Tregaron to go for a walk. Temperatures 546 Celsius, 42
:25:29. > :25:32.Fahrenheit. Some low cloud is likely, however, meaning some areas
:25:32. > :25:37.won't be quite so lucky. It will turn out grey and cold,
:25:37. > :25:42.temperatures on Sunday four Celsius in Wrexham, maybe six in
:25:42. > :25:45.Aberystwyth and Fishguard, with more of a breeze in the east and
:25:45. > :25:49.south-east. The reason for the dry, and settled spell of weather is
:25:49. > :25:53.high pressure on Monday centred somewhere over Germany, so next
:25:53. > :25:58.week will start dry, but it may turn milder and more unsettled by
:25:58. > :26:02.the middle of the week. Then again, this high pressure, you never know,
:26:02. > :26:07.may hold on, so the dry weather could well last for longer,
:26:07. > :26:11.possibly for most of next week. Our picture tonight is from Ffos Las
:26:11. > :26:16.racecourse in Carmarthenshire, then Sky at Night, Shepherds delight.
:26:16. > :26:19.There is some truth in this saying, which has been in use since
:26:20. > :26:24.biblical times. Tomorrow will be dry with sunshine, but watch out
:26:24. > :26:27.for Jack frost, and a few fog patches as well. So it is looking a
:26:27. > :26:36.bit colder over the next few days, bit colder over the next few days,
:26:36. > :26:40.Lucy. Thank you, Derek. The main headlines. Tesco, the giant on the
:26:40. > :26:43.High Street, has seen disappointing sales in the last few months. Sales
:26:43. > :26:47.over the festive period were lower than the previous year, prompting
:26:47. > :26:50.the company to issue a profit warning.
:26:50. > :26:54.The family of the Birmingham couple found dead at their home yesterday
:26:54. > :26:59.have made an emotional appeal for help in finding whoever was
:26:59. > :27:03.responsible. The bodies -- their bodies were discovered by one of
:27:03. > :27:10.their sons. A serving officer with the West Midlands forces examining
:27:10. > :27:13.their debts -- investigating. In Wales, an inquest hears how a
:27:13. > :27:16.grandmother died after a surgeon tried to remove her liver instead
:27:16. > :27:21.of one of her kidneys. The operation was supposed to help Amy
:27:21. > :27:25.Francis beat cancer. And plans to banned primary schools
:27:25. > :27:29.will go ahead later this year despite calls for the whole scheme
:27:29. > :27:34.to be abandoned. But as many as a third of primary schools in Wales