:00:08. > :00:15.Welcome to Wales today. The top story.
:00:15. > :00:25.Bon Marche is sold, nearly half of its stores will close. The break-up
:00:25. > :00:35.
:00:35. > :00:39.The other headlines. Why are so many being admitted as
:00:39. > :00:43.emergencies for breathing problems? Figures are after a ten-year high.
:00:43. > :00:47.This United Kingdom, what English voters think about the way we are
:00:47. > :00:52.governed since devolution. The Scottish have got theirs, the
:00:52. > :00:56.Welsh have got theirs, why can the English not have theirs?
:00:56. > :01:01.Peter Hain admits some in the last government did not want Cardiff Bay
:01:01. > :01:04.to have for law-making powers. Wales arrived in Poland as part of
:01:04. > :01:09.their Six Nations training. They are reduced to the big freeze
:01:09. > :01:17.chamber, but how will our reporter cope with temperatures plummeting
:01:17. > :01:27.to -120 degrees? I can barely feel my legs! I want
:01:27. > :01:28.
:01:28. > :01:34.Good evening. It is the beginning of the break-up
:01:34. > :01:38.of peacocks. 1400 jobs and 160 stores around Britain will go at
:01:38. > :01:42.Bon Marche, the clothing chain which formed part of the collapse
:01:42. > :01:47.Welsh we Taylor. It is being sold to a private equity company. There
:01:47. > :01:55.are just under 30 stores in Wales. Some of the staff have been told
:01:55. > :02:02.what is happening, others say they have been left in the dark. 230
:02:02. > :02:08.stores saved, but not without some casualties. Yes, on Thursday, we
:02:08. > :02:13.found out that half of the staff at the HQ in Cardiff have been made
:02:13. > :02:19.redundant, and another significant day in what is the break-up of the
:02:19. > :02:23.group as we know it. Bon Marche, the Yorkshire-based retailer chain
:02:23. > :02:33.bought by the Peacock Group 10 years ago, it has been sold to a
:02:33. > :02:34.
:02:34. > :02:41.private equity company. 27 stores in Wales. In the UK, at 160 stores
:02:41. > :02:48.will close, 230 remaining. 2400 staff remaining. To some extent, it
:02:48. > :02:52.could have been worse. Considering this company is obviously insolvent.
:02:52. > :02:58.We do not know exactly which stores will close and which ones will
:02:58. > :03:01.survive. To get a bit of reaction, we have been out in Aberystwyth.
:03:01. > :03:07.These shoppers told us they are concerned.
:03:07. > :03:15.I am disappointed at what is happening. All of the charity shops
:03:15. > :03:19.and temporary shops, it is really sad. Very sad. We will miss it. My
:03:19. > :03:28.mother will be 99, I purchased a lot of things from here. It is
:03:28. > :03:38.ideal. It holds a niche market. For my sort of age. I quite often come
:03:38. > :03:39.
:03:39. > :03:43.here and chop. -- shop. It has got a good selection of women's clothes.
:03:43. > :03:50.Let's talk about Peacocks. The administrators are trying to sell
:03:50. > :03:56.it. Any developments? The fate of 600 stores and concessions
:03:56. > :03:59.belonging to them around the UK, it is uncertain. Attempts by the
:03:59. > :04:05.administrator to try to find a buyer will begin in earnest this
:04:05. > :04:10.week. The financial books will be made available to any organisations.
:04:10. > :04:15.We are told 100 companies have expressed an interest in purchasing
:04:15. > :04:20.the company. That should come as some relief and hope to the staff,
:04:20. > :04:25.hoping to save their jobs. In terms of the Time Inc, there is no
:04:25. > :04:32.specific deadline for any first round bits, but we would expect the
:04:32. > :04:35.process to take around a week. Emergency admissions to hospital
:04:35. > :04:40.caused by lung diseases have reached a ten-year high. Last year
:04:40. > :04:47.saw his huge rise in cases of pneumonia. Patients are having to
:04:47. > :04:52.wait too long for support to help manage their conditions.
:04:52. > :05:00.Day and night, whenever she goes, Shelley Richards has to stay
:05:00. > :05:05.connected to her oxygen supply. She has COPD. It is something she can
:05:05. > :05:11.manage most days, but there have been emergencies. They have caused
:05:11. > :05:18.her to be rushed to hospital. a nightmare. It is so frightening.
:05:18. > :05:23.You just wonder what they will be able to do to make it easier.
:05:23. > :05:29.Unfortunately, you are left on a trolley until they find you a bed.
:05:29. > :05:33.You do not always get on to the board. Then, you get frightened.
:05:34. > :05:39.One in five of the Welsh population has some form of lung disease, with
:05:39. > :05:46.it the asthma, into seam-up or bronchitis. It is taking its toll
:05:46. > :05:51.on our hospitals. Last year, there were 46,000 emergency admissions.
:05:51. > :05:56.That includes an 18% rise in one year in cases of pneumonia, by far
:05:56. > :06:00.the biggest rise for any loan condition. Why the big increase?
:06:00. > :06:05.Doctors say they could be a link to flu cases, but they warned there is
:06:05. > :06:08.also an underlying trend. We are an ageing population, and older people
:06:08. > :06:15.are more likely to suffer from chest complaints, especially
:06:15. > :06:19.pneumonia. Over time, there has been a substantial increase in
:06:19. > :06:23.certain diseases, particularly those associated with smoking.
:06:23. > :06:28.the NHS is to cope, the British Lung Foundation says it has to
:06:28. > :06:33.improve. It is not fair to people with them and conditions if they
:06:34. > :06:38.have to wait for something like Pulmonary rehabilitation, because
:06:38. > :06:43.the evidence shows how beneficial it is for them, but also how could
:06:43. > :06:47.it is for the NHS, because it reduces hospital admissions.
:06:47. > :06:53.Welsh government admit that access to clinics varies across Wales.
:06:53. > :06:58.They say every hot port now has a plan to try and ensure demand is
:06:58. > :07:04.being met -- every every year. Church leaders have united against
:07:04. > :07:09.proposals to make everyone and organ donor unless they opt for it.
:07:09. > :07:12.They say the plans are ill judged, and data not believe presumed
:07:12. > :07:16.consent will lead to more transplants. The Welsh government
:07:16. > :07:20.says it wants as many people as possible to debate the matter.
:07:20. > :07:26.They said that man who died after a light aircraft crashed last week
:07:26. > :07:32.has been named as Steve Carr. His family said he was a devoted and
:07:32. > :07:35.loving father, husband, brother and front. The experienced pilot was
:07:35. > :07:39.flying with Bob Jones, the manager of mid-Wales Airport.
:07:39. > :07:43.The neighbour of a pregnant teenager stabbed to death before
:07:43. > :07:47.her flat was set on fire frantically tried to wake her, a
:07:47. > :07:51.murder trial has heard. Nikitta Grender died two weeks before she
:07:51. > :07:55.was due to give birth. Her neighbour told Newport Crown Court
:07:55. > :08:00.that she knocked on the flat door for 10 minutes after realising
:08:00. > :08:06.there was a fire inside. Carl Whant denies killing her.
:08:06. > :08:11.A grown in number of English voters think devolution has made the way
:08:11. > :08:15.Britain is governed for us. A report in Cardiff and Edinburgh
:08:15. > :08:23.universities found a shop rise in the number of English NEETS thought
:08:23. > :08:27.the Welsh Assembly has had a negative impact. Carwyn Jones has
:08:27. > :08:32.called for a convention to discuss the future.
:08:32. > :08:36.The two countries separated by Offa's Dyke. Now, it seems, by
:08:36. > :08:39.different opinion. After two successive yes votes in recent
:08:40. > :08:43.referenda, we know that people in Wales have been in favour of
:08:43. > :08:52.greater devolution. But a report out today suggests people in
:08:52. > :08:57.England feel they get a poor deal. The report by the IPPR and Cardiff
:08:57. > :09:02.and Edinburgh universities found that 31% felt the Welsh Assembly
:09:02. > :09:08.had a negative impact on how Britain is governed. That is
:09:08. > :09:13.compared to 11% in 2007. About a quarter, 26%, felt that Wales had
:09:13. > :09:19.its fair share of UK public spending. Only 7% felt England had
:09:19. > :09:24.its fair share. 79% favoured a proposal that only English MPs
:09:24. > :09:29.could vote on matters which affect England alone. Therefore, we get
:09:29. > :09:35.the picture that English voters are becoming more assertively English.
:09:35. > :09:40.The whole nature of the post devolution UK, which is
:09:40. > :09:43.increasingly a concern to English voters, only a quarter of English
:09:43. > :09:48.voters want to continue to be governed in the same way that
:09:48. > :09:53.England is governed by and reformed institutions of Westminster. They
:09:53. > :09:56.want to see something changed. the Severn bridge in Bristol, there
:09:56. > :10:02.are contrasting views about any English side effects from
:10:02. > :10:07.devolution. In Scotland and Wales, different things happen. We have to
:10:07. > :10:11.pay for prescriptions, they do not. People are beginning to feel, if
:10:11. > :10:15.they want to go alone, maybe we should. Maybe we should stand up
:10:15. > :10:21.for being English a bit more and ask for things more. Just as they
:10:21. > :10:27.do. Growing uneasiness is more reason to set up a constitutional
:10:27. > :10:33.convention, says the First Minister. If these findings are correct, at
:10:33. > :10:37.more impetus to the need to make sure that a thought is given to
:10:37. > :10:42.what the structure of the UK should be like in the years to come.
:10:42. > :10:46.Should Westminster give Wales more powers? It is a question being
:10:46. > :10:50.debated by the Silk Commission. Another commission is looking at
:10:50. > :10:54.whether Welsh MPs should vote on matters which affect England. That
:10:54. > :10:58.suggestion could appease what seems to be a current number of voters in
:10:58. > :11:03.England who feel their voice is being diluted.
:11:03. > :11:07.No Welsh, please, you are in prison. The Prison Service has been accused
:11:07. > :11:14.of undermining the rights of a Welsh-speaking Kinect by preventing
:11:15. > :11:17.him from using his own language. He is serving a 16 month sentence near
:11:17. > :11:24.Stockton-on-Tees in the north-east of England. The Prison Service says
:11:24. > :11:28.he can use Welsh but only if he gives them 48 hours' notice.
:11:28. > :11:34.Deprived of his liberty, but should a Welsh-speaking prisoner have
:11:34. > :11:39.restrictions put on his right to choose his own language? His mother
:11:39. > :11:43.knows where she stands. Welsh is her son's first language, she says.
:11:43. > :11:47.His own son does not speak English at all, but English is the language,
:11:47. > :11:57.she says, they are being forced to use in telephone calls. He should
:11:57. > :12:02.be in prison for what he has done, but do not punish us. He needs
:12:02. > :12:08.punishing, but we do not, we have not done anything. Why do we have
:12:08. > :12:13.to talk English? He was jailed for 16 months here after he admitted
:12:13. > :12:16.aggravated vehicle taking and assault. He served part of his
:12:16. > :12:20.sentence in prisons in the north- west of England. His family said
:12:20. > :12:25.there was no problem there about him speaking Welsh on the telephone.
:12:25. > :12:29.The difficulties began when he was moved to a prison on Teesside. It
:12:29. > :12:33.is a relatively modern jail which can accommodate more than 1200
:12:33. > :12:37.prisoners. The Prison Service website says it serves primarily
:12:37. > :12:47.communities on Teesside, Durham and North Yorkshire. A spokesperson
:12:47. > :12:55.
:12:55. > :13:00.The case has prompted fresh calls for a prison in north Wales. This
:13:00. > :13:06.would not have happened, had he been kept in a jail in can often or
:13:06. > :13:10.somewhere close. It is a complete injustice. The Prison Service say
:13:10. > :13:15.he might be able to speak Welsh if he gives two days' notice. That is
:13:15. > :13:19.fair enough, but what the Prison told me was, it is expensive, they
:13:19. > :13:25.cannot do that. That is not good enough. It is not good enough for
:13:25. > :13:29.his mother. She says she will not give up on this without a fight.
:13:29. > :13:33.Her son continues to serve out his sentence. He is due to be released
:13:33. > :13:37.in June. Much more to come before 7pm.
:13:37. > :13:41.It is a trip to Dublin to take on the reigning European champions,
:13:41. > :13:45.Leinster. The Cardiff Blues secured their place in the last eight of
:13:45. > :13:50.the Heineken Cup. What happens when you freeze aid
:13:50. > :13:58.would be reported? He gets the same training as Warren Gatland's Six
:13:58. > :14:01.Campaigners in command and say they are considering legal action to
:14:01. > :14:08.stop a housing development that could see over 1,000 new homes
:14:08. > :14:15.being built. Carmarthen West was earmarked for 600 houses in 2006
:14:15. > :14:19.but under a new development plan, that could double to 1,200.
:14:19. > :14:23.It's on these green fields that the council believes the count -- the
:14:23. > :14:30.town of Carmarthen should expand. Come off and has a population of
:14:30. > :14:34.about 15,000. That could increase by 81 10th. The latest plan, due to
:14:34. > :14:40.run from 2016 onwards, calls for more than 1,000 new homes to be
:14:40. > :14:47.built here. The county council maintain the area behind me was
:14:47. > :14:50.designated for 600 houses in 2000 - - in 2006. Opponents say any new
:14:50. > :14:54.houses should be developed in the new plan which is currently being
:14:54. > :15:03.drawn up. We think people have been misled
:15:04. > :15:08.during the consultation process last summer to object to this
:15:08. > :15:12.development I am not aware of what any grounds for a judicial review
:15:12. > :15:17.would be. The extent is not changing. We are
:15:17. > :15:24.being quoted a figure of 600 instead of 1,200. Some of that 600
:15:24. > :15:30.has already been delivered and the programme of the next few faces
:15:31. > :15:33.would not exceed that figure before 2016.
:15:33. > :15:38.Supporters of the new homes say they will build -- bring investment
:15:38. > :15:43.to the town but opponents say it will put a strain on services and
:15:43. > :15:45.damage the Welsh language. The battle for the future of
:15:45. > :15:47.Carmarthenshire could be decided by the courts.
:15:47. > :15:49.Nearly 50 factory workers in Swansea could lose their jobs after
:15:49. > :15:51.bosses announced plans to move production to Germany and Holland.
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:15:53. > :16:02.for use in packaging, most of which it exports to mainland Europe. The
:16:02. > :16:05.company says it'll be discussing the move with staff and unions.
:16:05. > :16:07.Opera star, Bryn Terfel is moving his summer music festival from
:16:07. > :16:09.Gwynedd to London. The Faenol Festival has been cancelled in
:16:09. > :16:11.recent years due to poor ticket sales. It started in 2000 and
:16:11. > :16:20.attracted big names in music to North Wales, including Jose
:16:20. > :16:25.Carreras and Shirley Bassey. The Welsh festival will be held this
:16:25. > :16:29.year at the South Bank Centre's 21 acre site in July.
:16:29. > :16:33.Ministers in the last Labour government tried to block plans to
:16:33. > :16:35.give the National Assembly full law-making powers. That's according
:16:35. > :16:41.to the former Secretary of State for Wales, Peter Hain, in his
:16:41. > :16:44.memoirs, published today, Mr Hain says some Cabinet colleagues were
:16:44. > :16:50.obstructive and that Tony Blair never gave Wales proper respect and
:16:50. > :16:55.attention. He has been speaking to our correspondent.
:16:55. > :16:59.It is a background unique among Welsh politicians. He began in
:16:59. > :17:03.South Africa, where his parents were imprisoned and bound for anti-
:17:03. > :17:06.apartheid activity. Some of my earliest memories are
:17:06. > :17:10.being woken in the middle of the night and being told my parents
:17:10. > :17:15.were jailed at the age of 11. Peter Hain made his own name
:17:15. > :17:20.fighting apartheid from exile in Britain before winning the Neath
:17:20. > :17:23.by-election 20 years ago. He spent seven years as Secretary of State
:17:23. > :17:27.for Wales. I'm really looking forward to
:17:27. > :17:34.working with Rhodri Morgan, both in taking forward Wales to be a world-
:17:34. > :17:39.class Wales and making sure that I can support the Assembly.
:17:39. > :17:42.He tells of her cabinet colleagues threatened to derail his plans to
:17:43. > :17:46.give the Assembly full law-making powers.
:17:46. > :17:53.Principally John Prescott, to some extent Jack Straw and Rita Geoff
:17:53. > :17:58.Hoon, who were obstructive. -- later Geoff Hoon. I had to say to
:17:58. > :18:05.the Cabinet, you either back me on this or I can't do the job.
:18:05. > :18:09.Last year's referendum earned full law-making powers. The Wales office
:18:09. > :18:14.was downgraded and he said that was evidence Tony Blair and his team
:18:14. > :18:18.never gave Wales the proper respect and attention given to Scotland. Mr
:18:18. > :18:24.Hain's ministerial career was interrupted by a criminal
:18:24. > :18:30.investigation into donations to his campaign to become deputy leader.
:18:30. > :18:33.I sincerely regret the mistake in declaring donations late.
:18:33. > :18:37.He was cleared but the book reveals how he received a sympathetic
:18:37. > :18:39.letter from the Prince of Wales, something which would have shocked
:18:39. > :18:43.the younger, more radical Peter Hain.
:18:43. > :18:48.Not only did I never imagined I would be getting letters from the
:18:48. > :18:49.Prince of Wales, I might have been horrified by the thought as I was
:18:49. > :18:55.carried by police officers down Downing Street.
:18:55. > :18:58.He admits he has moved to the centre since his live -- his youth
:18:58. > :19:02.and says the younger Peter Hain would have thought he had become
:19:03. > :19:07.more establishment. Cardiff Blues take on a Leinster in
:19:07. > :19:10.the Heineken Cup quarter-finals. The Blues were thrashed their
:19:10. > :19:14.earlier this season but they hope to pull off a major shock after
:19:14. > :19:20.securing a place in the last eight with a dramatic victory in their
:19:20. > :19:23.final pool match. Qualifying for a European quarter-
:19:23. > :19:27.final is a major achievement yet if there weren't many players
:19:27. > :19:32.celebrating after beating racing Metro. Word had come through from
:19:32. > :19:35.Scotland that rivals Edinburgh had one and got a bonus point. That
:19:35. > :19:39.meant they topped the group, smashing a home quarter-final which
:19:39. > :19:42.could and should have been the Blues.
:19:42. > :19:47.The Welsh region had only managed three tries in their final pool
:19:47. > :19:51.game. Lloyd Williams pounced on a charge down for the first before
:19:51. > :19:54.Alex Cuthbert crossed twice after the ball had bounced county --
:19:54. > :19:59.kindly on both occasions. As news from Edinburgh filtered through,
:19:59. > :20:04.the Blues went in search of the bonus point. Richie Rees ultimately
:20:04. > :20:09.just a few inches away from booking a home quarter-final for the side.
:20:09. > :20:12.That meant any celebrations were muted. Players and fans both
:20:12. > :20:15.realising that they now faced a much harder task in the quarter-
:20:15. > :20:19.finals. On tonight's performance, I don't
:20:19. > :20:23.think they would go further. If we had a proper outside half, we
:20:23. > :20:27.might have qualified. On this campaign and then, I cannot
:20:27. > :20:31.see us beating Leinster. They got every chance, they need to
:20:32. > :20:38.pay more enthusiastically. The Scarlets European campaign also
:20:38. > :20:43.continues after Aaron Shingler's sprint helped them beat Castres.
:20:43. > :20:48.They now face brief in the quarter- finals.
:20:48. > :20:52.Swansea City's the say of winning promotion has contributed to a loss.
:20:52. > :20:55.The club board say bonuses and transfer fees were among the
:20:55. > :20:59.reasons but income from the first season in the Premier League should
:20:59. > :21:03.cancel out the losses next year. Frustration for Swansea this
:21:03. > :21:09.weekend. Despite dominating possession against Sunderland, they
:21:09. > :21:15.couldn't find a way through. Martin O'Neill's side won the three points.
:21:15. > :21:20.In the championship, plenty of goals at Cardiff City game against
:21:20. > :21:26.Portsmouth but a winner saw them fight back to win 3-2. They face
:21:26. > :21:30.Crystal Palace in the Carling Cup semi-final tomorrow. Wrexham beat
:21:30. > :21:33.Kettering and Newport County drew against Forest Green.
:21:33. > :21:39.The Wales Millennium Centre will be home to 600 judo competitors over
:21:39. > :21:43.the next few days instead of the usual musical entertainment. 24
:21:43. > :21:46.nations will compete in the judo championships. The over-thirties
:21:46. > :21:51.were in action today with the juniors competing tomorrow. The
:21:51. > :21:55.Welsh team consists of 70 members, one of which is Tracey Hall, he got
:21:55. > :22:00.back into the sport after encouraging her sons.
:22:00. > :22:05.To be honest with you, my nerves, I thought I couldn't do it but when I
:22:05. > :22:08.got on the mat, everything comes back to you. Undead I've done it. I
:22:08. > :22:14.wouldn't be on stage with anything else.
:22:14. > :22:18.14 hours a day of intensive training and sessions inside a
:22:18. > :22:22.cryotherapy chamber where temperatures plummet to -120
:22:22. > :22:27.degrees. All in a day's work for the Wales rugby squad. They have
:22:27. > :22:32.just arrived in Poland for the sessions. Gethin Jenkins hasn't
:22:32. > :22:36.troubled due to a knee injury. The regime seemed to pay-off last year
:22:36. > :22:40.at the World Cup but how would you cope with what has been dubbed the
:22:40. > :22:43.evil sauna? Our reporter went to see what it takes to handle the
:22:43. > :22:47.deep freeze. Wales began their preparation for
:22:47. > :22:53.the World Cup in the centre of Poland. This time they are back but
:22:53. > :22:57.on the northern Baltic coast. The training centre is located 50 miles
:22:57. > :23:02.north, right on the coast. The government owned facility will
:23:02. > :23:05.offer the Welsh squad everything they need. One of the main reasons
:23:05. > :23:10.for returning to Poland is the belief in the positive benefits of
:23:10. > :23:19.cryotherapy. You get into the chamber, which can
:23:19. > :23:23.be anything from -128 to -150. It allows us to do a lot of training.
:23:23. > :23:28.Explosive movements and then into skill sets. That is really
:23:28. > :23:32.important to us. We have only got a limited time to prepare.
:23:32. > :23:37.A couple of times you get a bit nervous going in there because you
:23:37. > :23:41.can't see anything that is in front of you. It is freezing cold.
:23:41. > :23:44.Personally, it is not too bad. You get in your little place and sing a
:23:44. > :23:49.song. No point coming all the way to
:23:49. > :23:54.Poland without trying this out but at 100 -- at -120 degrees, it seems
:23:54. > :23:57.to have a cold and I am slightly apprehensive. I have some
:23:57. > :24:07.compulsory kit and I'm going to do some tests to see if I am fit
:24:07. > :24:23.
:24:23. > :24:29.Oh, God. I can barely feel my legs. I want to swear. I shouldn't. That
:24:29. > :24:33.was an experience. I don't think I want to do it again.
:24:33. > :24:38.The Baltic coast is a pretty dull, grey, uninspiring place this time
:24:38. > :24:43.of year, much like the centre behind me. That is precisely the
:24:43. > :24:46.point. No temptations, no distractions, plenty of hard work
:24:46. > :24:50.for the players. That formula worked ahead of the World Cup. It's
:24:50. > :24:59.hoped the same thing will happen again before the Six Nations.
:24:59. > :25:07.He is a brave man. Any attack -- I wouldn't rule out a cold snap in
:25:07. > :25:12.February. Keep your vest handy, Jamie. It will turn milder tomorrow
:25:12. > :25:15.but as is often the way, that will bring some rain and drizzle. This
:25:15. > :25:20.evening his drive with clearer skies for a time and chilly.
:25:20. > :25:23.Temperatures for bingo enough for a touch of frost here and there.
:25:23. > :25:28.Milder on the Pembrokeshire coast. After midnight, the temperatures
:25:28. > :25:32.will start to rise with cloud bringing the rain. Tomorrow she has
:25:32. > :25:40.a warm front moving across Britain, introducing mild and moist air from
:25:40. > :25:45.the Atlantic. Tomorrow morning it is all change again. Cloudy and wet
:25:45. > :25:52.with heavy rain and poor visibility. Lots of mist and hill fog.
:25:52. > :25:55.Temperatures on the race. Nine Celsius in Carmarthenshire. We will
:25:55. > :26:00.all see some rain tomorrow. It should ease of during the afternoon
:26:00. > :26:07.but not completely private some patchy light rain and drizzle. Top
:26:07. > :26:15.temperatures 11 Celsius. A moderate to fresh south-westerly breeze.
:26:15. > :26:20.Wednesday is cloudy and windy. A little rain and drizzle. Fresh and
:26:20. > :26:26.strong winds. Gales through the Irish Sea. Thursday will bring a
:26:26. > :26:30.change, turning cold. Some of the showers heavy with a bit of snow on
:26:30. > :26:35.the mountains. Friday is dry and bright with some sunshine. The wind
:26:35. > :26:39.easing as well and at the moment, the weekend looks promising. High
:26:39. > :26:45.pressure bringing sunshine and frost. Our picture this evening is
:26:45. > :26:55.from will Lewis. These clouds are called Wave clouds. You can read
:26:55. > :26:56.
:26:56. > :26:59.more about those on my blog. And the headlines again. Plans to
:26:59. > :27:04.impose a �26,000 cap on what any family could receive on benefit
:27:04. > :27:07.have run into stiff opposition in the House of Lords. A further vote
:27:07. > :27:13.on whether a child benefits should be excluded from that cap is
:27:13. > :27:18.currently under way. Staff who work for the clothing
:27:18. > :27:22.chain Bonmarche are waiting to hear whether their jobs will be safe.
:27:22. > :27:28.The company has been sold to a private equity company. As part of
:27:28. > :27:32.that deal, 160 stores will close around the UK with a loss of 1,400
:27:32. > :27:36.jobs. We are on Facebook and you can find