:00:05. > :00:08.Welcome to Wales Today. Our top story:
:00:08. > :00:17.On a visit to Wales, the Prime Minister criticises Labour's record
:00:17. > :00:21.on education. I make no apology whatsoever for coming to Wales
:00:21. > :00:31.today and pointing out that when it comes to health care and education,
:00:31. > :00:35.
:00:36. > :00:39.we are in real danger of falling Tonight's other headlines:
:00:39. > :00:43.The salvage operation begins on the cargo ship off the coast at Colwyn
:00:43. > :00:46.Bay. Nancy Lane died after contracting
:00:46. > :00:52.hepatitis B during heart surgery. A health board says lessons have been
:00:52. > :01:02.learned. A Japanese car parts maker says it
:01:02. > :01:05.hopes to create a 500-strong And it's the latest treasure from
:01:05. > :01:14.the creators of Wallace and Gromit. Meet the Welsh illustrator who
:01:14. > :01:18.designed the characters for the Good evening.
:01:18. > :01:22.Wales' education system is in real danger of falling behind. That was
:01:22. > :01:24.the warning from the Prime Minister today. David Cameron has been in
:01:24. > :01:27.Wales to launch the Welsh Conservative campaign for next
:01:27. > :01:32.month's local elections. He visited businesses in Barry this afternoon,
:01:32. > :01:35.before heading to Llandudno to speak to supporters there.
:01:35. > :01:37.He also spoke to our Welsh Affairs Editor Vaughan Roderick, who began
:01:37. > :01:40.by asking him whether the relationship between his government
:01:40. > :01:50.and the Labour one in Cardiff Bay had deteriorated to a level where
:01:50. > :01:55.it was all about point-scoring and finger-pointing between both sides.
:01:55. > :01:59.I don't accept that very moment. We made some very clear policies to
:01:59. > :02:04.the people of Wales and to the Welsh Assembly Government. We said
:02:04. > :02:07.we would hold a referendum on extra powers. We have held that
:02:07. > :02:12.referendum and delivered those extra powers. We said we would
:02:12. > :02:17.devolve law-making powers, we have fulfilled that promise. We said we
:02:17. > :02:22.would look at the case for a letter fire in the Great Western rail line.
:02:22. > :02:25.We have found the money to make sure that goes ahead. We will also
:02:25. > :02:32.go ahead to the electrification of the Valley's line. Can you confirm
:02:32. > :02:36.that? Yes. It is in black and white. We have to determine the exact
:02:36. > :02:41.breakdown of the finance, but that is something we want to do.
:02:41. > :02:47.entire value line network? And set out in the draft budget. It does
:02:47. > :02:53.appear though, and people in Wales feel it is somehow unbecoming that
:02:53. > :02:57.they watched First Minister's Questions in Cardiff Bay and see
:02:57. > :03:01.Prime Minister's Questions with you when she was criticising the Welsh
:03:01. > :03:06.Government's record on to help -- on health. There's not much respect
:03:06. > :03:10.either way. I respect the Welsh Assembly Government will he First
:03:10. > :03:14.Minister. But I make no apology whatsoever for coming to Wales
:03:14. > :03:19.Today and pointing out that when it comes to health care and education,
:03:19. > :03:27.we are in real danger of Wales falling behind. Take education.
:03:28. > :03:31.Laughs than half of children and those of getting five A to C levels
:03:32. > :03:37.at GCSE. Our parents watching this programme happy with that? Of
:03:37. > :03:41.course not. It is not my job to say everything is fine. If I see a
:03:41. > :03:45.problem, and there is a problem with education, I think it is my
:03:45. > :03:51.job to point out and encourage politicians to do more, to have a
:03:51. > :03:56.more radical agenda. I'm very clear what works in education. You need
:03:56. > :04:00.to publish results, test children regularly, make sure schools can be
:04:00. > :04:06.compared with each other and challenge the system to rates those
:04:06. > :04:12.standards. Five no question, six months ago, the Welsh Assembly on
:04:12. > :04:18.all party bases introduced the 5p charge on backs. It is something
:04:18. > :04:22.you have considered. 90% of that, a lot of money has gone to charity.
:04:22. > :04:27.We you take that on? I have always thought that is a issue we should
:04:27. > :04:32.look at carefully and we are looking at it in Westminster. I am
:04:32. > :04:36.not embarrassed about this. The Scots have gone for a minimum price
:04:36. > :04:40.on our core. By think that is a good idea. That is why we are
:04:40. > :04:43.looking at introducing it. Devolution means we can learn from
:04:43. > :04:48.each other. We should respect each other and the different decisions
:04:48. > :04:53.we make, but we should not hold back if we think we are making
:04:53. > :04:56.mistakes. I think the plastic bag it moves that have been made are
:04:56. > :04:59.interesting. We are looking at them carefully.
:04:59. > :05:02.The Prime Minister David Cameron talking to our Welsh Affairs Editor
:05:03. > :05:05.Vaughan Roderick. And Vaughan is with me in the studio. Talk of a
:05:05. > :05:12.respect agenda, but how much respect is there between Downing
:05:12. > :05:17.Street and Cardiff Bay? You can see there's not much respect for the
:05:17. > :05:22.Welsh education system from David Cameron. He need to remember that
:05:22. > :05:26.this was a political decision. He was here as the leader of the
:05:26. > :05:30.Conservative Party. He was due to argue his case ahead of the local
:05:30. > :05:36.elections. He was being a little bit more blunt and outspoken than
:05:36. > :05:40.he would be if he was visiting in his prime ministerial role. You did
:05:40. > :05:44.see a pretty blunt accusation that the Welsh Government is failing on
:05:44. > :05:50.medication, failing on health and that is a message the Conservatives
:05:50. > :05:54.will be trying to drive home during the coming weeks, even though these
:05:54. > :05:58.elections are fought local councils. It was a very blunt accusation.
:05:58. > :06:03.What has been the response from the Welsh Government? No official
:06:03. > :06:09.response, again, because it is a political visit. But Labour would
:06:09. > :06:12.be very dismissive. They say, Hoare is he to come Shia and to criticise
:06:12. > :06:15.our health service when you see what he has done to the health
:06:15. > :06:20.service in England. They say the voters of wires had a choice about
:06:20. > :06:24.what they wanted to form the Welsh Government under a year ago when it
:06:24. > :06:27.did not choose David Cameron or the Conservatives.
:06:27. > :06:30.Work to remove diesel from the stricken cargo ship off the North
:06:30. > :06:34.Wales Coast has begun. The vessel was grounded on Tuesday night at
:06:34. > :06:44.Llanddulas near Colwyn Bay. Salvage workers are now onboard, although
:06:44. > :06:44.
:06:44. > :06:49.the operation is expected to take a number of days. Sian Lloyd reports.
:06:49. > :06:54.Two days on and the cargo ship remains in much the same position
:06:54. > :06:59.on the beach at Llanddulas, close to the coastal barrier. Weather
:06:59. > :07:03.conditions are very different to when this ship ran aground two days
:07:03. > :07:07.ago in recipes when there were very high winds. Those charged with
:07:07. > :07:14.carrying out the selvage say these improved conditions will play a
:07:14. > :07:19.vital part in the operation. Worked to remove the 24,000 litres of
:07:19. > :07:24.diesel from the ship's tanks is underway. Specialist equipment was
:07:24. > :07:27.brought to the scene earlier this afternoon. It is all fully
:07:27. > :07:32.contained in containers. The operation is to remove it from
:07:32. > :07:36.those containers into containers on land so what can be taken away for
:07:36. > :07:41.disposal. And the next stage of the operation is for the salvors to
:07:41. > :07:46.come up with a plan to remove the ship. There will be some
:07:46. > :07:50.inconvenience for drivers. Police say restrictions imposed will
:07:50. > :07:55.remain in place. The expressway is expected to be busy with Easter
:07:55. > :07:59.visitors, but police say public safety is paramount and to one lane
:07:59. > :08:03.of the spine carriageway will remain closed for now. It's not
:08:03. > :08:08.known how long the operation would take, but it is expected to be at
:08:08. > :08:13.least days. Moving the stricken vessel could take substantially
:08:13. > :08:18.longer. Meanwhile, an investigation is underway into what happened on
:08:18. > :08:23.Tuesday night. It is being co- ordinated by marine accident
:08:23. > :08:27.investigators, who have already visited the scene. The union which
:08:27. > :08:29.represents maritime workers is calling for a full inquiry on
:08:29. > :08:32.safety grounds. Fewer than 100 homes in North Wales
:08:32. > :08:34.are still without power after being cut off during yesterday's snow
:08:35. > :08:37.storms. Manweb, part of Scottish Power, say engineers are working
:08:37. > :08:41.flat out to restore supplies. Thousands of homes in Caernarfon,
:08:41. > :08:44.Anglesey and on the coast were affected.
:08:44. > :08:46.A health board has apologised after a woman who went into Morriston
:08:46. > :08:52.Hospital in Swansea for heart surgery died after contracting
:08:52. > :08:57.hepatitis B. It's thought the source was a probe used during her
:08:57. > :09:00.surgery. 178 other people also had to be screened. A report into her
:09:00. > :09:06.death found healthcare workers were not always clear on how to clean
:09:06. > :09:09.items or which cleaning products to use. Caroline Evans reports.
:09:09. > :09:15.A mother and grandmother, Nancy Lane from Aberaman was 68 when she
:09:15. > :09:18.went into hospital for heart surgery. She made a full recovery,
:09:18. > :09:23.but during the operation, she was exposed to the hepatitis B virus
:09:23. > :09:26.which later killed her. The hospital has been unable to
:09:26. > :09:32.establish for certain the source of the infection, but it was probably
:09:32. > :09:34.an electronic probe used during surgery. The board responsible for
:09:34. > :09:39.the running of this hospital admitted today there had been
:09:39. > :09:41.failures and poor practice. According to this report, an audit
:09:41. > :09:47.of theatre and the wards highlighted widespread blood
:09:47. > :09:52.contamination in the environment. It is not clear, it says, how long
:09:52. > :09:54.this situation existed. At special meeting of the health board at
:09:54. > :09:59.lunchtime, executives apologised and pledged that lessons would be
:09:59. > :10:09.learned. Afterwards, I asked the medical director what had gone
:10:09. > :10:09.
:10:09. > :10:15.wrong. The processes we were using at the time were based on
:10:15. > :10:23.manufacturer's guidelines. In retrospect, it was not a complete
:10:23. > :10:29.end of the process. So we are now more complying with the National
:10:29. > :10:31.Guide turns, which has been developed since the incident. --
:10:31. > :10:34.guidance. In a statement, Mrs Lane's family
:10:34. > :10:37.said no other family must go through what they've been through.
:10:37. > :10:39.We have grave concerns about the general level of hygiene and
:10:39. > :10:42.infection control at the hospital at the time.
:10:42. > :10:46.It is particularly distressing to learn that testing showed another
:10:46. > :10:50.patient was also exposed to the virus. That other patient is said
:10:50. > :10:54.to have survived with no ill effects. The equipment used in this
:10:54. > :10:56.case is now being sterilised in a different solution and for longer.
:10:56. > :11:01.The hospital is committed to tackling healthcare-associated
:11:01. > :11:04.infections as a top priority for the coming year.
:11:04. > :11:07.The health watchdog has condemned Cefn Coed hospital in Swansea as no
:11:07. > :11:10.longer fit for purpose after a member of staff was convicted of
:11:10. > :11:13.sexually assaulting a patient. Health Inspectorate Wales carried
:11:13. > :11:18.out an investigation into standards at the hospital, which mainly cares
:11:19. > :11:21.for mental health patients, following the incident in 2010. The
:11:21. > :11:26.health board says it accepts the report's findings and has already
:11:26. > :11:29.introduced what it calls substantial improvements.
:11:29. > :11:35.It's emerged that five universities in Wales will charge no more than
:11:35. > :11:37.�7,500 in tuition fees next year. It follows a change in the way
:11:37. > :11:42.undergraduate places are allocated to reward institutions prepared to
:11:42. > :11:46.charge lower fees than the maximum charge of �9,000. Our education
:11:46. > :11:56.correspondent, Nicola Smith, is in Newport tonight with the details.
:11:56. > :11:58.
:11:58. > :12:04.Nicky, what's behind this? Welcome to the University of Wales,
:12:04. > :12:09.Newport. Students take courses in everything from fashion to business.
:12:09. > :12:14.Come September, at first year students will be charged just shy
:12:14. > :12:18.of �9,000 for their course fees. That is a very similar situation to
:12:18. > :12:23.have a universities. The Welsh Government will help Welsh students
:12:23. > :12:28.pay those higher fees. That is a very expensive undertaking. To
:12:28. > :12:34.bring down the costs and make sure there is more money in the pot
:12:34. > :12:39.available for core funding, things will be done a little differently
:12:39. > :12:43.in 2013. The Higher Education Funding Council says it will report
:12:43. > :12:48.universities who bring their fee levels down to seven and a half
:12:48. > :12:53.�1,000. They will get extra places. There will also get extra places if
:12:53. > :12:57.they meet targets on things like research, income and overseas
:12:57. > :13:02.students. They say it is a better way of spending the money available.
:13:02. > :13:07.We need to be able to find a way to bring down the cost of the grants
:13:07. > :13:12.that we will be paying over all too Welsh students. So that we can
:13:12. > :13:17.afford, then, to meet the cost of high-cost subjects and also
:13:17. > :13:27.continued to maintain levels of research.
:13:27. > :13:35.
:13:36. > :13:38.While the winners and losers in It opted not to drop its fears. In
:13:38. > :13:43.your pot, they plan to drop their fees but they still face losing
:13:43. > :13:46.more than 300 students and they say they are deeply disappointed and
:13:46. > :13:52.will be holding emergency discussions to discuss what impact
:13:52. > :13:56.that will have on courses. The University of Glamorgan are set to
:13:56. > :14:04.gain more than 800 places so it's a different picture across Wales but
:14:04. > :14:07.one thing is certain -- one thing is certain, the pot is looking
:14:07. > :14:10.smaller. Two people have been questioned by
:14:10. > :14:12.police as part of an investigation into the financial accounts of
:14:12. > :14:14.Treorchy Male Voice Choir. The choir contacted South Wales Police
:14:14. > :14:19.after serious accounting discrepancies involving thousands
:14:19. > :14:21.of pounds were found by members in a recent audit.
:14:21. > :14:24.A Cwmbran based loan broker found to have conducted deceitful and
:14:24. > :14:29.oppressive practices has decided not to appeal against the loss of
:14:29. > :14:31.its credit licence. Yes Loans was stopped from selling loans in March
:14:31. > :14:39.after an Office of Fair Trading investigation found it had misled
:14:39. > :14:42.customers. The company says staff will be redeployed elsewhere.
:14:42. > :14:46.A couple from Abergavenny have described how they fled their other
:14:46. > :14:49.home in the West African state of Mali after being caught up in a
:14:49. > :14:55.coup there. Neil Whitehead and Diane English divide their time
:14:55. > :15:03.between Wales and a hotel they own in the city of Timbuktu. They've
:15:03. > :15:09.now fled to neighbouring Mauritania, after the fighting intensified.
:15:09. > :15:14.We got on the road out of town and rather suddenly, we drove into a
:15:14. > :15:20.gun battle. We didn't know who was firing at him. We couldn't see what
:15:20. > :15:24.was happening but there was quite a lot of firing. Then it traces
:15:24. > :15:28.started to fire across the road so we thought, we had better get out
:15:28. > :15:31.of here. Still to come in the programme: A
:15:31. > :15:34.former painter and decorator Gareth Evans will be hoping to put the
:15:34. > :15:44.gloss on his weightlifting career as he takes a step closer to London
:15:44. > :15:50.
:15:50. > :15:53.A Japanese car parts maker has told BBC Wales about its plans to create
:15:53. > :15:56.a 500 strong workforce in Gorseinon. Toyoda Gosei bought a factory in
:15:56. > :15:59.the town last year, making it the last foreign-owned manufacturer to
:15:59. > :16:03.come to Wales. Here's our business correspondent Nick Servini.
:16:03. > :16:07.Dashboards for cars are put together at Toyoda Gosei's new
:16:07. > :16:13.plant in Gorseinon. This factory was empty 15 months ago and it had
:16:13. > :16:19.been that way for a decade after a French firm pulled out. Since
:16:19. > :16:24.moving in, Toyoda Gosei has invested �10 million and taken on
:16:24. > :16:31.staff. Production got under way at the start of the year.
:16:31. > :16:38.We have the car business and in the summer, we will have the next model
:16:38. > :16:43.in line as well. We also have a new car manufacturer coming in next
:16:43. > :16:47.year and we plan to have more employees.
:16:47. > :16:52.Japanese used to be a language familiar to Welsh factory workers.
:16:52. > :16:58.That was in the early 90s went 70,000 staff were employed by
:16:58. > :17:04.foreign owned companies. More than 170 of their factories closed
:17:04. > :17:08.between 1998 and 2008 and Wales success in attracting new companies
:17:08. > :17:13.has deteriorated significantly. This is the last major foreign
:17:13. > :17:17.manufacturer to come here but will there be any more? Recent reports
:17:17. > :17:20.criticised the country's image overseas. Now there Welsh
:17:20. > :17:26.government says its working on improving international branding
:17:26. > :17:31.and managers here say changes in global supply chains means there
:17:31. > :17:35.are opportunities, particularly in manufacture ring.
:17:36. > :17:42.The disaster in Japan and the floods in Thailand had an impact on
:17:42. > :17:45.our customer base. I would hope they are looking at more -- more
:17:45. > :17:49.local supply chain rather than global suppliers because we don't
:17:49. > :17:52.have the issues here that other parts in the world do and it's a
:17:52. > :17:56.more stable environment. It's easy to be negative about
:17:56. > :18:02.inward investment after closures but when you come to a factory like
:18:02. > :18:06.this, you realise how beneficial it can be. It acts as a huge cash
:18:06. > :18:11.injection to a local community and that's why so many people want
:18:11. > :18:18.Wales to reclaim its position as the top place in the UK to attract
:18:18. > :18:21.All week we've been marking the 30th anniversary of the Falklands
:18:21. > :18:24.War and speaking to those with memories of the conflict. But of
:18:24. > :18:27.course there are still Welsh forces on the islands today. Jenny Rees
:18:27. > :18:37.has been catching up with some of them and their relatives back home
:18:37. > :18:40.
:18:40. > :18:46.Nicola Morgan's house is a busy one. Her 13-year-old twin sons and their
:18:46. > :18:49.10-year-old brother keep it that way. One person is missing. Big
:18:49. > :18:52.Brother Alex Jones is the way in the Falklands, serving with the RAF,
:18:52. > :18:57.following in the footsteps of his uncle.
:18:57. > :19:02.He used to come home and tell Alex stories and Alex used to sit there
:19:02. > :19:10.nice and quietly and from a very young age, he wanted to go into the
:19:10. > :19:16.RAF. I do worry about him. I wish I could see him. I think about him
:19:16. > :19:20.all the time but at the end of the day, it is his job.
:19:20. > :19:25.23-year-old Alex, seen in the middle, is one of a number of
:19:25. > :19:30.forces personnel in Wales currently based in the Falklands. We arranged
:19:30. > :19:33.for four of them to speak to us. He said he was part of the Joint
:19:34. > :19:38.Services police force, dealing with civilians.
:19:38. > :19:44.If that a difficult role? It's a nice change. It's nice to
:19:44. > :19:49.get out on the streets and talked to normal people and have decent
:19:49. > :19:53.conversations on the civilian street. All the same sort of things,
:19:53. > :19:58.we deal with the same problems out here.
:19:58. > :20:03.8,000 miles away from home, life on the island can be quiet. There are
:20:03. > :20:08.around 1,200 British forces at the garrison, 35 miles outside the
:20:08. > :20:16.capital. There is enough to do to keep us
:20:16. > :20:21.busy. Plenty if you are an outdoor type. There is wildlife as well.
:20:21. > :20:28.I've got a wife and a son in Southampton. My mother and sisters
:20:28. > :20:33.live in Wales. With my wife, I mean, I do get to speak to her on a daily
:20:33. > :20:38.basis so that is quite good. The rest of my family, not quite as
:20:38. > :20:45.much. The majority of the personnel who
:20:45. > :20:50.live here are ex-military from many years ago. They just welcome the
:20:50. > :20:55.likes of us. Back home, Alex is will model to
:20:55. > :21:00.his younger brothers. Josh and Jake want to follow him into the RAF. Is
:21:00. > :21:06.his mum proud? Very proud. I burst into tears when
:21:06. > :21:10.somebody asked me that the other day. It's because I miss him so
:21:10. > :21:13.much and he is so far away. Three Welsh weightlifters will head
:21:13. > :21:18.out to Turkey this weekend hoping to qualify for London 2012 Olympics.
:21:18. > :21:21.Among them Gareth Evans from Anglesey. He's now based in Leeds
:21:21. > :21:31.with the GB squad but was back in his hometown of Holyhead today to
:21:31. > :21:33.
:21:33. > :21:38.reopen his old club which has just Being a welterweight, Gareth Evans
:21:38. > :21:45.has been waiting -- lifting weights since the age of 12. He has always
:21:45. > :21:50.wanted to reach the Olympics and this weekend, he gets a step closer.
:21:50. > :21:55.They aim to reach qualifying standards for London 2012 at the
:21:55. > :22:00.European Championships in Turkey. A weight lifter from Holyhead going
:22:00. > :22:05.to the Olympic Games. It has never happened before. I have reached the
:22:05. > :22:10.Commonwealth Games and the Olympic Games are the pinnacle of any
:22:10. > :22:15.athlete's career. He now trains in Leeds with the
:22:15. > :22:18.rest of the GB squad but was back in his home town to open the
:22:18. > :22:24.Holyhead and Anglesey weightlifting and fitness centre. The club has
:22:24. > :22:27.undergone a �300,000 referred to and is hoping to attract the
:22:27. > :22:32.Albanians here to use it as a training base for the Olympics.
:22:32. > :22:38.They have a long history in the sport but so does the club. It has
:22:38. > :22:47.produced medal winners including gold medallist Ray Williams who now
:22:47. > :22:51.runs the centre. For a town of 7,000, it is a huge
:22:51. > :22:54.achievement and Gareth Evans is on the list of champions in the past
:22:54. > :22:58.and he has taken it to another level.
:22:58. > :23:03.A medal might be an outside chance for Gareth as he's only been doing
:23:03. > :23:06.this on a professional level for over a year. A former painter and
:23:06. > :23:09.decorator, he has had to move away from his family and give up
:23:09. > :23:12.everything to follow his Olympic dream.
:23:12. > :23:14.The new cricket season couldn't have begun much better for
:23:14. > :23:17.Glamorgan this morning. The Welsh county won the toss at
:23:17. > :23:20.Leicestershire and bowler Huw Waters took two wickets with the
:23:20. > :23:30.first two balls. But the pace slowed down after that great start,
:23:30. > :23:33.
:23:33. > :23:35.and Leicestershire recovered well. A children's author and illustrator
:23:35. > :23:38.from Flintshire is celebrating a double success after designing
:23:38. > :23:40.characters for the latest animated film from Aardman, the creators of
:23:40. > :23:43.Wallace & Gromit. Jonny Duddle spent the past week attending the
:23:43. > :23:53.premiere of Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists, and
:23:53. > :23:53.
:23:53. > :24:00.collecting two awards for his latest book.
:24:00. > :24:05.Some of you are as ugly as a sea cucumber. Some of you are closer to
:24:05. > :24:08.a chair than a pirate. Some of you are fish I have dressed up in a hat.
:24:08. > :24:11.In Cinemas this week, The Pirates took years of painstaking work to
:24:11. > :24:15.put together, Jonny Duddle who doodles on a computer rather than
:24:15. > :24:19.paper, was there at the beginning. You do a lot of these and then the
:24:19. > :24:22.director will say, I like the head off, I like the body.
:24:22. > :24:25.The film's directors had seen one of his sketches and decided he
:24:25. > :24:28.would be perfect to help create the characters in their film. After
:24:28. > :24:32.four years of making and refining hundreds of drawings he's finally
:24:32. > :24:36.seen his creations on the big screen.
:24:36. > :24:42.I would be looking at a clay model in meetings so I've seen them
:24:42. > :24:46.revolve. The puppets, you could dissemble some of them and they
:24:46. > :24:51.become fully articulated so I had seen them before the film but to
:24:51. > :24:55.see them with a good actor's boys behind it, they really come to life
:24:55. > :24:57.and it's great. At the same time as working on the
:24:57. > :25:01.film Jonny has published two successful children's books, also
:25:01. > :25:09.with a pirate theme. The latest won two prizes at a major awards show
:25:09. > :25:15.last week. His adventures with pirates are over for the time being
:25:15. > :25:19.but he is now sketching for his next book, set in space.
:25:19. > :25:25.They call me the pirate captain. While he is preoccupied with
:25:25. > :25:28.spaceships, cinema-goers are still enjoying the sea-going version.
:25:28. > :25:37.Much better weather today but still a bit chilly. Warming up over
:25:37. > :25:41.It will turn a little milder but no chance of a heat wave. The Easter
:25:41. > :25:44.bunny will be pleased. The north and west enjoyed lots of sunshine
:25:44. > :25:47.today but over the Easter weekend there will be more cloud than
:25:47. > :25:50.sunshine. Some dry weather but not completely dry. It looks like we'll
:25:50. > :25:52.all see some rain on Monday. Tonight dry. The sky becoming clear
:25:52. > :25:55.everywhere for a time and turning cold. A widespread frost.
:25:55. > :25:58.Temperatures in Powys falling as low as minus four in the
:25:58. > :26:02.countryside. Less cold on the coast. Tomorrow morning a promising start
:26:02. > :26:08.in the south-east. Cold but bright. Some frost and sunshine but make
:26:08. > :26:15.the most of it. The rest of the country cloudy but dry. Now during
:26:15. > :26:20.the day, it will cloud over everywhere. The cloud bringing a
:26:20. > :26:29.few spots of light rain otherwise dry. Top temperatures nine to 12
:26:29. > :26:33.Celsius with a north-westerly breeze. Tomorrow night cloudy. A
:26:33. > :26:35.little rain or drizzle. Some hill fog but the cloud will keep the
:26:35. > :26:38.frost away. Temperatures staying well above freezing. Saturday
:26:38. > :26:40.plenty of cloud. A few spots of rain. The odd shower. Some dry
:26:40. > :26:43.weather as well. It may brighten-up in places. Temperatures around
:26:43. > :26:46.average with light winds. Easter Day largely cloudy and damp at
:26:46. > :26:49.times. Again some dry weather and a little milder. Temperatures 10 to
:26:49. > :26:52.13 Celsius with light to moderate winds. So not brilliant weather
:26:52. > :26:55.over the Easter weekend. Some dry weather but not completely dry. In
:26:55. > :26:59.fact on Monday it looks like we'll all see some rain. Not to everyone
:26:59. > :27:02.liking but a decent drop of rain for the garden. Last April was the
:27:02. > :27:04.warmest on record but it's a different story this year. Next
:27:04. > :27:09.week will bring a mixture of sunshine and April showers. And
:27:09. > :27:11.cold enough at night for a touch frost. By the way, Aberystwyth Cats
:27:11. > :27:15.Protection are holding a Grand Easter Fayre in Borth on Saturday.
:27:15. > :27:19.It should be dry. While Penllergaer Scouts are having an Easter Duck
:27:19. > :27:28.Race in Pontlliw on Monday. Plenty of fun is forecast and it will be
:27:28. > :27:31.And that is Wales Today. A quick update for you at 8:00pm, more