:00:06. > :00:09.Welcome to Wales Today. Our top story. Is water the new oil? Calls
:00:09. > :00:19.for our water companies to make money out of drought-stricken
:00:19. > :00:30.
:00:30. > :00:33.England. It is an opportunity to keep customer bills down in Wales.
:00:33. > :00:41.Our other headlines tonight. Drying out soaking books. Lead thieves
:00:41. > :00:45.target two schools, causing thousands of pounds of damage.
:00:45. > :00:51.just feel none to think that somebody could do that and caused
:00:51. > :00:55.such an impact on the school and the children and staff work really
:00:55. > :00:57.hard and this is devastating for me as the head teacher. Education,
:00:57. > :01:01.social services, rubbish collection and leisure centres. Your chance to
:01:01. > :01:06.have your say about the services we all use. He hoped to become our
:01:06. > :01:16.greatest Paralympian. The end of the dream for swimmer David Roberts.
:01:16. > :01:18.
:01:18. > :01:28.And Harold Lowe, the mariner who helped saves lives On the Titanic
:01:28. > :01:28.
:01:28. > :01:31.is remembered. Good evening. Should Wales sell water to drought
:01:31. > :01:34.affected parts of England? A former chief executive of Welsh Water has
:01:34. > :01:37.told BBC Wales' current affairs programme, Taro Naw, that serious
:01:37. > :01:40.consideration should be given to the idea to make a profit. It comes
:01:40. > :01:43.on the day that Severn Trent, which supplies parts of Mid Wales,
:01:43. > :01:45.confirmed that it's planning to use water from boreholes in the
:01:45. > :01:50.Midlands to help supply more than 100,000 homes in the worst-hit
:01:50. > :01:54.areas of England. Images of dried and cracked soil are becoming more
:01:54. > :02:00.and more common across the south and east of England. Gwyn Jones,
:02:00. > :02:06.originally from Dolgellau, has farmed in Sussex for 30 years. The
:02:06. > :02:12.drought could have a serious effect on the farming industry in the area.
:02:12. > :02:17.The real fear is for vegetables and other crops, lettuce, which are
:02:17. > :02:21.higher value, dependent on irrigation and that water isn't
:02:21. > :02:24.available in the same quantities as normal and planting will be down
:02:24. > :02:28.considerably. To protect reserves, a hosepipe ban has been introduced
:02:28. > :02:31.in southern and eastern England and it is expected to last all summer.
:02:31. > :02:35.There's no shortage of water in Wales. Today's weather might
:02:35. > :02:37.explain why. Not for the first time, it's being asked if Wales could
:02:37. > :02:47.capitalise from its water and move supplies to areas crippled by
:02:47. > :02:48.
:02:48. > :02:53.drought. Unfortunately, it isn't environmentally or economically
:02:53. > :02:57.feasible because of the vast costs and the potential environmental
:02:57. > :03:01.damage from such a big transfer so it isn't realistic at the moment,
:03:01. > :03:06.but if it was, it is something we would consider because of the
:03:06. > :03:11.benefits to customers. But one former chairman of Welsh Water
:03:11. > :03:18.disagrees. This is possible but there is a cost and people are
:03:18. > :03:23.scared of the cost at this time. There welcome a time when future
:03:23. > :03:29.generations will say, why on earth did they not actually introduced
:03:29. > :03:34.this system which will cost considerably more went awareness
:03:34. > :03:37.becomes a reality. Today, one water company, Severn Trent, which has
:03:37. > :03:40.customers in Wales and receives some of its water from the Elan
:03:40. > :03:43.Valley in Mid Wales, announced plans to sell 30 million litres of
:03:43. > :03:47.water a day to Anglian Water, one of the seven companies that imposed
:03:47. > :03:53.a hosepipe ban at the beginning of April. The company won't be making
:03:53. > :03:58.a profit as a result of this transfer. No boreholes and Wales
:03:58. > :04:05.being considered. But what are trading gives us an opportunity to
:04:05. > :04:09.have part of the country having a surplus to sell water to parts that
:04:09. > :04:12.need water and that keeps costs down. As of yet the Welsh
:04:12. > :04:19.government and the uk govt haven't discussed any new plans for moving
:04:19. > :04:23.or paying for water. If there is added to this, Wales must certainly
:04:23. > :04:29.benefit from the correct price to be paid for water. And they would
:04:29. > :04:34.not only be directing benefit but they would be indirectly benefiting
:04:34. > :04:38.because it would mean that industries dependent on the price
:04:38. > :04:41.of water would find favourable locations in Wales. With the
:04:41. > :04:44.population of England and Wales likely to increase, droughts are
:04:44. > :04:52.becoming more and more frequent. It seems inevitable that this issue of
:04:52. > :05:00.transferring Welsh water to drought affected areas will be discussed.
:05:00. > :05:06.More on this story on Taro Naw, tonight on s off -- S4C at 9:30pm
:05:06. > :05:09.with English subtitles. Metals thieves have targeted two schools
:05:09. > :05:13.in Rhondda Cynon Taff, causing tens of thousands of pounds of damage
:05:13. > :05:16.over Easter. The bill for one of the primary schools is estimated at
:05:16. > :05:19.more than �50,000 after lead on the roof was stolen, allowing heavy
:05:19. > :05:22.rain to flood classrooms. Kate Scott-Williams reports. This was
:05:22. > :05:25.the scene that met teachers and governors at Tref y Rhyg Primary
:05:25. > :05:33.when they went to investigate why the alarm had been triggered early
:05:33. > :05:39.yesterday morning. The came up to have led to see if anything had
:05:39. > :05:42.perhaps set off the censors and the alarm on it to face water in the
:05:42. > :05:48.classrooms and we were squelching through the corridors with some
:05:48. > :05:53.parts of the ceiling falling down. I am just numb, to think that
:05:53. > :05:57.people could do that and caused such a major impact of the school
:05:57. > :06:02.and the children and staff work so hard and to see that ruined in one
:06:02. > :06:05.or the night of rain is truly devastating. -- overnight. They set
:06:05. > :06:08.about salvaging what they could, using paddling pools and storage
:06:08. > :06:15.boxes to contain the water. Now the main concern is how badly damaged
:06:15. > :06:19.the electrics are and whether 400 books will need to be replaced. It
:06:19. > :06:23.isn't what you would expect to see in any classroom and the idea was
:06:23. > :06:28.to play every book out to try them out. What the teachers have found
:06:28. > :06:32.is that many were so sodden, they are beyond repair and what is more
:06:32. > :06:34.frustrating is that many of these for only bought recently. It's not
:06:35. > :06:38.known exactly when the thieves struck because they covered the
:06:38. > :06:41.CCTV cameras. But a 40 foot long sheet of lead was taken from the
:06:41. > :06:45.roof. And it wasn't the only school targeted over the Easter weekend.
:06:45. > :06:55.Darrenlas Primary in Mountain Ash also had lead stolen. For parents,
:06:55. > :06:55.
:06:55. > :06:59.it's a frustrating time. I suppose what is disappointing days for what
:06:59. > :07:05.could be �300 gain for those that took the lead from the roof, we
:07:05. > :07:08.could see destruction to children and damage in excess of �60,000.
:07:08. > :07:11.With the pupils due back from their Easter holidays in less than a
:07:11. > :07:16.fortnight, every effort is being made to make sure the damaged
:07:16. > :07:19.classrooms will be repaired in time. The jury in the trial of two men
:07:19. > :07:22.accused of murdering a father from Newport has been discharged with
:07:22. > :07:31.the judge ordering a retrial. The body of 24-year-old Tony Singh was
:07:31. > :07:33.found in his flat after he was attacked in 2010. The jury at
:07:33. > :07:39.Cardiff Crown Court couldn't reach an agreement on murder charges
:07:39. > :07:42.against Shahid Rafiq and Karl Drummond. Electronics giant
:07:42. > :07:45.Panasonic is to set up a fuel cell research and development centre in
:07:45. > :07:48.Cardiff. It's not yet known how many jobs will be created. The move
:07:48. > :07:55.comes just weeks after more than 160 jobs were lost when Panasonic
:07:55. > :07:57.pulled out of Newport. One of the two reactors at Wylfa nuclear power
:07:57. > :08:00.station on Anglesey will finish generating electricity at the end
:08:00. > :08:02.of this month after 40 years. Reactor Two is closing because of
:08:02. > :08:12.limited fuel stocks, although Reactor One could continue to
:08:12. > :08:13.
:08:13. > :08:22.operate until 2014. Wherever you live, you use council services in
:08:22. > :08:25.some shape or form. From schools to meals on wheels, street lighting to
:08:25. > :08:28.collecting your rubbish. In just over three weeks, you get to decide
:08:28. > :08:31.who runs those services for the next five years. 1,200 seats are up
:08:31. > :08:34.for grabs in 21 local councils, pretty much everywhere apart from
:08:34. > :08:44.Anglesey. Betsan Powys is in the council chamber at Cardiff City
:08:44. > :08:45.
:08:45. > :08:50.Hall. As of today, we know who will be standing in the local elections
:08:50. > :08:53.in May. Councils today had to publish the names of all other
:08:53. > :08:59.candidates. But do we know what sort of job that will face if they
:08:59. > :09:04.win? Are the -- we are aware of the range of services run by local
:09:04. > :09:08.authorities and in these tough times, do we know what sort of
:09:08. > :09:13.services these would-be councillors would cut or would change? Mark
:09:13. > :09:16.Hannaby has been asking why local elections are important and what we
:09:16. > :09:19.should be asking those standing... Some of the things councils do,
:09:19. > :09:26.like picking up bins, are familiar to everyone. But the scope of local
:09:26. > :09:30.authority services is more enormous than some of us might realise.
:09:30. > :09:35.Local authorities run 750 discrete functions, including big things
:09:35. > :09:39.like education and social care but also key functions like street
:09:39. > :09:44.lighting, picking up bins, doing all of the things you would expect
:09:45. > :09:47.in green spaces, leisure and parks, and all those services and to
:09:47. > :09:50.quality of life. People living anywhere in Wales other than
:09:50. > :09:52.Anglesey have the opportunity to help direct the future of those
:09:52. > :09:55.varied services at council elections on May 3rd. Anglesey's
:09:55. > :09:58.poll has been delayed for a year in light of direct Welsh government
:09:58. > :10:03.intervention in running that authority. Over 1,200 council seats
:10:03. > :10:06.will be up for grabs at 21 authorities. Significant reductions
:10:06. > :10:09.in the money available to local authorities are going to mean hard
:10:09. > :10:14.choices ahead as to whether to cut services or work more closely with
:10:14. > :10:18.other councils. This election provides everyone with an
:10:18. > :10:21.opportunity to have an influence on those decisions. If money is tight,
:10:21. > :10:26.what will have to give? Councils must provide some services, like
:10:26. > :10:30.education, by law. But they are not obliged to provide leisure centres,
:10:30. > :10:35.for example. One former social services director believes we
:10:35. > :10:40.should question would-be councillors on their priorities.
:10:40. > :10:45.What services will be prioritised and what will be protect? What are
:10:45. > :10:49.you prepared to forfeit? What is important? When are you going to
:10:49. > :10:51.put you're limited cash in the future? Councils are being urged to
:10:51. > :10:57.increase collaboration with each other and other public sector
:10:57. > :11:00.bodies to save money. Hello... Bridgend, social services work with
:11:00. > :11:07.health staff to provide technology to enable people to go home from
:11:07. > :11:12.hospital with 24 hour support by phone. It is very important that
:11:12. > :11:16.people are involved in the choices we make a slow, authorities. In
:11:17. > :11:21.Bridgend, we make choices about how to provide services, choosing to
:11:21. > :11:26.collaborate with other providers to make sure that people had better
:11:26. > :11:29.services but that we can save money and put that into other frontline
:11:29. > :11:33.services. Not everyone needs council assistance to be lifted
:11:33. > :11:35.from their bed to a chair. But most of us depend on at least some
:11:35. > :11:41.council services. The chance to influence their future falls on May
:11:41. > :11:50.3rd and won't come again for another five years. How is likely
:11:50. > :11:56.to do well? Last time around Labour to go Beltinge, the words of Roger
:11:56. > :12:00.Morgan in 2008. They lost ground and terror Tawney to all other
:12:00. > :12:03.parties and independents, meaning that this time around they are
:12:03. > :12:08.riding high in the polls and opposition at Westminster and hope
:12:08. > :12:12.to regain a lot of that ground but because they lost ground to so many
:12:12. > :12:19.other parties, opponents with many political colours, so it is a tough
:12:19. > :12:23.call. In some cases they will find it easy they will have to work hard
:12:23. > :12:32.to winkle out councillors who have dug in their heels and become
:12:32. > :12:39.popular. What about the other parties? The other parties did well
:12:39. > :12:44.last time, the Conservatives up 5% and they have territory to protect
:12:44. > :12:50.and fight for and defend. Plaid Cymru, the to control of Caerphilly
:12:50. > :12:56.at Labour's expense. They will have ground to defend. And the Lib Dems,
:12:57. > :13:00.they have a good time in 2008, they have a role in running Wrexham,
:13:00. > :13:03.Swansea and Newport. They are the ones taking the building in the
:13:03. > :13:09.polls and they are the ones who certainly have a fight on their
:13:09. > :13:14.hands. Do not forget this independent councillors, 250,000 of
:13:14. > :13:18.us voted for them last time. They are all his key in these elections,
:13:18. > :13:23.but Justin who wins seats but then who afterwards manages to strike
:13:23. > :13:32.deals that means if they gain control over councils... Were other
:13:32. > :13:36.big battleground? I have mentioned towns and cities, certainly Cardiff,
:13:36. > :13:40.Newport, industrial areas that Labour lost last time. But one
:13:40. > :13:44.place you have heard there will be no battle is Anglesey, still coming
:13:44. > :13:48.through what the Minister called a democratic renewal. You can answer
:13:48. > :13:58.the door in Anglesey for the next 12 months, elections delayed until
:13:58. > :14:00.
:14:00. > :14:04.2013. Thank you very much. Still to come... After a very dry March, it
:14:04. > :14:14.was a wet end to the Easter Bank Holiday. The rivers are high with
:14:14. > :14:16.welcome rain for farmers and Salvage teams have started to bring
:14:16. > :14:21.in cutting equipment as are prepared to break up a cargo ship
:14:21. > :14:26.rounded off the North Wales coast. Experts say there is no serious
:14:26. > :14:36.sign of pollution from the MV Carrier. The vessel hit rocks last
:14:36. > :14:40.
:14:40. > :14:44.The MV Carrier all parts of it will lie in the shadow of the A55 inland
:14:44. > :14:47.villas at lax -- at least for the next few weeks. The first job is to
:14:47. > :14:52.remove the ship's cargo of stone, then to break up the vessel bit by
:14:52. > :14:57.bit, bringing small parts onshore and sending them to this --
:14:57. > :15:02.scrapyard. The whole process could take two-and-a-half months. It is a
:15:02. > :15:06.complete tidal best or when we are not working on it. We can only do
:15:06. > :15:10.at the moment three-and a-half hours or four hours a shift, which
:15:10. > :15:15.is reducing out towards the weekend, but we are doing what we can when
:15:15. > :15:19.we can. All week ago rough seas and stormy weather forced the best of
:15:19. > :15:22.onto the rocks here. The A55 became a helipad as the seven crew members
:15:22. > :15:26.had to be winched with difficulty to safety.
:15:26. > :15:32.There next morning, the weather wasn't much calmer, but despite the
:15:32. > :15:36.delays, salvage teams have no clear Bishop of its 24,000 litres of fuel.
:15:36. > :15:40.-- now clear the ship. That is good news for the Environment Agency,
:15:40. > :15:44.whose teams are looking for signs of pollution in the water and are
:15:44. > :15:48.patrolling the beaches, taking away samples, but for now they say there
:15:48. > :15:52.is no sign of serious damage. He wanted to become our greatest-
:15:53. > :15:58.ever Paralympian, but tonight, the 2012 dream is over for David
:15:58. > :16:01.Roberts, the summer from could severely who already has 11 gold
:16:01. > :16:04.Paralympic medals, matched only by Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson -- from
:16:04. > :16:08.Caerphilly. He helped to beat the record but missed the qualifying
:16:08. > :16:14.time at trials in Sheffield and has failed to be selected for Team GB.
:16:14. > :16:19.More from Matt Murray. The his 11th goal medal of his
:16:19. > :16:22.career. After Beijing it was David Robert's team are to become the
:16:22. > :16:27.most successful pilot -- Paralympian of the modern era --
:16:27. > :16:30.his dream. He has suffered a career-threatening injuries and
:16:30. > :16:34.illnesses and pulled out of a competition recently with pneumonia
:16:34. > :16:38.after recovering from tearing our muscles. Too much to have become as
:16:38. > :16:42.he failed to make the grade at the trials in Sheffield at the weekend
:16:42. > :16:46.-- too much to overcome. I don't really see much point in carrying
:16:46. > :16:52.on, you know? I had been doing this a long time and maybe my body is
:16:52. > :16:55.telling me it is time to take stock of what I have done. No one will
:16:55. > :17:02.ever take that away from me, I guess, and swimmers would kill to
:17:02. > :17:07.have the career had -- I have had. His career record of 11 golds beats
:17:07. > :17:10.Tanni Grey-Thompson's but he hoped to surpassed her. Anyone in the
:17:10. > :17:15.sport immediately thinks of the great Tanni Grey-Thompson, and
:17:15. > :17:18.David has been in her shadow for many years, but has been enormously
:17:19. > :17:23.successful and he won't get the opportunity now, which is an
:17:23. > :17:26.enormous shame for him personally. 16 British swimmers including
:17:26. > :17:30.double Paralympic gold medallist Ellie Simmonds had been selected
:17:30. > :17:34.for the squad. Ellie, who lives in Swansea with her family, is one of
:17:34. > :17:39.the stars of the team, featuring in adverts and campaigns in the build
:17:39. > :17:42.up. Not many doubt her inclusion, but it was a relief for the
:17:42. > :17:47.teenager to get the confirmation. qualified in four individual events
:17:47. > :17:51.but it is always nice to know officially on paper that you have
:17:51. > :17:56.qualified, and it is really exciting to know that loads of
:17:56. > :17:58.people will be cheering the one at home. Beijing was my first
:17:58. > :18:03.Paralympics and I hope just to enjoy the experience, but here it
:18:03. > :18:07.will be amazing being a home games. I'm really excited. Bridgend's
:18:07. > :18:10.Rhiannon Henry has also made the team and two other while swimmers,
:18:10. > :18:13.Liz Johnson and Nyree Kindred, had been nominated for a place in
:18:13. > :18:16.London and will know in June if they will take part -- Welsh
:18:16. > :18:19.swimmers. In football, Wrexham take on
:18:19. > :18:23.Conference leaders Fleetwood Town tonight. The Dragons are 11 points
:18:24. > :18:27.behind their opponents in the table and need a draw for any chance of
:18:27. > :18:31.automatic promotion. A place in the play-offs is guaranteed for the
:18:31. > :18:35.Welsh side. Cardiff City remain in the final championship play-off
:18:35. > :18:39.place after a one-all draw with Watford yesterday. Kenny Miller
:18:39. > :18:43.scored his first goal in 16 games to put the Bluebirds in front just
:18:43. > :18:47.before half-time. Watford equalised late in the second half to deny
:18:47. > :18:51.Cardiff all three points. A hundred years after the Titanic
:18:51. > :18:56.set sail on her doomed voyage, a special ceremony has taken place in
:18:56. > :19:00.North Wales to honour one of those who helped save passengers from the
:19:00. > :19:05.freezing water. Harold Godfrey Lowe famously portrayed by the actor
:19:05. > :19:10.Ioan Gruffudd in the blockbuster film, lived in Deganwy. His
:19:10. > :19:13.grandson has been speaking to Wales Today, and as Cemlyn Davies reports,
:19:13. > :19:21.he isn't the only Welshman with linked to the right -- to the line-
:19:21. > :19:24.Heroic deeds on at 100 years ago on. For 13 years, this house in Deganwy
:19:24. > :19:28.was home to Commander Harold Godfrey Lowe, 5th officer of RMS
:19:28. > :19:34.Titanic, and the only crew member who returned to the sinking ship to
:19:34. > :19:37.look for survivors. A second plaque will be unveiled in his other home
:19:38. > :19:46.town of Barmouth on Sunday in recognition of his determination
:19:46. > :19:51.and courage. He collected four life boats together, tied them together,
:19:51. > :19:59.then after a while, he thought, go back. I have always held him in
:19:59. > :20:04.great esteem, but now, he is getting some recognition for it, it
:20:04. > :20:09.is even better. On Wednesday 10th April, 1912, in brilliant
:20:09. > :20:13.sunshine... The Titanic set sail exactly a hundred years ago, her
:20:13. > :20:17.destination New York. Five days later, she sank after hitting an
:20:17. > :20:22.iceberg in the North Atlantic Ocean. More than 1500 people lost their
:20:22. > :20:26.lives. The captain was one of them, Edward John Smith has been judged
:20:26. > :20:32.in some quarters for not responding quickly enough as the disaster
:20:32. > :20:37.unfolded. This is Margaret Smith, my great great grandmother, who is
:20:37. > :20:42.related to the captain of Titanic. Captain Smith's great-great nephew
:20:42. > :20:46.is an archaeologist in Aberystwyth. He insists any criticism is unfair.
:20:46. > :20:50.The realisation that the ship wasn't as good as they promised and
:20:50. > :20:53.it was going to sink, and they knew there would enough lifeboats, must
:20:53. > :20:57.have been a horrible experience. What kind of pressure did he find
:20:57. > :21:00.himself under? He knew he couldn't say they have -- everyone will do
:21:00. > :21:05.everything he needed so it is more important to think about how he
:21:05. > :21:09.felt on the night he died. Are you a proud distant relative? Of course
:21:09. > :21:13.I am a proud relatives. One of those believed to be the last to
:21:13. > :21:18.see Captain Smith before he died was first class do-it- Edward Brown
:21:18. > :21:22.from Holyhead, who survived and his great nieces have recently started
:21:22. > :21:26.researching his time on the Titanic -- first-class steward. His hands
:21:26. > :21:32.was swollen up and his feet worse work -- so swollen they burst
:21:32. > :21:39.through his boots. When he was saved he was asked if he would like
:21:39. > :21:43.to be taken home, to which he replied, yes. So he wrote the
:21:43. > :21:46.lifeboat although he must have been in great pain. The story of the
:21:46. > :21:51.Titanic is now a hundred years old but in parts of Wales the reaction
:21:51. > :21:54.of some of those on board evoke as much pride as ever.
:21:54. > :22:01.After the usual bank holiday washout, the weather seems to have
:22:01. > :22:05.It has a bit. Among the backs of the River Taff this evening. It is
:22:05. > :22:09.chilly here this evening -- I am on the banks, but it has been a dry
:22:09. > :22:15.March and a couple of weeks ago I was telling you near this spot just
:22:15. > :22:18.how low the river was, but since then, of course, it has all changed.
:22:18. > :22:22.After yesterday's downpour river levels across Wales have been
:22:22. > :22:27.topped up quite nicely. Over the next few days, rain is forecast,
:22:27. > :22:31.and it will come along in the form of April showers. Some heavy
:22:31. > :22:35.downpours likely in places, but I can promise you some dry and sunny
:22:35. > :22:39.weather as well. Mind you, there is no sign of things warming up. In
:22:39. > :22:43.fact if you are a gardener watch out for ground frost. Tonight there
:22:43. > :22:47.will be some dry weather, the sky clear, but still shower clouds
:22:47. > :22:52.around, some showers heavy especially near the coast, I
:22:52. > :22:56.wouldn't rule out hailstones on the Cardigan Bay coast. The chilly
:22:56. > :23:01.night, temperatures inland as low as two or three Celsius a watch out
:23:01. > :23:05.for ground frost for example and Parts of Powys, the marches and
:23:05. > :23:08.Monmouthshire. Tomorrow's chart shows low pressure over Britain
:23:08. > :23:12.meaning unstable air, towering clouds and showers, and with the
:23:12. > :23:16.air coming down from the north-west it certainly would be warm. So
:23:16. > :23:21.tomorrow will feel quite chilly, some places starting off dry and
:23:21. > :23:25.sunny, but there will be a few showers around from the word go,
:23:25. > :23:30.and during the day more showers will brew up, and it could be heavy
:23:30. > :23:33.with hail and thunder. Having said that, more of the country should
:23:33. > :23:39.become dry and brighter with more sunshine later in the afternoon.
:23:39. > :23:44.Top temperatures nothing special, 9-12 Celsius, 48-54 Fahrenheit with
:23:44. > :23:48.a call West-north-westerly breeze, the wind quite gusty near the
:23:48. > :23:52.heavier showers. Across the county have won it tomorrow expect some
:23:52. > :23:56.showers, it could be heavy in places, I wouldn't rule out hail --
:23:56. > :24:01.the county of Gwynedd, but later in the afternoon that county should be
:24:01. > :24:06.dry and sunny, temperatures rising to 10 Celsius, 50 Fahrenheit. As
:24:06. > :24:10.for the rest of the week, more of the same, really, sunshine and
:24:10. > :24:14.April showers, some heavy in places, and golden up later in the week for
:24:14. > :24:18.a bit of snow on the mountains, and still cold enough for a night for a
:24:18. > :24:22.risk of ground frost in land. The best sunshine likely on the coast.
:24:22. > :24:27.Last April was the warmest April in Wales foreign and reduced, but it
:24:27. > :24:33.is a different story this April. The rest of the month looks cool
:24:33. > :24:38.and unsettled -- the warmest April for 100 years. Let's hope the old
:24:38. > :24:45.saying, March winds and April showers brings forth Mayflower's,
:24:45. > :24:49.That leads us nicely to a top story, a former chief executive of Welsh
:24:49. > :24:52.Water has told BBC Wales serious consideration should be given to
:24:52. > :24:56.selling water over the border for profit, on the day that Severn
:24:56. > :24:59.Trent, which supplies parts of Mid Wales, said it is planning to sell
:24:59. > :25:03.water from boreholes in the Midlands to drought stricken parts
:25:03. > :25:06.of England. Profession of Roger Falconer is from the water
:25:06. > :25:09.engineering and Hydrology Department of Cardiff University.
:25:09. > :25:14.How seriously should be looking at the idea of selling water across
:25:14. > :25:18.the border? I suddenly think it is an opportunity for us in many
:25:18. > :25:21.respects. If I was the chief executive of a company like Coca-
:25:22. > :25:25.Cola and wanting to relocate my company in future, I would look
:25:25. > :25:30.into areas with plenty of water resources available for my company,
:25:30. > :25:34.and clearly, places like Hereford, for example, have good connections,
:25:34. > :25:39.road connections, and we have plenty of water in Wales compared
:25:39. > :25:42.to other parts of the UK, so I would find is attractive. We have a
:25:42. > :25:46.gas and electricity network where we can pump services all over the
:25:46. > :25:52.UK but we don't have a water network. It is too costly, really,
:25:52. > :25:56.isn't it? Yes, a water network as such, the same way as gas, is very
:25:56. > :25:59.expensive, but there are things we can do I think. There are a lot
:25:59. > :26:03.Minis that match -- anomalies that moment. You will find in the south-
:26:03. > :26:06.east of England where there are water shortages, they are paying a
:26:06. > :26:11.lot less for water sewerage in the average household than we do in
:26:11. > :26:15.Wales, almost �100 per year less than we do, which doesn't seem
:26:15. > :26:19.right to me. Relatively speaking, we have lots of water in Wales, but
:26:19. > :26:24.they have big water shortages in England, but up paying a lot less
:26:24. > :26:29.than us. That doesn't stack up to me. -- are paying a lot less. In
:26:29. > :26:31.terms of your specific point of the grid, one of the ways we can
:26:31. > :26:37.address this problem is by looking more at into connectivity between
:26:37. > :26:42.the bases. Professor, thank you. We will have an update for you here