:00:05. > :00:10.Welcome to Wales Today from the Royal Welsh Show in Llanelwedd. The
:00:10. > :00:15.sunshine has brought out the crowds. But away from the show ring, it's
:00:15. > :00:18.been a day of tense discussions following farmers' protests. They
:00:18. > :00:28.say they're not being paid enough for the price of milk. Tonight, it
:00:28. > :00:32.looks like a deal has been reached. A whole range of difficult issues
:00:32. > :00:42.have been addressed and they will be thrashed out in fine detail in
:00:42. > :00:47.
:00:47. > :00:50.the negotiations which will take Tonight's other headlines:
:00:50. > :00:59.Two people are being questioned on suspicion of murder after a man
:00:59. > :01:02.collapsed and died following a row "A fine actress who brought class
:01:02. > :01:07.to any role she played" - tributes to actress Angharad Rees, who's
:01:07. > :01:11.died from cancer. Good evening from the Olympic Park.
:01:11. > :01:21.Only days to go until the opening ceremony here. Tonight we'll be
:01:21. > :01:23.
:01:23. > :01:31.talking to the people playing a Good evening and welcome to the
:01:31. > :01:39.Royal Welsh Show in Llanelwedd. The sunshine has brought out the crowds.
:01:39. > :01:43.In the ring behind me, every county in Wales represented on horseback.
:01:43. > :01:47.But behind the action in the main ring, it's been a day of tense
:01:47. > :01:51.negotiations. Farmers have been protesting about the price they get
:01:51. > :01:55.for their milk. UK Government Ministers and supermarket
:01:55. > :02:00.distributors have been meeting here to try to resolve the dispute. An
:02:00. > :02:04.agreement they say has been reached, but the detail is sketchy. And
:02:04. > :02:14.there's a warning tonight that the protests could continue. Here's our
:02:14. > :02:20.
:02:20. > :02:27.environment correspondent Iolo ap How much do we make on a litre of
:02:27. > :02:32.milk? A supermarket manager defending the
:02:32. > :02:38.profit his company makes from milk. Farmers were not impressed with his
:02:38. > :02:43.response. We can't exist on losing at 6p a litre on all the milk we
:02:43. > :02:47.produce. There will be no dairy industry left. We still don't
:02:47. > :02:51.understand why they can't increase the litre of milk by a couple of
:02:51. > :03:00.pence in the shop and pass it down the chain so it comes back to the
:03:00. > :03:05.farmer. No answers. They did not have answers for us.
:03:05. > :03:12.supermarket insists it pays a fair price for milk. There are 13,000
:03:12. > :03:16.farms across the UK producing on average for 30p. We understand our
:03:16. > :03:21.farmers are dedicated and they have a slightly lower cost of production.
:03:21. > :03:26.This in Wales it is small farms like this one that are directly
:03:26. > :03:30.affected by the price of milk. This man has 70 cows but feels he might
:03:30. > :03:38.have to sell up because he receives less than a litre of milk now than
:03:38. > :03:43.it cost him to produce. The parlour is 40 years old. It needs to be
:03:43. > :03:48.updated. It is going to cost me half a million pounds. The way the
:03:48. > :03:53.price of milk is at the moment, it is not viable to do it. After
:03:53. > :03:57.lengthy meetings, farming unions are still hoping not to miss out on
:03:57. > :04:02.price cuts. But there is a broad agreement on a voluntary code of
:04:02. > :04:06.practice between farmers and other dairy industry. We have signed an
:04:06. > :04:10.agreement on a range of issues affecting the transparency of
:04:10. > :04:15.content, the period of notice farmers would get if the price
:04:15. > :04:18.changes, the period of notice if they want to leave a contract. We
:04:18. > :04:23.will work until the end of August to get the final form of the
:04:23. > :04:25.agreement but we have made a big step today. Farmers are hopeful
:04:25. > :04:29.that the Welsh Government will consider legislating separately to
:04:29. > :04:34.the rest of Britain but businesses are sceptical that could make Welsh
:04:34. > :04:38.dairy farmers less competitive within the UK. Anything that makes
:04:38. > :04:42.major retailers think twice about buying Welsh products cannot be a
:04:42. > :04:47.good thing but I have not seen the detail of what the Minister has
:04:47. > :04:55.said. My first instinct would suggest we don't want anything from
:04:55. > :04:57.Wales to be uncompetitive. enjoying the Royal Welsh was the
:04:57. > :05:07.agriculture commissioner. He seemed impressed with Llanelwedd but also
:05:07. > :05:08.
:05:08. > :05:10.had a vote on the dairy industry. This guide for good practice will
:05:10. > :05:13.not be enough if the farmers don't organise themselves and work
:05:13. > :05:18.together because I can't see how are the bargaining power will
:05:18. > :05:22.increase of the farmer if they still want to negotiate
:05:22. > :05:26.individually with the big distribution. But even before the
:05:26. > :05:31.commissioner had left Mid-Wales, farmers and their representatives
:05:31. > :05:35.said they will carry on protesting and target the Milk suppliers for
:05:35. > :05:37.the Olympic Games. I've been speaking to Jim Paice,
:05:37. > :05:45.the UK Government's Farming Minister, and asked him what
:05:45. > :05:49.exactly has been achieved at today's talks. The agreement does
:05:49. > :05:53.cover some of the most contentious issues like how much notice a
:05:53. > :05:58.farmer gets about price change, how much notice they have to give a if
:05:58. > :06:02.they want to leave a contract, what they do with surplus milk if the
:06:02. > :06:05.processor does not want it, a whole range of difficult issues have been
:06:05. > :06:10.addressed and they will be thrashed out in fine detail in the
:06:10. > :06:13.negotiations which will take place before the end of August. The Welsh
:06:13. > :06:19.Government Minister is saying that if the UK government cannot achieve
:06:19. > :06:23.solid progress on this, he is minded to legislate. I have had
:06:23. > :06:27.long conversations with the Welsh Minister together with the Scottish
:06:27. > :06:32.Minister and we have discussed it again this morning. We agreed to
:06:32. > :06:37.things. Firstly, the code of practice is the best way forward.
:06:37. > :06:42.It can be more embracing than any legislation. Secondly, if it does
:06:42. > :06:46.not work, we will all legislate together so it is across the whole
:06:46. > :06:51.of Great Britain. But I have to emphasise that what we can do in
:06:51. > :06:58.legislation is severely constrained by a European law. And if this
:06:58. > :07:02.voluntary system does not work, what then? In the agreement, there
:07:02. > :07:06.is a quarterly review process and then at the end of the year, had a
:07:06. > :07:10.full-scale review which will allow both processors and producers to
:07:10. > :07:15.add -- decide whether they think it has been affected and properly
:07:15. > :07:21.complied with. We as governments have all agreed, we have reserved
:07:21. > :07:26.the right to legislate if this falls to pieces. Ultimately, you
:07:26. > :07:35.can't fix the price of milk. government in Europe has the power
:07:35. > :07:40.to fix the price of milk. Let's talk to Steve James, a farmer from
:07:40. > :07:44.Pembrokeshire, and the deputy agriculture minister in Wales, Alun
:07:44. > :07:51.Davies. This is bad news for farmers but as shoppers, we like it,
:07:51. > :07:55.don't we? If you want a sustainable dairy industry going forward, we
:07:55. > :08:01.have to have a fair price, and there is enough money in the supply
:08:01. > :08:05.chain that consumers don't have to pay any more because they are
:08:05. > :08:09.people in the middle are taking a little bit more than they should be.
:08:09. > :08:14.It is not because we are saying consumers should pay more. We just
:08:14. > :08:20.want a better share of that supply chain. Farmers could do more to
:08:20. > :08:24.work together. That was said earlier today. You should do more
:08:24. > :08:29.to work together and then your voice would be louder. I think we
:08:29. > :08:33.have seen that in the last 10 days. We had a 3,000 people turn up in
:08:33. > :08:41.Westminster at the drop of a hat. They have been a number of peaceful
:08:41. > :08:44.protest outside plants and some of the supermarkets so which shows
:08:44. > :08:53.that we are coming together. It is a united voice that has brought us
:08:53. > :08:58.to witnesses. That Minister, it was reported earlier on that you might
:08:58. > :09:05.consider if the UK government did not do something, you might enact
:09:05. > :09:08.some Welsh law for Welsh farmers. That is just kite-flying, isn't it?
:09:08. > :09:13.We will be publishing legislating in the autumn but this has been an
:09:13. > :09:17.enormous step forward. We have got a voluntary code of conduct, an
:09:17. > :09:23.agreement between the producers and the processes about how we take
:09:23. > :09:27.this forward. They still say they are going to be protesting. I think
:09:27. > :09:30.that is fair enough. Farmers will still see a cut in the milk price
:09:30. > :09:35.over the next couple of weeks, but we're trying to put in place
:09:35. > :09:38.structures which will underpin furnace in the supply chain.
:09:38. > :09:43.Consumers will pay a fair and realistic price for milk but
:09:43. > :09:47.consumers do not want to see the Welsh dairy industry on its knees.
:09:47. > :09:51.It is important that fairness is hard-wired into the system. There
:09:51. > :09:55.is no danger that you might start making Welsh milk more expensive
:09:56. > :10:01.and be beaten by other providers in Scotland, Ireland, England and
:10:01. > :10:04.elsewhere? We can produce milk cheaper in West Wales at than some
:10:04. > :10:09.of the other parts of the country but that does not mean the one to
:10:09. > :10:13.lose money. We are just asking for that fair price, to maintain that
:10:13. > :10:17.pint of milk that has been so popular in the British Household
:10:17. > :10:20.for so many years. Do thank you very much for joining us this
:10:21. > :10:23.evening. We'll be hearing how heavy rain for
:10:24. > :10:26.so many weeks earlier this summer has given farmers a huge headache.
:10:27. > :10:29.That's later in the programme. First, the rest of the day's news
:10:29. > :10:33.from Garry Owen. Thank you, Jamie. Let's look at the
:10:33. > :10:35.rest of the news now. Two people have been arrested on
:10:35. > :10:38.suspicion of murder after a 43- year-old man died in Denbighshire
:10:38. > :10:41.at the weekend. It's alleged Jonathan Sillett collapsed and died
:10:41. > :10:45.after a row with some people driving near the seafront in
:10:45. > :10:55.Prestatyn on Saturday evening. Matthew Richards is there for us
:10:55. > :10:56.
:10:56. > :10:59.this evening. What more do we know? Police were called to this area
:10:59. > :11:04.just before 10 o'clock on Saturday night by a member of the public
:11:04. > :11:09.reporting that cars were driving in an erratic manner in roads up and
:11:09. > :11:12.down this path of Prestatyn. It was also alleged that Jonathan Sillett,
:11:12. > :11:15.who lived locally, had a remonstration with some of the
:11:15. > :11:20.documents of those cars and shortly afterwards collapsed and was
:11:20. > :11:24.pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics. A 21-year-old woman and
:11:24. > :11:28.a 24-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and are
:11:28. > :11:32.being questioned by detectives. A major incident room has been set up
:11:32. > :11:35.and a number of support offices are walking the area throughout the day
:11:35. > :11:39.to give people information. Detectives have also been carrying
:11:39. > :11:43.out door-to-door inquiries and they said there were a lot of cars in
:11:43. > :11:49.the area at the time and they are hoping to speak to the occupants of
:11:49. > :11:53.those cars over the next couple of days. We also understand a Home
:11:53. > :11:56.Office pathologist is carrying out a post-mortem on Jonathan Sillett's
:11:56. > :11:58.body. A man who created a group on
:11:58. > :12:02.Facebook during the riots in England last summer has pleaded
:12:02. > :12:05.guilty to inciting violent disorder. Anthony Gristock, who appeared at
:12:05. > :12:09.Cardiff Crown Court today, was told by the judge that he is facing a
:12:09. > :12:18.substantial prison sentence for his actions. The case was adjourned for
:12:18. > :12:24.pre-sentence reports until the middle of August.
:12:24. > :12:27."She threw herself into the part. She was wonderful to be with". The
:12:27. > :12:30.words of Robin Ellis, star of the '70s BBC series, Poldark, paying
:12:30. > :12:33.tribute to his co-star Angharad Rees. The Welsh actress has died of
:12:33. > :12:43.cancer at the age of 63. She had a wide-ranging career, but is best
:12:43. > :12:45.
:12:45. > :12:51.remembered for the period drama set in Cornwall. Rhodri Lewis reports.
:12:51. > :12:55.Do you think I look pretty? Very pretty. The prettiest you have ever
:12:55. > :12:58.known? It was the Sunday night drama which
:12:58. > :13:02.had viewers glued to their seats. Poldark, a romantic tale set in
:13:02. > :13:05.Cornwall, catapulted Angharad Rees to fame. At its height in the late
:13:05. > :13:09.'70s, 15 million people tuned in to watch the exploits of Ross Poldark
:13:09. > :13:11.and his servant Demelza. Today, Robin Ellis, who played the title
:13:11. > :13:17.role, said he would remember Angharad Rees with huge affection
:13:17. > :13:20.during a special time in their careers. Raised in Cardiff,
:13:20. > :13:30.Angharad Rees starred in a range of other television dramas and plays
:13:30. > :13:31.
:13:31. > :13:35.in the West End during her career. But there was another side to her
:13:35. > :13:40.talents too. Here on the Morecambe and Wise show in 1977 in a parody
:13:40. > :13:43.of the drama that made her name. She was married to the actor
:13:43. > :13:47.Christopher Cazenove for more than 20 years, but a family tragedy led
:13:47. > :13:52.to her giving up the stage. She withdrew from acting after her son
:13:52. > :13:55.was killed in a car crash in 1999. In later years, she remarried David
:13:55. > :13:59.McAlpine from the construction family, and devoted her time to a
:13:59. > :14:02.jewellery business. She was also a fellow of the Royal Welsh College
:14:02. > :14:12.of Music and Drama, which said today Angharad Rees always brought
:14:12. > :14:14.
:14:14. > :14:17.delicacy, femininity and class to It's being described as a "Welsh
:14:17. > :14:22.treasure" and, after 200 years on American soil, it's back here and
:14:22. > :14:26.on display. The Laws of Hywel Dda is one of the first medieval
:14:26. > :14:28.manuscripts written in Welsh. After being bought at auction by the
:14:28. > :14:38.National Library of Wales for �500,000, it's now on display at
:14:38. > :14:41.
:14:41. > :14:51.the library for just a week before Good evening and welcome to the
:14:51. > :14:53.
:14:53. > :14:57.Olympic Park in London. We are expecting around 50,000 people in
:14:57. > :15:04.the stadium to sight to see a reversal of the opening ceremony. -
:15:04. > :15:08.- tonight. The stadium has been transformed. No sign of the
:15:08. > :15:13.athletics track. It has been replaced by a snapshot of British
:15:13. > :15:16.rural life, one of the themes of the opening ceremony. At the
:15:16. > :15:20.opening ceremony, the British team will be led out by cycling great
:15:20. > :15:25.Sir Chris Hoy, who will carry the Union Flag. The announcement was
:15:25. > :15:28.made in Newport earlier, where the Among them is Geraint Thomas, who
:15:28. > :15:36.is aiming for gold for the second games in a row. More now from
:15:36. > :15:42.Ashleigh Crowter. They are the most successful sport
:15:42. > :15:45.in Great Britain Olympics history. Seven medals in Beijing and now
:15:45. > :15:51.they are in Wales Planning for another Olympic gold rush. And this
:15:51. > :15:55.is where the hard work is being done. Inside, Britain's track
:15:55. > :15:59.cyclists, including Geraint Thomas, will be working hard to make sure
:15:59. > :16:05.they arrive in London race ready. It is a fitting location because
:16:05. > :16:10.Wales has been central to Great Britain's cycling success. The
:16:10. > :16:15.medal Mastermind is this man, 13's performance director, who was
:16:15. > :16:19.brought up in Snowdonia. He is also in charge of the team for which
:16:19. > :16:24.Bradley Wiggins cycled in the Tour de France. Records seem to keep
:16:24. > :16:29.tumbling on his watch and he is promising even more. This is just
:16:29. > :16:34.the start. We have been working hard for 10 years in this sport and
:16:34. > :16:38.I am, on a personal level, as hungry and as ambitious as ever. I
:16:38. > :16:46.have got a lot to give to the sport yet. This is hopefully the start of
:16:46. > :16:51.a period we can dominate. Sir Chris Hoy told me earlier that Bradley
:16:52. > :16:56.Wiggins's success was cheered on by his training group game at Newport.
:16:56. > :17:00.We stopped to watch the last couple of kilometres and to see the whole
:17:00. > :17:04.team come together. Not just Bradley Wiggins's performance but
:17:04. > :17:09.to see Mark Cavendish win the stage and all the guys working together
:17:09. > :17:14.and the Union flags in Paris. but there is one man who might have
:17:14. > :17:17.had mixed feelings. Last summer, Geraint Thomas was one of his team-
:17:17. > :17:21.mates on the tour but this year he had a tough choice to make and
:17:21. > :17:26.decided to go back to the track, the event where he won gold in
:17:26. > :17:30.Beijing. The Home Olympics is massive and I wanted to go and have
:17:30. > :17:35.a good chance of winning a gold medal and I just felt the track was
:17:35. > :17:41.my best opportunity. Looking at the events, the team pursuit stood out
:17:41. > :17:45.and that is what I went for. In 11 days' time, we will know whether
:17:45. > :17:48.Geraint Thomas was successful, but this should be another golden
:17:49. > :17:52.summer for Wales's cycling stars. Apart from the 10,000 athletes
:17:52. > :17:54.taking part at these Games, there will be 70,000 volunteers on hand.
:17:54. > :17:59.From ticket checkers, drivers, to those helping competitors with
:17:59. > :18:06.their costumes, they're here to ensure it all runs smoothly. Among
:18:06. > :18:12.them, paramedic Richard Hook, who's used to big sporting events. Matt
:18:12. > :18:16.Murray reports. They're known as "Games' makers"
:18:16. > :18:19.because they're seen as making the Olympics happen. There are more
:18:19. > :18:24.than 70,000 volunteers and most applied to be a part of the Games
:18:24. > :18:30.two years ago. Richard Hook is one of those, a senior paramedic based
:18:30. > :18:34.in Swansea. He'll have a new look and a new home for the Games.
:18:34. > :18:37.Richard will be camping out near Greenwich at night and then, in the
:18:37. > :18:40.day, he'll be based at the equestrian centre. Horse Jumping
:18:40. > :18:48.can be a dangerous business so Richard's skills are going to be
:18:48. > :18:51.called on. When these people get off the ground, they are 18 feet
:18:51. > :18:56.off the ground so coming down from that height, you can expect some
:18:56. > :18:59.significant trauma which is the reason we were selected for that.
:18:59. > :19:05.Richard's son is Welsh rugby star James Hook, so he's used to the
:19:05. > :19:10.pressure of big sporting events. is going to be training in France
:19:10. > :19:13.but he says he will keep an eye out for me on the television.
:19:13. > :19:15.Volunteers have already been playing their part for the past few
:19:15. > :19:18.weeks, dealing with athletes arriving at Heathrow from right
:19:18. > :19:22.across the world. They're also on hand to guide top officials at
:19:22. > :19:25.events in build up to the Games. Roy Gutteridge's day job is as a
:19:25. > :19:29.health care manager in Cardiff but, in just a few days' time, he'll be
:19:29. > :19:33.on his motorbike at the cycling road race. Its an important role.
:19:33. > :19:41.Just like at the Tour de France - they make sure no spectators get in
:19:41. > :19:46.the way. I am just a very small cog in a massive, monster of a wheel.
:19:46. > :19:50.But I am hoping, I am convincing myself I am helping towards the UK
:19:50. > :19:53.getting a gold medal. Aside from the volunteers, it will be the job
:19:54. > :19:56.of people like Sian Knott to ensure Team GB competitors are in top
:19:57. > :20:00.shape for the Games. Today, the Sport Wales physio is dealing with
:20:00. > :20:09.a young gymnast's ankle injury, but shortly it will be the stars of
:20:09. > :20:13.team GB, making sure an injury can be overcome as quickly as possible.
:20:13. > :20:18.London has got the added pressure for all the athletes and the
:20:18. > :20:23.support staff, the expectation is massive in terms of what people are
:20:23. > :20:27.hoping Great Britain will deliver, and it is up to us to help in every
:20:27. > :20:32.which way that we can to make sure that athletes are given the
:20:32. > :20:35.opportunity to go out and do the best they can. But for the
:20:35. > :20:42.volunteers, they may feel it's a small part to play, but their
:20:42. > :20:46.efforts will be vital to the success of these home Olympics.
:20:46. > :20:51.An update on the Olympics security situation in Cardiff and. We are
:20:51. > :20:54.hearing that 100 extra staff are being drafted in to help with
:20:54. > :20:58.security at the Millennium Stadium from Wednesday. Successful
:20:58. > :21:01.candidates will be handing a plastic bags to allow people to
:21:01. > :21:03.place their belongings in before they pass through the security
:21:03. > :21:06.scanners. Much more from the Olympic Park
:21:06. > :21:09.throughout the week and, tomorrow, we'll be looking ahead to the games
:21:09. > :21:11.at the Millennium Stadium. That's tomorrow. Back to Llanelwedd now
:21:11. > :21:17.and Jamie. Welcome back to the Royal Welsh
:21:17. > :21:21.Show at Llanelwedd. The crowds are still gathered around the main show
:21:21. > :21:25.ring. The competition is still in full swing. Every county in Wales
:21:25. > :21:30.is represented in that line up and they are waiting to find out who
:21:30. > :21:34.has won. As soon as the horse riders are out of the way, it is
:21:34. > :21:39.the regimental band of the Royal Welsh. This show is about nothing
:21:39. > :21:49.else but competition. Why do we give you some results and find out
:21:49. > :22:01.
:22:01. > :22:05.The Texel ewe lambs proved a In the cattle ring earlier, crowds
:22:05. > :22:11.gathered to watch the Welsh Black cattle competitions. A bull from
:22:11. > :22:15.Harlech won the best yearling And over in the shearing centre,
:22:15. > :22:18.Meinir Evans won the All Nations Woolhandling competition final. The
:22:18. > :22:28.prize goes to the fastest competitor to roll three newly-
:22:28. > :22:28.
:22:28. > :22:31.sheared fleeces. The sun has shone for the opening
:22:31. > :22:36.day of the Royal Welsh Show but, until now, it's been a stinker of a
:22:36. > :22:42.wet summer. Farmers are weeks behind with their work, the fields
:22:42. > :22:48.too wet, delaying or even ruining some crops. All of it impacts on us
:22:48. > :22:58.as shoppers when we come to buy our food. Cemlyn Davies reports now on
:22:58. > :22:59.
:22:59. > :23:03.what late summer means. Sunglasses and summer hats decorate
:23:03. > :23:08.the Royal Welsh Showground and with the sun shining, these visitors
:23:08. > :23:13.could enjoy some singing was not a drop of rain in sight. The whole
:23:13. > :23:20.summer has been a washout but it is absolutely brilliant today. It has
:23:20. > :23:25.been pouring down. It is lovely now. This is all very different to the
:23:25. > :23:30.weather we have become used to over recent weeks. Last month was the
:23:30. > :23:35.wettest June on record and July has also been soggier than normal. For
:23:35. > :23:40.farmers, it has been a tough time. The heavy rain led to floods in
:23:40. > :23:46.Aberystwyth last month. This land belongs to Rachel Rowlands who set
:23:46. > :23:50.up an organic dairy business here. We have got 40 acres of grassland
:23:50. > :23:54.which would have been cut a month ago had we not had the floods. We
:23:54. > :23:59.are still not able to get on because it is completely
:23:59. > :24:03.waterlogged. Staff at the wet weather means this farmer has
:24:03. > :24:10.fallen behind with other sheering this year. It has not been possible
:24:10. > :24:13.to get the courts dry enough to take off. Now there is a backlog.
:24:13. > :24:21.It is a knock-on effect because we rely on contractors and they have
:24:21. > :24:25.been stopped due to the weather so everybody has been pushed back.
:24:25. > :24:31.that is why, with the Senate now shining, it seems some farmers will
:24:31. > :24:35.be staying away from the show this year. Many farmers will not let
:24:35. > :24:41.this opportunity go by and they are at home cutting silage and so on.
:24:41. > :24:46.Make hay while the sun shines is certainly true. This could be their
:24:46. > :24:51.only harvest and, let's face it, we understand and we applaud them for
:24:51. > :24:57.looking after their own interests first. Her over at the main ring,
:24:57. > :25:00.the crowds were wowed by the Ukrainian Cossacks. People coming
:25:00. > :25:08.to the show over the next few days will be hoping the weather
:25:08. > :25:13.continues to perform just as impressively.
:25:13. > :25:17.The let's talk to the director of the show. You have been affected by
:25:17. > :25:22.the weather. This was a close one for you. There were concerns a
:25:22. > :25:26.couple of weeks ago the show would not go on. Her it was going to go
:25:26. > :25:30.on. There were a lot of rumours going around but we have been
:25:30. > :25:36.blessed with some fantastic weather. And the weather makes all the
:25:36. > :25:41.difference. The numbers are up substantially. The numbers are up
:25:41. > :25:48.5032 on the Monday last year. Over 53,000 people today, a fantastic
:25:48. > :25:52.figure. We are thrilled. It just shows the support we have got. Even
:25:52. > :25:55.though there are a lot of people making hay in this weather because
:25:55. > :26:00.it is the first opportunity, they have still been a really good
:26:00. > :26:03.turnout. Thank you very much and good luck this week.
:26:03. > :26:09.Pleasant weather here today for the first day of the Show. There's
:26:09. > :26:15.plenty more dry and warm weather to Sunshine and toasty temperatures as
:26:15. > :26:19.well, but not everywhere. Tomorrow is likely to be sunniest and
:26:19. > :26:22.warmest day of the week in Llanelwedd. Generally, there will
:26:22. > :26:27.be less cloud than today and more sunshine, although with a few
:26:27. > :26:31.exceptions. Tonight, most of the country fine and clear. Cloudy in
:26:31. > :26:34.the northwest with a little rain and drizzle. Low cloud, mist and
:26:34. > :26:38.fog patches. Breezy in the northwest with lowest temperatures
:26:38. > :26:42.around 11 degrees Celsius in Brecon. Tomorrow's chart shows a front
:26:42. > :26:45.lying through northern England and southern Ireland. That is the
:26:45. > :26:48.dividing line between hot and humid air in the southeast and cooler,
:26:48. > :26:51.fresher air in the northwest. So tomorrow will be a nice day for
:26:51. > :26:54.most of the country. Dry and bright. Plenty of sunshine. The exception
:26:54. > :26:56.the far northwest - much cloudier there with perhaps a little rain
:26:56. > :26:59.and drizzle on Anglesey. Top temperatures around 26 degrees
:26:59. > :27:03.Celsius in Monmouth. Much cooler in the northwest. 17 degrees Celsius
:27:03. > :27:06.on the Lleyn Peninsula and not as windy as today in Snowdonia.
:27:06. > :27:10.Tomorrow night, most of the country will be dry but cloud will increase
:27:10. > :27:13.with a little rain and drizzle in the north. As for the outlook, on
:27:13. > :27:17.Wednesday, generally cloudier. Spots of light rain or drizzle in
:27:17. > :27:20.the north and west. Otherwise dry. Sunniest in the southeast. Hot and
:27:20. > :27:30.humid in Cardiff for the Olympic women's football at the Millennium
:27:30. > :27:34.
:27:34. > :27:37.We'll have an update for you here at 8pm and after the BBC News at