:00:04. > :00:07.Welcome to Wales Today. Tonight, the inquiry that says
:00:07. > :00:09.thousands of families here stand to lose out under changes to
:00:09. > :00:14.disability benefits. Anita Davies is registered blind and has two
:00:14. > :00:24.disabled children. She fears she could end up hundreds of pounds out
:00:24. > :00:31.
:00:31. > :00:37.Also tonight., four children from Llanelli who went missing with
:00:37. > :00:47.The search for April Jones - the Prime Minister praises the people
:00:47. > :00:50.of Machynlleth. We have seen a whole community come
:00:50. > :00:53.together not just in grief but action to help his family, and it
:00:53. > :00:56.is a huge credit to everyone involved.
:00:56. > :00:57.Wales say they've made progress despite a third defeat in four
:00:57. > :01:06.matches. And the seven-year-old who's forced
:01:06. > :01:13.the First Minister into action to improve this memorial.
:01:13. > :01:17.We were coming from a rugby match, and we went to see the memorial,
:01:17. > :01:20.and the place was a terrible mess. Wales has the highest percentage of
:01:20. > :01:23.disability related benefit claimants in the UK, but many of
:01:23. > :01:26.them stand to be worse off under changes proposed by the Westminster
:01:26. > :01:29.Government. It wants to merge a variety of benefits into a single
:01:29. > :01:38.universal credit, but an inquiry led by Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson
:01:38. > :01:41.claims that'll mean families risk losing �28-�40 a week. The
:01:41. > :01:46.Department for Work and Pensions says the report is selective and no
:01:46. > :01:50.one will lose cash when Universal Credit is introduced.
:01:50. > :01:54.The proposed disability benefit changes are worrying for the Davies
:01:54. > :01:57.family from Bridgend. Mum Anita works part-time and Richard --
:01:57. > :02:03.registered blind. Along with their partner she also looks after her
:02:03. > :02:09.two children, Daisy, who is partially sighted, and her son who
:02:09. > :02:12.needs a wheelchair outside the house. With three people with
:02:12. > :02:15.disabilities, a reduction in benefits will hit the family budget
:02:15. > :02:22.hard. It is worrying because if I don't
:02:22. > :02:26.get a higher rate allowance, I will lose my mobility car, which is what
:02:26. > :02:30.my partner uses to get back and forth and I used to get to work. We
:02:30. > :02:33.use it to get the shopping. We Wales has the highest proportion
:02:33. > :02:38.of claimants for disability allowances in the UK. The latest
:02:39. > :02:43.figures show 175,000 people in Wales on some kind of a capacity
:02:43. > :02:47.benefit. That is 9.2 per cent of the population, significantly
:02:47. > :02:51.higher than the UK figure of 6.5 per cent. In Neath Port Talbot,
:02:51. > :03:01.where they have a particularly high number of claimants, it is causing
:03:01. > :03:01.
:03:01. > :03:04.concern. The welfare rights department has
:03:04. > :03:08.been receiving requests to give talks to service users and
:03:08. > :03:13.professionals to try and prepare them for what will happen over the
:03:13. > :03:17.next year or so, and I think what makes it even more confusing is
:03:17. > :03:22.that when the new benefits are first introduced, they will be for
:03:22. > :03:26.new claimants only. A report into the changes led by
:03:26. > :03:29.Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson has found that many families will be
:03:29. > :03:33.between �28.40 pounds a week worse off.
:03:33. > :03:36.His right to simplify the system, but I think what has happened is
:03:37. > :03:41.that a few people have slipped through the net and will lose out.
:03:41. > :03:44.The real fear is that rather than saving money it will push costs to
:03:44. > :03:47.local authorities or other areas and ultimately cost the country
:03:47. > :03:52.more in the long run. It is feared that children in
:03:52. > :03:55.particular will lose out. It is important that the Welsh
:03:55. > :03:58.Government liaises and says so the UK Government that the welfare of
:03:58. > :04:02.reform agenda is disproportionately hitting children in Wales. They
:04:03. > :04:06.must also did -- that they must do that but must also look at the way
:04:06. > :04:08.they fund education, health services, play and other
:04:08. > :04:11.opportunities for children to mitigate the impact of welfare
:04:11. > :04:15.reform. The Davises still don't know what
:04:15. > :04:18.impact the change will have on them personally, but they are bracing
:04:18. > :04:22.themselves for a future with less money to spend at a time when
:04:22. > :04:25.living costs are rising. The Department for a convention's says
:04:25. > :04:29.the report is highly selective and no one will lose cash when
:04:29. > :04:34.Universal Credit is introduced. Erika Helps is from Citizens Advice
:04:34. > :04:37.Cymru, one of the organisations which helped compile the report.
:04:37. > :04:40.What will be universal credit mean for those claiming incapacity
:04:40. > :04:43.benefit here? It will mean a transition to the
:04:43. > :04:47.benefit which will take into account your housing costs and
:04:47. > :04:52.living costs in one benefit, but essentially for many people it will
:04:52. > :04:55.mean a reduction in the weekly income they receive. That's not
:04:55. > :04:58.what the government is saying, they will sit -- are saying people will
:04:58. > :05:02.not lose out and it will be a simpler system.
:05:02. > :05:06.A welcome the simplicity of any benefit situation, which can be
:05:06. > :05:10.complex to claim at the moment, but I think the reality is that whilst
:05:10. > :05:14.people might be protected in the long -- in the short term, overall
:05:14. > :05:17.they will see a reduction in income, and benefits might be redistributed
:05:17. > :05:21.but some people will certainly lose out.
:05:21. > :05:25.Your organisation deals with people who are struggling every single day.
:05:25. > :05:28.From what you see, what are people telling you, how do you think they
:05:28. > :05:31.will cope with changes? I think people are very worried
:05:31. > :05:35.because at the moment they don't have enough detail to understand
:05:35. > :05:38.how it will affect their personal situations. We have a number of
:05:39. > :05:43.people approaching has already trying to estimate how much the
:05:43. > :05:47.cost will impact on them. So clearly concerns, then. The
:05:47. > :05:51.report urges a rethink on the welfare reforms. From what Baroness
:05:51. > :05:54.Tanni Grey-Thompson said, not major changes, so what you think should
:05:54. > :05:58.happen? We have been contacted today, for
:05:58. > :06:00.example, by somebody frightened they will lose their severe
:06:00. > :06:04.disability premium that they currently receive. They are worried
:06:04. > :06:09.they will not be able to pay for the care they need, and instead of
:06:09. > :06:12.transferring the cost to social services, that change could be cost
:06:12. > :06:17.neutral if the report's recommendations were followed.
:06:17. > :06:19.Erika Helps, thank you. A mother and her four children who
:06:19. > :06:21.went missing from Llanelli yesterday have been found safe and
:06:22. > :06:27.well in Blackwood in Caerphilly County this morning. The children
:06:27. > :06:29.are involved in a custody battle between their estranged parents.
:06:29. > :06:35.Our Swansea reporter, James Williams, is at Llanelli Police
:06:35. > :06:40.Station for us tonight. What happened today?
:06:40. > :06:46.As you said, it was at 11am this morning that Jennifer Jones, a 46-
:06:46. > :06:51.year-old teacher from Llanelli, and her four children were found safely
:06:51. > :06:57.in Caerphilly County, less than 24 hours since a nationwide search was
:06:57. > :07:05.launched to find them. It is understood that this evening, at
:07:05. > :07:09.the four children, aged between 8 and 14, are staying in or -- foster
:07:09. > :07:14.home under the care of social workers until they are very up --
:07:14. > :07:17.we united by their Spanish father, a 52-year-old who lives in May
:07:17. > :07:21.Yorker, who will make arrangements to be reunited with them. Speaking
:07:21. > :07:23.on behalf of the father, a barrister and a High Court said
:07:23. > :07:28.today that he had been deeply disturbed by the events of the last
:07:28. > :07:32.few days but was overjoyed that the children were safe and well. I have
:07:32. > :07:34.also spoken to a friend of Jenifer Jones and John Williams, who said
:07:34. > :07:38.this was a natural actor the mother desperate to keep the family
:07:38. > :07:44.together. Reminders of the background to this
:07:44. > :07:47.case. The four children at the centre of
:07:47. > :07:52.this tug-of-love story, a custody battle between their mother and her
:07:52. > :07:56.estranged husband, they are in the care of their father in Spain. He
:07:56. > :08:00.won custody in a Spanish court four years ago, but they have been
:08:00. > :08:04.spending the summer with their mother in Llanelli. She was
:08:04. > :08:09.supposed to return the children to their father and a record order by
:08:09. > :08:11.midnight on Friday night at the very latest. She didn't do so. The
:08:11. > :08:16.police were sent to recover the children yesterday morning but they
:08:16. > :08:22.went there, and they have finally been recovered this morning.
:08:22. > :08:25.Jennifer, speaking in the High Court this afternoon, asked -- the
:08:25. > :08:30.judge said this was an exceptional circumstance because he was
:08:30. > :08:33.concerned about the children being vulnerable. Jennifer and her
:08:33. > :08:37.partner have been arrested and she will appear before the High Court
:08:37. > :08:40.tomorrow morning in London. James, thank you.
:08:40. > :08:43.A man's been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 37-year-old woman
:08:43. > :08:45.disappeared from her home near Mold. Catherine Gowing, who lives in New
:08:45. > :08:48.Brighton but originally comes from Ireland, has been missing since
:08:48. > :08:58.Friday evening. Police are trying to trace her purple Renault Clio
:08:58. > :09:02.car, which has an Irish registration plate.
:09:02. > :09:08.We are increasingly concerned about Catherine's welfare and have no
:09:08. > :09:11.knowledge as to her current whereabouts. Catherine failed to
:09:11. > :09:14.meet the weekend appointment and did not turn up for work on Monday
:09:14. > :09:16.morning. A teaching union is warning of the
:09:16. > :09:19.potential cost of making Welsh councils report on all schools'
:09:19. > :09:23.asbestos levels. But the NASUWT has welcomed the order by Education
:09:23. > :09:25.Minister, Leighton Andrews. It follows the unexpected closure of
:09:25. > :09:30.Cwmcarn High School in Caerphilly County last week after concerns
:09:30. > :09:33.about asbestos on site. Parts of the school will reopen on Friday.
:09:33. > :09:36.A labourer jailed for life for two double murders in Pembrokeshire in
:09:36. > :09:39.the 1980s has applied to appeal against his conviction. 66-year-old
:09:39. > :09:42.John Cooper from Letterston was convicted last year of the 1985
:09:42. > :09:50.murder of brother and sister Richard and Helen Thomas and
:09:50. > :09:53.Oxfordshire couple Peter and Gwenda Dixon in 1989.
:09:54. > :09:57.There's been a fall in unemployment in Wales. Today's figures show
:09:57. > :10:01.125,000 people out of work in Wales in the three months to August, down
:10:01. > :10:11.7,000 compared with the previous quarter. Here's our economics
:10:11. > :10:12.
:10:12. > :10:17.correspondent, Sarah Dickins. Unemployment in Wales is now the
:10:17. > :10:20.lowest it has been for a year. This man is just one of the thousands
:10:20. > :10:26.now employed. He opened his own massage business in Aberdare eight
:10:26. > :10:30.weeks ago with a �6,000 grant from the Welsh Government.
:10:30. > :10:38.I was always interested in opening my own business and working for
:10:38. > :10:41.myself, and the grant helps towards running costs, my rent, I can pay
:10:41. > :10:47.myself a salary and my utility bills.
:10:47. > :10:51.It is the level of an employments in Wales that jumps out today, an
:10:51. > :10:56.increase in 40,000 in people working. A growing number are self-
:10:56. > :11:00.employed. A pin-striped suit. That was a life
:11:00. > :11:05.before? It was, indeed. I was something like this every working
:11:05. > :11:10.day. Peter Harding remembers his former life as a senior civil
:11:10. > :11:14.servant. It was 56,000 or so by the time I
:11:14. > :11:22.finished, so reasonable money by any standard. And that would have
:11:22. > :11:26.been many going directly into the economy? Yes. BT used to be head of
:11:26. > :11:33.the Welsh Government body launching the Millennium Centre, but now he
:11:33. > :11:38.has a very different life. He is self-employed, working, he says,
:11:38. > :11:42.virtually 70 -- 7 days a week in three businesses. The key thing my
:11:42. > :11:46.business does his import a very special olive oil from Sardinia
:11:46. > :11:50.from a very small producer. terms of the economy and how much
:11:50. > :11:54.you are directly putting into it, how much are you paying yourself?
:11:54. > :11:58.Not much of anything at the moment. When he is not selling olive oil he
:11:58. > :12:02.works as a partner in the specialist meat Company and the Wye
:12:02. > :12:06.Valley. It is early days for the business. As yet it is only putting
:12:06. > :12:10.a little money into the economy. This is a shipment of the great
:12:10. > :12:15.British Frankfurter, gourmet Frankfurter, 80 per cent lean meat,
:12:15. > :12:22.beef here, pork here, which is going to a restaurant in London
:12:22. > :12:26.that serves a gourmet hot dog with a variety of condiments and
:12:26. > :12:31.champagne. It really is growth, is it, this business is growing
:12:31. > :12:36.quickly? Yes. Every month is bigger than a month before. It is three
:12:36. > :12:39.times bigger this September and last September. One full-time
:12:39. > :12:44.worker and two part-timers are employed here. The company buys
:12:44. > :12:48.much of its meat from local farmers, but native breeds has not recorded
:12:48. > :12:52.a profit so far, and as a result, Peter's working life injects less
:12:52. > :12:56.into the economy than his old job as a civil servant. Just a small
:12:56. > :12:59.example of changes taking place in the Welsh workforce.
:12:59. > :13:02.More than a fortnight after April Jones went missing, the Prime
:13:02. > :13:04.Minster has paid tribute to the people of Machynlleth for the way
:13:04. > :13:07.they've responded to the five-year- old's disappearance. Search teams
:13:07. > :13:11.are still looking for April. A 46- year-old man has been charged with
:13:11. > :13:14.her abduction and murder. Cemlyn Davies reports.
:13:14. > :13:19.Wednesday is market day in Machynlleth. And today there were
:13:19. > :13:22.further signs that the community is settling back into a routine. The
:13:22. > :13:26.town has been shaken over the last couple of weeks, but its spirit has
:13:26. > :13:33.remained strong. Earlier, the Prime Minister paid tribute to the way
:13:33. > :13:38.the people of Machynlleth have responded to what's happened here.
:13:38. > :13:41.I think the whole country has not only been shocked by these
:13:42. > :13:46.appalling events, but also I think the whole country, frankly, has
:13:46. > :13:50.been lifted and incredibly impressed by the response of this
:13:51. > :13:54.community, and everything everybody has done to help the police and
:13:54. > :13:58.emergency services. We have seen a whole committee come together, not
:13:58. > :14:01.just in grief but in action to help this family, I did think it is a
:14:01. > :14:04.huge credit to everyone involved. April went missing on the 1st of
:14:04. > :14:07.October. She'd been playing with friends near her home on the Byn-y-
:14:07. > :14:09.Gog estate. 46-year-old Mark Bridger has been charged with her
:14:09. > :14:14.abduction and murder. He's also accused of attempting to pervert
:14:14. > :14:17.the course of justice by hiding her body. The search for April
:14:17. > :14:21.continued today. These police officers were looking for clues and
:14:22. > :14:31.evidence near Mark Bridger's home in the village of Ceinws. Some
:14:32. > :14:32.
:14:32. > :14:35.search teams have now left but there's no let-up in the operation.
:14:35. > :14:39.The search effort continues at the same pace as it has been for a
:14:39. > :14:43.couple of weeks. We have said goodbye to 150 officers from
:14:43. > :14:48.various forces across England and Wales yesterday, and we have a
:14:48. > :14:55.fresh team in today along with police search advisers, so we still
:14:55. > :14:58.have 150 searchers working in and around the town. As the search goes
:14:58. > :15:01.on, Machynlleth remains wrapped in pink ribbon, a reminder of the
:15:01. > :15:04.support this community has shown since April went missing. But as
:15:04. > :15:07.the mayor told us, it will take many months or even years before
:15:07. > :15:09.the town comes to terms with what's happened here.
:15:09. > :15:15.Still to come tonight - Chris Coleman defends his captain
:15:15. > :15:18.after this mistake in the mud handed Croatia a goal.
:15:18. > :15:28.And his life and his loves continue to intrigue here and abroad.
:15:28. > :15:30.
:15:30. > :15:33.Richard Burton's private diaries The new Secretary of State for
:15:33. > :15:36.Wales, David Jones, has denied that he's hostile to devolution. Mr
:15:36. > :15:38.Jones has been answering MPs' questions for the first time at
:15:38. > :15:47.Westminster. Our Parliamentary correspondent, David Cornock, is
:15:47. > :15:51.there now. David Jones's job is to be the
:15:51. > :15:55.voice of Wales in the UK Government and the voice of the UK Government
:15:55. > :16:00.in Wales. He says he wants a new relationship between Westminster
:16:00. > :16:08.and Cardiff, but today he struggled to shake off some of the continuing
:16:08. > :16:12.rows between the's governments. In the reshuffle raffle, David
:16:13. > :16:17.Jones was one of the winners. The Clwyd West MP is the first former
:16:17. > :16:20.AM to make it to the UK Cabinet. He has been a junior Wales Office
:16:20. > :16:25.ministers since the last general election but hasn't always enjoyed
:16:25. > :16:32.a high profile. Six weeks into his new job, has that changed? To
:16:32. > :16:41.shoppers in Swansea market know who he is and what he does? I don't
:16:41. > :16:44.really know what his purposes. you know who David Jones MP is?
:16:44. > :16:47.So a challenge to win over the voters, and a challenge in the
:16:47. > :16:55.Commons today in his first monthly Question Time.
:16:55. > :17:02.Can I welcome hint the job... were congratulations all round.
:17:02. > :17:08.When the Prime Minister promised a respected gender, did he mean
:17:08. > :17:12.blocking Welsh Assembly genera -- legislation, universally tearing up
:17:12. > :17:18.a cross-border GCSE exam system without consultation? If that is
:17:18. > :17:28.the case, can even spell the word respect?
:17:28. > :17:33.As we say in Wales, thanks for the congratulations. Mr Speaker, I can
:17:33. > :17:36.assure the Honourable Gentleman that this government is fully
:17:37. > :17:40.committed to the respect agenda and we are working closely with the
:17:40. > :17:44.Welsh Government, and I am very pleased with the relationship I am
:17:44. > :17:47.cultivating what Carwyn Jones, the First Minister.
:17:47. > :17:50.The UK Government was questioning the legality of Assembly
:17:50. > :17:54.legislation not because it was hostile but because it wanted to
:17:54. > :17:56.clear up the issue. David Jones talking about
:17:56. > :18:00.cultivating a good relationship with Carwyn Jones, but the
:18:00. > :18:03.challenge, of course, is that as long as there are different
:18:03. > :18:07.political parties in power in London and Cardiff, devolution
:18:07. > :18:11.means that there will be tensions, and the challenge for the
:18:11. > :18:19.politicians is how to manage those tensions. It is a tough job and
:18:19. > :18:22.they have to do it. David, thanks back.
:18:22. > :18:25.Wales manager Chris Coleman says his team have taken a step in the
:18:25. > :18:28.right direction, despite a 2-0 defeat in Croatia last night. Wales
:18:28. > :18:31.have now lost three of their four World Cup games, and their chance
:18:31. > :18:34.of qualifying for Brazil is remote. But Coleman praised the character
:18:34. > :18:38.of his team after a testing evening in Osijek. Ashleigh Crowter reports.
:18:38. > :18:42.This was a match that not even Gareth Bale could rescue, although
:18:42. > :18:47.he did have a good go even right at the death.
:18:47. > :18:50.Astonishing! A at the final whistle, no one could have complaints that
:18:50. > :18:55.Crick -- Croatia were the better side, but Chris Coleman was
:18:55. > :18:59.encouraged by how his team thought to the end. Like their previous so
:18:59. > :19:03.what -- and like that 61 defeat at Serbia.
:19:04. > :19:07.We stochastic and we can take a lot of heart from the performance. --
:19:07. > :19:11.we stuck at it. When you're up against a quality team, and Croatia
:19:11. > :19:16.are a quality team, you have to ride your luck a little bit. It is
:19:16. > :19:19.disappointing because we didn't get what we wanted, which was a result,
:19:19. > :19:21.a point or three, but we got a committed bunch of players, and
:19:21. > :19:27.sometimes you can't ask for more than that.
:19:27. > :19:31.The deadlock was broken in Osijek after a defensive mistake, Ashleigh
:19:31. > :19:38.Williams with a back pass presenting the chance for Croatia's
:19:38. > :19:42.first goal. The pitch was ridiculously bad. No
:19:42. > :19:49.matter how many times you passed back to the goalkeeper, it got
:19:49. > :19:52.stuck in the mud. From my point of view, there isn't a lot else I
:19:52. > :19:56.could have done to put it anywhere else, really. It is just one of
:19:56. > :20:00.those things. Lewis Price had an outstanding game.
:20:00. > :20:04.Without his efforts, the score might have been worse. In the end
:20:04. > :20:06.it was just a smack goals, Eduarda it was just a smack goals, Eduarda
:20:06. > :20:10.with the second. Wales have now lost three of their World Cup
:20:10. > :20:12.qualifiers, and a well of place in 5th, seven points behind Croatia
:20:12. > :20:16.5th, seven points behind Croatia and the other unbeaten side,
:20:16. > :20:20.Belgium. It will take not one but several may look -- miracles for
:20:20. > :20:23.Wales to qualify. They now have to wait until March for the next World
:20:23. > :20:26.Cup game, beating Scotland for the Cup game, beating Scotland for the
:20:26. > :20:31.second time remaining a realistic goal. Wales are certainly better
:20:31. > :20:33.off now than a week ago. Pride and the shirt has been restored even if
:20:33. > :20:36.qualification is slipping away. Rugby, and Wales captain Sam
:20:36. > :20:39.Warburton is hoping to be fit for the Blues' Heineken cup clash
:20:39. > :20:41.against Toulon on Sunday. He dislocated a finger in last
:20:41. > :20:45.weekend's defeat at Sale, posting these pictures of the injury on
:20:45. > :20:53.Twitter. But the Blues say he should be fine to play at the Arms
:20:53. > :20:56.Park. A seven-year-old boy was so shocked
:20:56. > :20:58.at the poor condition of a memorial to the last Welsh Prince of Wales
:20:58. > :21:02.that he's persuaded the First Minister to promise improvements.
:21:02. > :21:05.Aron Jones from Glasfryn near Betws y Coed had visited Cilmeri in Powys.
:21:05. > :21:08.A stone near the River Irfon marks the spot close to where Llewelyn ap
:21:08. > :21:15.Gruffudd was killed in 1282. Aron wrote to Carwyn Jones asking for
:21:15. > :21:19.better signs and a Welsh flag there. Matthew Richards has more.
:21:19. > :21:22.1282, and Llywelyn, Prince of Wales leads an army of 7000 into Builth
:21:22. > :21:25.Wells against Edward the First's men. But he was cut off from the
:21:25. > :21:28.majority of his troops and killed at Cilmeri. 730 years on the scene
:21:28. > :21:34.of his death is marked by this monument and simple plaque. Not
:21:34. > :21:42.good enough, according to seven- year-old Aron.
:21:42. > :21:46.We were coming from a rugby match, and we went to see the site, and
:21:46. > :21:49.the place was a terrible mess. Having left his own Welsh flag
:21:49. > :21:52.there, he wrote to Carwyn Jones and asked for clearer signs and more
:21:52. > :21:54.historical information. He received a toy dragon, and a reply saying
:21:54. > :22:03.that Cadw, the historic monuments body, will prioritise improvements.
:22:03. > :22:07.Aron and his brothers are thrilled. People can go there, see the place,
:22:07. > :22:14.it is brilliant a lookout. I hope it will be better than it was when
:22:14. > :22:21.we went there. We should respect Wales's history,
:22:21. > :22:26.because if we don't respect it, it will be gone, and no one will know
:22:26. > :22:31.about it. This imposing statue is a great
:22:31. > :22:34.example of how local campaigns can make sure historical figures get
:22:34. > :22:37.monuments bit in their lofty status. The much-maligned predecessor was
:22:37. > :22:41.widely ridiculed for being a bit too short. Five years ago, it was
:22:41. > :22:46.replaced, which all bodes well for the Cilmeri campaign.
:22:46. > :22:50.I think this is an important matter of principle, but we do celebrate
:22:50. > :22:53.Horan history and heritage, and that the first Minister has
:22:53. > :22:55.recognised this after responding to Aron's letter.
:22:55. > :22:59.Aron's victory, seven centuries after Llywelyn's defeat, proves
:22:59. > :23:09.that the pen really is mightier I think Aron's got a future in
:23:09. > :23:12.politics. Well done him. Sue, how's Very windy across Wales Today. We
:23:12. > :23:19.have seen gusty conditions, reaching gale force at times along
:23:19. > :23:24.the coast, 60 miles per hour recorded in North Wales, 54 in
:23:24. > :23:28.Pembrey, so a Met Office warning is still in place. Along with the wind
:23:28. > :23:32.and the showers in the West, the highest tides of the year are
:23:32. > :23:35.likely this evening, so an increased risk of coastal flooding.
:23:35. > :23:39.The Environment Agency has 10 warnings in place, 80 along the
:23:39. > :23:44.south and west Wales coast and a smack on the River Wye in
:23:44. > :23:46.Monmouthshire. Full details on their website. Tonight it is dry in
:23:46. > :23:51.the east, occasionally heavy showers particularly along the
:23:51. > :23:55.coast, remaining windy but the wind brings in warm air from the south,
:23:55. > :24:00.so relatively mild night for mid- October. Early showers lingering in
:24:00. > :24:07.the West but they Willy's, staying brighter on -- in border counties,
:24:07. > :24:11.turning brighter everywhere through the day, so feeling mild a,
:24:11. > :24:14.temperatures up to 15 Celsius in the Gwent valleys. We can see from
:24:14. > :24:18.the pressure chart which bought the rain and the strong winds, that is
:24:18. > :24:22.pushing towards Scandinavia, allowing high pressure to build and
:24:22. > :24:27.conditions but -- to become more settled. An improving picture for
:24:27. > :24:31.Friday then, drier with bright spells, few showers and less windy.
:24:31. > :24:34.Into the weekend, Saturday is the better day, dry with sunny spells,
:24:34. > :24:38.rain spreading out from the south on Sunday, the wind picking up as
:24:38. > :24:42.well, also the key warmer for the start of next week. If you live
:24:42. > :24:47.near the coast, the highest tides of the year tonight, worth looking
:24:47. > :24:52.at dramatic seascapes. This was taken in Penarth this morning, and
:24:52. > :24:59.Keith Jones caught the waves crashing over the prom here. Great
:24:59. > :25:02.pictures. You can send you pictures Richard Burton was a huge star on
:25:02. > :25:05.both sides of the Atlantic, and last night, New York got its first
:25:05. > :25:07.chance to see his private diaries. They provide a fascinating insight
:25:07. > :25:10.into his turbulent life, including his on-off relationship with
:25:10. > :25:20.Elizabeth Taylor. But another star from Port Talbot was also at the
:25:20. > :25:32.
:25:32. > :25:35.His mesmerising voice entranced a generation.
:25:35. > :25:38.But behind the huge talent, there were problems with alcohol and a
:25:38. > :25:41.rollercoaster relationship with Elizabeth Taylor. Richard Burton's
:25:41. > :25:46.diaries from his life as a young man in Pontrhydyfen through to his
:25:46. > :25:53.death give his account of those sometimes difficult years. They
:25:53. > :25:57.were then given to Swansea University by his widow, Sally.
:25:57. > :26:02.You can read about all the chaos going on around him, meeting up
:26:02. > :26:07.with big stars, Grace Kelly or whatever, but he would actually be
:26:07. > :26:12.reading medieval French poetry. His huge intellect was going on all the
:26:12. > :26:17.time, although he lived that glitzy life will know about. The press
:26:17. > :26:23.refer to it even now. It's taken Professor Chris Williams four years
:26:23. > :26:27.to edit Burton's 450,000 words into a readable volume.
:26:27. > :26:32.It tells us a lot about the kind of person Richard Burton really was,
:26:32. > :26:39.stripped of the public image of the drinker and womaniser and the high
:26:39. > :26:42.it liver. You get an insight into his private personality, and there
:26:42. > :26:46.are many passages which are beautifully written and quite
:26:46. > :26:48.moving. Last night, it was New York's turn to see the finished
:26:48. > :26:52.product. And the interest Stateside has been immense.
:26:52. > :26:55.But another Welsh star turned up at last night's event, who's even from
:26:55. > :26:57.the same area as Richard Burton. Michael Sheen was invited along to
:26:57. > :27:00.be given an honorary doctorate from Swansea University for his services
:27:00. > :27:03.to acting. He, like Burton, has maintained strong links with Wales,
:27:03. > :27:07.even staging a passion play on the streets of Port Talbot last year.
:27:07. > :27:09.He's already hinted he'd like to play Burton in a film one day - a
:27:09. > :27:18.tantalising prospect of seeing one remarkable Welsh actor portray
:27:18. > :27:22.another. That would be something! It is
:27:22. > :27:27.coming up to 7:00pm. The main headlines from the BBC: There has
:27:27. > :27:30.been another fall in unemployment. In Wales, 125,000 people were out
:27:30. > :27:33.of work in the three months to August, down 7000 compared with the
:27:33. > :27:36.previous quarter. And that's Wales Today. There's a