:00:02. > :00:05.Welcome to Wales Today. Tonight's headlines.
:00:05. > :00:15.Aiming for sweet success but claims businesses cannot get the help they
:00:15. > :00:15.
:00:15. > :00:19.need from banks. Now a review to see if they are lending enough.
:00:19. > :00:29.There is a lot of talk about borrowing. It is definitely not
:00:29. > :00:33.
:00:33. > :00:38.Also tonight. A court is told of the sheer
:00:38. > :00:41.stupidity of a man who drove his 4x4 to the summit of Snowdon, twice.
:00:41. > :00:51.The construction industry in decline. A warning 30,000 workers
:00:51. > :00:57.will have lost their jobs in 10 years. There are not many glimmers
:00:58. > :01:01.of hope. Profit will probably a non-existent word in the industry.
:01:01. > :01:05.Singing to stop the cuts. One of our greatest composers fears they
:01:05. > :01:15.could make music tuition the preserve of the rich.
:01:15. > :01:17.
:01:17. > :01:27.In tonight's sport. Can Swansea City do it again at the
:01:27. > :01:35.
:01:35. > :01:42.Emirates, but this time knock There are concerns this evening
:01:42. > :01:45.that banks are not lending enough. A review is being set-up to look at
:01:45. > :01:48.whether banks are lending as much as they should to Welsh companies.
:01:48. > :01:51.Business Minister Edwina Hart says firms are telling her the money is
:01:51. > :02:00.not coming through. There has been pressure on banks to support
:02:00. > :02:06.companies to help the economy grow. Chocolates being made in Denbigh. A
:02:06. > :02:16.string of other shops like this could have opened across Software's
:02:16. > :02:17.
:02:17. > :02:24.had the owner realised his dream. The message from the bank was clear.
:02:25. > :02:32.The answer was No. There was no real business relationship with
:02:32. > :02:36.them. You just do not think about asking them any more. Many others
:02:36. > :02:46.seem to have similar opinions. They say the banks are reluctant to help
:02:46. > :02:46.
:02:46. > :02:54.them grow. They are happy that we are running schemes. The reality is
:02:54. > :02:56.it is hard because there are not getting the money they require.
:02:57. > :03:03.Last August the Bank of England and Chancellor came together to launch
:03:03. > :03:08.a scheme to ease up cash for firms to expand. The aim was to increase
:03:08. > :03:15.banks' loans by a roughly �60 billion. The British Bankers
:03:15. > :03:18.Association says it welcomes the initiative by Edwina Hart and we do
:03:18. > :03:27.all it can to help. It also points out that eight out of 10
:03:27. > :03:29.applications by businesses for loans from the banks are granted.
:03:29. > :03:36.Many smaller businesses are not applying because they think they
:03:36. > :03:44.were not get one. The answer has always been no so we do not bother
:03:44. > :03:53.now. Experiences like this will be fed into the research to highlight
:03:53. > :03:59.any barriers. Certain banks have blacklisted certain sectors.
:03:59. > :04:02.Tourism makes up 10% of the Welsh economy. If we see less money going
:04:02. > :04:11.into the tourism sector then businesses will be at a
:04:11. > :04:15.disadvantage. These chocolates may not seem to be at the heart of the
:04:15. > :04:18.economy of Wales but it is about the issue of whether banks are
:04:18. > :04:21.holding many bank. I'm joined now by Jonathan Good
:04:21. > :04:24.from Barclays, one of the biggest lenders in Wales. We heard Mark
:04:24. > :04:28.Young in Sarah's report saying that he and many others wouldn't even go
:04:28. > :04:37.to a bank to try and get a loan because they feel there's no chance
:04:37. > :04:45.of getting one. What do you think when you hear that? Our bank
:04:45. > :04:51.realised there is a lack of confidence. We have seen a 25%
:04:51. > :04:57.decrease in applications from pre- recession days. There is an issue
:04:57. > :05:03.of the lack of demand and confidence in the economy. A we do
:05:03. > :05:13.want to loan the money. The mentioned the guarantee schemes. We
:05:13. > :05:15.
:05:15. > :05:20.have been involved in the funding for lending scheme. We have been
:05:20. > :05:26.part of other government schemes as well. We have been part -- involved
:05:26. > :05:32.with the Welsh government scheme for investment. That has been a
:05:32. > :05:36.used to support small, medium and micro businesses across the country.
:05:36. > :05:44.There is definitely a perception that you have not been granting
:05:44. > :05:48.loans? The current year lend, sanction a 80% of all our
:05:48. > :05:52.applications. We work closely with businesses to make sure the
:05:52. > :05:56.applications are strong. That is the key thing. We have seen a did
:05:56. > :06:02.cent success rate with the applications we are reviewing. But
:06:02. > :06:06.we are seeing a drop in consumer demand. What would you say to the
:06:06. > :06:10.review? We welcomed the review. Anything that can support the Welsh
:06:10. > :06:16.economy is good news. They will be working to help support that. If
:06:16. > :06:21.there is anything, I would say to businesses please come and talk to
:06:22. > :06:24.us or your local bank because banks do want to lend money. I think your
:06:24. > :06:28.phone will be red hot tomorrow morning.
:06:28. > :06:30.The trial of a man accused of twice driving a vehicle up Snowdon, once
:06:31. > :06:32.to the summit itself, has gone ahead in his absence. Craig
:06:33. > :06:42.Williams from Cheltenham in Gloucestershire denies two charges
:06:43. > :06:44.
:06:44. > :06:50.of dangerous driving. A four by four parked just 100 yards short of
:06:50. > :06:55.the summit of Snowdon. Driving the vehicle there was an act of sheer
:06:55. > :07:00.stupidity, the jurors were told. The Act could have had a horrendous
:07:00. > :07:05.consequences. The court heard Craig Williams did not do it once but
:07:05. > :07:10.twice. The second time he went to the top. The vehicle was parked
:07:10. > :07:15.alongside the cafe. The jury was told there were a couple of
:07:15. > :07:25.possible routes. One was along the path and the other would use part
:07:25. > :07:33.
:07:33. > :07:39.of the track of the mountain railway. Williams -- and at. Some
:07:39. > :07:43.tyre tracks were seen along the track and some damage. Mike Roberts,
:07:43. > :07:47.a hut and safety officer on the railway said he spoke to Craig
:07:47. > :07:51.Williams the day the vehicle was brought down the mountain. He said
:07:51. > :07:57.he seemed apologetic and had not realised the implications of his
:07:57. > :08:01.actions. Craig Williams pictured here was not in court today. He
:08:01. > :08:04.denies a couple of charges of dangerous driving. The second time
:08:04. > :08:14.the vehicle was taken up the mountain, the jury heard, a sign
:08:14. > :08:17.
:08:17. > :08:20.was left on it. It said "I made it to the summit". The case continues.
:08:20. > :08:23.Jobs at Wales' 28 Blockbuster stores are under threat as the DVD
:08:23. > :08:26.rental firm becomes the latest UK High Street chain to go into
:08:26. > :08:30.administration. It has 528 stores across the UK and employs more than
:08:30. > :08:34.4,000 staff. Administrators say the stores will keep trading while they
:08:35. > :08:37.try to find a buyer. Schools in the bottom two
:08:37. > :08:43.performance bands will be offered an extra �10,000 each to help
:08:43. > :08:45.improve standards. A total of 84 secondary schools could benefit.
:08:45. > :08:55.Education Minister Leighton Andrews says they will have to submit
:08:55. > :08:55.
:08:55. > :08:58.action plans, with targets, before being given the extra money.
:08:58. > :09:00.Questions have been raised about the Assembly's power to legislate
:09:00. > :09:03.on recovering the costs of asbestos related treatment. The Association
:09:03. > :09:05.of British Insurers told the Assembly's health committee that
:09:05. > :09:08.the Bill's purpose was to raise revenue and was therefore outside
:09:08. > :09:11.the competency of the Assembly. The Labour backbencher Mick Antoniw
:09:11. > :09:13.said it was not to create a law that would enable the NHS to
:09:13. > :09:16.recover costs of treating asbestos sufferers.
:09:16. > :09:18.A 32-year-old man has gone on trial accused of the murder of a
:09:18. > :09:21.vulnerable 68-year-old pensioner who was fatally stabbed in the
:09:21. > :09:25.communal hall of the flats where he lived. Defendant William Jones is
:09:25. > :09:28.said to be out looking for his girlfriend and a man he thought she
:09:28. > :09:31.was with when he attacked Peter Lewis who opened his front door
:09:31. > :09:38.last April. He has pleaded not guilty telling police he was
:09:38. > :09:42.defending himself against a knife attack by Mr Lewis. Peter Lewis was
:09:42. > :09:47.described as a vulnerable man with learning difficulties. He played an
:09:47. > :09:52.active part in his community, a churchgoer and a champion for
:09:52. > :09:57.others with learning difficulties. By contrast, the man accused of his
:09:57. > :10:03.murder, William Jones, was said by the prosecution lawyer to be a
:10:03. > :10:07.heroin addict who lived a chaotic life. It was April last year that
:10:08. > :10:12.Paula worse was stabbed in the hallway of the flats by he lived in
:10:13. > :10:19.Cardiff. Unable to move from the floor, he called for help, pressing
:10:19. > :10:24.the button on his personal panic alarm. He told the operator a boy
:10:24. > :10:29.came looking for someone called Dean and hit me. According to the
:10:29. > :10:35.prosecution today, the defendant told police he was here on that
:10:35. > :10:40.night. He was trying to buy Valium from his girlfriend with �10 he had
:10:40. > :10:44.been given by his father. In fact, he had been out trying to find her
:10:44. > :10:49.and a man she was with because he was jealous and planned to attack
:10:49. > :10:53.him. The court heard in the early hours he had been out knocking
:10:53. > :10:56.doors and ringing doorbells. He told police that when he came here
:10:56. > :11:00.Peter Lewis had come out threatening him with a knife. He
:11:01. > :11:05.said he grabbed it and must have stabbed him as he pushed him away.
:11:05. > :11:09.He said he did not know the man had been injured until he saw it later
:11:09. > :11:14.on the news. Peter Lewis was conscious when the police arrived
:11:14. > :11:18.but died in hospital shortly after. A post-mortem examinations as the
:11:18. > :11:23.cause of death was a stab wound to his abdomen. At Cardiff crown court
:11:23. > :11:27.the jury was shown photographs of both men and told to compare them.
:11:27. > :11:31.The prosecution lawyer said the idea that Peter Lewis, a God-
:11:31. > :11:37.fearing man was armed and threatening the defendant was
:11:37. > :11:41.ludicrous. He said it was William Jones that arrived with the knife.
:11:41. > :11:47.When Peter Lewis challenge them, he had stabbed him deliberately. The
:11:47. > :11:51.case continues. The true impact of the recession on
:11:51. > :11:54.construction in Wales has been made clear in a new report. It says
:11:54. > :11:57.there will continue to be job losses, and that the number of
:11:57. > :12:01.workers will have shrunk by almost a quarter in the decade leading up
:12:01. > :12:04.to 2017. But it claims there'll also be opportunities, mainly as a
:12:04. > :12:06.result of the huge project to build a new nuclear power station on
:12:06. > :12:14.Anglesey. Our business correspondent Nick Servini has been
:12:14. > :12:19.looking at the findings. The finishing touches being made to a
:12:19. > :12:25.care home in Carmarthenshire. We knew the sector had suffered.
:12:25. > :12:30.Today's report by construction skills shows by how much. The
:12:30. > :12:34.number of people working in the industry is expected to reach
:12:34. > :12:40.80,000 over the next five years. That is below the pre-recession
:12:40. > :12:47.peak. There was a 13% fall in output last year. The findings came
:12:47. > :12:53.as no surprise to the man running this project. There are not many
:12:53. > :12:58.glimmers of hope. A we now have to look to do a lot more for less.
:12:58. > :13:05.Basically, look at the efficiencies of how you can run your company.
:13:05. > :13:11.The market place is so competitive. Many in the industry says highly
:13:11. > :13:15.competitive tendering are pushing prices down. The company behind
:13:15. > :13:23.this care home have a thinnest a number of large projects. The work
:13:23. > :13:27.in the pipeline is on a smaller scale. It had to let go around half
:13:27. > :13:32.a dozen workers before Christmas. The challenge will be retaining the
:13:32. > :13:35.rest of the workers over the next year. Any hope for is for
:13:35. > :13:41.significant growth in Wales has been pinned on a new nuclear power
:13:41. > :13:45.station which is planned on a site next to the existing Wylfa plant on
:13:45. > :13:52.Anglesey. The report expects people to start feeling more confident in
:13:52. > :13:56.their jobs, driving up rates by private sector housing. But it will
:13:56. > :14:02.be another few years before these and other schemes taking. Until
:14:02. > :14:05.then, the industry will face pressures. It has been called a
:14:06. > :14:12.perfect stone. Last year we had a reduction in public expenditure
:14:12. > :14:16.funding and also a lack of confidence in the private sector.
:14:16. > :14:20.That is less money and ability to spend. Construction has suffered
:14:20. > :14:26.more than most in recent years. Industry experts believe it still
:14:26. > :14:34.Still to come tonight. Not everyone who wants to watch Wales Today is
:14:34. > :14:36.able to. Winter is going to tighten its grip. Heavy snow and disruption
:14:36. > :14:46.expected on Friday but not everywhere. Some places will have
:14:46. > :14:49.One of the country's were celebrated composers, Karl Jenkins,
:14:49. > :14:55.has criticised proposals by Newport Council to cut 40% of its music
:14:55. > :14:59.budget. Newport is the latest authority to look at reducing its
:14:59. > :15:09.service. But Karl Jenkins says any more cuts will permanently damaged
:15:09. > :15:13.
:15:13. > :15:17.the cultural well-being of Wales. They have played all over the world
:15:17. > :15:21.but this may be their most important concern yet. An alfresco
:15:21. > :15:25.performance for Newport councillors during their lunch hour. These
:15:25. > :15:31.young was Titian's at current and former members of the Gwent music
:15:31. > :15:35.support service and they're here to protest at the proposed �200,000
:15:35. > :15:41.budget cut. My friend asked to go on to music college and comes here.
:15:41. > :15:50.I am not sure if we will be able to afford it. It might stop her
:15:50. > :15:54.education. They on sad because we need lessons. That concerns one of
:15:54. > :15:59.Wales's most celebrated composers, Karl Jenkins. He says further cuts
:15:59. > :16:05.will be gained an irreversible decline in the cultural well-being
:16:05. > :16:10.of Wales. Many of unpeople will be excluded from the opportunity of
:16:10. > :16:17.making music. All learning, or having the opportunity to play an
:16:17. > :16:26.instrument. Once you're on that road of cuts and depleted
:16:26. > :16:29.opportunities for young people, it is impossible to reverse it.
:16:29. > :16:33.isn't just young musicians in south-east Wales feeling the pinch.
:16:33. > :16:40.There are no -- no council-funded music lessons in Powys or
:16:40. > :16:48.Carmarthenshire. It has reduced its spending by and and �20,000.
:16:48. > :16:58.Flintshire Kurt 100 sent his �7,000, 30% of its budget. -- hundred and
:16:58. > :16:59.
:16:59. > :17:03.This concert band has been around for 50 years and their repertoire
:17:03. > :17:09.doesn't lack ambition nor their ranks ability. Fewer young people
:17:09. > :17:13.and training. His is a bit of a shame. I believe music for
:17:13. > :17:18.youngsters is becoming slightly elitist and is for those people who
:17:18. > :17:24.can afford to pay for instruments are lessons. That is a terrible
:17:24. > :17:28.situation. Councils don't have to provide music service. Bupa says it
:17:28. > :17:32.wants its service to becoming -- Newport council says it wants his
:17:32. > :17:37.service to become self-funding. Before the ball to wishing could be
:17:37. > :17:40.the difference between one day playing in front of him or filling
:17:40. > :17:42.his issues. An MP has called on the UK
:17:42. > :17:45.government to intervene in the royalties dispute between the group
:17:45. > :17:49.that represents Welsh-language musicians and the BBC. The artists
:17:49. > :17:52.want more money for their music. The row has led to Radio Cymru
:17:52. > :17:54.losing the right to play around 30,000 songs. During Welsh
:17:54. > :17:58.Questions, Plaid Cymru's Hywel Williams asked ministers to help
:17:58. > :18:04.but the Wales Office says it is not a matter for them and is hopeful a
:18:04. > :18:06.resolution can be found soon. The Prince of Wales company from
:18:06. > :18:15.1st Battalion Welsh Guards have been marching through Carmarthen
:18:15. > :18:18.today after six months in Afghanistan. More than 350 members
:18:18. > :18:28.of the battalion have been training the African police and security
:18:28. > :18:29.
:18:29. > :18:32.forces in Helmand Province. -- Afghan police. Three of them were
:18:32. > :18:35.killed during the tour of duty including Lance Corporal Lee Davies
:18:35. > :18:39.who was born in Carmarthen. An extra �5 million has been
:18:39. > :18:41.provided to help protect homes from flooding. The money from the Welsh
:18:41. > :18:44.Government will go towards existing projects aiming to reduce the risk
:18:44. > :18:47.to homes and businesses. It comes as pupils from a school in
:18:47. > :18:50.Denbighshire, which was cut off for two days in November's floods,
:18:50. > :18:53.joined the thousands of children singing at a concert in Manchester
:18:53. > :19:01.tonight. Some of them from Ysgol Esgob Morgan still aren't back in
:19:01. > :19:05.their homes after the deluge. doesn't feel like home yet, it
:19:05. > :19:11.still feels like a living in somebody else's home. It is not
:19:11. > :19:16.that good, really. I feel as if I am sleeping somebody else's bed. It
:19:16. > :19:21.is a good experience and is helping me to forget about the floods.
:19:21. > :19:26.is a great concert to go to. For those children who have had that
:19:26. > :19:29.experience of the past few months, this will be perfect for them.
:19:29. > :19:31.If you are watching this then chances are you don't have a
:19:31. > :19:34.problem receiving Welsh television channels unless you pay for the
:19:34. > :19:38.privilege. But many people across Wales are only getting English
:19:38. > :19:41.regional programmes after the digital switchover. One MP says the
:19:41. > :19:50.situation is shambolic and has called on the UK government to try
:19:50. > :19:55.to resolve the issue. Hundreds of channels to choose from but not
:19:55. > :19:58.those made in Wales. Elwyn Dodd from Johnstown near Wrexham was
:19:58. > :20:00.faced with the loss of Welsh TV stations when digital switchover
:20:00. > :20:03.happened. He paid for a satellite receiver to overcome the problem
:20:03. > :20:13.but says not everyone has the luxury of opting out of English
:20:13. > :20:14.
:20:14. > :20:19.regional channels. I want to know what is going on locally. It is on
:20:19. > :20:24.the exception you get any reference to us. We are due to get some
:20:24. > :20:28.information. Unless we pay for it through Sky or through a digital
:20:28. > :20:31.dish, we're not having it. Dodd's MP Susan Elan Jones has
:20:31. > :20:39.asked the Wales Office minister to make broadcasting regulator Ofcom
:20:39. > :20:43.and Digital UK to resolve the issue. Some committees can not receive the
:20:43. > :20:46.full suite of digital channels most people receive. Most of these
:20:46. > :20:50.problems are relatively straightforward to sort out but
:20:50. > :21:00.where there are persistent problems I am more than happy to meet the
:21:00. > :21:07.
:21:07. > :21:10.honourable lady and with the disorder UK. -- Digital UK. And it
:21:10. > :21:14.is unacceptable. They are supposed to provide a proper television
:21:14. > :21:17.service for Wales and it is not acceptable to say to people, you
:21:17. > :21:22.can watch north-west television or Midlands television because they
:21:22. > :21:25.don't live in either place. You should get English and Welsh
:21:25. > :21:28.language television programmes. Digital TV reception from a
:21:28. > :21:31.transmitter like this can be weakened by hills and mountains
:21:31. > :21:33.blocking the signal or it may be losing out to a stronger signal
:21:33. > :21:36.from transmitters which serve England. The picture for viewers he
:21:36. > :21:39.is still unclear. Let's get the day's sports news now
:21:39. > :21:42.with Claire. Good evening. It's another big
:21:43. > :21:46.night for Swansea City fans. The Swans are at the Emirates Stadium
:21:46. > :21:49.to face Arsenal in their FA Cup third-round replay. Manager Michael
:21:49. > :21:52.Laudrup says despite the busy run of games, with just two defeat
:21:52. > :22:02.since October his squad is strong enough to compete in three
:22:02. > :22:03.
:22:03. > :22:07.tournaments. Michael Laudrup says he likes playing in London and with
:22:07. > :22:11.four wins in five it is easy to understand why. Tonight another
:22:11. > :22:15.chance to impress north of the capital at the Emirates, Arsenal's
:22:15. > :22:22.home has been a happy hunting ground for Swansea. Their last
:22:22. > :22:29.visit in the League saw them win 2- 0. I know we won them in the league
:22:29. > :22:34.but I don't think we can come again. We can, maybe. Obviously they have
:22:34. > :22:41.a good squad and they want to go on as well. It is a team that has and
:22:41. > :22:45.one anything for the last many years. Has not won. They want to
:22:45. > :22:49.win this trophy. And of the victory of the big clubs will be welcome
:22:49. > :22:54.but many fans have one eye on next week's capital One clash against
:22:54. > :22:58.Chelsea and a confidence among the squad is strong, it is something
:22:58. > :23:08.Arsenal and struggling with. They don't want to exit the FA Cup at
:23:08. > :23:11.
:23:11. > :23:17.this stage and now it is their only chance of silverware. I feel our
:23:17. > :23:20.team will be very dangerous if we have full confidence. We are not
:23:20. > :23:24.far from it but we need a positive result in a big game to be
:23:25. > :23:27.completely confident. Crash in out of the FA Cup tonight will not be
:23:27. > :23:33.the end of the world for Swansea, it will enable them to concentrate
:23:33. > :23:38.on the leak and their bid for that Wembley final. It is -- has been a
:23:38. > :23:40.busy REM but with just two defeat since October the Michael Laudrup
:23:40. > :23:46.squad is proving it is strong enough to compete in three
:23:46. > :23:49.tournaments. All the build-up starts on Radio Wales tonight.
:23:50. > :23:52.Rugby - After the injury list got longer, a boost for Wales today.
:23:52. > :23:55.The Ospreys have confirmed Ryan Jones, Ian Evans and Richard
:23:55. > :23:57.Hibbard should all be fit for Wales's first Six Nations game
:23:57. > :23:59.against Ireland on February 2nd. Today, Blues captain, South
:23:59. > :24:02.African-born, Andries Pretorius, one of five uncapped players
:24:02. > :24:12.included in the Wales squad, said he feels privileged to be picked
:24:12. > :24:17.and is very happy to be playing here. I haven't been here for years,
:24:18. > :24:22.I have been in the UK for seven years. It is my home. I can
:24:22. > :24:29.understand that each person is different. This is where we like to
:24:29. > :24:32.raise our kids. Timmy, this is home. There is no place I'd rather go. --
:24:32. > :24:35.to me. Snooker. Mark Williams staged a
:24:35. > :24:38.stunning comeback this after Newt beat fellow countrymen and friend
:24:38. > :24:41.Matthew Stevens into the quarter- finals of the Masters snooker.
:24:41. > :24:46.Williams was losing 4-1 frames at one stage but found some great form
:24:47. > :24:49.to take the match 6-4. We're all on weather watch at the
:24:50. > :24:59.moment but no-one more so that Derek. Keeping a close eye on
:24:59. > :25:06.I can't go anywhere at the moment without somebody asking me if it is
:25:06. > :25:10.going to snow. It is going to be a busy few days. Very busy on Twitter
:25:10. > :25:15.today. It looks like some of us are foreign a dumping of snow on Friday,
:25:15. > :25:19.enough to go sledging. Strong to gale force winds as well. Not
:25:19. > :25:26.everywhere will have snow, some places will have plaint rain.
:25:26. > :25:30.Tonight, cloudy with rain. Some of it like. Rain mostly for the west
:25:30. > :25:36.coast. The dusting of snow in land. Lowest temperatures around the
:25:36. > :25:40.minus Three degrees Celsius. Tomorrow, no surprises. Another
:25:40. > :25:48.cold day in prospect. Cloudy as well with a little snow in places.
:25:48. > :25:53.As we head in the West, rain or sleet is likely. Quite windy as
:25:53. > :25:58.well on the coast. Plenty of cloud tomorrow with some rain, sleet or
:25:58. > :26:06.snow. Most their patchy. Rain for the south-west of the West Coast,
:26:06. > :26:12.like so for the Valleys. Temperatures plus one Celsius in a
:26:12. > :26:17.Powys. Tomorrow night, the wind will strengthen and heavy rain will
:26:17. > :26:22.reach Pembrokeshire by midnight and as this move further inland it will
:26:22. > :26:27.fall as snow. There is a yellow and amber warning in force. In the
:26:27. > :26:31.yellow warning it looks like five centimetres of snow is expected,
:26:31. > :26:37.more on the hills. The amber area covers part of the south, the
:26:37. > :26:44.Valleys, Powys and northern counties. Here, 10-15 centimetres
:26:44. > :26:49.is expected. More on high ground. 25 centimetres or 10 inches
:26:49. > :26:55.possible with bigger drifts. Blizzards and atrocious conditions.
:26:55. > :26:58.Friday cold and windy. Not everywhere. Part of the south-west
:26:58. > :27:04.coast, most are Pembrokeshire will have rain or sleep. Over the
:27:04. > :27:12.weekend, the sleet and snow will ease with some fog and ice. Sunday
:27:12. > :27:15.much drier but staying very much on Thank you. The main news again.
:27:15. > :27:19.Their investigation has beginning to why a helicopter crashed in
:27:19. > :27:24.London this morning killing the pilot and another person on the
:27:24. > :27:27.ground. The helicopter hit a crane on a building site. There are
:27:27. > :27:31.concerns high street banks and lending enough to small Welsh