:00:00. > :00:08.pretty soggy. Thank you. That is all from the BBC. We
:00:09. > :00:12.Patients react furiously as the First Minister defends Hywel Dda
:00:13. > :00:21.Health Board's decision to postpone some winter operations. What is
:00:22. > :00:25.happening is discrimination against people who live in West Wales. I
:00:26. > :00:29.would say to the people in the rest of Wales at the same position as me,
:00:30. > :00:42.watch out because this could be happening to you soon.
:00:43. > :00:45.Our other headlines tonight - Former soldiers struggling with their
:00:46. > :00:49.mental health are being put at risk from a therapy used by a Welsh
:00:50. > :00:52.charity. They've protested about fracking
:00:53. > :00:57.here but could a dash for gas really cut your energy bill?
:00:58. > :01:02.A major health scare for captain of Cardiff Blues, Matthew Rees. Out of
:01:03. > :01:06.the game for months. The forgotten Welsh scientist who
:01:07. > :01:15.proposed the theory of evolution. It's not Charles Darwin.
:01:16. > :01:17.Good evening. The First Minister has defended a health board's plans to
:01:18. > :01:21.halt non-urgent orthopaedic operations over the winter. Carwyn
:01:22. > :01:25.Jones said it's sensible for Hywel Dda Health Board to plan for
:01:26. > :01:28.increasing emergency demand. Opposition parties have accused the
:01:29. > :01:31.Welsh Government of being detached from reality and insisted patients
:01:32. > :01:40.would be forced to wait longer in pain. Here's our Health
:01:41. > :01:46.correspondent Owain Clarke. He is often in agony. For this man
:01:47. > :01:50.just getting around the house is a challenge and where he is afraid his
:01:51. > :01:54.hip will give away. He is waiting for operations have it replaced. He
:01:55. > :02:03.was told today he will not get a final date any time soon. It's
:02:04. > :02:08.because, he says, the decision by the health not to take on emergency
:02:09. > :02:17.-- nonurgent orthopaedic operations over the winter. There is a lot of
:02:18. > :02:20.plain, pain. Nobody is disappointed, seriously
:02:21. > :02:25.disappointed, if the operation is cancelled because of emergencies but
:02:26. > :02:29.to completely stand down all the surgical teams who do elective
:02:30. > :02:37.surgery for six months, seems to me to be a dramatic oversimplification
:02:38. > :02:43.of a problem. He uncertain where it leaves him but what about others?
:02:44. > :02:47.The health board asks a series of specific questions about how many
:02:48. > :02:51.patients will be affected. What with the likely effect on waiting times?
:02:52. > :02:59.Light-coloured hospitals open more beds? -- why can't hospitals open
:03:00. > :03:05.more beds? It said it needed to play the operating theatres. It said it
:03:06. > :03:14.spent ?6 million employing temporary staff last year to treat temporary
:03:15. > :03:18.patents. This afternoon, the opposition parties were looking for
:03:19. > :03:24.answers. People are stuck on waiting list in pain. When can the people of
:03:25. > :03:29.Wales expect to see you take responsibility? How many elective
:03:30. > :03:34.operations are you assuming will have to be cancelled to make space
:03:35. > :03:39.for winter pressures? How can you be so flip and in the face of such
:03:40. > :03:46.proposals as for five months one of our major health boards will not be
:03:47. > :03:49.undertaking such procedures? He is setting out to be disingenuous or he
:03:50. > :03:57.has not listened to the answer I gave three times. I will say it
:03:58. > :04:01.again. Hywel Dda health board is not cancelling all non-urgent elective
:04:02. > :04:07.orthopaedic surgery, it is reducing the amount of work to better manage
:04:08. > :04:12.the capacity over winter which is what his party has been calling for.
:04:13. > :04:14.There will also cause this afternoon for the Welsh Government to publish
:04:15. > :04:18.the winter plans of other health boards. We contacted them all as
:04:19. > :04:23.skiing how would they cope this winter. Cardiff and Vale told that
:04:24. > :04:30.it plans to increase the number beds available. Swansea Bro Morgannwg
:04:31. > :04:38.said they would do this. Nadine Bevan will recruit more staff and
:04:39. > :04:41.another said it will work with ambulance services to make sure they
:04:42. > :04:44.are not overstretched. Betsi Cadwaladr health board says why
:04:45. > :04:50.little work with councils and ambulance services it will
:04:51. > :04:55.concentrate on emergency care. Meanwhile, however health board said
:04:56. > :04:59.its aim is to minimise the distress caused to patients by cancelling
:05:00. > :05:04.operations as short notice. The First Minister said that a
:05:05. > :05:12.sensible. Philip Jones was watching. I find this amazing that he would so
:05:13. > :05:17.lively -- but I usually back them. What is discrimination about --
:05:18. > :05:21.against people who live in West Wales. I would save to the people in
:05:22. > :05:26.the rest of Wales will in the same position as me, watch out. What is
:05:27. > :05:29.clear from all of this is managers at all of our health board don't
:05:30. > :05:36.think they will be able to maintain the normal level of non-indigent
:05:37. > :05:42.care this winter. What patients who faced living in pain for Monger is
:05:43. > :05:50.asking, why not. Bash for longer. Let's talk to our political editor
:05:51. > :05:55.Nick Servini. It has dominated First Minister 's
:05:56. > :06:02.questions since summer. It is dominating the debate since the
:06:03. > :06:07.start of devolution. Particularly dominated First Minister 's
:06:08. > :06:09.questions for the first time, all three opposition leaders putting
:06:10. > :06:14.together a sustained attack against the Welsh Government over this
:06:15. > :06:17.decision by Hywel Dda. The attacks were variations along the seam of
:06:18. > :06:24.the Welsh Government was out of touch with what is going on. There
:06:25. > :06:29.was bad-tempered debates about the word, cancelled. First Minister
:06:30. > :06:34.pointed out no scheduled operations are being cancelled by the board.
:06:35. > :06:39.But the reality is, as a result, there will be few worth nonemergency
:06:40. > :06:43.operations during the course of the winter. Politically, as a result,
:06:44. > :06:47.they will have to deal with people that all have to wait longer for
:06:48. > :06:53.things like hip replacement treatment in West Wales. Did we get
:06:54. > :06:59.on idea today of how well prepared the Welsh NHS is for winter?
:07:00. > :07:02.Preparations have been going on for months. But Carwyn Jones admitted
:07:03. > :07:06.the only found out about this decision by Hywel Dda light
:07:07. > :07:13.yesterday. The significance of what has been announced is whereas in the
:07:14. > :07:16.past hospitals have told this and the certain conditions in the winter
:07:17. > :07:23.they may struggle to cope, here we have a plan that has been set out
:07:24. > :07:28.which is an admission that under the current system and less different
:07:29. > :07:30.arrangements are made this health board will struggle to cope this
:07:31. > :07:32.winter. Veterans struggling to overcome
:07:33. > :07:35.mental health issues, including post traumatic stress disorder are being
:07:36. > :07:40.put at risk by a form of therapy used by a Welsh charity. That's the
:07:41. > :07:44.finding of an undercover investigation by BBC Wales. It
:07:45. > :07:47.reveals how the NHS has asked the Porthcawl based charity, Healing the
:07:48. > :07:56.Wounds, to stop the form of treatment called NLP. Tim Rogers
:07:57. > :08:00.reports. For those who were there, the memory
:08:01. > :08:05.of four is never forgotten and sometimes Coleridge comes at a
:08:06. > :08:09.price. For men like this Welsh veteran, the consequent can be
:08:10. > :08:14.post-traumatic stress disorder. She and others have turned for help to a
:08:15. > :08:17.Welsh charity called Everything Everything. The man who does not
:08:18. > :08:23.want to be identified says the treatment he was offered left him
:08:24. > :08:28.feeling suicidal. I did two whole days and on the third day I left. My
:08:29. > :08:37.wife at the time came to collect me. It was such a relief. I was left
:08:38. > :08:43.feeling worse than the four I started attending Healing the
:08:44. > :08:49.Wounds. Healing the Wounds offers therapy called NLP. The aim of which
:08:50. > :08:56.is to change patterns of mental and emotional behaviour. In ten nights
:08:57. > :09:03.Week In Week Out, we asked a veteran to go undercover to investigate the
:09:04. > :09:08.treatment. Here, he is being cancelled by Caryl Richards, a
:09:09. > :09:11.founder of Healing the Wounds who's a practitioner of NLP. In this
:09:12. > :09:22.sequence she tells them how quickly the treatment can work. 20 minutes.
:09:23. > :09:36.It was a guy who served in the regulars. He saw most of his
:09:37. > :09:42.battalion wiped out. He did not need much at all. One of Britain's
:09:43. > :09:47.leading psychiatrists tells the programme that the treatment that is
:09:48. > :09:51.being offered is not appropriate. If this group, who are not medically
:09:52. > :09:57.qualified and don't know a person's treatment history, that could cause
:09:58. > :10:03.some real problems. It could be dangerous. The use of NLP is not
:10:04. > :10:08.regulated and now that our cause for this to be tightened up. Because
:10:09. > :10:12.that is no regulation, anybody can set up as an NLP practitioner. The
:10:13. > :10:20.quality of their work is not monitored by anybody. That obviously
:10:21. > :10:25.puts potential risks out in the field. What we need is some proper
:10:26. > :10:30.arrangements for the oversight of the quality of the work that is
:10:31. > :10:34.being done by any charity that is giving some support to veterans.
:10:35. > :10:38.Healing the Wounds said it is collecting data to prove its
:10:39. > :10:43.treatment is effective. It has helped more than one handed veterans
:10:44. > :10:48.including 13 who asked them for help after exhausting other support from
:10:49. > :10:53.the NHS. Ash 100 veterans. You can see more on this story on
:10:54. > :10:55.Week in Week Out here on BBC One Wales at 10:35pm tonight.
:10:56. > :10:59.Health bosses have launched legal proceedings to move a group of
:11:00. > :11:02.French travellers from a car park at the Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport.
:11:03. > :11:05.NHS officials had written to them asking them to take away the 13
:11:06. > :11:08.caravans by four o'clock this afternoon but the travellers who are
:11:09. > :11:15.occupying around 65 spaces, remain there tonight. It's believed they
:11:16. > :11:19.could move on tomorrow. On Gower, work has been carried out
:11:20. > :11:22.to prevent people living in Oxwich from being cut off following the bad
:11:23. > :11:25.weather. Sand from the beach had blocked a river which was
:11:26. > :11:29.threatening to flood the main road leading to the village. Six flood
:11:30. > :11:33.alerts remain in place across Wales this evening.
:11:34. > :11:36.The Ministry of Justice has been fined ?140,000 after personal
:11:37. > :11:39.details of more than a thousand inmates at Cardiff prison were
:11:40. > :11:45.emailed by mistake to the families of three prisoners. The error was
:11:46. > :11:53.discovered when one of the families contacted the prison. They should
:11:54. > :11:57.have been adequate supervision in place. I understand that the
:11:58. > :12:06.processes were there, we weren't necessarily followed. Was no audit
:12:07. > :12:09.trail of what was this member of staff had and what supervision she
:12:10. > :12:11.did have. There were processes that that it seems they were not
:12:12. > :12:16.followed. Its supporters say it could cut
:12:17. > :12:19.bills and help keep the lights on. But today MPs have been told that
:12:20. > :12:23.fracking, which involves extracting gas from shale rocks underground,
:12:24. > :12:26.may not mean a cut in the cost of energy after all. An expert has told
:12:27. > :12:30.the Welsh Affairs Committee that even if the technique can be used in
:12:31. > :12:36.Wales it would only have a marginal impact on bills. David Cornock's at
:12:37. > :12:42.Westminster for us. What exactly were the MPs told?
:12:43. > :12:45.Among those supporters of fracking, the Prime Minister. David Cameron
:12:46. > :12:50.very keen on the technique and wants to see it expanded across the UK.
:12:51. > :12:56.Very early days but it is very controversial. We have seen protests
:12:57. > :13:01.at the Senedd, fears about earthquakes or contamination of
:13:02. > :13:04.water. That is part of the water MPs on the Welsh affairs committee have
:13:05. > :13:09.launched an enquiry into its possibilities in Wales. They have
:13:10. > :13:15.been looking at the economic arguments, talking to experts such
:13:16. > :13:24.as a professor from the Tyndall Centre for climate change. His
:13:25. > :13:31.argument that if ministers technique work, the technique might not mean
:13:32. > :13:39.that girls do actually come down. -- that Bill is actually come down. The
:13:40. > :13:43.only person who has said the bills will come down is our Prime
:13:44. > :13:51.Minister. Part of the European gas network, it might make some small
:13:52. > :13:54.margin change to the Butler is no suggestion shale gas will
:13:55. > :13:58.significantly reduce hills. Welsh Government has been criticised on
:13:59. > :14:03.this approach to fracking. Very strong criticism from friends of the
:14:04. > :14:05.Earth. Their argument is that the Welsh Government needs to be better
:14:06. > :14:12.prepared for when the planning applications comment to exploit this
:14:13. > :14:17.technology. Friends of the Earth says they have been negligent on
:14:18. > :14:20.this. The Welsh Government says the regulatory regime rests here with
:14:21. > :14:23.the UK Government and not in Cardiff Bay.
:14:24. > :14:27.Much more to come before seven o'clock. He proposed the theory of
:14:28. > :14:33.evolution but this is not Charles Darwin.
:14:34. > :14:45.And there's more heavy rain on the way and risk of flooding in places.
:14:46. > :14:49.Stay tuned for a full forecast. Some of the contracts are worth over
:14:50. > :14:52.?200,000, so why are some Welsh businesses feeling left out when it
:14:53. > :14:58.comes to bidding for certain Welsh Government contracts? Our business
:14:59. > :15:03.correspondent, Brian Meechan, is here. What's the cause of this
:15:04. > :15:10.frustration? Welsh research companies bid for the
:15:11. > :15:12.Welsh Government in order to get contracts to evaluate their
:15:13. > :15:17.policies. What we now know from Freedom of information request
:15:18. > :15:22.released a Plaid Cymru is the vast majority of those companies have not
:15:23. > :15:26.been able to read the thing of being prevented from bidding in certain
:15:27. > :15:32.cases, albeit in a small number of cases. But they are certain pieces
:15:33. > :15:39.of research. For example, the Welsh language, on the Welsh Government
:15:40. > :15:41.'s's flagship jobs programme and an initiative that the Welsh Government
:15:42. > :15:48.was running to try to get public bodies to buy from Welsh companies.
:15:49. > :15:51.The reason why they have been locked down of these contracts is because
:15:52. > :15:57.the was government decided to use a UK Government method and it is only
:15:58. > :16:01.one Welsh company that was listed will be able to access that method
:16:02. > :16:05.in order to do their bidding. What is the Welsh Government saying? It
:16:06. > :16:09.says it is a small number of contracts that are involved and the
:16:10. > :16:14.contracts that were used provided good value for money. They say was
:16:15. > :16:18.companies and organisations were said contracted to do a lot of this
:16:19. > :16:24.work. The critics are arguing if these companies were subcontracted,
:16:25. > :16:27.they could have do the work in the first place and kept the full fee.
:16:28. > :16:34.The Federation of Small Businessesd as saying this is an example of how
:16:35. > :16:36.public contracts are badly held -- handled sometimes. The government
:16:37. > :16:40.spends money through small businesses will stop it is important
:16:41. > :16:51.that value is felt in the communities those companies are
:16:52. > :16:56.based. It is a simple equation. It is a matter how big the contract
:16:57. > :17:00.is, it can have an impact on small, local businesses. The critics are
:17:01. > :17:06.not arguing for preferential treatment, that'll be against EU
:17:07. > :17:13.rules. They are saying was companies should be unlevel playing field. --
:17:14. > :17:17.should be on a level playing field. 35 rugby players are celebrating
:17:18. > :17:19.their inclusion in the Wales squad for next month's autumn
:17:20. > :17:22.internationals. But one man who was expected to be there, faces a very
:17:23. > :17:26.different challenge over the coming weeks. Our sports reporter Ashleigh
:17:27. > :17:32.is at the Wales Rugby HQ in the Vale of Glamorgan.
:17:33. > :17:38.We are at an event tonight where hundreds of Welsh rugby fans who've
:17:39. > :17:42.recently bought a Wales rugby shirt at getting the chance to pick it up
:17:43. > :17:45.from the start of the Wales team in person. The likes of Sam Warburton
:17:46. > :17:52.and Leigh Halfpenny are colleagues for club and country. They play with
:17:53. > :17:57.Matthew Rees who is away from the game who told he needs text the
:17:58. > :18:03.killer surgery. He would have been in the Wales squad. -- testicular
:18:04. > :18:14.surgery. It'll be the first time Warren Gatland has called the squad
:18:15. > :18:17.together since the Lions squad. Jamie Roberts and Alex Cuthbert are
:18:18. > :18:23.both injured. Others have forced their way in. Especially the three
:18:24. > :18:30.uncapped players, Rhodri Williams, Corey Allen and ospreys wing, Eli
:18:31. > :18:37.Walker. Rhys Patchell has also -- is also retained. The returning Rhys
:18:38. > :18:40.Priestland is expected to battle it out with Dan Biggar for the
:18:41. > :18:50.non-detention against South Africa. I think we have a settled squad. We
:18:51. > :18:58.have youngsters. We have picked the largest squad. We are trying to put
:18:59. > :19:04.out very strong side against South Africa and Australia and Argentina
:19:05. > :19:08.and perhaps give one or two of those least experienced players an
:19:09. > :19:10.opportunity in the Tonga game. James Hook will provide cover but that is
:19:11. > :19:16.no place for another France -based player, Lee Byrne, who said he was
:19:17. > :19:19.addicted to be overlooked. He added that in his view, the squad had been
:19:20. > :19:26.picked on blood that were being players for the world cup. But
:19:27. > :19:29.today's news about Matthew Rees put everything into perspective. The
:19:30. > :19:34.Cardiff Blues skipper faces an enforced break from the game after a
:19:35. > :19:42.testicular surgery. His club and country said they hoped he would be
:19:43. > :19:45.back on a rugby pitch very soon. We persuaded Wales captain somewhat
:19:46. > :19:49.button to take a few minutes away from talking to the fans and having
:19:50. > :19:53.his photo taken to talk to us. -- Sam Warburton. A few words on
:19:54. > :20:00.Matthew Rees, it must've been a sharp to all of you. We only found
:20:01. > :20:05.out this morning. We wish him all the best and it'll be a tough time
:20:06. > :20:10.for him. What we have heard it he is going to have some surgery and hope
:20:11. > :20:15.things to return to the game in six weeks. We wish him all the best.
:20:16. > :20:20.With the likes of Matthew being away, you can count on plenty of
:20:21. > :20:26.experience in your squad. You have 13 Lions. How much confidence has
:20:27. > :20:31.what happened in Australia over the summer given new? It'll have a
:20:32. > :20:39.positive effect. The last six times we played costs -- Australia, they
:20:40. > :20:48.have been split the close. I think this year is going to be the year
:20:49. > :20:53.for us. To be on the winning side against Australia would be massive
:20:54. > :21:01.for us. It is the most eagerly anticipated match of the autumn
:21:02. > :21:09.series. But you are missing Jamie Roberts. If anybody has seen Scott
:21:10. > :21:17.Williams play lately, he has been on fire, he is brilliant. We have got
:21:18. > :21:21.plenty of experience to fall upon. Losing Alex Cuthbert is
:21:22. > :21:24.disappointing. When you look at the back three players we have selected
:21:25. > :21:33.anyway, that is a lot of talent there. We are fortunate to have
:21:34. > :21:36.great players behind them. All the best for the autumn internationals.
:21:37. > :21:40.You can watch all the games on the BBC. One final word tonight, Warren
:21:41. > :21:46.Gatland paid tribute to Stuart Williams, the Pontypridd prop who
:21:47. > :21:49.died at the age of 33. All of the Wales squad sent their condolences
:21:50. > :21:54.and their players and best wishes to his family. Very sad news.
:21:55. > :21:57.When the theory of evolution was published in 1858 it rocked the
:21:58. > :22:01.scientific establishment. It suggested that humans evolved from
:22:02. > :22:04.apes and that in nature, it was survival of the fittest. The idea
:22:05. > :22:07.was proposed by two men, Charles Darwin, who became a household name,
:22:08. > :22:11.and a Welshman, Alfred Russel Wallace, who has been largely
:22:12. > :22:14.forgotten. Now it's hoped a series of events throughout the UK marking
:22:15. > :22:17.the centenary of Wallace's death, will rebuild his reputation. Carwyn
:22:18. > :22:19.Jones reports His theories changed how we understand the natural world
:22:20. > :22:22.and ourselves. Born in Usk in 1823, Alfred Russel
:22:23. > :22:31.Wallace was an outsider without wealth or connections who became a
:22:32. > :22:34.globe trotting naturalist. It was during these far flung expeditions
:22:35. > :22:39.that he conceived the theory of evolution through natural selection.
:22:40. > :22:42.By chance, Charles Darwin was developing a theory of his own
:22:43. > :22:51.although Wallace was very much his own man. He was working on the same
:22:52. > :22:57.things as Charles Darwin at the same time. All the evidence points to the
:22:58. > :22:59.fact he sorted this thing out at the same time and it was an independent
:23:00. > :23:02.observation. This year marks the centenary of
:23:03. > :23:05.Wallace's death, and here at Swansea Museum an exhibition of his life and
:23:06. > :23:09.work reveals an obsession with the natural world. He discovered 5,000
:23:10. > :23:15.new species, 200 of which still bear his name, like the Wallace flying
:23:16. > :23:18.frog. When he and Charles Darwin jointly announced to the world their
:23:19. > :23:23.theory of evolution in 1858, it was known as the Darwin-Wallace theory.
:23:24. > :23:25.But it's now Darwin's name and achievements that are remembered,
:23:26. > :23:29.while Wallace has been largely forgotten. This leading academic
:23:30. > :23:32.believes that although Darwin was a more prolific and productive writer,
:23:33. > :23:42.the two men were viewed very differently by Victorian Britain.
:23:43. > :23:47.They came from different class and Darwin was a well-established
:23:48. > :23:48.reddish sized gentleman connected to everyone and Wallace was just
:23:49. > :23:52.Wallace. But there are signs that Wallace is
:23:53. > :23:58.finally being seen as the missing link in the story of evolution. This
:23:59. > :24:00.theatre group is dramatising the scientist's life, and they'll be
:24:01. > :24:09.touring their production across the country and overseas, where Wallace
:24:10. > :24:14.is held in far higher regard. The recognition of his talent,
:24:15. > :24:18.ironically, is there globally. We don't have it in the UK in the same
:24:19. > :24:22.way. There is a tremendous risk act for him in Brazil. We will be
:24:23. > :24:28.tooling Singapore in November. They idolise the man. This exhibition is
:24:29. > :24:32.one of the series of events taking part throughout the UK to mark the
:24:33. > :24:39.centenary of Wallace's death. It seems this was high and ears finally
:24:40. > :24:43.getting the recognition he deserves. A new bridge across Rhyl harbour has
:24:44. > :24:48.been officially opened today. Hundreds of people turned up to
:24:49. > :24:51.watch the event. The bridge, which lights up at night, has been named
:24:52. > :24:54.Pont y Ddraig after a competition involving schoolchildren in the
:24:55. > :24:58.area. It's hoped it'll regenerate the area.
:24:59. > :25:04.Over now to Derek for the weather forecast.
:25:05. > :25:10.We've had more than our fare share of rain recently. There is more to
:25:11. > :25:15.come this week but I can promise some dry weather as well. As far as
:25:16. > :25:17.heavy rain is concerned there is a yellow warning in force for southern
:25:18. > :25:25.counties tonight until 6am tomorrow. And another warning for Friday. Some
:25:26. > :25:28.rivers are swollen with six flood alerts currently in force. Tonight,
:25:29. > :25:30.further rain and showers will spread across the country. Heavy downpours
:25:31. > :25:33.in places with thunder, squally winds and localised flooding.
:25:34. > :25:40.Another mild night. Temperatures not falling below 12 to 14 Celsius. The
:25:41. > :25:49.reason for all the rain is low pressure. A wet start for some of
:25:50. > :25:52.us. Showers or longer spells of rain. Heavy in places. Some strong
:25:53. > :25:55.and gusty winds as well. The southwest drier bar the odd shower.
:25:56. > :25:58.During the day, the weather will improve. Still a few lighter showers
:25:59. > :26:02.in the north but generally becoming dry and brighter with some sunshine.
:26:03. > :26:05.The wind easing and feeling a little cooler. Top temperatures 12 to 15
:26:06. > :26:08.Celsius with a west to south-westerly breeze. In the Vale
:26:09. > :26:11.of Clwyd tomorrow, showers in the morning, better in the afternoon.
:26:12. > :26:16.Breezy with a high of 13 in Rhuddlan. Tomorrow night much of the
:26:17. > :26:23.country dry. A clear, calmer and chilly night too. Some ground frost
:26:24. > :26:27.in the north. Thursday the best day of the week. Morning and fog patches
:26:28. > :26:31.will lift. Most of the day dry and bright but more rain and freshening
:26:32. > :26:35.winds are expected by the end of the day. On Friday a wet start with a
:26:36. > :26:38.risk of flooding in places. The heavy rain will clear northwards
:26:39. > :26:44.followed by heavy, thundery showers. As for the weekend, drier on
:26:45. > :26:51.Saturday apart from a few showers. More rain later. Sunday windy with
:26:52. > :26:56.sunshine and blustery showers. Our picture tonight is from Mark Hughes.
:26:57. > :26:59.A rainbow on Great Orme. Thanks. More rain and heavy showers tonight
:27:00. > :27:10.into tomorrow morning but improving with some sunshine.
:27:11. > :27:16.Tonight headlines. The former Conservative Prime Minister Sir John
:27:17. > :27:20.Major has called for a one-off tax on the profits of the big energy
:27:21. > :27:25.companies. Tonight at the headlines, the First Minister has defended
:27:26. > :27:27.whole of our health board's plans to hold non-urgent orthopaedic
:27:28. > :27:32.operations of a cope with emergency demand. Opposition parties have said
:27:33. > :27:38.patients will be forced to wait longer in pain. .
:27:39. > :27:42.I'll have an update for you here at eight o'clock and after the BBC News
:27:43. > :27:44.at Ten. Good evening.