:00:00. > :00:07.Monday. That is all from the
:00:08. > :00:12.You're watching Wales Today. Our top story: He was the mayor of Denbigh.
:00:13. > :00:18.Tonight, he's been jailed for 18 years for setting off explosions in
:00:19. > :00:22.the town. If anybody had been walking past that main explosion in
:00:23. > :00:33.maths -- March, they would have been killed.
:00:34. > :00:39.Could Mike Phillips be on his way out of Bayonne? Reports in France
:00:40. > :00:44.say he's facing the sack. Also tonight: The people committing
:00:45. > :00:47.crimes and ending up in prison on purpose to jump the priority housing
:00:48. > :00:50.list. A Welsh MP warns companies miss-sold
:00:51. > :00:55.financial products by the banks are going bust as they wait for
:00:56. > :00:58.compensation. And HS2 will deliver faster trains
:00:59. > :01:08.but there's confusion whether Wales will get extra funding as a result.
:01:09. > :01:11.Good evening. A judge said he subjected the people of Denbigh to a
:01:12. > :01:15."sustained campaign of deliberate terror". Tonight, the town's former
:01:16. > :01:19.mayor has been jailed for 18 years for setting off a series of
:01:20. > :01:23.explosions. Cars and buildings were peppered with shrapnel and residents
:01:24. > :01:26.were kept awake through the night. John Larsen was told he could have
:01:27. > :01:32.killed or seriously injured someone. Matthew Richards reports.
:01:33. > :01:37.Denbigh, 12:45am on the 24th of March this year. People living here
:01:38. > :01:40.have already been terrorised by a series of night-time explosions over
:01:41. > :01:47.the past month, some of which damaged cars and smashed windows.
:01:48. > :01:50.And their peace is about to be shattered by the biggest blast yet,
:01:51. > :01:53.one which has earned its architect an 18 year prison sentence,
:01:54. > :01:59.comparable with that of a terrorist or killer. Among those who reported
:02:00. > :02:08.the explosions to police was John Larsen, the local town councillor. I
:02:09. > :02:13.welcome the sentence. These were dangerous devices packed with
:02:14. > :02:17.explosives and shrapnel. Had anybody been walking past that main
:02:18. > :02:28.explosion in March, they would have been killed. He spoke to Wales Today
:02:29. > :02:35.at the height of the campaign. We are terrified. We have got sheltered
:02:36. > :02:39.accommodation around here and there are a lot of elderly people and
:02:40. > :02:46.scared people. You don't know what's going to happen next. People can't
:02:47. > :02:50.sleep. They are checking their cars out of the window all the time. But
:02:51. > :02:57.he already knew more than anyone about the explosions. He was causing
:02:58. > :03:00.them. The scorch marks have been covered up but it could be sometime
:03:01. > :03:05.before the psychological of what happened here fades. The people here
:03:06. > :03:10.were shocked and then devastated by the revelation of who was behind
:03:11. > :03:13.them. John Larsen had been mayor of Denbigh in 1999 and now he
:03:14. > :03:15.represented his ward on the community council and was a member
:03:16. > :03:20.of the neighbourhood watch. Those who knew him never suspected he was
:03:21. > :03:27.planting explosives. I was just amazed. I never put two and two
:03:28. > :03:33.together that John had anything to do with it. When he was arrested,
:03:34. > :03:36.obviously I was amazed. It's claimed John Larsen was getting a thrill
:03:37. > :03:39.from planting the explosives and the attention it was attracting. The
:03:40. > :03:43.judge at Caernarfon Crown Court told him had he not been arrested, he
:03:44. > :03:49.would have killed or caused someone very serious injury. Those subjected
:03:50. > :03:52.to his sustained terror campaign can be reassured by his long sentence.
:03:53. > :03:55.BBC Wales has been told how some people may be committing minor
:03:56. > :03:58.crimes in a bid to get "priority housing" when they're released from
:03:59. > :04:01.prison. In Wales, all inmates are automatically put on a "priority
:04:02. > :04:04.housing" list if they're homeless when released, regardless of how
:04:05. > :04:07.long they spend behind bars. Now, the Housing Minister wants to change
:04:08. > :04:15.the law. Jordan Davies has the story.
:04:16. > :04:20.23-year-old Craig has spent time in prison in Gloucester and Cardiff for
:04:21. > :04:25.assault, car theft and dangerous driving. With the help of friends
:04:26. > :04:32.and family he now has a place to live and a full-time job. But like
:04:33. > :04:35.many ex-prisoners, he is aware of the practice where people in
:04:36. > :04:43.desperate situations commit my net crimes in a bid to jump the housing
:04:44. > :04:46.queue. Repeat offenders usually offend so they can get on the
:04:47. > :04:52.priority list. Seasonal offenders through the winter don't -- commit
:04:53. > :05:02.offences to get a roof over their heads in prison. So if you can
:05:03. > :05:08.demonstrate that you are homeless, you are put on a priority list? Yes.
:05:09. > :05:10.In 2001 the Welsh Government changed the law to allow homeless
:05:11. > :05:14.ex-prisoners with friends or family in an area to access priority
:05:15. > :05:20.housing in a bid to stop them reoffending. But the Welsh
:05:21. > :05:24.Government says this has not worked. Now it wants to change the law.
:05:25. > :05:29.Recent figures show there is a larger proportion of ex-prisoners on
:05:30. > :05:31.priority lists than people fleeing domestic violins, people with mental
:05:32. > :05:37.illness or learning difficulty, and those leaving care for the Armed
:05:38. > :05:43.Forces. It now costs Welsh councils ?2 million a year to how is former
:05:44. > :05:47.prisoners. When crime highlighted to us is shoplifting which often
:05:48. > :05:53.doesn't end up in a custodial sentence. Knowing this, offenders
:05:54. > :05:57.failed to turn up to court which is a more serious offence and often
:05:58. > :06:02.does warrant prison time. There is no minimum on how long somebody has
:06:03. > :06:06.to spend behind these walls so a person could be held on the mantle
:06:07. > :06:11.week, the released and then a council has a duty to host them.
:06:12. > :06:14.Should this policy be reviewed because they will be anger and great
:06:15. > :06:18.concern amongst the public that local people who have been waiting
:06:19. > :06:22.for a long time are being leapfrogged I people who've come out
:06:23. > :06:28.of prison. The Welsh Government was to make the system fairer and harder
:06:29. > :06:33.to abuse by introducing a stricter test for ex-prisoners. If you look
:06:34. > :06:37.hard enough you'll find anything you wish to look for in terms of
:06:38. > :06:43.loopholes in systems. They will be people like there that will have
:06:44. > :06:50.committed a small crime to do that. The fact of the matter is, a person
:06:51. > :06:57.in your local community has been waiting on the housing list and in
:06:58. > :07:01.the current situation they are in the worst position than somebody was
:07:02. > :07:05.just left prison. This kind of practice has had very little
:07:06. > :07:09.scrutiny so it's hard to know how much is going on. Craig found his
:07:10. > :07:13.feet after spending time behind bars but others are not as lucky.
:07:14. > :07:19.Sometimes they resort to desperate and illegal measures to put a roof
:07:20. > :07:22.over their heads. Health officials are again asking
:07:23. > :07:25.parents to give their children two doses of the MMR vaccine, after
:07:26. > :07:29.another rise in the number of cases of measles in South West Wales.
:07:30. > :07:32.There are now 13 cases linked to Cwmtawe School in Pontardawe, but a
:07:33. > :07:41.suspected case with no apparent link to the school has also been reported
:07:42. > :07:45.at a nursery in the Swansea area. We would plead for parents who have
:07:46. > :07:50.still resisted all the offers that were made in the past for children
:07:51. > :07:56.to come forward to be vaccinated to not only consider their own
:07:57. > :08:02.children's health but also to think of the children who for medical
:08:03. > :08:10.reasons, for example following a bone marrow transplant, can be
:08:11. > :08:13.vaccinated. -- cannot be vaccinated. Pupils at a comprehensive school in
:08:14. > :08:16.Carmarthenshire have been screened for tuberculosis after a member of
:08:17. > :08:19.staff was diagnosed with the infection. 124 pupils were given a
:08:20. > :08:23.blood test at Ysgol y Strade in Llanelli. Health officials say it's
:08:24. > :08:24.unlikely the infection has spread to pupils.
:08:25. > :08:27.The future of Wales rugby international Mike Phillips is in
:08:28. > :08:29.doubt tonight after his French club suspended him indefinitely. Our
:08:30. > :08:35.sports reporter, Ashleigh Crowter, is here. What do we know?
:08:36. > :08:38.Mike Phillips has been suspended indefinitely by his club Bayonne
:08:39. > :08:42.where he's been playing for the past two seasons. He's been discplined
:08:43. > :08:45.after turning up drunk to a video analysis session, after spending the
:08:46. > :08:51.previous night celebrating a victory with team-mates. Two other Bayonne
:08:52. > :08:55.players were hauled in by directors on similar charges, but they're now
:08:56. > :08:59.back in the team for the club's next match tomorrow night. But the club
:09:00. > :09:04.say Phillips won't be playing. He does of course have 'previous' in
:09:05. > :09:07.this area. He was suspended by Bayonne last year for off-field
:09:08. > :09:13.misconduct. And reports suggest tonight that Phillips will receive a
:09:14. > :09:16.letter from the club on Saturday. Under French law, you can't legally
:09:17. > :09:23.be considered sacked until 48 hours after notification and receipt of
:09:24. > :09:29.written confirmation. So for now, he remains suspended, but we await
:09:30. > :09:33.further developments. If this is the end of his time in Bayonne, how
:09:34. > :09:38.might it affect his career and the Wales team? Well, Phillips is due to
:09:39. > :09:40.join up with the Wales team in ten days time for the Autrumn
:09:41. > :09:43.internationals. Warren Gatland said earlier this week that events in
:09:44. > :09:46.France wouldn't affect his participation in the Autumn games,
:09:47. > :09:49.although he was planning to have an informal conversation with Phillips
:09:50. > :09:54.to assess his state of mind. If he is forced to leave Bayonne, Phillips
:09:55. > :09:57.will be looking for a new club. With the current salary caps in Welsh
:09:58. > :10:00.rugby, and the current uncertainty about Europe, it's not clear whether
:10:01. > :10:11.any of the Welsh regions could afford to take him on at the moment.
:10:12. > :10:14.Stay with us. Later, we're in Dublin for the latest on the uncertainty
:10:15. > :10:23.surrounding the future of European rugby. What we're talking here is
:10:24. > :10:32.less about sport and more about and money. Below the international tier,
:10:33. > :10:34.who runs European rugby? Welsh business owners have been
:10:35. > :10:37.protesting in Westminster, claiming many are going-bust while they wait
:10:38. > :10:43.for banks to compensate them for miss-sold products. On the day the
:10:44. > :10:47.issue was raised in Parliament by one Welsh MP, India Pollock has been
:10:48. > :10:52.speaking to one family who have lost everything.
:10:53. > :10:56.Three years ago, Jacqui Bartels and her husband, Adrian, owned this
:10:57. > :11:00.20-bed hotel in Carmarthenshire. It's a far cry from their living
:11:01. > :11:04.arrangements today - sleeping on airbeds in her mother's lounge. The
:11:05. > :11:09.business was a successful one. At its peak, they were organising
:11:10. > :11:12.around 100 weddings a year. But they lost their home and business after
:11:13. > :11:16.their local bank mis-sold them a financial product when they took out
:11:17. > :11:20.a loan. Like many businesses, Jacqui thought she was simply fixing the
:11:21. > :11:23.loan repayment rate. But when she signed up to the Interest Rate Swap
:11:24. > :11:27.Agreement, she didn't know the impact it would have on their lives.
:11:28. > :11:31.Adrian had a serious heart attack. Our youngest daughter was ten at the
:11:32. > :11:39.time and because of the shock of his heart attack, she got what they call
:11:40. > :11:44.reactive arthritis. When a child gets stressed it can attack, so she
:11:45. > :11:48.got it from her hips down. She was seriously ill for around 18 months.
:11:49. > :11:53.She's lost a lot of schooling and education. Adrian's father then had
:11:54. > :11:56.a heart attack and my mum ended up in hospital due to stress and
:11:57. > :12:08.sickness. So it had a detrimental affect right through the family.
:12:09. > :12:13.These products worse -- work well for many businesses but this family
:12:14. > :12:19.did not have the product explained to them. The Bartels are not alone.
:12:20. > :12:22.Thousands of businesses signed up to the swap agreements. If interest
:12:23. > :12:25.rates went up, the swaps would protect them from higher charges.
:12:26. > :12:28.What the banks didn't explain was that if interest rates went down the
:12:29. > :12:31.businesses had to compensate the banks, sometimes to the tune of
:12:32. > :12:34.hundreds of thousands of pounds. Martin Barclay used to sell the
:12:35. > :12:41.products. He has acted as with this in many cases and says Wales was
:12:42. > :12:46.targeted. It was seen as a land of opportunity. They were high levels
:12:47. > :12:48.of deaths and Wang managers were put under duress to introduce them to
:12:49. > :12:52.the investment bank to sell these products. Business owners have been
:12:53. > :12:55.protesting outside the House of Commons today, where the issue is
:12:56. > :12:58.being debated. The Financial Conduct Authority is running a scheme to
:12:59. > :13:03.make banks compensate those who've lost out, but so far only 32 of the
:13:04. > :13:15.40,000 businesses affected in the UK have been paid. If we found that 93%
:13:16. > :13:20.of mortgages had been mis-sold, we have allowed the situation in which
:13:21. > :13:22.there has been nine months between those findings and the situation we
:13:23. > :13:26.now face. The Financial Conduct Authority says that it hopes most
:13:27. > :13:30.cases will be reviewed by the end of the year. But for Jacqui and Adrian,
:13:31. > :13:33.the damage has already been done. Will Wales be better-off thanks to
:13:34. > :13:36.extra funding from the UK Government off-the-back of the High Speed two
:13:37. > :13:39.rail project in England? It depends who you listen to. The Finance
:13:40. > :13:43.Minister Jane Hutt has insisted Wales is getting an extra ?35
:13:44. > :13:47.million pounds as a result but the Treasury says Wales won't be getting
:13:48. > :13:49.any extra cash. We'll be live in Westminster in a moment. First,
:13:50. > :13:57.here's our Political Editor, Nick Servini.
:13:58. > :13:59.It is the biggest investment in the British rail network in a
:14:00. > :14:06.generation. Costing an estimated ?40 billion. If high-speed two is given
:14:07. > :14:09.the go-ahead, journey times between London and cities in the north of
:14:10. > :14:14.England will be cut dramatically. Wales usually gets a share of the
:14:15. > :14:18.value of projects which affect England using the Barnett Formula
:14:19. > :14:23.but that does not always apply. It did not with the Olympics because it
:14:24. > :14:27.was felt to be a UK wide benefit anyway. The Treasury has always
:14:28. > :14:33.insisted it will be the same with HS2. Until now it seems. The current
:14:34. > :14:37.row revolves around spending for 2015, the finance minister insists
:14:38. > :14:44.the Welsh Government will get around 35mm is extra as a result of HS2.
:14:45. > :14:48.The Treasury insists that is not the case. The complex system of money
:14:49. > :14:53.coming from Westminster the Cardiff has led to calls for it to be
:14:54. > :14:58.changed. We do need reform. We have always said we need reform but the
:14:59. > :15:04.main thing is that we need more leaders on our finance in Wales so
:15:05. > :15:07.we can boost the economy and the construction sector. This
:15:08. > :15:13.demonstrates how difficult it is without that kind of reform. HS2 is
:15:14. > :15:20.not coming to stations like this in Cardiff but its impact could be
:15:21. > :15:26.felt. The importance of this is the president it could set. If Wales
:15:27. > :15:29.does get a share of the overall spend on the HS2 project in England
:15:30. > :15:33.it could amount to hundreds of millions of pounds and much of that
:15:34. > :15:37.money could be spent on the transport infrastructure in Wales.
:15:38. > :15:43.There is a general sense of unhappiness in Cardiff that Wales is
:15:44. > :15:48.not getting a fair share roughly handled from the UK government but
:15:49. > :15:51.there is a feeling on the other side that Wales is complaining. This is
:15:52. > :15:57.not a healthy relationship but the moment. This row was another example
:15:58. > :16:00.of vocation of that. Whatever side of the track the reality is, there
:16:01. > :16:05.are plenty of variables here including the big one, that HS2 is
:16:06. > :16:08.so controversial it a not be given the go ahead anyway.
:16:09. > :16:11.Our parliamentary correspondent, David Cornock, is at Westminster.
:16:12. > :16:17.David, the Welsh Government and the Treasury are contradicting each
:16:18. > :16:21.other .They can't both be right. No but they do agree on one thing, the
:16:22. > :16:26.former that was used to calculate the extra spending that has ended up
:16:27. > :16:33.in the Welsh Government's budget. But the Treasury here is adamant and
:16:34. > :16:39.says HS2 was excluded before that former was applied, giving the many
:16:40. > :16:44.to Wales. It says the extra money was going to Wales not as a result
:16:45. > :16:48.of spending on trains and infrastructure and railways, but as
:16:49. > :16:52.a result of extra spending on road projects in England. The Welsh
:16:53. > :16:57.Government looks at the figures and says, hang on, there is many here we
:16:58. > :17:04.weren't expecting. This can only have come because of the extra
:17:05. > :17:08.spending on HS2. The bottom line is having spent the last three is
:17:09. > :17:11.complaining about being short-changed by the coalition here,
:17:12. > :17:14.that the first time the Welsh Government now has a little bit more
:17:15. > :17:23.money in one area than it was expecting. And when will we know for
:17:24. > :17:26.sure about this many? It is a hugely controversial project and it's going
:17:27. > :17:31.to take a long time to be sorted out. We know the spending plans
:17:32. > :17:37.until 2015 but we don't know what will happen after the general
:17:38. > :17:41.election then. We know that HS2 will take a long time to build. It will
:17:42. > :17:48.be ten or more years before trains actually running on those new
:17:49. > :17:53.high-speed rail lines. So there will be a lot of financial negotiations
:17:54. > :17:58.and new formulas applied before then. It will be a long and slow
:17:59. > :18:05.journey. But the stakes in terms of hundreds of millions of pounds or
:18:06. > :18:09.more are huge. The National Eisteddfod should not
:18:10. > :18:12.be based on a permanent site. That's the main conclusion from a report
:18:13. > :18:15.presented to the Welsh Government. It does however say more public
:18:16. > :18:19.money should be given to the week-long festival, as Nick Palit
:18:20. > :18:22.reports. The National Eisteddfod is Wales'
:18:23. > :18:27.leading annual festival. Organisers describe it as an eclectic mix of
:18:28. > :18:33.the traditional and the modern. A celebration of Wales, its culture
:18:34. > :18:38.and its language. It attracts up to 160,000 visitors over an eight day
:18:39. > :18:42.period. Staged every year during the first week of August, this year it
:18:43. > :18:45.was held in Denbigh. Next year, it will visit Llanelli. But whether it
:18:46. > :18:49.should keep moving, or have a permanent base, has been one of the
:18:50. > :18:52.areas examined by a group tasked to modernise the festival. Chaired by
:18:53. > :19:01.broadcaster Roy Noble, today they announced there would be no change.
:19:02. > :19:04.When the nationally stepped vodka goes to assert nearly, it brings
:19:05. > :19:13.colour, excitement and a profile of that particularly. Everyone we
:19:14. > :19:17.talked to was of the same mind. They were all glad of the experience. The
:19:18. > :19:20.group did however decide they needed to appoint a creative director to
:19:21. > :19:23.make the visitor experience even better. They also called on the
:19:24. > :19:29.Welsh Government to increase its financial support. Times are tough
:19:30. > :19:31.financially but clearly if we are able to see these recommendations
:19:32. > :19:38.being taken forward, there might be an opportunity to look at providing
:19:39. > :19:41.more resources for the Eisteddfod. The group also recommended a
:19:42. > :19:44.marketing strategy to increase visitor numbers, and attract more
:19:45. > :19:47.volunteers in the areas they visit. They also want closer collaboration
:19:48. > :19:50.with the Youth Urdd Eisteddfod. The new radio listening figures show
:19:51. > :19:55.that 474,000 people are tuning into BBC Radio Wales every week. That's
:19:56. > :19:58.24,000 more than this time last year, according to the RAJAR survey,
:19:59. > :20:02.but 25,000 down on the previous three months. BBC Radio Cymru is
:20:03. > :20:10.maintaining its level of listeners. Radio 2 is still the most
:20:11. > :20:13.listened-to station in Wales. A gala opening concert officially
:20:14. > :20:16.welcomed WOMEX to Wales last night. The world music expo will feature
:20:17. > :20:20.four days of concerts and trade meetings in Cardiff. The singer
:20:21. > :20:23.Cerys Matthews curated last night's concert, which featured traditional
:20:24. > :20:31.Welsh songs, a male voice choir and folk dancers.
:20:32. > :20:34.The saga over the future of European rugby goes on. Ashleigh's here with
:20:35. > :20:38.more. Yes. The WRU, as well as the other
:20:39. > :20:42.five nation's governing bodies, have agreed to change the structure of
:20:43. > :20:45.European club rugby. After meetings in Dublin, a change in revenue
:20:46. > :20:48.distribution was also agreed. The top English and French clubs, who
:20:49. > :20:51.have proposed a breakaway tournament, which has been backed by
:20:52. > :20:58.the four Welsh regions, were not present at the meetings. From
:20:59. > :21:04.Dublin, here's Roger Pinney. Dublin, capital of Ireland and home
:21:05. > :21:07.to so much Heineken Cup success but over the last two days it's been the
:21:08. > :21:12.centre of intrigue. They have been thrashing out the future of European
:21:13. > :21:15.rugby. Behind closed doors, meetings in what used to be called
:21:16. > :21:21.smoke-filled rooms, that's the stuff of rugby politics these days. But
:21:22. > :21:27.what we're talking here is less sport and more about power and
:21:28. > :21:32.money. In the tier below the International 's, who runs European
:21:33. > :21:36.rugby? This afternoon, not so much a deal but the proposal emerged and it
:21:37. > :21:40.appears to go a long way towards answering the concerns of English
:21:41. > :21:46.and French clubs who have touted a new breakaway competition. Club
:21:47. > :21:50.tournaments are proposed. They will be to have a qualification. Each
:21:51. > :21:57.tournament will be made from each of the mission French leagues and seven
:21:58. > :22:01.from the pro 12. The 20th slot will be filled by a play-off. One place
:22:02. > :22:04.will be guaranteed to each country and many will be divided equally
:22:05. > :22:09.between the English, French and pro 12 leagues. But that is no mention
:22:10. > :22:15.of who would run the tournament or of TV deals. Both potential sticking
:22:16. > :22:22.points. In Ireland as in Wales fans want this sorted. Our guys are going
:22:23. > :22:32.to get to Moller eyes if they are only playing that standard of rugby.
:22:33. > :22:40.-- get the moral life. I hope it is sorted out for rugby's sake. In
:22:41. > :22:43.Wales the uncertainty over European competition has impacted on top
:22:44. > :22:48.layers like Sam Warburton and Leigh Halfpenny. Signing autographs the
:22:49. > :22:51.other night but unable to sign new deals with the regions. They are
:22:52. > :22:56.both out of contract at the end of the season. Now the Welsh Rugby
:22:57. > :23:00.Union has offered but players on temporary centralised contracts,
:23:01. > :23:06.paying the bills to keep leading players in Wales. I think that
:23:07. > :23:10.showing unity in a position where that is so much uncertainty is a
:23:11. > :23:16.good thing and for me they have to make a stand on this layered train
:23:17. > :23:22.from Wales. But the regions have yet to agree to the offer and they might
:23:23. > :23:28.not be entirely comfortable with it. So today new offers on the table
:23:29. > :23:31.in Wales and renewed up but nothing signed yet.
:23:32. > :23:36.Swansea City are in Europa League action later. They take on Russian
:23:37. > :23:39.side Kuban Kraznodar at the Liberty Stadium. They'll be without
:23:40. > :23:43.defenders Ashley Williams and Ben Davies, who are injured.
:23:44. > :23:45.There's disappointment for two of our best known Paralympic athletes.
:23:46. > :23:49.The Great Britain Sledge Hockey team has failed to qualify for the Winter
:23:50. > :23:52.Paralympics in Russia next year. Nathan Stephens, who found fame with
:23:53. > :23:55.the javelin, and three time Paralympic sailor Stephen Thomas,
:23:56. > :24:00.were part of the team who suffered their third successive qualification
:24:01. > :24:05.defeat in Turin last night. Tomorrow night we will be looking
:24:06. > :24:11.ahead to the Rugby league World Cup which begins in Cardiff on Saturday.
:24:12. > :24:14.Thanks, Ashleigh. On tomorrow night's programme, we'll be speaking
:24:15. > :24:18.to the actor James Corden, who's playing the part of Welsh classical
:24:19. > :24:22.singer Paul Potts in a new film about his life. It's six years since
:24:23. > :24:24.the singer from Port Talbot won 'Britain's Got Talent'. The film,
:24:25. > :24:32.called 'One Chance', tells the story of his route to stardom. Originally,
:24:33. > :24:38.I said I would like to give it a shot and I might be able to sing
:24:39. > :24:42.this. I had ten or 11 lessons and some of our producers heard me sing
:24:43. > :24:47.and listen to half the song and said, no, I don't think you should
:24:48. > :24:51.sing. The weather now. A pretty pleasant
:24:52. > :24:57.day today but it's all change tonight.
:24:58. > :25:04.It is all downhill from this evening and over the next few days little
:25:05. > :25:08.sign of any sunshine. That is a yellow warning in place this evening
:25:09. > :25:12.for heavy rain. We could see a few problems with surface flooding first
:25:13. > :25:19.thing tomorrow. The rain is patchy in nature but it will intensify as
:25:20. > :25:25.it moved further north and eastwards. But it is mild with
:25:26. > :25:30.temperatures in double figures. First thing tomorrow, it is not very
:25:31. > :25:35.pleasant. We have got strong winds and the rain but the wind will help
:25:36. > :25:39.to push through that ring pretty quickly and by the afternoon we hang
:25:40. > :25:42.on to the wind but it is a case of showers and those showers will merge
:25:43. > :25:47.into longer spells of rain by the end of the afternoon. There will be
:25:48. > :25:52.limited amounts of brightness and temperatures not too bad for this
:25:53. > :25:55.time of year. Tomorrow evening the showers will become fewer and
:25:56. > :25:59.farther -- few and far between. Overnight the showers will merge it
:26:00. > :26:07.again into longer spells of rain but we have that milder air over us.
:26:08. > :26:13.Temperatures remaining in double figures. As we going to Saturday
:26:14. > :26:19.morning, a blustery morning with some showers but by the afternoon we
:26:20. > :26:24.will see more organised rain making its way in from the West. The
:26:25. > :26:28.afternoon is looking wet and windy. The south-east corner might get away
:26:29. > :26:31.with drier conditions at first but the rain will reach you as we go
:26:32. > :26:39.through the day. Temperatures on the cooler side as well. Sunday night we
:26:40. > :26:42.are looking at this area of low pressure which is going to bring
:26:43. > :26:50.with it some stormy weather on Sunday night into Monday morning. We
:26:51. > :26:54.could see gusts of up to 80 mph. For the weekend, blustery showers on
:26:55. > :26:58.Saturday with rain later in the day and blustery showers on Sunday with
:26:59. > :27:05.some sort -- stormy conditions to calm as we go into Monday morning.
:27:06. > :27:17.A reminder of tonight's main stories: A former mayor has been
:27:18. > :27:20.jailed for 18 years for setting off a series of explosions in Denbigh.
:27:21. > :27:23.Cars and buildings were peppered with shrapnel. John Larsen was told
:27:24. > :27:27.he could have killed or seriously injured someone.
:27:28. > :27:32.The future of Mike Phillips is in doubt tonight after his French club
:27:33. > :27:35.Bayonne suspended him indefinitely. Reports in France say he is facing
:27:36. > :27:39.the sack. I'll have an update for you at
:27:40. > :27:43.8:00pm and there's more from the Wales Today newsroom at 10:25pm
:27:44. > :27:45.tonight. From all of us here, have a good evening.