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:00:00. > :00:00.Typhoon as it heads towards Vietnam this

:00:00. > :00:08.Welcome to Wales Today. Tonight's headlines: 16-year-old soldiers.

:00:09. > :00:17.These teenagers are preparing for the army. The call tonight to raise

:00:18. > :00:24.the recruitment age to 18. I am ready now and I am mentally and

:00:25. > :00:31.physically ready but I would be hard to motivate myself. I have good

:00:32. > :00:35.qualifications which will also help me in the army but there is not that

:00:36. > :00:45.much around employment wise for people my age.

:00:46. > :00:50.Also tonight: A mother dies after giving birth at Wrexham Maelor

:00:51. > :00:54.Hospital. The inquest hears she wasn't given medication quickly

:00:55. > :00:58.enough after surgery. A call for low-paid workers to get a

:00:59. > :01:02.living wage to save the economy millions. But can businesses here

:01:03. > :01:05.afford it? One of the country's biggest private

:01:06. > :01:13.landlords says his company could be at risk as tenants' struggle to cope

:01:14. > :01:18.with benefit changes. In sport: And all the build-up to

:01:19. > :01:22.the first autumn international. One coach says a win against South

:01:23. > :01:26.Africa would be one of Wales' best results.

:01:27. > :01:32.Good evening. 16-year-olds can't drive or buy alcohol, but they can

:01:33. > :01:35.join the Army. A policy that should change according to the bishops at

:01:36. > :01:39.the Church in Wales. They're backing a campaign to up the recruitment age

:01:40. > :01:44.of soldiers to 18 and have signed a letter to the Ministry of Defence.

:01:45. > :01:47.But the UK government says a military career offers many benefits

:01:48. > :01:55.to young recruits. Natasha Llewelyn reports.

:01:56. > :02:01.At the age of 16, Army recruits are preparing for this: Life on the

:02:02. > :02:05.front line. They can't be deployed until they are 18 but they are still

:02:06. > :02:10.trained to fight wars. That training can start at military training

:02:11. > :02:18.colleges like this one in the Heads of the Valleys. Around 40 youngsters

:02:19. > :02:23.aged 16 and 17 come here five times a week. They usually spend a year at

:02:24. > :02:29.the college before joining the Army. It was a big decision to make but

:02:30. > :02:33.looking at my options, I have good confiscations, which will also help

:02:34. > :02:39.me in the Army, there are not that many things around employment wise

:02:40. > :02:47.for people my age. I would be gutted if it got taken

:02:48. > :02:50.back to 18. I feel physically and mentally ready and it would be hard

:02:51. > :02:53.to motivate myself. A job would be hard to come by.

:02:54. > :03:00.I think my fitness would have dropped. South Wales has always been

:03:01. > :03:07.a good recruitment ground because of the high level of unemployment.

:03:08. > :03:12.Child Soldiers International once the mostly of defence to end the

:03:13. > :03:18.recruitment of under 18 's -- the Ministry of Defence to end the

:03:19. > :03:22.recruitment of under-18s. I don't think that people joining and 16 are

:03:23. > :03:28.more likely to end up as one of those statistics, it really doesn't

:03:29. > :03:32.matter what age you join the army, you are exposed to the same

:03:33. > :03:36.environment. I know that if you join at 16 years

:03:37. > :03:43.old, in the military you are not exposed to any type of combat

:03:44. > :03:48.environment until you are 18. But the Church in Wales say 16 is too

:03:49. > :03:51.young. Are they really aware of the rigours

:03:52. > :03:56.of the training that would be involved? And what might actually

:03:57. > :04:01.face them were said to be deployed to a combat zone at the age of 18?

:04:02. > :04:03.The question is whether they are ready for it physically and,

:04:04. > :04:09.possibly more importantly, psychologically?

:04:10. > :04:16.But they don't have to stay. Figures from the MoD show that across the

:04:17. > :04:20.UK, just under the 1000 16-year-old were recruited to the Army in 2012.

:04:21. > :04:28.Almost half of them left during training. Somebody who didn't leave

:04:29. > :04:33.was Lloyd Rees. He signed up at 16 and stayed in the Armed Forces for

:04:34. > :04:37.many years. His brother joined at 18 but Lloyd says he was better off

:04:38. > :04:41.starting younger. I am not an academic at all but the army opened

:04:42. > :04:46.up a whole new world for me. It gave me all the verification is

:04:47. > :04:49.an basic skills in life that you need.

:04:50. > :04:50.The MoD agrees. need.

:04:51. > :04:55.The MoD It says the campaign ignores the benefits and opportunities that

:04:56. > :04:57.a military career offers young people and that the Army provides

:04:58. > :05:02.them with education, training and employment. The campaign comes at a

:05:03. > :05:08.sensitive time, with many commemorating the Remembrance Day.

:05:09. > :05:12.These recruits say they are aware of the dangers of war and they know

:05:13. > :05:15.they have made the right decision. Natasha Llewelyn reporting. A

:05:16. > :05:18.coroner has said lessons must be learned following the death of a

:05:19. > :05:21.mother from a blood clot just hours after she gave birth.

:05:22. > :05:24.Elizabeth Maddocks from Wrexham died in February last year. Our reporter

:05:25. > :05:32.Matthew Richards is outside Wrexham Maelor Hospital. Just remind us

:05:33. > :05:37.first of all of what happened? When Elizabeth Maddocks was admitted

:05:38. > :05:40.in February, she was looking forward to the birth of her daughter and the

:05:41. > :05:46.fact she was getting married in December that year. Less than 24

:05:47. > :05:50.hours after she underwent an emergency Caesarean and her daughter

:05:51. > :05:54.was born safe and well, she died of a blood clot. It was heard at the

:05:55. > :05:59.inquest that surgeons had recommended she be given some

:06:00. > :06:02.anti-clotting medication within six hours of the operation, about midday

:06:03. > :06:07.on the day that she died. That wasn't administered until more than

:06:08. > :06:11.12 hours later because a chart that had the drugs she was needing had

:06:12. > :06:18.gone missing. She complained about her legs swelling but was told that

:06:19. > :06:21.was normal after the operation. She died during the early hours of the

:06:22. > :06:30.following morning and her family were devastated. Her partner issued

:06:31. > :06:34.a statement today. We know that the health board has taken certain steps

:06:35. > :06:38.to try to reduce the chances of any other women dying in circumstances

:06:39. > :06:41.such as this. We also note that the coroner is

:06:42. > :06:49.making enquiries into other issues which the health board will address

:06:50. > :06:53.at the hearing. We feel strongly that had Elizabeth received the

:06:54. > :06:57.care, her death would have been avoided.

:06:58. > :07:01.What conclusions did the coroner reach?

:07:02. > :07:05.Some of the evidence we heard from the medical teams. If she had been

:07:06. > :07:10.given this medicine slightly earlier, it may not have had an

:07:11. > :07:14.impact. The plot may have been to well formed and impervious to this

:07:15. > :07:17.kind of anti-clotting medication. Nonetheless, there were certain

:07:18. > :07:21.systems that weren't in place that perhaps would have stopped something

:07:22. > :07:26.like this happening to you said he was going to write to the health

:07:27. > :07:28.board to make sure the review had now implemented its own

:07:29. > :07:31.recommendations to make sure this kind of thing didn't happen to

:07:32. > :07:36.anyone else and as you learn from that statement, the family and

:07:37. > :07:39.friends of Elizabeth Maddocks working to make sure that didn't

:07:40. > :07:42.happen. Police looking for a Pembrokeshire

:07:43. > :07:45.man missing in London have found a body in the Thames. 23-year-old

:07:46. > :07:48.Gianni Sonvico, who's originally from Goodwick, has been missing

:07:49. > :07:49.since the end of October. His family have been informed, while formal

:07:50. > :07:57.identification takes place. It's been confirmed that one adult

:07:58. > :08:00.reported an incident involving Jimmy Savile at Cardiff Royal Infirmary

:08:01. > :08:04.that's alleged to have taken place in the early 1960s. Cardiff and Vale

:08:05. > :08:07.NHS Trust say they've been working with South Wales Police and the

:08:08. > :08:12.Department of Health over the matter. The Infirmary is one of 13

:08:13. > :08:14.hospitals involved in the investigation of Savile, who's

:08:15. > :08:17.suspected of abusing patients at NHS hospitals.

:08:18. > :08:22.The new chief constable of Gwent Police is promising to listen more

:08:23. > :08:26.carefully to staff and officers in the force. Jeff Farrar officially

:08:27. > :08:30.took up the post this morning - he was the only person to apply. His

:08:31. > :08:33.predecessor Carmel Napier was forced to retire earlier this year by the

:08:34. > :08:37.area's Police and Crime Commissioner Ian Johnston. The new chief

:08:38. > :08:45.constable says there has been a sea change in attitude at the force.

:08:46. > :08:50.I think now both the Commissioner, myself, the chief officer team and

:08:51. > :08:54.senior officers, what I'm saying is you need to listen to what your

:08:55. > :08:57.staff are saying. Otherwise you are not leading the service properly.

:08:58. > :09:01.A private sector landlord with more than 700 homes says benefit changes

:09:02. > :09:04.could put his business at risk. The UK government says it's making the

:09:05. > :09:07.system fairer. But Carmarthenshire based Kevin Green fears tenants will

:09:08. > :09:10.fall behind on their rent, when a new system of paying benefits is

:09:11. > :09:12.introduced. Our political reporter Daniel Davies spent the day with

:09:13. > :09:22.him. Kevin Green, a landlord and an

:09:23. > :09:27.entrepreneur but he is concerned about the knock-on effect of welfare

:09:28. > :09:32.reform stop what we find is if welfare payments are put in the

:09:33. > :09:35.Tennents hand, they are not taught in school how to run a home and they

:09:36. > :09:41.can't budget. It will lead to careers. He has

:09:42. > :09:45.built a small property empire with more than 700 homes around

:09:46. > :09:50.Carmarthenshire. I spent the morning with him to hear

:09:51. > :09:58.how he thinks the overhaul to the welfare state with changes business.

:09:59. > :10:04.I met one of his tenants, Stacey, a mother of 11 children. Nine of whom

:10:05. > :10:08.live with her in Llanelli. The benefits were cut in August and she

:10:09. > :10:15.gets just over ?500 per week that she is behind on the rent.

:10:16. > :10:18.I can't afford to pay all my bills. I've run out of money before I am

:10:19. > :10:27.due to get my next lot of an effect. And struggling.

:10:28. > :10:30.We don't know how many people here in Carmarthenshire will have had

:10:31. > :10:35.their benefits cut but they just over 700 people in Wales were

:10:36. > :10:38.affected. A much bigger change to the welfare system is on it's way.

:10:39. > :10:43.Universal credit will merge six benefit payments into an monthly

:10:44. > :10:54.payment. Kevin Green is worried about the results of a trial run

:10:55. > :10:58.where rent arrears went up. I was immersed myself in 1984 so I

:10:59. > :11:06.tend to be towards high-priority tenants who have had faculties. -- I

:11:07. > :11:10.was homeless myself. The UK government says it wants to

:11:11. > :11:15.restore fairness to a system that was allowed to spiral out of

:11:16. > :11:17.control. It is working on exemptions for tenants and landlords and said

:11:18. > :11:23.monthly payments will make it easier for people to move into work. Kevin

:11:24. > :11:27.Green was sleeping rough years ago but now he teaches other people have

:11:28. > :11:31.to make a fortune. Universal credit is due to be phased in over four

:11:32. > :11:35.years in a week where MPs have criticised the government 's

:11:36. > :11:37.handling of it, this wealth coach says he is not convinced it will

:11:38. > :11:41.work out. And you can see more on that story

:11:42. > :11:43.on Sunday Politics here on BBC One Wales from 12:25pm.

:11:44. > :11:44.on Sunday Politics here But still to come tonight:

:11:45. > :11:47.on Sunday Politics here But still The story of one young

:11:48. > :12:00.First World War soldier who never came home to Wales.

:12:01. > :12:06.The economy in Wales could be more than ?150 million a year better off

:12:07. > :12:12.if low paid workers were given a living wage. That's according to the

:12:13. > :12:15.TUC here, who say if workers received ?7.45 an hour they'd

:12:16. > :12:20.contribute more in tax and receive fewer benefits. Some businesses

:12:21. > :12:23.argue higher wages would result in job cuts. Our economics

:12:24. > :12:25.correspondent Sarah Dickins has spent the day at one business in

:12:26. > :12:35.Brecon. Garlic from Spain, to be transformed

:12:36. > :12:40.into puree to end up in sauces and baguettes and all in Brecon. Edward

:12:41. > :12:45.and his mother set up this company 20 years ago. They started pureeing

:12:46. > :12:51.garlic and ginger and now they use 20 tonnes of garlic a week.

:12:52. > :13:00.Businesses supplying the food industry tend to keep costs low to

:13:01. > :13:07.compete. 100 people work here. 40 of them are paid around ?7 20 an hour.

:13:08. > :13:12.That is 90p more than the minimum wage but paying a living wage would

:13:13. > :13:17.cost the company an extra ?10 a week for each of them. Some businesses

:13:18. > :13:23.are due -- argue that they might have to cut jobs if they had to pay

:13:24. > :13:29.the living wage. Do you have to rework materials? Do

:13:30. > :13:35.you have to hold disciplinary? This is a physical cost of money.

:13:36. > :13:40.If a mistake is made in a food factory, it can cost millions.

:13:41. > :13:44.Reliable staff are crucial. Leo has worked here for more than two and a

:13:45. > :13:48.half years and his partner looks after their toddler full-time. He is

:13:49. > :13:53.pleased to get more than the minimum wage but there's even an extra 20p

:13:54. > :13:59.an hour would make a difference. I would be able to save money to

:14:00. > :14:04.take my family on holiday and I would be able to buy a car and have

:14:05. > :14:07.the happy life everyone is after. They are producing 4.5 tonnes of

:14:08. > :14:11.chilli paste a week, working flat-out in the run-up to

:14:12. > :14:14.Christmas. Workers here earned more than the

:14:15. > :14:19.minimum wage but less than the living wage. One in four of us earn

:14:20. > :14:24.in that bracket but the debate this week is about whether putting pay up

:14:25. > :14:29.by a pound and other would actually help workers or mean there were

:14:30. > :14:32.fewer jobs? There is significant support around Wales for the

:14:33. > :14:40.argument that companies would shed staff if they had to increase wages.

:14:41. > :14:44.We work on the margin where we can't afford to pay an extra pound an

:14:45. > :14:49.hour, that makes you wonder if it is viable. It is all about policy and

:14:50. > :14:53.reliably supplying customers that is the message from here but other

:14:54. > :14:55.family firms say they just can't afford it.

:14:56. > :14:58.Five people have been taken to hospital following two separate

:14:59. > :15:01.fires in south-west Wales this morning. Police helped two people

:15:02. > :15:04.escape from a house in Haverfordwest this morning and crews were called

:15:05. > :15:07.out to a kitchen fire in Pentrefelin near Llandeilo, where three more

:15:08. > :15:10.were rescued. The cause of both blazes is being investigated.

:15:11. > :15:13.People are being warned to keep their dogs off beaches in the Vale

:15:14. > :15:17.of Glamorgan as several pets have needed urgent treatment after eating

:15:18. > :15:21.poisonous rancid fat. The council says the degraded palm oil, which is

:15:22. > :15:25.washing up on the coast near Ogmore by Sea, is no threat to humans

:15:26. > :15:29.unless it's ingested. They say they'll be clearing it away on a

:15:30. > :15:35.daily basis. Similar incidents have been reported in Cornwall.

:15:36. > :15:37.One of the world's biggest literary prizes was awarded to American

:15:38. > :15:40.author, Claire Vaye Watkins in Swansea last night. The 29-year-old

:15:41. > :15:43.from California won the ?30,000 Dylan Thomas prize for her book

:15:44. > :15:47.Battleborn, beating off competition from seven other young writers from

:15:48. > :15:54.all over the world, including a poet from Aberystwyth.

:15:55. > :15:56.So, the first of the autumn internationals this weekend.

:15:57. > :16:01.Ashleigh's here looking forward to the weekend.

:16:02. > :16:05.Good evening. After a successful Six Nations and a victorious Lions Tour,

:16:06. > :16:10.the message from the Wales camp is no more excuses as they hunt a major

:16:11. > :16:13.Southern Hemisphere scalp. South Africa tomorrow is the first of four

:16:14. > :16:22.matches this month which concludes with a visit from Australia.

:16:23. > :16:27.Nearly but not quite. That has been the story against South Africa and

:16:28. > :16:30.the other southern hemisphere teams for the current generation of

:16:31. > :16:33.players for Wales. They have lost the last four matches against the

:16:34. > :16:37.Springboks by less than a single score. Sam Warburton thinks the

:16:38. > :16:42.problem had been in the players heads. They didn't believe they

:16:43. > :16:49.could when. But he says the team of 2013 is different. We have been

:16:50. > :16:53.billing as a Welsh team for a few years and I think now is the time

:16:54. > :16:57.where 23 boys want to go out and expect to win on Saturday.

:16:58. > :17:00.There are not going to be massive celebrations if we do because we

:17:01. > :17:09.feel like it is what is expected of us, really. I think that can then

:17:10. > :17:12.kick-start us on. The coaching scene think this could have a major

:17:13. > :17:16.bearing on the next World Cup. History shows that the serious

:17:17. > :17:21.contenders for the trophy start beating the world's best sides in

:17:22. > :17:27.the build-up. England went through that process in

:17:28. > :17:32.2003 and four as to be involved in potential World Cup finals, we have

:17:33. > :17:35.to beat Southern Hemisphere sides on the way and I think you have to do

:17:36. > :17:41.that before rather than during. That is why it is key to us to do it over

:17:42. > :17:47.the next few weeks. Wales lost unexpectedly in the opening week of

:17:48. > :17:50.the last year's series and they hoped lessons have been learnt.

:17:51. > :17:55.Jonathan Davies was back in the classroom last week at his old

:17:56. > :18:00.school. He helped to launch the new digital comic for the WRU. It

:18:01. > :18:07.features a victorious rugby playing Dragon, a description that he hopes

:18:08. > :18:12.will fit him come 7pm tomorrow. The teachers are far nicer to me now

:18:13. > :18:16.than they were in school. We have got a real edge about us and we

:18:17. > :18:19.understand it is important to move forward and get results against

:18:20. > :18:23.these teams. No question of a slow start by South

:18:24. > :18:29.Africa. They are up to speed after pushing the all Blacks close in the

:18:30. > :18:33.rugby championship. Of us for Wales, they had to start this campaign as

:18:34. > :18:35.they finished the six Nations, creating a new winning feeling for

:18:36. > :18:38.Welsh rugby. And you can catch the match on BBC

:18:39. > :18:44.Two Wales from 5:00pm tomorrow evening, or there's commentary on

:18:45. > :18:47.BBC Radio Wales and Radio Cymru. Wales manager Chris Coleman has been

:18:48. > :18:51.discussing his future with officials from the Football Association of

:18:52. > :18:54.Wales. His current deal runs out after a friendly against Finland

:18:55. > :18:58.later this month. Today Coleman also named his squad for that match which

:18:59. > :19:03.sees a recall for Gareth Bale who missed October's two World Cup

:19:04. > :19:06.qualifiers through injury. Swansea City manager Michael Laudrup

:19:07. > :19:08.said he was encouraged by an improved performance by his side,

:19:09. > :19:14.despite conceding a late equaliser at Kuban Krasnodar in the Europa

:19:15. > :19:16.League. Two points from their final two group matches will guarantee the

:19:17. > :19:26.Swans advance to the knock-out stages. They host Stoke in the

:19:27. > :19:31.Premier League on Sunday. We will try everything that we can

:19:32. > :19:35.to win again because it is the first Premier League game after we lost

:19:36. > :19:41.the Derby. I have to repeat what I just said, can I just say that it is

:19:42. > :19:45.a game we just have to win because we are much better than the other

:19:46. > :19:48.team are very arrogant to say and I'm not arrogant.

:19:49. > :19:52.After their win in the South Wales derby last Sunday, Cardiff City are

:19:53. > :19:53.at Aston Villa in the Premier League tomorrow.

:19:54. > :19:58.And it's also FA Cup First Round weekend - Newport County are at

:19:59. > :20:00.Braintree while Wrexham host Alfreton.

:20:01. > :20:04.And finally Wales' rugby league players will be hoping to restore

:20:05. > :20:08.some pride as their World Cup campaign comes to an end this

:20:09. > :20:12.weekend. After defeats to Italy and the US - Iestyn Harris' side have no

:20:13. > :20:15.chance of making the quarter finals. They face the Cook Islands in Neath

:20:16. > :20:19.on Sunday. Plenty more build-up to the weekend

:20:20. > :20:21.of sport on Sport Wales on BBC Two Wales from 7:00pm.

:20:22. > :20:24.Lucy, back to you. Also this weekend, the nation's

:20:25. > :20:26.thoughts will turn once again to remembrance with services in

:20:27. > :20:31.villages, towns and cities across the country. They'll recall the

:20:32. > :20:34.sacrifice made in all conflicts. As preparations get underway to mark

:20:35. > :20:38.next year's centenary of the start of the First World War, Roger Pinney

:20:39. > :20:43.tells the story of one young man who never came home to Wales.

:20:44. > :20:52.A freshfaced young man, eager to do his best. Tom Williams was proud to

:20:53. > :20:56.be in uniform at last. He volunteered, lying about his age to

:20:57. > :20:59.get in. A soldier who must have travelled to the Western front with

:21:00. > :21:05.excitement and perhaps some doubt about what lay ahead. Like so many,

:21:06. > :21:08.he never came back. I do think about him. His story

:21:09. > :21:16.tells the story for everyone else, really. The home he left behind is

:21:17. > :21:22.just around the corner of a war memorial that bears his name.

:21:23. > :21:25.His niece passes it most days as she lives in the village. Almost a

:21:26. > :21:30.century but a generation removed from her ankle's sacrifice. They

:21:31. > :21:33.must have all done the same thing and their families must have gone

:21:34. > :21:38.through the same pain and anguish when they lost them.

:21:39. > :21:43.Tom Williams died in 1917, during the first days of the battleship --

:21:44. > :21:48.and I'll -- the battle of Passchendaele. The grave of so many

:21:49. > :21:52.of his colleagues are now in the war cemeteries which. The battlefield

:21:53. > :21:54.but Tom Williams has no headstone. His body was never found. He is

:21:55. > :22:08.remembered here. At this late, the last Post ceremony

:22:09. > :22:12.is a ritual laid out every night of the year. The gate is the memorial

:22:13. > :22:19.to the missing. 56,000 of those who have no known grave. With the help

:22:20. > :22:25.of fulfilled historian Erwin, I found his name in amongst so many

:22:26. > :22:29.other Williamses who served like him in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers. What

:22:30. > :22:35.hope now that his body might be found?

:22:36. > :22:40.There is always a slight chance we find every year a number of bodies

:22:41. > :22:44.and very occasionally, a body is identified. It is very rare and it

:22:45. > :22:47.doesn't happen very often. There are still so many bodies out there which

:22:48. > :22:55.have never had a proper grave. You cannot remain untouched by this

:22:56. > :22:59.story. The parents of Tom Williams received a letter of condolence from

:23:00. > :23:03.the King and it is kept with letters from the front.

:23:04. > :23:08.The family has kept mementos of Tom Williams. This was his swagger

:23:09. > :23:14.stick, the regimental insignia of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers. This

:23:15. > :23:19.letter was sent just two weeks before he died. In it he asks for

:23:20. > :23:24.some home comforts to be sent out, some cake and cigarettes. Then there

:23:25. > :23:29.is this one a short while later. It says he is missing in action and a

:23:30. > :23:33.little while after that, the family received this letter, informing them

:23:34. > :23:37.that he had been killed. As my mother got older, she used to tell

:23:38. > :23:41.us things about having the one brother and how Tom was killed when

:23:42. > :23:45.he was very young. He was the only boy in the family,

:23:46. > :23:50.which was a bit of a tragedy for my Nana. The stories I've had are

:23:51. > :23:55.really from these letters that I found which, I think, tell me about

:23:56. > :24:01.him, rather than just having the photographs. I can think about him

:24:02. > :24:06.as a real person and what a brave young man he was, really.

:24:07. > :24:11.And the story of Tom Williams speaks for his generation. A generation

:24:12. > :24:13.which gave so much. And the sacrifice which in places like

:24:14. > :24:15.Afghanistan continues to this day. Roger Pinney reporting.

:24:16. > :24:18.And the Rememberance Sunday commemorations will be televised

:24:19. > :24:25.live from the Cenotaph in Whitehall from 10:20pm on BBC One.

:24:26. > :24:30.Let's get this weekend's weather forecast now with Sue Charles.

:24:31. > :24:38.It is a wet and windy start and end to the weekend but in between, not

:24:39. > :24:41.too bad. Sunny spells and chilly with blustery showers. Through this

:24:42. > :24:48.evening scattered showers will continue for a time. Some clear

:24:49. > :24:51.spells inland. Temperatures falling to two Celsius along the marches but

:24:52. > :24:58.a band of heavy rain pushing into the south-west by Dawn. It chilly

:24:59. > :25:04.start and wet and windy in the south as the front shoes eastwards,

:25:05. > :25:07.bringing 5-10 millimetres of rain. That will clear to leave sunshine

:25:08. > :25:11.and a few showers in the afternoon which could you wintry in the

:25:12. > :25:17.hills. Colder than today with temperatures in single figures.

:25:18. > :25:21.Between six and nine Celsius. Quite chilly and breezy if you are heading

:25:22. > :25:25.for the first of the autumn internationals in Cardiff. Largely

:25:26. > :25:30.dry with a couple of showers. The showers will ease tomorrow night and

:25:31. > :25:34.it will turn colder. A brief ridge of high pressure building behind

:25:35. > :25:37.this front and the winds will ease with temperatures plummeting and

:25:38. > :25:43.those clear skies. It could be one of the coldest nights so far this

:25:44. > :25:47.autumn. A widespread frost early Sunday inland and then a crisp,

:25:48. > :25:50.bright and cold morning for Remembrance Sunday with plenty of

:25:51. > :25:53.sunshine but cloud thickening. Then rain will push into the West by late

:25:54. > :26:00.afternoon, spreading eastwards by the evening. Further heavy rain to

:26:01. > :26:05.come, 20-30 millilitres is likely and strong winds overnight into

:26:06. > :26:15.Monday. Clearing through Monday itself and then turning triad, drier

:26:16. > :26:17.and brighter. A wet and windy start and end to the weekend with some

:26:18. > :26:22.decent Sunny spells in between and an unsettled dart to next week. High

:26:23. > :26:27.pressure will build a allowing more settled weather but colder by

:26:28. > :26:34.Tuesday and Wednesday. Today's picture is from Rick, taking during

:26:35. > :26:36.a brief right spell between the showers. Sunshine and showers sums

:26:37. > :26:45.up the weather of the weekend. The main news again from the BBC: A

:26:46. > :26:48.Royal Marine had been found guilty of murdering an injured Afghan

:26:49. > :26:52.insurgent in what the prosecution called an execution.

:26:53. > :26:54.A military court heard how he admitted to his colleagues that he

:26:55. > :26:59.had just broken the Geneva Convention after shooting the man on

:27:00. > :27:04.patrol in Helmand province. To other Marines were acquitted of the

:27:05. > :27:07.murder. One of the strongest storms ever

:27:08. > :27:10.recorded has drawn through the central islands of the Philippines,

:27:11. > :27:14.causing landslides flash floods and power lines brought down.

:27:15. > :27:18.Authorities say 12 million people are at risk. The Church in Wales is

:27:19. > :27:21.backing a campaign from the human rights group, Child Soldiers

:27:22. > :27:26.International to end the recruitment of under-18s into the army.

:27:27. > :27:30.At the moment anyone aged 16 and over can be recruited. The Ministry

:27:31. > :27:31.of Defence says a military career offers many benefits to young

:27:32. > :27:35.recruits. And that is Wales Today. There's a

:27:36. > :27:39.quick update at 8:00pm, more news at 10:25pm. For now though, from all of

:27:40. > :27:41.us on the programme, have a good weekend.