:00:00. > :00:09.Welcome to Wales Today. Our top story: Paying for tomorrow's
:00:10. > :00:12.students. Labour's Education Minister heckled in the chamber.
:00:13. > :00:14.Criticism tonight that we won't find out about any changes until after
:00:15. > :00:35.the election. Our other headlines tonight: Under
:00:36. > :00:41.pressure. A warning tonight about family doctors at breaking point.
:00:42. > :00:45.General practice is on its knees. The demands are increasing and the
:00:46. > :00:49.complexity of the work is increasing and the workforce is shrinking.
:00:50. > :00:52.How far should you have to travel to have your baby? Why Pembrokeshire
:00:53. > :00:54.mums might have to go to Carmarthenshire.
:00:55. > :01:00.The first snow of autumn brings travel disruption to many upland
:01:01. > :01:03.areas. And the teenage wing Hallam Amos
:01:04. > :01:16.will make his debut for Wales against Tonga on Friday. The first
:01:17. > :01:19.minute of my first cap will be tough but I have played against big men
:01:20. > :01:27.before in training. It is just another game.
:01:28. > :01:30.Good evening. The Education Minister has been heckled in the chamber this
:01:31. > :01:34.afternoon over the timing of his plans to review higher education in
:01:35. > :01:37.Wales. Huw Lewis says the review is due to be completed after the next
:01:38. > :01:40.Assembly elections in 2016. Opposition parties say that is
:01:41. > :01:43.deliberate so voters won't know what his party's policy will be. At the
:01:44. > :01:49.moment, universities charge around ?8,000 a year in tuition fees. Welsh
:01:50. > :01:52.students pay the first ?3,500. The rest of the bill is picked up by the
:01:53. > :02:03.Welsh Government, regardless of where they study. Live to our
:02:04. > :02:07.Political Editor, Nick Servini. This has been one of the most talked
:02:08. > :02:12.about policies in recent years. In the past 24 hours it has been no
:02:13. > :02:16.exception. Last night the education minister announced the setting up of
:02:17. > :02:24.an independent commission to look at things like the long-term funding of
:02:25. > :02:28.higher education, widening access. Not controversial in itself but
:02:29. > :02:32.controversy surrounded the timings of when it will be completed. The
:02:33. > :02:35.accusation is that folders will be left in the dark in a major policy
:02:36. > :02:41.when they go to the polls for the assembly elections in two and a half
:02:42. > :02:51.years time. The Welsh Government said today that this needs consensus
:02:52. > :02:55.on all the different sides but the minister was given a rough ride.
:02:56. > :03:00.Sixth formers like these will benefit from the current policy to
:03:01. > :03:04.subsidise university education. The question is how long will it last?
:03:05. > :03:08.The education Minister Hugh Lewis says as well as being affordable it
:03:09. > :03:16.is popular in the country so is that the view among pupils? I think it is
:03:17. > :03:23.effective. It is better than England. ?3500 is still a lot of
:03:24. > :03:29.money. It puts people off because a lot of people can't afford it. They
:03:30. > :03:34.don't go on to higher education. One of the main criticisms of the policy
:03:35. > :03:38.on tuition fees is that tens of millions of pounds is drained from
:03:39. > :03:42.the Welsh system. In the last academic year around 6700 students
:03:43. > :03:47.from Wales completed their first year at universities in England
:03:48. > :03:54.taking with them ?33 million of Welsh Government many. In the same
:03:55. > :04:00.period, 12,700 Welsh students stayed in Wales, contributing to more than
:04:01. > :04:06.?64 million to universities here. Around 9000 students came to study
:04:07. > :04:10.in Wales bringing ?50 million. Figures like these will be
:04:11. > :04:13.scrutinised by the new independent commission. The commission itself
:04:14. > :04:20.was broadly welcomed but the timing was not. It will report back until
:04:21. > :04:24.after the next assembly elections. The Minister first had to defend
:04:25. > :04:30.this timing on BBC Wales this morning. You are kicking this into
:04:31. > :04:37.the long grass so you don't have to tell the electorate what your policy
:04:38. > :04:41.will be. That is a simple-minded interpretation. Then from opposition
:04:42. > :04:49.parties when an emergency question was tabled. You know I am very keen
:04:50. > :04:53.on collaboration but I have already asked for the review to happen here
:04:54. > :04:59.but what I don't do is provide a cover for an unsustainable and
:05:00. > :05:07.simple-minded policy. Why can't this commission report earlier so as to
:05:08. > :05:13.inform the electorate of the policy. If this commission does not report
:05:14. > :05:16.until 2016 it will take at least two years for that new funding mechanism
:05:17. > :05:23.to be put in place and a further three years before the whole corps
:05:24. > :05:27.holed moves through universities. Instead of getting to grips with the
:05:28. > :05:33.fundal -- fundamental issues that matter however made it clear that we
:05:34. > :05:36.will see a general election in 2015 and we will see a Welsh general
:05:37. > :05:43.election in 2016. What we must have from this review is an enduring
:05:44. > :05:47.settlement which is above and beyond the sound and fury of any particular
:05:48. > :05:54.election campaign and hence the timetable. The Minister says a
:05:55. > :05:58.robust plan needs to be worked out to try and improve the accessibility
:05:59. > :06:03.of universities for those for low-income background. We are
:06:04. > :06:08.pleased that we will have a place on that review and that the student
:06:09. > :06:13.perspective will be counted. We need to have a full-scale look at what it
:06:14. > :06:18.is we do and how we can do things properly. There are many within the
:06:19. > :06:26.higher education sector who want the commission to lead to a change in
:06:27. > :06:31.policy. The policy position in Wales depends on supporting Welsh citizens
:06:32. > :06:36.wherever they study but it has consequences. One of the
:06:37. > :06:43.consequences is that the amount of our resources is more limited. What
:06:44. > :06:46.about Welsh university students themselves? Any change could lead to
:06:47. > :06:50.them paying more. Paying for university tuition fees has been one
:06:51. > :06:58.of the most high-profile policies in recent years and that profile shows
:06:59. > :07:01.no sign of dying down. Higher education on tuition fees are
:07:02. > :07:09.tricky political territory and they? At a UK level the Lib Dems had their
:07:10. > :07:14.fingers burnt when they backtracked on a pledge not to raise tuition
:07:15. > :07:20.fees. They Welsh Government has to be careful. He were Lewis wants more
:07:21. > :07:29.time and today he was talking about things like the general election
:07:30. > :07:35.campaign. -- Hugh Lewis. He actually went further this afternoon and made
:07:36. > :07:42.the point that the sound and fury as he described it of an election
:07:43. > :07:48.campaign gets in the way and it is the wrong time to discuss these
:07:49. > :07:52.issues. The response to that from the opposition parties is that an
:07:53. > :07:56.election campaign is exactly the time to discuss it and all of these
:07:57. > :08:01.policies should be put to the voters. One scenario could be that
:08:02. > :08:10.the opposition parties come up with specific policies into a half years
:08:11. > :08:13.time on tuition fees but the Labour Party will say trust us, we are
:08:14. > :08:17.going to have to wait until the results of this commission. In terms
:08:18. > :08:21.of when it goes from here, despite all the criticism, then of the
:08:22. > :08:25.opposition parties are saying they're going to pull out at this
:08:26. > :08:27.stage. Family doctors in Wales face a
:08:28. > :08:31."crisis" and "enormous pressures" mean the profession is "on its
:08:32. > :08:34.knees". That's the warning tonight from the Chair of the British
:08:35. > :08:37.Medical Association's GP Committee in Wales. Dr Charlotte Jones has
:08:38. > :08:40.told BBC Wales that increasing demand coupled with a shrinking
:08:41. > :08:43.workforce means GPs are often "too exhausted" to treat extra patients.
:08:44. > :08:46.Here's Our health correspondent, Owain Clarke BBC Wales has learned
:08:47. > :08:48.that staff at Withybush Hospital in Pembrokeshire have been told there
:08:49. > :08:53.are plans to move consultant-led maternity services to
:08:54. > :08:59.this is Doctor Charlotte Jones who chairs the committee representing
:09:00. > :09:07.Welsh GPs. Today she told me about the pressures facing the profession.
:09:08. > :09:11.GPs are feeling the pressure. Those GPs working in the daytime are
:09:12. > :09:17.exhausted. They don't feel able to do out of hours work. All the GPs
:09:18. > :09:23.are taking early retirement. We are hearing reports of GPs leaving both
:09:24. > :09:31.training and from partnerships. The problem is she said at common but
:09:32. > :09:34.more acute in rural areas. The BMA is worried about the increasing
:09:35. > :09:39.costs for doctors and getting themselves insured when they treat
:09:40. > :09:42.patients beyond normal hours. That and not enough doctors in our
:09:43. > :09:46.opinion available to do the work. Therefore we feel that with the
:09:47. > :09:52.changes to insurance fees the doctors have to pay, there are going
:09:53. > :09:57.to be less and less doctors. In some surgeries patients find it difficult
:09:58. > :10:04.to book appointments. So are GPs doing enough to keep patients out of
:10:05. > :10:07.hospital? If we had more services available in the community and more
:10:08. > :10:11.staff to support the work we might well be able to keep patients out of
:10:12. > :10:15.hospital. But some people need hospital admission and where
:10:16. > :10:20.patients need hospital admission no GP will deny that. What are the
:10:21. > :10:30.answers? Increasing the amount of funding which goes into general
:10:31. > :10:40.practice. And Dave at -- David that from where? There are difficult
:10:41. > :10:43.conversations to be had. Doctor Jones and the BMA are hammering out
:10:44. > :10:53.a new deal for the GPs with the Welsh Government. But that is no
:10:54. > :11:18.denying that family doctors are not the only workers currently feeling
:11:19. > :11:22.the pressure. BBC Wales has learned that staff at
:11:23. > :11:24.Withybush Hospital in Pembrokeshire have been told there are plans to
:11:25. > :11:27.move consultant-led maternity services to Carmarthen in the new
:11:28. > :11:31.year. Hywel Dda Health Board maintain no decision has been made
:11:32. > :11:33.yet, but, as Abigail Neal reports, there are already serious questions
:11:34. > :11:37.being raised about the proposals. Sharon Murray is due to give birth
:11:38. > :11:41.in January next year. She's hoping she can do that in Pembrokeshire,
:11:42. > :11:44.but like many, she has fears for the future of her local hospital. They
:11:45. > :11:46.are going on about getting rid of the children area of the hospital so
:11:47. > :11:49.we're thinking of moving up to Carmarthen so we are closer to the
:11:50. > :11:52.hospital. Hywel Dda Health Board announced in January that they
:11:53. > :11:54.wanted to transfer the special care baby unit from Haverfordwest to
:11:55. > :11:58.Glangwili in Carmarthen. Now, BBC Wales has learned that staff were
:11:59. > :12:03.told there are also plans to transfer consultant-led maternity
:12:04. > :12:11.care from march next year. Staff were shocked as they had no idea at
:12:12. > :12:15.all. It was an off-the-cuff message. I don't think patients
:12:16. > :12:22.really know. The health board says these recent proposals are a
:12:23. > :12:27.necessary consequence of their recent decision to concentrate
:12:28. > :12:32.specialist care at Carmarthen. But campaigners would argue these go
:12:33. > :12:35.well below -- beyond the lengthy consultation and that that is
:12:36. > :12:38.fundamentally unfair. The patient watchdog in West Wales is worried
:12:39. > :12:48.this could lead to the loss of paediatric services and ultimately
:12:49. > :12:56.emergency cover. It would be a serious concern because if you
:12:57. > :13:01.remove that you remove the cover. It affects the ability to offer a
:13:02. > :13:08.24-hour accident and emergency service. This will put people 's
:13:09. > :13:11.lives at risk. This afternoon, the local Assembly Member, Paul Davies,
:13:12. > :13:15.called for an urgent statement from the Health Minister, Mark Drakeford,
:13:16. > :13:18.but was told it would not be forthcoming until Hywel Dda had
:13:19. > :13:21.handed in their proposals. In a statement, the health board told us
:13:22. > :13:23.they are committed to openly discussing the current situation
:13:24. > :13:29.with staff and meetings are taking place. They say proposed models will
:13:30. > :13:33.be submitted to Welsh Government in the next few weeks. But campaigners
:13:34. > :13:36.want to act now. They are calling on the Health Minister to intervene and
:13:37. > :13:41.say they plan to lodge an application for judicial review.
:13:42. > :13:43.The development of so-called 'City Regions' here has taken another step
:13:44. > :13:47.forward with the announcement that two new boards have been created to
:13:48. > :13:50.help deliver the plans. WRU chief executive Roger Lewis will chair the
:13:51. > :13:53.South East Wales City Region. There have also been appointments for the
:13:54. > :13:56.Swansea Bay project. The Economy Minister says they should play a
:13:57. > :14:07.critical role in providing leadership and vision. I am honoured
:14:08. > :14:12.to be invited to chair the board. But most importantly I think I'm
:14:13. > :14:15.passionate about the ambition of this board. I think this can make a
:14:16. > :14:20.profound change positively to the lives of people throughout the ten
:14:21. > :14:24.local authorities that make up the South East Wales city region.
:14:25. > :14:27.A man from Gwynedd has been jailed for ten weeks and banned from
:14:28. > :14:30.keeping horses for ten years after causing unnecessary suffering. Evan
:14:31. > :14:33.Evans, who's 69, was found guilty earlier this year of keeping 51
:14:34. > :14:38.horses in "appalling" conditions and failing to meet welfare needs.
:14:39. > :14:42.The organiser of a firework display which took place close to the M5,
:14:43. > :14:46.where a pile-up killed seven people including a couple from Newport, is
:14:47. > :14:49.not a risk taker, a court's heard. Geoffrey Counell denies failing to
:14:50. > :14:54.ensure public safety for the event in Taunton in 2011. Yesterday, the
:14:55. > :15:01.jury heard that smoke from the display blocked the view of drivers.
:15:02. > :15:04.The case continues. An inquest has opened and adjourned
:15:05. > :15:08.into the deaths of a couple killed when a plane crashed in Flintshire
:15:09. > :15:11.on Friday. Gary Vickers and Kaye Clarke were returning from a trip to
:15:12. > :15:14.Europe when the light aircraft came down at Hawarden Airport. The
:15:15. > :15:18.hearing heard that inquiries into the crash were expected to be
:15:19. > :15:22.extensive. They forecast snow in parts of Wales
:15:23. > :15:25.overnight and the forecasters got it right. Upland areas in Conwy,
:15:26. > :15:28.Denbighshire and Gwynedd seem to have had the biggest falls, although
:15:29. > :15:31.the Rhigos Mountain Road in South Wales was closed. Between
:15:32. > :15:34.Trawsfynydd and Bala, one car left the road after skidding in
:15:35. > :15:44.treacherous conditions. Roger Pinney reports.
:15:45. > :15:51.A lucky escape for one motorist this morning. The scar left the road
:15:52. > :15:57.between Bala and Trawsfynydd. -- this car. Further along, some
:15:58. > :16:04.abandoned their vehicles. Across the bland areas of North Wales motorists
:16:05. > :16:07.were urged to drive with care. This is the second car that is the second
:16:08. > :16:12.car that has gone off the road this morning. Conditions are bad at the
:16:13. > :16:26.moment. A lot of people have been caught out. It is quite slippery. I
:16:27. > :16:30.hour ago it was fine but it has come down quickly. The snow was not
:16:31. > :16:35.confined to the North. In mid Wales there was a dusting on the hills.
:16:36. > :16:47.The Rhigos mountain road was cold. -- was closed. The picture postcard
:16:48. > :16:55.scenes could be seen in North Wales. First icy blast of winter then and
:16:56. > :17:01.it seems some of us were caught out. It caused problems for some but it
:17:02. > :17:04.was an inconvenience more than anything else.
:17:05. > :17:07.So is there more snow to come? We'll have a full forecast before 7:00pm.
:17:08. > :17:11.Snow on the mountains, gale force winds and rain heading our way. I'll
:17:12. > :17:14.tell you all about it later. And the teenage wing Hallam Amos
:17:15. > :17:25.will make his debut for Wales against Tonga on Friday.
:17:26. > :17:29.The wait to find out if Swansea Bay will be the UK's City of Culture in
:17:30. > :17:33.2017 is almost over. Tomorrow morning, the team behind the bid
:17:34. > :17:36.will find out if they've managed to beat off competition from Dundee,
:17:37. > :17:39.Hull and Leicester. Our arts correspondent, Huw Thomas, takes a
:17:40. > :17:49.look at what each competing city has to offer.
:17:50. > :17:53.Swansea Bay, cradle of talent the movie legend, music icons and
:17:54. > :18:00.theatrical stars and the birthplace of Dylan Thomas. The Bay Area from
:18:01. > :18:04.the Nelly to put Albert thinks it was already got cultural
:18:05. > :18:08.credibility. For 2017 it says it will create a new musical festival
:18:09. > :18:16.and make the most of its connections. But is it Lester's time
:18:17. > :18:24.to shine. It boasts the biggest Dee Valley Festival of light outside of
:18:25. > :18:26.India. Hull has taken the competition studiously and has made
:18:27. > :18:33.a slick video to promote the town. They are promising 365 days of
:18:34. > :18:43.culture if they win. They are considered by some to be Swansea's
:18:44. > :18:49.main rivals. Or could then the win. It is the home of comic book star
:18:50. > :19:02.Dennis the Menace. What are the judges looking for? They will be
:19:03. > :19:08.looking for the potential growth and development and regeneration. Is the
:19:09. > :19:17.culture of Swansea related to its industrial past? Or rather seeds and
:19:18. > :19:24.is the challenge passing to another generation. Londonderry was the
:19:25. > :19:27.first city of culture this year and the team backing Swansea Bay say it
:19:28. > :19:35.will be worth ?70 million to the economy. As we near the end of our
:19:36. > :19:38.city of culture year, it is easy to see the transformation that has
:19:39. > :19:43.happened in the city. It has transformed it. The year has gone
:19:44. > :19:51.with a bang in Londonderry. Swansea Bay has spent ?10,000 on its bid to
:19:52. > :19:54.become the next city of culture. And we'll bring you that
:19:55. > :19:59.announcement and all the reaction in our programmes tomorrow. As well as
:20:00. > :20:02.celebrating our traditional arts and culture, Wales has a wealth of new
:20:03. > :20:05.musicians aiming for success. But in these days of downloads, YouTube
:20:06. > :20:09.videos and streaming sites, how easy is it for bands to get their music
:20:10. > :20:20.heard and to forge a successful career? Sachin Krishnan reports.
:20:21. > :20:30.Rehearsing for the latest live appearance. They have been recording
:20:31. > :20:33.and playing live for the past year. But for bands today trying to forge
:20:34. > :20:37.a career in the music industry, they told me it is just a small part of
:20:38. > :20:40.what they need to do to make themselves known. In addition to
:20:41. > :20:47.Facebook and Twitter there are things like sound cloud, just ways
:20:48. > :20:55.of getting your music at their and making it accessible. It is easier
:20:56. > :21:00.but that is so much new stuff and it's difficult to stay on top of who
:21:01. > :21:07.is doing what. So what can successful artists potentially earn?
:21:08. > :21:14.Figures from PRS shows that for the sale of a ?10 CD the songwriter can
:21:15. > :21:20.expect to receive around 65% -- 65p to 85p. Money for playing a song on
:21:21. > :21:25.raid your varies but it can be up to ?59 for a three-minute song played
:21:26. > :21:30.on Radio 2. Live music rings songwriter is around 3% of the price
:21:31. > :21:34.of all tickets. The big debate faxing the music industry at present
:21:35. > :21:39.revolves around artists who put their music on streaming sites. PRS
:21:40. > :21:53.told me is time a song is played it brings in a fraction of a penny for
:21:54. > :21:57.each play on the site. With so many ways of accessing music online, it
:21:58. > :22:03.may be surprising to learn that final sales at their highest for a
:22:04. > :22:06.decade. From one of the owners of one of the last independent music
:22:07. > :22:13.shops in Newport, physical releases can help bands to stand out. Bands
:22:14. > :22:20.need to think of themselves as a business as well as an artistic
:22:21. > :22:25.unit. They need to think about the whole package. What they are trying
:22:26. > :22:38.to achieve and how to get their music to the public. This band are
:22:39. > :22:41.hoping the next you will see the release of their debut album. A
:22:42. > :22:45.major step for a fledgling band trying to make it in what is an
:22:46. > :22:48.industry which is constantly changing and evolving like never
:22:49. > :22:52.before. Wales rugby coach Warren Gatland has
:22:53. > :22:56.given most of his star players a weekend off ahead of the third match
:22:57. > :22:58.of the autumn series. He's made 11 changes for Friday night's test
:22:59. > :23:02.against Tonga, with 19-year-old Dragons wing Hallam Amos picked for
:23:03. > :23:10.the first time. More from our sports reporter, Ashleigh Crowter.
:23:11. > :23:16.Ten days ago he was not even in the squad. Now 19-year-old Hallam Amos
:23:17. > :23:19.is preparing to make his debut. He is one of the brightest talents in
:23:20. > :23:22.the dragons backline but he might have been a footballer had it not
:23:23. > :23:30.been for the intervention of the famous Welsh winger from the 1970s.
:23:31. > :23:36.I came to Monmouth School and John Bevan was there. He played for Wales
:23:37. > :23:46.and the Lions. I started my career as a prop. Then I slowly moved out
:23:47. > :23:52.and out and John Bevan Stepney at full-back. It is a mark of Wales'
:23:53. > :24:01.growing strength in depth that this site has plenty of experience. Luke
:24:02. > :24:04.Charteris partners Ian Evans at lock and Ryan Evans captains the side
:24:05. > :24:09.from number eight. James Hook will make his first start for Wales in
:24:10. > :24:12.more than two years and is paid with Lloyd Williams at halfback. Cardiff
:24:13. > :24:15.Blues Centre Owen Williams will win his third cap alongside Ashley Beck.
:24:16. > :24:19.Leigh Halfpenny and George North will be on hand to help Hallam Amos
:24:20. > :24:25.through his first full international. Tonga bring a
:24:26. > :24:29.physical challenge to focus the minds of even the most experienced
:24:30. > :24:33.players. We'll say they want the referee to protect them if the
:24:34. > :24:39.tourists take things too far. They had a man sent off the last time
:24:40. > :24:48.they played Wales. Physical, and compromising. They like to hit
:24:49. > :24:55.targets. We know what is to come. This is the first time I have played
:24:56. > :25:00.Tonga but there will be an element like Samoa and Fiji. Most of those
:25:01. > :25:05.who played against Argentina they are being rested for the game
:25:06. > :25:06.against Australia, the defining match of the autumn.
:25:07. > :25:16.So, any more snow on the way, Derek? On the hills and mountains, Jamie,
:25:17. > :25:19.but tomorrow most of us can expect rain. Strong to gale force winds as
:25:20. > :25:23.well. The rain clearing to showers. The radar picture shows today's
:25:24. > :25:26.showers. Some of them heavy. Most of the showers in the west this
:25:27. > :25:29.afternoon. Elsewhere, dry with some lovely sunshine. This evening, most
:25:30. > :25:32.places will start dry with a frost. However, cloud and rain will spread
:25:33. > :25:35.across the country overnight. A little snow on the mountains. The
:25:36. > :25:38.wind picking-up after midnight and becoming strong. Coldest this
:25:39. > :25:41.evening in Mid Wales, the South and East, but temperatures rising later.
:25:42. > :25:44.Tomorrow's chart shows low pressure moving south over the North Sea,
:25:45. > :25:47.bringing rain, gale force winds and wintry showers. So here's the
:25:48. > :25:50.picture for 8:00am in the morning. Different to today in the North.
:25:51. > :25:53.Temperatures higher, but wet and windy. Heavy rain for a time and a
:25:54. > :25:56.strong to gale force wind. Unpleasant conditions for
:25:57. > :25:59.travelling. Further south, the rain more patchy but windy, especially on
:26:00. > :26:02.the hills and coasts. During the morning, a band of heavy rain will
:26:03. > :26:05.move south. Hail and thunder possible but clearing by midday. So
:26:06. > :26:08.a brighter afternoon with sunshine and scattered showers. The showers
:26:09. > :26:12.heavy in places and wintry on high ground. Top temperatures, 6C to 9C
:26:13. > :26:15.but feeling colder in the wind. Gale force winds in the north and west.
:26:16. > :26:19.If you're heading into the mountains, sleet and snow will clear
:26:20. > :26:21.to wintry showers. And they'll be bitterly cold with severe gales on
:26:22. > :26:25.the summits. Tomorrow night, some dry weather but blustery showers as
:26:26. > :26:28.well. Wintry on higher ground. Gales on the north and west coast with
:26:29. > :26:31.temperatures staying above freezing. Thursday, a bit better. A few
:26:32. > :26:34.showers in the north and west but turning drier and brighter. Less
:26:35. > :26:38.windy too but still a chilly breeze. Friday and the weekend, mostly dry.
:26:39. > :26:41.Variable cloud, some sunshine and frost. By Sunday, with little wind,
:26:42. > :26:45.there is a risk of freezing fog patches. So a taste of winter this
:26:46. > :26:48.week but no sign yet of any widespread, heavy snow. If you're
:26:49. > :26:51.travelling tomorrow, watch out for strong to gale force winds. Heavy
:26:52. > :27:01.rain in the morning will clear to showers in the afternoon.
:27:02. > :27:06.The main news again from the BBC: The chairman of the Cooperative
:27:07. > :27:09.Group, Len Wardle, has resigned because of the drugs scandal
:27:10. > :27:12.surrounding the man he chose to lead the Co-op Bank, Paul Flowers. Mr
:27:13. > :27:15.Flowers, a Methodist minister, apologised at the weekend after he
:27:16. > :27:19.was filmed allegedly buying cocaine from a man he met on a dating
:27:20. > :27:22.website. The education minister has been
:27:23. > :27:27.heckled over the timing of his plans to reveal higher education here. He
:27:28. > :27:29.were Lewis says the review is due to be completed after the next assembly
:27:30. > :27:34.elections in 2016. I'll have an updates for you here at
:27:35. > :27:37.8:00pm and after the BBC News at 10:00pm. That's Wales Today. From
:27:38. > :27:41.all of us on the programme, good evening.