:00:00. > :00:09.Welcome to Wales Today. Tonight's headlines.
:00:10. > :00:13.Welsh Greenpeace activist Anthony Perret is granted bail by a court in
:00:14. > :00:21.northern Russia and could leave prison in the next 48 hours. We
:00:22. > :00:24.speak to his family in Newport. I hope that this situation will get
:00:25. > :00:29.resolved but there is going to need to be continued support and pressure
:00:30. > :00:51.until Anthony is back home. Also tonight.
:00:52. > :00:54.I am delighted to announce that the UK City of Culture 2017 is Hull.
:00:55. > :01:03.Disappointment in Swansea as it loses its bid, but those behind it
:01:04. > :01:07.say the show will go on. I am confident that with the public
:01:08. > :01:11.support we have had, their media support, the support from
:01:12. > :01:14.ambassadors across the Swansea Bay region that we are still going to
:01:15. > :01:17.deliver the capital of culture going forward.
:01:18. > :01:21.Benefit changes mean less money for repairs and new homes. The warning
:01:22. > :01:25.tonight from housing associations. It's hoped it could rival venues
:01:26. > :01:29.like London's Earls Court - plans for a convention centre in Newport
:01:30. > :01:32.to bring more business to Wales. And the moment when this year's BBC
:01:33. > :01:39.Wales Sports Unsung Hero finds out he's won.
:01:40. > :01:45.A Greenpeace activist from Newport arrested by Russian authorities two
:01:46. > :01:48.months ago has been granted bail. 32-year-old Anthony Perrett was held
:01:49. > :01:55.along with 27 other activists and two journalists after a protest at
:01:56. > :01:58.an oil rig in the Arctic Ocean. They're facing charges of
:01:59. > :02:06.hooliganism, which carries a maximum sentence in Russia of up to seven
:02:07. > :02:10.years in prison. In the past hour his partner has
:02:11. > :02:17.just spoken to BBC Wales and says the focus must now be on getting him
:02:18. > :02:23.home. It has been a mixture. It was a very busy. The phones and e-mails,
:02:24. > :02:28.text messages have been very constant and it has really been
:02:29. > :02:41.overwhelming to see and hear the amount of support that is there. I
:02:42. > :02:46.have been confident. I hope that this situation will get resolved but
:02:47. > :02:59.there is going to need to be continued support and pressure until
:03:00. > :03:03.Anthony is back home. We hope to speak to a correspondent
:03:04. > :03:09.in St Petersburg in the next few minutes.
:03:10. > :03:12.The team behind Swansea Bay's bid to be crowned the UK's City of Culture
:03:13. > :03:15.for 2017 admit they're disappointed not to have won, but will carry on
:03:16. > :03:18.with the work they've started. Earlier, the UK Culture Secretary
:03:19. > :03:21.announced that Hull will succeed Derry/Londonderry. Cemlyn Davies
:03:22. > :03:28.reports. They gathered in Swansea in hope and
:03:29. > :03:36.expectation. But then. I am delighted to announce that the UK
:03:37. > :03:40.City of Culture 2017 is Hull. The culture secretary praised all the
:03:41. > :03:44.cities but that did little to dampen the disappointment of those who have
:03:45. > :03:51.worked so hard on Swansea's joint bid with Neath Port Talbot and
:03:52. > :03:58.Carmarthenshire. I think we are naturally disappointed. We had a
:03:59. > :04:03.strong bid. But I think it has been a really good gym -- Jamie because
:04:04. > :04:11.we have something unique in the area. The Swansea Bay area has an
:04:12. > :04:15.extraordinary wealth of talent, commitment, hard-working people and
:04:16. > :04:19.great culture and I hope this will inspire all of us to push even
:04:20. > :04:24.harder so that when we do get to be the City of Culture that we can put
:04:25. > :04:30.on an even bigger and better time of it for everybody. In whole, there
:04:31. > :04:37.were very different scenes as people celebrated, pipping Swansea Bay,
:04:38. > :04:43.Dendy and Leicester to the coveted title. I think all four cities can
:04:44. > :04:49.congratulate themselves on for very strong bids but Hull did present a
:04:50. > :04:55.very compelling case on the basis of a city coming out of the shadows.
:04:56. > :04:58.For Swansea Bay, it is a case of what might have been. It is
:04:59. > :05:09.estimated winning the title would have been with ?70 million for the
:05:10. > :05:13.area in 2017. But the ?7 million refurbishment of Albert Hall in
:05:14. > :05:16.Swansea is expected to go ahead regardless and the team behind the
:05:17. > :05:21.bid said there is still plenty to look forward to. One of the things
:05:22. > :05:26.we were really clear about was that this was a policy we were doing
:05:27. > :05:30.anyway. The bid allowed us to fast-track some of those ideas. It
:05:31. > :05:36.might take is a little bit longer but we are still going to do them.
:05:37. > :05:44.The team says it now wants to establish Swansea Bay as the Welsh
:05:45. > :05:47.capital of culture. Hundreds of homes are lying empty
:05:48. > :05:51.and hundreds more may never be built as a result of changes to the
:05:52. > :05:55.benefits system. That's the warning from Welsh housing associations.
:05:56. > :05:58.They say they're owed more than a million pounds in rent arrears since
:05:59. > :06:02.April but the UK government argues that taxpayers can't be expected to
:06:03. > :06:10.pay for people to live in larger properties than they need. Here's
:06:11. > :06:14.Brian Meechan. This woman suffers from an incurable
:06:15. > :06:17.illness which means her bedroom requires specialist equipment and
:06:18. > :06:22.carers need space to look after her. It has meant her husband has
:06:23. > :06:26.had to move into the other bedroom at their home near Aberystwyth. But
:06:27. > :06:31.the couple have had their housing benefit reduced because they are
:06:32. > :06:35.judged to have a spare room. They have rushed into this bedroom tax
:06:36. > :06:40.without thinking how it affects people in different ways. Fair
:06:41. > :06:48.enough if a bedroom is empty but it is being used. It supporters call it
:06:49. > :06:53.the spare room subsidy. Its critics call it the bedroom tax. New figures
:06:54. > :06:57.show it is having an impact in Wales. Welsh Housing associations
:06:58. > :07:00.say it has made 700 properties more difficult to rent because people
:07:01. > :07:05.don't want larger homes. It also argues that they have been able to
:07:06. > :07:09.build 400 fewer houses per year because of the increase in rent
:07:10. > :07:15.arrears. Housing Association chief executives say their long-term plans
:07:16. > :07:19.are being affected. It has put a huge amount of uncertainty into our
:07:20. > :07:28.long-term business plan. We are working quite hard to collect money
:07:29. > :07:31.but that leads to uncertainty. We have got our capacity generally to
:07:32. > :07:38.do new build and refurbishment but it is shrinking. It also has an
:07:39. > :07:43.impact on local builders like Jason Brown who employs 120 people in
:07:44. > :07:49.Merthyr. He says he is already feeling the pinch from housing
:07:50. > :07:52.associations losing money. In the tough times, the housing
:07:53. > :08:00.associations have carried through. We have been very lucky working for
:08:01. > :08:04.these groups. But the figures showed that half of tenants are making up
:08:05. > :08:08.the shortfall in benefits by paying the extra rent themselves. The UK
:08:09. > :08:13.government says the new system is fairer. It says it is unreasonable
:08:14. > :08:17.to expect taxpayers to subsidise people having extra rooms in their
:08:18. > :08:21.homes. It also says it is helping the most vulnerable, with more than
:08:22. > :08:26.?6 million being made available in Wales. What the changes will mean
:08:27. > :08:29.for Yvonne and her husband are also uncertain as they try to work out if
:08:30. > :08:32.they can stay in the property they call home.
:08:33. > :08:36.The Welsh Government has confirmed that an NHS 111 phone line won't be
:08:37. > :08:40.introduced here until April 2015 at the earliest. A similar phone line,
:08:41. > :08:44.designed to deal with non-emergency medical problems, has been in place
:08:45. > :08:46.in England since April. The Welsh Conservatives say the introduction
:08:47. > :08:55.here is too slow but doctors' leaders have welcomed the delay.
:08:56. > :08:58.I think the idea is excellent and if it is implement it properly it will
:08:59. > :09:02.be good for patients because it will make things much simpler for
:09:03. > :09:07.people. They will have a clear idea who they need to call. It is vital
:09:08. > :09:11.that we publicise it properly but if it is implemented properly, it is a
:09:12. > :09:14.good thing for the people of Wales. A teacher who it's claimed had sex
:09:15. > :09:18.with a 16-year-old pupil who had just left the school has been found
:09:19. > :09:21.guilty of professional misconduct. 33-year-old Claire Horton from
:09:22. > :09:24.Newport has been struck off the teaching register for at least two
:09:25. > :09:30.years. Caroline Evans is in the newsroom with more. What more can
:09:31. > :09:35.you tell us? Claire Horton was a teacher for ten years. It well
:09:36. > :09:39.respected member of staff at the Cardiff school where she taught
:09:40. > :09:43.technology and was head of the year but last year, in the summer, as her
:09:44. > :09:48.marriage was breaking down, she started chatting with former pupils
:09:49. > :09:52.on Facebook and contacted 116-year-old boy and arranged to
:09:53. > :09:57.meet. She told the disciplinary panel that she had driven him to
:09:58. > :10:01.home, they talked, she had cried and then they had both fallen asleep but
:10:02. > :10:05.nothing further had happened. But she said when she woke up she
:10:06. > :10:10.realised she had abused her position of trust and that for her was the
:10:11. > :10:15.ultimate sin. The panel today said they found her version of events and
:10:16. > :10:19.convincing, particularly as she had told the headmistress that she had
:10:20. > :10:24.slept with a boy. They found her guilty of an acceptable professional
:10:25. > :10:27.misconduct and ordered that her name be removed from the teaching
:10:28. > :10:30.register. Still to come.
:10:31. > :10:34.He's a volunteer coach, helping homeless people through football.
:10:35. > :10:42.Paul Scarfi is named BBC Wales Sports Unsung Hero.
:10:43. > :10:47.The First Minister is in Scotland tonight, calling on voters there to
:10:48. > :10:51.reject independence and stay a part of a strong United Kingdom. Carwyn
:10:52. > :10:54.Jones is giving a speech at Edinburgh University, where he's
:10:55. > :10:58.defending the Union as the positive choice for Scotland come next year's
:10:59. > :11:05.referendum. Our political reporter James Williams caught up with him
:11:06. > :11:08.before his speech. This is an intervention the first
:11:09. > :11:12.minister would like to have made sooner but with the Westminster
:11:13. > :11:16.government response to the Silk Commission on the further devolution
:11:17. > :11:19.of financial powers to the Welsh assembly not forthcoming, he felt he
:11:20. > :11:23.could not make the case for the union but with that response having
:11:24. > :11:27.been made, the first minister is in Edinburgh tonight to make that case.
:11:28. > :11:32.You say devolution can work for Scotland. It is working already for
:11:33. > :11:36.Scotland but it is also important that we see devolved powers
:11:37. > :11:41.transferred. It has happened in Scotland, we saw it in Wales and it
:11:42. > :11:46.shows devolution can be flexible enough to accommodate the national
:11:47. > :11:53.aspirations of Wales and Scotland. But they took a while to come. That
:11:54. > :11:57.is true. It took longer than it should have done but we are happy
:11:58. > :12:01.with the package we have had. It is a substantial amount of devolution,
:12:02. > :12:08.building on the 2011 referendum results. But it is also at the whim
:12:09. > :12:11.of the Westminster government. We can always talk about
:12:12. > :12:17.hypotheticals. We have two governments at either end of the M4,
:12:18. > :12:22.very difficult in terms of their vertical outlook, but can still work
:12:23. > :12:26.together on devolution. The SNP government today said this is a
:12:27. > :12:29.Scottish issue for the Scottish people. This is not for the first
:12:30. > :12:35.minister of Wales to come and tell us what to do. I have not come here
:12:36. > :12:39.to preach, I have come to offer a view. But if one part of the UK
:12:40. > :12:44.leads the UK it is an issue for everybody who is left. Ultimately,
:12:45. > :12:49.of course it is a matter for the people of Scotland. Are you coming
:12:50. > :12:54.here as the first Minister of Wales or the leader of Welsh Labour? The
:12:55. > :12:59.first Minister of Wales. It is important we can put forward a view
:13:00. > :13:07.in terms of what we see as Scotland's place in the UK. If I had
:13:08. > :13:11.the 100% backing of the Welsh public I would do very well but my view is
:13:12. > :13:15.that the people of Wales have a strong appetite for more devolution,
:13:16. > :13:19.not an appetite for independence, and it is important that we make a
:13:20. > :13:22.case for a union that is flexible enough to accommodate the national
:13:23. > :13:32.aspirations of those who live within it. A significant intervention as
:13:33. > :13:37.Carwyn Jones said, but significant also before the publication of the
:13:38. > :13:40.White Paper outlining the case for Scottish independence next Tuesday.
:13:41. > :13:43.Plans to build an international conference centre here in Wales to
:13:44. > :13:47.rival venues like Earls Court in London have been revealed. Based at
:13:48. > :13:50.the Celtic Manor in Newport, the aim is to attract more high profile
:13:51. > :13:58.business into the country. Our reporter Jordan Davies has more.
:13:59. > :14:07.The NEC in Birmingham, Earls Court in London and Liverpool's Echo
:14:08. > :14:11.Arena. Conference centres that attract thousands of visitors every
:14:12. > :14:16.day, making millions for their local economies. Can this success be
:14:17. > :14:21.copied here? Said Terry Matthews who owns the Celtic Manor in Newport
:14:22. > :14:24.thinks so. He wants to build an international standard conference
:14:25. > :14:29.centre to rival them all. This is a suite in the Celtic Manor, the
:14:30. > :14:34.biggest room there, and part of the existing conference centre. It can
:14:35. > :14:39.hold 1500 people, but the new site will have rooms that can hold three
:14:40. > :14:46.times as many. There will be enough seats for 4000 people. It will cost
:14:47. > :14:50.between ?45 million and ?55 million to build with ?500,000 from the
:14:51. > :14:55.Welsh government to get it off the ground. The resort says it will be
:14:56. > :15:02.worth between ?60 million and ?70 million a year to the local economy.
:15:03. > :15:05.It will address the big association and convention business. We pretty
:15:06. > :15:10.much run at full capacity at the moment but the really large
:15:11. > :15:13.conferences, the party political conferences, we can now bring those
:15:14. > :15:19.to Wales because we will have the capacity to do that. It will also
:15:20. > :15:23.want more high profile international events like this, last year's NATO
:15:24. > :15:27.summit in Chicago which next year will be coming to the Celtic Manor,
:15:28. > :15:33.complete with a typically low-key visit from him. Other targets
:15:34. > :15:37.include blue-chip firms, major exhibitions and national trade
:15:38. > :15:40.associations. Earlier this year, Cardiff Council announced it was
:15:41. > :15:45.looking to build a conference venue so how do they feel about the
:15:46. > :15:49.announcement? I think we have been expecting that for some time. We
:15:50. > :15:57.have always known. We have developed our plans in Cardiff. They are well
:15:58. > :16:00.aware of what our plans are and what our aspirations are and they have
:16:01. > :16:07.not changed as a result of this announcement. This new conference
:16:08. > :16:09.venue will be ready in three years. The Celtic Manor says it will
:16:10. > :16:15.attract investment to the whole area. But what it will be will be on
:16:16. > :16:21.a typically grand scale. When we have now become used to hear.
:16:22. > :16:27.Calvin Jones is from Cardiff Business School. There will
:16:28. > :16:31.certainly be high hopes for this. What impact do you think the
:16:32. > :16:36.conference centre will have on the Welsh economy? It is somewhere we
:16:37. > :16:40.have failed to compete in the past in Wales. Our business tourism
:16:41. > :16:44.visitors are much lower than other parts of the UK, for example. We
:16:45. > :16:50.have got any the structure in Cardiff with the motor point arena.
:16:51. > :16:55.But I think this is a gap that needs filling and busy it is good to see
:16:56. > :17:05.it being filled. Is there a quantifiable benefit? There is. We
:17:06. > :17:09.would hope high spending visitors. You can argue it is not in the
:17:10. > :17:12.perfect place because if you look at the Millennium Stadium, that works
:17:13. > :17:16.so well for the Welsh economy because it is in the heart of
:17:17. > :17:21.Cardiff, people can spend in the locality, they can get a sense of
:17:22. > :17:25.the city and with the Celtic Manor, it will work if the Celtic Manor can
:17:26. > :17:34.internalise all that revenue and keep all that money on site. Do you
:17:35. > :17:41.think it can rival places like the NEC in Birmingham? It will be
:17:42. > :17:44.difficult. That works in part because it is at the heart of the
:17:45. > :17:48.motorway system in England and we don't have that kind of thing in
:17:49. > :17:52.Wales. The fact there is not another one similar in the South West and in
:17:53. > :17:57.Wales will help and the problem for Cardiff is that it has always got to
:17:58. > :18:02.look over its shoulder at Bristol which has got its own convention
:18:03. > :18:05.centre. In a way, this project at Celtic Manor my not be the best for
:18:06. > :18:12.Wales but the other option is Bristol. The NATO summit is on its
:18:13. > :18:18.way to Newport as well. It could have a big impact on Wales's profile
:18:19. > :18:22.and this could be a big boost. The question is, how far can you link
:18:23. > :18:26.the Celtic Manor with Wales's wider tourism? How far can you show people
:18:27. > :18:37.a greenfield site and encourage them not to come just that site but the
:18:38. > :18:40.rest of Wales? One in six people in Wales have cut
:18:41. > :18:46.back on food so they can pay their food bills. A report shows that one
:18:47. > :18:50.in five of us is paying -- struggling to pay our energy bills.
:18:51. > :18:57.This woman from Cardiff has said she has had to put heating before
:18:58. > :19:01.eating. I do not have that many years left in me and why should I be
:19:02. > :19:04.left worrying about the bills now, at my time of life, when I should
:19:05. > :19:17.just turn the heating on and enjoy life. Not to be struggling. One in
:19:18. > :19:20.six people say they are cutting back on food, clothes and other bills but
:19:21. > :19:25.they are also trying to reduce the amount of energy they use in the
:19:26. > :19:29.house. But they are not doing that in a positive way by improving
:19:30. > :19:33.energy efficiency. They are just turning down the thermostat or
:19:34. > :19:37.heating a single room, which can put their health at risk.
:19:38. > :19:40.Just a few days to go now until we find out who's on the short list for
:19:41. > :19:44.the BBC Wales Sports Personality of 2013. But tonight we can announce
:19:45. > :19:49.the winner of this year's Unsung Hero Award. Paul Scarfi from Newport
:19:50. > :19:52.is a football coach who's devoted his life to helping homeless people
:19:53. > :20:00.get back on their feet. We sent Ashleigh Crowter to break the news.
:20:01. > :20:04.We are hiding in the bushes here in Newport because just over there,
:20:05. > :20:06.coaching one of those football teams, is a man who we need to go
:20:07. > :20:25.and surprise. Let's do it. I am really sorry to interrupt the
:20:26. > :20:28.half-time team talk. I know Paul was probably passing on some tips but I
:20:29. > :20:37.have got an important message as well and that is to say Paul Scarfi,
:20:38. > :20:49.you are the BBC Wales Unsung Hero bought for 2013. What are you
:20:50. > :20:56.thinking? Shocked. I am stunned. Amazing. I never thought I would
:20:57. > :21:05.win. Did you know we were coming? Not a clue. Did they know? They did.
:21:06. > :21:10.It is an honour. But these guys are my own heroes. Without these guys,
:21:11. > :21:19.we would not be doing what we do. It is really down to these guys. Well,
:21:20. > :21:21.while he gets his breath back, let's have a look at why he was nominated
:21:22. > :21:33.for this award. I'm save!
:21:34. > :21:37.These footballers will always be grateful that Paul Scarfi is on
:21:38. > :21:40.their side. He is a volunteer culture for the street football
:21:41. > :21:46.Wales project, helping young people at their lowest ebb to get back to
:21:47. > :21:52.mainstream life through sport. I met Paul four years ago when I was in a
:21:53. > :21:58.hostel because I was homeless and it all started from there. He got me
:21:59. > :22:03.into the project. I would not go out without Paul at first and then he
:22:04. > :22:11.got my courage up and got me more confident and now I can run
:22:12. > :22:15.projects. Paul, who is a former soldier, gives hours of his own free
:22:16. > :22:19.time every week. He uses his annual leave to coach the Welsh Dragons
:22:20. > :22:22.football team. Without his dedication, travelling around Wales
:22:23. > :22:25.at his own expense, it would be impossible to send the team to the
:22:26. > :22:29.homeless World Cup every year, giving young people on the margins
:22:30. > :22:35.of society and unforgettable life changing experience. Words cannot
:22:36. > :22:41.Article eight what I hope all, and not just Paul but the project
:22:42. > :22:47.because I was in the gutter. Now I have to myself out of it. If it was
:22:48. > :22:51.not for him, I would probably still be in the same vicious circle I was
:22:52. > :23:00.a year under half ago. I was homeless, I was taking loads of
:23:01. > :23:04.drugs and I was also very violent. Food his support, he helped me get
:23:05. > :23:11.off everything. If it was not for him, I would not be where I am now.
:23:12. > :23:13.He did have a positive impact on everyone. We have got several
:23:14. > :23:17.players from within this team we have just come back with who have
:23:18. > :23:20.gone on to full-time work and we don't see them but that is
:23:21. > :23:27.fantastic, that is what we are aiming for. Paul works at a homeless
:23:28. > :23:32.hostel in Newport. He set the girls there to set up their own team to
:23:33. > :23:35.play in the street football league. Under his guidance, Wales now has a
:23:36. > :23:40.national women's's team for the first time. People look at homeless
:23:41. > :23:45.people as drunks on the street but Paul does not judge anybody, he just
:23:46. > :23:52.gives everyone a chance in life. I think he is amazing. Huge
:23:53. > :23:56.congratulations. Very well-deserved. The man who created the Daleks,
:23:57. > :24:00.Terry Nation, has had a blue plaque unveiled in his honour at the house
:24:01. > :24:03.in Cardiff where he was born. Nation, who died in 1997, was a
:24:04. > :24:07.screenwriter on Doctor Who when he came up with the idea for the
:24:08. > :24:11.Daleks. The unveiling comes as the BBC sci-fi series celebrates its
:24:12. > :24:14.50th anniversary. Well, hopefully the weather forecast
:24:15. > :24:16.won't be as scary as those Darleks. Derek, what have we got to look
:24:17. > :24:24.forward to? It is cold and windy out there.
:24:25. > :24:32.Staying windy tonight and into tomorrow as well. The strongest
:24:33. > :24:36.winds on the north and west coasts. Severe gale force in the Irish Sea.
:24:37. > :24:42.We've already seen some lively gusts today, especially in the northwest.
:24:43. > :24:46.61mph at Aberdaron in Gwynedd. So a windy night with blustery showers.
:24:47. > :24:53.The showers heavy in places with hail and sleet. Snow on some hills
:24:54. > :25:00.and mountains. Some dry weather as well. Temperatures staying above
:25:01. > :25:04.freezing. Lowest in Powys and Gwynedd with a risk of icy patches
:25:05. > :25:07.on high level roads. Here's the picture for 8.00am in the morning.
:25:08. > :25:13.Better than today. A few showers in the north. And windy, especially in
:25:14. > :25:16.the northwest. Strong winds on the west coast. One or two showers in
:25:17. > :25:21.the south and Powys but some places dry. Sunshine in Swansea. During the
:25:22. > :25:24.day, the weather will improve. A few showers in the far north and west.
:25:25. > :25:27.One or two in Monmouthshire. Otherwise most places dry. The best
:25:28. > :25:33.of the sunshine in the west and southwest. The wind easing during
:25:34. > :25:40.the afternoon. On Snowdon tomorrow, a few wintry showers. Becoming dry.
:25:41. > :25:46.Bitterly cold with gales easing. Tomorrow night will be dry for most
:25:47. > :25:52.of us. Just a few showers in the far north. On Anglesey and in Gwynedd.
:25:53. > :25:59.Maybe a shower in north Pembrokeshire. The wind lighter so
:26:00. > :26:05.colder with patchy frost. Friday will be generally dry. Sunny spells.
:26:06. > :26:08.Chilly with a light breeze. The chart for Friday shows high pressure
:26:09. > :26:13.over Ireland and that's not going to move very far over the weekend. So
:26:14. > :26:17.the outlook is mainly dry with light winds. Some sunshine and overnight
:26:18. > :26:23.frost with a few freezing fog patches possible. Next week, more
:26:24. > :26:26.dry and settled weather. No sign yet of any widespread, heavy snow and
:26:27. > :26:34.that goes for the start of December. Our picture is by Julie Cuffin.
:26:35. > :26:43.Our top story. A Greenpeace activist arrested two months ago has been
:26:44. > :26:47.granted bail. Anthony Perrett was held along with 27 other activists
:26:48. > :26:51.and to journalists after a protest at an oil rig in the Arctic Ocean.
:26:52. > :26:57.His partner said the focus now has to be on getting him home. It has
:26:58. > :27:02.been a mixture. It was very busy, the phones and e-mails, text
:27:03. > :27:08.messages have been very constant since after the news and it has been
:27:09. > :27:22.overwhelming to see and hear the amount of support that is there. I
:27:23. > :27:25.have been confident. I hope that the situation will get resolved but
:27:26. > :27:31.there is going to need to be continued support and pressure until
:27:32. > :27:37.Anthony is back home. And that is Wales Today. We'll have
:27:38. > :27:42.a quick update at 8.00pm. More news at 10.25pm. For now though, from all
:27:43. > :27:44.of us here, have a good evening.