22/11/2013 BBC Wales Today

Thank you, Tomasz. That is all from the News At Six,

Welcome to Wales Today today. The headlines: After two months in a

Russian prison, a Greenpeace activist from Newport is released on

bail. Anthony Perrett speaks exclusively to Wales Today today.

I hope to be back in Wales before too long, but this is all dependent

on the Russian authorities. Also tonight, rugby's Heineken Cup

will go ahead next season. The Rugby Union are already making plans with

Ireland, Scotland, France and Italy. So, can the four Welsh regions stick

with their plan to join a new break-away tournament with English

clubs? We'll get reaction as Wales prepare to face Tonga. Sl At twist

and more controversy over plans for a holiday resort near Holyhead.

How do you decide what goes into your trolley.

Scientists in Bangor analyse our reaction to supermarket offers. This

has all the makings of your lucky day. Marking the 50th anniversary of

Doctor Who. Made in Wales, we go behind-the-scenes to look at the

impact of the sci-fi hit. Gave. A Welsh Greenpeace activist

who's been release on bail from a Russian jail has told BBC Wales

comment wait to return home. E.- Perrett from Newport was arrested in

September after demonstrating against an Arctic offshore oil rig.

He's one of 28 activists and two journalists facing charges of

hooliganism in Russia. His girlfriend is flying out to meet him

this weekend. In his first interview since being released, Mr Perrett

spoke to our reporter, Jordan Davies.

Free after two months in a Russian jail. Anthony Perrett was one of the

first members of the Arctic 30 to be released on bail and is now in an

undisclosed location in St Petersburg with Greenpeace staff.

Today, he spoke exclusively to BBC Wales about his ordeal.

At the moment, things are a little uncertain, so I'll be staying in St

Petersburg for the foreseeable. I hope to be back in Wales before too

long. This is all dependent on the Russian authorities.

Like any Welshman, being out of Wales is not all that much fun.

I Ethiopia be back in Wales before too long.

Greenpeace says they were trying to highlight the daipingers of drilling

in frozen seas. Anthony Perrett, a tree surgeon and

former cad colt town councillor was charged with piracy and faced 15

years in prison. -- dangers of drilling in frozen seas. Today, his

girlfriend was packing in Newport preparing to fly out to Russia to

meet him. The Russian legal system, it's been uncertain. It's a worry to

know what will happen for the future. This is a small victory and

the journey will continue on. Russian media reports say the

released activists aren't allowed to leave St Petersburg. They are

currently undergoing medical and psychological tests arranged by

Greenpeace. This evening, an international

tribunal ruled Russia should release the Arctic Sun rise and all the crew

on bail, and allow them to leave the country while the investigations

continue. Which don't know the bail conditions

at the moment. We do not know that people are being returned their

passports but are not being given visas which means that they are not

able to leave the country. What will happen in the future depends on the

Russian authorities. Whether this is the beginning of the end of the

ordeal for Anthony Perrett is unclear. But this release allows him

to time to spend with friends and families and the hope is that he

will be back in Wales soon. A burglar has been given a life

sentence for murdering a 65-year-old in her home. 24-year-old Alex and

Ross with-Rhyl will have a serve a minimum

-- Ross Witherill. A beautiful mum, loved and liked by many. She's been

taken too soon and our lives will never be the same. The sheer loss,

along with the dreadful circumstances are simply unbearable.

We can only hope we can now find some Paes and closure.

A member of Anglesey Council's planning commit tell's called for

more transparency following a destoition give the controversial

Land and Lakes project the go-ahead. It centres on a holiday resort in

Holyhead where gled used to house workers building the nuclear

reactor. Here is Aled Hughes -- -- gled used.

Houses built at the holiday complex would initially house workers for

the proposed new nuclear plant currently being developed.

A week after the vote, a meeting took place with some councillors and

a representative from Horizon Near who reiterated that they had no

formal agreements with Land and Lakes and were in fact looks at

options to house the workers across Anglesey. That's left a bitter taste

for the committee member who said all members should have been

present. I haven't got formal minutes from the meeting and didn't

even know it existed to be honest until today.

Should that meeting have taken place before you, as a planning committee,

had to make your decision on Land and Lakes? I think that should have

happened. I think it would have created a different atmosphere in

that meeting. Victor Hughes fully accepts that Horizon made it clear

in a letter beforehand that they hadn't signed a formal agreement

with Land and Lakes, but wants full details of the verbal meeting

disclosed to the public. According to Anglesey Council, the meeting

with Horizon was a progress update attended by all political parties

and welcomed the name of the proposed plant. It might seem

strange to the public outside that Horizon, heavily named and linked

with the Land and Lakes project were invited to speak at the council a

week after the actual Land and Lakes decision was made. Do you agree? Not

at all. The planning committee met and took everything into

consideration during that application, so this was a

completely separate matter. One thing was sure about the decision on

Land and Lakes - it wasn't going to please everyone. What wasn't so

obvious perhaps was the process being called into question so soon.

It seems rugby's Heineken Cup does have a future and will Goyt hid next

season after all. Ashley was at the Millennium Stadium tonight where

Wales are facing Tonga. Most of Wales's big name stars are

being rested with one or two exceptions like Leigh Halfpenny. He

is one player who doesn't know where he'll be next season.

His current club can't set their budget because they don't know which

European competition they'll be playing in. The regions are

interested in joining Sa new break away competition. The Welsh Rugby

Union are committed to the existing Heineken Cup, they say.

For 19 seasons, the top rugby clubs in Europe have competed against each

other to win the Heineken Cup. Now the tournament's future is not

certain after a turbulent 18 months. In June last year, clubs from

England and France served note theys they'd be pulling out of the

counterment in the summer of 2014 because they felt it was unfair.

They planned to set up a new competition.

Three months on, they had a new TV deal with BT Sport to back them up,

to show all English club matches, including in Europe. A year later,

they revealed the competition would be called the rugby champions cup

and, just last month, the re, regions said they wanted to join it

as it made financial sense. There were also glimmers of a

compromise as the Six Nations unions agreed to restructure the Heineken

Cup to meet the concerns of the English and French clubs. Rugby

champions cup organisers say they are still pressing ahead. Last

night, five national unions, including Wales, said they were

putting plans in place too for the 20th season of the Heineken Cup

without English involvement. Hey hope the Welsh regions and the

French clubs will think and stay put. With so much still to be sorted

out, no-one really knows what European club rugby will look like

at the start of next season. Graham Clutton has been following the

twists and turns for the Daily Telegraph. Good to see you here this

evening. Where does this leave the four Welsh regions now? Do they

stick with the English clubs, that would mean open rebellion against

the Welsh Rugby Union? It's very difficult. No surprise that the

Welsh Rugby Union signed up to the Heineken Cup. They said all alongs

that what they would do and that is what they had to do. The sbal in the

regions court now -- the ball is in the regions court. Do they cave in

and go back with the union and compete in the Heineken Cup. How do

you see this ending? Is it getting too late now for players like Leigh

Halfpenny who need to get their futures sorted out quick? The most

important thing is the participation. At the moment, if

they sign that once again in December, they will be nomination

for the Welsh Cup. I don't know. There is a lot of talking to go on.

I would suggest a compromise will be found. If you are going to ask me

what that is, I'm not sure, there'll be hard talks over Christmas. The

game tonight, you would expect Wales to beat Tonga. What would you hope

Wales will get out of tonight? Warren Gatland will be hoping for a

clean bill of health. He's been bereft of good fortune due to

injuries and health issues. He'll be glad for a win tonight and for the

players to walk off-the-field with their heads held high.

Great to talk to you. Don't forget that you can follow tonight's match

in all the usual places on BBC Two Wales, Radio Wales and Radio Cymru.

Kick off at 7. 30. Still to come in the programme:

Have scientists in Bangor rusing brain scans to unlock the secrets of

our shopping choices. And performance of songs that

Benjamin Britten wrote. First, young people in Rhondda

Valleys are more likely to be holding down jobs while studying

compared to youngsters elsewhere in the UK. However, they are less

likely to attend university. These are some of the findings revealed by

a survey undertaken by local MP Chris Bryant. He says the snapshot

proves that 16-18-year-olds in his constituency are nothing like the

stereotype Valleys teenager. These are among the brightest minds

in the Rhondda Valleys. Lauren is head girl, but she also works on the

tills atkm farm Foods. Everyone here has plans toer the future. They all

agree the only thing that'll hold them back is how they are perceived.

The surprise from the survey though was that it's not just other

people's perceptions, but their own which could be wrong.

I think people are really negative about how good they are and the

Rhondda itself has been quite a bad place. People feel that outside the

Valleys, your self-esteem can be knocked, especially when you go on

trips and you think, I sound really stupid compared to some people or

something because of the accent. Across the Rhondda Valleys, 1800

16-18-year-olds were asked for their views and 450 replied. It found 29%

work and study at the same time. In the UK, it's just over 20%. Many of

them knew where to get drugs, but 12% tried them, compared with 16% in

the UK as a whole. Asked about teenage pregnancy, most said no-one

should have a baby until they have a job.

Overall, the teenagers say the Rhondda Valleys are misunderstood.

In part, they blame the media for the way life here is often

portrayed. After all, they say, once others believe what's said about

you, it's all too easy to start believing it yourself.

It's why the MP here, Chris Bryant, began this work.

I think this is the first time an MP's ever done this with young

people. I think they want to change public perceptions because it's only

that way that you can change the economic fortunes of, not only the

young people today, but also the Rhondda in the future. There is no

shortage of ambition in this room. Ethan is planning a future in

software engineering. A subject the survey found was among the most

popular with students. When I asked how many would like to

stay in the Rhondda long-term, the answer was less positive.

An indication flaps there's still a long way to go.

There are also more young people attracted to the idea of starting up

their own companies, compared to those in other parts of the UK. When

it comes to the number of businesses set up, we are lagging behind. Our

business correspondent has been finding out why. Super stars links

up specialists in drama and sports with primary school children across

Wales with the idea and ?1,000, James Taylor launched the business

eight years ago. It's not a bed of roses and my biggest piece of advice

for any aspiring entrepreneur is to be ready for the knock downs. The

last global report on the suck ject in 2011 found around 10% of

18-24-year-olds in Wales were engaged in the early stage business

activities, that compared with around 6% for the rest of the UK.

Sir Terry Matthews is one of the more successful businessmen in Wales

as part of global entrepreneurship week he returned to Swansea

university where he graduated from to offer advice to current students.

In my career, I've started up over 100 companies with new graduated,

almost all of them except six have been successful. Figures suggest

that early interest in entrepreneurship is not translating

into business start-ups in. The same year as the entrepreneur report came

out, only 42 businesses in Wales were established per 10,000 people.

It was 64 for the UK. Plenty of support available in

schools and colleges and plenty of dedicated tutors. It's firing them

up with enthusiasm and passion to start their own business, but they

are left on their own at the end. The problem is, in America, if

somebody tries to set up a business and it doesn't work first time, they

are encouraged to get back up and try again. Over here, if somebody

tries something and it fails, you almost have fingers pointing at you

saying, I told you so. The key question is whether these children

who've benefitted from the entrepreneurs of the present can

themselves get the opportunity to become the business leaders of the

future. Now, how hard do you think when you

shop? Scientists at Bangor university are trying to understand

how and why we make the choices we do when it comes to the weekly shop.

Simulated shoppers are having their brain scanned to discover whether

spending too long on the aisles really does lead to bad decisions.

It's a supermarket aisle like you've never seen before in the MRI brain

scanner at Bangor university. A would-be shopper has been asked to

shop for a party making choices from offers shown to her on a screen. All

the while, her brain activity is being monitored.

You might get increased blood flow. This is the area involved in

calculations. Determining if an offer is good or bad, we are trying

to see how the offers influence the activity. From that activity, how

good the decisions we make are. Supermarkets bombard us with

information when we go out shopping, one brand over another, one price

offer against the next. Our brain goes into overload. That can affect

the way we decide. I weigh up the odds nowadays of how

much things are. You are attracted by the word "offer" are you? I am,

but only if I need the product. I won't just buy it for the sake of

buying it. What they found in the lab is that the longer we shop, the

worse our decision-making gets. About 23 minutes in and motion gets

the better of calculation, showing up on the brain scans. We are not as

good at determining good offers over bad as we would think. Most cases,

for about 60% of the time we get it but 40% of the time, we get it

wrong. That's surprising, I would have thought it would be like 80%

and the occasional offer we'd get wrong. We need to learn to go for

the other offers, not the two for ones. The predictor is how much time

we spend in the supermarkets where we get lost in the supermarkets,

they hope we get slost we spend more time in the supermarket.

It's a big weekend for one of the world's best-loved programmes.

Doctor Who celebrates its 50th birthday tomorrow with a special

episode that will be shown around the world. It's made by BBC Wales

and our arts correspondent, Hugh Thomas, is with the show's biggest

stars. The TARDIS has had a busy week

taking in Tour of Wales. It was in Newport today and will materialise

in Cardiff later on. It's all because of the celebrations of

Doctor Who's 50th birthday. There is a special episode planned for

tomorrow. It was all made right here in Wales.

You have come to the right place. 50 years and so far 11 doctors, a big

birthday needs a big celebration and tomorrow's episode will be shown in

almost 80 countries in cinemas and even in 3D.

It's a special moment for fans who've seen flavour right show

survive and revive thanks to the Welsh team who make it -- their

favourite show survive and revive. Doctor Who has been filmed in

locations across Wales with some of the most famous landmarks getting a

chance to shine alongside the tarrism TARDIS. We have used the

castle so many times in the past. I'm sure people who don't live in

Wales would pick up on it. The art department do a great job of

changing the location and making it look different. It's not just the

production crew that's been drawn to Wales. The biggest fans come from

around the tworled see the favourite characters at the doctor who have

experience in Cardiff. -- around the world to see the favourite

characters at the Doctor Who experience in Cardiff.

77 million fans world Wild. Huge in America and Australia. On the verge

of going mainstream now in America. But also in the Asian markets, it's

quite incredible. We have had showcases in China and South Korea

and we had thousands of adolescent young men and women turning up

dressed as Matt Smith. I would have the doctor's head. The BBC spends

more than ?150 million on productions in Wales a year,

including dramas that may not have happened without Dr WHO's revival.

As fans celebrate the birthday, there'll be a glass raised to the

Time Lord's impact on the Welsh TV industry -- Doctor Who.

Quite a few parties planned for tomorrow night to coincide with the

special episode. It's going to be watched in six continents around the

world. You can see it for yourself, 7. 50 on BBC One Wales. For now,

I'll see if the doctor will give me a lift home to beat the rush hour

traffic! Who knows where he could end up? !

He was one of the leading British composers of the 20th century born

100 years ago today. To mark Benjamin Britten's centenary,

singers have been performing. Benjamin Britten was born in 1913

and is best known for his war Requiem and operas like Peter

Grimes. Husband visits here in the 1930s

gave him a very personal reason to compose. It was once Clive House

which was a prep school where Benjamin Britten's brother was the

head teacher and actually when Britten was staying here, he wrote a

series of songs called Friday Afternoons for the children.

The building which inspired these playful children's songs is once

again echoing to their sound and those sounds are reverberating

around the world on this very special Friday afternoon.

This is now a care home and while the residents enjoyed a private

concert of the songs, it was broadcast over the Internet to three

continents and 100,000 children who were simultaneously celebrating

Britten's life. Give us a cheer...

Unbelievable. Music has played so much of a big part in my life. To be

able to showcase our care home, the ladies and gentleman that are here

who no doubt will be enjoying the music. Many children who inspired

Britten here are now of a similar vintage to the current residents,

but his music was designed to appeal to the young at heart, whatever

their age. Let's hope the weather forecast will be music to our ores.

How is it looking for the weekend? It's going to get cold tonight.

Tonight, we are expecting temperatures to fall below freezing.

Expect frost. We have light winds tonight so again very cold and clear

skies as well for many of us. Let's take a look at the map. Clear

skies across much of the country. The map is turning blue so that is

where we are expecting the temperatures to fall.

Further inland, light winds and minus zero temperatures. We could

see some mist and fog patches first thing tomorrow. Further east mainly.

It will brighten up in Wales. South Wales looking very good on the map.

Further north, sunny spells, cloudy at times and don't expect to it be

any warmer tomorrow. Pushing forward into tomorrow negotiate and another

cold night ahead. A bit cloudier than tonight. You can see the

showers to the west which could creep further inland at times.

Temperatures yet again falling below freezing for many of us. You can see

parts of Powys in particular. Mist and fog in north and mid-Wales yet

again tomorrow. The wind speeds are light, introducing cold winds from

the north. You can see much of the country is

dry again. South Wales seeing the best of any sunshine on Sunday. A

bit cloudy across Anglesey and Gwynedd. Temperatures similar to

what we are going to see over the next few days.

If you look at the pressure charts, you can see high pressure very much

in charge of the weather at the moment keeping things very settled

and mainly dry. There is some cloud trapped. You can see there's rain

across parts of North Wales on Monday. It will be light at times.

The next couple of days is looking good. The weekend the best of the

weather. Clear skies on Saturday for most, but cold winds from the north.

Getting cloudier over the next few days but not much rain expected.

Very cold nights. Feeling cold over the next few days with sunny spells

in the days, especially tomorrow and Sundayy. Frosty nights so put

something on the windscreen. It's going to get very cold and untreated

surfaces could get slippery. The main news again: It's been

revealed the couple arrested in South London on suspicion of keeping

three women as slaves for 30 years had come to the attention of the

police before. They were arrested in the 1970s.

And a Welsh Greenpeace ability Voyce who's been released on bail from a

Russian jail has told BBC Wales he can't wait to return home.

Anthony Perrett from Newport was arrested in September after

demonstrating against Arctic oil exploration.

And, that is Wales Today today. We'll have a quick update at 8

o'clock, then again more news at 10. 25. From all of us, have a good

evening. Bye.