:00:00. > :00:00.let-up. Thank you. That is all from the BBC News at Six. Goodbye.
:00:00. > :00:10.Welcome to Wales Today. Our top story: Sentenced to 35 years, the
:00:11. > :00:14.rock star Ian Watkins is jailed for a string of sex attacks on young
:00:15. > :00:23.children. The judge said the case was so horrific, it broke new
:00:24. > :00:28.ground. That I've enquired is going on in Germany and the United States.
:00:29. > :00:30.My belief is that he's offended in those countries and in this country
:00:31. > :00:33.as well. But could Ian Watkins have been
:00:34. > :00:36.stopped earlier? The police watchdog is investigating to see if
:00:37. > :00:48.information about him was handled properly.
:00:49. > :00:54.They used to make cheese at this factory in Ceredigion. Now it's to
:00:55. > :00:58.process meat with 200 new jobs. This fish farm received millions from
:00:59. > :01:01.taxpayers but went bust. Now questions over the public money it
:01:02. > :01:05.received and the regions uniting under one banner the latest public
:01:06. > :01:13.twist in a divisive row for Welsh rugby.
:01:14. > :01:19.Good evening. Rock singer Ian Watkins has been given a-35 year
:01:20. > :01:22.sentence tonight for a series of sex attacks on children. The judge said
:01:23. > :01:27.he was a dangerous sexual predator and had shown a complete lack of
:01:28. > :01:31.remorse. The former Lost Prophets front-man plotted with two of the
:01:32. > :01:35.band's fans to abuse their babies. The women, who cannot be named, have
:01:36. > :01:44.been sentenced to 17 and 14 years. You may find some of the details in
:01:45. > :01:48.Nick Palit's report upsetting. Ian Watkins left court tonight
:01:49. > :01:51.knowing he'll grow old behind bars. The judge said he had a deeply
:01:52. > :01:54.corrupting influence that enabled him to induce young female fans to
:01:55. > :02:04.take part in the sexual abuse of their own children. He was the lead
:02:05. > :02:08.singer of the rock band Lost Prophets but the court heard he had
:02:09. > :02:11.a dark and sinister side as a committed and determined paedophile.
:02:12. > :02:14.Last month the 36-year-old from Pontypridd pleaded guilty to 13
:02:15. > :02:21.child sex offences including the attempted rape of a baby, and the
:02:22. > :02:25.sexual abuse of another. The babies' young mothers, who can't be named,
:02:26. > :02:36.stood beside him in the dock at Cardiff Crown Court. So, those were
:02:37. > :02:41.sentenced to 14 years on Santana was whether a further six years on
:02:42. > :02:46.licence for Watkins. The judge branded him a dangerous predator.
:02:47. > :02:52.Drugs played a significant part and Watkins had no memory of the crime.
:02:53. > :02:57.The prosecution told the court that Watkins had been making light of the
:02:58. > :03:01.situation since pleading guilty in a phone call to a fan.
:03:02. > :03:03.Addressing the mother of the 10-month-old baby boy, the judge
:03:04. > :03:07.said "a mother naturally loves, protects, shields and cherishes an
:03:08. > :03:11.infant - you betrayed that trust". He told the mother of the baby girl,
:03:12. > :03:14."You used your daughter as a tool to secure Watkins's acceptance." The
:03:15. > :03:17.man who led the inquiry for the South Wales force says he believes
:03:18. > :03:21.Watkins is a serial offender and there may be more victims as far
:03:22. > :03:24.away as Germany and the United States. He is a dangerous
:03:25. > :03:30.individual. The other two defendants were active participants in the
:03:31. > :03:37.shocking abuse of their own children. The two have also been
:03:38. > :03:42.sentenced. It was beyond belief that adults would commit such appalling
:03:43. > :03:48.acts against children and young people and our thoughts remain with
:03:49. > :03:52.the victims. The man who led the enquired says he believes that
:03:53. > :03:57.claims it is a single offender and that there are victims in Germany
:03:58. > :04:07.and the United States. Mr Watkins is an intelligent individual, highly
:04:08. > :04:13.manipulative, very emotionless. He hasn't shown a scrap of Morse. When
:04:14. > :04:18.Watkins 's computers were seized, thousands of images some of which he
:04:19. > :04:25.made himself, were discovered with videos. A sentence was passed and
:04:26. > :04:28.Watkins was visibly shaking. The judge said any decent person
:04:29. > :04:35.listening to the evidence would be shocked and revolted. Hot for three
:04:36. > :04:41.offended plumbed the depths of depravity.
:04:42. > :04:44.So why was Watkins able to go on abusing children and collecting
:04:45. > :04:48.images of his abuse for so long? The police had information on him as far
:04:49. > :04:51.back as 2008 but he wasn't arrested until last year. One officer from
:04:52. > :04:54.South Wales Police is under investigation for gross misconduct
:04:55. > :04:57.but now it's emerged the South Wales force itself and two others are to
:04:58. > :05:04.be investigated by the police watchdog. Here's Caroline Evans.
:05:05. > :05:09.Watkins was back home in Pontypridd when he was arrested by police. They
:05:10. > :05:15.went in on a tip-off that he had child abuse images. What they found
:05:16. > :05:20.was staggering both in its nature and volume. He had amassed 27
:05:21. > :05:27.terrabites of data, more online material than could be stored by the
:05:28. > :05:30.whole of South Wales Police Force. But this was in December 2012 and
:05:31. > :05:37.concerns had raised long before that. This woman, who describes
:05:38. > :05:40.herself as Watkins's former lover, says the information she gave police
:05:41. > :05:54.could have prevented children being abused, but she was ignored. I went
:05:55. > :06:00.to the police and I sent them the pictures of the little girl and I
:06:01. > :06:06.explained that he had put Coke on her gums and touched her and they
:06:07. > :06:09.took three months to take my statement. Every single day I was
:06:10. > :06:15.ringing them and saying what was going on. They said they were going
:06:16. > :06:23.to get somebody from West Yorkshire to interview me. In the meantime, he
:06:24. > :06:26.has had on his laptop and everything and got his story straight and the
:06:27. > :06:29.police didn't even speak to him. She says she repeatedly reported her
:06:30. > :06:32.concerns to the station in Pontypridd. We now know that one
:06:33. > :06:34.officer is under investigation for gross misconduct, a detective
:06:35. > :06:37.Sergeant who is also being investigated in another case, but
:06:38. > :06:40.today the Independent Police Complaint Commission said it was
:06:41. > :06:53.widening its investigation and there could be further action against
:06:54. > :06:59.other officers. We know that information started to come in to
:07:00. > :07:03.South Wales Police at the end of 2008 and that force had information
:07:04. > :07:09.of different kinds coming into it between 2008 and 2012, at the point
:07:10. > :07:15.when Ian Watkins was actually charged. We also know that there are
:07:16. > :07:20.two other police forces to whom information was given. That is
:07:21. > :07:24.Bedfordshire and South Yorks police so we will be investigating the
:07:25. > :07:29.responses of those forces to the information they were supplied with
:07:30. > :07:31.between those years, to really understand, could he have brought to
:07:32. > :07:34.justice earlier. South Wales Police told us they
:07:35. > :07:36.wouldn't take questions on what happened before October 2012, when
:07:37. > :07:40.their current investigation was launched. Instead the Chief
:07:41. > :07:43.Constable, Peter Vaughan, issued a statement saying "Our initial review
:07:44. > :07:45.and the IPCC investigation pose a series of questions concerning the
:07:46. > :07:54.earlier handling of information concerning Watkins. It is those
:07:55. > :08:00.questions that the independent investigation now seeks to answer
:08:01. > :08:03.and it has my full support." Bedfordshire Police have confirmed
:08:04. > :08:07.they did receive a report of child abuse. They say there was
:08:08. > :08:10.insufficient evidence to apply for a magistrate's warrant and a medical
:08:11. > :08:16.examination of the child did not reveal evidence of abuse at that
:08:17. > :08:19.time. However, they did share the information with others including
:08:20. > :08:26.South Wales Police and have since referred details of a complaint
:08:27. > :08:29.against them to the IPCC. South Yorkshire Police has said they
:08:30. > :08:32.received information on three separate occasions between March and
:08:33. > :08:42.May 2012 and referred itself to the IPCC in relation to how it responded
:08:43. > :08:44.to that information. Such was the celebrity Watkins enjoyed, it gave
:08:45. > :08:50.him access to young and impressionable fans in Britain,
:08:51. > :08:55.Europe and the US. There is now a multinational team of investigators
:08:56. > :08:57.working on the case. But as yet, there are so many unanswered
:08:58. > :09:01.questions around what police knew about Watkins and when they learned
:09:02. > :09:12.it, the IPPC says it can't tell how long it will take to conclude its
:09:13. > :09:17.investigation. Other news and a major boost to the
:09:18. > :09:21.West Wales economy. More than 200 jobs will be created in Ceredigion
:09:22. > :09:24.at a new beef processing and packing factory. Dunbia, which already owns
:09:25. > :09:28.a meat plant in Llanybydder, has invested ?7.5 million at Felinfach
:09:29. > :09:37.after securing a contract with a supermarket. Abigail Neal has more.
:09:38. > :09:40.Welsh meat has a premium price on the supermarket shelves and today's
:09:41. > :09:45.announcement means that Dunbia now have a large slice of the market to
:09:46. > :09:48.process that product here in Wales. Today, deliveries were arriving to
:09:49. > :09:57.fit out their new beef processing factory in Felinfach in the Aeron
:09:58. > :10:03.valley. The Welsh government has awarded a ?1.8 million grant to the
:10:04. > :10:07.project and are delighted that the companies investing in this site
:10:08. > :10:11.after the last owners shut the cheese packing Pontiac but there are
:10:12. > :10:14.already questions being raised about how much this investment will
:10:15. > :10:17.benefit the local workforce. Dunbia is one of the largest meat
:10:18. > :10:21.processing businesses in Europe, employing more than 3,000 staff at
:10:22. > :10:24.12 sites in the UK and Ireland. One of those is in nearby Llanybydder. A
:10:25. > :10:28.large proportion of the workforce here is Polish, so I asked the
:10:29. > :10:30.minister whether the promise of new jobs would translate to local
:10:31. > :10:33.employment. I think it's very important local
:10:34. > :10:36.people recognise these jobs are available to them. Not everybody
:10:37. > :10:45.wants to work in that industry. That's something we've found
:10:46. > :10:47.before." People are not keen to do with that industry.
:10:48. > :10:50.Apart from factory workers, there is of course the wider agricultural
:10:51. > :10:53.sector who will benefit from the promise of long-term security a
:10:54. > :11:08.major supermarket brings to a region blighted by job losses over recent
:11:09. > :11:13.years. Free parking facility had permanent employment is very
:11:14. > :11:16.welcome. It has been a very personal couple of months for the county with
:11:17. > :11:22.all the cats coming from London and from Cardiff. -- cuts.
:11:23. > :11:24.Today Dunbia told us they would be holding a recruitment fair in
:11:25. > :11:27.January and would welcome applications from local people in
:11:28. > :11:31.the area. There was some encouraging news for
:11:32. > :11:34.the Welsh economy as a whole, too. 7,000 fewer people in Wales are
:11:35. > :11:36.unemployed according to latest figures released by the Office of
:11:37. > :11:40.National Statistics. There are now 112,000 people out of work here.
:11:41. > :11:50.Let's talk to our business correspondent, Brian Meechan. So
:11:51. > :11:54.good news on the face of it? The key statistic is 7.4%. That's the
:11:55. > :11:58.unemployment rate in Wales and the reason why that is significant is
:11:59. > :12:02.that it's a roundabout at the UK average which is not something we've
:12:03. > :12:07.seen over the last few years where Wales has a higher unemployment rate
:12:08. > :12:12.than the rest of the UK. That has been welcomed by the Welsh and UK
:12:13. > :12:16.governments and several business groups but of course, the message is
:12:17. > :12:22.there is no room for complacency and we need to make sure everybody is
:12:23. > :12:27.benefiting. What is it say about the wider economic picture. These are
:12:28. > :12:35.good headline figures but in the last week we've had news about sharp
:12:36. > :12:41.and job losses at First Milk in Wrexham so we are in uncertain
:12:42. > :12:46.times. Winner of the main economic tools that has been used by the
:12:47. > :12:50.Welsh government has been enterprise zones and there are seven of them
:12:51. > :12:55.across Wales. They are there to attract business and create jobs.
:12:56. > :12:58.There has been a finance committee reported in the assembly which says
:12:59. > :13:04.there is an air of mystery around what these zones are achieving. The
:13:05. > :13:09.assembly says this is not true and that they are delivering.
:13:10. > :13:12.You're watching Wales Today. Stay with us, plenty still ahead.
:13:13. > :13:15.The message is clear from the rugby regions they launch a public
:13:16. > :13:19.campaign amid a row with the WRU. And heavy rain, strong winds and
:13:20. > :13:32.gales today. Colder tomorrow with snow for some parts of Wales.
:13:33. > :13:36.New powers to set taxes and to borrow money. That's the deal on
:13:37. > :13:40.offer to the Welsh government tonight. A draft law published by UK
:13:41. > :13:43.Government ministers could lead to some income tax rates being decided
:13:44. > :13:53.in Cardiff. Our parliamentary correspondent, David Cornock, is at
:13:54. > :13:57.Westminster. For every one of the 14 years of its existence, the Welsh
:13:58. > :14:03.government has had to rely on this place for the grant that enables it
:14:04. > :14:07.to pay the bills in Wales. But that is going to change because if this
:14:08. > :14:10.draft bill becomes law, it will mean that for the first time the Welsh
:14:11. > :14:19.government gets always some of the money it spends. Boundary line,
:14:20. > :14:25.certainly. The boundary between Wales and England is in the road. On
:14:26. > :14:30.one side people pay less stamped a -- duty then the neighbours. This
:14:31. > :14:34.man runs a furniture business on the Welsh side and he was also a Labour
:14:35. > :14:41.councillor in Flintshire. How would you use these knees -- new powers?
:14:42. > :14:46.We need a cat to get the economy going again. All the big
:14:47. > :14:52.supermarkets are opening all the time in Flintshire. Every day,
:14:53. > :14:58.thousands of people across the border to work or study and MPs fear
:14:59. > :15:03.that that could make different income rates complicated. People in
:15:04. > :15:08.my constituency work here and I have many businesses in my constituency
:15:09. > :15:12.who have businesses with people who live in England and work in my
:15:13. > :15:17.constituency. It might be a simpler tax thing on a phone, but it might
:15:18. > :15:23.not and it also might have dynamics in terms of transport and housing
:15:24. > :15:43.prices and other competitions. But being able to vary income tax is
:15:44. > :15:46.sometime available only happen if assembly members voted to hold a
:15:47. > :15:48.referendum. In terms of tax, they should certainly go for an early
:15:49. > :15:50.referendum and I think that they should take the opportunity of
:15:51. > :15:55.telling the people of Wales they are committed to a lower tax Wales. It's
:15:56. > :15:59.another link with England, the M4 motorway that is likely to see the
:16:00. > :16:04.benefits of the new powers announced today. The Welsh government will be
:16:05. > :16:08.able to borrow up to ?500 million for major projects which could help
:16:09. > :16:12.to pay for some much-needed improvements you in Newport, even if
:16:13. > :16:20.ministers in Cardiff wants to bone marrow. This bill sets out changes.
:16:21. > :16:24.Yes, probably run for the political anoraks, but people do get heated
:16:25. > :16:29.about this. At the moment if you want to get elected, you have to
:16:30. > :16:35.choose either to stand in your local constituency where you can actually
:16:36. > :16:38.trying get in on a party listing under proportional representation.
:16:39. > :16:42.This government, the Coalition Government, is going to remove the
:16:43. > :16:46.ban on that and that means that the only candidate to stand in the
:16:47. > :17:03.constituency get defeated but still end up in the assembly is
:17:04. > :17:06.professional, well-paid politicians. So there will be a big row about
:17:07. > :17:08.that. Lobo won't like it and certainly, that is one of the key
:17:09. > :17:11.issues that is going to be discussed when this draft bill is considered
:17:12. > :17:13.after Christmas by a committee of MPs. The government plan is that it
:17:14. > :17:17.should become law before the next general election within the next 18
:17:18. > :17:25.months. Thank you. The Welsh NHS has failed to reach its target of
:17:26. > :17:32.treating cancer cases. 92% of patients started within 62 days of
:17:33. > :17:35.diagnosis. . The Welsh Government target is 95%. It says the latest
:17:36. > :17:38.figures show the greatest improvement.
:17:39. > :17:41.A shortage of staff at hospital emergency departments is putting
:17:42. > :17:44.patient safety at risk, according to a top consultant. It comes as
:17:45. > :17:47.figures obtained by BBC Wales show 15% of medical positions were
:17:48. > :17:50.vacant, or filled by temporary staff. The Welsh Government says 96%
:17:51. > :17:54.of posts are filled - more than in England - but focusing the work of
:17:55. > :17:57.A doctors in fewer centres will help. It does mean that services are
:17:58. > :18:01.stretched and it does mean that we have two go on doing what I've said
:18:02. > :18:07.since I became health minister, which is to reorganise the way we
:18:08. > :18:11.these services. We cannot go on spreading the jam so thinly that we
:18:12. > :18:17.try to do too many things into many places and that will mean changes to
:18:18. > :18:21.accident and emergency services. The Welsh government has announced that
:18:22. > :18:28.millions of pounds of EU funding is to be reallocated. Payments worth
:18:29. > :18:34.?268 million will be available to support over projects. Farming
:18:35. > :18:37.unions have criticised the decision saying it will put Welsh farmers at
:18:38. > :18:43.a disadvantage compared to farmers and the rest of Europe. They will be
:18:44. > :18:47.less money in the budget going to farmers in future than there has
:18:48. > :18:52.been in the past. What that means to individual farmers is that if they
:18:53. > :18:56.are reliant on a subsidy for their livelihoods, they will not be able
:18:57. > :19:01.to survive into the future and that means, yes, we could take a
:19:02. > :19:05.different decision but that would be these short-term decision and they
:19:06. > :19:09.are investing in long-term success. The Welsh government has been
:19:10. > :19:15.criticised for the raid managed more than ?5 billion in grant aid given
:19:16. > :19:19.to a farm project. The Wales Audit Office says the farm at Penmon on
:19:20. > :19:23.Anglesey was high risk. It eventually went bust and now has new
:19:24. > :19:26.owners who bought it for less than a quarter of the amount of cash it had
:19:27. > :19:32.received in aid. Roger Pinney reports. Wales today first visited
:19:33. > :19:38.this fish farm site in 2003. We filmed inside this unit which was
:19:39. > :19:43.producing turbot. It was at the time cutting-edge technique of keeping
:19:44. > :19:48.the fishing tanks fed by sea water. This was to be a blueprint for a
:19:49. > :19:53.second Welsh assembly funded project on the same site. But there have
:19:54. > :19:57.been problems from the start. It has delivered six years late and went
:19:58. > :20:03.bust after two years. They were practical and emotional problems.
:20:04. > :20:08.The regime that existed at that time wasn't really sufficient to identify
:20:09. > :20:14.those, monitor them properly, and ensure that they were well-managed.
:20:15. > :20:19.The business which cost taxpayers more than ?5 billion was brought out
:20:20. > :20:24.of administration for less than a quarter of that. The raiders entered
:20:25. > :20:33.office says 26 jobs will created but at a high cost. I think that many
:20:34. > :20:37.could have been better spent in small companies further investment
:20:38. > :20:42.in order to allow them to grow and become a bigger companies. There is
:20:43. > :20:48.a concern where five content million pounds worth of public money goes
:20:49. > :20:53.into assets which are then sold for ?1.2 million. The money could have
:20:54. > :20:59.been better spent. The plant is now reading named and is owned by a
:21:00. > :21:03.Dutch company who believe they have a viable long-term business. Today's
:21:04. > :21:08.report says that despite the problems the project has delivered
:21:09. > :21:10.most of its objectives. The Welsh government welcomes that and that's
:21:11. > :21:20.that improvements have since been made in the way grants are managed.
:21:21. > :21:25.Firefighters are damping down after a blaze involving 1000 tonnes of
:21:26. > :21:30.wood chip in Flintshire. For crews were called to a paper mill at
:21:31. > :21:36.Deeside at around 10am this morning. The company says production has not
:21:37. > :21:40.been affected. Raises for webby regions have used the launch of
:21:41. > :21:42.their Christmas fixtures to mount a public campaign amidst the bitter
:21:43. > :21:45.financial dispute with the Welsh Rugby union Banners and placards
:21:46. > :21:49.with the slogan "Protect Our Game" will be seen for the first time at
:21:50. > :21:52.Friday's clash between the Blues and Ospreys and at the other four Welsh
:21:53. > :22:04.derbies over Christmas. Gareth Lewis reports. At a time when they
:22:05. > :22:08.initially split them on field enemies, the clubs are joining
:22:09. > :22:13.behind when Barnett in an increasingly divisive row. The
:22:14. > :22:16.regions are refusing to align a document which would govern the game
:22:17. > :22:20.because they believe it would not give them enough money and they are
:22:21. > :22:24.considering joining the impish premiership. The WRU has given them
:22:25. > :22:29.until New Year's Eve to sign and if they don't, the union could cut
:22:30. > :22:36.their funding and set up a teams. With the row showing no sign of
:22:37. > :22:39.being resolved, the players representatives met players only run
:22:40. > :22:43.to seek assurances and they and their coaches admit it is a certain
:22:44. > :22:48.time. We asked questions in terms of what the players wanted and some
:22:49. > :23:00.answers, but to be honest, what we came out with was inconclusive as
:23:01. > :23:05.such. It does affect players in terms of uncertainty and times
:23:06. > :23:10.around everybody's futures. We think there is a bright future, and within
:23:11. > :23:17.that you have two put it to the side and be professional and get your
:23:18. > :23:21.detail of right in the week. There are five Welsh derbies over
:23:22. > :23:25.Christmas and it looks unlikely to solve the crisis.
:23:26. > :23:29.Northampton have been fined ?60,000 by a rugby disciplinary panel for
:23:30. > :23:32.letting George North play for Wales against Australia last month. The
:23:33. > :23:35.match which Wales lost took place outside of the International Rugby
:23:36. > :23:38.Board's autumn window. Premiership clubs have agreed that only players
:23:39. > :23:50.representing England can be released. Saints admitted the breach
:23:51. > :23:53.and won't appeal. Football news. Swansea and Hull City have both been
:23:54. > :23:56.fined ?20,000 after an on-pitch confrontation during their Premier
:23:57. > :23:59.League game last week. The clubs admitted a charge of failing to
:24:00. > :24:04.ensure their players "conducted themselves in an orderly fashion".
:24:05. > :24:10.Some bad weather this evening. Derek has the details. Wild and wet sums
:24:11. > :24:14.it up at the moment. Heavy rain and strong to gale force winds. At the
:24:15. > :24:21.moment, there are two flood warnings in force and seven flood alerts. In
:24:22. > :24:27.the next 24 hours, it's going to turn colder with wintry showers.
:24:28. > :24:33.Snow for some places too, most of it on higher ground and upland areas.
:24:34. > :24:37.This evening a wet start in the north and east but the heavy rain
:24:38. > :24:41.will soon clear. Showers following. Some dry, clear weather overnight as
:24:42. > :24:45.well. The wind easing but remaining blustery on the coast and turning
:24:46. > :24:50.colder. Temperatures inland dropping as low as two Celsius. Here's the
:24:51. > :24:57.picture for 8.00am Better than today. Colder but most of the
:24:58. > :25:01.country dry and clear. A touch of frost inland. Mind you, it won't be
:25:02. > :25:08.dry everywhere. There will be a few showers dotted around. Breezy on the
:25:09. > :25:12.coast. Strong winds in the NW. A little sunshine tomorrow but showers
:25:13. > :25:20.as well. A trough will pass through in the afternoon. This will pep up
:25:21. > :25:23.the showers. Some of them heavy with hail. Some sleet and snow likely as
:25:24. > :25:27.well. Most of the snow on higher ground above about 250 metres or 800
:25:28. > :25:31.feet. There is uncertainty but there is a risk of some significant snow,
:25:32. > :25:34.several centimetres on the hills and mountains in Powys. At lower levels
:25:35. > :25:37.a little slushy snow is possible but none on the coast. Colder than
:25:38. > :25:40.today. Temperatures 4-7 Celsius with a west to south-westerly breeze. On
:25:41. > :25:44.the Heads of the Valleys tomorrow, cold and breezy with showers of
:25:45. > :25:48.hail, sleet and snow. A covering of snow possible. And snow is very
:25:49. > :25:51.likely on Pen y Fan tomorrow, where it will feel bitterly cold. Tomorrow
:25:52. > :26:03.night, a few more scattered showers, wintry in places. Otherwise a lot of
:26:04. > :26:13.dry weather. Breezy on the coast and feeling cold. Friday will start dry
:26:14. > :26:16.and bright. Just a few scattered showers but more rain will arrive
:26:17. > :26:20.later in the afternoon, the wind increasing as well. There is a
:26:21. > :26:23.warning of heavy rain for parts of north, west and south Wales from
:26:24. > :26:30.Friday afternoon until Saturday afternoon. Sunday, brighter with
:26:31. > :26:38.showers. Next week, more rain and gales! Our picture tonight is from
:26:39. > :26:43.John Evans: Sunset at Manorbier in Pembrokeshire. Thanks John. Heavy
:26:44. > :26:47.rain will clear to showers tonight. Brighter and colder tomorrow with
:26:48. > :26:51.wintry showers. Snow for some parts of Wales.
:26:52. > :26:55.There's an update at 8.00pm and I'll have the latest from the Wales Today
:26:56. > :27:05.newsroom at 10.25pm. From all of us here have good evening. Rock singer
:27:06. > :27:09.Ian Watkins has been given a 35 year sentence and the judge said he was a
:27:10. > :27:14.dangerous sexual predator and had shown a complete lack of remorse.
:27:15. > :27:20.The former front man plotted with two friends to abuse their babies.
:27:21. > :27:25.The three paedophiles responsible for the terrible abuse of two babies
:27:26. > :27:29.have now been brought to justice. The investigation had covered the
:27:30. > :27:37.most disturbing child abuse I have seen in my 28 years as a police
:27:38. > :27:42.officer. The latest on our website. There is an update at eight o'clock
:27:43. > :27:47.and I will be back after the News at ten. Good evening.