:00:00. > :00:00.George. Thank you. That's all so it's goodbye from me and on BBC
:00:00. > :00:08.Welcome to Wales Today. Our top story. A new contract for GPs, but
:00:09. > :00:17.will it make it easier for patients to see their doctor sooner? One of
:00:18. > :00:21.the challenges we face at the moment is people want to see a doctor or
:00:22. > :00:24.nurse today. They think it is important to see them today and they
:00:25. > :00:28.are not prepared to wait for a couple of days to see if the problem
:00:29. > :00:32.gets better. But more patients are waiting longer for hospital
:00:33. > :00:37.treatment. The Health Minister admits the NHS is under pressure,
:00:38. > :00:42.but tells me it's not in crisis. The NHS in Wales is under pressure. I
:00:43. > :00:46.say to people what the hospitals themselves say. If you do not need
:00:47. > :00:56.to go to accident and emergency, you should not go there.
:00:57. > :01:01.Also tonight, as councils continue to make cuts ,how easy is it for
:01:02. > :01:09.volunteers to run services themselves? RAF Valley's Search and
:01:10. > :01:13.Rescue Unit is the busiest in the UK. Concerns tonight moving its base
:01:14. > :01:16.could damage the service. And in tonight's sport: One of
:01:17. > :01:20.Glamorgan's greats, Hugh Morris, swaps his bat for the boardroom as
:01:21. > :01:23.he returns to his home county to inspire a new generation.
:01:24. > :01:27.And mission accomplished. She's the first person to cycle 500 miles to
:01:28. > :01:36.the South Pole. Maria Leijerstam is here to tell us all about it.
:01:37. > :01:40.How long should we have to wait to get NHS treatment? The Welsh
:01:41. > :01:44.Government says changes to the way GPs are paid should make it easier
:01:45. > :01:48.for them to see patients sooner. But at the same time, a record number of
:01:49. > :01:51.people are waiting longer than nine months for hospital treatment. In a
:01:52. > :01:53.moment, we'll be hearing from the minister responsible, but first
:01:54. > :02:04.here's our Health Correspondent, Owain Clarke.
:02:05. > :02:09.This, arguably, is the front line of the Welsh NHS. Last year, as a
:02:10. > :02:16.nation of only 3 million people, we made 19 million appointments at
:02:17. > :02:21.surgeries like this one. And as many know that it is not easy to arrange
:02:22. > :02:26.one quickly. One of the challenges we face at the moment is people want
:02:27. > :02:29.to see a doctor or nurse today. They think it is important to see the
:02:30. > :02:32.nurse today and they are not prepared to wait for a couple of
:02:33. > :02:37.days to see if the problem gets better. Another problem according to
:02:38. > :02:40.family doctors is that they do not get to see some patients because
:02:41. > :02:45.they are too busy filling forms or ticking boxes. And that is because a
:02:46. > :02:49.big proportion of the cash surgeries receive is linked to how they
:02:50. > :02:54.perform against 969 different targets or measures. Charlotte Jones
:02:55. > :03:01.was part of the team that hammered out the new Deal. It frees up
:03:02. > :03:03.appointments because we will not be inconveniencing patients by calling
:03:04. > :03:19.them in for routine reviews when they do not need it. It frees up NHS
:03:20. > :03:26.resources. Under the new contract, 300 of the 969 target points will
:03:27. > :03:30.disappear. More it is claimed than anywhere else in the UK but there
:03:31. > :03:33.will be new financial incentives to encourage surgeries to work together
:03:34. > :03:37.in groups and to provide better care for people with early cancer and for
:03:38. > :03:44.those at the end of their lives or who are frail or elderly. Funds will
:03:45. > :03:56.be distributed to practices in the most deprived committees. The Renee
:03:57. > :03:58.give shape to contracts is not about making GPs lives easier --
:03:59. > :04:07.renegotiated. It is about making it easier for them to do the job. But
:04:08. > :04:14.it did not involve forcing surgeries to stay open. I would like to be
:04:15. > :04:18.able to phone any time for an appointment on that day but you have
:04:19. > :04:24.got to really try hard to get through. I phoned up and make my
:04:25. > :04:28.appointment and then I go to the chemist to pick up my prescription
:04:29. > :04:32.and they deliver it to me. But even if the new GP contract means
:04:33. > :04:37.patients get to see their family doctors quicker, critics point out
:04:38. > :04:42.they might still face big delays later on. Figures published today
:04:43. > :04:45.show that in November, more patients than ever before, over 13,000,
:04:46. > :04:52.waited more than nine months for hospital treatment after being seen
:04:53. > :04:56.by their GPs. The Welsh Government target state that nobody should wait
:04:57. > :05:00.that long. Owain Clarke reporting. Earlier, I spoke to the Health
:05:01. > :05:04.Minister, Mark Drakeford. I began by asking him what difference the
:05:05. > :05:09.change in GP contracts will make to patients. They will see over time
:05:10. > :05:12.GPs freed up from some of the things that they have to do today in order
:05:13. > :05:16.to be able to spend more time treating the patient in the round
:05:17. > :05:20.and as a whole person rather than as a series of things which they have
:05:21. > :05:24.to do in order to get the money that they get through the current system.
:05:25. > :05:27.Nothing that you get from your family doctor now in your own
:05:28. > :05:32.practice will move from your own practice. The purpose of practices
:05:33. > :05:36.working together in clusters is for them to be able to draw down closer
:05:37. > :05:40.to where people live services that are currently provided in
:05:41. > :05:44.hospitals. It is possible that instead of going to a hospital, you
:05:45. > :05:47.might go to a GP that is not your own but nearby to where you live
:05:48. > :05:52.because that particular practice will have a new expertise is ebbing.
:05:53. > :05:58.One of the aims is to reduce the burden on accident and emergency.
:05:59. > :06:04.How will you measure success? We are putting extra money against a number
:06:05. > :06:08.of key things that we want to see general practice in Wales do more of
:06:09. > :06:13.in the future and we will measure their success in doing that. Early
:06:14. > :06:17.detection of cancer, it is people who want to die at home, end of life
:06:18. > :06:21.care, rather than being admitted to hospital, being able to die at home,
:06:22. > :06:26.people always say they would rather do that if at all possible, and then
:06:27. > :06:30.the care of the very frail elderly. Built into the new contract will be
:06:31. > :06:32.ways of measuring the new performance and all of those things
:06:33. > :06:37.will make a contribution to people not needing to be in hospital. A
:06:38. > :06:40.record high number of people waiting more than nine months for hospital
:06:41. > :06:45.treatment after being seen by a GP. Even if this plan does work, it will
:06:46. > :06:48.be little comfort for those patients will have to wait many more months
:06:49. > :06:56.for trick. There are fewer people waiting over all, I am disappointed
:06:57. > :07:02.to see the rise in people waiting over 36 weeks. I have made it clear
:07:03. > :07:06.to local health boards that even in the difficult period over the
:07:07. > :07:15.winter, I expect them to concentrate on those longer waiters and I expect
:07:16. > :07:20.those numbers to come down. In Wrexham, the description was that
:07:21. > :07:25.the situation is a logjam of patients. Is the NHS in crisis? No,
:07:26. > :07:29.it is not. And certainly one internal e-mail in one hospital in
:07:30. > :07:34.Wales cannot be generalised to make that sort of point. The NHS in Wales
:07:35. > :07:38.is under pressure, there is no doubt as we have come out of the New Year
:07:39. > :07:42.and Christmas holidays, people have come in two hospitals in large
:07:43. > :07:46.numbers this week, I say to people what the hospitals themselves say,
:07:47. > :07:49.if you do not need to go to accident and emergency, you should not go
:07:50. > :07:53.there. You should try and use all the other things that are there for
:07:54. > :07:59.people to use, GP surgeries, pharmacists, NHS Direct, there are
:08:00. > :08:03.many other ways in which people who do not need an emergency service can
:08:04. > :08:06.get the service they need and in doing that, they will be seen
:08:07. > :08:08.quicker themselves and they will make sure that those people who
:08:09. > :08:13.really do need emergency treatment at that quicker. Mark Drakeford, the
:08:14. > :08:17.Health Minister, speaking to me earlier. Other news. A
:08:18. > :08:20.three-year-old girl is in a critical condition in hospital after
:08:21. > :08:22.colliding with a car in Carmarthenshire. The road in
:08:23. > :08:29.Trimsaran was closed this morning but has now reopened. The girl is
:08:30. > :08:33.being treated at Morriston Hospital. She is now stable and has been
:08:34. > :08:36.transferred to Cardiff. Four men have admitted making ?300,000, as
:08:37. > :08:39.part of a mobile phone insurance scam. Christopher Surman, Andrew
:08:40. > :08:43.Patterson, Wayne Ghosh and Omar Mapara all pleaded guilty at Swansea
:08:44. > :08:47.Crown Court to a charge of selling false insurance policies. A jury's
:08:48. > :09:02.been sworn in for the trial of five others accused of committing the
:09:03. > :09:06.same offence. A man who shone a laser beam at a
:09:07. > :09:10.police helicopter in future as its search for a missing person has
:09:11. > :09:14.pleaded guilty to recklessly endangering the aircraft and crew.
:09:15. > :09:19.Kevin Griffis was given a five-month suspended sentence and 200 hours
:09:20. > :09:23.unpaid work. Last night, we told you about Rhondda Cynon Taf Council's
:09:24. > :09:27.plans to save money by cutting back on services. And across Wales local
:09:28. > :09:30.authorities are facing the same tough decisions. As a result, many
:09:31. > :09:33.volunteers are trying to keep services running themselves, but how
:09:34. > :09:36.easy is it? One group trying to keep its swimming pool open in Harlech
:09:37. > :09:44.says it's struggling. Caroline Evans reports.
:09:45. > :09:47.Here, the sky is blue and the skiers are out on the slope. The council
:09:48. > :09:51.was amongst the first in Wales to hand over the running of its leisure
:09:52. > :09:55.facilities to try and save money. The trust has been running this
:09:56. > :09:59.facility and neighbouring leisure centres for six months and it is
:10:00. > :10:04.going well. But key, they say, has been retaining some funding from the
:10:05. > :10:11.council. It gives as some stability. It allows us to use the ideas for
:10:12. > :10:15.the business plan, what we need to improve the income position. Despite
:10:16. > :10:19.the fee from the council, we obviously need to make sure we have
:10:20. > :10:25.more customers, giving us more income to help us sustain into the
:10:26. > :10:27.future. Across Wales, councils are looking to save money.
:10:28. > :10:32.Carmarthenshire says savings of ?30 million have to be made over the
:10:33. > :10:36.next three years. In Powys, it is 35 million. They are looking at saving
:10:37. > :10:41.?1 million by handing over public toilets to a private company. French
:10:42. > :10:46.Council says the ?15 million it has two save this year alone is one of
:10:47. > :10:49.its biggest challenges yet. As the axe comes down on many services,
:10:50. > :10:56.communities are looking for solutions. This theatre is to be run
:10:57. > :11:00.by the council. Local volunteers came to the rescue to keep it going.
:11:01. > :11:05.This tennis Centre in Swansea was handed over to volunteers two years
:11:06. > :11:09.ago. And this swimming pool threatened with closure has been
:11:10. > :11:14.thrown a lifeline by local people who have pledged to pay ?10 per
:11:15. > :11:19.month to keep it going. I have signed up for it. I am in the
:11:20. > :11:23.process of doing it. I have got to find out a few questions about it
:11:24. > :11:26.first. But I will be putting ?10 per month into it. I think it is
:11:27. > :11:32.important. It is important we have a swimming pool. But these are
:11:33. > :11:35.uncharted waters. This win pool was taken over by local people for years
:11:36. > :11:41.ago. But now they say often of people are swimming and unless
:11:42. > :11:46.things change, it could close within three months. We are grateful for
:11:47. > :11:50.the community that has supported us for the three years that we have
:11:51. > :11:53.been running, as well as all the volunteers helping in the cafe,
:11:54. > :11:59.swimming pool, climbing wall and also there is a group who have been
:12:00. > :12:06.helping a lot in terms of fundraising. We just need more of
:12:07. > :12:09.that really. In the end, whether places like this remain open may now
:12:10. > :12:14.depend on how much they are valued by the people who use them. Last
:12:15. > :12:18.night, Rhondda Cynon Taff council warned that their next cuts could
:12:19. > :12:23.focus on their well loved paddling pool is. They are consulting over
:12:24. > :12:26.plans to close 12 of them. A review ordered following the recent storms
:12:27. > :12:29.will look at the impact of flooding and the state of Wales' coastal
:12:30. > :12:32.defences. Natural Resources Minister, Alun Davies, says it'll be
:12:33. > :12:36.split into two parts, with the first phase taking place this month to
:12:37. > :12:39.look at the direct impact of the floods. The second review will
:12:40. > :12:42.assess what lessons can be learnt. At least 100 new jobs will be
:12:43. > :12:44.created by the Wrexham-based telephone answering company
:12:45. > :12:48.Moneypenny. The firm took on 100 people at the end of last year and
:12:49. > :12:52.say they need more staff to keep-up with demand. Electronic tags to keep
:12:53. > :12:55.track of hospital linen is to be introduced by Aneurin Bevan Health
:12:56. > :12:58.Board. It says it'll save nearly ?400,000 a year because they won't
:12:59. > :13:02.have to replace bed sheets when they go missing.
:13:03. > :13:05.Nearly 300 people were rescued by the RAF Valley Search and Rescue
:13:06. > :13:10.Team last year, making it the busiest team in the UK for the
:13:11. > :13:12.second year running. The ever-increasing popularity of the
:13:13. > :13:17.Snowdonia Mountain Range and the North Wales coast means they're
:13:18. > :13:22.setting new records. It comes as the search and rescue service is facing
:13:23. > :13:26.big changes. Our reporter, Aled Hughes, is at RAF Valley on Anglesey
:13:27. > :13:29.for us this evening. That change, Tomos, comes in the
:13:30. > :13:34.form of handing the Search and Rescue work to a private company
:13:35. > :13:37.from next year onwards. That means moving the operation over the Menai
:13:38. > :13:42.Straits to Caernarfon and getting rid of the sea king helicopters.
:13:43. > :13:49.That's raised concern and that's the background to what's been a hectic
:13:50. > :13:54.2013 here. A welcome hand from above, the
:13:55. > :14:00.unmistakable yellow Sea King once again reaches those in need. The
:14:01. > :14:05.crew do not know what will face them or who need their help. From
:14:06. > :14:15.winching a 17-year-old from a castle turret in June, getting to an
:14:16. > :14:23.injured quad Aik aid, a boy lost on the steep slopes of the mountain. It
:14:24. > :14:29.was a record year. To have that extra special part of it to be
:14:30. > :14:31.helping someone, I would not necessarily say that we have a
:14:32. > :14:37.direct part in saving people 's lives, but we definitely contribute
:14:38. > :14:41.a little bit. It is a massive sense of well-being to be able to help
:14:42. > :14:45.somebody out. A number of those would have been rescued by royalty.
:14:46. > :14:53.Prince William flew his last mission for the squadron in September,
:14:54. > :15:00.ringing to a close his time on the island. These helicopters are
:15:01. > :15:05.familiar sight in the skies of Wales. They are a welcome sight for
:15:06. > :15:09.those in trouble. They are part of a 70 year history of search and rescue
:15:10. > :15:15.by the RAF but all that is about to change. A private company will be
:15:16. > :15:19.responsible for search and rescue from next year onwards, moving the
:15:20. > :15:25.base to Caernarfon and introducing a new fleet of helicopters to replace
:15:26. > :15:32.the ageing Sea King. That has raised concerns. Can I honestly believe
:15:33. > :15:38.that a privatised service will give the dedication and he saw the
:15:39. > :15:41.bravery, will it be able to do some of the things that the Royal Air
:15:42. > :15:46.Force and the Royal Navy have been able to do because they are so well
:15:47. > :15:50.trained? Is the equipment up to the job? But the UK government says the
:15:51. > :15:54.future service will continue to save lives. And it will use new and
:15:55. > :16:00.faster helicopters with quicker response times in many cases.
:16:01. > :16:04.Whatever lies ahead for the krill, last year proved to be a record
:16:05. > :16:10.year, one that RAF Valley can be proud of as part of its long and
:16:11. > :16:17.distinguish history. -- distinguished history. I guess there
:16:18. > :16:20.are mixed feelings. In our proud of their achievements but they know
:16:21. > :16:26.that the work will leave RAF Valley. They know that the sea king will not
:16:27. > :16:28.be used in the future. But also knowing that not knowing what the
:16:29. > :16:32.future holds for them as crew members. You're watching Wales
:16:33. > :16:36.Today. Stay with us. Plenty still ahead. ?1 million boost to restore
:16:37. > :16:39.Wrexham's Victorian Cemetery. And her fellow competitors are still
:16:40. > :16:49.trying to complete the course. We speak to Maria Leijerstam, the first
:16:50. > :16:52.person to cycle to the South Pole. And with all of tonight's sport,
:16:53. > :16:56.here's Claire. Good evening. He's the man that
:16:57. > :17:00.brought in regional rugby and he's hoping he can sort out the current
:17:01. > :17:03.row between the Union and the Regions. David Moffett, former Group
:17:04. > :17:07.Chief Executive of the Welsh Rugby Union is moving back to Wales next
:17:08. > :17:11.week and is confident he can get the backing he would need to be elected
:17:12. > :17:14.to the Welsh Rugby Union board. He says the current on-going row is a
:17:15. > :17:20.disgrace and doesn't think either side is working in the best interest
:17:21. > :17:24.of the game. Another face returning to Welsh sport is the new boss of
:17:25. > :17:27.Glamorgan Cricket. Hugh Morris started work as chief
:17:28. > :17:32.executive this week, almost 17 years after playing his final game for
:17:33. > :17:36.county. He's given up one of the top jobs with England Cricket to try and
:17:37. > :17:38.turn round Glamorgan's fortunes. He says success will return by
:17:39. > :17:45.nurturing the best young Welsh players. He's been speaking to our
:17:46. > :17:48.sports reporter, Ashleigh Crowter. This week, Hugh Morris the
:17:49. > :17:53.administrator will back into a very different Glamorgan County Cricket
:17:54. > :17:57.club from the one he left as a player. He has always been a big
:17:58. > :18:02.hitter, on the field and off it. Close to 20,000 runs in first-class
:18:03. > :18:06.cricket speak of a man who knows the county game inside out. He helped
:18:07. > :18:11.Glamorgan win the championship in his final season in 1997. The
:18:12. > :18:15.current team are not even in the top division. Routinely losing more
:18:16. > :18:19.matches than they win. He plans on putting pride back in the side. It
:18:20. > :18:24.is really important for the players to feel special and you will feel
:18:25. > :18:29.more special playing in division one. You want to be playing at the
:18:30. > :18:34.highest level you possibly can. And that is the ambition. We have to see
:18:35. > :18:40.ourselves as one of the top teams in the country. No doubts about the
:18:41. > :18:43.quality of the stadium. There has been a criticism that Glamorgan have
:18:44. > :18:49.focused too much on the ground and not on the team in recent years.
:18:50. > :18:52.Look, it is really important in this day and age that you have the right
:18:53. > :18:56.facilities at the right environment to play and attract players to the
:18:57. > :19:01.system and to attract really good players into the club. And it is
:19:02. > :19:05.important for members and supporters to watch some top-class
:19:06. > :19:08.international sport and domestic sport in a very comfortable
:19:09. > :19:12.environment. The investment in the ground has been really important,
:19:13. > :19:16.but we are a cricket club and we must improve on the field. He is
:19:17. > :19:20.also the club 's director of cricket. He helped oversee the
:19:21. > :19:25.appointment of the new head coach. The coaching group which includes
:19:26. > :19:30.two of his former team-mates will now prioritise keeping hold of the
:19:31. > :19:35.best young Welsh players. I was very fortunate 20 years ago to play in a
:19:36. > :19:41.Glamorgan side, 80% of us came from Wales and came to the system. I
:19:42. > :19:45.would like to return to that type of development programme. But is high
:19:46. > :19:49.on my priority list. He spent a grim final few weeks managing England
:19:50. > :19:54.cricket on the calamitous Ashes tour. It has taken some of the gloss
:19:55. > :19:57.off a very successful period. But with the new year, a new challenge,
:19:58. > :20:01.making Wales proud of Glamorgan once again. She's the first person ever
:20:02. > :20:14.to cycle to the South Pole and what's more, she's Welsh.
:20:15. > :20:17.35-year-old Maria Leijerstam, from the Vale of Glamorgan, completed the
:20:18. > :20:21.500 mile across Antarctica in ten days, just before Christmas. She
:20:22. > :20:24.also beat two male rivals in the challenge. She's back now and I'm
:20:25. > :20:30.delighted to say she's here. Huge congratulations. An incredible feat.
:20:31. > :20:34.I have just arrived back last night. I have almost just sunk back into
:20:35. > :20:43.normal life. In normal clothes on, eating at a normal table. I have to
:20:44. > :20:49.been and what I have done. For most of us, it's hard to imagine what you
:20:50. > :20:54.went through. We can season footage of you training. But you also had a
:20:55. > :20:57.knee injury. Yes, it was something I was aware of before I went out. I
:20:58. > :21:02.have had a weakness in that need before. It was at the forefront of
:21:03. > :21:07.my mind all the time. I had done a lot of training so I knew my fitness
:21:08. > :21:10.level was up to it. It was a big experiment but my knee was always
:21:11. > :21:16.something that I was concerned about. And around day five, I did
:21:17. > :21:20.start to suffer quite badly with it. A lot of it was sort of pain
:21:21. > :21:25.control that I had to go through. I took a lot of painkillers and I just
:21:26. > :21:30.had my end goal in mind the whole time I just focused on about every
:21:31. > :21:35.single day. Incredible stuff. How on earth do you cycle through a snow
:21:36. > :21:41.drift? It sounds impossible. I had looked at the conditions in
:21:42. > :21:47.Antarctica and I came to the conclusion is that a normal bike
:21:48. > :21:50.going a standard route would not really work in this circumstance so
:21:51. > :21:57.I basically set about redesigning polar travel. I worked with a
:21:58. > :22:04.company and we came up with a concept for this polar cycle. It has
:22:05. > :22:12.three wheels and gives me stability. And when there are strong winds
:22:13. > :22:17.blowing, I am still very stable. And it also allowed me to use my hands
:22:18. > :22:24.on the wheel when my rear wheel was not getting the traction. I have two
:22:25. > :22:29.ask about your two male rivals. They are still trying to finish. Yes,
:22:30. > :22:36.they set off almost three weeks before me. They have gone the
:22:37. > :22:41.traditional route. I flew in three weeks later and started and I am
:22:42. > :22:46.home and they are still probably there with three weeks to go. I feel
:22:47. > :22:50.terrible about that. Congratulations. A huge achievement.
:22:51. > :22:51.Thank you for coming in to talk to us.
:22:52. > :22:55.Wrexham's Victorian Cemetery could be given more than ?1million of
:22:56. > :22:58.Heritage Lottery money. It's the final resting place of many
:22:59. > :23:02.important local figures but is in need of major restoration work. It's
:23:03. > :23:08.one of only 15 parks and cemeteries to be short listed for funding and
:23:09. > :23:15.the only one in Wales. 11-year-old Ethel Irene was the
:23:16. > :23:18.first person to be buried here. But since then, Wrexham Cemetery has
:23:19. > :23:21.grown to accommodate thousands of graves. From that of Yeaman
:23:22. > :23:24.Strachan, who designed it, to the memorial for Polish servicemen who
:23:25. > :23:33.died at a nearby hospital during the war. It is in Polish, Welsh and
:23:34. > :23:37.English. But this was originally designed to be an attraction in
:23:38. > :23:42.itself. They actually went out and advertise the cemetery. It was
:23:43. > :23:45.somewhere for people to go as part of their leisure pursuits. Come for
:23:46. > :23:52.an afternoon stroll. They would advertise it round the country. 138
:23:53. > :23:55.years on, it's lost some of its appeal. The crumbling chapel and
:23:56. > :23:59.unstable headstones are in need of urgent restoration. Thanks to a
:24:00. > :24:06.Heritage Lottery fund it could be about to get ?1 million. Cemeteries
:24:07. > :24:11.are important for the hidden histories of the particular
:24:12. > :24:14.locality, the particular location, and it is an opportunity for local
:24:15. > :24:18.people to find out about those hidden histories. Wrexham council
:24:19. > :24:24.has won an initial ?50,000 to show what it would do with a million and
:24:25. > :24:27.it has big plans. We need to do a conservation plan because the
:24:28. > :24:32.historic buildings here are in a very poor state. We need to do an
:24:33. > :24:37.activity plan which looks at how involved the local community can be,
:24:38. > :24:42.involving schools, and then we need to look at the long-term future of
:24:43. > :24:47.the site, which weighs a management plan over the next ten years. --
:24:48. > :24:50.which is a management plan. If the proposals get the go-ahead work on
:24:51. > :24:53.repairs and educational programmes could soon be underway. The days of
:24:54. > :24:56.people taking casual stroll through graveyards are perhaps a thing of
:24:57. > :24:59.the past but this new money could enable another generation to come
:25:00. > :25:02.here and learn about the bubble made a significant impact on Wrexham
:25:03. > :25:05.before being laid to rest at the cemetery. -- the people. Time now
:25:06. > :25:17.for the weather forecast. Saturday is your best bet in terms
:25:18. > :25:22.of dry weather. We do have more rain in the forecast for tomorrow. It
:25:23. > :25:27.will get colder tonight. And if that was not enough, there is a warning,
:25:28. > :25:33.a yellow warning, for some ice. There is the potential for some
:25:34. > :25:37.slippery services tomorrow. Mainly along the border, those icy patches
:25:38. > :25:42.overnight. Into tomorrow morning, showers rolling in from the west.
:25:43. > :25:46.Mainly along parts of the South. Maybe some clear spells for parts of
:25:47. > :25:51.Flintshire, Wrexham and Powys. Overnight temperatures two Celsius.
:25:52. > :25:54.It is this weather front bringing the rain tomorrow and then we will
:25:55. > :25:57.see high pressure building on Saturday and then before you know
:25:58. > :26:02.it, the next weather system coming in on Sunday. A variety of weather
:26:03. > :26:06.for the weekend. Through tomorrow morning, it is a cold and frosty
:26:07. > :26:14.start, especially for parts of Powys. Then the rain comes rolling
:26:15. > :26:19.in from the west by mid-day. Top temperatures nine Celsius. Still
:26:20. > :26:22.fairly mild for the time of year. As we go into tomorrow night, much of
:26:23. > :26:27.the rain will be gone. I pressure will build and we will see clear
:26:28. > :26:33.skies overnight. The temperatures will dip away. Frosty patches along
:26:34. > :26:36.the border. Overnight temperatures around the freezing bank for
:26:37. > :26:42.everybody. A very cold night into Saturday morning. Saturday is your
:26:43. > :26:47.best day. First thing in the morning, some rain across parts of
:26:48. > :26:50.Anglesey. As we go through the day, becoming brighter for everyone. The
:26:51. > :26:57.best day of the weekend, as I mentioned. On Sunday, starting cold.
:26:58. > :27:01.As we go into the afternoon, we will see some rain coming in from the
:27:02. > :27:05.West. That will clear on Monday. A day of sunshine and showers. And
:27:06. > :27:22.then the weather will get much colder towards the end of next week.
:27:23. > :27:33.The main news again from the BBC. The Welsh Government says changes to
:27:34. > :27:37.the way GPs are paid, should make it easier for them to see patients
:27:38. > :27:40.sooner. It comes as a record number of people are waiting longer than
:27:41. > :27:44.nine months for hospital treatment. There's more on our website. I'll be
:27:45. > :27:46.back at 8pm and after the BBC News at Ten. From all of us
:27:47. > :27:47.back at 8pm and after the BBC News at Ten. From all of us here, have a
:27:48. > :27:50.good evening.