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:00:00. > :00:09.Welcome to Wales Today, our top story: Businesses abandoning our
:00:10. > :00:13.high streets because of business rates. Some are paying twice as much
:00:14. > :00:18.as they should. New figures tonight show fewer of us hit the shops over
:00:19. > :00:31.Christmas. Can anything turn round our town centres?
:00:32. > :00:37.Our other headlines: Big changes for the countryside. Farmers' financial
:00:38. > :00:45.support will fall with a warning food prices could rise. When I glued
:00:46. > :00:52.to the supermarket to buy may meet and everything else, it is going to
:00:53. > :00:54.cost me more. If it costs me more I need more money before I decide to
:00:55. > :00:58.buy it. The body of a retired vicar found in
:00:59. > :00:59.this house had probably been there almost three years, an inquest
:01:00. > :01:02.hears. It's a multi billion pounds industry
:01:03. > :01:08.but shrouded in controversy. Britain's drone centre of excellence
:01:09. > :01:11.marks ten years in Aberporth. And Jonathan Davies picked for the
:01:12. > :01:20.Six Nations despite injury stopping him from playing until March.
:01:21. > :01:26.Good evening. Retailers are abandoning the high street partly it
:01:27. > :01:35.seems because of the cost of business rates. Some are paying
:01:36. > :01:38.twice as much as they should, according to a Welsh property
:01:39. > :01:42.expert. This evening, Assembly Members have decided to put a limit
:01:43. > :01:51.on the amount rates can be increased. Here's our economics
:01:52. > :01:54.correspondent Sarah Dickins. The centre of Newport is certainly
:01:55. > :01:58.seen better times. It is littered with letting signs and well-known
:01:59. > :02:02.brands like Marks Spencer have moved out. This is rates have become
:02:03. > :02:07.a bigger burden for companies here in Newport and across Wales. They
:02:08. > :02:12.are meant to be half of what you would pay to rent a property. Andrew
:02:13. > :02:15.west is a property expert and says commercial rents have plummeted
:02:16. > :02:21.since the financial crisis of 2008 and rates set at the height of the
:02:22. > :02:25.market has continued to rise. What we see in Newport is typical of the
:02:26. > :02:32.lot of high Street where a lot of mainline retailers have moved out of
:02:33. > :02:39.talent, desert the high Street and that decline becomes worse. ?117,000
:02:40. > :02:47.was the value given to the shop in 2008, now ?65,000 houses the
:02:48. > :02:53.rentable value and the rate is Bill is just more than ?54,000. Almost
:02:54. > :02:58.twice what, in theory, it should be. This man has been mending watches as
:02:59. > :03:03.the mid-60s. He says he had to pass on extra rates cost to customers. We
:03:04. > :03:12.had to increase our prices to cover it. It is not the advantage of the
:03:13. > :03:16.camp -- customer. If we had to employ people I don't think we would
:03:17. > :03:19.be competitive. What has happened here in Newport has been replicated
:03:20. > :03:24.in towns and cities across Wales. Since the recession the rentable
:03:25. > :03:31.value has fallen but their rates has continued to rise. Now, in some
:03:32. > :03:36.places, people are paying twice the level of rates. The news business
:03:37. > :03:40.rates will now rise by 2%, not more than 3%, has been welcomed with
:03:41. > :03:47.reservations. We have deep concerns about the business rates system in
:03:48. > :03:52.Wales. There are some particular problems in Wales which means small
:03:53. > :03:56.businesses just qualified for paying business rates, they pay a higher
:03:57. > :04:01.rate than the equivalence businesses across-the-board. He means that the
:04:02. > :04:06.formerly used to calculate individual rates bills. What would
:04:07. > :04:11.really help companies would be for properties to be revalued. That is
:04:12. > :04:13.not expected to happen until 2017. There will be pressure on the Welsh
:04:14. > :04:16.Government to change that. Sarah is here with me now. There's
:04:17. > :04:19.obvious frustration about business rates. But how much disappointment
:04:20. > :04:25.will there be around those Christmas figures? If you remember just before
:04:26. > :04:28.Christmas we were hearing good news from the centre of Cardiff and I
:04:29. > :04:33.think a lot of people thought we were back in the shops and spending.
:04:34. > :04:39.Figures by the retail Consortium today represent a large retailers
:04:40. > :04:45.and what they are saying is the number of those that when shopping
:04:46. > :04:49.in December fell by 3.8%. What is significant is that as much worse
:04:50. > :04:53.than the UK average. We do need to be a little bit cautious because
:04:54. > :04:58.these are just the results from a selection of talent centres. The
:04:59. > :05:02.non-statistical for all of Wales. The other little bit worrying. We
:05:03. > :05:07.had thought the economy was picking up and this is a slightly grey
:05:08. > :05:10.cloud. Later in the week we will get more official figures in terms of
:05:11. > :05:13.what we spent and where we spent it. Thank you very much.
:05:14. > :05:16.Police investigating allegations of historical sexual abuse at care
:05:17. > :05:24.homes in north Wales have arrested a 71-year-old man from the Ellesmere
:05:25. > :05:28.Port area of Cheshire. He's being questioned over suspected sexual
:05:29. > :05:32.assaults against two boys. He's the 19th person arrested as part of
:05:33. > :05:35.Operation Pallial. BBC Wales understands four key
:05:36. > :05:39.figures of the company which wants to build a barrage in the Severn
:05:40. > :05:43.Estuary have resigned. The chairman and the chief executive are among
:05:44. > :05:47.those who have left Hafren Power in the past two months. Hafren's plans
:05:48. > :05:50.for a ?25 billion barrage between South Wales and Somerset failed to
:05:51. > :06:06.gain support from the UK Government last year.
:06:07. > :06:10.The body of a retired vicar which was found in a house at Llandegfan
:06:11. > :06:13.on Anglesey last October had probably lain there for almost three
:06:14. > :06:17.years with his wife still living in the property. An inquest was told
:06:18. > :06:19.that police were called to the house on welfare grounds after neighbours
:06:20. > :06:23.reported not seeing the Reverend Basil Bevan, who was in eighties,
:06:24. > :06:29.for some time. Our reporter Roger Pinney was at the inquest. Basil
:06:30. > :06:34.Bevan and his wife Pauline Bevan were known to live eccentric
:06:35. > :06:37.lifestyles. Neighbours have become sufficiently concerned to get in
:06:38. > :06:42.touch with the police. When police arrived they spoke to Pauline Bevan
:06:43. > :06:47.and decided she was unwell and arranged for her to go to hospital.
:06:48. > :06:52.Inside the house, he found a body in the memory fight state. In
:06:53. > :06:55.interviews, Pauline Bevan was able to recall how her husband suffered a
:06:56. > :07:04.heart attack on the 11th of November 2010. The coroner said he believed
:07:05. > :07:10.on the balance of probabilities Reverend Bevan had died of heart
:07:11. > :07:23.disease. Mrs Bevan is still unwell and could not attend the inquest
:07:24. > :07:35.today. The UK Government has been accused of treating Wales as the
:07:36. > :07:40.runt of the litter. The economist Gerald Coll firm told MPs plans to
:07:41. > :07:45.give the Welsh governments in control of income tax and unusable.
:07:46. > :07:52.He said devolving stamp duty and landfill tax would raise sons one
:07:53. > :07:55.third of a percent. Plaid Cymru has announced a
:07:56. > :07:58.slimmed-down cabinet in the lead-up to the next Welsh Assembly elections
:07:59. > :08:02.in 2016. There are only five people in the new team with Llyr Gruffydd,
:08:03. > :08:05.Elin Jones, Rhun ap Iorwerth and Simon Thomas joining leader Leanne
:08:06. > :08:09.Wood. It's a multi billion pound industry
:08:10. > :08:11.and Wales is at the forefront of testing the latest technology. Parc
:08:12. > :08:15.Aberporth in Ceredigion is marking ten years of being the controversial
:08:16. > :08:23.home to Britain's "drone centre of excellence". Charlotte Dubenskij.
:08:24. > :08:27.On the edge of the sleepy seaside towns of Aberporth, aerial systems
:08:28. > :08:31.or drones are a regular sight whizzing across the sky. It is
:08:32. > :08:35.estimated this technology is worth around ?8 billion every year to the
:08:36. > :08:40.Welsh economy. It is here at West Wales airport new models try out
:08:41. > :08:43.their wings. While some unmanned aerial systems are designed to be
:08:44. > :08:49.deployed for military operations as the technology becomes refined
:08:50. > :08:52.drones are being developed for everyday use for police
:08:53. > :08:59.surveillance, for farmers to check on their crops or even to film the
:09:00. > :09:04.news. The online retailer, Amazon, has also expressed interest in using
:09:05. > :09:08.drones to deliver orders. Their main purpose so far is for use by the
:09:09. > :09:12.military and that has proved controversial. Last year more than
:09:13. > :09:17.one that protested outside this site calling for the end of military
:09:18. > :09:21.drone testing. The National aeronautical centre has been
:09:22. > :09:29.operational for a decade. It is now expanding to North Wales. Wales has
:09:30. > :09:31.another opportunity to deliver accommodation for this unique
:09:32. > :09:37.development which we believe is going to be very big in the future.
:09:38. > :09:42.On the worldwide marketplace, assessed by the UK Government for
:09:43. > :09:47.civilian applications for unmanned systems is ?100 billion a year. But
:09:48. > :09:53.this criticism that despite investments from the Welsh
:09:54. > :09:55.Government of ?70 million in part -- in Parc Aberporth, the promise of
:09:56. > :10:01.jobs has not materialised. We were told jobs with the created and the
:10:02. > :10:08.buildings at Parc Aberporth would be full of companies employing local
:10:09. > :10:14.people and having a major impact on the local economy. That hasn't
:10:15. > :10:19.happened. The Welsh Government says it continues to support the civil OT
:10:20. > :10:24.piloted a system sector where there is intentional for high-growth. The
:10:25. > :10:27.next decade could see some major changes in the skies above us.
:10:28. > :10:33.Whether jobs on the ground will follow is not quite so certain.
:10:34. > :10:43.Much more to come before seven o'clock. Rescuing the ruins. How the
:10:44. > :11:04.recent storms have uncovered our past. Major changes to the help
:11:05. > :11:07.farmers receive will be changed. Our environment correspondence Iolo ap
:11:08. > :11:14.Dafydd is on a farm in the Vale of Glamorgan for us tonight.
:11:15. > :11:17.These are radical, significant changes, possibly the biggest for
:11:18. > :11:22.decades. This is the government taking the long view. There are
:11:23. > :11:27.criticisms in terms of potential loss of income for some farmers and
:11:28. > :11:31.potentially food prices could go up. But broadly it has been welcomed.
:11:32. > :11:35.They will be three regions in payments in Wales are three
:11:36. > :11:38.different payment rate. Midwinter in Powys and the landlocked almost
:11:39. > :11:49.barren. Many farms at on -- and on what they
:11:50. > :11:53.call unfavourable land. 80% of Wales is classified as severely
:11:54. > :11:56.disadvantaged land, or disadvantaged. Thousands of farmers
:11:57. > :12:01.contribute to the Welsh economy. Their produce was popular at a
:12:02. > :12:05.breakfast in the Assembly this morning. The government wants
:12:06. > :12:11.farmers to be more resilient and efficient. Cap reform underpins this
:12:12. > :12:17.work and will also help build a stronger ruble Wales, strengthening
:12:18. > :12:22.agriculture and boosting the ruble economy. There are 16,000 claimants
:12:23. > :12:27.who received the wrecked payments in Wales will stop agriculture is
:12:28. > :12:34.valued at ?240.5 million a year. With forestry and fisheries
:12:35. > :12:37.contribute, .5 6% of the economy. He announced three new regions where
:12:38. > :12:42.farmers will be paid different rates depending on the type of land they
:12:43. > :12:45.work. The government says 10,000 farmers may benefit while 3600 of
:12:46. > :12:52.those claiming direct farm payments will have relatively modest losses.
:12:53. > :12:59.Reducing the amount of the more productive Lowlands will impact some
:13:00. > :13:07.farmers. The ministers want fans to be more efficient and resilient. --
:13:08. > :13:13.farmers. He has got to look at our side of things as well. People need
:13:14. > :13:18.food. If you haven't got food, you've got nothing. If you wanted to
:13:19. > :13:26.shut the land you won't get is back for years and years. The Welsh
:13:27. > :13:30.Government says it intends to cap payments on larger holdings and
:13:31. > :13:34.there will be a five-year period of adjustment until 2019. The real aim
:13:35. > :13:40.is to wean hundreds of farmers off subsidies and tried to make
:13:41. > :13:44.businesses more self-sustaining. If you look at farm businesses, the
:13:45. > :13:48.income of agriculture is significantly affected and
:13:49. > :13:52.influenced by the magnitude of these single payment. Any decisions
:13:53. > :13:59.relating to that as significant and therefore very important. Ack in
:14:00. > :14:02.Anglesey, this farmer keeps 500 sheep and Breeze 300 cattle for B.
:14:03. > :14:08.He claims with less direct payments they will be a knock-on effect on
:14:09. > :14:17.food production. If you don't have enough farm payments does it impact
:14:18. > :14:24.on how many sheep or cattle Yuki? That you keep. You go
:14:25. > :14:31.self-sufficient and in other words, it doesn't matter about anybody
:14:32. > :14:34.else. Today's announcement by the Welsh Government have been based on
:14:35. > :14:41.two independent reports. Those reports have not been published.
:14:42. > :14:46.These are significant changes and many farmers will see some changes
:14:47. > :14:50.in terms of how much they will get in terms of farming income. They
:14:51. > :15:02.will be an adjustment period. Over five period -- years until 2019.
:15:03. > :15:08.Alun Davies is the minister responsible for the countryside and
:15:09. > :15:13.he is in Cardiff Bay. As the farm in our reporter was saying, our food
:15:14. > :15:17.prices are going to go up. What we're looking at doing is making an
:15:18. > :15:22.announcement that will lead to efficient agriculture in Wales. I
:15:23. > :15:25.want to be fair to farmers, to Beatles Palance in terms of how we
:15:26. > :15:35.distribute farm incomes and support but at the same time ensure we have
:15:36. > :15:39.sufficient funds. -- to be more transparent. If we simply rely on
:15:40. > :15:46.the subsidy that is declining in real terms value, we will endanger
:15:47. > :15:49.food production and we will endanger the economic future of the
:15:50. > :15:53.countryside. What we're doing is using subsidy payments available to
:15:54. > :15:59.invest in a long-term future. England is paying directly -- is
:16:00. > :16:08.paying more money directly to farmers. It is not investing in
:16:09. > :16:13.those future. It would be simpler to write a cheque, pay the bills for
:16:14. > :16:16.today and tomorrow but if it is a competition between the short-term
:16:17. > :16:22.and long-term, investment in the long term makes a greater sense in
:16:23. > :16:26.how we spend taxpayers money. We want to ensure we have a vibrant,
:16:27. > :16:31.agricultural sector in Wales, underpinning the global economy not
:16:32. > :16:35.just for this year and next year but in the future. That is why I want to
:16:36. > :16:44.use the funds available to invest in that future. Many of these small
:16:45. > :16:48.farms are not commercially viable. You say that but if you look at the
:16:49. > :16:52.numbers and the date and the facts, you will see many of our farms are
:16:53. > :16:56.actually becoming more efficient and more profitable. But we need to do
:16:57. > :17:06.is work with farmers, work with the agricultural industry to make as
:17:07. > :17:10.many farms as possible viable. We have got fabulous produce in Wales,
:17:11. > :17:15.all of us should be proud of what farmers produce. We need to make
:17:16. > :17:22.sure we continue to do that in the future.
:17:23. > :17:24.What price do we put on our heritage? That's the question
:17:25. > :17:29.Swansea Council is debating this evening. A report has warned that 20
:17:30. > :17:32.listed buildings in the area are at extreme risk and the local
:17:33. > :17:35.authority, which is facing budget cuts of ?45 million, simply doesn't
:17:36. > :17:41.have the money to protect them. Carwyn Jones reports.
:17:42. > :17:47.A Victorian pier, a Norman castle, an iconic lighthouse. Just three of
:17:48. > :17:52.the 515 this structures in the city and County of Swansea. According to
:17:53. > :17:55.the cult of conservation team, 48 of the buildings have reached such a
:17:56. > :18:00.critical state of this repair a have been deemed at risk. Swiss cottage
:18:01. > :18:07.is one of them. It dates back to 1826. It is vital to restore
:18:08. > :18:14.heritage like this. We seem to have so little of it left. The wartime
:18:15. > :18:18.bombing and recent redevelopment and clearances have removed so much of
:18:19. > :18:24.what would have been good to keep. One in every ten listed building in
:18:25. > :18:29.this county is at risk. This has behind me is one of 20 deemed to be
:18:30. > :18:34.at extreme risk. This is a council owned building. That preserves the
:18:35. > :18:39.local authority with a challenge. Where did it find the money to
:18:40. > :18:43.preserve the past where it is facing budget cuts ?45 million the next
:18:44. > :18:49.three years? There is lots of difficult decisions to be made. The
:18:50. > :18:53.key viruses identifying where the buildings are, looking at the
:18:54. > :18:58.community to see how we can support the community and unlock some
:18:59. > :19:01.investment. That means securing funding from other sources to
:19:02. > :19:07.protect some of the most honourable buildings. Ten separate structures
:19:08. > :19:15.on the copper work site and at extreme risk. Swansea University got
:19:16. > :19:22.half a million funding from Europe. The long-term aim is to bring them
:19:23. > :19:24.into sustainable use, perhaps for the community business or
:19:25. > :19:30.educational purposes so they have a viable future. But not every listed
:19:31. > :19:34.building is in public ownership. Dunbar house and the Palace Theatre
:19:35. > :19:39.and in private hands. The council says it can't afford to buy these
:19:40. > :19:43.buildings. It looks like the fight to preserve the past is a battle
:19:44. > :19:45.that is far from over. Tonight's top sports stories now
:19:46. > :19:49.with Ashleigh. In the turbulent world of Welsh
:19:50. > :19:51.rugby, for once, a very straight forward announcement today. Warren
:19:52. > :19:55.Gatland has picked everyone you would expect in Wales' squad for the
:19:56. > :19:58.defence of the Six Nations title, with no uncapped players and all the
:19:59. > :20:01.familiar faces. That includes the injured trio of captain Sam
:20:02. > :20:05.Warburton, prop Gethin Jenkins and centre Jonathan Davies.
:20:06. > :20:10.It is a squad that stands on the edge of greatness. No team has won
:20:11. > :20:17.the six Nations three times in a row. That is what Wales will try to
:20:18. > :20:22.do over the next two months. 28 of them have already won a six Nations
:20:23. > :20:25.title, this is an experienced group. All be first choice regulars are
:20:26. > :20:28.there. But the big question surrounds how many matches some
:20:29. > :20:34.senior players will be able to play. This was the last time somewhat
:20:35. > :20:37.button took to the field ack in November. He has not played since
:20:38. > :20:41.because of a shoulder problem. Gethin Jenkins is set for more time
:20:42. > :20:45.on the sidelines after injuring his knee. His regional codes confirmed
:20:46. > :20:50.he will miss the start of the six Nations. He had a scan yesterday and
:20:51. > :20:58.he has a re-occurrence of 40 did against Australia. I don't think it
:20:59. > :21:01.is as severe as then. Hopefully he will be back early in the six
:21:02. > :21:10.Nations. It is difficult but time on it. Another player entered in the
:21:11. > :21:15.autumn, Jonathan Davies is expected back into the fray even later
:21:16. > :21:21.sometime in March. The tournaments will be moving towards a close and a
:21:22. > :21:25.trip to Twickenham. By that stage it is likely Wales could have more
:21:26. > :21:29.walking wounded. Warren Gatland is likely to add to the group. The only
:21:30. > :21:40.recent regulator miss out is Lloyd Williams. He has slipped behind
:21:41. > :21:44.Gareth Owen and Rhodri Williams. In other news, a deal has been struck
:21:45. > :21:47.to save elite level swimming at the Wales National Pool in Swansea. The
:21:48. > :21:49.future of the pool as an elite training centre was guaranteed only
:21:50. > :21:57.until this summers' Commonwealth Games. London 2012 bid not glitter
:21:58. > :22:00.with gold force women is. It lost ?4 million of funding after just
:22:01. > :22:06.managing one silver and two bronze. But an elite centre will survive in
:22:07. > :22:10.Swans and, British swimming will make an investment until 2016 into
:22:11. > :22:22.swim Wales, Welsh swimming is governing body. It is up and running
:22:23. > :22:27.and healthy and hopefully this announcement wail ensure that we
:22:28. > :22:34.carry on with elite performance swimming in Swansea. But it will
:22:35. > :22:37.have two provides a steady stream of swimmers to compete in Olympic Games
:22:38. > :22:43.and head an ambitious target of seven medals at the Glasgow
:22:44. > :22:47.Commonwealth Games. With new funding comes new responsibility. This will
:22:48. > :22:49.be a Welsh run centre for the first time full stop as well as making
:22:50. > :22:56.sure the cash flows in two performances they will be trying to
:22:57. > :23:02.stop the tide flowing out. The difficulty was highlighted today of
:23:03. > :23:06.all days. Top coach is leaving Swansea after seven is to take a
:23:07. > :23:10.proposed in Australia. Georgia Davis Jemma Lowe have already left the
:23:11. > :23:19.cause of the previous uncertainty. Ellie Simmonds has also departed.
:23:20. > :23:22.That leaves Jazz Carlin who has seen her coach leave and has to decide
:23:23. > :23:25.whether to stay in Swansea yon the summer. There is a lot going on and
:23:26. > :23:41.a lot of heart -- what's happening. Swansea has seen its fair search of
:23:42. > :23:49.tourists and turns over the past years. -- twists and turns. That is
:23:50. > :23:52.all your support for tonight. The New Year storms may have left
:23:53. > :23:56.thousands of pounds of damage, but they have also unearthed part of our
:23:57. > :23:59.hidden history. The battering waves peeled away layers of sand and
:24:00. > :24:02.exposed some interesting finds right along our coastline, as Abigail Neal
:24:03. > :24:04.reports. While the damage inflicted on our
:24:05. > :24:10.roads and buildings left councils shaking their heads, there may be a
:24:11. > :24:15.silver lining to this storm cloud. In its wake, what used to lay buried
:24:16. > :24:18.is now very much in the open four miles of newly exposed ancient
:24:19. > :24:27.forest is the talk of Tywyn in Gwynedd. Small amounts of those have
:24:28. > :24:34.been visible over the years. But not the you can see now. It stretches
:24:35. > :24:39.for miles up the coast. It is an ancient forest floor. It has been
:24:40. > :24:45.built up over hundreds and thousands of years. It could be 6000 years.
:24:46. > :24:50.Mr Kendall's daughter took another find, a fossilised deer antler, into
:24:51. > :24:58.school today for show and tell. At first they thought it was just
:24:59. > :25:03.something, just would. But they found the an alert was incredibly
:25:04. > :25:05.old. It has created a lot of interest.
:25:06. > :25:07.Further south in Newgale, Pembrokeshire, the pebble bank was
:25:08. > :25:18.pushed across the road revealing more ancient woodland underneath.
:25:19. > :25:24.The people who lived in this area then what we call hunter gatherers.
:25:25. > :25:32.They use this woodland as even source to try to catch game, to
:25:33. > :25:39.collect edible fruits, fun guy in the right time. Serve them at that
:25:40. > :25:41.time the woodland, or rather the sea, was about a mile and a half
:25:42. > :25:44.further back. Where there's a coastline military
:25:45. > :25:49.defences like this cannon are never far away. Two were found by walkers
:25:50. > :25:55.on Pink Bay in Porthcawl. They're thought to be 200 hundred years old.
:25:56. > :25:58.And scientists were also able to give us this fascinating 3-D glimpse
:25:59. > :26:01.of a Georgian bath house underneath Aberystwyth's promenade shelter, the
:26:02. > :26:04.cavity you can see is it's foundations and may have been the
:26:05. > :26:12.root cause of the shelter's collapse.
:26:13. > :26:17.Let's see what the weather has in store. Sue's got the forecast.
:26:18. > :26:23.No repeat of the dramatic scenes last week that there is more rain in
:26:24. > :26:27.the forecast, turning wet and windy again tonight. Cloudy with outbreaks
:26:28. > :26:41.of rain, possibly wintry. Miss Dunhill fork preforming. -- missed
:26:42. > :26:45.and hill fog. Tomorrow morning, ice is not a problem that is very misty
:26:46. > :26:51.and murky with low cloud, hill fog. Outbreaks of rain on and off. A few
:26:52. > :26:58.heavy bursts, unstable air could bring in some hail and thunder.
:26:59. > :27:03.Still a few blustery showers around. Quite brisk southerly winds.
:27:04. > :27:06.Temperatures back in double figures for most at ten or 11 degrees.
:27:07. > :27:13.Despite the rain is will feel milder. Those southerly winds are
:27:14. > :27:18.drawing up warm air from Spain and Portugal. Showers will ease tomorrow
:27:19. > :27:22.night and then a right day. Variable cloud, still a few showers around
:27:23. > :27:26.especially further west. The chart shows no pressure to the west of the
:27:27. > :27:30.UK, keeping things changeable, showery and breezy for the end of
:27:31. > :27:33.the week. It remains unsettled on the weekend.
:27:34. > :27:37.I'll have an update for you here at eight o'clock and again after the
:27:38. > :27:41.BBC News at ten. That's Wales Today. Thank you for watching, from all of
:27:42. > :27:42.us on the programme, good evening.