:00:09. > :00:13.Welcome to Wales Today. Tonight's headlines.
:00:14. > :00:16.An inquest hears how Fred Pring died in agony waiting more than 40
:00:17. > :00:18.minutes for an ambulance. His widow describes how she watched him pass
:00:19. > :00:35.away with no-one to help her. They offer the apologies, they
:00:36. > :00:38.offered their condolences, but I would have preferred it if they had
:00:39. > :00:41.sent an ambulance. Also tonight.
:00:42. > :00:45.As many struggle with rising energy bills, Wales' biggest steel-maker is
:00:46. > :00:48.pushing to get its bills cut too. From antibiotics and painkillers to
:00:49. > :00:51.taking out tonsils - the Health Minister questions the NHS spending
:00:52. > :01:01.money on treatments that don't always work.
:01:02. > :01:05.Over 30,000 people in Wales study at adult community learning centres
:01:06. > :01:08.like this one. There are fears today as their budgets have been cut by
:01:09. > :01:12.over a third. And first day in the new job - Elfyn
:01:13. > :01:13.Evans makes a great start as a full-time World Rally Championship
:01:14. > :01:22.driver. Good evening. An inquest has heard
:01:23. > :01:25.how a 74-year-old man from Flintshire probably would have
:01:26. > :01:29.survived if he hadn't been left waiting more than 40 minutes for an
:01:30. > :01:35.ambulance. Fred Pring was suffering severe chest pains when his wife
:01:36. > :01:38.dialled 999 in March last year. The coroner has described the calls,
:01:39. > :01:50.which were heard in court, as distressing and horrific. Matthew
:01:51. > :01:52.Richards has more. 74-year-old Fred Pring had chronic
:01:53. > :01:58.problems with his lungs and his heart. He started experiencing chest
:01:59. > :02:05.pains. Wrexham Maelor Hospital was 20 minutes away. His wife told the
:02:06. > :02:09.inquest she dialled 999 and was told assistance was on its way. Ten
:02:10. > :02:16.minutes later she called again as he was struggling to breathe and
:02:17. > :02:21.moaning in pain. After a third call 20 minutes later, Joyce Pring phoned
:02:22. > :02:28.to say, I think my husband has just died. When the operator asked if he
:02:29. > :02:36.was awake, she said, no, he could not take the pain any more. I
:02:37. > :02:41.think, in the end, death was the only way out for him because he was
:02:42. > :02:48.in such pain and distress with no one there to help him, that was the
:02:49. > :02:53.only way out. That was the only way for him to get peace. He just said,
:02:54. > :03:02.I am going, and he went. He just knew that was it. He could not hold
:03:03. > :03:05.on any longer. This man was one of the ambulances technicians who
:03:06. > :03:09.arrived at the house just before 2am. He said all the local crews
:03:10. > :03:14.were experiencing a busy night but he said he could not recall telling
:03:15. > :03:20.a police officer if he got this unit he could have saved him. The
:03:21. > :03:24.cardiologist said there is union -- usually a Kennett window to treat
:03:25. > :03:32.someone in this advanced stage of ill health. -- ten minute window.
:03:33. > :03:37.Tomorrow, senior members of the health board and the senior
:03:38. > :03:43.executive of the ambulance service are due to give evidence.
:03:44. > :03:49.What are we expecting to hear from those senior figures tomorrow? I
:03:50. > :03:53.think it will be quite a different approach. Today we were hearing
:03:54. > :03:58.quite harrowing and personal details about Fred Pring, the last hours of
:03:59. > :04:01.his life and how his wife tried to cope with that. Tomorrow we will be
:04:02. > :04:09.finding out about the bigger picture of whether there are any systemic
:04:10. > :04:13.failures that the coroner is aware of and what lessons can be learned.
:04:14. > :04:23.Having said that, Joyce Pring was asked today, if they were lessons to
:04:24. > :04:25.be learned, was that a good thing? She was quite sceptical and said
:04:26. > :04:27.lessons probably would not be learned.
:04:28. > :04:32.Matthew is outside Wrexham Maelor Hospital tonight. What are we
:04:33. > :04:36.expecting to hear from those senior figures tomorrow?
:04:37. > :04:39.At the other end of the country, there have been delays today at A
:04:40. > :04:42.at Bridgend's Princess of Wales Hospital. The health board has
:04:43. > :04:47.apologised for any inconvenience caused. There were reports of up to
:04:48. > :04:49.11 ambulances waiting outside A at one point during the afternoon.
:04:50. > :04:53.Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board says they were dealing
:04:54. > :04:55.with a large number of frail, older people, many of whom were arriving
:04:56. > :04:59.with respiratory illnesses. One of the biggest companies in
:05:00. > :05:02.Wales is warning that it's at threat unless the UK government deals with
:05:03. > :05:04.energy prices. Tata Steel, which employs 7,000 workers here, has
:05:05. > :05:07.launched a report into the importance of manufacturing
:05:08. > :05:09.industries to the UK economy. Our business correspondent, Brian
:05:10. > :05:19.Meechan, is at the Port Talbot steelworks tonight.
:05:20. > :05:24.This is the control room at Tata in Port Talbot and it operates 24 hours
:05:25. > :05:29.a day, seven days a week. These are the screens that are controlling the
:05:30. > :05:35.blast furnaces and create those tonnes of steel which are shipped
:05:36. > :05:43.across the world. If we take a look over here, we might be able to see
:05:44. > :05:48.the furnaces themselves in action. It took thousands of tens of Tata
:05:49. > :05:52.steel to create the tallest building in western Europe so it is no
:05:53. > :05:55.surprise the company chose this venue to launch its report into
:05:56. > :06:02.foundation industries, which produce raw materials like steel, glass and
:06:03. > :06:07.cement. The report highlights the importance of these manufacturers to
:06:08. > :06:11.the UK economy. Their investment in research and development shows they
:06:12. > :06:16.are vital in promoting economic growth and jobs. Energy is one of
:06:17. > :06:22.the main costs for the company. The bull Tolbert site uses as much as a
:06:23. > :06:28.city the size of Swansea. It is a large part of the costs and to have
:06:29. > :06:38.a difference to the European players, in electricity prices, in
:06:39. > :06:45.the magnitude of 50%, it is really harmful. Tata says it is committed
:06:46. > :06:49.to its Welsh operations and has invested in them throughout the
:06:50. > :06:56.economic crisis but has warned that high energy prices are a risk to the
:06:57. > :07:05.industry. We suffer as a foundation industry as well in the UK context.
:07:06. > :07:11.That is a real serious issue. Without moving that we are correct.
:07:12. > :07:16.The business secretary Vince cable said he understood the problem and
:07:17. > :07:20.was trying to deal with it. One of the main problems is high energy
:07:21. > :07:25.costs. They have got to have helped to deal with that so they can
:07:26. > :07:33.compete on a level playing field. We have got to get approval for a
:07:34. > :07:37.compensation scheme. Tata says it is committed to investment to Wales but
:07:38. > :07:40.it has got to see that investment pay and the report shows the
:07:41. > :07:45.importance of these businesses to future prosperity.
:07:46. > :07:50.To show how important this subject is, only this week, the company has
:07:51. > :07:55.launched a consultation with local residents about the possibility of
:07:56. > :07:59.at some point in the future moving away from the power plant they
:08:00. > :08:03.currently have which was built in the 1950s to one which is more
:08:04. > :08:07.environmentally friendly which uses recycled material from here and
:08:08. > :08:11.we'll be able to help the company ease some of those energy pressures.
:08:12. > :08:14.The family of a pregnant woman killed in a high speed crash near
:08:15. > :08:18.Wrexham have called for a change in the law. Christina Barchetti died
:08:19. > :08:23.and her daughter was stillborn after emergency surgery following the
:08:24. > :08:26.crash. Calvin Connah, who's 22, has been jailed for five years for
:08:27. > :08:30.causing the death of the 35-year-old. Her family and partner
:08:31. > :08:34.also wanted him charged with causing the death of her unborn baby, but
:08:35. > :08:37.the law didn't allow it. Two workers at the Airbus site in
:08:38. > :08:40.Flintshire have been disciplined after posting pictures of a fatal
:08:41. > :08:43.plane crash on social media websites. Gary Vickers and Kaye
:08:44. > :08:48.Clarke, both from Chester, died after the crash at Hawarden Airport
:08:49. > :08:53.last November. Airbus, which is next to the runway, said photography was
:08:54. > :08:56.not allowed on the site. Proposals for a three-lane M4 relief
:08:57. > :08:58.road are broadly supported by Newport Council, but there is
:08:59. > :09:04.concern about its environmental impact and the effect on the Gwent
:09:05. > :09:10.Levels. The options include a new stretch of motorway south of the
:09:11. > :09:14.city. Up to a fifth of the work of the
:09:15. > :09:18.Welsh NHS doesn't benefit patients and could actually cause them harm.
:09:19. > :09:23.That's what the Health Minister Mark Drakeford said in a major speech
:09:24. > :09:27.today. He called for resources in the future to be focused on the most
:09:28. > :09:31.basic and proven treatments and on patients who have the greatest need.
:09:32. > :09:35.Our health correspondent Owain Clarke is here.
:09:36. > :09:41.It's no secret that the NHS here is under huge amount of pressure. We
:09:42. > :09:44.talk about it all the time. Despite receiving extra cash recently, it's
:09:45. > :09:47.having to cut more costs than ever before at a time when we, as a
:09:48. > :09:52.population that's living longer, are placing it under more strain. But
:09:53. > :09:55.while we know that the NHS and modern medicine can offer a huge
:09:56. > :09:58.variety of treatment, the Health Minister's argument is that around
:09:59. > :10:04.20% of what's on offer doesn't really work. Take tonsil operations
:10:05. > :10:07.for example, which may have little benefit or prescribing too many
:10:08. > :10:14.antibiotics or pain killers, which can actually be harmful to patients
:10:15. > :10:17.because they become less effective. No longer should patients think, the
:10:18. > :10:20.Health Minister argues, the more drugs you have are listed on your
:10:21. > :10:27.prescription means you're getting better care. And that can cost the
:10:28. > :10:31.NHS millions of pounds a year. So what's the answer? The Health
:10:32. > :10:34.Minister says the NHS should concentrate on proven effective
:10:35. > :10:45.treatments in the first place and only offer patients the minimum
:10:46. > :10:48.amount of treatment needed. It means always starting with the
:10:49. > :10:52.things that are the most basic, the most proven and most likely to work
:10:53. > :10:58.and you drive those first. If they don't wear, of course you move on
:10:59. > :11:02.and do more than that for people. But it is always starting with the
:11:03. > :11:07.minimum you need to do the good you are trying to do and that is a very
:11:08. > :11:10.important principle. It is a clinical principle. It is the right
:11:11. > :11:17.thing to do clinically. So what happens next? Well, groups
:11:18. > :11:20.of doctors will come together to hammer out new national guidelines
:11:21. > :11:23.which would mean, according to the Welsh Government, every pound spent
:11:24. > :11:26.would go further. But the Welsh Conservatives say this will mean
:11:27. > :11:29.some patients that are already waiting too long for treatment
:11:30. > :11:33.having to wait longer and that the policy could lead towards NHS
:11:34. > :11:36.rationing. But one of the Welsh Government's key health advisors
:11:37. > :11:46.rejects that, arguing much of this is common sense.
:11:47. > :11:52.Why should we spend perhaps, we have not got the data yet, perhaps 35% of
:11:53. > :11:58.the budget of NHS Wales on things that don't work? We would rather
:11:59. > :12:02.spend that 35% on things that do work. That is not rationing, it is
:12:03. > :12:08.saying we are giving people the quality they expect, we are reducing
:12:09. > :12:12.the harm they can expect for everyone who goes into hospital, and
:12:13. > :12:16.we are showing that we are doing this in a economic and efficient
:12:17. > :12:20.way. In fact, he argues that if the NHS
:12:21. > :12:25.doesn't go down this route, it could face financial collapse in a few
:12:26. > :12:30.year's time. Still to come in the programme.
:12:31. > :12:34.This golf club was built with more than a million pounds of public
:12:35. > :12:40.money. Now calls for an inquiry into how it has got itself into a hole.
:12:41. > :12:46.Tens of thousands of people in Wales get involved in adult learning every
:12:47. > :12:49.year. But today the main group representing them has criticised the
:12:50. > :12:54.Welsh Government's decision to cut the budget by over a third. NIACE
:12:55. > :12:57.Cymru has told BBC Wales the cuts are short-sighted and will mean
:12:58. > :13:05.fewer adults being able to continue learning. Here's our education
:13:06. > :13:09.correspondent, Arwyn Jones. Three years ago, this woman's two
:13:10. > :13:15.young children were diagnosed with cystic fibrosis. The news hit her
:13:16. > :13:19.hard and she became depressed. It was only when she enrolled in a
:13:20. > :13:24.ceramic scores at the local adult learning Centre that she came back
:13:25. > :13:31.out of her shell. It was completely life changing and it has changed my
:13:32. > :13:34.life from not only just being able to come out and get some more
:13:35. > :13:42.self-confidence and a new skill, but it opened up my mind to what life
:13:43. > :13:48.could be like after that diagnosis. And now the hobby is a business. She
:13:49. > :13:51.has a company selling her ceramics online. People don't just come to
:13:52. > :13:56.cases like this to follow their hobbies. Many of the courses can
:13:57. > :14:00.lead to qualifications and that can help people find work. In that
:14:01. > :14:05.respect, they offer an invaluable service. Wales has a high proportion
:14:06. > :14:09.of adults without qualifications than any other part of the UK and
:14:10. > :14:16.yet the numbers coming to places like this are dwindling. In 2006,
:14:17. > :14:21.there were 50,000 people involved. Now it has gone down to around
:14:22. > :14:27.32,000. During the same period, the money spent on it has gone up from
:14:28. > :14:31.?5 million up to ?6 million. The Welsh government says it is doing
:14:32. > :14:39.all it can to mitigate the impact of the cuts but those involved say it
:14:40. > :14:43.is short-sighted. It has a huge impact on families and the
:14:44. > :14:48.community. It improves skills but it also has a positive impact on mental
:14:49. > :14:53.health and general wealth -- health and well-being. There is an element
:14:54. > :14:58.of trying to make sure we are not being short-sighted. Adult learners
:14:59. > :15:02.can do to further education colleges but here too big cuts are on the
:15:03. > :15:06.way. It means anyone hoping to take part in lifelong learning will have
:15:07. > :15:09.far fewer opportunities to do so. European experts say they are
:15:10. > :15:12.worried by a fall in the number of Welsh speakers, particularly in the
:15:13. > :15:17.traditional heartland areas of north and west Wales. The problem came to
:15:18. > :15:20.light with the publication of the latest Census, which showed that in
:15:21. > :15:23.Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire the proportion who speak Welsh had
:15:24. > :15:27.fallen below half for the first time. In a report to be considered
:15:28. > :15:30.by European ministers, the experts also highlight concerns about the
:15:31. > :15:37.delivery of health and care services through the medium of Welsh. Roger
:15:38. > :15:43.Pinney reports. It may be a drama but the new
:15:44. > :15:51.detective series on BBC One has a basis in fact. Even in strongholds
:15:52. > :15:56.of the Welsh language, few are able to go through the day without
:15:57. > :16:00.dropping into English at some stage. In the year 2000, the UK signed up
:16:01. > :16:04.to something called the European Charter on minority languages which
:16:05. > :16:09.provides a series of benchmarks to help protect languages like Welsh.
:16:10. > :16:14.Every three years they produce a report telling us how we are doing
:16:15. > :16:18.and in most cases the Welsh language comes up pretty well. But there are
:16:19. > :16:26.some concerns, not least about the decline of Welsh speakers in
:16:27. > :16:31.heartland areas. This he addresses is in a village a few miles from
:16:32. > :16:35.canal than in the shadow of Snowdonia. About as Welsh as you can
:16:36. > :16:42.get. But even here things are changing. When I started everything
:16:43. > :16:47.was Welsh but there are more English people here now. It has only been
:16:48. > :16:54.three years. There are more English people buying houses here. My
:16:55. > :17:01.children are bilingual and they have got lots of English friends. It has
:17:02. > :17:10.changed a lot. The 2011 census figures bear that out. For many, the
:17:11. > :17:25.situation is more concerning in other Welsh heartlands.
:17:26. > :17:33.And there are other concerns. This protest was outside a supermarket in
:17:34. > :17:39.North Wales last weekend. They issue a Welsh language constriction for a
:17:40. > :17:48.child, which the pharmacist was not willing to fulfil. Access is
:17:49. > :17:54.highlighted in the report to health and social services. It is no good
:17:55. > :18:00.having policy documents that Welsh is official in Wales, we have got to
:18:01. > :18:03.see real changes on the ground. The Welsh government says it is
:18:04. > :18:07.committed to take action to halt the decline across Wales and the Welsh
:18:08. > :18:10.line which commission is investigating the use of the
:18:11. > :18:15.language in health and social care. -- Welsh Language Commissioner.
:18:16. > :18:18.The finalists of the first St David's Awards have been announced
:18:19. > :18:22.by the First Minister, Carwyn Jones. Among the finalists for Wales' new
:18:23. > :18:25.system of national honours are Karin Williams, a lollipop lady from
:18:26. > :18:29.Rhoose in the Vale of Glamorgan, who protected school children from an
:18:30. > :18:33.out of control car. Also in the running, international rugby star
:18:34. > :18:37.Leigh Halfpenny. The winners will be announced in March.
:18:38. > :18:42.British residents made more than eight million visits to Wales in the
:18:43. > :18:46.first nine months of 2013. That's according to figures from the Great
:18:47. > :18:51.Britain Tourism Survey. The number of trips to Wales increased by 7.8%
:18:52. > :18:55.compared to the same period in 2012. The amount spent on these trips also
:18:56. > :18:57.increased, with visitors spending around ?1.4 billion pounds in Wales
:18:58. > :19:01.between January and September 2013. Wales' results were well ahead of
:19:02. > :19:04.those for Britain as a whole. Time for the sport news now and
:19:05. > :19:08.Claire's here. Good evening. Members of Garnant
:19:09. > :19:11.Golf Club in Carmarthenshire are trying to put together a business
:19:12. > :19:15.plan after the company running it walked out. The course, which is
:19:16. > :19:20.owned and subsidised by the council, cost ?1.5 million to build back in
:19:21. > :19:23.1998. There have been calls for an inquiry into how a facility which
:19:24. > :19:30.had so much public money could have gone bust. Abigail Neal reports.
:19:31. > :19:35.The clubhouse and course are open as normal. Thedifference, staff are not
:19:36. > :19:38.being paid. They came into work to find assets had been stripped -
:19:39. > :19:44.tills, televisions and lawn mowers taken away and no-one could get hold
:19:45. > :19:48.of the company in charge. The private company Clays Golf took over
:19:49. > :19:50.the running of this council golf club in 2011 after Carmarthenshire
:19:51. > :19:57.offered them a subsidy of ?200,000 for the first two years and free
:19:58. > :20:00.rent until 2018. But halfway through the deal and having been paid the
:20:01. > :20:04.subsidy in full, the company posted a message on their website last
:20:05. > :20:10.night that they had run out of cash and gone into liquidation. To try
:20:11. > :20:14.and salvage the situation, the club's 260 members are now hoping
:20:15. > :20:24.they can take it over and turn things around. We have got a very
:20:25. > :20:31.strong core of membership here who I am sure will pull together and make
:20:32. > :20:35.sure we are able to do it. We need to describe precisely how we are
:20:36. > :20:38.going to go about it. The course was created by Carmarthenshire Council,
:20:39. > :20:41.built at a cost of ?1.5 million of public money back in 1998. The
:20:42. > :20:45.council say they had regular meetings with Clay's Golf and had no
:20:46. > :20:54.idea how bad the financial situation was, but that explanation has come
:20:55. > :20:57.in for heavy criticism. We have got to have an enquiry into the
:20:58. > :21:03.situation. These questions have got to be answered. Who made these
:21:04. > :21:07.decisions? Why the council did not realise this company was in
:21:08. > :21:11.financial difficulty? If you are giving ?80,000 a year to support a
:21:12. > :21:15.venture, you are allowed to see the box. Garnant are not the only club
:21:16. > :21:22.struggling. The industry as a whole is under pressure. The problem we
:21:23. > :21:26.face at the moment is not just the weather and the financial situation
:21:27. > :21:31.but also the taxation situation. We have got to pay VAT on every penny
:21:32. > :21:37.we take. A members only club, they get it refunded, so we are that
:21:38. > :21:41.disadvantage as well. The next few weeks will see if the club can be
:21:42. > :21:45.rescued but, even if it is, there will be some asking at what cost?
:21:46. > :21:49.Boxer Nathan Cleverly has withdrawn from his cruiserweight debut for the
:21:50. > :21:53.third time saying he is not yet ready to fight. The 26-year-old had
:21:54. > :21:56.been due to appear for the first time since losing his WBO light
:21:57. > :22:00.heavyweight title at Liverpool's Aintree Racecourse on the 1st of
:22:01. > :22:04.March. It's fast, furious and requires
:22:05. > :22:08.speed and precision. Welsh driver Elfyn Evans has made a good start on
:22:09. > :22:15.the first day of his new job as a full-time World Rally Championship
:22:16. > :22:19.driver. The 24-year-old from Dolgellau is racing for M-Sport in
:22:20. > :22:24.the rally equivalent of a Formula One spot. Ahead of today's first
:22:25. > :22:30.race in Monte Carlo, Elfyn took some time out to talk about his
:22:31. > :22:34.excitement and hopes for the season. In the mountains above Monte Carlo,
:22:35. > :22:40.a Welshman is feeling very much at home in his new role. He is known as
:22:41. > :22:48.the quiet, modest one, but behind the wheel, Elfyn Evans really comes
:22:49. > :22:57.alive. He has spent time testing the Touraine in Monte Carlo in the
:22:58. > :23:03.build-up to the first race. His ability is really tested to the
:23:04. > :23:10.limit. He is relishing the challenge. The level of competition
:23:11. > :23:15.will step now I am against best drivers in the world. Monte Carlo is
:23:16. > :23:19.renowned for changeable conditions which can change within half an
:23:20. > :23:24.hour. We hope we can be sensible and make it to the end of the rally and
:23:25. > :23:31.gain as much experience as we can. Racing runs through his veins. Son
:23:32. > :23:36.of Gwyndaf Evans, his dad continues to be a huge influence. The
:23:37. > :23:40.24-year-old is very hands-on at the team headquarters in Cumbria. His
:23:41. > :23:44.chance to drive full-time at the top level came last year when he was
:23:45. > :23:50.asked to stand in for a driver in the Italian stage. On his debut, he
:23:51. > :23:57.impressed, and M-Sport decided he was their man. It is very nice of
:23:58. > :24:03.them to trust me with a role within the WRC team. Now is the Key stage
:24:04. > :24:17.to progress to the top of this class. It will take a lot of hard
:24:18. > :24:24.work. We will have two continue improving to be successful. I think
:24:25. > :24:28.we are in the best place to succeed. After glamorous Monte Carlo, the
:24:29. > :24:32.team will head to Sweden. There are 11 stages to complete before the
:24:33. > :24:36.finale on home soil. And Elfyn finished the day in sixth
:24:37. > :24:40.place after the sixth stage. He's back in action tomorrow. Now, the
:24:41. > :24:43.recent storms have brought an unusual visitor to the
:24:44. > :24:46.Carmarthenshire coast. This rare marine turtle, normally found in the
:24:47. > :24:51.Gulf of Mexico, has been washed up on Cefn Sidan beach. Sadly it didn't
:24:52. > :24:55.survive. The Marine Conservation Society is urging us to keep our
:24:56. > :24:58.eyes peeled for other sightings. Well, the weather is certainly a far
:24:59. > :25:02.cry from Mexico. Derek, is there more rain on the way?
:25:03. > :25:07.Well, it's been a case of dodging the showers today. Some heavy
:25:08. > :25:13.showers in places with a few patches of blue sky. It's a similar story
:25:14. > :25:17.tomorrow. More showers but the wind lighter with some dry weather and
:25:18. > :25:24.sunshine as well. The reason for the showers - an area of low pressure
:25:25. > :25:27.over Ireland. The air unstable and that means towering clouds and gusty
:25:28. > :25:39.winds. So, this evening and tonight, further showers at times. Heavy
:25:40. > :25:44.downpours in places. 20mm of rain possible in parts of the south and
:25:45. > :25:47.west with hail and thunder. Here's the picture for eight in the
:25:48. > :25:54.morning. Some places dry. Chilly and misty in places too. And there will
:25:55. > :25:57.be some showers around. Heavy and prolonged in parts of the south,
:25:58. > :26:02.with hail and thunder. During the day, the showers will ease. Still a
:26:03. > :26:05.few in the south and south-east in the afternoon but generally
:26:06. > :26:08.improving. Becoming dry and brighter with sunny intervals. The wind
:26:09. > :26:14.lighter than today and temperatures about the same. In the Vale Of
:26:15. > :26:21.Glamorgan, more showers tomorrow. Heavy and possibly thundery. Drier
:26:22. > :26:25.later with a high of nine Celsius in Cowbridge. A few showers but most
:26:26. > :26:30.places should have a dry and brighter afternoon. Tomorrow evening
:26:31. > :26:35.will be dry. Just the odd shower in places. Some fog patches and ground
:26:36. > :26:39.frost and then after midnight rain will spread from the south. The
:26:40. > :26:46.chart for Saturday shows a low close by with fronts moving across the UK.
:26:47. > :26:52.Not a great day on Saturday. Cloudy with outbreaks of rain spreading
:26:53. > :26:54.north. Sunday will be drier and brighter with a few scattered
:26:55. > :26:58.showers. Next week will start largely dry with overnight frost and
:26:59. > :27:00.fog but, by the middle of the week, it looks like turning more unsettled
:27:01. > :27:08.again. A reminder of tonight's main
:27:09. > :27:11.stories. The Chancellor George Osborne has told the BBC that he
:27:12. > :27:14.wants to see an above inflation increase in the minimum wage. Mr
:27:15. > :27:17.Osborne has written to the independent Low Pay Commission which
:27:18. > :27:24.will decide in the next few weeks what the new rate should be.
:27:25. > :27:27.In Wales, an inquest has heard how a 74-year-old man from Flintshire
:27:28. > :27:30.probably would have survived if he hadn't been left waiting more than
:27:31. > :27:34.40 minutes for an ambulance. Fred Pring was suffering severe chest
:27:35. > :27:36.pains when his wife dialled 999 in March last year.
:27:37. > :27:40.And that's Wales Today. We'll have a quick update at 8.00pm and more news
:27:41. > :27:44.at 10.25pm. For now though, from all of us on the programme, thanks for
:27:45. > :27:45.watching and have a good evening.