:00:16. > :00:20.Good evening. There are warnings tonight to stay away from the coast
:00:21. > :00:24.as thousands of people brace themselves for more bad weather. It
:00:25. > :00:27.comes weeks after parts of the country were damaged by storms -
:00:28. > :00:32.councils here say it'll cost ?8 million to repair the damage. Here's
:00:33. > :01:00.our Environment Correspondent, Iolo ap Dafydd. Three weeks ago
:01:01. > :01:07.Aberystwyth headlines as this he pounded the promenade. Tides. The
:01:08. > :01:14.design could be completed by the end of the year. There is the option of
:01:15. > :01:18.an offshore reef, a rock development, increasing the height
:01:19. > :01:22.of the promenade, putting a wall in front of the promenade or to the
:01:23. > :01:29.rear. Workmen are laying new pavement in readiness for the Easter
:01:30. > :01:34.tourists. Officials were showing Westmeath dish back row was Minister
:01:35. > :01:43.officials how money has been spent on repairing. A further ?1.6 million
:01:44. > :01:50.has been pledged today. If you have a bad experience, you go back and
:01:51. > :01:54.you do it, it is important to give the right message to the country.
:01:55. > :01:58.The worst affected local authorities have told us how much the repairs
:01:59. > :02:14.would cost. Conwy Council estimates spending ?5 million.
:02:15. > :02:20.It's not just the local authorities who have hit. It is the end of the
:02:21. > :02:26.line along the Cambrian, at least until May. Network Rail spends a
:02:27. > :02:33.million a year to maintain the track along the West -- Welsh coast and
:02:34. > :02:39.now have extensive repair costs. Since you saw the tidal surge that
:02:40. > :02:42.struck most of the coastal part of Wales, we're looking at a final bill
:02:43. > :02:48.of around seen million pounds to rectify the damage. All along the
:02:49. > :02:51.coast there will be expected checks that the high tides, predicted to be
:02:52. > :02:56.higher than the ones we saw three weeks ago. In Aberystwyth, forge and
:02:57. > :02:59.50 students living near the promenade are being evacuated.
:03:00. > :03:03.Cardiff Council has tonight laid out plans to close some of the city's
:03:04. > :03:05.Children's Play Centres, as part of its budget cuts. Under the
:03:06. > :03:09.proposals, Riverside and Adamsdown would stay open - but six in some of
:03:10. > :03:17.the most deprived areas of Cardiff would be closed. The plans are now
:03:18. > :03:20.open to public consultation. The Pembrokeshire coroner is asking
:03:21. > :03:22.the UK Government to review mental health procedures for soldiers.
:03:23. > :03:26.24-year-old Lee Bonsall was found hanged at his home in Tenby in 2012.
:03:27. > :03:29.He was discharged from the army in 2007, but an inquest today revealed
:03:30. > :03:32.there were delays in psychiatric assessments, and GPs treating him
:03:33. > :03:41.for depression didn't know about his military background.
:03:42. > :03:44.A father and son have both denied charges of forced labour involving a
:03:45. > :03:49.man working on their small-holding near Newport. Daniel Doran and his
:03:50. > :03:53.son David were arrested following a raid at Cariad Farm in Marshfield.
:03:54. > :03:56.They pleaded not guilty to the charges at Cardiff Crown Court.
:03:57. > :04:01.They'll both stand trial later this year.
:04:02. > :04:05.A High Court Judge has decided a Swansea pub broke copyright law when
:04:06. > :04:08.it used a foreign TV channel to show Premier League football matches. The
:04:09. > :04:12.owners of the Riddings Hotel in Brynmill - who could face a legal
:04:13. > :04:15.bill higher than ?125,000 - are considering appealing. BBC Wales
:04:16. > :04:18.understands the Premier League is now likely to bring civil cases
:04:19. > :04:24.against other pubs across Wales and England.
:04:25. > :04:27.There are calls for senior officers at two Welsh councils to step down
:04:28. > :04:32.after auditors said pension payments they received were unlawful.
:04:33. > :04:34.Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire Councils have allowed staff -
:04:35. > :04:39.including their chief executives - to opt out of the Local Government
:04:40. > :04:49.Pension Scheme to avoid paying tax. Cemlyn Davies reports.
:04:50. > :04:53.Mark James and this man are the two council chief executive 's who have
:04:54. > :04:58.received cash in lieu of employer contributions in order to avoid
:04:59. > :05:03.paying tax. According to reports published by the Wales audit office,
:05:04. > :05:09.the payments were unlawful because the councils acted beyond their
:05:10. > :05:13.authority. I would like them to recognise they made mistakes, and
:05:14. > :05:17.they have two global where necessary, rescind the decision is a
:05:18. > :05:24.and if they want to take lawful decisions in future, follow the
:05:25. > :05:29.proper process. Since 2012, Carmarthenshire council has paid Mr
:05:30. > :05:33.James more than ?27,000 instead of contributing towards his local
:05:34. > :05:38.government pension. The council has now put an end to that but a
:05:39. > :05:42.separate report finds the local authority's decision to cover his
:05:43. > :05:47.legal costs in his case against a local blogger was also unlawful.
:05:48. > :05:53.Carmarthenshire County Council has spent more than ?26,000 helping the
:05:54. > :06:01.chief macro pursue a libel counterclaim -- Chief Executive. The
:06:02. > :06:04.audit office has asked the authorities to withdraw its support
:06:05. > :06:10.and stop any further payments. The council says they will be a full
:06:11. > :06:13.debate on the reports and it looks forward to demonstrating that its
:06:14. > :06:21.actions and intentions were honourable and lawful at all times.
:06:22. > :06:26.In the meantime, Mr James is facing calls to step down and the issue was
:06:27. > :06:30.raised in the Commons today. In the case of Pembrokeshire, it is
:06:31. > :06:35.expected that by the end of March, ?51,000 will have been spent on Mr
:06:36. > :06:41.Jones and another senior officer in lieu of pension contributions. The
:06:42. > :06:44.authority says it will consider the report but opposition councillors
:06:45. > :06:49.want action to be taken. We as an opposition will be tabling our
:06:50. > :06:53.special meeting request from November, which calls for the Chief
:06:54. > :07:03.Executive to be immediately suspended and an investigating panel
:07:04. > :07:07.to be opened. They say it is up to both councils to decide whether they
:07:08. > :07:12.want to ask officers to pay the money back. Meanwhile, the police
:07:13. > :07:16.say the force is in discussion with the auditor.
:07:17. > :07:19.Rugby - and the four regions say they're angry they haven't received
:07:20. > :07:22.?800,000 from the organisers of the Heineken European Cup. They say
:07:23. > :07:25.they've had to make alternative arrangements to pay wages. ERC have
:07:26. > :07:29.disputed the claims, saying a decision on releasing the money was
:07:30. > :07:35.always going to be taken at a board meeting next week.
:07:36. > :07:42.Some severe weather on the way - Behnaz is here.
:07:43. > :07:50.The weather taking a turn for the worse, but hopefully things will
:07:51. > :07:56.come down by Sunday. Tonight is fairly quiet, we have clear skies in
:07:57. > :08:02.one or two spots, the temperatures will dip away, some frost and fog
:08:03. > :08:10.forming. It could get down to minus three Celsius for some parts, make
:08:11. > :08:13.the most of the calm weather. We have a series of weather systems
:08:14. > :08:20.that will make things are rather unsettled for the coming days. First
:08:21. > :08:24.thing tomorrow, dry in the East. Further west, rain from the word
:08:25. > :08:31.go, spilling eastwards. A yellow warning for parts of the South and
:08:32. > :08:36.West coasts. For the rest of the UK, a yellow warning for Scotland and
:08:37. > :08:40.northern parts of England for snow. We have an ample warning for
:08:41. > :08:47.Somerset as well for further flooding. -- amber warning. Through
:08:48. > :08:53.the afternoon across Wales, some heavy downpours with the strong
:08:54. > :08:59.winds, not risen for the rush-hour. -- not very pleasant. Once the rain
:09:00. > :09:10.band clears tomorrow night, behind it, showers. The winds will ease for
:09:11. > :09:13.a time. Another cold night. First thing on Saturday, showers from the
:09:14. > :09:23.word go, we have strong winds as well. Various warnings in place. We
:09:24. > :09:31.have high tides as well, not a good impression. The risk of flooding is
:09:32. > :09:34.there on the south and west coast. Sunday is not looking too bad. Fewer
:09:35. > :09:44.showers with some brightness. We'll have the latest for you in
:09:45. > :09:52.Breakfast from 6:25.