30/01/2014 BBC Wales Today

Good evening. There are warnings tonight to stay away from the coast

as thousands of people brace themselves for more bad weather. It

comes weeks after parts of the country were damaged by storms -

councils here say it'll cost ?8 million to repair the damage. Here's

our Environment Correspondent, Iolo ap Dafydd. Three weeks ago

Aberystwyth headlines as this he pounded the promenade. Tides. The

design could be completed by the end of the year. There is the option of

an offshore reef, a rock development, increasing the height

of the promenade, putting a wall in front of the promenade or to the

rear. Workmen are laying new pavement in readiness for the Easter

tourists. Officials were showing Westmeath dish back row was Minister

officials how money has been spent on repairing. A further ?1.6 million

has been pledged today. If you have a bad experience, you go back and

you do it, it is important to give the right message to the country.

The worst affected local authorities have told us how much the repairs

would cost. Conwy Council estimates spending ?5 million.

It's not just the local authorities who have hit. It is the end of the

line along the Cambrian, at least until May. Network Rail spends a

million a year to maintain the track along the West -- Welsh coast and

now have extensive repair costs. Since you saw the tidal surge that

struck most of the coastal part of Wales, we're looking at a final bill

of around seen million pounds to rectify the damage. All along the

coast there will be expected checks that the high tides, predicted to be

higher than the ones we saw three weeks ago. In Aberystwyth, forge and

50 students living near the promenade are being evacuated.

Cardiff Council has tonight laid out plans to close some of the city's

Children's Play Centres, as part of its budget cuts. Under the

proposals, Riverside and Adamsdown would stay open - but six in some of

the most deprived areas of Cardiff would be closed. The plans are now

open to public consultation. The Pembrokeshire coroner is asking

the UK Government to review mental health procedures for soldiers.

24-year-old Lee Bonsall was found hanged at his home in Tenby in 2012.

He was discharged from the army in 2007, but an inquest today revealed

there were delays in psychiatric assessments, and GPs treating him

for depression didn't know about his military background.

A father and son have both denied charges of forced labour involving a

man working on their small-holding near Newport. Daniel Doran and his

son David were arrested following a raid at Cariad Farm in Marshfield.

They pleaded not guilty to the charges at Cardiff Crown Court.

They'll both stand trial later this year.

A High Court Judge has decided a Swansea pub broke copyright law when

it used a foreign TV channel to show Premier League football matches. The

owners of the Riddings Hotel in Brynmill - who could face a legal

bill higher than ?125,000 - are considering appealing. BBC Wales

understands the Premier League is now likely to bring civil cases

against other pubs across Wales and England.

There are calls for senior officers at two Welsh councils to step down

after auditors said pension payments they received were unlawful.

Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire Councils have allowed staff -

including their chief executives - to opt out of the Local Government

Pension Scheme to avoid paying tax. Cemlyn Davies reports.

Mark James and this man are the two council chief executive 's who have

received cash in lieu of employer contributions in order to avoid

paying tax. According to reports published by the Wales audit office,

the payments were unlawful because the councils acted beyond their

authority. I would like them to recognise they made mistakes, and

they have two global where necessary, rescind the decision is a

and if they want to take lawful decisions in future, follow the

proper process. Since 2012, Carmarthenshire council has paid Mr

James more than ?27,000 instead of contributing towards his local

government pension. The council has now put an end to that but a

separate report finds the local authority's decision to cover his

legal costs in his case against a local blogger was also unlawful.

Carmarthenshire County Council has spent more than ?26,000 helping the

chief macro pursue a libel counterclaim -- Chief Executive. The

audit office has asked the authorities to withdraw its support

and stop any further payments. The council says they will be a full

debate on the reports and it looks forward to demonstrating that its

actions and intentions were honourable and lawful at all times.

In the meantime, Mr James is facing calls to step down and the issue was

raised in the Commons today. In the case of Pembrokeshire, it is

expected that by the end of March, ?51,000 will have been spent on Mr

Jones and another senior officer in lieu of pension contributions. The

authority says it will consider the report but opposition councillors

want action to be taken. We as an opposition will be tabling our

special meeting request from November, which calls for the Chief

Executive to be immediately suspended and an investigating panel

to be opened. They say it is up to both councils to decide whether they

want to ask officers to pay the money back. Meanwhile, the police

say the force is in discussion with the auditor.

Rugby - and the four regions say they're angry they haven't received

?800,000 from the organisers of the Heineken European Cup. They say

they've had to make alternative arrangements to pay wages. ERC have

disputed the claims, saying a decision on releasing the money was

always going to be taken at a board meeting next week.

Some severe weather on the way - Behnaz is here.

The weather taking a turn for the worse, but hopefully things will

come down by Sunday. Tonight is fairly quiet, we have clear skies in

one or two spots, the temperatures will dip away, some frost and fog

forming. It could get down to minus three Celsius for some parts, make

the most of the calm weather. We have a series of weather systems

that will make things are rather unsettled for the coming days. First

thing tomorrow, dry in the East. Further west, rain from the word

go, spilling eastwards. A yellow warning for parts of the South and

West coasts. For the rest of the UK, a yellow warning for Scotland and

northern parts of England for snow. We have an ample warning for

Somerset as well for further flooding. -- amber warning. Through

the afternoon across Wales, some heavy downpours with the strong

winds, not risen for the rush-hour. -- not very pleasant. Once the rain

band clears tomorrow night, behind it, showers. The winds will ease for

a time. Another cold night. First thing on Saturday, showers from the

word go, we have strong winds as well. Various warnings in place. We

have high tides as well, not a good impression. The risk of flooding is

there on the south and west coast. Sunday is not looking too bad. Fewer

showers with some brightness. We'll have the latest for you in

Breakfast from 6:25.