:00:00. > :00:16.marrying man with machine. That's all from us.
:00:17. > :00:22.Good evening. Storm force gales and torrential rain have again been
:00:23. > :00:26.battering the coastline. The South has been the worst affected, with
:00:27. > :00:29.winds up to 70 miles an hour. Fallen trees have blocked roads and damaged
:00:30. > :00:37.buildings, and forecasters say more bad weather is expected. Nick Palit
:00:38. > :00:42.reports. It is now an all too familiar scene
:00:43. > :00:46.just a month into 2014. Gale force winds, rain is, a battered
:00:47. > :00:50.coastline. Here in the Vale of Glamorgan, the Esplanade were shot
:00:51. > :00:54.to traffic as a precaution. The force of the high tide, showering
:00:55. > :01:01.the seafront with rocks, pebbles and seaweed. The nearby Cardiff Bay
:01:02. > :01:05.barrage was also closed for a time. The bad weather hit last night and
:01:06. > :01:09.storm force winds brought down power lines, leaving 700 homes in south
:01:10. > :01:13.Wales without electricity for a time. Western power just abuse and
:01:14. > :01:17.say they have now all been reconnected. As dawn broke, the
:01:18. > :01:22.storms continued, producing these dramatic images. They have also been
:01:23. > :01:26.reports of houses being flooded in the Brecon area. In the West,
:01:27. > :01:31.visitors to this beach have been warned of collapsing sand dunes.
:01:32. > :01:34.Millions of tonnes of sand have been sheared off the dunes in recent
:01:35. > :01:40.storm surges, leaving dangerous drops of up to 35 feet. As it dries
:01:41. > :01:44.out it will then collapse. That is the danger. If you are standing
:01:45. > :01:48.close to the edge and it is drying out, it could fall away. On the
:01:49. > :01:53.Gower Peninsula, those who ventured out how to take shelter from the
:01:54. > :01:56.wind. A seafront cafe was damaged for the second time in as many
:01:57. > :02:05.weeks. They opened this morning after a pin-up operation. --
:02:06. > :02:10.clean-up operation. The storm knocked off some of the ball so
:02:11. > :02:18.water got in. Hopefully, this has not caused more damage. Further
:02:19. > :02:21.north, a tree fell on this hotel, wrecking its conservatory. It is the
:02:22. > :02:27.second time this year it has been damaged. Last month, a falling tree
:02:28. > :02:32.hit Mitchell Johnson play area at a nearby coastal railway line. Today,
:02:33. > :02:35.David Cameron announced another ?100 billion will be available for
:02:36. > :02:39.repairs, maintenance and flood protection. That is little comfort
:02:40. > :02:49.here in Wales as the budget will be coming from deaf and will be for
:02:50. > :02:52.England only. -- DEF RA. Britain has just experienced its
:02:53. > :02:56.wettest January for more than a century, and Wales has suffered more
:02:57. > :03:01.than its fair share of torrential rain. Forecasters are predicting
:03:02. > :03:05.more to come without 240 millimetres of rainfall expected today, and
:03:06. > :03:11.winds up to 70 mph lashing the South Wales coastline. Plans to give Wales
:03:12. > :03:14.some control over income tax are in jeopardy tonight after Labour said
:03:15. > :03:17.it would oppose the proposals. The Shadow Welsh Secretary, Owen
:03:18. > :03:20.Smith, said the Labour-run Welsh government hadn't asked for the
:03:21. > :03:23.power to vary income tax and wouldn't seek it in the future. The
:03:24. > :03:26.Conservatives say Mr Smith had changed Labour policy and, at the
:03:27. > :03:31.House Commons, the Prime Minister said he wanted to see devolution go
:03:32. > :03:35.further. The First Minister has been extremely clear. We did not ask for
:03:36. > :03:39.income tax varying powers. He does not think it a priority for Wales,
:03:40. > :03:43.he does not think it will necessarily benefit Wales, and we
:03:44. > :03:47.will not be seeking income tax varying powers in future. We fear
:03:48. > :03:52.there is a trap being laid for Welsh people by the Conservative party.
:03:53. > :03:56.The Conservatives say Mr Smith had changed Labour policy and, at the
:03:57. > :04:01.House of Commons, the Prime Minister said he wanted to see devolution go
:04:02. > :04:04.further. We are in favour of taking these further steps. We will be
:04:05. > :04:09.bringing forward legislation. We will take steps and make sure that
:04:10. > :04:14.people in Wales have a real say, and I want the Conservatives in Wales to
:04:15. > :04:16.stand up as the low tax party in Wales. Under our devolution plan,
:04:17. > :04:19.that is exactly what they will do. The Welsh Conservatives say they
:04:20. > :04:23.would scrap stamp duty for all properties worth up to a ?250,000 if
:04:24. > :04:26.they were in power in Wales after the Assembly elections in 2016.
:04:27. > :04:29.Stamp duty is in the process of being devolved. The Conservatives
:04:30. > :04:34.say the policy would cost around ?20 million.
:04:35. > :04:38.A former Gwent Police officer, who was removed from front line duties
:04:39. > :04:41.after a video of him arresting a pensioner was seen by millions on
:04:42. > :04:47.YouTube, has been awarded more than ?400,000 in compensation. A tribunal
:04:48. > :04:50.ruled senior officers made a "clear attempt" to silence Mike Baillon's
:04:51. > :05:01.complaints against the force. Here's our Gwent reporter Paul Heaney.
:05:02. > :05:06.71-year-old Robert drives of in his range Rover without warning. He had
:05:07. > :05:09.been stopped for not wearing a seat belt, and then chased for 17 minutes
:05:10. > :05:13.before Mike Baillon smashed his window to stop the pursuit. It was
:05:14. > :05:19.the moment that changed his police career. Ultimately, the driver was
:05:20. > :05:26.the author of his own downfall, I feel. I simply wanted him to put his
:05:27. > :05:30.seat belt on. It was the end of my day, I had no intention to issue
:05:31. > :05:35.another fixed penalty, or to pursue him, or to break the window, or to
:05:36. > :05:40.arrest him. That all came about as a result of his actions. Mr Whatley
:05:41. > :05:48.was found guilty of several motoring offences and later settled out of
:05:49. > :05:52.court for ?65,000 in costs and damages. It is a terrific waste of
:05:53. > :05:58.public funds and money. It is about time the police were held to
:05:59. > :06:03.account. Mike Baillon received threats when this video was posted
:06:04. > :06:05.on the Internet. The way the incident was reported deeply
:06:06. > :06:11.affected him and his family. Unfortunately, my wife suffered a
:06:12. > :06:15.miscarriage a few days after the story came out in the press. I feel
:06:16. > :06:19.that was brought on as a result of the stress of the way that the story
:06:20. > :06:26.was reported. When he complained to senior
:06:27. > :06:29.officers about the way the incident had been handled in 2009, he said
:06:30. > :06:35.they failed to listen and undermined him in his job. Last year, and
:06:36. > :06:39.employment tribunal ruled Mike Baillon was punished by senior
:06:40. > :06:44.officers when they removed from the front line policing he loved. Now he
:06:45. > :06:49.is in line for at least 430 thousand pounds in compensation for the
:06:50. > :06:54.police pension he lost when he felt forced to quit. Went police says it
:06:55. > :06:57.is disappointed and is reflecting on the judgement. Mike Baillon is now
:06:58. > :07:02.moving on, having started his own Woodcraft business, and says he
:07:03. > :07:05.would rather have his old job back. A cash instalment, which the rugby
:07:06. > :07:09.regions were expecting to receive for playing in the Heineken Cup, has
:07:10. > :07:12.been delayed for a second time. The four regions say they're owed
:07:13. > :07:15.?200,000 each from European Rugby Cup, the company which runs the
:07:16. > :07:18.tournament. They say it's caused them difficulties and have had to
:07:19. > :07:20.make alternative arrangements to pay wages. The ERC says they'll
:07:21. > :07:24.reconsider the matter on February 19th.
:07:25. > :07:28.On tomorrow's programme, we'll be hearing from Swansea's new head
:07:29. > :07:31.coach, Garry Monk, as he faces the cameras for the first time since the
:07:32. > :07:35.departure of Michael Laudrup. Monk took his first training session
:07:36. > :07:36.today and has been put in charge of team affairs for the foreseeable
:07:37. > :07:45.future. There's no respite from the rain and
:07:46. > :07:52.wind. Here's Derek with the forecast.
:07:53. > :07:56.There was no sign of the weather settling down. More heavy rain and
:07:57. > :08:01.gales in the forecast. It is pretty windy out there at the moment. At
:08:02. > :08:09.9pm today, we recorded a gust of 60 mph. We also have 19 flood alerts in
:08:10. > :08:16.force, and one flood warning. Tomorrow, I do have some good news.
:08:17. > :08:20.I can promise a drier day, at least for a while. Lighter winds, but
:08:21. > :08:24.there is more rain on the way. The wind will slowly ease denied. Still
:08:25. > :08:27.a few showers around, but turning generally drier as the night wears
:08:28. > :08:36.on. Temperatures will stay above freezing. Tomorrow morning, the best
:08:37. > :08:40.part of the day. You -- the wind will continue to ease. This dry
:08:41. > :08:44.weather won't last, as you will see any moment. Across the rest of the
:08:45. > :08:48.UK, showers for Scotland. Some sunshine in Northern Ireland. Most
:08:49. > :08:51.of northern England dry, but here comes the next batch of rain
:08:52. > :08:58.spreading slowly northwards. We have an amber warning for rain and more
:08:59. > :09:03.flooding in the southern counties of England. Strengthening winds in the
:09:04. > :09:08.input channel. Back to Wales, that vein is setting in by 3pm tomorrow
:09:09. > :09:11.afternoon. It spreads across much of the country. The wind will be much
:09:12. > :09:17.lighter tomorrow, and still feeling quite chilly. Tomorrow evening, more
:09:18. > :09:24.rain to come. It will be heavy. Also some snow for the higher ground. On
:09:25. > :09:28.Friday, the rain and snow will clear away, and the weather will improve
:09:29. > :09:34.becoming dry up with some sunshine that wind easing. But, the respite
:09:35. > :09:40.won't last. Another deep area of low pressure is heading our way for the
:09:41. > :09:44.weekend. Back to square one. Heavy rain, gales and blustery showers. We
:09:45. > :09:49.are not out of the woods yet. The Wales Report is next here on BBC
:09:50. > :09:54.One Wales. We'll have the latest on the weather and traffic reports in
:09:55. > :09:59.Breakfast from 6am. That's it from the late team. Good night.