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Good evening. Welcome to Wales When is it going to end? | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
Good evening. Welcome to Wales Today. Tonight's top stories. | :00:00. | :00:07. | |
650 jobs under threat after a Newport bakery loses a multi-million | :00:08. | :00:22. | |
pound contract with Marks Spencer. I thought it was going to be for | :00:23. | :00:25. | |
quite awhile that I was going to working here. | :00:26. | :00:33. | |
It could deal a heavy blow to the local economy. | :00:34. | :00:42. | |
Also tonight. Could the sea be the answer to our | :00:43. | :00:48. | |
energy needs? Plans for a tidal lagoon in Swansea Bay. | :00:49. | :00:52. | |
We've been battered by wind and rain this week. Wales gets ready for more | :00:53. | :00:58. | |
severe weather to come. Good evening. In tonight's sport. | :00:59. | :01:01. | |
It's been all change since Swansea and Cardiff last met - now there is | :01:02. | :01:04. | |
pride and vital Premier League points at stake. | :01:05. | :01:07. | |
And the crossing may have been rough but the spirits are high - the Welsh | :01:08. | :01:11. | |
exodus to Dublin ahead of the Six Nations clash. | :01:12. | :01:17. | |
Hopefully a Welsh win but after last week who knows? | :01:18. | :01:22. | |
Good evening. The future of 650 jobs are under threat at a bakery in | :01:23. | :01:26. | |
Newport tonight after they lost a multi-million pound contract with | :01:27. | :01:30. | |
Marks Spencer. Avana Bakeries in Rogerstone say they're looking for | :01:31. | :01:33. | |
new work, but the future of the whole site is in doubt. Our | :01:34. | :01:36. | |
economics correspondent Sarah Dickins reports. | :01:37. | :01:44. | |
Workers clocking in full shifts today heard the bad news. Their | :01:45. | :01:49. | |
biggest contract had been lost. They have been told redundancies could | :01:50. | :01:54. | |
begin as early as April. Workers have been involved in decorating | :01:55. | :02:00. | |
cakes here for over 25 years. 650 jobs are in question. The contract | :02:01. | :02:05. | |
amounts to 85% of its business, making a range of cakes for its | :02:06. | :02:12. | |
stores across Britain. I am on a temporary contract on the verge of | :02:13. | :02:15. | |
being taken on full time so that is a knock to me now. I can't see that | :02:16. | :02:24. | |
happening. We do products for Tesco, Sainsbury's and we recently | :02:25. | :02:28. | |
received quite a large algae contract. We have got the business | :02:29. | :02:34. | |
but to make 85% of the incoming business is going to be a really | :02:35. | :02:41. | |
hard task. Avana Bakeries is owned by a group based in Birmingham. But | :02:42. | :02:51. | |
it adds it is going to do everything it can to attract new customers. I | :02:52. | :02:57. | |
have had an assurance that officials will do everything they can to help. | :02:58. | :03:01. | |
I don't know whether they will get orders and that is what the managers | :03:02. | :03:06. | |
have assured me, that they are looking for new orders. It would be | :03:07. | :03:11. | |
perfect if Marks Spencer changed their mind but I can't see that | :03:12. | :03:17. | |
happening. All jobs are important. We need jobs in Newport and south | :03:18. | :03:23. | |
Wales. These jobs, five or ten years ago, replaced what were industrial | :03:24. | :03:30. | |
jobs. They are really important. Their work at the plant is skilled | :03:31. | :03:34. | |
and relatively well-paid. Employees had thought business was going well. | :03:35. | :03:40. | |
They are a good workforce so they are very solid in how they are and | :03:41. | :03:44. | |
they performed very well over Christmas. This is a shock. The | :03:45. | :03:54. | |
harsh reality is that Marks Spencer will in future gets its | :03:55. | :03:59. | |
cakes supplied by a firm in Oldham. In a statement it said the decision | :04:00. | :04:03. | |
was part of its work to further improve the quality of its food | :04:04. | :04:09. | |
supply chain. Workers can only hope that new orders can be found. | :04:10. | :04:12. | |
Sarah is outside the bakery for us tonight. Is this company are unusual | :04:13. | :04:21. | |
in having one big contract making up the majority of their business? Not | :04:22. | :04:28. | |
that unusual. The food sector is surprisingly important for our | :04:29. | :04:33. | |
economy. Quite a few of the larger employers in the food sector are a | :04:34. | :04:37. | |
bit like this one. They have a big contract, largely with a | :04:38. | :04:40. | |
supermarket. We have had numerous stories of abattoirs and food | :04:41. | :04:45. | |
processing plants closely tied in with some of the big names in the | :04:46. | :04:49. | |
supermarkets and when those supermarkets decide they want to get | :04:50. | :04:53. | |
it from somewhere else, either for reasons of quality or cost, that is | :04:54. | :05:00. | |
a problem. 85% of the work at this factory is done for Marks | :05:01. | :05:04. | |
Spencer. Those contracts are fantastic to win but they are | :05:05. | :05:08. | |
devastating when they go. How much of a blow to the economy could it | :05:09. | :05:17. | |
be? 650 jobs if this site goes. If it loses the Marks Spencer | :05:18. | :05:24. | |
contract and can't get two extra capacity, if all these jobs go, | :05:25. | :05:29. | |
obviously there is that loss in income to the community but, more | :05:30. | :05:34. | |
importantly, these are skilled jobs and there are not many other people | :05:35. | :05:39. | |
wanting to take on people with these particular skills. Rogerstone is not | :05:40. | :05:45. | |
one of the worst affected areas of industrial Wales but it is fragile | :05:46. | :05:51. | |
and anywhere losing 650 well-paid jobs is a blow economic league and | :05:52. | :05:59. | |
emotionally. -- economically. It could provide power for 120,000 | :06:00. | :06:02. | |
homes for 120 years by using the energy from the flow of the tide. | :06:03. | :06:06. | |
That's the claim from developers behind a new tidal lagoon in Swansea | :06:07. | :06:10. | |
Bay that has been submitted for approval today. The ?850 million | :06:11. | :06:13. | |
scheme would initially create 2,000 jobs and will connect Swansea Docks | :06:14. | :06:18. | |
and the Neath river estuary. But opponents say the energy generated | :06:19. | :06:28. | |
doesn't justify the cost. On a day like today, it is easy to | :06:29. | :06:32. | |
see why the government is interested in generating power from wind and | :06:33. | :06:37. | |
wave. In four years time, they could be the world's first energy | :06:38. | :06:41. | |
generating lagoon on the other side of the breakwater. It could cover a | :06:42. | :06:46. | |
quarter of Swansea Bay, from the dock area towards the university's | :06:47. | :06:52. | |
new science campus. 16 turbines, seven metre in diameter, would catch | :06:53. | :06:58. | |
the world's second highest tides, rushing in from the Atlantic Ocean. | :06:59. | :07:02. | |
If the scheme is approved, this newly formed company say power could | :07:03. | :07:08. | |
be reduced for 216 hours a day. This is about launching an industry. The | :07:09. | :07:19. | |
price will be cheaper than nuclear power. The money is there to build | :07:20. | :07:24. | |
the lagoon. We do need to which even the correct subsidy level from the | :07:25. | :07:29. | |
British government. They could be at two 2000 construction jobs, 60 | :07:30. | :07:32. | |
full-time posts are promised and it is hoped it will become a tourist | :07:33. | :07:39. | |
attraction. But the real prize could be a fit with thousand engineering | :07:40. | :07:42. | |
jobs, establishing a new tidal energy industry in -- if three or | :07:43. | :07:48. | |
four tidal lagoons are building future. To generate a cleaner source | :07:49. | :07:53. | |
of power for any adversity, tidal lagoon power is asking for a | :07:54. | :07:58. | |
government subsidy for around 40 years. Last year, EDF energy secured | :07:59. | :08:05. | |
?92 50 per megawatt hour of energy after 2023. Large solar parks will | :08:06. | :08:13. | |
attract government support of ?120 per megawatt hour. Wind farms on | :08:14. | :08:21. | |
land typically are offered ?95. Wind farms offshore demand ?155. The | :08:22. | :08:31. | |
tidal lagoon in Swansea are asking for an electricity strike price of | :08:32. | :08:38. | |
between ?155 and ?154 per megawatt hour. The development claim the | :08:39. | :08:42. | |
subsidy was fall as more are built but those who favour a much bigger | :08:43. | :08:47. | |
barrage across the Severn Estuary between Cardiff and | :08:48. | :08:49. | |
Weston-super-Mare say the price of energy generated from a lagoon could | :08:50. | :08:55. | |
be its biggest drawback. The Swansea Bay tidal lagoon is fine for Swansea | :08:56. | :09:01. | |
Bay but it is 1500 football pitches in size. You would need 50 of them | :09:02. | :09:05. | |
to generate the fraction of the power of the Severn barrage. In | :09:06. | :09:11. | |
contrast to a barrage across the seven, tidal lagoons would not block | :09:12. | :09:15. | |
river estuaries. Scrutiny will now start in earnest. The planning | :09:16. | :09:20. | |
Inspectorate will look at this proposal for up to a year. The final | :09:21. | :09:25. | |
decision will rest with Ed Davey, the energy minister in Westminster. | :09:26. | :09:36. | |
April Imrie investigation for murder and the possession of jerk -- drugs | :09:37. | :09:39. | |
is under way following the death of a 33 old woman from Swansea in | :09:40. | :09:45. | |
Bulgaria. Nina Holmes from Gorseinon collapsed in the skiing resort of | :09:46. | :09:48. | |
Borovets on Sunday. The Foreign Office has said it's providing help | :09:49. | :09:50. | |
to her family. A series of clinics will be held by | :09:51. | :09:54. | |
Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board for patients and their | :09:55. | :09:57. | |
relatives who want to voice concerns about standards of care. It follows | :09:58. | :10:00. | |
a public meeting last week where calls were made for the Health | :10:01. | :10:06. | |
Board's chief executive to resign. The Labour Assembly Member Keith | :10:07. | :10:10. | |
Davies has called for the immediate suspension of the chief executive of | :10:11. | :10:14. | |
Carmarthenshire county council. His comments come after a report from | :10:15. | :10:22. | |
the auditor general, -- auditor general's office claims of the | :10:23. | :10:24. | |
payments made to him were unlawful. It's heading our way and is supposed | :10:25. | :10:28. | |
to hit land at around 8.00pm tonight but what will Hurricane Petra bring? | :10:29. | :10:31. | |
We're being told to expect disruption to transport and to | :10:32. | :10:35. | |
power. For some, it's just adding to the difficulties the rain has | :10:36. | :10:37. | |
already brought. Caroline Evans has been looking at how conditions are | :10:38. | :10:41. | |
affecting people and what one of our power companies is doing to prepare | :10:42. | :10:48. | |
for the next 48 hours. Here at the Cardiff heard of Western | :10:49. | :10:52. | |
power distribution, they are ready. All staff on stand-by. This is the | :10:53. | :10:57. | |
control centre that controls the network. Across South Wales and the | :10:58. | :11:09. | |
south-west of England. The company constantly monitors the weather. The | :11:10. | :11:15. | |
wind is the main concern, particularly if it goes over 60 mph. | :11:16. | :11:20. | |
We normally have people on stand-by over a weekend and that will be 40 | :11:21. | :11:25. | |
or so. We have now put everybody on stand-by so that goes up to about | :11:26. | :11:32. | |
300. That is right across South Wales. We also put other people | :11:33. | :11:36. | |
across the whole of the business from Skegness to Land's End on | :11:37. | :11:39. | |
stand-by so we could be able to call on them as well if things get really | :11:40. | :11:44. | |
bad. News that a section of the Cambrian line is expected to reopen | :11:45. | :11:47. | |
on Monday has brought relief for some. Brilliant news for the | :11:48. | :11:52. | |
community after a month of destruction. It is really good news | :11:53. | :12:02. | |
for the town. I know it has had an adverse effect on the economy. But | :12:03. | :12:10. | |
for farmers, the weather continues to make life difficult, killing | :12:11. | :12:13. | |
crops and soaking pastures at what is one of the busiest times of the | :12:14. | :12:19. | |
year. We have turned up about 400 lambs. I walk around them each | :12:20. | :12:23. | |
morning, worried how I will find them because they have been outside | :12:24. | :12:28. | |
in torrential rain all night. If you have water standing on a crop for | :12:29. | :12:32. | |
more than a fortnight, the crop will actually die and rot away. There are | :12:33. | :12:39. | |
lots of lakes on the fields where we have corn which have been studied | :12:40. | :12:48. | |
since Christmas. After what was the wettest January in 50 years, this | :12:49. | :12:53. | |
week Wales saw a bus washed off the road, beach huts damaged and a train | :12:54. | :13:00. | |
overturned. Student accommodation in Aberystwyth was also evacuated. And | :13:01. | :13:06. | |
on top of the beacons, fresh snow. Still to come in the programme. | :13:07. | :13:11. | |
Marking half a century of programmes from BBC Wales. | :13:12. | :13:16. | |
And a broadcasting revolution for the country. | :13:17. | :13:23. | |
Good evening. A lot has changed since Swansea and Cardiff last met | :13:24. | :13:31. | |
each other on a football field. It has been a jubilant few weeks with | :13:32. | :13:36. | |
both clubs sacking their managers. The men who have replaced them are | :13:37. | :13:39. | |
comparative rookies but they have been thrown into a South Wales derby | :13:40. | :13:43. | |
that will have a huge bearing on whether their clubs avoid relegation | :13:44. | :13:48. | |
from the Premier League. The South will star be is spicy at | :13:49. | :13:52. | |
the best of times but the added ingredients of two new managers and | :13:53. | :13:57. | |
a relegation scrap means tomorrow's match is hotter than ever. In | :13:58. | :14:01. | |
November, it was Malky Mackay against Michael Laudrup. Tomorrow, | :14:02. | :14:07. | |
the new men in charge will fight for a victory which could help define | :14:08. | :14:12. | |
their young managerial careers. In the away dugout, Ole Gunnar | :14:13. | :14:15. | |
Solskjaer hoping to lift Cardiff out of the bottom three since taking | :14:16. | :14:21. | |
charge. And over yet, Garry Monk, a matched a manager for the first | :14:22. | :14:25. | |
time. Win the Derby, and the job could be his long-term. It is | :14:26. | :14:34. | |
massive. It has got to be about the football. I have said that the | :14:35. | :14:38. | |
players. I think it makes for a great game. Especially at home in | :14:39. | :14:42. | |
front of our supporters. We lost the first game their place so we have | :14:43. | :14:47. | |
the right a wrong. We are burning to create history. To be fair, to | :14:48. | :14:52. | |
repeat history. You can create history by doing the double, Craig | :14:53. | :14:59. | |
scored the winner at the Liberty Stadium three years ago. So it is an | :15:00. | :15:07. | |
important game for us, don't worry. The form of both clubs is for coming | :15:08. | :15:11. | |
into the match. Cardiff have won two and Swansea just one of their last | :15:12. | :15:16. | |
ten semi-league matches. That has pulled them both into the relegation | :15:17. | :15:20. | |
scrap. A Cardiff win would put them level but the Swans can open a | :15:21. | :15:24. | |
6-point gap over their rivals if they come out on top. A lot of fans | :15:25. | :15:31. | |
will be making a day of it. This city centre restaurant in Swansea | :15:32. | :15:34. | |
will be busier than normal with a rush of people hoping to celebrate | :15:35. | :15:37. | |
or maybe commiserate over dinner and drinks. My cell is full, my fridge | :15:38. | :15:47. | |
is full. That has a knock-on effect to my suppliers. They are happy this | :15:48. | :15:51. | |
weekend. We are buying a lot more produce. It is an upward spiral for | :15:52. | :15:57. | |
all of us. Commentator Rob Phillips is looking forward to one of the | :15:58. | :16:01. | |
highlights of the year. He is preparing to describe a match for | :16:02. | :16:04. | |
radio Wales tomorrow evening. It really is a close one to call. In | :16:05. | :16:11. | |
terms of quality, Swansea city probably cannot on top but in terms | :16:12. | :16:15. | |
of commitment and maybe the desire in a derby, these Cardiff players | :16:16. | :16:20. | |
have got a lot going for them. These are two clubs trying to move clear | :16:21. | :16:25. | |
of a crisis. This is the perfect opportunity for both to take a big | :16:26. | :16:28. | |
step forward. It's been billed as the grudge match | :16:29. | :16:35. | |
of this year's Six Nations. Wales are in Dublin hunting a win that | :16:36. | :16:39. | |
would keep them on course to become the first nation to win three | :16:40. | :16:42. | |
successive Six Nations titles. The hundreds of fans that have made the | :16:43. | :16:45. | |
trip are confident Wales have a few tricks up their sleeves to overcome | :16:46. | :16:50. | |
the Irish challenge. Holyhead port today and rugby fans | :16:51. | :16:54. | |
arriving to catch the ferry to Dublin. The Welsh team can boast a | :16:55. | :16:57. | |
loyal and loud following and these fans couldn't wait to get there. | :16:58. | :17:05. | |
Fantastic. It is always an epic trip when we go to Ireland. The French | :17:06. | :17:10. | |
game is on Friday which is awkward so this has become our home trip. | :17:11. | :17:15. | |
One of the lads bought it for me to get in the spirit of things. For | :17:16. | :17:19. | |
those who braved the weather and have already arrived in Dublin, they | :17:20. | :17:23. | |
are optimistic that not only will they be going home in calmer | :17:24. | :17:26. | |
conditions but they will get that win over the Irish. They will tackle | :17:27. | :17:31. | |
hard but I think we will come away victorious. Hopefully a Welsh win | :17:32. | :17:38. | |
but after last week who knows? Wales came unstuck to Ireland at home | :17:39. | :17:42. | |
despite going on to win the championship last year. They know | :17:43. | :17:45. | |
they can't let that happen again if they are to stay on course for the | :17:46. | :17:48. | |
historic three title wins on the trot. Every game is tough but this | :17:49. | :17:55. | |
game in particular, given the quality of Ireland and the way they | :17:56. | :17:58. | |
played last weekend and the last game was New Zealand, they looked | :17:59. | :18:01. | |
like a good outfit and they are going to be tough to beat. It is | :18:02. | :18:09. | |
definitely going to be a key battle. Whatever team wins, I think they | :18:10. | :18:12. | |
will go on and have a lot of momentum. Ireland are boosted by the | :18:13. | :18:18. | |
return of Paul O'Connell and Gordon D'Arcy. And despite Warren | :18:19. | :18:23. | |
Gatland's plea, the whole saga over Brian O'Driscoll's Lions axing and | :18:24. | :18:26. | |
the notion of this being a revenge mission for the centre is the | :18:27. | :18:30. | |
subplot to the whole weekend. The players know each other very well | :18:31. | :18:34. | |
and Ireland's coach says that adds extra spice. Paul O'Connell was | :18:35. | :18:39. | |
talking about always feeling that Mike Phillips was difficult to play | :18:40. | :18:43. | |
against and getting angry with him on occasions but he says he is a | :18:44. | :18:48. | |
great guy and they kid around together on the Lions tour. It is | :18:49. | :18:53. | |
like when you compete with your brother. You are that much more | :18:54. | :19:00. | |
competitive. Best of friends on the streets of Dublin today, they will | :19:01. | :19:04. | |
be Celtic froze just before kick-off in the game earmarked as the biggest | :19:05. | :19:07. | |
grudge match of this year's tournament. | :19:08. | :19:10. | |
So, it's all set up, and there's plenty of action. After a great | :19:11. | :19:13. | |
start to their campaign, the Under 20s play tonight. Scrum V are live | :19:14. | :19:16. | |
in Athlone. Coverage starts at 7:15pm over on BBC Two Wales. And | :19:17. | :19:20. | |
Wales Women are hoping to bounce back from their defeat to Italy. | :19:21. | :19:23. | |
They're also in action tonight. Here's how tomorrow looks - covearge | :19:24. | :19:27. | |
of Ireland and Wales starts at two o'clock on BBC One Wales. That game | :19:28. | :19:30. | |
is followed by Scotland against Ireland. Scotland and England, | :19:31. | :19:36. | |
rather. And tomorrow afternoon, Radio Wales will also have | :19:37. | :19:38. | |
commentary of the big football derby. | :19:39. | :19:41. | |
And as we just saw, thousands of Welsh fans will be in Dublin for | :19:42. | :19:45. | |
tomorrow's game, but for most of us it'll be an afternoon on the sofa | :19:46. | :19:48. | |
glued to the telly. This is how Maureen Boyardi and her friends in | :19:49. | :19:51. | |
Treorchy enjoyed last weekend's Italy game. No shortage of high | :19:52. | :19:54. | |
spirits there. But how and where will you be watching the Ireland | :19:55. | :19:58. | |
match? Take a photo or video and send it to us. Here's how to get in | :19:59. | :20:02. | |
touch. E-mail us at [email protected]. We look | :20:03. | :20:09. | |
forward to hearing from you. The opening ceremony for the Winter | :20:10. | :20:13. | |
Olympics is underway in Russia. The only Welsh athlete in the British | :20:14. | :20:19. | |
team is from West Wales. He is the brakeman in the bobsleigh team. He | :20:20. | :20:23. | |
is in with a realistic chance of winning a medal. | :20:24. | :20:27. | |
Newport County's game against Fleetwood tonight is off. It's their | :20:28. | :20:38. | |
fifth postponement at Rodney Parade since late December. The Football | :20:39. | :20:41. | |
League has been in touch over the state of their pitch. Wrexham are | :20:42. | :20:44. | |
holding a pitch inspection at 8.00am tomorrow ahead of their Conference | :20:45. | :20:46. | |
game against Dartford. Now the face of BBC Wales on our TV | :20:47. | :20:51. | |
screens has changed over the years - and this weekend marks the fiftieth | :20:52. | :20:54. | |
anniversary of the launch of a uniquely Welsh television service. | :20:55. | :20:58. | |
Before 1964 viewers here shared a local service with the west of | :20:59. | :21:01. | |
England, but a broadcasting revolution meant programmes from | :21:02. | :21:04. | |
Wales would now hold their own - as our arts and media correspondent Huw | :21:05. | :21:06. | |
Thomas reports. Over changing times and changing | :21:07. | :21:21. | |
styles, BBC Wales has been broadcasting to a distinctly Welsh | :21:22. | :21:23. | |
audience for 50 years. From dramas and music to in-depth | :21:24. | :21:34. | |
investigations, it was a decision in 1964 that began a revolution in the | :21:35. | :21:40. | |
new service. A new transmitter was built in Cardiff, creating a new | :21:41. | :21:43. | |
wave length for BBC One and ending the need to share airspace and | :21:44. | :21:48. | |
schedules with the English regions. But not everyone was pleased. There | :21:49. | :21:53. | |
were a couple of areas where people went for the Bristol service rather | :21:54. | :21:57. | |
than the Welsh service. There were those who complained, particularly | :21:58. | :22:03. | |
in parts of north west Wales that they weren't getting enough in | :22:04. | :22:06. | |
Welsh. You could say it was something of a conundrum. Welsh | :22:07. | :22:18. | |
language programmes were a staple of the BBC will service. It was not | :22:19. | :22:23. | |
until 1982 that S4C would become a permanent home for shows like this | :22:24. | :22:29. | |
soap opera. Over time, our tastes have changed, but through it all we | :22:30. | :22:33. | |
have been glued to the box. From early transmissions to a full | :22:34. | :22:38. | |
schedule of programmes, the BBC has been broadcasting its bespoke | :22:39. | :22:42. | |
service for the last 50 years. And while many others now watch | :22:43. | :22:47. | |
programmes online, more than 90% of television viewing still happens | :22:48. | :22:48. | |
while we sat in front of the box. We all change when you think about | :22:49. | :23:01. | |
it. We are all different people. In recent years it is drama like | :23:02. | :23:05. | |
Doctor Who that has become an important part of BBC will's | :23:06. | :23:09. | |
output, made here and shown across Britain and around the world. There | :23:10. | :23:16. | |
are plenty of challenges ahead. BBC were, like every part of the BBC, is | :23:17. | :23:22. | |
going to need to adapt and evolve, but that basic notion that Wales | :23:23. | :23:25. | |
deserved its own media service that can deal with Wales on its own terms | :23:26. | :23:30. | |
in our own language, I think that is hugely important and it is something | :23:31. | :23:40. | |
that will endure. In its 50th year, BBC Wales's programmes are watched | :23:41. | :23:43. | |
by a million people a week on BBC One Wales and while the shows have | :23:44. | :23:48. | |
come a long way in 50 years, it is a tougher task than ever to keep | :23:49. | :23:51. | |
audiences gripped with all the chalice and technology in their | :23:52. | :23:58. | |
living rooms -- channels. Who knows what the next 50 years | :23:59. | :24:03. | |
will bring? Derek will probably still be here. Now he can bring us | :24:04. | :24:05. | |
the weather. Batten down the hatches again. The | :24:06. | :24:14. | |
next big Atlantic storm is on our door step, bringing yet more rain | :24:15. | :24:21. | |
and very strong winds. Met Office warnings are in force, one for heavy | :24:22. | :24:24. | |
rain, plus an amber warning for severe gales in southern counties. | :24:25. | :24:30. | |
Gusts of 70mph to 80mph on the Bristol Channel coast tomorrow | :24:31. | :24:33. | |
afternoon could bring down a few trees. Be prepared for more | :24:34. | :24:39. | |
flooding, travel disruption and possible power cuts this weekend. | :24:40. | :24:46. | |
This evening it will turn wet and windy. Another 10mm to 20mm of rain. | :24:47. | :24:55. | |
Strong to gale force winds as well. The rain clearing to showers after | :24:56. | :24:59. | |
midnight.. Temperatures staying above freezing. The chart for | :25:00. | :25:03. | |
tomorrow shows an intense low pressure centred over Ireland. Lots | :25:04. | :25:09. | |
of isobars and that means very strong winds. So at 8.00am in the | :25:10. | :25:19. | |
morning, some places dry but not everywhere. There will be heavy | :25:20. | :25:27. | |
showers around. Breezy in the east. The wind stronger in the south and | :25:28. | :25:32. | |
west with gales on the coast. During the day, more rain and heavy showers | :25:33. | :25:38. | |
to come. Hail and thunder possible. Snow on the mountains and very | :25:39. | :25:44. | |
windy. Gales inland with gusts over 50mph. Severe gales on the south and | :25:45. | :25:50. | |
west coast. At the Liberty Stadium, strong winds will ruffle the | :25:51. | :25:53. | |
feathers of the Swans and the Bluebirds. Wet at times as well and | :25:54. | :25:59. | |
feeling cold. Not quite so windy in Dublin for the rugby but watch out | :26:00. | :26:04. | |
for heavy showers. If you're out on the town tomorrow night, it will | :26:05. | :26:09. | |
continue very windy with gales. More rain and heavy showers as well with | :26:10. | :26:14. | |
snow on higher ground. Sunday will be windy too with further rain and | :26:15. | :26:19. | |
blustery showers. Snow on some hills and mountains. Turning drier later | :26:20. | :26:25. | |
in the day. The tides this weekend will be lower than recently, but big | :26:26. | :26:29. | |
waves are expected in the south-west so there is a risk of flooding on | :26:30. | :26:34. | |
parts of the coast. Next week, Monday will be calmer with some | :26:35. | :26:37. | |
sunshine but the signs are that it won't last. Low pressure may bring | :26:38. | :26:41. | |
more rain and strong winds by Tuesday. Still no sign of the | :26:42. | :26:47. | |
weather settling down. So the record breaking wet winter looks set to | :26:48. | :26:54. | |
continue for a while yet. You can keep up to date with the forecast on | :26:55. | :27:03. | |
our website. Hopefully the Welsh rugby team will give something smile | :27:04. | :27:04. | |
about tomorrow. The main news a game from the BBC. | :27:05. | :27:16. | |
The chair of the Environment Agency has defended its handling of the | :27:17. | :27:20. | |
flooding crisis during a visit to Somerset, saying he has no intention | :27:21. | :27:27. | |
of resigning. And six and 50 jobs are under threat | :27:28. | :27:30. | |
at a bakery near Newport after it lost a multi-million pound contract | :27:31. | :27:38. | |
with Marks Spencer. -- 650. Avana Bakeries say they are looking for | :27:39. | :27:40. | |
new work. And that is Wales Today. We'll have | :27:41. | :27:44. | |
more news at 8.00pm and at 10.25pm. For now though, from all of us | :27:45. | :27:45. | |
more news at 8.00pm and at 10.25pm. For now though, from all of us on | :27:46. | :27:47. | |
the programme, have a good evening. | :27:48. | :27:49. |