:00:00. > :00:00.Thousands of protest to remain in Independence Square tonight,
:00:00. > :00:07.Welcome to Wales Today. Tonight's headlines: It's worked in other
:00:08. > :00:12.cities - getting people out of cars and onto trams and trains. A ?4
:00:13. > :00:13.billion plan to revolutionise public transport across South Wales moves
:00:14. > :00:35.closer. Also tonight: Fishermen claim the
:00:36. > :00:44.recent storms put the future of the industry in danger. We are landing
:00:45. > :00:45.very small amounts of fish which don't even pay for the fuel we are
:00:46. > :00:49.using. "A problem 20 years in the making" -
:00:50. > :00:55.one charity's stark assessment of a rise in alcohol-related deaths among
:00:56. > :00:58.Welsh women. Good evening. It's Friday night, Six
:00:59. > :01:07.Nations rugby - can Wales right the wrongs of Dublin and conquer
:01:08. > :01:12.unbeaten France tonight? They are very proud men who have worked so
:01:13. > :01:19.much over the years and trust me, they are still a very determined
:01:20. > :01:22.team. The French are in town, making friends with Welsh fans - there's
:01:23. > :01:29.just an hour-and-a-half till kick off.
:01:30. > :01:32.Good evening. A ?4 billion project to revolutionise public transport in
:01:33. > :01:38.South Wales is a step nearer tonight. The regional metro system
:01:39. > :01:41.aims to get people out of their cars - and improve links between Cardiff
:01:42. > :01:47.and towns in the Rhondda, Neath and Gwent Valleys. More than 77,000
:01:48. > :01:50.people commute into Cardiff each day, 80% of them travelling by road.
:01:51. > :02:00.Here's our business correspondent, Brian Meechan.
:02:01. > :02:03.This is all too common a site, heavy congestion as people from across
:02:04. > :02:08.South Wales make their way into work in Cardiff. This is the latest 220
:02:09. > :02:12.million proposal to help tackle the problem. It would seek improved
:02:13. > :02:17.transport links inside the capital and eventually turn Cardiff into a
:02:18. > :02:23.hub that would connect the towns across South Wales via rail and
:02:24. > :02:26.road. The council responsible said the project is vital and could be
:02:27. > :02:31.paid for by European funding and Welsh government money. We need a
:02:32. > :02:35.better structure for the future. If Cardiff is going to grow in the
:02:36. > :02:41.proportions that we have put in, and they are very accurate, we need that
:02:42. > :02:48.infrastructure and we need to look at how other core cities around the
:02:49. > :02:52.UK... The former deputy leader of Cardiff Council said the scheme
:02:53. > :02:56.would damage his area because houses would have to be knocked down to
:02:57. > :03:01.make way for the route. We should not be developing on Cardiff's
:03:02. > :03:05.greenfield sites. We should be looking at housing on a regional
:03:06. > :03:10.basis and putting a real bumper structure in place. There has been
:03:11. > :03:13.planned in the place to solve the problem. Like this one where a
:03:14. > :03:17.driverless taxi service with eight people across the city. Metro
:03:18. > :03:21.systems have been successfully created elsewhere with Nottingham
:03:22. > :03:26.being the model looked at by Cardiff City Council. Things can go wrong.
:03:27. > :03:30.Edinburgh 's tram system has been hit by a series of problems and it
:03:31. > :03:38.has gone over budget and it is not yet operational. I don't have much
:03:39. > :03:42.of a problem with the transport. If local transportation was cheaper and
:03:43. > :03:47.it worked out far more cost-effective, not to take the car
:03:48. > :03:53.into the city and park it, I would use local transport. More direct
:03:54. > :03:59.routes to certain areas so you would not have to take two buses to get to
:04:00. > :04:04.one location. The point is to make Cardiff the economic hub of
:04:05. > :04:07.south-east Wales. With the potential workforce of 1.4 million people,
:04:08. > :04:10.supporters believe the ?4 billion scheme would allow the region to
:04:11. > :04:21.compete internationally to attract companies into the country. It would
:04:22. > :04:24.also allow people to stay in their homes and communities in the valleys
:04:25. > :04:32.while being able to commute easily to work. Speaking to people in the
:04:33. > :04:37.valleys are Bridgend, I do believe that there is this idea that these
:04:38. > :04:43.areas are quite hard to get to. -- the valleys or Bridgend. I believe
:04:44. > :04:48.that something like this system would be a real positive, happy
:04:49. > :04:52.positive impact on the local area. Companies like Admiral backed the
:04:53. > :04:56.plan, it has 5000 employees in south-east Wales and says reliable
:04:57. > :05:01.transport widens employment opportunities in the future. If you
:05:02. > :05:04.look at it in terms of investment per year, it becomes more manageable
:05:05. > :05:08.but we have to look at the missed opportunities of the past. Often
:05:09. > :05:12.there has been subsidies and support available from London or Europe and
:05:13. > :05:16.it has been wasted away on small initiatives. Maybe what we should
:05:17. > :05:19.have done is take that sort of money and invest in something really
:05:20. > :05:24.significant that can make a long-term difference. The plan has
:05:25. > :05:28.received widespread support but the ?4 billion bill will make everyone
:05:29. > :05:33.think. The opportunities may be huge, but so are the costs. The
:05:34. > :05:37.longer it is left, the more expensive it gets.
:05:38. > :05:40.The future of the Welsh fishing industry is on a knife edge. That's
:05:41. > :05:43.according to the body which represents small scale fishermen
:05:44. > :05:45.here. It says recent storms are threatening their livelihood. Around
:05:46. > :05:49.1900 people are employed by the industry in Wales, which is worth
:05:50. > :05:55.?20 million every year to the economy. Charlotte Dubenski has
:05:56. > :05:59.more. On a good day, the see of the Welsh
:06:00. > :06:03.course provides a happy hunting ground for fishermen. But the
:06:04. > :06:09.problem is good day's these days are few and far between. -- this ease of
:06:10. > :06:13.the Welsh coast. For this man it is another day stuck on the harbour. It
:06:14. > :06:17.has been almost two months since he was able to land a catch that made
:06:18. > :06:23.some the coast of Aberystwyth and if the boats do not go out, no one gets
:06:24. > :06:28.paid. Nearly every fisher man on the Wales coast, they have just shut
:06:29. > :06:32.down because when you are going out now, you are going out to untangle
:06:33. > :06:37.equipment and you are not able to make money. It is just a case of
:06:38. > :06:40.going out, untangle what you can and come back in. We are landing small
:06:41. > :06:46.amounts of fish, which don't even pay for the fuel. Recent storms have
:06:47. > :06:51.not only affected businesses on dry land, Stormy weather has battered
:06:52. > :06:57.and sunk many boats, making for dangerous conditions on the seas.
:06:58. > :07:00.The body which represents small-scale fishermen in Wales and
:07:01. > :07:03.England says the industry is on a knife edge, something it says the
:07:04. > :07:08.Welsh government needs to take seriously. I don't think anybody at
:07:09. > :07:13.the moment can't overestimate the potential impact on the Welsh
:07:14. > :07:15.fishing industry from the storms. There is clearly very significant
:07:16. > :07:20.damage across-the-board both in terms of ports and fishermen. There
:07:21. > :07:23.is going to be massive loss of equipment and what equipment they
:07:24. > :07:27.get back will need repaired and replaced. It is not just fishermen
:07:28. > :07:32.who have been affected by the severe weather. Their inability to land any
:07:33. > :07:40.face has had a wider impact on the industry. -- to land any fish. The
:07:41. > :07:45.empty lobster pots have had a big impact on this man's business. He
:07:46. > :07:50.says it is at a standstill. There should be an emergency fund. This is
:07:51. > :07:56.extremely unusual what has happened, once every 50 or 60 years. There
:07:57. > :08:01.should be a contingency plan. Just like there is in agriculture to help
:08:02. > :08:04.the whole community. Many people in these coastal areas are struggling.
:08:05. > :08:07.The Welsh government says it is waiting to find out if there will be
:08:08. > :08:10.any extra money from the UK Government to help the industry and
:08:11. > :08:14.is talking to fishermen to understand the impact on their
:08:15. > :08:18.businesses. In the meantime for fishermen whose work is dominated by
:08:19. > :08:23.the weather, all they can do is hope for calm days ahead.
:08:24. > :08:27.A cyclist has died after colliding with a lorry in Cardiff. The
:08:28. > :08:29.48-year-old woman was taken to the University Hospital of Wales on
:08:30. > :08:33.Thursday morning. Police want to speak to anyone who saw the
:08:34. > :08:36.collision at the junction of Rover Way and Ocean Way. They're trying to
:08:37. > :08:40.trace her next of kin. Three men who bound and gagged a
:08:41. > :08:43.vulnerable man in his own home in Wrexham, and threatened to cut off
:08:44. > :08:47.his fingers, toes and nose, have all been jailed. Andrew Lee Hughes and
:08:48. > :08:52.Leon Pritchard were jailed for seven years. Paul Taylor was sentenced to
:08:53. > :09:00.six years. All three admitted robbery and fraud.
:09:01. > :09:03.Engineers are working to fix a Sea King helicopter from RAF Valley,
:09:04. > :09:06.which had to land unexpectedly near Bethesda last night. The helicopter,
:09:07. > :09:10.used to train Search and Rescue teams, ended up near playing fields
:09:11. > :09:14.because of mechanical problems. In the past 24 hours, the war of
:09:15. > :09:17.words between the Welsh Government and Westminster over the state of
:09:18. > :09:21.the NHS here has intensified - all sparked this time by an email from
:09:22. > :09:25.an NHS boss in England raising concerns about death rates in Welsh
:09:26. > :09:29.hospitals. The Conservatives called for an inquiry. The Health Minister
:09:30. > :09:33.said it was "politically motivated". So with one year to go until the
:09:34. > :09:37.general election, is the NHS here being used to score political
:09:38. > :09:45.points? Our Welsh Affairs Editor, Vaughan Roderick, takes a look at
:09:46. > :09:48.the story so far. The use that has been made of that email today makes
:09:49. > :09:52.me coldly furious at the concerted and politically motivated attempt to
:09:53. > :09:55.drag the reputation of the NHS in Wales through the mud.
:09:56. > :10:00.After a day of damning headlines about death rates here, a visibly
:10:01. > :10:03.angry Mark Drakeford spoke out. He was pointing the finger directly at
:10:04. > :10:05.the Conservative Party - another accusation in the war of words
:10:06. > :10:11.emerging between the Prime Minister and the First Minister in recent
:10:12. > :10:14.months. We don't have to remember the Labour record of the past, we
:10:15. > :10:17.can look at the Labour record in Wales. They've been running the
:10:18. > :10:28.Welsh health service, they cut the budget by 8.5% - they haven't met
:10:29. > :10:32.cancer target since 2008. I say to the party opposite, you can lecture
:10:33. > :10:36.us when your government in London spends as much on cancer treatment
:10:37. > :10:43.as the Welsh Government. You are letting the people of England down.
:10:44. > :10:46.If you take, for instance, the NHS, they have not followed our approach
:10:47. > :10:51.of protecting the spending on the NHS, there has been an 8% cut to the
:10:52. > :10:55.budget in Wales and as a result, they have not met an A target
:10:56. > :10:58.since 2009. So is the sniping over? Well, with only a year to go until
:10:59. > :11:04.the next general election, that doesn't seem very likely.
:11:05. > :11:11.So, Vaughan, why are they doing this? Why are they not focusing on
:11:12. > :11:15.running their own health services? There is a genuine issue about
:11:16. > :11:20.comparing the two services. But really what is going on from the
:11:21. > :11:23.point of view of the government in Westminster, the Conservatives in
:11:24. > :11:28.particular, is the art trying to neutralise Labour's attacks on their
:11:29. > :11:33.running of the health service in England. What they are doing quite
:11:34. > :11:35.simply is every time Ed Miliband attacks the standard of the health
:11:36. > :11:39.service in England, they come back and they say, look at what is
:11:40. > :11:45.happening in Wales where your party is in charge. Who's winning the war
:11:46. > :11:50.of words so far? There is evidence that people in Wales are concerned
:11:51. > :11:54.about the state of the health service and that is being fed by
:11:55. > :11:59.numerous stories. I don't think it is about winning. It is about
:12:00. > :12:02.neutralising. The Conservatives will know that they will never absolutely
:12:03. > :12:07.prove that the Welsh have service is not as good as England and vice
:12:08. > :12:11.versa. They are using the Welsh health service to blunt one of
:12:12. > :12:18.Labour's weapons in England. Thank you very much. Coming up: They're in
:12:19. > :12:20.fine voice - the fans out in force tonight ahead of Wales' Six Nations
:12:21. > :12:36.clash against France. A problem 20 years in the making.
:12:37. > :12:37.That is how one leading charity has described the rise in
:12:38. > :12:43.alcohol-related deaths in Welsh women. The figures from the Office
:12:44. > :12:46.for National Statistics also show that the number of women here who
:12:47. > :12:48.died from alcohol-related causes increased significantly. They show
:12:49. > :12:56.that the rate of deaths is higher than in England.
:12:57. > :12:59.You are you coming to see today? Sam Dyer from Newtown celebrates a
:13:00. > :13:02.special anniversary this week. It's exactly three years since she
:13:03. > :13:05.stopped drinking alcohol. Finding herself drinking too much, she
:13:06. > :13:08.admits she was powerless to stop until she was referred to a local
:13:09. > :13:11.counselling service, where she now offers support to alcoholics and
:13:12. > :13:18.addicts. I would have kept drinking until I killed myself. I was on the
:13:19. > :13:28.floor. Absolutely on the floor. I would not have stopped. I would have
:13:29. > :13:32.done myself serious damage. It is places like this that are crucial? I
:13:33. > :13:35.would not be here without it. Sam was lucky to avoid becoming one
:13:36. > :13:38.of the grim statistics which show alcohol-related deaths among women
:13:39. > :13:42.are on the rise in Wales. The causes include heart and liver disease such
:13:43. > :13:45.as cirhosis and hepatitis. In 2012, 193 women died from alcohol-related
:13:46. > :13:52.issues compared with 127 ten years before, a rise of 34%. The rate he
:13:53. > :13:56.was also higher than in England, 10.4 deaths per 100,000 people
:13:57. > :13:59.compared with 7.3 across-the-board. Alcohol support organisations say
:14:00. > :14:06.the problem has been building up over time. If we think back 30 years
:14:07. > :14:09.ago, the culture was, go out to the pub at night, have a few pints,
:14:10. > :14:15.women stay at home and look after the kids. That changed to a point
:14:16. > :14:19.where women also went out for a jink in the pub but they were also
:14:20. > :14:23.drinking at home. -- went out for a drink. We are seeing an accumulation
:14:24. > :14:27.effect. There have been renewed calls for minimum pricing on alcohol
:14:28. > :14:30.to be introduced here, a plan which has faced opposition from the drinks
:14:31. > :14:33.industry. Legislation in Scotland is on hold pending a legal challenge.
:14:34. > :14:37.In the meantime, help is at hand for those like Sam who've decided to
:14:38. > :14:44.have their last drink before it is too late.
:14:45. > :14:47.Thousands the of rugby fans have been descended on Cardiff for the
:14:48. > :14:53.rugby tonight. Wales take on France and Claire is at the Millennium
:14:54. > :14:58.Stadium for us. Claire? Hello, I hope you can hear me, it is getting
:14:59. > :15:02.very exciting here, we are all set for 8.00 kick off and we expect both
:15:03. > :15:06.teams out of the tunnel and on to the pitch, some of them just
:15:07. > :15:09.arriving. You see Jamie Roberts behind me, soaking up the atmosphere
:15:10. > :15:14.and feeling a sense of this big occasion. The gates open 6.00
:15:15. > :15:18.tonight and plenty of fans have already started streaming in. The
:15:19. > :15:23.roof is shut, so we are dry, but let me show you the scenes outside
:15:24. > :15:27.earlier. Outside the Millennium Stadium, it has been a party
:15:28. > :15:30.atmosphere, the French have arrived in and Cardiff has been buzzing,
:15:31. > :15:34.they have arrived in their thousands but it has been a pretty friendly
:15:35. > :15:39.French invasion, wet and damp on the streets of Cardiff, but hasn't
:15:40. > :15:44.dampened the spirits, they come here unbeaten. The big question here
:15:45. > :15:50.tonight is can Wales right the wrongs of that dismal defeat out in
:15:51. > :15:54.France. Warren Gatland has had strong words this week and his
:15:55. > :16:00.hasn't been afraid to make change, he has warned them their future as
:16:01. > :16:05.internationals will depend on their performances, here is our sports
:16:06. > :16:08.reporter. -- Dublin. Last season beating
:16:09. > :16:13.France was the spark that put the fire back in to Wales' Six Nations
:16:14. > :16:17.campaign, after a defeat to Ireland. The parallels tonight are all too
:16:18. > :16:21.obvious. The squad of 2014 are under no
:16:22. > :16:26.illusions about what is at stake both as a team and individuals.
:16:27. > :16:30.Warren Gatland's decision to drop a big name like Mike Phillips after
:16:31. > :16:33.the defeat in Dublin is a warning shot across the boughs of the team.
:16:34. > :16:38.They will need to prove Ireland was an unfortunate one off.
:16:39. > :16:43.I am sure that these guys will respond to that, and because if they
:16:44. > :16:46.don't, for a lot of them, it is, we have been talking about the next 12
:16:47. > :16:50.month, we are talking about the World Cup, and coming together and
:16:51. > :16:54.starting to prepare for that and for some of them they don't want
:16:55. > :16:58.potentially this to be you know, maybe their last game for Wales, of
:16:59. > :17:01.the their individual performance isn't good enough we need to make
:17:02. > :17:05.changes. It is amazing what a couple of
:17:06. > :17:10.victories can do for your mood. Even Napoleon was doling out kisses at a
:17:11. > :17:13.pub this afternoon. France arrive here unbeaten. Two wins from two is
:17:14. > :17:18.a very encouraging start. But the jury is still out on whether they
:17:19. > :17:21.are serious contenders. Even the French Press Pack, who followed
:17:22. > :17:28.their team to Wales have no idea what to expect. A good game against
:17:29. > :17:31.England, in the first half. It was, it was something special because
:17:32. > :17:35.England was better than them, and we find the French again, against
:17:36. > :17:39.Italy, so ten minutes good, ten minutes very bad, ten minutes good.
:17:40. > :17:45.So it is difficult to know with this team.
:17:46. > :17:50.One thing we can confidently expect is Titanic midfield collisions, as
:17:51. > :17:58.George North and French wrecking ball Bastareaud line each up He is a
:17:59. > :18:01.big guy, physical as well. You know, Fofana, people talk about Bastareaud
:18:02. > :18:07.but forget about the quality of Fofana. He has great footwork and a
:18:08. > :18:12.tonne of pace. It is is gore foe me to match up on. The street have been
:18:13. > :18:16.filling up throughout the day, but thousands more fans will pour in in
:18:17. > :18:20.the hour before kick off. Putting extra pressure on the capital's
:18:21. > :18:24.transport network. Coming in will be fine, when the game finishes my
:18:25. > :18:28.advice would be come straight to the train station if you plan to travel
:18:29. > :18:31.by train f you wait for a couple of hours, post match, and you will be
:18:32. > :18:35.cutting it fine to get your train home, you might miss it. Come into
:18:36. > :18:38.the queueing system. Why you are waiting, you know, have a bit of
:18:39. > :18:42.patience, you will be able to get a train to get home and when you get
:18:43. > :18:45.on the train, they are going to be crowded.
:18:46. > :18:50.Welsh fans are hoping they will be be the ones going home happy with
:18:51. > :18:54.pride restored and the championship just about in reach.
:18:55. > :18:59.I am delighted to say I am joined by a man who knows about playing on the
:19:00. > :19:05.big occasion, Shane Williams joins me, first I have to ask you, do you
:19:06. > :19:09.miss this? Big time. Yes, I miss the guy, I miss play, I miss the
:19:10. > :19:13.involvement, but I still get goosebumps and I can't wait for the
:19:14. > :19:18.game to kick off. What kind of Wales grow think we will see? Can they
:19:19. > :19:22.resurrect themselves? I think so, they have to. It was a poor
:19:23. > :19:25.performance in Dublin. They have had two weeks to Freedom of Information
:19:26. > :19:29.request. Warren Gatland has kicked a few butts in the meantime. I spoke
:19:30. > :19:32.to them yesterday, and they were disappointed with their performance,
:19:33. > :19:37.and that I are determined to set things right tonight. What does a
:19:38. > :19:42.defeat like that out in Dublin against Ireland, the performance
:19:43. > :19:45.they Gaye, what does that do to Wales who are used to winning? It is
:19:46. > :19:49.all good losing if you play well, you could take that, but when you
:19:50. > :19:52.don't play well and you don't offer anything against a side like
:19:53. > :19:58.Ireland, that is the disappointing thing about it, and that is what the
:19:59. > :20:00.reflection of the guy, tonight it is about rectifying two weeks' ago,
:20:01. > :20:04.hopefully crowd and everyone else, the press will forget about the
:20:05. > :20:07.nightmare that was two weeks' ago, especially if they win tonight, and
:20:08. > :20:15.the guys have worked hard over the last two week, and assure they can
:20:16. > :20:19.do the business. I have to ask you about George North moving in the
:20:20. > :20:23.wing to centre He has done it at Warrington. He is a fantastic talent
:20:24. > :20:26.and probably could play in any position in the back-line up. He
:20:27. > :20:31.could fillet into the scrum if he had to! It is a tough task against
:20:32. > :20:35.Bastareaud but he is such a talent you could fit him in and he would
:20:36. > :20:38.have no qualm, looking for to the battle between the both of them but
:20:39. > :20:42.I am sure he will come out on top. I have to ask you about life in Japan.
:20:43. > :20:46.They tell me it is snowing there, so you are used to jumpers and scarf,
:20:47. > :20:51.so looking to do coaching, how are you looking forward to that? It was
:20:52. > :20:54.only meant to be a year out there, but I have done my second year and I
:20:55. > :20:58.have been offered another two year, I am enjoying myself, I am getting
:20:59. > :21:01.used to the culture, learning the language and doing something
:21:02. > :21:05.different to what I us with used to in Wales. I will be going back out
:21:06. > :21:09.in April and doing something with the club. It is lovely to see you,
:21:10. > :21:13.enjoy tonight. Shane is part of the BBC's team
:21:14. > :21:17.tonight, you can watch autumn the all the action from 7. 30 on BBC One
:21:18. > :21:23.Wales and it is on the red button too, more rugby in a moment, but let
:21:24. > :21:30.us turn our attention to football. Head coach at Swansea, Garry Monk
:21:31. > :21:35.has described his side's performance against Napoli as magnificent. It
:21:36. > :21:39.ended in a goalless draw but Swansea had plenty of chances and he says
:21:40. > :21:44.they will take huge confidence into the next leg next week. Turn and
:21:45. > :21:49.Dyer, to shoot. That is a good save at the other end from Raphael. In a
:21:50. > :21:52.week when English clubs struggled against Europe's best the team from
:21:53. > :21:59.Wales showed they are more than a match for a side sitting third in
:22:00. > :22:05.Italy's Serie A. But for a series of fine saves from
:22:06. > :22:09.Napoli's goalkeepers, Swansea would be heading to Naples next week with
:22:10. > :22:14.a lead to protect. I said to the players after, the
:22:15. > :22:18.word was wow, I think, you know, if that doesn't prove they can compete
:22:19. > :22:21.with the a top team in Europe, they can compete with anyone at any
:22:22. > :22:25.level, so it is a great confidence boost for the players and something
:22:26. > :22:31.to take them forward with, but the only disappointment was we didn't
:22:32. > :22:35.score a goal. As it is they know if they can convert one chance necks
:22:36. > :22:39.week their hosts will have to score two to have any chance of going
:22:40. > :22:44.through. But before they pack their bag, there are more pressing
:22:45. > :22:47.matters. After last night's distraction the focus turns to the
:22:48. > :22:50.bread and butter of the Premier League.
:22:51. > :22:54.And a week after coming up against one mentor in Everton manager Royal
:22:55. > :22:58.Institute of Chartered Surveyors, Garry Monk takes his team back to
:22:59. > :23:03.Merseyside to face Liverpool and another former boss, having lost
:23:04. > :23:06.last week he will hope for aer result against Brendan Rodgers's
:23:07. > :23:11.side. -- a better result.
:23:12. > :23:15.Let Usman Ali stay with football. Let us turn our attention to Cardiff
:23:16. > :23:19.City, they are in action down the road tomorrow afternoon. They face
:23:20. > :23:23.another of the sides in the relegation mix. Hull City and a win
:23:24. > :23:29.could see the Bluebirds climb out of the relegation zone.
:23:30. > :23:33.The last two home games, beat Norwich, drew villa, if you can get
:23:34. > :23:39.a good result here, you are looking at the next two home games in, in
:23:40. > :23:43.the confident manner, because you have really done well at home then,
:23:44. > :23:45.because we have always said this is where we are going to take the
:23:46. > :23:50.majority of the point point and we have.
:23:51. > :23:56.We will come back later and join us. We will be talking to Wynne Evans
:23:57. > :24:01.and finding out about his crusade to get more of us singing in the Six
:24:02. > :24:04.Nations campaign. Now, our coastline and beaches have
:24:05. > :24:08.been battered by the storms in recent week, but they have uncovered
:24:09. > :24:12.some hidden history. It is thought the remains of some World War II
:24:13. > :24:17.defences are sticking out of the sand in Porthcawl, but there are
:24:18. > :24:21.concerns they could be dangerous. After the recent storm, a spot of
:24:22. > :24:27.sunshine could seem the ideal time to head to the beach, but at this
:24:28. > :24:31.bay in Porthcawl that comes with a warning, the high tides have
:24:32. > :24:36.literally swept the sand way, exposing metal poles and girders and
:24:37. > :24:39.chains. It is thought they are remnants from World War II, stuck
:24:40. > :24:43.vertically in the sand, some with barbed wire to stop tank, they are
:24:44. > :24:48.now more visible than ever. It probably looks like a steel girder,
:24:49. > :24:51.buried in the sand, what happens when the sand disappears, over the
:24:52. > :24:55.winter when you get storms they usually start to appear, this year
:24:56. > :24:59.has been particularly bad and nay van peered about two feet out of the
:25:00. > :25:03.sand. Keith Morgan was a young boy during the war. He remembers
:25:04. > :25:07.visiting Porthcawl on holiday from Swansea s and only being able to
:25:08. > :25:11.look at the beach and its defences through the wire fence. During the
:25:12. > :25:16.war you weren't allowed on the beaches because they were, they were
:25:17. > :25:21.areas where they were heavily defended. It was a beach that was
:25:22. > :25:26.sufficiently flat that it would be, the right sort of beach for a German
:25:27. > :25:30.landing craft to come in. And that is exactly what the army was worried
:25:31. > :25:35.about. Hundreds of troops storming the beach. The big concern were the
:25:36. > :25:40.vehicles and tanks that came with them. After the war the posts and
:25:41. > :25:44.traps were removed as that are as they could be seen but recent bad
:25:45. > :25:50.weather has shifted the sand and for some it seems they are still a
:25:51. > :25:55.nuisance. Hugh Murray runs a surf school. This week he cut them down
:25:56. > :25:59.When the tide comes in it hits the rocks and it starts getting deeper.
:26:00. > :26:05.At that point all the bits of metal are under the water, so you can't
:26:06. > :26:08.see them. With surfers, there is a chance they could catch a board or
:26:09. > :26:12.their feet. It is not the only piece of history to be revealed by the
:26:13. > :26:15.weather. Last month two can condition, possibly dating back to
:26:16. > :26:19.the Napoleonic war were found on another beach in Porthcawl. They
:26:20. > :26:22.have got a place in the town's museum.
:26:23. > :26:25.There is no such honour for this discovery. Bridgend council will
:26:26. > :26:29.start work on Monday to remove whatever is left.
:26:30. > :26:38.It looks lovely in Porthcawl but time for the weather. Are fans
:26:39. > :26:42.likely to get wet? Maybe heading to the match. We have more wet and
:26:43. > :26:47.windy weather through Sunday. It is a chilly night. We will see fewer
:26:48. > :26:52.shower, at the moment we have hefty ones making their way east ward. It
:26:53. > :26:58.will backbench dry and we might see clear spells. The odd isolated
:26:59. > :27:02.shower. For the overnight terse period we could get six or seven or
:27:03. > :27:06.lower in the countryside. So we do get a brief break tomorrow
:27:07. > :27:10.as a ridge of high pressure builds but we have another area of low
:27:11. > :27:14.pressure taking charge tomorrow and into Sunday and that will bring some
:27:15. > :27:17.wet and windy weather and there is another one waiting in the wings for
:27:18. > :27:22.Monday. So we do have some really wet weather heading our way, first
:27:23. > :27:29.thing tomorrow is a dry start in Monmouth, right up to parts of pow
:27:30. > :27:36.wist, lighter -- Powys. Head to Anglesey it is blustery,
:27:37. > :27:39.some brightness along Cardigan Bay and Pembrokeshire we could see the
:27:40. > :27:43.opt shower first thing, but some brightness. It is blustery as we go
:27:44. > :27:47.through the day. So through tomorrow morning, it is a dry start, and as
:27:48. > :27:50.we go through the day we will start to see the showers rolling in from
:27:51. > :27:54.the south-west, the winds picking up and by the afternoon the weather
:27:55. > :27:59.deteriorating, so, not a great end to the day, the temperatures nine,
:28:00. > :28:03.sorry eight to ten tomorrow. Through tomorrow night, the showers will
:28:04. > :28:07.merge into longer spells of rain, so not a nice night if you are heading
:28:08. > :28:10.out. Blustery as well, as we go through the evening and the
:28:11. > :28:14.overnight period, temperatures ranging between seven to nine, so it
:28:15. > :28:18.is a fairly mild night into Sunday morn, and then it is Sunday where it
:28:19. > :28:24.becomes nasty again, we have the wet weather, there is a yellow be aware
:28:25. > :28:30.warning for parts of the area where there is the potential for flooding.
:28:31. > :28:34.We have Gussy condition, up to 70mph possible on the coastal area, on the
:28:35. > :28:39.plus side it is a mild day, highs of ten to 12. That rain band will clear
:28:40. > :28:43.through on Monday, and then behind it it is a day of sunshine and
:28:44. > :28:47.showers, on Monday afternoon, we will see more rain Monday night into
:28:48. > :28:51.Tuesday, so make the most of tomorrow morning, if you can. Back
:28:52. > :28:55.to you. It never seems to clear for long. That is from from me. Enjoy
:28:56. > :28:58.the weekend. Let us head back to Claire at the Millennium Stadium
:28:59. > :29:03.where kick off is just over an hour away.
:29:04. > :29:06.Thank you very much. Welcome back, if you have been to the Millennium
:29:07. > :29:10.Stadium, you know all about what it is like when the singing starts, the
:29:11. > :29:15.hair on the back of your neck stands up and one man who knows all about
:29:16. > :29:20.that is the Welsh tenor win Evans who is here tonight. He is on a bit
:29:21. > :29:24.of a crusade, to get all of us singing. Tell us about it I mean if
:29:25. > :29:27.you can hear the music in the background that is what Welsh rugby
:29:28. > :29:31.has become, but we are try nothing get the crowd singing, make some
:29:32. > :29:35.noise for the boys and we need to sing together. So we are trying to
:29:36. > :29:41.learn a song. If you want to learn more go to the website.
:29:42. > :29:45.You can upload your very own version of it. How are people doing? They
:29:46. > :29:51.are doing surprisingly well. Some are in the same key as the piano,
:29:52. > :29:57.which is amazing. Brilliant! Found any superstars? Not yet but we are
:29:58. > :30:00.still on the look out. One of the choirs here are here tonight and
:30:01. > :30:05.they are going to treat us and sing us out. Are you ready? How is the
:30:06. > :30:10.voice? I am warmed up. Do you need to give us a note? No, Hayden is
:30:11. > :30:15.going to give us a note. Win Evans is going to join the choir, thank
:30:16. > :30:20.you for doing this, they are going to sing us out. The stage is set,
:30:21. > :30:23.Wales against France, kick off at 8.00, all the coverage across the
:30:24. > :30:26.BBC, enjoy the game, from all of us here, good night.