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:00:00. > :00:00.so it's goodbye from me, and on BBC One, we now join the BBC's news

:00:00. > :00:08.teams Welcome to Wales Today. Homes under

:00:09. > :00:11.water - so why have councils given the go-ahead to hundreds of

:00:12. > :00:23.developments on flood plains despite being warned of the risk? This whole

:00:24. > :00:25.area is a bit like a miniature Somerset Levels, except you have a

:00:26. > :00:37.lot of housing and industrial property here.

:00:38. > :00:41.Premature baby Rohan Rhodes' ventilator was removed too soon by

:00:42. > :00:48.hospital staff, his parents tell an inquest.

:00:49. > :00:51.The site's been for sale for three years - what does the future hold

:00:52. > :00:55.for Milford Haven's oil refinery Murco?

:00:56. > :01:00.The ?4 million advertising campaign to entice tourists to come on

:01:01. > :01:03.holiday here. In tonight's sport: He won

:01:04. > :01:05.silverware - but as the club struggles in mid-table - Wrexham

:01:06. > :01:18.player-manager Andy Morrell resigns. Good evening. In the last ten years,

:01:19. > :01:20.councils here have given the go-ahead to hundreds of

:01:21. > :01:26.developments, despite being warned that they posed a flood risk.

:01:27. > :01:29.Natural Resources Wales - formerly the Environment Agency - gives

:01:30. > :01:32.advice to local authorities about planning applications, including the

:01:33. > :01:35.risk of flooding. Wales Today has learnt that between 2004 and last

:01:36. > :01:42.year, councils here ignored that advice 341 times. Roger Pinney has

:01:43. > :01:49.been to Kinmel Bay near Rhyl - one of the communities where it's

:01:50. > :01:54.happened. Sandbags at the ready. Thankfully they are not needed

:01:55. > :01:59.today. But here, local people to keep an eye on every high tide. But

:02:00. > :02:04.it isn't just this coastal strip which is at risk from flooding. The

:02:05. > :02:09.whole community is built on low-lying flatland with the sea on

:02:10. > :02:12.one side and the river on the other. It's a flood plain. This is what

:02:13. > :02:18.happens when it goes wrong. In 1990, the sea wall breached. Much of what

:02:19. > :02:24.was farmland then has since been built on. In the last couple of

:02:25. > :02:29.years, the council has given the green lighted two developments,

:02:30. > :02:34.advice. One of them will be decided by a Welsh planning inspector. Given

:02:35. > :02:37.the concerns here, there is little wonder locals turn out for a public

:02:38. > :02:47.meeting called by their assembly member to discuss flooding. Some

:02:48. > :02:52.people ready have had a really bad. The estate I live on really

:02:53. > :02:58.shouldn't have been built, I didn't realise it were purchased the

:02:59. > :03:02.property. It's barmy for councillors on any part of Wales to refuse to

:03:03. > :03:05.accept the fact is, when they are presented to them, from

:03:06. > :03:09.organisations like Natural Resources Wales, they are the flooding

:03:10. > :03:15.experts. If they say it is too risky, local authorities should he

:03:16. > :03:22.do that. On the riverside, there is an embankment and pumping stations

:03:23. > :03:32.to keep the water out. The entire area is crisscrossed with streams.

:03:33. > :03:35.It is a bit like a miniature Somerset Levels accept you have a

:03:36. > :03:43.lot of housing and industrial buildings here. An industrial estate

:03:44. > :03:48.is a key distinction, he says, because no one will actually live

:03:49. > :03:54.here. We have to make the best of the patchwork situation we have at

:03:55. > :04:01.the moment. Sometimes that means picking and choosing what advice you

:04:02. > :04:05.take? The place common sense is fuelled by the fear that the place

:04:06. > :04:09.will buy without new development. In other parts of Wales at my be

:04:10. > :04:15.because of a lack of buildable land. Compromises are being made. We have

:04:16. > :04:24.a housing crisis in Wales and in the whole of the UK. The lack of land

:04:25. > :04:33.means that some local authorities get desperate, and develop land that

:04:34. > :04:36.is prone to flooding. What is clear is flood risk can have devastating

:04:37. > :04:41.impact on people, properties and communities. It is important we have

:04:42. > :04:48.appropriate checks and balances in place. In Kinmel Bay, they're keen

:04:49. > :04:50.to anything that will do that. Here they question whether existing homes

:04:51. > :04:54.and businesses can be properly defended, let alone new ones.

:04:55. > :04:58.A mother from Pembrokeshire broke down in tears today as she told an

:04:59. > :05:02.inquest how her premature son died at just five weeks old, after being

:05:03. > :05:05.taken off a ventilator. Bronwyn Rhodes noticed something was wrong

:05:06. > :05:08.with baby Rohan soon after he son was transferred from a hospital in

:05:09. > :05:17.Swansea to see specialists in Bristol in 2012. Paul Heaney

:05:18. > :05:25.reports. Rohan Rhodes was born 14 weeks early

:05:26. > :05:30.in Swansea. He had serious lung and heart problems so was transferred to

:05:31. > :05:35.see experts at St Michael's Hospital in Bristol in September 2012. His

:05:36. > :05:42.parents say within hours he became too unwell for surgery, eventually

:05:43. > :05:46.suffering a cardiac arrest. When he was deteriorating that night, nobly

:05:47. > :05:51.escalated his care when they should have. -- nobody. He was left for

:05:52. > :05:58.hours with nobly taking a blood sample to see how he was doing. His

:05:59. > :06:00.mother said that nursing staff in Bristol were aggressive when

:06:01. > :06:06.inserting feeding tubes into her son. They clearly caused him pain,

:06:07. > :06:11.she said. His father thought he had been sedated when he was taken off

:06:12. > :06:16.the ventilator, such was the pale and apparently lifeless state of his

:06:17. > :06:21.body. Rohan Rhodes died at just five weeks, after his mother agreed that

:06:22. > :06:26.doctors should stop resuscitating him. A pathologist told the inquest

:06:27. > :06:30.that he had multiple perforations of his bowel and the likely cause of

:06:31. > :06:38.his death was a stomach infection and pneumonia. Rohan's parents say

:06:39. > :06:42.they hope lessons can be learned. He suffered a great deal of pain, that

:06:43. > :06:45.is the part we want to try and make sure doesn't happen again Thomas

:06:46. > :06:52.that is why we are talking to you, to make sure no other babies suffer.

:06:53. > :06:58.The hospital trust says it offers its sincere condolences to the roads

:06:59. > :07:01.family for the loss of their son. The former chief executive of the

:07:02. > :07:04.now defunct All Wales Ethnic Minority Association, Awema, has

:07:05. > :07:08.appeared in court and denied three charges of fraud. Naz Malik is

:07:09. > :07:12.accused of claiming more than ?16,000 from the Swansea-based

:07:13. > :07:18.charity. He's due to stand trial in August.

:07:19. > :07:21.A 13-year-old from Barry was electrocuted as she helped her

:07:22. > :07:26.father bring Christmas decorations down from the attic, an inquest has

:07:27. > :07:29.heard. Georgia Marshall died at home last November. An exposed cable

:07:30. > :07:35.wrapped around a metal step ladder gave her a fatal electric shock. A

:07:36. > :07:39.verdict of accidental death was recorded.

:07:40. > :07:43.The first of a series of meetings for people with concerns about poor

:07:44. > :07:46.care at hospitals run by Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health

:07:47. > :07:48.Board is being held this evening in Bridgend. It follows a series of

:07:49. > :07:53.damning headlines over recent months. Last July, a BBC Wales

:07:54. > :07:59.investigation exposed the neglect of an elderly patient - Lilian Williams

:08:00. > :08:02.- at two ABMU hospitals. That investigation led to calls for a

:08:03. > :08:09.public inquiry into care standards and death rates in the Welsh NHS.

:08:10. > :08:11.Two external reviews into the ABMU hospitals are ongoing - one

:08:12. > :08:18.commissioned by the Welsh Government, one by the health board.

:08:19. > :08:22.The Abertawe Bro Morgannwg Victims' Support Group has also been set up

:08:23. > :08:27.which is echoing the calls for an inquiry. Our reporter India Pollock

:08:28. > :08:37.is at the Princess of Wales Hospital in Bridgend. What is the purpose of

:08:38. > :08:43.the night's meetings? People with complaints about care are meeting

:08:44. > :08:47.with senior clinicians and managers here. Those meetings are being held

:08:48. > :08:51.in private but I've spoken to a few people who have concerns about the

:08:52. > :08:55.care and are meeting with them. There are similar concerns that come

:08:56. > :08:59.up. The standards of care, the frustration at the length of time it

:09:00. > :09:02.has taken to deal with the complaints. These meetings this

:09:03. > :09:07.evening for a public meeting which took place last month, about 100

:09:08. > :09:11.people attended that. There were calls for the Chief Executive to

:09:12. > :09:14.step down at that meeting. He has refused to do that but says he wants

:09:15. > :09:20.to listen to people and work with them to improve standards. There is

:09:21. > :09:26.a demonstration there at the hospital tonight. Yes, as you can

:09:27. > :09:29.see, a number of people here have been demonstrating and as well as

:09:30. > :09:36.the resignation of Mr Roberts, they want the health board to be put into

:09:37. > :09:40.special measures and the -- a full public enquiry. They say anything

:09:41. > :09:44.short of that is not enough. But this demonstration is a peaceful

:09:45. > :09:48.vigil. They want to respect the people coming in and out of the

:09:49. > :09:52.hospital. But they want a message to be heard, and that message is for

:09:53. > :09:57.full public enquiry to be held. Despite several reviews, that call

:09:58. > :10:01.has been rejected so far by the Welsh government.

:10:02. > :10:03.A former Swansea rugby player has been handed a record eight-year ban

:10:04. > :10:07.for possessing and trafficking steroids. 34-year-old Dean

:10:08. > :10:10.Colclough, who was a hooker with Swansea RFC was found to be in

:10:11. > :10:13.possession and trafficking of anabolic steroids. Colclough played

:10:14. > :10:23.for the club 106 times between 1997 and 2008.

:10:24. > :10:26.The "For Sale" sign has been up for three years but it seems there are

:10:27. > :10:33.no buyers for Milford Haven's Murco Oil Refinery. The plant employs 400

:10:34. > :10:37.people in Pembrokeshire and is owned by the American company Murphy - who

:10:38. > :10:43.posted a $105 million loss for the last three months of 2013. Just

:10:44. > :10:52.before we came on air I spoke to the oil analyst Carol Bell and asked her

:10:53. > :11:02.what's going on at Murco. Murco is the pulling out of it worldwide.

:11:03. > :11:06.What is apparent from the figures is that the assets in Wales, in

:11:07. > :11:14.refining, are marked for position, which means they are for sale. So

:11:15. > :11:19.when the story, blast in November, the company then said that they had

:11:20. > :11:22.no plans to close down, they were pursuing a sale, and we must assume

:11:23. > :11:28.that was the case until we hear otherwise. Presumably, if you can't

:11:29. > :11:35.find a buyer, you have to simply closed down, don't you? That is

:11:36. > :11:41.indeed the case. Viewers will will remember the story in Grangemouth,

:11:42. > :11:45.it got close to that. The main problem is that older refineries in

:11:46. > :11:48.this country are not competitive, given the amount of refining

:11:49. > :11:55.capacity that has come on elsewhere in the world. What is the wider

:11:56. > :11:59.picture? It seems to most of us, using the roads and being stuck in

:12:00. > :12:06.congestion, we need more and more oil all the time, surely the demand

:12:07. > :12:09.is growing around the world? Refined products are more competitively

:12:10. > :12:13.produced elsewhere. It is just as easy to fill a tanker with diesel or

:12:14. > :12:19.petrol as it is with crude oil. So this is a worldwide market. Where

:12:20. > :12:27.does that leave oil refining in the UK? Will really just not have a

:12:28. > :12:35.future in it? It is a European wide problem, not just for the UK. There

:12:36. > :12:38.are 25 refineries in the EU, and up to nine of them were a sale

:12:39. > :12:44.recently. It's just a case that you can't make money in this business,

:12:45. > :12:49.and that is why Murphy is pulling out of the business. It recently

:12:50. > :12:53.passed on to its shareholders, its North American refining operations,

:12:54. > :12:56.but they are pulling out of refining.

:12:57. > :13:00.You're watching Wales Today from the BBC. Later in the programme - from

:13:01. > :13:05.Dr Who to the fashion catwalk - how Wales could do better when it comes

:13:06. > :13:08.to the creative arts. And Wales will be without Aaron

:13:09. > :13:10.Ramsey for their friendly against Iceland, as they prepare for the

:13:11. > :13:22.Euro 2016 qualifying campaign. Castles, beaches and dolphins will

:13:23. > :13:26.feature in a new ?4 million advertising campaign aimed at

:13:27. > :13:30.boosting tourism in Wales. It features music from singer Cerys

:13:31. > :13:33.Matthews and will be launched on St David's Day as part of Wales Tourism

:13:34. > :13:38.Week. The TV advert is directed by Marc Evans, whose work includes the

:13:39. > :13:46.Welsh detective series, Hinterland. Abigail Neal reports.

:13:47. > :13:52.Designed to evoke memories of her favourite holiday, the new ad

:13:53. > :13:56.campaign asks viewers to pack an open mind, a sense of adventure and

:13:57. > :14:02.an appetite for discovery in a bid to broaden Wales's appeal. They

:14:03. > :14:08.might know bits about us, but with films, if you take it to a pistol, a

:14:09. > :14:15.competition opens up and start to understand a bit more about who we

:14:16. > :14:17.are. -- ticket to a festival. Ministers said they want to tackle

:14:18. > :14:25.misconceptions about how much there is to see and do here in Wales so

:14:26. > :14:32.the first Mountain bike Park in Merthyr Tydfil is featured as well

:14:33. > :14:36.as dolphin watching in Cardigan Bay. It is a ?4 million campaign, with

:14:37. > :14:41.the tourism is an important industry in Wales, 10% of the people in Wales

:14:42. > :14:48.worked in the tourism industry and there is a contribution of about ?5

:14:49. > :14:52.billion a year. Look beyond the advertising and Welsh tourism is

:14:53. > :14:57.having to put up its prices. Both Snowdonia National Park and the

:14:58. > :15:00.Brecon Beacons National Park are cutting staff, closing information

:15:01. > :15:07.centres and raising car parking charges as they face a 13% cut in

:15:08. > :15:13.funding. The historic management agency is having to increase

:15:14. > :15:17.admission fees -- monuments agency. Pembroke should coast National Park

:15:18. > :15:23.are due to consult on what cuts they need to make in the next six months.

:15:24. > :15:29.A reduction in funding will mean there will be a reduction in what we

:15:30. > :15:33.can do. We have no specific plans for increasing charges, but it will

:15:34. > :15:36.be a balance between increasing charges and perhaps having a

:15:37. > :15:43.detrimental impact on people visiting some of our sites. So it is

:15:44. > :15:47.a Catch-22. Local authorities faced the same pressures on their tourism

:15:48. > :15:51.budgets while at the same time reliant on the income tourists can

:15:52. > :15:54.bring. It's a business that continues to

:15:55. > :15:57.grow despite the economic downturn - a report out today says Wales should

:15:58. > :16:00.make more of developing the creative industries. The think tank IPPR says

:16:01. > :16:04.Cardiff is successful in fashion, television and radio but it could be

:16:05. > :16:06.further boosted if these industries weren't concentrated in London.

:16:07. > :16:17.Here's our arts and media correspondent Huw Thomas.

:16:18. > :16:22.Made in Wales are shown around the world. Doctor Who is a hit with

:16:23. > :16:26.viewers and it is good for business. This is where he begins every

:16:27. > :16:32.journey. It is where the series is filmed. Along with the likes of

:16:33. > :16:34.Sherlock and casualty, it is given Wales and enviable reputation. But

:16:35. > :16:38.over the road, there is another building that is almost finished. It

:16:39. > :16:43.will be a ?6 million creative industry centre as it it is where

:16:44. > :16:47.the Welsh government hope will be a home for new businesses that want to

:16:48. > :16:51.stay in Wales. The creative industries is a sector that employs

:16:52. > :16:58.more than 30,000 people here. They are working at over 4000

:16:59. > :17:02.enterprises, turning over ?1.8 billion a year. But could Wales be

:17:03. > :17:07.doing more? Only two weeks ago the world's biggest designers and

:17:08. > :17:10.celebrity buyers were at London Fashion Week and while the city's

:17:11. > :17:15.catwalks may be considered their natural home, the think tank IPPR

:17:16. > :17:23.says it is time to break London's grip. One who resisted the lure of

:17:24. > :17:29.London is this designer, who works from home in the Vale of Glamorgan.

:17:30. > :17:34.Her textiles are appearing on cushions, curtains and lampshades

:17:35. > :17:37.and exported around the world. I don't feel I have to be there on a

:17:38. > :17:43.day-to-day basis because I can travel to and from there, I go there

:17:44. > :17:51.for trade shows, and in that aspect, I reap the rewards. The students at

:17:52. > :17:59.Carmarthen are the next generation of designers. But will they stay

:18:00. > :18:02.here or had bright lights of London? It's probably easier to have it

:18:03. > :18:07.accessible business and make a name for yourself, because being in a

:18:08. > :18:15.smaller area, you would get lost in London. There is a lot of funding we

:18:16. > :18:22.can get in Wales which are probably wouldn't get in London. It is easier

:18:23. > :18:29.to work freelance from home here now, and worked locally or further

:18:30. > :18:33.afield. A week ago, Pinewood Studios announced they would open a new

:18:34. > :18:38.facility in Cardiff with an estimated ?90 million impact on the

:18:39. > :18:41.economy. Although there are things we can do ourselves, those things

:18:42. > :18:50.will have more impact if they are actually complimented by a sound and

:18:51. > :18:54.effective policy at the London end. Like the doctor, the Welsh economy

:18:55. > :18:58.has undergone several regenerations. It is hoped that in the future,

:18:59. > :19:01.Wales can take a bigger place in the spotlight.

:19:02. > :19:05.Tonight's sport now, here's Claire. Good evening. He's been in charge

:19:06. > :19:08.for two and a half years but today Wrexham's player-manager Andy

:19:09. > :19:11.Morrell resigned from the club. The 39-year-old led the club to two

:19:12. > :19:14.play-off finishes - but they've struggled this season and following

:19:15. > :19:17.their loss to Barnet on the weekend, they've dropped to 13th in the

:19:18. > :19:23.Conference. Matthew Richards looks back at his career.

:19:24. > :19:26.First as a player and then as player/manager, Andy Morrell has

:19:27. > :19:30.definitely made his mark making over 200 appearances for the club. Last

:19:31. > :19:38.year saw the crowning achievement of his tenure, winning the FA Trophy at

:19:39. > :19:42.Wembley. But two months later there would be heartbreak at the same

:19:43. > :19:45.venue as Wrexham lost in the play off final to Newport, denying them a

:19:46. > :19:48.return to the Football League. This season, with a play off place

:19:49. > :19:52.seemingly unlikely, Andy Morrell has thrown in the towel after two and a

:19:53. > :19:55.half years. It was a hard announcement to hear for Wrexham's

:19:56. > :19:58.players ahead of training this morning and tough too for Morrell's

:19:59. > :20:02.assistant who inherits his role until a permanent successor is

:20:03. > :20:08.found. It was very emotional because Andy had players he brought to the

:20:09. > :20:11.club, friends he played with, and for them to see him how he was and

:20:12. > :20:16.for them to see him how he was, it was hard to take. The club will

:20:17. > :20:19.advertise for a new manager this week. Billy Barr has expressed an

:20:20. > :20:22.interest in taking on the job, but with a game at top-of-the-table

:20:23. > :20:26.Luton tomorrow, it's a baptism of fire. There have been some

:20:27. > :20:31.incredible highs over the last couple of years but they have been

:20:32. > :20:35.some devastating lows as well. Andy Morrell said he had taken the team

:20:36. > :20:41.as far as he could. Nobody is doubting his dedication and

:20:42. > :20:44.commitment. He put his body on the line for Wrexham stop he threw

:20:45. > :20:50.himself at Paul's most of us would run away from. As a player, most

:20:51. > :20:56.respect. As a manager, his track record stands up. He goes with a

:20:57. > :21:01.very good CV which will do him no harm whatsoever. It is a sad day for

:21:02. > :21:04.the football club. Coming after Brian Flynn and Dean Saunders, Andy

:21:05. > :21:08.Morrell guided the club through a tough period but leaves as the only

:21:09. > :21:11.Wrexham manager to win more than half of his matches even if some of

:21:12. > :21:13.the most crucial were just beyond his reach.

:21:14. > :21:16.Staying with football - Wales manager Chris Coleman says it's

:21:17. > :21:19.important they hit the ground running as they gear up for their

:21:20. > :21:23.2016 European qualifying campaign. Wales now know who'll they'll face

:21:24. > :21:26.as they aim to get to the finals in France. Meanwhile - it was goals

:21:27. > :21:32.galore at Swansea and Cardiff's matches, but sadly neither side

:21:33. > :21:36.bagged any points. The sunny south of France. Neath

:21:37. > :21:43.College is one of the locations hosting 2016. Chris Coleman joined

:21:44. > :21:47.the other managers yesterday to draw the team's fate. The build-up to

:21:48. > :21:52.qualifying starts next week for Wales with a friendly against

:21:53. > :21:57.Iceland. Today Coleman named a 23 man squad for the game. Aaron Ramsey

:21:58. > :22:00.are still some way from fitness but Coleman is confident Gareth Bale

:22:01. > :22:05.will be available and there is also a call-up for Manchester City

:22:06. > :22:14.player. Wales find themselves in group B.

:22:15. > :22:21.It will be about us, how many times can we feel is our strongest team? I

:22:22. > :22:26.fancy us to beat anybody with our strongest team at our best. But it's

:22:27. > :22:31.a positive group, it will be tough, but we are a good team and we are in

:22:32. > :22:35.there so we have got a chance. Coleman will take heart from house

:22:36. > :22:41.of his players performed yesterday in the thriller against Liverpool.

:22:42. > :22:50.Swansea city definitely deserved a point. They showed that their spirit

:22:51. > :22:56.was there, despite losing 4-3, their manager and former manager were

:22:57. > :23:03.impressed. I could see the intensity, the quality, I always

:23:04. > :23:08.want to see Swansea do well. If you think about the mud of Games we had,

:23:09. > :23:11.to keep the energy levels going, and the belief we had in the second

:23:12. > :23:18.half, I can't thought my players for the efforts and believe they showed.

:23:19. > :23:22.For Cardiff City, the fight to stay up gets harder. That hammering at

:23:23. > :23:26.home to visitors Hull City leaves them in 19th place, and plans for

:23:27. > :23:33.warm weather training have been cancelled as they prepare for a trip

:23:34. > :23:37.to Tottenham on Sunday. You cannot find any positives when you lose 4-0

:23:38. > :23:43.against a team in round about the same position as you are, especially

:23:44. > :23:49.not when we dominated, created chances, these are the Games you

:23:50. > :23:55.need points from. Newport County were tested on the surface at Rodney

:23:56. > :23:58.Parade and the result didn't go to plan. Their defeat to strugglers

:23:59. > :24:05.Charlton leaves and seven points off the play-off places.

:24:06. > :24:08.The second round of the Wales Open Snooker is underway in Newport with

:24:09. > :24:12.four Welshmen in action today. Andrew Pagett is playing now, hoping

:24:13. > :24:14.to join Dominic Dale and Matthew Stevens who both came through their

:24:15. > :24:17.matches this afternoon. Michael White plays in this evening's

:24:18. > :24:20.session. You can watch the action over on BBC Two Wales at 7pm. Time

:24:21. > :24:29.for the weather! We enjoyed a break from the rain but

:24:30. > :24:37.it is turning wet again this evening. Nothing too extreme this

:24:38. > :24:45.week, and I can promise you some dry spells and sunshine as well. We have

:24:46. > :24:51.the warmest place in the UK yesterday, which spring on the way.

:24:52. > :24:58.This evening, rain will spread across the whole country, some heavy

:24:59. > :25:01.bursts. Gusty winds, as well. Turning drier after midnight with

:25:02. > :25:09.one or two showers. We're not expecting any frost. Here is

:25:10. > :25:12.tomorrow 's chart. We have strong winds and squally showers, and this

:25:13. > :25:19.trough over Ireland will move eastwards during the day. Here's the

:25:20. > :25:23.picture for breakfast time. Much of the country dry at this stage, the

:25:24. > :25:32.crowd broken, with some sunshine. Quite breezy, though. Later in the

:25:33. > :25:35.morning, during the afternoon, that trough will spread across the

:25:36. > :25:43.country, bringing some showers with it. I wouldn't rule out hail and

:25:44. > :25:53.thunder. Plus three South to south-westerly wind. Some showers

:25:54. > :25:57.and at that little sunshine as well. In other areas, the morning should

:25:58. > :26:06.be dry, showers arriving in the afternoon. Tomorrow night, dry apart

:26:07. > :26:13.from a few scattered showers, and it will be a cold night. Into

:26:14. > :26:18.Wednesday, a few showers here and there. A little bit wintry on high

:26:19. > :26:27.ground. Some sunshine as well, with a drawn dry end to the afternoon.

:26:28. > :26:30.This will clear the way first thing on Thursday, leaving us with a

:26:31. > :26:34.mixture of sunshine and showers again. Once again they will be

:26:35. > :26:43.heavy, with hail and thunder, and wintry on the mountains. A similar

:26:44. > :26:48.story on Friday. Some dry weather as well, with a few silly spells. No

:26:49. > :26:58.sign of any snow apart from the higher hills and mountains.

:26:59. > :27:06.The headlines: The Scottish and UK governments have set out competing

:27:07. > :27:11.visions for the future of North Sea oil and gas. Both sides say they

:27:12. > :27:18.hold the key to ensuring that the offshore reserves continue to pump

:27:19. > :27:20.billions into the economy. In the last ten years, councils have given

:27:21. > :27:27.the go-ahead to hundreds of developments despite being warned

:27:28. > :27:32.that they posed a flood risk. Wales today has learned that since 2004,

:27:33. > :27:36.councils ignored that advice 341 times. I'll have an update for you

:27:37. > :27:38.here at eight o'clock and after the BBC News at Ten. That's Wales Today

:27:39. > :27:54.- thank you for watching. We've got to get in the car.

:27:55. > :27:58.NINA SIGHS