:00:00. > :00:00.Yard's handling of the case. That's all from the BBC News at
:00:00. > :00:08.Welcome to Wales Today. Our top story. The exam system under
:00:09. > :00:18.scrutiny again. There's dismay and disbelief over unexpectedly poor
:00:19. > :00:22.GCSE results. We are beginning to get a flood of concern, that has
:00:23. > :00:25.spread across the all parts of Wales. The picture is beginning to
:00:26. > :00:27.emerge and that is not pretty. Tonight, there are calls for an
:00:28. > :00:29.urgent investigation. We'll be asking the head of the exam board,
:00:30. > :00:47.what's gone wrong? The work to repair homes goes on
:00:48. > :00:49.after recent storms, now millions of pounds is announced to fix flood
:00:50. > :00:53.defences. He's being investigated over
:00:54. > :00:55.payments he's received. Tonight, the chief executive of Pembrokeshire
:00:56. > :00:59.council survives a no confidence vote.
:01:00. > :01:02.A new plan to persuade the best doctors to stay here after finishing
:01:03. > :01:06.their training. And he set up two and scored the
:01:07. > :01:17.third, Gareth Bale just gets better for Wales.
:01:18. > :01:21.Good evening. Head teachers from across Wales have raised concerns
:01:22. > :01:26.over the unexpectedly low grades, for GCSE English language exams, sat
:01:27. > :01:30.by pupils earlier this year. Teaching Unions say the results were
:01:31. > :01:33.far below what was expected. Tonight, teachers and pupils have
:01:34. > :01:36.told Wales Today they're shocked and can't understand what's gone wrong.
:01:37. > :01:47.Here's our education correspondent, Arwyn Jones.
:01:48. > :01:50.Last August, sunny days and happy peoples. As GCSE results came out,
:01:51. > :01:55.they were warmly welcomed as the best performance the years. Today,
:01:56. > :02:01.near the weather nor the results could have been more difficult. --
:02:02. > :02:03.different. Pupils who sat the exam in January have been getting their
:02:04. > :02:08.results but there has been disappointment all round. We are
:02:09. > :02:12.beginning to get a flood of concern, that has spread across the four
:02:13. > :02:17.parts of Wales. It also covers different types of schools. Schools
:02:18. > :02:20.in affluent areas and also in areas of deprivation. A picture is
:02:21. > :02:23.beginning to emerge and it is not pretty. Pupils showed their anger on
:02:24. > :02:41.social media websites. These were all messages on Twitter.
:02:42. > :02:45.There were many other comments but the language used was far too
:02:46. > :02:52.colourful to broadcast. What we need to ask ourselves is how the brighter
:02:53. > :03:00.tried to persuade us to follow them. Any schools can put pupils forward
:03:01. > :03:05.to have early exams, it can free up time to study other subjects before
:03:06. > :03:11.summer. But it will be scrapped next year. At this school, pupils have
:03:12. > :03:17.not yet got their results, staff are releasing them tomorrow with the
:03:18. > :03:20.letter explaining what happened. This is -- our results were
:03:21. > :03:27.significantly bad at them we -- worse than we were expecting, all
:03:28. > :03:34.our internal data suggested they should be much better. From the
:03:35. > :03:39.children going from the top to bottom grades, they were all too or
:03:40. > :03:43.three or even four grades below what they were expecting. There were
:03:44. > :03:48.concerns these results could prevent the students getting the grades they
:03:49. > :03:51.want in the summer. The exam is worth 40% of our final grade. It
:03:52. > :03:56.makes me quite nervous because whatever grade I will have is going
:03:57. > :04:06.to impact me further down the line whether that is a levels, degrees,
:04:07. > :04:08.my university choice. I haven't disappointing the work the -- I am
:04:09. > :04:12.disappointed the work people are putting, it will not be a high grade
:04:13. > :04:16.as they thought. They have been disappointed by the exam board. So
:04:17. > :04:21.what has gone wrong? There could be possible answers according to the
:04:22. > :04:25.body that that the exams. There is now a different emphasis on what
:04:26. > :04:29.counts towards the exams. Accuracy now accounts for 50% of the
:04:30. > :04:37.available marks for writing wet as it was previously contributing 30%.
:04:38. > :04:42.As a result, the proportion of candidates getting a grade C has
:04:43. > :04:47.fallen from 23% to 5%. Where teachers made aware of the changes?
:04:48. > :04:52.Another explanation could be more people sitting early exams. The
:04:53. > :04:55.number taking GCSE English language in January has increased from an
:04:56. > :05:00.18,000 last year to well over 22,000 this year. All of these changes
:05:01. > :05:03.according to the Welsh government means it will be misleading to
:05:04. > :05:08.compare this year 's result of last year. They declined our request to
:05:09. > :05:11.be interviewed on camera. January's in this language exams were unique
:05:12. > :05:15.to Wales for the first time. It was meant to be a way of avoiding the
:05:16. > :05:24.regrading fiasco we saw two years ago but now that is exactly what I'm
:05:25. > :05:27.teaching unions are calling for. We can discuss some of the details
:05:28. > :05:32.in that report with the chief executive of the exam board who
:05:33. > :05:37.accept the exams, Gareth Peirce. I'll guess first of all, to the many
:05:38. > :05:43.people at home wondering what has happened here, what has gone wrong?
:05:44. > :05:46.We sympathise with anyone who has disappointing results. There are
:05:47. > :05:49.standard routes for people to enquire about individual result and
:05:50. > :05:53.we expect to have requests through that route. It is the change that we
:05:54. > :05:58.need to understand. The significant change in the demand and nature of
:05:59. > :06:01.the demand, in response to the Welsh government's desire to strengthen
:06:02. > :06:07.these qualifications. The Welsh government asked you to strengthen
:06:08. > :06:10.the qualifications, more emphasis on accuracy and sentence structure. As
:06:11. > :06:14.I communicate it to the teachers themselves, do they know that was
:06:15. > :06:21.happening? Yes, it was relocated as far back as autumn 2012. So these
:06:22. > :06:26.exams were 18 months on from that. -- that was communicated. The
:06:27. > :06:30.January series is early in the year 11 experience and the maturity of
:06:31. > :06:33.the pupils. We have got to be careful not to overreact on these
:06:34. > :06:36.results because the statistical trend across Wales is not that
:06:37. > :06:39.different from what we would have expected with increased and
:06:40. > :06:47.different demands and an unexpected increase in entry. We have heard
:06:48. > :06:50.from NT headteachers saying that the results did not reflect what they
:06:51. > :06:54.were expecting from their peoples. Something must have done wrong. We
:06:55. > :06:57.have had correspondence from a small number of schools who are reporting
:06:58. > :07:01.much larger changes than the national pattern and we are looking
:07:02. > :07:08.forward to exploring in great detail, including the enquiries, to
:07:09. > :07:11.asking our examiners to look again. I must emphasise that is a small
:07:12. > :07:15.number of schools. The majority follow the national pattern which I
:07:16. > :07:18.would say is not unexpected giving increase in entries and a
:07:19. > :07:23.substantial change in the nature of the demand. You say that some
:07:24. > :07:26.schools have not followed the normal pattern, will there be regrading for
:07:27. > :07:31.those schools? The process is an enquiry, various checks can be made
:07:32. > :07:35.and there is a possibility of a school asking us to mark again. We
:07:36. > :07:39.do not want to rush into that process before exploring very
:07:40. > :07:43.carefully with any school, because that is a time-consuming activity.
:07:44. > :07:46.Thank you for your time. An extra ?4.2 million has been
:07:47. > :07:50.promised by the Welsh government to repair the country's battered flood
:07:51. > :07:56.defences. Councils applied for help after the wettest winter on record
:07:57. > :07:59.here. The money is going directly to local authorities on top of ?3
:08:00. > :08:03.million already promised. Conwy Council is to get the lion's share
:08:04. > :08:10.of the cash. From there, Roger Pinney reports.
:08:11. > :08:14.The tide was out when we visited this page today, but there is plenty
:08:15. > :08:20.of evidence that people here already for the next storm and high tide
:08:21. > :08:23.when it comes. There is plenty of evidence as well of the one at the
:08:24. > :08:27.beginning of December. In this home, floorboards are having to be
:08:28. > :08:32.replaced. Plaster has been hacked off the walls. Coming down here, it
:08:33. > :08:36.was like a torrent, like a river, bringing debris with it. It
:08:37. > :08:41.surrounded my house. And there are plenty of people ready to sit --
:08:42. > :08:46.describe what happened to them. The waves were coming over the grass
:08:47. > :08:53.verge at the turn and flooding down everywhere it could. So how much at
:08:54. > :08:58.risk do you feel for the future? I feel very much at whisk in the
:08:59. > :09:01.future because you do not know how worse -- at risk in the future
:09:02. > :09:07.because you do not know how much worse it could get. In this bay,
:09:08. > :09:14.Conwy council was to spend money. With its long coast, migratory
:09:15. > :09:22.council gets the biggest share of the cash. -- Conwy council. Smaller
:09:23. > :09:28.amounts go to other councils around the Welsh Council coast. We have
:09:29. > :09:33.been working closely with local authorities and national we shall
:09:34. > :09:38.see his rails since we saw these is -- resources Wales since we saw
:09:39. > :09:45.these storms since then we have understood the damage, we have not
:09:46. > :09:49.invested into protecting homes, businesses and communities. This
:09:50. > :09:53.money will put us back into a position where we are less likely to
:09:54. > :09:58.flood. The damage caused by the storms is not always apparent. Here
:09:59. > :10:03.on the North Shore, the beach material has been scoured away. That
:10:04. > :10:07.meet at high tide, the water will be deeper. And deepwater means the
:10:08. > :10:16.force of the next storm will be much greater when it hit the shore.
:10:17. > :10:24.Restoring the beach will mean restoring one and a half thousand
:10:25. > :10:27.tonnes of shingle. Four 1000 homes will be protected. This winter 's
:10:28. > :10:30.storms and high tides were exceptional, the damage will be
:10:31. > :10:33.repaired. It is a short-term measure. In the long term, much more
:10:34. > :10:36.money will have to be sent. The High Court has quashed the
:10:37. > :10:39.decision by a state-owned savings bank to withdraw its Welsh language
:10:40. > :10:42.service saying it was unlawful. National Savings and Investments
:10:43. > :10:46.dropped its Welsh service last April saying it wasn't an effective use of
:10:47. > :10:52.public money. The bank says it's now working to re-instate its Welsh
:10:53. > :10:59.service. This was after a legal challenge from the Welsh language
:11:00. > :11:02.Commissioner. The key message is, Welsh language services are really
:11:03. > :11:05.important for people who use those services, whether they are coming
:11:06. > :11:10.from Westminster, or coming from Wales. And in delivering those
:11:11. > :11:12.services, people need to have security that they are going to be
:11:13. > :11:16.there. The value of exports from Wales last
:11:17. > :11:19.year were up by ?1.5 billion latest figures have shown. Goods worth
:11:20. > :11:23.?14.8 billion were sent around the world, an increase of just over 11%
:11:24. > :11:30.compared to the UK as a whole at 0.4%. The United Arab Emirates is
:11:31. > :11:34.now our third largest export partner behind Ireland and America. Our
:11:35. > :11:43.Political Editor Nick Servini is here. Some interesting figures? They
:11:44. > :11:50.are, and export led growth is almost holy Grail territory in terms of
:11:51. > :11:53.economic, recovery. It is a great generator of wealth. Within the
:11:54. > :11:59.sector, transport and machinery, much of that is manufacturing. So it
:12:00. > :12:03.could be a balanced recovery. The first Minister Carwyn Jones is
:12:04. > :12:06.specifically saying it is down to old-fashioned pressing the flesh and
:12:07. > :12:12.putting in the air miles in trade missions around the world. I do
:12:13. > :12:15.detect a step change here. This has been difficult territory for the
:12:16. > :12:19.Welsh government for many years. Really since the abolition of the
:12:20. > :12:23.last of element agency. They speak with a lot more confidence about
:12:24. > :12:29.things now, and say those trade missions are also being successful
:12:30. > :12:37.in attracting inward investment into Wales. Earlier this week, Cowin
:12:38. > :12:41.Jones came up with a scathing attack of the Welsh development agency. --
:12:42. > :12:46.Carwyn Jones. When he spoke about the figure today, he gave a nod to
:12:47. > :12:52.the past and how they are affecting what is going on. In the old days,
:12:53. > :12:56.20 years ago, the WDA would say, come to Wales, come to the table and
:12:57. > :12:59.people would pay less than anywhere else. Unless you want to go back
:13:00. > :13:03.there we have to think of something new, so we are saying, the skills
:13:04. > :13:08.are here that you need, aerospace, automotive, creative industries. If
:13:09. > :13:15.you are in construction, defence, life sciences, you can come to
:13:16. > :13:18.Wales. So how sustainable is this? In the past, you have a decent set
:13:19. > :13:23.of economic data like this, politicians are not afraid to jump
:13:24. > :13:26.on board but there would be a cautionary note, because obvious
:13:27. > :13:31.reasons, economic data has not been a friend of Welsh politicians in the
:13:32. > :13:35.past. There is certainly a narrative trying to be created by Carwyn Jones
:13:36. > :13:39.at the moment to the extent where he is talking about Wales leading the
:13:40. > :13:43.economic recovery around the UK, trying to change the narrative
:13:44. > :13:46.coming from Westminster and the Conservatives, particularly in the
:13:47. > :13:52.fields of public services, that Wales is some kind of failed state.
:13:53. > :13:55.It's been described as the biggest transformation in the way medical
:13:56. > :13:57.students are educated here since Wales biggest medical school was
:13:58. > :14:00.established 90 years ago. Students at Cardiff University School of
:14:01. > :14:03.Medicine now follow a brand new curriculum which aims to give them
:14:04. > :14:07.more opportunity, even in their first year, to get out from the
:14:08. > :14:10.lecture halls and train in Welsh communities with real patients. The
:14:11. > :14:16.hope is eventually to persuade more medical graduates to stay in Wales
:14:17. > :14:21.to develop their careers. Training the doctors of tomorrow.
:14:22. > :14:27.This dummy has the symptoms of a severe asthma attack. It is so
:14:28. > :14:33.sophisticated, it can even let me students know how well they are
:14:34. > :14:37.doing. I can't breathe. Even with the latest technology, there is
:14:38. > :14:41.argued there is no subject for meeting real patient as quickly as
:14:42. > :14:50.possible. And it is happening here at this GP surgery. The skills of
:14:51. > :14:54.the first-year medics are being giving a test. It gives you an
:14:55. > :14:58.eye-opener of however thing works in the community, how GPs work with
:14:59. > :15:02.patients and families, dealing with various diseases. Initially I
:15:03. > :15:06.thought they would be nervous. And is it too soon? Having seen it
:15:07. > :15:11.progress, I think it is brilliant, it is going to set them in good
:15:12. > :15:17.stead. It is not a new concept, other medical schools offer patients
:15:18. > :15:21.early contact with students. Cardiff University says it has learned from
:15:22. > :15:25.the best courses around the globe and by giving students more exposure
:15:26. > :15:28.to the Welsh NHS earlier, it is hoped more than will be dented to
:15:29. > :15:32.stay on here when they do on here when they modify. That, it is
:15:33. > :15:42.claimed, could address problems like a shortage of GPs. -- they will be
:15:43. > :15:46.tempted to stay here when they qualify. This is what happened when
:15:47. > :15:50.I was a junior doctor, I came back here and spent 11 years working in
:15:51. > :15:55.Chester. This is only part of the solution, surely? Yes, we need to
:15:56. > :16:00.move to the second step, making sure our first -- postgraduate training
:16:01. > :16:03.is as good as the undergraduate training. There are patches of
:16:04. > :16:07.excellent but there are areas where we are not able to provide training.
:16:08. > :16:14.So what is the view of the fledgling medics? I think it is a lot better
:16:15. > :16:19.to actively learn, rather than sit in lectures. Think when you are
:16:20. > :16:22.choosing the medical School, the most important thing is how good a
:16:23. > :16:26.doctor you will be when you come out of it. I think the course will make
:16:27. > :16:30.me the best doctor I can become. Having experienced the world
:16:31. > :16:35.community and Welsh NHS, I definitely closer to stay here.
:16:36. > :16:39.Nobody claims this curriculum will on its own solve the difficulties of
:16:40. > :16:43.attracting more doctors to Wales. It is hoped it can be at least part of
:16:44. > :16:46.the remedy. You're watching Wales Today, stay
:16:47. > :16:50.with us, plenty still ahead. Bale gets better, he set up two, and
:16:51. > :16:55.scores a third for Wales against Iceland.
:16:56. > :17:01.Wales' highest paid council boss has survived an attempt to see him
:17:02. > :17:04.ousted tonight. Bryn Parry Jones will stay as the head of
:17:05. > :17:09.Pembrokeshire Council after a motion of no confidence failed. It follows
:17:10. > :17:13.the recent scandal over unlawful pension payments. Abigail Neal is at
:17:14. > :17:21.county hall in Haverfordwest for us tonight, and there's been some
:17:22. > :17:26.lively debate there? You could say that. Today, the full council
:17:27. > :17:32.meeting, there were no less than 14 separate motions of no confidence in
:17:33. > :17:35.Mr Parry Jones. If you remember, this relates back to an issue that
:17:36. > :17:39.emerged last September when the both Chief Executive 's temperature and
:17:40. > :17:44.Carmarthenshire were shown to take advantage of a tax scheme which
:17:45. > :17:51.meant they paid less tax on their pensions by excepting cash is the
:17:52. > :17:54.deploy -- accepting cash instead of employer contributions, a move which
:17:55. > :18:01.the audit office described as unlawful. Today the move was
:18:02. > :18:06.described as just one in a series of crises to hit the authority. They
:18:07. > :18:09.have had had poor report over safeguarding children and education
:18:10. > :18:13.over the last few years, and they felt that he is the man of the top
:18:14. > :18:21.should go. Here is the flavour of the debate we heard in the chamber
:18:22. > :18:26.this afternoon. Question, chairman, it is in the Constitution, it is
:18:27. > :18:29.allowed to ask questions. I despair in seeing this authority stumble
:18:30. > :18:38.from one question to the next -- crisis to the next. We are hitting
:18:39. > :18:44.one iceberg and another. I had been interrupted semi times, I do not
:18:45. > :18:50.know where I am. This is not a reason to move someone out. This is
:18:51. > :18:54.my opinion and I need to be listened to because I have listened to all of
:18:55. > :19:04.you. After a two-hour debate, the motion of no-confidence failed by 23
:19:05. > :19:07.votes to 30 with five councillors at Benning. The council leader was
:19:08. > :19:11.relieved but said he had heard the clear message of moral indignation.
:19:12. > :19:16.I think we will reflect on that and ensure that we give consideration to
:19:17. > :19:21.the way that we are perceived and not only that, I think the comments
:19:22. > :19:25.I made earlier about the openness and accountability that the
:19:26. > :19:29.authority now operates under, this is three years ago, the decision was
:19:30. > :19:35.made. Now we operate under them, they are very different indeed.
:19:36. > :19:40.Briefly, whether the council go from here? The leadership will hope that
:19:41. > :19:43.they have drawn a line under this. In the end today they were there to
:19:44. > :19:49.pass a budget which is what they were there for. That got through,
:19:50. > :19:53.and I think it is still said that ratepayers in Pembrokeshire pay the
:19:54. > :19:57.least council tax in Wales. The council leadership will be saying
:19:58. > :20:00.there is a lot to move on to now. As part of this debate, we did hear
:20:01. > :20:04.that although there will be no further legal case from the Wales
:20:05. > :20:08.audit office, Pembrokeshire Council alone have already spent ?27,000
:20:09. > :20:14.offending their case against the world 's audit office before
:20:15. > :20:18.eventually backing down. -- the Wales audit office. There is clearly
:20:19. > :20:20.a lot of unease about the way the council is run here and the way
:20:21. > :20:23.people held to account. Gwynedd councillors have approved a
:20:24. > :20:29.council tax increase of 3.9% for the next financial year. The authority
:20:30. > :20:33.says it'll go towards bridging the shortfall, caused by a reduction in
:20:34. > :20:42.government funding. Several Welsh councils have already approved
:20:43. > :20:49.similar increases. Some news reaching us in the last
:20:50. > :20:56.few minutes, police say a man has been arrested following an incident
:20:57. > :21:01.in Powys. The road was closed while pleased out of the situation.
:21:02. > :21:06.43-year-old male has been arrested in connection with the incident, no
:21:07. > :21:09.one was injured. Labour have accused the Plaid Cymru
:21:10. > :21:12.MP Jonathan Edwards of being mean-spirited for questioning how
:21:13. > :21:14.Sam Warburton could captain the Welsh rugby side and describe
:21:15. > :21:17.himself as British. Warburton, who has captained the British Lions,
:21:18. > :21:20.made his comments on feeling British in response to comments from England
:21:21. > :21:29.rugby stars suggesting some Welsh players hated England. David Cornock
:21:30. > :21:34.reports. Sam Warburton has led Wales to grand
:21:35. > :21:37.slam glory. He captained the British and Irish Lions to victory in
:21:38. > :21:41.Australia. And a head of this weekend's match at Twickenham, he
:21:42. > :21:46.took in his stride suggestions from opponents that some Welsh players
:21:47. > :21:50.hated England. Summary to my nationality, I just say British. I
:21:51. > :21:55.do not look at it like that. -- if someone asks me my nationality. I do
:21:56. > :21:58.not think the boys talk about that. They love it because the amnesty is
:21:59. > :22:09.so good and you can sense the anticipation from the fans. The
:22:10. > :22:15.feeling is we feed off that. Those comments kicked off a political rock
:22:16. > :22:20.on Twitter. Jonathan Edwards said he found it really difficult to
:22:21. > :22:23.understand how someone who does not consider themselves Welsh can
:22:24. > :22:29.captained the National seed. Labour leapt to Sam Warburton's defence. It
:22:30. > :22:34.was completely wrong for Plaid Cymru to in any way challenge the way in
:22:35. > :22:38.which Sam Warburton, at proud Welshman and British citizen, feels
:22:39. > :22:42.about his identity. Nobody can doubt his passion and commitment, whether
:22:43. > :22:49.he is putting on the Welsh jersey all the British Lions journey. --
:22:50. > :22:53.jersey. Jonathan Edwards sidestepped our request for an interview. In a
:22:54. > :22:57.statement, he denied attacking anyone's identity but said he hoped
:22:58. > :23:01.the captain of Wales would feel Welsh. It is not the sort of
:23:02. > :23:06.attention Plaid Cymru wanted on the eve of their spring conference. But
:23:07. > :23:07.if Sam Warburton captained Wales to victory on Sunday, no one will be
:23:08. > :23:11.talking about Well, is Warburton's old school
:23:12. > :23:15.friend, Gareth Bale, the best footballer in the world? It's a
:23:16. > :23:17.debate that's been restarted by another virtuoso performance for
:23:18. > :23:20.Wales in last night's friendly against Iceland. The Real Madrid
:23:21. > :23:23.star continued his recent club form, scoring one goal and setting-up two
:23:24. > :23:27.more as Chris Coleman's side enjoyed a morale-boosting 3-1 win. Here's
:23:28. > :23:36.our sports reporter, Ashleigh Crowter.
:23:37. > :23:40.It seems that being the world 's most expensive player at the
:23:41. > :23:45.world's most famous club has not sated Gareth Bell's ambition. There
:23:46. > :23:48.was evidence last night that the best British player of his
:23:49. > :23:55.generation is tapping his standards further. -- Gareth bail.
:23:56. > :24:07.I merely asked him for his autograph. He is one of the best
:24:08. > :24:13.players I have had the pleasure of working with, and he has got years
:24:14. > :24:15.left in him. It was an all-round performance of the highest class.
:24:16. > :24:21.Immaculate delivery of a free kick for Wales's first. Then the way he
:24:22. > :24:23.wrapped the full-back in knots, creating the easiest of chances for
:24:24. > :24:29.centre forward Sam Vokes. Former Wales striker Ian Walsh watched from
:24:30. > :24:36.the commentary box work site. By daily as a financial planner. There
:24:37. > :24:38.is no doubt in his mind that Wales are enjoying a substantial return on
:24:39. > :24:44.Real Madrid's record-breaking investment. I do not think that
:24:45. > :24:48.Gareth Bale would get any better, but goodness me, he was unbelievable
:24:49. > :24:53.last night. He is more was at it, very direct, taking it all on his
:24:54. > :24:57.own shoulders. And what a performance. He looks fitter,
:24:58. > :25:02.bigger, stronger. With Gareth Bale in the side, you have got a great
:25:03. > :25:06.chance. It was the first time Wales has scored three times under manager
:25:07. > :25:09.Chris Coleman. They are now four games unbeaten. And with the likes
:25:10. > :25:13.of Aaron Ramsey still to come back, there is growing optimism about the
:25:14. > :25:15.Euro 2016 qualified campaign which begins later this year.
:25:16. > :25:23.Let's get the weather now. Hard to believe it, but the weather
:25:24. > :25:33.is improving, we can look forward to spring light: -- springlike
:25:34. > :25:36.conditions next week. A weather system pushes south and east to its
:25:37. > :25:45.tonight, a lot of cloud and hill fog, but it is a very mild night.
:25:46. > :25:48.Tomorrow, there is a ridge of high pressure trying to build which will
:25:49. > :25:52.settle things down full-time, low pressure brings a little bit of rain
:25:53. > :25:55.with it through the weekend. It is moving away. First thing tomorrow
:25:56. > :25:59.morning, wet start button. To brighten up from the north and west
:26:00. > :26:04.as we go through the morning. By the afternoon, much of Wales is enjoying
:26:05. > :26:07.some glorious sunshine with highs of seven to 12 Celsius. The winds are
:26:08. > :26:12.easing through the day. Tomorrow night, whilst the winds dropped out,
:26:13. > :26:17.underneath the clear skies, a cold night. The potential of some frost.
:26:18. > :26:24.Overnight, it will cloud over from the south, fog likely. A much colder
:26:25. > :26:27.night as well. And then this area of high pressure is starting to take
:26:28. > :26:31.charge as we go into Sunday next week. It is set to be with us for a
:26:32. > :26:35.while so we can look forward to more settled weather for next week.
:26:36. > :26:39.Through Saturday, we are likely to see a bit of rain, especially across
:26:40. > :26:45.western coasts, closer to the low pressure. On Sunday, and books of
:26:46. > :26:48.rain possible but then it will start to settle down -- outbreaks of rain
:26:49. > :26:51.possible but then it will settle down as the high pressure takes
:26:52. > :26:58.charge. Brighter conditions next week, sunshine but it will be cold
:26:59. > :26:59.by night. Frost possible. We will be seeing much more of this kind of
:27:00. > :27:08.thing next week. The Chief Executive of the exam
:27:09. > :27:16.board W JVC has told this programme exam this may look again at some
:27:17. > :27:21.GCSE English papers set by pupils in January. It comes after teachers
:27:22. > :27:25.raised concerns after unexpectedly low grades. We have a correspondence
:27:26. > :27:28.from a small amount of schools who are reporting much larger changes
:27:29. > :27:31.than the national pattern, we are looking forward to exploring in
:27:32. > :27:38.great detail, including the enquiries which are possibly even
:27:39. > :27:42.asking our examiners to look again. I will have an updated 8pm and
:27:43. > :27:46.10:30pm, that is all for now, good evening. A rare example of