16/03/2014

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:00:00. > :00:14.There's more throughout the evening on the

:00:15. > :00:18.Good Evening. Welsh businesses have called on the Chancellor George

:00:19. > :00:21.Osborne to cut their energy costs, when he unveils his budget on

:00:22. > :00:25.Wednesday. Mr Osborne has been setting out his message ahead of the

:00:26. > :00:37.Budget - as have his political opponents. Daniel Davies reports.

:00:38. > :00:44.This company is a big consumer of energy. It is not just giant steel

:00:45. > :00:50.companies, thousands of small businesses around the country want

:00:51. > :00:55.help. Energy bills are growing at a rate that is frightening, and it is

:00:56. > :01:01.frightening businesses. What that is doing is reducing confidence. If

:01:02. > :01:06.businesses do not have confidence, they will not employ people or

:01:07. > :01:11.invest. They will not spend. If they do not spend, the economy does not

:01:12. > :01:18.turn around. Chancellors are never short of advice about which way to

:01:19. > :01:22.turn at time of year. We have got to make sure we are getting to the

:01:23. > :01:27.bottom of what it is that provides economic security for the people of

:01:28. > :01:35.this country. Having a job? You can deal with your debt? This is a

:01:36. > :01:41.long-term economic plan. The owners of Abergavenny garden centre say

:01:42. > :01:46.that business is up. Mr Osborne might say the same about the

:01:47. > :01:53.economy. Labour sees it differently. We had three years where the economy

:01:54. > :01:56.went along with no growth, and we have seen some growth come back to

:01:57. > :02:04.the economy are the fruits of that are being enjoyed by the wealthiest

:02:05. > :02:12.in Britain. Someone's Mr Osborne to cut taxes. A tax cut for bingo is

:02:13. > :02:16.expected. -- summer once Mr Osborne. -- summer once Mr Osborne. A light

:02:17. > :02:19.aircraft pilot had to make an emergency landing near Swansea,

:02:20. > :02:22.after his plane hit a flock of birds. The aircraft flipped upside

:02:23. > :02:24.down on the private runway in Grovesend, causing substantial

:02:25. > :02:27.damage, but the pilot escaped serious injury. The Air Accidents

:02:28. > :02:29.Investigation Branch has been informed. The chairman of Plaid

:02:30. > :02:32.Cymru says it was "entirely appropriate" for party leader Leanne

:02:33. > :02:35.Wood to sack Lord Elis-Thomas as chairman of an assembly committee.

:02:36. > :02:38.Dafydd Trystan Davies told the BBC's Sunday Politics Wales programme,

:02:39. > :02:40.Plaid needed to be disciplined, to present a progressive, positive

:02:41. > :02:43.agenda. Lord Elis-Thomas had criticised an attack on UKIP at the

:02:44. > :02:56.party's Spring Conference as "facile". The fight to save a

:02:57. > :02:59.seaside children's camp from closure is gathering momentum. Two weeks ago

:03:00. > :03:02.it was revealed that Salford City Council was planning to close the

:03:03. > :03:04.Salford Children's Holiday Camp in Prestatyn, which was established in

:03:05. > :03:08.1926 to give underprivileged children a seaside holiday. 1300

:03:09. > :03:12.people have signed a petition protesting against the cuts and

:03:13. > :03:19.?25,000 has been raised to fund immediate repairs and improvements.

:03:20. > :03:23.Football fans queued up in Cardiff to look at the World Cup trophy.

:03:24. > :03:26.Hundreds turned out to pose for pictures. Football legends Terry

:03:27. > :03:30.Medwin and Colin Baker, who were part of the Welsh team that competed

:03:31. > :03:36.in 1958 in Sweden, were also there to share their experiences. Looking

:03:37. > :03:45.back, we did so well in reaching the quarterfinals of the World Cup.

:03:46. > :03:51.Looking back, we were so near. We lost John Charles, he was injured so

:03:52. > :03:59.could not play. We did quite well, looking back. We scored the winning

:04:00. > :04:07.goal in the World Cup final. Not the qualifier, but the finals. I hope --

:04:08. > :04:10.On the pitch, Newport County came from behind to earn a point against

:04:11. > :04:13.League Two strugglers Exeter City. After a poor first half, the

:04:14. > :04:17.visitors went ahead after an own-goal. 1-1 the final score there.

:04:18. > :04:19.Rugby, and Wales are set to tour South Africa without captain Sam

:04:20. > :04:22.Warburton. He dislocated his shoulder in the last minute of their

:04:23. > :04:27.Six Nations victory over Scotland yesterday. He's being scanned and

:04:28. > :04:31.probably faces an operation. Wales' women condemned Scotland to a Six

:04:32. > :04:34.Nations Wooden Spoon as they ran-in four unanswered tries in Port

:04:35. > :04:37.Talbot. It gave Wales their first win of the tournament, after defeats

:04:38. > :04:48.by Italy, Ireland, France and England. The final score 25-0. The

:04:49. > :04:51.weather and across most of Wales there's some been some glorious

:04:52. > :04:54.sunshine to enjoy today. This was Dinas Dinlle near Caernarfon. We can

:04:55. > :04:57.get the forecast now with with Georgina Burnett.

:04:58. > :05:05.Dinas Dinlle near Caernarfon. We Good evening. Apart from some cloud

:05:06. > :05:11.to the west and some hill folk, some pleasant temperatures and 19

:05:12. > :05:15.degrees. -- hill fog. We have some cloud filling in now and that set

:05:16. > :05:20.the tone for the week ahead with spots of drizzle as well. For many,

:05:21. > :05:25.dry week but also quite breezy as we head towards the middle of the week.

:05:26. > :05:29.Tonight light westerly winds and this cloud will come in from the

:05:30. > :05:33.North West. With that blanket of cloud, a mild night ahead at six or

:05:34. > :05:39.seven Celsius. Tomorrow, we continue with the cloudy theme, in fact for

:05:40. > :05:43.the whole of the week. Some areas will have spots of drizzle but

:05:44. > :05:48.elsewhere, it remains dry. Sunshine for the Southeast and there we could

:05:49. > :05:53.see 14 or 15 Celsius. Ten or 11 elsewhere. Cloudy week ahead but

:05:54. > :05:57.quite breezy and spots of drizzle at times. That's Wales Today. I'll be

:05:58. > :06:09.back at 20 past ten. Have a good evening. Goodbye.

:06:10. > :06:16.Good evening. Apologies for sounding Southeast centric, but it is

:06:17. > :06:20.difficult when London had a high of 20 this afternoon, 68 Fahrenheit.

:06:21. > :06:22.Lovely sunshine across England, Wales and eastern