30/03/2014

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:00:11. > :00:14.Good evening. The shadow Welsh Secretary Owen Smith says Labour

:00:15. > :00:18.could give the Welsh government more powers over income tax if they win

:00:19. > :00:21.the General Election. He says the new powers would allow ministers in

:00:22. > :00:25.Cardiff Bay to potentially reintroduce the 50p top rate of

:00:26. > :00:34.income tax. Here's our political editor, Nick Servini.

:00:35. > :00:38.This Labour bric-a-brac was being sold to party members this morning.

:00:39. > :00:44.But could the parties sell the idea to the people of Wales that 15 key

:00:45. > :00:50.in the pound of income tax could be devolved? As well as the power to

:00:51. > :00:53.raise and not lower the top rate. Constitutional matters might not be

:00:54. > :00:58.a big issue on the doorsteps of Llandudno, but these Labour -- where

:00:59. > :01:04.these Labour canvassers have been. But this goes much further than the

:01:05. > :01:08.current plan. Owen Smith told the party that all of this would be

:01:09. > :01:14.subject to what he calls a fair funding settlement for Wales from

:01:15. > :01:18.Westminster. And also a referendum. That will mean extending the amount

:01:19. > :01:24.of income tax potentially devolved to Wales from the 10p proposed by

:01:25. > :01:29.the Tories to 15p. Giving wells control over a third of all the

:01:30. > :01:37.taxes it spends. -- giving Wales control. Now, that would increase

:01:38. > :01:41.the accountability of the Assembly and its borrowing capacity, too. So,

:01:42. > :01:46.what we have learnt is that if Labour wins the general election, it

:01:47. > :01:51.would look to give Wales greater powers but the clear message is only

:01:52. > :01:58.up to a point. Owen Smith doesn't like this state of what he calls

:01:59. > :02:01.permanent revolution, and he says devolution will continue to evolve,

:02:02. > :02:06.but we are getting closer to the endgame.

:02:07. > :02:09.Two women are in hospital tonight, one in a critical condition, after

:02:10. > :02:13.being pulled from the water at Cefn Sidan beach in Carmarthenshire.

:02:14. > :02:17.Swansea Coastguard said the women were cut off by the incoming tide.

:02:18. > :02:20.Both are being treated at Morriston Hospital.

:02:21. > :02:24.A man has been arrested after another person was seriously injured

:02:25. > :02:27.in a pub fire in Gwynedd. Jason Robertshaw, who's 29, suffered burns

:02:28. > :02:33.and internal injuries after jumping from the second floor window to

:02:34. > :02:37.escape. A 30-year-old man is being held on suspicion of arson following

:02:38. > :02:40.the blaze at the Three Crowns Inn in Bangor.

:02:41. > :02:44.Councils in Wales could be forced by law to make sure they have enough

:02:45. > :02:47.public toilets under proposals to be unveiled by the Welsh government

:02:48. > :02:51.later this week. BBC Wales understands the new duty will be

:02:52. > :02:54.part of a draft law to be published on Wednesday which will set out a

:02:55. > :03:03.range of measures aimed at improving public health. From the research

:03:04. > :03:08.we've done, older people tell us that when they need toilets, they

:03:09. > :03:11.are often not open or dirty. Without public toilets, we are concerned

:03:12. > :03:14.that many older people will become prisoners in their own home because

:03:15. > :03:16.they are afraid to go out into the town centres.

:03:17. > :03:19.And, finally, Hollywood star Russell Crowe has been speaking to Wales

:03:20. > :03:22.Today about his love for Pembrokeshire. He was in Cardiff

:03:23. > :03:25.last night for the premiere of his new film, Noah. He explained his

:03:26. > :03:32.time in West Wales, filming for Robin Hood in 2009, reminded him of

:03:33. > :03:36.his home in Australia. I love Pembrokeshire, fantastic. The

:03:37. > :03:41.Cate Blanchett was standing on the beach one day. And we were looking

:03:42. > :03:46.down the full length of the beach, the yellow sand, and the sun came

:03:47. > :03:50.out, it was a gorgeous day. And she was standing there with her hands on

:03:51. > :03:54.her hips, she looked one way and the other and sugars, does this remind

:03:55. > :03:58.you of home? I said, yes. She says, I suppose that's why it is called

:03:59. > :04:01.New South Wales. We laughed together. It is very much like

:04:02. > :04:12.Australia. The weather now. A mild weekend for

:04:13. > :04:16.most, temperatures nudging 20 Celsius and early figures suggest

:04:17. > :04:21.march has been warmer, drier and sunnier than average. Tonight is

:04:22. > :04:24.largely dry, clear spells with some scattered showers edging in from the

:04:25. > :04:31.south, turning misty with some low cloud developing. Tomorrow, some

:04:32. > :04:40.early mist, some showers, otherwise largely dry and warm. Heavier

:04:41. > :04:48.showers in the West as we have this unstable low. Mild on Tuesday and

:04:49. > :04:52.Wednesday, variable cloud, sunny spells, some showers, but not as

:04:53. > :04:58.warm late in the week. That is it from the weekend team. We

:04:59. > :05:01.will be back with updates from 6:25am. Goodbye for now.