:00:00. > :00:08.Good evening. The Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, has accused
:00:09. > :00:11.the First Minister, Carwyn Jones, of cynically trying to reinvent
:00:12. > :00:15.history, in the row over who pays for the electrification of the South
:00:16. > :00:18.Wales Valleys rail network. He was speaking at the Welsh Liberal
:00:19. > :00:22.Democrats' annual conference in Newport. Here's our Political Editor
:00:23. > :00:25.Nick Servini. Handshakes all round for Nick Clegg,
:00:26. > :00:29.who was among friends today in Newport. But there was no friendly
:00:30. > :00:32.bridge building with the Welsh Government in the row over the
:00:33. > :00:38.multi-million pound bill to electrify the Valleys network. The
:00:39. > :00:43.First Minister says the UK government is going back on an
:00:44. > :00:48.earlier commitment to foot the bill. Nick Clegg disagrees. I really do
:00:49. > :00:51.think it is rather cynical of the First Minister now to turn around
:00:52. > :00:55.and somehow claim that promises were made to cover the expense of that
:00:56. > :00:58.electrification. It was clearly, unambiguously, and explicitly stated
:00:59. > :01:02.that this would be something where the UK Government would play a role,
:01:03. > :01:05.not least in the electrification of the main line, but that the finance
:01:06. > :01:12.of the Valley lines would be a devolved matter. When he addressed
:01:13. > :01:15.the party, the centrepiece of his speech was a pledge to support the
:01:16. > :01:17.recommendations of the Silk Commission to transfer from
:01:18. > :01:24.Westminster to Cardiff Bay powers over policing and some parts of
:01:25. > :01:27.criminal justice. Just as the Silk Commission has recommended, I want
:01:28. > :01:30.us to fight the next election proposing that we take on the
:01:31. > :01:38.recommendations of the Silk Commission to give you the tools you
:01:39. > :01:41.need to get on with the job. As he tries to stop disaffected Lib Dem
:01:42. > :01:44.voters supporting Labour, Nick Clegg has pushed safe Lib Dem themes -
:01:45. > :01:55.saving Europe, raising the income tax threshold and, of course, giving
:01:56. > :01:58.more powers to the Welsh Government. -- staying in Europe. With the
:01:59. > :02:01.European and general elections on the horizon, party activists admit
:02:02. > :02:04.the fact that they're now in government could make campaigning
:02:05. > :02:08.tough. It's a hundred years since we've had mid-term blues to worry
:02:09. > :02:11.about. It hasn't made it easy, to be honest. When I go door-knocking
:02:12. > :02:15.people say, "You're in coalition with the Tories". The party knows
:02:16. > :02:19.its part in a coalition with the Tories may make it unpopular with
:02:20. > :02:24.some. Its job in Newport this weekend is to persuade voters it's
:02:25. > :02:28.made a positive difference. Around 200 people took part in a
:02:29. > :02:31.march in Cardiff this afternoon in protest against the so called
:02:32. > :02:35."bedroom tax", one year after it was introduced. Social-housing tenants
:02:36. > :02:39.who have spare bedrooms have seen their housing-benefit payments cut.
:02:40. > :02:44.The protesters included MPs, assembly members and senior clergy.
:02:45. > :02:48.The UK Government says the new system is fairer.
:02:49. > :02:52.The MP for Llanelli has raised concerns over plans to build a plant
:02:53. > :02:57.in Cwmgwili that will dispose of household waste using very high
:02:58. > :03:00.temperatures. Nia Griffith says people who live near the proposed
:03:01. > :03:03.site in Carmarthenshire are worried about possible emissions. But the
:03:04. > :03:07.developer, Clean Power Properties, says it's not proposing an
:03:08. > :03:12.incinerator but a plant which uses a process called pyrolysis. This
:03:13. > :03:17.breaks down waste material using high temperatures.
:03:18. > :03:20.Football - and it's been another disappointing day for our Premier
:03:21. > :03:24.League clubs. Cardiff City's fight for survival seems even more
:03:25. > :03:28.desperate. They lost 3-0 at home to Crystal Palace. Swansea City lost
:03:29. > :03:34.1-0 away to Hull, leaving them six points above the relegation zone. In
:03:35. > :03:39.League Two, Newport drew 1-1 away to Chesterfield. In the Conference,
:03:40. > :03:43.Wrexham beat Macclesfield 1-0. There was a disappointing result in
:03:44. > :03:46.the Grand National for the race favourite Teeforthree, trained by
:03:47. > :03:52.Rebecca Curtis in Pembrokeshire. He fell at the 15th fence but there's
:03:53. > :03:55.no report of an injury. With Oxford and Cambridge due to
:03:56. > :03:59.battle it out tomorrow, students from Cardiff and Swansea competed in
:04:00. > :04:04.the ninth Welsh Varsity Boat Race on the River Taff in Cardiff today.
:04:05. > :04:07.Swansea were the winners by half a length.
:04:08. > :04:12.The weather forecast now, with Rhian Haf.
:04:13. > :04:22.Hello there. We've all had some patchy rain today and that will
:04:23. > :04:26.continue this evening. Pushing in from the West, some heavy bursts on
:04:27. > :04:29.high ground in Snowdonia and on the Brecon Beacons. But a mild night -
:04:30. > :04:36.11 and 12 Celsius across the country. The bad news is, there's
:04:37. > :04:41.more persistent rain on the way. Tomorrow will be a wet and windy
:04:42. > :04:45.affair but rain will clear through the afternoon. We will have some
:04:46. > :04:50.sunshine and temperatures reaching 15 Celsius in Rhyl. But Monday will
:04:51. > :04:52.bring more rain before high pressure builds and that will mean dry and
:04:53. > :04:57.fine weather midweek. That's Wales Today. We'll be back at
:04:58. > :05:03.ten to seven tomorrow. Have a good evening. Goodbye.
:05:04. > :05:10.Good evening. We may have got to 18 Celsius today in parts of East
:05:11. > :05:12.Anglia but it was the bright spot in an otherwise cloudy day and it is
:05:13. > :05:16.the cloud that will dominate tonight, bringing splashes of rain
:05:17. > :05:18.and dryer moments as well particularly in the north-east of
:05:19. > :05:19.Scotland but