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:00:00. > :00:00.BBC One Welcome to Wales Today. Our top
:00:00. > :00:07.story: Businesses are growing increasingly confident about the
:00:08. > :00:19.future, but our exports and recruitment are still cause for
:00:20. > :00:22.concern. Technology is moving so fast, it is moving at an
:00:23. > :00:27.unprecedented rate at the moment, and there just are not enough
:00:28. > :00:38.developers and people coming through the university with the current
:00:39. > :00:44.skills. Substantial cuts to bus services. 77
:00:45. > :00:48.jobs at risk in the Gwent Valleys. They're the people who save lives,
:00:49. > :00:55.so how come mountain rescue needs help with funding?
:00:56. > :01:00.One of Europe's largest wind farms could be coming to the Welsh coast.
:01:01. > :01:04.Will they get permission? And rewrite those history books. Why
:01:05. > :01:10.the huge ancient earthwork running the length of Wales may not be
:01:11. > :01:19.Offa's Dyke after all. Good evening. After seven years of
:01:20. > :01:23.economic uncertainty businesses in Wales say they're more confident
:01:24. > :01:26.about the future. In a survey by the South Wales Chamber of Commerce, of
:01:27. > :01:29.660 small and medium sized businesses across the country, 61%
:01:30. > :01:36.say they expect their profits to increase in the next year. 95% of
:01:37. > :01:42.them say they are looking to retain their existing workforce or recruit
:01:43. > :01:44.in the next three months. But the survey also found more than half had
:01:45. > :01:48.problems recruiting, especially in computer technology and engineering.
:01:49. > :01:57.Here's our Business Correspondent, Brian Meechan.
:01:58. > :02:01.At this engineering company in Newport, they are putting the
:02:02. > :02:07.finishing touches to their latest product. They make control systems
:02:08. > :02:12.to operate heavy machinery. I asked the managing director, Peter Lewis,
:02:13. > :02:16.what he made of the increasing confidence. We have not seen it yet.
:02:17. > :02:20.Big industry is still looking after the billions that they have in the
:02:21. > :02:24.bank. We are waiting for them to share some of that out and play some
:02:25. > :02:27.orders. But construction seems to be picking up. That should be followed
:02:28. > :02:35.by the steel industry. And hopefully we will see the benefits. But it is
:02:36. > :02:38.not all good news. The survey found a shortage of skills, particularly
:02:39. > :02:44.in the areas of engineering and technology. This is a recruitment
:02:45. > :02:49.agency that specialises in these areas. Those engineers looking to
:02:50. > :02:55.retire at the moment, engineers coming through at a graduate level,
:02:56. > :03:00.but there is a gap in the middle. On the IT side, technology is moving so
:03:01. > :03:04.fast, it is moving at an unprecedented rate at the moment,
:03:05. > :03:10.and there just are not enough developers, and people. More than
:03:11. > :03:17.half of what is made here is exported. This unit is being shipped
:03:18. > :03:19.to divide. The survey shows 85% of Welsh businesses trading
:03:20. > :03:23.internationally had seen sales remain constant or increase. The
:03:24. > :03:29.chamber warns this figure is not as high as other parts of the UK. I
:03:30. > :03:36.think sadly that other products and businesses have the opportunity to
:03:37. > :03:40.explore. We have seen inroads into the Middle East and Southeast Asia
:03:41. > :03:47.but again, there it is a massive market. Increasing confidence is a
:03:48. > :03:50.good sign for the economy and it makes it more likely that businesses
:03:51. > :03:55.will invest and take on extra workers. The warnings of a skills
:03:56. > :04:02.shortages and sluggish exports will be ringing alarm bells. Losing a
:04:03. > :04:07.major contract was the reason for the loss of over 600 jobs in Newport
:04:08. > :04:09.yesterday. The Federation of small businesses says the Welsh Government
:04:10. > :04:16.is failing to support the food industry. Work with us to give Villa
:04:17. > :04:22.-- to deliver more for Wales. We are committed to saving jobs but we are
:04:23. > :04:26.also committed to driving growth in the food sector in Wales. The food
:04:27. > :04:29.sector as a whole is already outperforming the rest of the Welsh
:04:30. > :04:33.economy. We are seeing a 6% year-on-year growth. Business is
:04:34. > :04:38.believing the worst is over may be welcomed but most realise that we
:04:39. > :04:42.are not out of the woods yet when it comes to recovery from the worst
:04:43. > :04:46.economic crisis in generations. I guess it is a useful snapshot, but
:04:47. > :04:54.can we really read anything into the figures? I think it is good that it
:04:55. > :04:59.shows increasing confidence. We also have figures today from the IMF,
:05:00. > :05:02.looking at the growth rate for the UK, the whole UK economy over this
:05:03. > :05:07.year, when it says there is gone to be 2.9% growth, and that is going
:05:08. > :05:10.back to the kind of growth levels we were used to seeing before the crash
:05:11. > :05:14.happened. That said, there is a concern that a lot of this growth is
:05:15. > :05:21.of course being fuelled by house prices and also by excessive
:05:22. > :05:25.spending. And that is what led us into problems in the past. We are
:05:26. > :05:28.definitely not out of it yet. The thing about business confidence is
:05:29. > :05:31.that it means businesses will spend money on investment, which obviously
:05:32. > :05:36.helps other firms, as they get business out of that, and also means
:05:37. > :05:40.people get more money in their pocket. People are getting jobs and
:05:41. > :05:45.that means they have cash to spend on goods and services. There is a
:05:46. > :05:50.concern about skills. We cannot compete worldwide with this issue of
:05:51. > :05:55.a low skilled economy. That is to be dealt with. As does a proper export
:05:56. > :05:59.market for Wales. The biggest bus operator in Wales is to close one of
:06:00. > :06:02.its biggest depots in the Gwent Valleys in July, putting 77 jobs
:06:03. > :06:05.under threat. Stagecoach is blaming a misguided drop in support from the
:06:06. > :06:08.Welsh Government and reduced local authority investment. It says cuts
:06:09. > :06:13.to routes will follow in Monmouthshire, Torfaen, Caerphilly
:06:14. > :06:23.and Rhondda Cynon Taf. Our reporter Paul Heaney is at the Brynmawr depot
:06:24. > :06:27.tonight. Yes, this is all about money. You
:06:28. > :06:30.have mentioned the drop in the amount of money that the Welsh
:06:31. > :06:35.Government is giving companies like Stagecoach and others throughout
:06:36. > :06:39.Wales, essentially compensating them for allowing older people, people
:06:40. > :06:43.over the age of 60, to ride on the bus for free. And that amount of
:06:44. > :06:49.money has been coming down in recent years and we have heard warnings
:06:50. > :06:53.before from various companies and now Stagecoach now warning that
:06:54. > :07:02.services and potentially jobs could cut.
:07:03. > :07:12.Now, the buses behind me serve a fairly large area in the south-east
:07:13. > :07:17.of Wales. All the way across to cut filler -- Caerphilly. We understand
:07:18. > :07:23.some of the services could be put at risk. As well as the 77 people
:07:24. > :07:25.working at the depot, they could lose their jobs. The Welsh
:07:26. > :07:30.Government says it is disappointed to hear this news. It is yet to be
:07:31. > :07:34.told officially by the company this is the case. As you can imagine, the
:07:35. > :07:40.unions are also disappointed that the decision. I put some of those
:07:41. > :07:44.concerns to the managing director. Thank you for joining us. It is not
:07:45. > :07:52.sound like there has been much negotiation about this pot of money
:07:53. > :07:58.that you get. There has been consultation. But there has not been
:07:59. > :08:02.so much as regards negotiation. There has been a lot of discussion,
:08:03. > :08:05.both sides having gauged consultants to look at the issue of
:08:06. > :08:11.concessionary travel reimbursement. They both came to different
:08:12. > :08:15.conclusions. It would seem that the line is drawn. The Welsh Government
:08:16. > :08:19.say they have had an independent third party looking at this. And you
:08:20. > :08:26.will be no better or worse off as a result of the changes they have
:08:27. > :08:30.made. No better or worse off than we would be if there was no such
:08:31. > :08:32.scheme. The consultants they used were engaged by the Welsh Government
:08:33. > :08:36.and paid for by the Welsh Government. Our consultants were a
:08:37. > :08:41.different firm. And they came to a different conclusion. Would you be
:08:42. > :08:47.open to sitting down with the Welsh Government? We have asked... I am
:08:48. > :08:53.talking about the trade body, we have asked for meetings with the
:08:54. > :08:59.Minister and there seems to be some reluctance. But we are more than
:09:00. > :09:04.happy to engage at any time. Thank you for your time this evening.
:09:05. > :09:07.Again, one other point to make, the reason that people care so much
:09:08. > :09:13.about these bus routes and about the services is that they allow people
:09:14. > :09:17.to get out of their homes and retain them independence and of course get
:09:18. > :09:21.to jobs. We do not know the detail of which services will go. That will
:09:22. > :09:24.come in the coming weeks. Staying with travel and passengers in Mid
:09:25. > :09:27.and West Wales will soon be able to use new peak-time hourly train
:09:28. > :09:31.services between Aberystwyth and Shrewsbury. It's being paid for by
:09:32. > :09:35.the Welsh Government and will run from May next year. The services are
:09:36. > :09:39.part of a number announced for the Cambrian and Heart of Wales rail
:09:40. > :09:44.lines. Scarlet fever cases are at their
:09:45. > :09:47.highest levels in Wales in 20 years. Health officials say they're now
:09:48. > :09:53.aware of 379 cases so far this year. That's more than the whole of last
:09:54. > :09:56.year. Scarlet fever can cause a high temperature, red rash and sore
:09:57. > :10:00.throat, but can be treated with antibiotics.
:10:01. > :10:03.A former mine manager at the Gleision colliery has told a jury
:10:04. > :10:07.how he warned Malcolm Fyfield about water in the mine. Ray Thomas, in
:10:08. > :10:11.the dark suit, was standing in as mine manager before Mr Fyfield took
:10:12. > :10:16.over. Four men drowned when the Swansea Valley pit flooded in 2011.
:10:17. > :10:18.Mr Fyfield denies four counts of manslaughter through gross
:10:19. > :10:28.negligence and the mine operators deny corporate manslaughter.
:10:29. > :10:31.The judge in the trial of the former Shadow Welsh Secretary Nigel Evans
:10:32. > :10:34.has told the jury his good character is something they should take into
:10:35. > :10:37.account. The Swansea-born MP, in the middle of your picture, denies nine
:10:38. > :10:42.charges including rape and sexual assault. The judge is summing-up the
:10:43. > :10:48.case, before the jury considers its verdicts.
:10:49. > :10:52.They risk their lives to save others, but one of the mountain
:10:53. > :10:55.rescue teams covering North West Wales is warning it'll struggle to
:10:56. > :10:59.survive unless it gets money from Government. The Aberglaslyn Rescue
:11:00. > :11:02.Team was called out more than 50 times last year. Almost all the
:11:03. > :11:12.money it needs comes from donations. Our reporter, Aled Hughes, has been
:11:13. > :11:19.with them on a rescue exercise. Saving a man swept 1000 feet down
:11:20. > :11:22.Snowdon by an avalanche. This is what real mountain rescue looks
:11:23. > :11:30.like. Now I am the one lost on a hillside in complete darkness. I am
:11:31. > :11:36.somewhere on the mountain, tonight I am playing the role of an injured
:11:37. > :11:40.walker is the rescue team go out and try and find me. I have just put the
:11:41. > :11:47.call in. They should get back to me soon. This man is about to put his
:11:48. > :11:53.son to bed. My phone call puts an end to that. He drops everything and
:11:54. > :11:58.makes his way to the base. What has happened as we have been paged by
:11:59. > :12:02.the police with an incident. They received 59 similar calls last year
:12:03. > :12:06.but practice makes perfect and these mock rescues keep their skills
:12:07. > :12:10.up-to-date. The team deploys. They have a rough idea of my location but
:12:11. > :12:17.nothing concrete. The same goes for their funding. All this costs money.
:12:18. > :12:25.We cannot survive without a lot more funding. And relying on just
:12:26. > :12:30.donations from the public, we are struggling to achieve that. Roughly
:12:31. > :12:34.around half an hour since I put the call-in, I can see the lights and I
:12:35. > :12:38.can see some of the guys coming towards me. Those lights coming
:12:39. > :12:41.towards me are a welcome sight. Even though they do not know what they
:12:42. > :12:46.will face, it is still a very rewarding job. It is nice to see the
:12:47. > :12:49.relief on someone's face when you get there. They can see you and the
:12:50. > :12:55.team and they know that they are going to be OK. And that helpers
:12:56. > :13:00.with them. The relief on someone's face is the nicest thing. The Welsh
:13:01. > :13:04.Government says it appreciates the work they do and will try and find
:13:05. > :13:06.ways to help. Meanwhile, the UK Government has said in the budget
:13:07. > :13:12.that many could be available to voluntary organisations such as
:13:13. > :13:16.this. Getting into difficulties on the mountains of North Wales happens
:13:17. > :13:20.regularly but funding regular funding to help those who help them
:13:21. > :13:23.is a different matter. Aled is in Snowdonia for us this evening. These
:13:24. > :13:29.are all volunteers. What do they need the funding for? It is for
:13:30. > :13:34.things like equipment, training, bigger outlays such as the four x
:13:35. > :13:38.four vehicles. The Aberglaslyn team are struggling at the moment. Their
:13:39. > :13:47.Land Rover 's are really showing their age. We show -- spoken... Land
:13:48. > :13:53.Rover 's cost tens of thousands of pounds, money they do not have. 92%
:13:54. > :13:57.of the funding required comes from public donations. That could mean
:13:58. > :14:00.standing outside shops on a Saturday afternoon shaking buckets, waiting
:14:01. > :14:04.for people to put their money in. Again, the volunteers giving their
:14:05. > :14:13.time to try and raise money to keep things going. It looks idyllic there
:14:14. > :14:17.tonight but looks can be deceptive. Yes, exactly. In the past 24 hours
:14:18. > :14:23.alone, the mountain rescue team was called today to rescue a 55-year-old
:14:24. > :14:27.man, 12 of the same team were out last night rescuing three more
:14:28. > :14:31.people on Snowdon. And they are being asked to do a lot more things.
:14:32. > :14:34.They are getting involved in front rescue missions. They were all
:14:35. > :14:40.involved in the April Jones search, as we all remember. The team is now
:14:41. > :14:43.being asked to do so much more and tonight they are putting their hand
:14:44. > :14:47.up collectively and saying, come on, help us fund this, we cannot keep
:14:48. > :14:51.this going alone. Much more to come before 7pm. If only the traffic was
:14:52. > :14:56.this light now, but not everyone's happy about Newtown's proposed
:14:57. > :14:59.bypass. And why the huge ancient earthwork running the length of
:15:00. > :15:09.Wales may be much older than we thought and not Offa's Dyke after
:15:10. > :15:13.all. It's a massive project in the Irish
:15:14. > :15:17.Sea between Anglesey and the Isle of Man. The Rhiannon wind farm could
:15:18. > :15:23.become one of Europe's largest wind farms and work could start in 2017.
:15:24. > :15:26.The developers are spending millions of pounds on surveys and will submit
:15:27. > :15:29.planning applications in the autumn. But as our environment correspondent
:15:30. > :15:32.Iolo ap Dafydd has been finding out, it will be another two years until
:15:33. > :15:40.there's a financial commitment to build the wind farm. 12 miles beyond
:15:41. > :15:44.the islands is where the wind farm could be built. A joint-venture
:15:45. > :15:51.between the owners of British Gas and Dong Energy. It could dwarf is
:15:52. > :15:55.energy nearby. This is already being built of the North Wales coast.
:15:56. > :15:59.Rhiannon could be four times the size of this build. It could be more
:16:00. > :16:02.than two years until a final decision is made to push ahead,
:16:03. > :16:08.despite the millions of pounds that has been spent. We will not know
:16:09. > :16:17.until we have the consent is that we need. We will then go through a
:16:18. > :16:23.financial decision. We will then have to look at the technology. It
:16:24. > :16:26.will be after that. As many as 440 turbines could be built between the
:16:27. > :16:30.north-west coast on Anglesey and the Isle of Man, barely visible in the
:16:31. > :16:33.distance. There are some concerns on how that could impact tourism on
:16:34. > :16:39.both islands but others see opportunities. And Anglesey -based
:16:40. > :16:45.company which repair, maintain and build vessels are extending its
:16:46. > :16:49.fleet. This one is used to carry workers between the mainland and
:16:50. > :16:53.offshore wind farms. Potentially, any development out in the Irish Sea
:16:54. > :16:58.could be very good for business in Holyhead. Over 200 are employed in
:16:59. > :17:06.the business locally. And there is 2 million -- this to William Power
:17:07. > :17:09.Boat is built with an eye on future contacts -- and this ?2 million boat
:17:10. > :17:14.is built with an eye on future contracts. Once the site is
:17:15. > :17:19.completed and producing electricity, there is always gone to be an
:17:20. > :17:23.operational and maintenance requirement to go out to the
:17:24. > :17:25.turbines. But building turbines is a long way off. First there is the
:17:26. > :17:31.consultation and then in the autumn, Centrica will submit applications
:17:32. > :17:38.for various permits. Any power generated also needs to get back to
:17:39. > :17:44.dry land. Sites like this one will be crucial. Connecting power on land
:17:45. > :17:48.may be the least costly aspect of all the extensive research and
:17:49. > :17:57.soulless survey aimed at already taken place. -- has already taken
:17:58. > :18:00.place. They will have done quite a lot of environmental work with
:18:01. > :18:06.different part is. There has already been a lot of of money, many
:18:07. > :18:09.millions of pounds, spent on this just to get to the point where they
:18:10. > :18:11.can consider making the application. It is not only
:18:12. > :18:14.financial investment that is important. And to the point where
:18:15. > :18:16.they can consider making the application. It is not only
:18:17. > :18:17.financial investment that is important. Medical backing for
:18:18. > :18:22.offshore wind farms from the UK Government is equally important.
:18:23. > :18:25.It's been talked about for years and years, but as the Newtown bypass
:18:26. > :18:29.inches closer to becoming reality, the owner of a caravan park says the
:18:30. > :18:32.preferred route will destroy his business. The plans are on display
:18:33. > :18:41.again after revisions were made to the route approved last year.
:18:42. > :18:43.Charlotte Dubenskij reports. Queueing in traffic has become part
:18:44. > :18:49.and parcel of the commute through Newtown. This is the build-up on a
:18:50. > :18:55.quiet day. At peak times, it can take up to one hour to drive through
:18:56. > :19:00.the town. Last year a 3.4 mile bypass around Newtown was given the
:19:01. > :19:03.green light to ease congestion. At an exhibition today, people have
:19:04. > :19:11.been viewing the preferred route. Starting at the 8489, the bypass
:19:12. > :19:17.will go south of the town, heading towards Welshpool. But the owner of
:19:18. > :19:21.a caravan park says if the preferred route is built, it will spell the
:19:22. > :19:28.end for his business. The caravan business year will not survive. It
:19:29. > :19:31.will have to go. You cannot expect the customer who wants to come to
:19:32. > :19:35.the caravan park to be onside when the bulldozers go straight through
:19:36. > :19:39.the middle of it. And take at least half of the centre of the park out.
:19:40. > :19:47.It will include the Bowling Green and some of the caravans. They will
:19:48. > :19:53.not come on holiday here. If the proposed route goes ahead, the plans
:19:54. > :19:57.will cut the caravan park into and they say that will lead to the near
:19:58. > :20:02.collapse of their business. But many businesses in the town say the
:20:03. > :20:06.bypass must go ahead. I think if it is delayed again, it would be
:20:07. > :20:10.catastrophic. It has to happen. Every business needs to be
:20:11. > :20:14.considered. But for one business, the bypass cannot stop. The visions
:20:15. > :20:19.to the approved group go on display today. The Welsh Government says the
:20:20. > :20:25.changes including bringing the road closer to the caravan park could
:20:26. > :20:34.save the Project 5000000 pounds. People will now have the chance to
:20:35. > :20:37.have their say on the revisions. Its true purpose has been the cause of
:20:38. > :20:40.debate for centuries but at least they all agreed who built it. Offa's
:20:41. > :20:44.Dyke, the massive earthwork, which runs the length of Wales from
:20:45. > :20:47.Prestatyn in the North to Chepstow on the Severn. Named after Offa, the
:20:48. > :20:51.eighth century Saxon King of Mercia. Well, there's new evidence it may be
:20:52. > :21:00.at least 200 years older. Meaning of course Offa didn't build it at all.
:21:01. > :21:05.Here's Roger Pinney. From the air, it is striking. In our
:21:06. > :21:09.culture, a figure of speech right down to today of the boundary
:21:10. > :21:12.between England and Wales, even if it is not exactly follow the border.
:21:13. > :21:19.This section may not be the most impressive but it is easy to
:21:20. > :21:28.identify nonetheless. I am walking through from Wales into Mercia. And
:21:29. > :21:33.this is Offa's Dyke, or is it? Possibly not, according to new
:21:34. > :21:39.research. You can see where we undertook our excavations. Paul
:21:40. > :21:44.Belford is used to explain in the past but after damage offered a rare
:21:45. > :21:47.opportunity to excavate, he has ended up with something new to
:21:48. > :21:53.ponder. Carbon dating suggests it may be at least six two centuries
:21:54. > :21:57.older than previously thought. It adds to the mystery, he says. There
:21:58. > :22:04.had been some excavations previously. But never any dating
:22:05. > :22:09.evidence. It is an enigmatic monument, in some respects. Lots of
:22:10. > :22:19.theories about what it was four, a defensive structure, a visible
:22:20. > :22:23.symbol of power. A bit of both. How does the historical jigsaw fit?
:22:24. > :22:27.1066, the most famous date in English history, the Norman conquest
:22:28. > :22:32.brought to an end centuries of Saxon rule. 200 years before that came
:22:33. > :22:41.Alfred the great, he was the one who burnt the kegs. Offa ruled the
:22:42. > :22:48.kingdom of Mercia a century before that. But the new carbon dating puts
:22:49. > :22:57.the structure a few centuries older the map. Typically, what you have is
:22:58. > :23:05.a bank of earth with a ditch on the side. What do you make of this new
:23:06. > :23:08.research? It presents a bit of a challenge. I am wondering if we will
:23:09. > :23:13.have them change our name is an association. It reminds me of a
:23:14. > :23:18.modern politician, taking credit for someone else's work. It is the first
:23:19. > :23:26.time ever that there has been a positive dating. So if not Offa then
:23:27. > :23:30.who? A question which will not worry the walkers who enjoy the path each
:23:31. > :23:33.year. As for the archaeologists, they say much more work needs to be
:23:34. > :23:36.done now. Football, and former Everton striker Gwennan Harries has
:23:37. > :23:39.joined up with the Wales women's team for the first time in 18
:23:40. > :23:42.months, ahead of tomorrow's World Cup qualifier against the Ukraine.
:23:43. > :23:48.Harries hasn't played since injuring her knee at the end of 2012. But she
:23:49. > :23:51.could play some part in tomorrow's match in Llanelli, as Wales hope to
:23:52. > :24:01.build on their excellent recent form, including a 5-nil thrashing of
:24:02. > :24:05.Turkey last Friday. I never gave up hope of giving back.
:24:06. > :24:10.I am thankful for the help that I have received. Without their help, I
:24:11. > :24:12.do not think I would have made it back. It is nice to be back involved
:24:13. > :24:19.with the squad. Hopefully I will return to that itch. -- pitch.
:24:20. > :24:22.Olympic silver medallist Fred Evans and fellow Olympian Andrew Selby
:24:23. > :24:26.will be available to represent Wales at this summer's Commonwealth Games.
:24:27. > :24:29.The pair were expected to miss the event in Glasgow because of their
:24:30. > :24:30.commitments with a new professional boxing competition, but it's now
:24:31. > :24:43.been delayed until October. Cricket and Glamorgan have been in
:24:44. > :24:50.action in their County championship match.
:24:51. > :24:55.Will it be a good week for cricketers and the rest of us,
:24:56. > :24:58.Derek? It should be dry at the Oval
:24:59. > :25:02.tomorrow. And here in Wales plenty more dry weather over the next few
:25:03. > :25:06.days. Cloudy at times but a few sunny intervals are likely with
:25:07. > :25:13.little if any rain. Dry this evening and overnight. Breaks in the cloud
:25:14. > :25:17.and with lighter winds one or two mist or fog patches will form.
:25:18. > :25:20.Another chilly night. Temperatures inland falling as low as three
:25:21. > :25:27.Celsius with a ground frost in places. Nearer seven Celsius on the
:25:28. > :25:32.coast. Tomorrow's chart shows high pressure over Brittany. Further
:25:33. > :25:36.north, fronts will bring rain. Heaviest in Northwest Scotland.
:25:37. > :25:40.Here's the picture for eight in the morning. The whole country dry.
:25:41. > :25:45.Bright in places but on the whole plenty of cloud. Misty in places but
:25:46. > :25:48.any fog will soon lift. The wind lighter than today and temperatures
:25:49. > :25:52.a little higher. Later in the morning one or two light showers may
:25:53. > :25:55.break out but most places dry. Cloudier than today but some
:25:56. > :25:59.sunshine in places. The wind lighter than today so feeling milder. Top
:26:00. > :26:09.temperatures 11 to 13 Celsius in Bridgend tomorrow. Generally dry. No
:26:10. > :26:14.more than the odd shower possible. The temperature in Maesteg rising to
:26:15. > :26:17.ten Celsius. In Montgomeryshire, dry tomorrow. More cloud than sunshine
:26:18. > :26:20.with a high of 12 in Llanidloes. Tomorrow night most places dry
:26:21. > :26:24.although spots of drizzle are possible in the north. Some low
:26:25. > :26:27.cloud and mist in places with a low of five Celsius in Presteigne. More
:26:28. > :26:33.dry weather on Thursday. Just the odd shower in places. However a
:26:34. > :26:36.front may bring a little rain to the far north and north west during the
:26:37. > :26:41.afternoon and evening. Friday largely dry and brightening up.
:26:42. > :26:45.Sunshine in Wrexham. Chilly Friday night into Saturday with some ground
:26:46. > :26:48.frost likely. And then for the weekend high pressure in charge. A
:26:49. > :26:52.weak front will move south perhaps bringing a few spots of light rain
:26:53. > :27:05.and drizzle but no more than that. The emphasis on a lot of dry,
:27:06. > :27:08.settled weather. The main news again from the BBC.
:27:09. > :27:11.The South African athlete, Oscar Pistorius, broke down in court,
:27:12. > :27:14.describing the moment he realised he had shot his girlfriend, Reeva
:27:15. > :27:22.Steenkamp. Mr Pistorius, who denies murder, said he believed there was
:27:23. > :27:26.an intruder in his house. Businesses in Wales say they are
:27:27. > :27:29.more confident about the future but a survey by the South Wales Chamber
:27:30. > :27:33.of Commerce also found more than half had problems recruiting,
:27:34. > :27:36.especially in computer technology and engineering.
:27:37. > :27:40.I'll have an update for you here at 8pm and again after the BBC News at
:27:41. > :27:42.Ten. That's Wales Today. Thank you for watching. From all of us on the
:27:43. > :27:46.programme, good evening.