:00:00. > :00:17.acquitted last week of murdering PC Blakelock. Here on One we can now
:00:18. > :00:27.Good evening. Unemployment has fallen again in Wales but there are
:00:28. > :00:34.concerns to make that the jobs being taken are low paid, offering to few
:00:35. > :00:39.hours. According to latest figures, 102,000 people are out of work. That
:00:40. > :00:45.is 6000 fewer than the last quarter. Here is our business correspondent.
:00:46. > :00:50.Wrexham has a higher rate of employment than of the UK and Welsh
:00:51. > :00:55.averages, but when it comes to pay, it is similar to the rest of Wales.
:00:56. > :01:00.Workers earn around ?4000 a year less than the average person in the
:01:01. > :01:05.UK. It has been a tough few months for the Wrexham economy. 230 people
:01:06. > :01:09.lost their jobs in October whilst 60 positions were created at the
:01:10. > :01:13.Village bakery in the same month. December saw another blow with news
:01:14. > :01:21.at over 600 jobs would go at the electron ex-manufacturer Shark. At
:01:22. > :01:28.was followed by 140 under threat at Kellogg's. -- the electronics
:01:29. > :01:32.manufacturer Shark. Local people and Wrexham see job losses affect the
:01:33. > :01:41.whole town. Lisa Howard manages a nursery and Wrexham. We're lucky
:01:42. > :01:45.that of the parents work and a place that closes down because it would
:01:46. > :01:49.impact us. It is seeking new staff including this woman who studied
:01:50. > :01:53.Jessica. The competition for jobs is tough. Enough so they had fully
:01:54. > :01:58.qualified teachers applying for a minimum wage jobs. When this
:01:59. > :02:03.opportunity has come up, I have been given an opportunity of a lifetime.
:02:04. > :02:08.I had to snap it up because there is nothing around. I am pretty
:02:09. > :02:11.grateful. Unions have also raised objections to people being offered
:02:12. > :02:17.zero hours contracts where they are not guaranteed what and
:02:18. > :02:22.underemployment with people have jobs but do not get as many hours as
:02:23. > :02:26.they want or need. Lots of employers talk about the need for flexibility.
:02:27. > :02:31.If you get a new contract coming in that requires 100% more product next
:02:32. > :02:33.week or next month compared to what you did last month, you need to
:02:34. > :02:40.increase your workforce very rapidly. And you might need to DT
:02:41. > :02:47.sit close that might not be sustained work going forward. --
:02:48. > :02:50.Deke is it. Wrexham has traditionally been reliant on
:02:51. > :02:55.manufacturing. But it is now usually cheaper to make goods abroad. If
:02:56. > :02:58.manufacturers here cannot be the cheapest, they have to be the best
:02:59. > :03:05.to reach those consumers who do not mind paying a bit more for quality.
:03:06. > :03:15.The Wrexham -based Moneypenny in voice 350 people providing telephone
:03:16. > :03:18.services for businesses. If you try and remain as you have always been,
:03:19. > :03:25.you will probably die, weather and die. The economies that have
:03:26. > :03:30.benefited access that changes will happen and they roll with it. This
:03:31. > :03:37.new recruit is one of those who has changed careers. Have the strength
:03:38. > :03:40.and belief in yourself to do it. The belief that no matter how long you
:03:41. > :03:46.have been working in one clear, you can completely change and still be
:03:47. > :03:49.successful. -- one career. Both the due care and Welsh governments
:03:50. > :03:53.welcomed the figures and claimed their policies drove the figures.
:03:54. > :03:57.But everyone accepts that as a long way to go. A major business park
:03:58. > :04:01.near Bridgend which is home to Sony has been brought by the Welsh
:04:02. > :04:09.Government to attract new businesses and jobs. Several other signs on to
:04:10. > :04:14.a companies are located in the park which is just alongside the M4. It
:04:15. > :04:18.has been sold for ?12.3 million. The number of people in Wales who
:04:19. > :04:22.had emergency help from food banks has more than doubled in the last 12
:04:23. > :04:30.months. Last year, almost 80,000 people here were helped. This comes
:04:31. > :04:37.as Welsh this it's -- Welsh bishops joined church leaders to speak out
:04:38. > :04:41.with the level of hunger in the UK. They have just had another call
:04:42. > :04:45.about a referral to the food bank, a woman who has three children to
:04:46. > :04:50.feed. It is an emergency. They have been many evidences of late. The
:04:51. > :04:58.last six months, this food bank has held more than 300 and people -- 350
:04:59. > :05:03.people. Across Wales, almost 80,000 received food, more than double the
:05:04. > :05:06.figure for the previous 12 months. All people in need, and here they
:05:07. > :05:12.say it is very often a very short term need. The majority of clients
:05:13. > :05:17.do not come back more than once. You might come back once, twice, until
:05:18. > :05:23.the problem is sorted. -- they might come back. It is not a long-term
:05:24. > :05:28.situation. We do not want to encourage a dependency culture.
:05:29. > :05:34.James Hobson works as a food bank volunteer and recently he has had to
:05:35. > :05:41.look for help himself. I claimed for benefits eight weeks ago under five
:05:42. > :05:45.-- and I have had one payment. Six weeks, I have had no payment
:05:46. > :05:52.whatsoever. I have suffered depression and had to come back
:05:53. > :05:57.here. I had to use the food bank. If you speak to those who run food
:05:58. > :06:05.banks, the watch you keep hearing is crisis. Many people, any financial
:06:06. > :06:09.cushion they had, has disappeared. A problem strikes when even buy
:06:10. > :06:14.essentials becomes impossible. At this cathedral, they run another of
:06:15. > :06:20.the 35 food banks now open in Wales. Here they find many do return for
:06:21. > :06:25.help time and again. The biggest cause welfare changes. The Bishop is
:06:26. > :06:28.among those speaking out today. We need to look at why there are so
:06:29. > :06:32.many who are dependent on others. We need to look at the way the welfare
:06:33. > :06:37.system is running and how zero hours contracts work. There are lots of
:06:38. > :06:40.things feeding into the crisis. That word crisis again, a crisis for
:06:41. > :06:45.those in need, certainly, although the UK Government questions today's
:06:46. > :06:48.figures, it points to studies that suggest the numbers needing help
:06:49. > :06:53.falling. A businessmen who died in hospital
:06:54. > :06:57.following a routine operation would probably have survived had not been
:06:58. > :07:04.for a breach of duty, the inquest has heard. Malcolm Green passed away
:07:05. > :07:06.in 2012. The Health Board has already apologised to his family and
:07:07. > :07:13.says an investigation has been carried out.
:07:14. > :07:18.A fire at a recycling plant on the outskirts of Cardiff last month is
:07:19. > :07:22.being treated as arson. The blaze went on for more than five days
:07:23. > :07:26.after more than 2000 tonnes of plastic -- plastic and wood were set
:07:27. > :07:30.alight. The number of tourists visiting Wales from the rest of the
:07:31. > :07:34.UK is on the rise, according to a major new survey. Figures from last
:07:35. > :07:38.year show that nearly 10 million people travel to Wales despite a dip
:07:39. > :07:50.in the number of trips across the UK as a whole.
:07:51. > :07:53.With former Snooker World Champion Mark Williams and former runner up
:07:54. > :08:01.Matthew Stevens failing to qualify for the World Championships. In
:08:02. > :08:05.tomorrow's programme we'll be looking at the decline in the sport
:08:06. > :08:11.which Wales was once a world leader in. We will have more on
:08:12. > :08:16.we have enjoyed glorious sunshine this week but our luck runs out
:08:17. > :08:21.tomorrow. Some light rain and drizzle but no more than that. Try
:08:22. > :08:25.tonight, " and to come and go. Not quite so cold as recent nights. The
:08:26. > :08:31.lowest temperature is for Celsius. Tomorrow, a bright start. Sunshine
:08:32. > :08:35.in the south-east but generally much cloudier than today. Spots of light
:08:36. > :08:39.rain and drizzle dying out as they move south-east. Across the rest of
:08:40. > :08:42.the UK, sunshine south and south-east of England tomorrow.
:08:43. > :08:48.Further north, much cloudier and some spots of light in and drizzle,
:08:49. > :08:52.no more.... Brightening up in Scotland, with blustery showers. One
:08:53. > :08:58.in London, much cooler and fresher in Glasgow. Wales, tomorrow
:08:59. > :09:02.afternoon, it should be dry. Plenty of cloud, more than today, but it
:09:03. > :09:11.will brighten up. Cooler, too, was that westerly breeze. -- with a. The
:09:12. > :09:16.cloud will clear tomorrow night and it will be a widespread ground frost
:09:17. > :09:18.in the countryside. The chart for Good Friday shows high pressure in
:09:19. > :09:23.the UK and that means try and settled weather. The forecast for
:09:24. > :09:27.Friday is good. Dry with sunny spells, patchy cloud and a light
:09:28. > :09:33.breeze. More fine weather on Saturday and Sunday, some clouds, 12
:09:34. > :09:37.degrees with an easterly breeze. For Sunday, dry start. Bright in the
:09:38. > :09:42.West but then it looks like rain will spread across the country. The
:09:43. > :09:45.winds will pick up as well, making it feel cold. Good Friday on
:09:46. > :09:52.Saturday the best days of the Easter holiday weekend. Looks like
:09:53. > :10:01.Tollymore unsettled on Sunday -- unsettled on Sunday and Monday.
:10:02. > :10:02.We're back on Breakfast from six o'clock tomorrow. Good night.