:00:00. > 3:59:59at night. There is frost on the way. Thank you very much. Goodbye from
:00:00. > :00:07.me. And Welcome to Wales Today. Our top
:00:08. > :00:11.story: Your council services. Should where you live determine how much
:00:12. > :00:21.staff get paid? Bridgend's imposing a pay freeze. Tonight, the threat of
:00:22. > :00:29.a strike. It is sending a clear message to me that I am not worth as
:00:30. > :00:31.much as my colleagues at Neath and Port Talbot or the Vale of
:00:32. > :00:33.Glamorgan. We're on the bins. Rubbish
:00:34. > :00:38.collection every three weeks. Gwynedd is first but who's next?
:00:39. > :00:41.He's one of the country's top chefs but Stephen Terry's staff are
:00:42. > :00:46.accused of sexual discrimination in his restaurant.
:00:47. > :00:56.Our reporter experiences what it's like having heart disease. That is
:00:57. > :01:02.really difficult, just walking those few steps took me longer than
:01:03. > :01:05.normal. It is tight around the chest and you are feeling constantly
:01:06. > :01:09.breathless. I can't believe this is what life is like for thousands of
:01:10. > :01:12.people. And the crowds turn out for the
:01:13. > :01:19.Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. Full coverage of the Royal visit to
:01:20. > :01:27.Pembrokeshire. It is a shot in the arm for the economy. The psychology
:01:28. > :01:29.of having the most famous person in the world come to your factory, is
:01:30. > :01:44.absolutely amazing. Good evening. We will go on strike.
:01:45. > :01:47.That's the message from unions tonight, angry that some council
:01:48. > :01:52.workers in Wales are facing a pay freeze when all other authorities
:01:53. > :01:55.are giving their staff pay rises. A meeting is underway right now with
:01:56. > :02:06.Bridgend Council urging unions to change their minds. James Williams
:02:07. > :02:12.reports. It was all calm on Porthcawl beach
:02:13. > :02:16.today but inland there is a storm brewing. It's all to do with
:02:17. > :02:20.Bridgend councils pay negotiations for this financial year and the deal
:02:21. > :02:24.on the table is to freeze the pay of all but its lowest paid staff, a
:02:25. > :02:30.deal that will affect 6000 of its workers. So a librarian earning less
:02:31. > :02:36.than ?15,000 would see their pay rise by 1%. A bin man whose salaries
:02:37. > :02:43.above that threshold would also be had either freeze. It is the same
:02:44. > :02:47.for Jane who is a on a full-time secondment that receives her ?19,000
:02:48. > :02:53.salary from her job as a council tax inspector. If there are individuals
:02:54. > :02:59.who are being paid a better wage just across the border, 15 miles
:03:00. > :03:03.down the road, that is going to be huge incentive to look out for
:03:04. > :03:09.alternative employment and this is my concern. I don't think I would be
:03:10. > :03:15.the only one to be of that opinion and we could be looking at
:03:16. > :03:19.haemorrhaging members of staff to other local authorities. Because
:03:20. > :03:24.Bridgend councillors acting alone in offering the pay freeze, the
:03:25. > :03:28.remaining councils negotiate the pay deals with the vast majority of
:03:29. > :03:35.English and Northern Irish councils and are offering all staff the rise
:03:36. > :03:38.of 1%. Local Assembly Member and first Minister Carwyn Jones has told
:03:39. > :03:44.BBC Wales he is willing to meet both parties in a bid to resolve the
:03:45. > :03:51.matter. The union is concerned the Labour run council will start the
:03:52. > :03:57.ball rolling on regional pay. It is a concern shared I former Labour
:03:58. > :04:07.leader of Bridgend Council. The Conservatives would like to see UK
:04:08. > :04:10.pay bargaining is broken up. This is an area represented by the first
:04:11. > :04:15.Minister who has come out against regional pay. Regional pay would
:04:16. > :04:21.really hit Wales hard. In Bridgend they have breached the agreement
:04:22. > :04:25.which the Labour Party across the whole of Wales has said is against
:04:26. > :04:29.regional pay. Unions are trying to convince the Cabinet tonight to
:04:30. > :04:35.reverse its decision and are threatening to strike if they don't
:04:36. > :04:40.do so. It will set a precedent of Bridgend carries out this decision
:04:41. > :04:45.and it will mean they will be this dispute on a yearly basis. I hope
:04:46. > :04:51.local authorities have a more positive vision of working with the
:04:52. > :04:57.trade unions and not go into this adversarial approach. But the
:04:58. > :05:00.council is sticking to its guns saying taking the decision means it
:05:01. > :05:03.will be able to limit job losses as much as possible while continuing to
:05:04. > :05:10.provide and protect essential services. It added the proposals
:05:11. > :05:16.had, because of the need to deliver savings of ?36 million in the next
:05:17. > :05:22.few years. But these savings on the horizon require tough decisions
:05:23. > :05:27.which could have big consequences. So the prospect of a strike then?
:05:28. > :05:34.Yes. I've spoken to the union today and they say unless the GMB and
:05:35. > :05:37.unite unable to convince Bridgend cabinet to reverse the decision they
:05:38. > :05:42.are going to strike in Bridgend and that is looking likely given the
:05:43. > :05:45.council is unlikely to change its position and it should be noted that
:05:46. > :05:49.the unions have in fact rejected the better off on the table for the
:05:50. > :05:55.remaining Welsh councils and the vast majority of the English and
:05:56. > :05:59.Northern Irish councils. It is a difficult balancing act for the
:06:00. > :06:06.councils. They have a huge amount of services and a huge amount of cuts
:06:07. > :06:11.to find. It is almost an impossible job for Welsh councils. They are
:06:12. > :06:16.having to balance the books against a difficult background and Bridgend
:06:17. > :06:22.council has to save ?36 million over the next years. Given this pay
:06:23. > :06:27.decision only saves them ?1 million, it gives you an idea of how
:06:28. > :06:30.difficult it is. They have looked at cutting nursery places and school
:06:31. > :06:36.transport services and they have been opposed but they have opted for
:06:37. > :06:41.this regional pay bargaining system which has angered the unions because
:06:42. > :06:44.they say it will lead -- lead to a situation where Bridgend Council is
:06:45. > :06:48.the lowest paying council in the whole of Wales which will lead to a
:06:49. > :06:56.haemorrhaging of staff and lower morale. Labour members feel up --
:06:57. > :07:02.aggrieved because this is a Labour run council which has adopted a
:07:03. > :07:07.regional pay system which has been opposed by Labour when it was
:07:08. > :07:10.brought forward by the Conservatives at Westminster.
:07:11. > :07:13.Staying with council budgets, there'll be changes to bin
:07:14. > :07:16.collections in Gwynedd from October. The council has become the first in
:07:17. > :07:19.Wales to approve three-weekly refuse collections. The decision was
:07:20. > :07:22.prompted by increasing fines for authorities who don't meet landfill
:07:23. > :07:25.targets. The council says the changes will save money and help the
:07:26. > :07:33.environment, but some residents aren't happy.
:07:34. > :07:37.For many parts of Wales, this is becoming a less frequent sight.
:07:38. > :07:40.Kerbside refuse collection for non-recyclable waste. In Gwynedd
:07:41. > :07:45.though, the current fortnightly pick-ups are being cut back to just
:07:46. > :07:48.one every three weeks. The council says it's facing fines from the
:07:49. > :07:52.Welsh Government if it sends too much to landfill and with ?50
:07:53. > :08:00.million of cuts to be made in the next five years it's had to make
:08:01. > :08:04.changes. We have to recycle more. The days of throwing things in a
:08:05. > :08:09.hole in the ground have passed and the council cannot afford the fines
:08:10. > :08:13.they could get from the Welsh Government and we don't want the
:08:14. > :08:20.unpleasantness of putting things in the whole of the ground. Gwynedd is
:08:21. > :08:27.the first council in Wales to introduce a three weekly collection.
:08:28. > :08:32.Across Wales there are limits on the amount of waste people can leave.
:08:33. > :08:35.There's also a two bag limit per fortnight in Monmouthshire and
:08:36. > :08:38.Cardiff Council is considering the introduction of a monthly refuse
:08:39. > :08:41.collection. In Gwynedd, there will still be weekly recycling and food
:08:42. > :08:45.waste collections as well as bigger bins for households of six or more
:08:46. > :08:49.people. A more frequent service will be provided to remove disposable
:08:50. > :08:56.nappies too. But will it persuade people to recycle more? I am very
:08:57. > :09:02.good at recycling. I've got two boxes and the little brown bin for
:09:03. > :09:07.the household waste. I only have space in my green bin the end of the
:09:08. > :09:12.fortnight so the three weeks will make any difference. I don't think a
:09:13. > :09:20.three weekly collection is often enough. They should stay and that --
:09:21. > :09:24.try and stick to a fortnight. People put them out too early and that
:09:25. > :09:29.causes problems with signals. I would not be happy with it. A feast
:09:30. > :09:32.for the seagulls may be in store when the changes are rolled out
:09:33. > :09:35.across Gwynedd from this October. But the council says the annual
:09:36. > :09:38.saving of ?350,000 will mean fewer cuts elsewhere. It's urging all
:09:39. > :09:41.residents not to throw out its new plans.
:09:42. > :09:44.Further East in Wrexham, a group of councillors say areas of the county
:09:45. > :09:48.are becoming like 'jungles' because grass verges and open spaces are
:09:49. > :09:51.only being cut twice a year. They say the decision to stop cutting
:09:52. > :09:57.eight times a year should be reversed as it might put off
:09:58. > :09:59.investors and tourists. The council says it's in an "extremely
:10:00. > :10:06.difficult" financial situation at its maintenance budget was cut by
:10:07. > :10:09.?300,000 this year. A surveyor who examined parts of the
:10:10. > :10:12.Gleision colliery days after four men lost their lives underground,
:10:13. > :10:16.has told a jury there were inconsistencies between his map of
:10:17. > :10:19.the mine and the one lodged with the coal authority. The miners drowned
:10:20. > :10:24.after breaching old workings nearly three years ago. The mine manager
:10:25. > :10:26.Malcolm Fyfield denies four counts of manslaughter through gross
:10:27. > :10:34.negligence and the mine operators also deny four counts of corporate
:10:35. > :10:38.manslaughter. He's one of the best known celebrity
:10:39. > :10:40.chefs in Wales, but today Stephen Terry, owner of The Hardwick in
:10:41. > :10:44.Abergavenny, found himself defending allegations of sexual discrimination
:10:45. > :10:47.at his restaurant. In an employment tribunal in Cardiff, a trainee chef
:10:48. > :10:54.claimed she was targeted because she was the only woman in the kitchen.
:10:55. > :11:01.Rhodri Lewis listened to the evidence.
:11:02. > :11:05.In the high pressure world of TV chefs, reputation is everything.
:11:06. > :11:08.Stephen Terry is one of the best. He's a familiar face to viewers of a
:11:09. > :11:13.range of TV cookery programmes, including the BBC's Great British
:11:14. > :11:17.Menu. He's also the owner and head chef at The Hardwick restaurant near
:11:18. > :11:21.Abergavenny. But now, the reputation of some of his staff is being called
:11:22. > :11:24.into question after a young trainee chef claimed sexual discrimination
:11:25. > :11:28.during the three months she worked there. Chloe Maisey says her
:11:29. > :11:32.backside was slapped, teased about her body, and as the only woman in
:11:33. > :11:41.the kitchen, had to change in front of her colleagues while they watched
:11:42. > :11:44.her. Stephen Terry said she had not been
:11:45. > :11:49.treated unfairly and most of the incidents had not happened and any
:11:50. > :11:53.that had could be put down to incidences of banter in a busy
:11:54. > :12:00.kitchen where people work long hours and said no allegations were brought
:12:01. > :12:05.to his attention. She also claimed to have been put in the restaurant's
:12:06. > :12:07.freezer and the lid closed on top of her. At this afternoon's tribunal,
:12:08. > :12:11.another chef at The Hardwick admitted he'd done this when she'd
:12:12. > :12:14.complained of feeling hot, but he denied closing the lid. He said he
:12:15. > :12:19.hadn't thought what he'd done had upset her. Mr Terry denied she had
:12:20. > :12:22.been targeted and said he was impressed with her work and it was
:12:23. > :12:27.of an exceptional standard. The hearing continues.
:12:28. > :12:32.Tens of thousands of people in Wales live with illnesses like asthma and
:12:33. > :12:35.emphysema. Now there are plans to reduce the number of patients
:12:36. > :12:44.suffering from lung disease. Steffan Messenger has been finding out more.
:12:45. > :12:48.A shopping trip to Cardiff as a retreat for 66-year-old Derek
:12:49. > :12:58.Cummings who has had chronic pulmonary disease or COPD for the
:12:59. > :13:03.last 27 years. I now have to use oxygen and a mobility scooter. I
:13:04. > :13:09.can't walk very far. I used to be an avid walker up in the Brecon Beacons
:13:10. > :13:13.but now all that is gone. Then disease affects one in seven people
:13:14. > :13:22.in Wales and cause one in seven deaths. To get a better idea of what
:13:23. > :13:26.it's like to live with a lung condition I am trying on a special
:13:27. > :13:30.simulator vest. It is fitted with which to put pressure on my chest
:13:31. > :13:41.and a mask makes it harder to breathe. That is really difficult.
:13:42. > :13:46.Just walking those few steps up a much longer than it would normally.
:13:47. > :13:48.It is tight around your chest and you are feeling breathless
:13:49. > :13:55.constantly. I cant believe this is what life is like for tens of
:13:56. > :14:03.thousands of people. I would not last ten minutes in this soup. It is
:14:04. > :14:05.to help patients like Derek that the Welsh Government launched a new
:14:06. > :14:08.action plan today to tackle lung disease in Wales. Over the next
:14:09. > :14:18.three years health boards will try and get better access to treatment
:14:19. > :14:23.for patients. Motivation also occurs once the disease is established and
:14:24. > :14:30.the trick is to prevent these issues in the first place. The government
:14:31. > :14:34.will use an of measures to see whether its plans are successful. It
:14:35. > :14:38.wants to see the number of smokers coming down, they should be related
:14:39. > :14:41.-- of reduction in cases of COPD as well as an schedule hospital
:14:42. > :14:48.admissions for some respiratory illnesses. For Derek that is welcome
:14:49. > :14:53.news. I think it will help a lot. We suffer from an invisible illness.
:14:54. > :14:58.You cannot see the lungs, you can't see the reason I am travelling
:14:59. > :15:01.around in a scooter. These plans could help transform the lives of
:15:02. > :15:04.tens of thousands of people according to the Welsh Government
:15:05. > :15:08.but they will also present a big challenge for the health service.
:15:09. > :15:11.Local health boards will have to work out how they will meet the
:15:12. > :15:18.government 's objectives and publish their own plans over the next
:15:19. > :15:21.humans. -- the next few months. Much more to come before 7.00pm:
:15:22. > :15:25.Best Behaviour. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh in Pembrokeshire.
:15:26. > :15:29.All the coverage of the Royal Tour. And the girl who escaped the Greek
:15:30. > :15:32.civil war and who has 30 gold medals to her name. High hopes for the
:15:33. > :15:40.extraordinary Rosa Crean, representing Wales at the
:15:41. > :15:43.Commonwealth Games. Manufacturing has emerged as the
:15:44. > :15:47.winner in the latest report on the state of our economy. Today's
:15:48. > :15:51.figures for GDP, the value of the goods and service we produce, show
:15:52. > :15:54.that our economy has grown by 0.8% in the last three months and
:15:55. > :16:02.manufacturing has lead the way. Our economics correspondent Sarah
:16:03. > :16:08.Dickins reports. Shoppers are buying kitchens again.
:16:09. > :16:13.When the financial crisis hit, this fact police orders plummet. A
:16:14. > :16:19.painful decision for a family owned firm set up in the 70s. Now they
:16:20. > :16:26.have taken on 25 new employees and the business has grown by 17%. In
:16:27. > :16:29.England where we sell our brand, we are currently running at 52% and the
:16:30. > :16:34.growth is coming in month after month. Dig down through the figures
:16:35. > :16:37.and there's a strong message that the growth in manufacturing is
:16:38. > :16:43.gaining pace and this factory is part of that story. It's good news
:16:44. > :16:48.for Wales as manufacturing plays a stronger part in our economy than it
:16:49. > :16:51.is in the UK as a whole. But across the whole economy today's figures
:16:52. > :17:01.are not as good as had been hoped. Manufacturing has grown by 1.3%. The
:17:02. > :17:04.largest sector, services, is up 0.9%. That includes restaurants and
:17:05. > :17:14.insurers firms. Construction is up zero x 3%. Agriculture, mining and
:17:15. > :17:19.quarrying is down 0.7%. What is significant is whether people feel
:17:20. > :17:23.more confident. Most are so poorer than in 2008 because wages have not
:17:24. > :17:28.kept up with the cost of living. It has been difficult the last five
:17:29. > :17:32.years but the feel-good factor is going back and we are seeing the
:17:33. > :17:34.effects you on the shop floor. If people feel more secure they will
:17:35. > :17:43.spend more. The people I speak to and my friends, you see more people
:17:44. > :17:46.on the high Street. You go into Cardiff and you don't think that is
:17:47. > :17:53.a recession with the amount of shopping bags people are carrying.
:17:54. > :17:58.This company and its 150 employees seems to believe the growth in
:17:59. > :18:02.business will continue. They sell to builders and people doing up their
:18:03. > :18:14.homes but that in itself presents a challenge. Product development is
:18:15. > :18:23.crucial. Our industry is a fashion industry. We always need to be
:18:24. > :18:28.moving with the times. That is vital. While this company is looking
:18:29. > :18:33.ahead there are others who question the foundations of the economic
:18:34. > :18:35.growth and reminders that this is the slowest recovery in history and
:18:36. > :18:40.we have still not got back to where we were before the financial crisis
:18:41. > :18:43.six years ago. Hundreds of people have turned out
:18:44. > :18:46.to see the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh in Pembrokeshire. While
:18:47. > :18:49.Prince Phillip paid a visit to a potato packing plant in
:18:50. > :18:52.Haverfordwest, the Queen had a tour of the only horse hospital in Wales.
:18:53. > :18:55.The Queen then opened Pembroke Dock's heritage centre to mark the
:18:56. > :19:02.town's 200th birthday. Our reporter Abigail Neil has been following
:19:03. > :19:07.their day. The Royal visit showcased
:19:08. > :19:09.Pembrokeshire at its best today because it is bathed in beautiful
:19:10. > :19:14.weather for the start of the royal tour. The Queen and the Duke of
:19:15. > :19:19.Edinburgh managed five engagements in all around the county today, each
:19:20. > :19:25.one is lined with roads of well-wishers. The crowds cheer I
:19:26. > :19:28.used to the annual visit of Prince Charles and the Duchess of
:19:29. > :19:36.Cornwall, visit by the Queen herself is more of a rarity.
:19:37. > :19:39.Spring, sunshine and smiles met the royal couple as they arrived in
:19:40. > :19:46.temperature by Royal train this morning. -- in Pembrokeshire. The
:19:47. > :19:57.crowds continued throughout the day. Even the counties own breed of Corby
:19:58. > :20:05.came up to wish her Majesty well. She pointed at them so that was
:20:06. > :20:09.lovely. It made my day. The Queen was sure to open the new Heritage
:20:10. > :20:16.Centre and unveil a timeline wall marking 200 years of military and
:20:17. > :20:20.naval history in the town. It is a very unique town. It is only 200
:20:21. > :20:26.years old. It has a strong service base and is still very pro services
:20:27. > :20:32.and it's very important for the Queen to visit. Pembroke Dock has a
:20:33. > :20:36.particular historical significance. The Queen and the Duke first visited
:20:37. > :20:39.in 1955 during the beginning of her reign and back then the military
:20:40. > :20:46.presence there was much more in evidence. The royal couple were
:20:47. > :20:51.given an aerial salute. Today's visit was more low-key showcasing
:20:52. > :20:57.the small industries this part of Wales is now proud of. There was a
:20:58. > :21:01.factory tour near Narberth, a family run business which has been bottling
:21:02. > :21:10.spring water for more than 20 years. It is most -- the most experience --
:21:11. > :21:16.the most amazing experience. I can't describe seeing the Queen trailing
:21:17. > :21:20.up to the business you started with your mother and father. It was
:21:21. > :21:31.amazing. And a visit to Wales' only horse Hospital. A personal passion
:21:32. > :21:40.for her Majesty, she made time to visit all the patients. Her passion
:21:41. > :21:43.is horses and it shines through. She made the effort to touch the horse
:21:44. > :21:50.and put her hands on it and get the feel of every single patient.
:21:51. > :21:53.Hundreds of schoolchildren will have missed lessons today tonight they
:21:54. > :21:59.have a more memorable story to tell of the day the Queen came to their
:22:00. > :22:05.town. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh
:22:06. > :22:11.move on South now for tomorrow. They will be visiting a gift wrapping
:22:12. > :22:15.company before moving on to meet staff and students at the
:22:16. > :22:19.International School at Atlantic College in the Vale of Glamorgan.
:22:20. > :22:24.From here in Pembrokeshire tonight it is a fond farewell.
:22:25. > :22:27.Football and Cardiff City defender Juan Cala has been charged with
:22:28. > :22:31.improper conduct by the Football Association. It's in relation to an
:22:32. > :22:34.alleged incident in the tunnel after he was sent off during his side's
:22:35. > :22:41.4-0 defeat at Sunderland last Sunday. Cala has until Thursday
:22:42. > :22:44.evening to respond to the charge. Now, it's only his first season
:22:45. > :22:48.since making the world record breaking move to Real Madrid, but
:22:49. > :22:50.Gareth Bale could reach his first ever Champions League final tonight.
:22:51. > :22:54.Real lead the current European champions Bayern Munich 1-0 after
:22:55. > :23:05.the first leg of their semifinal in Spain last week. We have still got a
:23:06. > :23:14.very hard game here against Bayern Munich to come. It is going to be a
:23:15. > :23:18.difficult game. I don't think the score mixed too much difference. We
:23:19. > :23:24.are looking forward to it but we know it's going to be a difficult
:23:25. > :23:27.game. Cricket and gave three of Glamorgan 's match against
:23:28. > :23:33.Leicestershire, and the home side a 77 for one with a lead of 218 with
:23:34. > :23:36.nine wickets remaining. Glamorgan finished their first innings 359 all
:23:37. > :23:39.out. At the World Snooker Championships,
:23:40. > :23:42.Wales' Dominic Dale is aiming to reach the semi-finals for the first
:23:43. > :23:45.time. His quarter final match against last year's finalist, Barry
:23:46. > :23:49.Hawkins, resumes at 7.00pm. At the end of the first session, the score
:23:50. > :23:54.was 6-2 to Hawkins. The first to 13 wins.
:23:55. > :23:59.More than 200 Welsh athletes will be heading to Glasgow this summer to
:24:00. > :24:02.compete in the Commonwealth Games. But few will have such an incredible
:24:03. > :24:06.life story as 72-year-old Rosa Crean. As a child, she was abducted
:24:07. > :24:09.from her family during the Greek Civil War and sent to an orphanage
:24:10. > :24:12.in Poland. When she settled in Wales, Rosa, who's partially
:24:13. > :24:21.sighted, took up bowls and went on to win Paralympic gold. Carwyn Jones
:24:22. > :24:27.caught up with her. For Rosa Crean, success came late in
:24:28. > :24:31.life. She was already in her 50s when she first tried her hand at
:24:32. > :24:35.bowls. In those days, she admits she was a nervous and reluctant player.
:24:36. > :24:38.Since then she's won no fewer than 30 gold medals and as the
:24:39. > :24:48.Commonwealth Games loom large, those nerves seem to disappeared
:24:49. > :24:55.altogether. Actually, I feel great. I am not anxious. I am aiming for
:24:56. > :24:58.the gold. Rosa's home is literally filled floor to ceiling with
:24:59. > :25:02.trophies and medals. Her most cherished is the Paralympic gold she
:25:03. > :25:04.won at the '96 Games in Atlanta. Although a genetic condition left
:25:05. > :25:08.her partially sighted from birth, she's thrown herself into sport with
:25:09. > :25:19.a zeal only matched by her drive to beat the odds. And that stems from
:25:20. > :25:24.her childhood. Attacks spread to within 12 miles of Athens. Rosa was
:25:25. > :25:28.born in Greece where her family was caught up in the Civil War during
:25:29. > :25:31.the late 1940s. As a little girl she was abducted by communist troops,
:25:32. > :25:35.separated from her parents and sent to an orphanage in Poland. This was
:25:36. > :25:41.the building in which she spent her childhood, under the strictest of
:25:42. > :25:51.regimes. People won't talk to you. For months, Thursdays, you are
:25:52. > :25:55.isolated, ignored. Rosa was a teenager before she was allowed to
:25:56. > :25:59.leave the orphanage. She eventually settled in Cardiff in the 1960s and
:26:00. > :26:03.made the city her home. With a grown up family, she took up lawn bowls in
:26:04. > :26:07.1991 as a way of getting out of the house and meeting people. Four years
:26:08. > :26:15.later, she'd triumphed in the World Championships and two decades of
:26:16. > :26:19.sporting success were to follow. It is a skilful game for the cited but
:26:20. > :26:25.for the visually impaired, I think they are even more skilful than the
:26:26. > :26:27.cited players. They are having to be told that the jack is a certain
:26:28. > :26:32.distance from them and they have to work it out and be able to adjust to
:26:33. > :26:36.it. Rosa is now 72-years-old, so the Commonwealth Games may be her last
:26:37. > :26:39.major competition. But she doesn't want to commit to retirement just
:26:40. > :26:43.yet. After all, this is one champion who's lived her life defying the
:26:44. > :26:47.odds. Good luck to her. Let's hope the sun
:26:48. > :26:48.shines for her bowling. How's the weather tonight? Derek is on the BBC
:26:49. > :26:58.roof. I haven't been attacked by a seagull
:26:59. > :27:03.yet, Jamie. There are a few clouds this evening. Some sunshine as well
:27:04. > :27:12.and warm with a high of 18C in Denbighshire. Most of the country
:27:13. > :27:15.dry. Just one or two showers in the south and west. There's more dry
:27:16. > :27:22.weather to come tomorrow but it won't stay dry everywhere. There are
:27:23. > :27:26.showers in the forecast. May will start unsettled but with a big
:27:27. > :27:30.improvement later in the week. This evening, any isolated showers will
:27:31. > :27:34.slowly die away. Overnight, dry with mist and fog patches. Perhaps some
:27:35. > :27:42.sea fog over Cardigan Bay. Temperatures dropping to around 7C
:27:43. > :27:48.or 8C. Tomorrow, a grey start in places. Mist and fog patches will
:27:49. > :27:52.soon lift. It will brighten-up. Some sunshine but a few showers will
:27:53. > :27:56.break out in Powys and the north. These could be heavy with thunder.
:27:57. > :28:00.While in the south and south west, some showery rain is expected later
:28:01. > :28:03.in the afternoon. Top temperature around 16C. Cooler on some coasts
:28:04. > :28:12.and in Pembrokeshire, with light winds. In Denbighshire tomorrow, the
:28:13. > :28:15.morning will be dry. A little sunshine but heavy showers are
:28:16. > :28:18.expected in the afternoon. A warm 16C in Llangollen. Tomorrow evening
:28:19. > :28:21.and overnight, showers and rain will spread across the country. Some low
:28:22. > :28:31.cloud, mist forming and a fairly mild night. Thursday, not great.
:28:32. > :28:34.Plenty of cloud, showers and rain. Heavy in places with a risk of
:28:35. > :28:37.thunder. Some dry, brighter spells as well. Cooler too. Friday's chart
:28:38. > :28:41.shows high pressure over Scotland and that is heading our way bringing
:28:42. > :28:45.cooler, drier air with it. So Friday a much better day. Brighter with
:28:46. > :28:50.some sunshine. Cloud will build-up but it will stay dry. Feeling cooler
:28:51. > :28:54.with a breeze. 12C to 14C. As for the outlook, Saturday nice and dry
:28:55. > :28:57.with sunny spells. Chilly at night with ground frost. Sunday and bank
:28:58. > :29:05.holiday Monday should be dry as well thanks to high pressure and becoming
:29:06. > :29:09.warmer. So some sunshine tomorrow. A few
:29:10. > :29:10.showers as well. More rain and heavy showers on Thursday followed by a
:29:11. > :29:24.dry and cooler end to the week. Tonight 's headlines from the BBC.
:29:25. > :29:28.Unions are warning of strike action and read that some council workers
:29:29. > :29:32.in Wales are facing a pay freeze when all other local authorities are
:29:33. > :29:37.giving their staff pay rises. The gent council says the move will
:29:38. > :29:40.protect jobs and services. Union officials have been meeting council
:29:41. > :29:45.bosses this evening urging them to change their minds.
:29:46. > :29:48.And they will be changes to bin collections in Gwynedd from
:29:49. > :29:54.October. The council has become the first in Wales to approve refuse
:29:55. > :29:58.collections once every three weeks. The decision was prompted by
:29:59. > :30:01.increasing fines for authorities who do not meet landfill targets.
:30:02. > :30:06.I'll have an update for you here at 8.00pm and again after the BBC news
:30:07. > :30:11.at 10.00pm. From all of us on the programme, good evening.