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:00:07. > :00:10.Welcome to Wales Today. Tonight, protecting Wales from extreme
:00:11. > :00:14.weather. Last winter storms caused havoc across the country - a report
:00:15. > :00:24.says more work and money is needed to strengthen our defences.
:00:25. > :00:28.Two years ago, all local authorities in Natural Resources Wales were
:00:29. > :00:34.spending many that we need to travel. -- funding that we need to
:00:35. > :00:46.treble. A decision has been made that he
:00:47. > :00:49.will not come today. The UKIP leader Nigel Farage cancels
:00:50. > :00:53.his walk around Swansea city centre amid what the party call security
:00:54. > :00:55.concerns. The council that's banned
:00:56. > :01:01.e-cigarettes in all its buildings - from libraries to leisure centres.
:01:02. > :01:05.Surf's up - but nowhere near the coast. Plans for the UK's first
:01:06. > :01:15.inland wave park in the Conwy Valley get the go ahead.
:01:16. > :01:17.I am not drinking at the moment for health reasons but I will take a
:01:18. > :01:20.small whiskey. And dying but still drinking - the
:01:21. > :01:23.new film marking the final chapter in life of Dylan Thomas, a hundred
:01:24. > :01:29.years after his birth. I feel its heart is in the right
:01:30. > :01:30.place as a film. I hope that people in Wales feel that we've given him a
:01:31. > :01:39.faithful presentation. Good evening. More needs to be done
:01:40. > :01:42.to improve our flood defences - and the money spent maintaining them
:01:43. > :01:45.should be trebled. That's according to a major report looking at the
:01:46. > :01:50.devastating winter storms along our coastline. Natural Resources Wales
:01:51. > :01:54.also say communities need to become more self sufficient and resilient
:01:55. > :02:04.in future. Here's our Environment Correspondent Iolo ap Dafydd.
:02:05. > :02:07.The storms last winter hammered the Welsh coastline and we can expect
:02:08. > :02:11.more extreme weather in the future according to natural results as
:02:12. > :02:15.Wales and its advice is for sustained investment, that it needs
:02:16. > :02:22.to spend three times as much as it does at the moment to maintain the
:02:23. > :02:28.existing defences. They were spending ?45 million a year on flood
:02:29. > :02:34.defences. That needs to travel in 25 years' time so we are spending ?125
:02:35. > :02:39.million a year. This is significant when it meant finances are very
:02:40. > :02:45.tight. ?12 million has been spent on this wall in Newport. It was
:02:46. > :02:51.completed in 2012 and providing planning approval is granted next
:02:52. > :02:55.year, a bigger scheme will be built on the opposite side. Schemes like
:02:56. > :03:02.these could be crucial when you consider around January the 3rd, the
:03:03. > :03:10.stream and tide almost came over the embankment. Had the water been ten
:03:11. > :03:16.or 15 centimetres higher, a few hundred homes could have potentially
:03:17. > :03:22.been flitted across this area of Newport. Last December, some areas
:03:23. > :03:26.were severely flooded after the sea walls were breached. Natural
:03:27. > :03:28.Resources Wales want communities like this to become more
:03:29. > :03:35.self-sufficient in dealing with flooding. The impact of the storms
:03:36. > :03:42.is clear. Four months later, work is still going on to repair the
:03:43. > :03:47.defences. The report says more flood warnings are needed but homeowners
:03:48. > :03:53.need to take more responsibility as well. I don't think that the
:03:54. > :03:56.authorities can take all of the responsibility but I think at a time
:03:57. > :04:02.like this, when we know we had serious flooding, they should be
:04:03. > :04:09.given some help, some advice and maybe some instruction on how to
:04:10. > :04:14.protect their properties. There are mechanisms I can put in place to
:04:15. > :04:19.prevent the water coming in. It is not completely foolproof but it will
:04:20. > :04:24.help a bit. There is no certainty we can prevent flooding all over the
:04:25. > :04:31.place and if there has to be some selected areas given up to the sea,
:04:32. > :04:36.to the coast and so on, you have to understand why this is the case.
:04:37. > :04:41.Since the storms, the worst government has allocated over ?10
:04:42. > :04:43.million. It will need time to consider the 47 recommendations
:04:44. > :04:46.before deciding which ones to accept. Iolo, is the government
:04:47. > :04:51.likely to accept the central message here - that it will have to spend an
:04:52. > :04:59.awful lot of money to address the problem?
:05:00. > :05:06.There are six priority areas among the 47 recommendations and
:05:07. > :05:10.investment and having a sustainable investment in terms of defences just
:05:11. > :05:13.to hold what we have for the next 25 years is actually quite a big
:05:14. > :05:20.problem. If they have to increase that in terms of new offences, you
:05:21. > :05:23.can see why potentially, it was referred to in the report that the
:05:24. > :05:29.annual spending of 45 or ?50 million will have to triple and add to that
:05:30. > :05:33.the tricky business of how to deal with communities to make them more
:05:34. > :05:38.resilient and as we heard again, does that mean some areas will be
:05:39. > :05:41.protected? On the other hand, there will be streets and houses and
:05:42. > :05:46.villages where it will be too expensive. Very hard decisions, if
:05:47. > :05:50.not for this government, then definitely the next government.
:05:51. > :05:54.Thank you. The Leader of UKIP, Nigel Farage,
:05:55. > :05:57.was forced to cancel a walk around Swansea city centre earlier due to
:05:58. > :06:00.security concerns. A number of protestors had gathered before he
:06:01. > :06:02.was due to arrive to officially launch the party's manifesto ahead
:06:03. > :06:06.of the European elections. Our political editor Nick Servini is at
:06:07. > :06:14.the Liberty Stadium, where the party is holding a rally, Nick?
:06:15. > :06:20.Lucy, Nigel Farage is due to speak within the hour. Protesters have
:06:21. > :06:24.gathered. It was something of a bizarre day. There has been huge
:06:25. > :06:28.interest in this visit today, particularly the walk around the
:06:29. > :06:35.streets of Swansea, something he prides himself on, dropping in for a
:06:36. > :06:39.pint in a pub and meeting punters. Cancelled because of security
:06:40. > :06:43.concerns. When I caught up with him, a central claim is that UKIP in
:06:44. > :06:49.Wales is gaining as much traction and support as it is in England.
:06:50. > :07:03.There wasn't much of a welcome for Nigel Farage here today. This is one
:07:04. > :07:06.of a number of protests in Swansea. That is why our language is so rich
:07:07. > :07:16.and people like you are not welcome in Swansea... Among them something
:07:17. > :07:21.of a media circus for the man who is campaigning has turned into a
:07:22. > :07:24.one-man road show. Today he announced he would not be fighting a
:07:25. > :07:31.by-election in Nottinghamshire after intense speculation. He was due to
:07:32. > :07:34.formally launches manifesto for the European elections as it looks to
:07:35. > :07:43.retain one of its MEPs for Wales next month. In the end, the
:07:44. > :07:47.gathering was for nothing. As far as I'm aware, the decision has been
:07:48. > :07:52.made that he will not come today. It was due to be a campaign launched
:07:53. > :07:56.like no other. Nigel Farage was due to pop into one of the pubs and
:07:57. > :08:01.there were crowds waiting for him. We have just found out he has
:08:02. > :08:07.cancelled the trip into the city centre because of security concerns.
:08:08. > :08:11.Instead, Nigel Farage headed for the city Stadium, where he said he had
:08:12. > :08:19.pulled out because of protesters intent on violence. In the relative
:08:20. > :08:22.calm inside, he outlined policies to withdraw the UK from the EU and gave
:08:23. > :08:27.one of his central claims that Wales is becoming increasingly Eurosceptic
:08:28. > :08:34.despite receiving billions of pounds of aid from the EU. EU money is used
:08:35. > :08:39.in a deliberate political attempt to make people think it is wonderful.
:08:40. > :08:42.The fact is, we have been a big loser. One of the reasons
:08:43. > :08:47.post-industrial Wales receives money from the European Union is so many
:08:48. > :08:50.of its industries have been closing down and if you look at the
:08:51. > :08:56.industrial policy and the energy odyssey that the EU puts in place,
:08:57. > :09:01.you will see high energy prices and overregulation are doing that to
:09:02. > :09:06.Wales and the rest of our nation. This was a visit that never fully
:09:07. > :09:08.delivered. UKIP will be hoping the thing doesn't happen in the European
:09:09. > :09:12.elections. The Prime Minister has paid tribute
:09:13. > :09:15.to five service personnel who were killed in a helicopter crash in
:09:16. > :09:18.Afghanistan last weekend. Among them were Captain Tom Clarke from
:09:19. > :09:24.Cowbridge in the Vale of Glamorgan and Lance Corporal Oliver Thomas,
:09:25. > :09:28.from Brecon. These tragic deaths remind us of the
:09:29. > :09:31.continued sacrifice of our Armed Forces and I know that our deepest
:09:32. > :09:35.sympathies are with their families at this very difficult time.
:09:36. > :09:39.Ambulance targets to reach 65% of life-threatening incidents in eight
:09:40. > :09:41.minutes have been missed again. In March, the figure was 55% - better
:09:42. > :09:47.than the previous month. The Welsh government says it expects changes
:09:48. > :09:52.to the way ambulance services are organised, to improve performance.
:09:53. > :09:56.Bridgend Council says it will look for alternatives to a pay freeze in
:09:57. > :10:00.order to save money. Unions are unhappy at a proposal to offer pay
:10:01. > :10:03.rises for only the lowest paid - while other Welsh Councils are
:10:04. > :10:06.proposing rises for all staff. Bridgend Council says the freeze
:10:07. > :10:13.would've saved a million pounds to help protect jobs and services.
:10:14. > :10:17.They've been seen as an alternative to lighting up, but e-cigarettes are
:10:18. > :10:20.set to be banned in all council buildings in Caerphilly, including
:10:21. > :10:23.leisure centres and libraries. It's one of the first councils in Wales
:10:24. > :10:28.to tell both its workers and the public that they can't use the
:10:29. > :10:32.devices on their property. From Caerphilly Rhodri Lewis reports.
:10:33. > :10:36.The rise of the e-cigarette has been astonishing. More than two million
:10:37. > :10:42.people now use them across the UK - that figure's trebled in two years.
:10:43. > :10:44.But Caerphilly council says the time has now come for them to go the way
:10:45. > :10:52.But Caerphilly council says the time of normal cigarettes and be banned
:10:53. > :10:56.inside its buildings. In the interest of continuity a long time
:10:57. > :11:03.ago we and ordinary cigarettes and we now feel the time is right to ban
:11:04. > :11:09.e-cigarettes to enable our staff to give up smoking completely. The band
:11:10. > :11:15.will also be enforced in all other council buildings in the borough,
:11:16. > :11:18.including libraries, leisure centres and community centres where the
:11:19. > :11:23.workforce and the public will be asked not to use the devices.
:11:24. > :11:29.The decision got a mixed reaction in Caerphilly this afternoon.
:11:30. > :11:33.Disgusting. It is only a paper. We only just got used to people not
:11:34. > :11:38.smoking in public spaces and now everyone has these he cigarettes, I
:11:39. > :11:41.think they should ban them. -- e-cigarettes.
:11:42. > :11:44.But one leading expert says e-cigarettes may actually be the
:11:45. > :11:48.most effective way of helping people quit smoking.
:11:49. > :11:53.You don't question whether somebody is using that and thinking they are
:11:54. > :11:57.smoking. OK, it's not dangerous to be near someone who is using them,
:11:58. > :12:03.there is really no evidence and very little reason to believe that it is
:12:04. > :12:05.going to normalise smoking again so what is the problem?
:12:06. > :12:09.The Welsh government is still considering its own ban across the
:12:10. > :12:12.country, the only part of the UK to do so. The new rules in Caerphilly
:12:13. > :12:16.will be introduced within weeks. Still to come: She's their most
:12:17. > :12:19.famous customer - the Queen visits a factory near Caerphilly that
:12:20. > :12:21.supplies the Royal household with Christmas crackers on the final day
:12:22. > :12:30.of the royal tour. A leading charity has told BBC Wales
:12:31. > :12:33.that patients who are dying - and their families - need more
:12:34. > :12:36.opportunities to have their say about the standards of care. Marie
:12:37. > :12:41.Curie says the current system of measuring their experiences is too
:12:42. > :12:46.limited. It wants to see an annual survey of bereaved families
:12:47. > :12:53.introduced here. But not everybody agrees as our Health Correspondent
:12:54. > :12:56.Owain Clarke explains. Sinews none of us want to
:12:57. > :13:00.hear-discovering that somebody we love is dying. In 2011, Mark found
:13:01. > :13:06.out his mother had incurable pancreatic cancer. It meant their
:13:07. > :13:10.home in Port Talbot had to become somewhere she could be cared for.
:13:11. > :13:14.They were provisions made for a hospital bed to be brought down
:13:15. > :13:18.stairs because they said at some stage, your mum isn't going to be
:13:19. > :13:24.able to walk up the stairs to use the bathroom. You tend not to think
:13:25. > :13:30.about that. At some point, we had 16 nurses a day in the house. Two days
:13:31. > :13:35.before Christmas, Joan died and the house fell silent. They become like
:13:36. > :13:43.family members. You see these nurses more than your extended family. When
:13:44. > :13:49.that activity stops, it's quite weird. Overall, he is grateful for
:13:50. > :13:54.his mother's Cabot believes others could benefit from follow-up visits
:13:55. > :13:59.from nurses after the death but how easy is it to give feedback like
:14:00. > :14:07.that? Today a leading charity argues a survey that's been available in
:14:08. > :14:11.Wales since 2009 has been to limitations -- to limited because it
:14:12. > :14:16.only takes into account teams of specialists. Marie Curie Cancer Care
:14:17. > :14:20.wants to see Wales in the late England and introduce an annual
:14:21. > :14:26.survey that collect the opinions of thousands of bereaved families. At a
:14:27. > :14:30.time when resources need to be fused ever more effectively and
:14:31. > :14:33.efficiently, you've got to be looking at ways of finding out what
:14:34. > :14:38.works for people, what they appreciate and then concentrate your
:14:39. > :14:41.resources. But one of the most imminent end of
:14:42. > :14:48.life doctors in the country isn't convinced. The English system is
:14:49. > :14:51.simply a snapshot. It asks the views of the brief but not the patient and
:14:52. > :14:58.let's not forget, it didn't pick up midst of a chat. Are at their
:14:59. > :15:03.weaknesses with the Welsh system? We are trying to hear the voice of the
:15:04. > :15:07.patients. We are getting it from specialist palliative care and
:15:08. > :15:11.feeding back to teams, reinforcing good behaviour and where we are
:15:12. > :15:18.aware of a problem, we are able to act on it immediately. The worst
:15:19. > :15:21.governments insists listening -- the Welsh government insists listening
:15:22. > :15:25.to those like Mark who have lost loved ones is crucial.
:15:26. > :15:28.The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh have finished their two-day tour of
:15:29. > :15:32.Wales by visiting Caerphilly and the Vale of Glamorgan. They opened a new
:15:33. > :15:35.printing press at a factory in Hengoed, before visiting Atlantic
:15:36. > :15:43.College in Llantwit Major. Paul Heaney reports.
:15:44. > :15:53.A warm Welsh welcome for two familiar faces. Schoolchildren from
:15:54. > :15:56.Hengoed waited patiently to see the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. I
:15:57. > :16:01.enjoyed seeing the Queen because I never would have thought the Queen
:16:02. > :16:08.would come to a place like this. Zebre I seen her down in Caerphilly
:16:09. > :16:15.about 60 years ago when I was 16 and I'm older now so it's nice to see
:16:16. > :16:18.her again. This factory invested ?8 million on new printing presses to
:16:19. > :16:23.make wrapping paper and Christmas crackers. The Royal household is one
:16:24. > :16:28.of their customers and the investment safeguarded 400 jobs. The
:16:29. > :16:36.machinery officially opened today by their most famous customer. This is
:16:37. > :16:40.just the latest visit in a series of trips to successful Welsh companies
:16:41. > :16:45.by the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh doing their two-day stay
:16:46. > :16:49.in Wales. The couple are said to want to support those companies
:16:50. > :16:54.investing in the future, especially in areas that have been economic
:16:55. > :17:02.elite disadvantaged in the past. Another focal welcome in the Vale of
:17:03. > :17:04.Glamorgan. Students from over 90 countries at Atlantic College
:17:05. > :17:09.describe the work they do to challenge international conflict and
:17:10. > :17:17.improve women's rights aboard. -- abroad. The trip was designed to
:17:18. > :17:20.encourage success in business and the classroom.
:17:21. > :17:23.A new surfing centre at the site of a former aluminium plant in the
:17:24. > :17:27.Conwy Valley has been given the go-ahead. The facility, described as
:17:28. > :17:30.the first of its kind in Europe open to the public, will allow surfers to
:17:31. > :17:33.ride artificially created waves on a massive man-made lake.
:17:34. > :17:37.It might not rival Hawaii or California but the Welsh coast is a
:17:38. > :17:42.popular destination for surfers. Soon they'll be able to enjoy bigger
:17:43. > :17:45.waves a few miles inland too. This former factory site in the small
:17:46. > :17:49.village of Dolgarrog will be transformed into what's described as
:17:50. > :17:52.a world class attraction. Like this park in Spain the appeal is in
:17:53. > :18:00.generating perfect waves all day long, all year round.
:18:01. > :18:03.The technology is brand-new and unlike anything else that is
:18:04. > :18:09.currently on the market. Its benefit is that it will produce a wave which
:18:10. > :18:14.is of consistent height and shape for virtually the full length of the
:18:15. > :18:18.lagoon. The body of water is 300 metres long and 130 metres wide.
:18:19. > :18:21.Veronica Carpenter, her husband, sister and son were all once
:18:22. > :18:25.employed at the aluminium plant which was a major employer here for
:18:26. > :18:28.a century until it closed in 2007. She, like many, wants the site to
:18:29. > :18:33.live again but with certain conditions. I think it will be a
:18:34. > :18:39.good thing for the village, providing that local people will be
:18:40. > :18:45.able to afford to use the facilities that they are coming to have and
:18:46. > :18:50.also to be employed, you know, on a part-time or full-time basis for
:18:51. > :18:54.local people as well. This will be submerged as part of
:18:55. > :18:58.the giant lake and it could be up and running by next year. Seven
:18:59. > :19:07.years after the aluminium plant closed, this area could soon be
:19:08. > :19:10.riding the crest of a wave. Let's get tonight's sport.
:19:11. > :19:13.We start with an agonising defeat for Wales' Dominic Dale at the World
:19:14. > :19:17.Snooker Championships. Trailing 11-5 overnight against Barry Hawkins,
:19:18. > :19:21.Dale won seven frames in a row to lead 12-11 and be one away from his
:19:22. > :19:29.first World semifinal. But Hawkins rallied and eventually edged through
:19:30. > :19:32.by 13 frames to 12. So close. We've hosted the Rugby World Cup,
:19:33. > :19:35.the Ashes and the Ryder Cup but what chance of European Championship
:19:36. > :19:39.football matches being played in Wales? Well, the Welsh FA are
:19:40. > :19:47.bidding to stage four games in the 2020 tournament. ?10 million have
:19:48. > :19:51.also been offered, which could include building a second terminal
:19:52. > :19:55.at Cardiff Airport. It is a glossy video for a polished
:19:56. > :20:01.bid from a team with experience of bringing major events to Wales.
:20:02. > :20:04.Cardiff-a vibrant capital. The people who helped bring the Ryder
:20:05. > :20:12.Cup here and the Ashes have also been trying to persuade UEFA to hold
:20:13. > :20:17.four games during the Twenty20 Championships. The football
:20:18. > :20:21.Association for Wales picked a powerful team from politics, sport
:20:22. > :20:25.and business. The Welsh government is putting in ?10 million and save
:20:26. > :20:31.the event would generate ten times as much for the Welsh economy. A
:20:32. > :20:36.chunk will be spent on improving transport links and a potential make
:20:37. > :20:40.over for Cardiff airport. The fact we own it means we can have more
:20:41. > :20:42.influence about what happens there. There is talk of a second temporary
:20:43. > :20:46.terminal and working with Bristol airport.
:20:47. > :20:50.The Millennium Stadium is the most important part of the bid but other
:20:51. > :20:55.things also have to impress the bosses. The Welsh FA have had to
:20:56. > :20:59.submit detailed proposals about logistics, transport, accommodation,
:21:00. > :21:04.training facilities and even mobile technology here in the stadium. On
:21:05. > :21:08.the pitch, Wales have had the better of Scotland in recent months and may
:21:09. > :21:13.need to beat them again to win the bid. Scotland and the Republic of
:21:14. > :21:18.Ireland are also hoping to become one of 13 venue cities. There could
:21:19. > :21:21.be at least two of the four that are selected.
:21:22. > :21:27.If when we get the final, there could be three or four. The lobbying
:21:28. > :21:30.will continue until the final announcement in September and there
:21:31. > :21:39.is an ideal opportunity to make the case for Wales in August, when
:21:40. > :21:41.Cardiff hosts the UEFA super cup. Glamorgan drew their latest
:21:42. > :21:43.championship match at Leicestershire.
:21:44. > :21:47.As celebrations take place to mark the centenary of Dylan Thomas's
:21:48. > :21:53.birth, it's the poet's last few days of life that are the focus of a
:21:54. > :21:57.major new BBC drama. A Poet In New York follows Dylan's final visit to
:21:58. > :22:00.the city where he eventually died, aged just 39. The actor Tom
:22:01. > :22:09.Hollander plays him, and he's been speaking to our Arts and Media
:22:10. > :22:13.Correspondent, Huw Thomas. As I was young and easy and the
:22:14. > :22:15.apple boughs, about the looting house and happy as the grass was
:22:16. > :22:21.greener. The programme shows the final days
:22:22. > :22:27.of Dylan Thomas, impressing an American audience while his body is
:22:28. > :22:30.crippled with illness and alcohol. Unfortunately, I'm not drinking at
:22:31. > :22:35.the moment for health reasons but yes please, I will take a small
:22:36. > :22:39.whiskey. Despite being set in New York, the film was made without
:22:40. > :22:43.leaving Wales. Cardiff's new theatre is among the
:22:44. > :22:51.holdings to 44 American landmarks but there was a detail that had to
:22:52. > :22:56.be exactly right. I mostly listened to his voice, that
:22:57. > :22:59.was the main thing. Because I thought he had a very particular
:23:00. > :23:06.sort of voice and I thought if I can do it, I will be all right.
:23:07. > :23:13.On location. Some of the places Dylan Thomas knew best. It has the
:23:14. > :23:17.blessing of the family and release gripped by a Welsh writer, Andrew
:23:18. > :23:23.Davies. For those American scenes, a trick of the eye and the camera but
:23:24. > :23:25.it was simple details that was harder to replicate -cigarettes that
:23:26. > :23:31.could only be lit with the help of special effects. We had to get
:23:32. > :23:37.smoking right and there is a Welsh government ban on smoking in any
:23:38. > :23:39.films so the process was extremely painstaking but we got through it.
:23:40. > :23:43.And expensive. It was.
:23:44. > :23:49.You wouldn't think a smoking budget could be so high. Steam comes
:23:50. > :23:58.screaming out of her navel... Genius! Two more, please. It's all
:23:59. > :24:03.right, I will drink them both. I hope that people in Wales will feel
:24:04. > :24:07.like we have given him a faithful presentation.
:24:08. > :24:14.It would be awful if people thought it was ill judged. I feel its heart
:24:15. > :24:20.is in the right place as a film, I hope. People of Wales, I hope you
:24:21. > :24:28.like it. Time held me green and dying, though I sang in my chains
:24:29. > :24:33.like the sea... At a preview screening, Dylan
:24:34. > :24:37.like the sea... hoped it would introduce more people
:24:38. > :24:38.to his work and prompt more questions about why he died so
:24:39. > :24:44.young. A Poet In New York is on BBC One
:24:45. > :24:51.Wales tonight at 9:00pm. What about the weather?
:24:52. > :24:56.We're still on course for a dry bank holiday weekend but before then
:24:57. > :25:00.we've got some rain and heavy showers to deal with in the next 24
:25:01. > :25:04.hours. In fact the Met Office has issued a warning of heavy rain for
:25:05. > :25:07.parts of south and east Wales and Powys tomorrow afternoon with a risk
:25:08. > :25:09.of surface water flooding. This evening patchy rain will move
:25:10. > :25:12.northeast. Followed by showers overnight. Some of these heavy.
:25:13. > :25:16.Turning misty with hill fog. Lowest temperatures eight to ten Celsius so
:25:17. > :25:21.a fairly mild night. Here's the picture for eight in the morning.
:25:22. > :25:32.Not a great start to May. Plenty of cloud. Showers or longer spells of
:25:33. > :25:36.rain. Quite wet in places. More showers brewing up through the day.
:25:37. > :25:39.Heavy downpours in places too with thunder but not everywhere.
:25:40. > :25:46.Pembrokeshire may be lucky and get away with a dry afternoon and
:25:47. > :25:52.brighten-up with a little sunshine. Friday is a better day in prospect.
:25:53. > :25:55.Just the odd shower. Plenty of cloud with a few bright or sunny
:25:56. > :25:59.intervals. Friday night into Saturday will turn cold with a
:26:00. > :26:02.fairly widespread ground frost. So gardeners take note. Saturday's
:26:03. > :26:06.chart shows high pressure over the UK and that means dry weather.
:26:07. > :26:13.Saturday then a nice day. Dry with sunny spells. Some cloud as well.
:26:14. > :26:17.Sunday probably more cloud than sunshine but much of the country
:26:18. > :26:20.dry. Just the odd spot of light rain or drizzle perhaps in the far
:26:21. > :26:23.northwest. Monday dry and warmer. So some decent weather for the bank
:26:24. > :26:27.holiday weekend. I can't promise wall to wall sunshine but generally
:26:28. > :26:30.dry. The nights chilly with a risk of ground frost but feeling pleasant
:26:31. > :26:31.enough when the sun is out with mainly light winds.
:26:32. > :26:33.From all of