:00:00. > :00:00.building society. That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's
:00:00. > :00:08.Welcome to Wales Today. Tonight's headlines. A woman is arrested on
:00:09. > :00:17.suspicion of attempted murder after two children are found with knife
:00:18. > :00:21.wounds in Newport. When I got up and saw the
:00:22. > :00:26.pandemonium, and the next thing I saw was then running out with these
:00:27. > :00:40.two children. And putting them in separate ambulances.
:00:41. > :00:43.As an inmate at Prescoed prison is sentenced for drug trafficking - a
:00:44. > :00:46.judge says it's staggering Matthew Roberts was allowed to use a mobile
:00:47. > :00:56.phone. Caring for patients with cancer - a new measure of how the
:00:57. > :01:00.NHS performs will be trialled. Garry Monk will definitely have his full
:01:01. > :01:07.now. He's confirmed as Swansea City's new manager.
:01:08. > :01:12.He has been there a while, he knows what to do. I suppose we have to
:01:13. > :01:17.give him a chance. He has kept us in the division. Good luck to him. And
:01:18. > :01:20.best known for his novel The Virgin Soldier, we remember Newport writer
:01:21. > :01:27.Leslie Thomas, who's died at the age of 83.
:01:28. > :01:30.Good evening. A woman from Newport has been arrested on suspicion of
:01:31. > :01:33.the attempted murder of two children. A seven-year-old boy and a
:01:34. > :01:39.16-month-old baby girl were taken to hospital with knife wounds following
:01:40. > :01:44.an incident this morning. Our reporter Jordan Davies is in Newport
:01:45. > :01:48.for us. Officers have been here all day
:01:49. > :01:52.searching the top flop flat behind me. They've been speaking to
:01:53. > :01:59.residents, taking names and addresses. So they can speak to them
:02:00. > :02:03.in the future. And I've been speaking to neighbours, who have
:02:04. > :02:09.told me the woman arrested is the mother of the injured children. Now
:02:10. > :02:13.while all this is happening, this cordon will stay up. If nothing
:02:14. > :02:14.else, to reassure people, after this terrible incident.
:02:15. > :02:18.Forensics officers letting themselves in to a flat, but unsure
:02:19. > :02:24.of what they may find. Their job, to try and piece together the chain of
:02:25. > :02:27.events. That led to a 27-year-old woman being arrested on suspicion of
:02:28. > :02:29.the attempted murder of two children. A seven-year-old boy and
:02:30. > :02:34.16-month-old baby girl both suffered knife wounds in the incident. And a
:02:35. > :02:42.knife was removed from the scene early on. Along with other items. I
:02:43. > :02:50.went straight out of the back garden to look and there were police cars,
:02:51. > :02:53.CAD, ambulances, that's all I could see -- CID. There were loads here.
:02:54. > :02:59.And then those two young children being carried out. And putting
:03:00. > :03:05.separate ambulances. The way they were running out with them, it was
:03:06. > :03:08.frightening. They just ran out with the children wrapped up in blankets.
:03:09. > :03:11.Neighbours say the woman arrested is the mother of the children. A
:03:12. > :03:19.connection not confirmed by the police. One of your neighbours saw a
:03:20. > :03:23.young woman? A young woman being walked along here in a dressing
:03:24. > :03:26.gown, apparently her hands were behind her back. She was put into a
:03:27. > :03:30.police car. The children are now being treated in the Royal Gwent,
:03:31. > :03:32.where they're said to be in a stable condition.
:03:33. > :03:35.This block is mainly made up of residential flats for the elderly.
:03:36. > :03:40.Neighbours say the young woman and the children moved here recently.
:03:41. > :03:47.And the children would often be seen playing out the front. This is a
:03:48. > :03:51.tragic but isolated incident and I would like to reassure residents of
:03:52. > :03:56.Newport that we are not looking for anyone else in connection with this
:03:57. > :04:01.case. I have put additional offices in the area to support local
:04:02. > :04:04.communities and our thoughts and wishes are with the family of the
:04:05. > :04:07.children at this difficult time. Officers will now continue to search
:04:08. > :04:15.the flat and find out more about those involved. To determine, why
:04:16. > :04:18.and how, this happened. And as we've heard, police say they
:04:19. > :04:21.aren't looking for anyone else in connection with this at the moment.
:04:22. > :04:25.We have had an update. The 27-year-old woman who was being
:04:26. > :04:28.treated for knife wounds has now been released and Gwent police say
:04:29. > :04:35.they will speak to her as soon as her health permits.
:04:36. > :04:38.New ways of measuring how the NHS in Wales performs when it comes to
:04:39. > :04:41.caring for patients with cancer will be trialled across the country. It
:04:42. > :04:44.follows concerns that the targets used at the moment don't properly
:04:45. > :04:46.reflect the clinical results for patients. But opposition parties
:04:47. > :04:57.have raised questions about the Welsh Government's plans. Our health
:04:58. > :05:02.correspondent Owain Clarke has more. Kath Jones was told she had breast
:05:03. > :05:05.cancer in January last year. It was devastating news and like others in
:05:06. > :05:11.a similar situation, she clung on she would get the best treatment as
:05:12. > :05:13.quickly as possible. Actually getting myself heard, being listened
:05:14. > :05:18.to and getting referred to the correct place, that is what I found
:05:19. > :05:21.to be the struggle. Once I was referred, everything moved very
:05:22. > :05:26.quickly and the system was there in place. I am grateful that happened
:05:27. > :05:33.for me. Sadly there are people that does not happen for. She has now got
:05:34. > :05:39.her life back on track but how does the NHS measure whether or not the
:05:40. > :05:44.cancer care provides -- it provides is up to scratch across the board?
:05:45. > :05:49.Cancer care such as that provided here in Cardiff is judged against
:05:50. > :05:58.two key targets. The patient is referred to a specialist eye AGP,
:05:59. > :06:01.the 95% of confirmed cases should start treatment within 62 days. That
:06:02. > :06:07.target has not been met for several years. A second target involves
:06:08. > :06:10.patient had had gone to hospital feeling ill but not suspected cancer
:06:11. > :06:14.but have later been diagnosed with the disease. 90 ascent of those
:06:15. > :06:20.patients should receive treatment within 31 days. That target was met
:06:21. > :06:28.in Wales in February. But according to this specialist, those targets
:06:29. > :06:31.give a skewed picture? It is overly complex and treat all patients as if
:06:32. > :06:36.they are the same. We know that some patients were diagnosed with
:06:37. > :06:44.emergency conditions, they need treatment within 24 hours, not 62
:06:45. > :06:47.days. In the new system, waiting time for all cancer patients in
:06:48. > :06:50.Wales will be measured together. It is hoped that eventually for the
:06:51. > :06:55.very first time it will be possible for patients to compare typical,
:06:56. > :07:00.maximum and minimum waiting times across Wales for different types of
:07:01. > :07:03.cancer. But changes like this are not new. In March, the Welsh
:07:04. > :07:08.Government announced new targets for the ambulance service and Accident
:07:09. > :07:13.and Emergency departments. And then like now, in the Calder of Cardiff
:07:14. > :07:16.Bay, opposition parties have questioned the motives of the Welsh
:07:17. > :07:21.Government, arguing this is another attempt to change the goalposts
:07:22. > :07:27.after a dismal record in trying to hit the traditional targets. The new
:07:28. > :07:33.targets will be tested in the coming months by six of Wales' health
:07:34. > :07:35.boards. And for patients, the key question is, not how good the
:07:36. > :07:43.targets are but whether or not they lead to better care for so many
:07:44. > :07:47.people. Checks on slogans used by political
:07:48. > :07:50.parties are to be tightened after the name of the murdered soldier Lee
:07:51. > :07:53.Rigby was allowed onto ballots for this month's European Elections in
:07:54. > :07:55.Wales. Britain First's slogan "Remember Lee Rigby" will appear
:07:56. > :08:02.where they are fielding candidates. An Electoral Commission official has
:08:03. > :08:05.resigned over the matter. A 16-year-old boy from Cardiff has
:08:06. > :08:09.been arrested over alleged offensive messages made on social media about
:08:10. > :08:12.the death of Leeds teacher Ann Maguire. He's been bailed pending
:08:13. > :08:15.psychiatric assessment. A judge has described the way
:08:16. > :08:18.serving prisoners were able use mobile phones to run drug operations
:08:19. > :08:22.from behind bars as staggering. Seven men were today sentenced to a
:08:23. > :08:25.total of more than 30 years for their part in conspiring to traffic
:08:26. > :08:36.cocaine and mephedrone into south Wales. Cemlyn Davies was in court.
:08:37. > :08:40.Five men who admitted to supplying cocaine in the South Wales area
:08:41. > :08:52.between October 2012 and April 2014. Today they were sentenced. The
:08:53. > :08:55.Class A drug was brought from Bristol and delivered either to
:08:56. > :09:00.Pugh's home address in Port Talbot or to his parents house nearby. The
:09:01. > :09:03.deliveries were organised by Mathew Roberts who was an inmate first at
:09:04. > :09:11.HMP Leyhill in Gloucestershire and then at Prescoed in Monmouthshire.
:09:12. > :09:15.They're both open prisons. The court heard he was given a mobile phone to
:09:16. > :09:18.use on temporary release but he was found to be using several handsets
:09:19. > :09:21.to arrange the drug trafficking. Open prisons are already under
:09:22. > :09:25.scrutiny following the escape of Michael Wheatley from a low security
:09:26. > :09:30.jail in Kent. The so called skull cracker has now been found. Today's
:09:31. > :09:39.case at Swansea Crown Court has raised further concerns about the
:09:40. > :09:43.way open prisons are run. It is unacceptable that people in an open
:09:44. > :09:46.prison are able to carry out a large drug dealing operation and the
:09:47. > :09:49.government are looking into this at the moment. There has been a problem
:09:50. > :09:56.with open prisons for years and there always will be problems
:09:57. > :10:03.because the Ark a kind of high for a house. -- halfway house. Two other
:10:04. > :10:06.men, Richard Saltmarsh and Andrew Clay, were also sentenced today for
:10:07. > :10:09.conspiring to supply mephedrone, or meow meow, to be distributed in
:10:10. > :10:13.south Wales. Saltmarsh was an inmate at a category b prison in
:10:14. > :10:16.Warwickshire at the time and he was using three mobile phones illegally
:10:17. > :10:19.to make deals with Mathew Roberts and others from behind bars. The
:10:20. > :10:23.judge said the way he was able to access the phones was staggering and
:10:24. > :10:27.beggars belief. Sentencing the seven men to a total of more than 30 years
:10:28. > :10:30.in prison for their part in the conspiracies the judge, his honour
:10:31. > :10:35.Peter Heywood said drug trafficking is a significant and acute problem
:10:36. > :10:37.in south Wales. And he praised the police for bringing the gang to
:10:38. > :10:40.justice. A head teacher has stepped aside
:10:41. > :10:42.from his post temporarily, during an investigation by governors and
:10:43. > :10:45.Swansea council. Ysgol Gyfun Bryn Tawe said that following a
:10:46. > :10:49.complaint, the deputy head would be managing the school for the time
:10:50. > :10:52.being. The action was taken after a film was posted on social media
:10:53. > :10:55.sites by pupils from the Welsh language secondary.
:10:56. > :10:59.The head of BBC Cymru Wales says he's concerned about a drop of a
:11:00. > :11:01.sixth in the number of people watching S4C's evening programmes.
:11:02. > :11:04.Rhodri Talfan Davies said audiences for peak-time programmes on the
:11:05. > :11:09.Welsh language channel could shrink even further. S4C says focussing on
:11:10. > :11:11.one performance measure created an incomplete picture and his comments
:11:12. > :11:16.have been noted by supporters concerned about the independence of
:11:17. > :11:21.the broadcaster. Over now to arm arts and media
:11:22. > :11:25.correspondent. The BBC makes hundreds of hours of
:11:26. > :11:28.programmes every year for S4C, including the soap opera Pobol y Cwm
:11:29. > :11:31.and many of them appear in the evening peak-time slot. The vast
:11:32. > :11:35.majority of the channel's funding comes from the BBC licence fee. ?76
:11:36. > :11:37.million this year, but the Welsh language channel is supposed to
:11:38. > :11:41.remain operationally and editorially independent. So Rhodri Talfan Davies
:11:42. > :11:45.calling a 17% drop in viewers tuning into that slot over the past two
:11:46. > :11:53.years a real worry has exposed the sensitivities that still exist
:11:54. > :12:01.between the two broadcasters. It is a concern to me if a senior BBC
:12:02. > :12:06.executive is commenting on what seems like a managerial decision at
:12:07. > :12:10.S4C, even if it is not an actual attempt to intervene. You have to be
:12:11. > :12:13.hugely careful there is not a perception that the BBC is seeking
:12:14. > :12:16.to intervene. Neither broadcaster was available to speak to me today,
:12:17. > :12:19.but Ian Jones, S4C's chief executive, said in a statement that
:12:20. > :12:22.he regularly discusses the falling ratings of peak-time programmes with
:12:23. > :12:28.the BBC, not least because BBC programmes are often being shown at
:12:29. > :12:32.that time of day. BBC Wales said it was keen to tackle this shared
:12:33. > :12:35.issue. While peak-time audiences have fallen lately, S4C has been
:12:36. > :12:41.investing in new ways of watching the channel. Its most recent figures
:12:42. > :12:44.show programmes were accessed almost three million times on its website,
:12:45. > :12:56.and some in the industry say S4C's audience is choosing to watch a lot
:12:57. > :13:00.more online. Any collapse in viewing figures of course is a concern to
:13:01. > :13:03.anybody but what one has to bear in mind is how these figures have been
:13:04. > :13:07.got at in the first place. We have to remember that people watch
:13:08. > :13:16.television not just on television any more. They watch it on their
:13:17. > :13:19.laptops and iPads. It is likely to see to -- slightly disingenuous to
:13:20. > :13:23.say that the figures are down when you have only looking at one source
:13:24. > :13:26.of figures. But Rhodri Talfan Davies said the extent of the decline at
:13:27. > :13:29.S4C was greater than the trend across the industry, so the
:13:30. > :13:32.channel's shrinking audience is not down to the internet alone.
:13:33. > :13:36.Still to come tonight. Campaigners fight against a ten mile path of
:13:37. > :13:45.pylons to connect wind farms in Denbighshire to the national grid.
:13:46. > :13:49.It's a big tourist destination and a picture postcard scene, but for the
:13:50. > :13:52.past 20 years, Llyn Padarn at the foot of Snowdon has also been the
:13:53. > :13:56.scene for a legal battle about pollution. But today, the legal
:13:57. > :14:00.representatives on behalf of the local anglers who use the lake are
:14:01. > :14:12.claiming a victory. Iolo ap Dafydd is there for us this evening.
:14:13. > :14:16.Good evening. Yes, it is one of the most stunning views in Wales and
:14:17. > :14:21.Snowdon, by the way, is up there in the clouds. There have been claims
:14:22. > :14:27.and counterclaims about elution -- pollution. Natural Resources Wales
:14:28. > :14:32.would argue that it has not failed the environment, that it is looking
:14:33. > :14:38.after the environment, but it will now concede to look at this
:14:39. > :14:43.investigation once more and we'll do that until as far back as 2007. Dwr
:14:44. > :14:47.Cymru Welsh Water says it is looking for a long-term solution to the
:14:48. > :14:54.local sewage system that concedes it needs to update one of its permits.
:14:55. > :14:57.The lake is quiet, only a handful of tourists enjoying the clean air and
:14:58. > :15:03.only a few out on the lake before the full summer season starts. But
:15:04. > :15:05.beneath these waters lies a long-standing problem. Local anglers
:15:06. > :15:12.feel vindicated that the authorities will have to look again at sea which
:15:13. > :15:19.pollution and a possible reduction in the rare Arctic charr fish. The
:15:20. > :15:31.Welsh; should be directing people like natural resources Wales and Dwr
:15:32. > :15:37.Cymru water. A lot of work has been done when -- in the recent years
:15:38. > :15:49.when the spread of Al-Qaeda alarmed many in the area. -- algae.
:15:50. > :15:52.We have asked Welsh Water to look in and investigate where the studies
:15:53. > :15:57.are happening. It has been apparent that one of the overflows may well
:15:58. > :16:03.be operating not aligned with the current conditions. Doesn't that
:16:04. > :16:08.show that regulation is not working? As regular readers, you are not
:16:09. > :16:16.doing your job. Obviously, the system is a complex is dumb. The
:16:17. > :16:26.pipes are underground. They wrote -- a complex system.
:16:27. > :16:34.This was used after heavy rainfall. Dwr Cymru Welsh Water says it has
:16:35. > :16:39.invested ?2.5 million since 2009 on improving the local sewage system
:16:40. > :16:49.that will need to amend the permit on this which bike. -- sewage pipe.
:16:50. > :16:53.This has been designated as Wales' first inland bathing water. The
:16:54. > :16:58.quality of the lake is very good. In very wet weather, we do have to
:16:59. > :17:02.operate and storm water does find its way into the lake. Tough
:17:03. > :17:09.assumptions could be imposed by Natural Resources Wales --
:17:10. > :17:13.sanctions. A public meeting is being held
:17:14. > :17:15.tonight to hear concerns about plans to build electricity pylons across
:17:16. > :17:18.parts of Conwy and Denbighshire. ScottishPower Manweb wants to supply
:17:19. > :17:21.power from wind farms in the Clocaenog Forest to the National
:17:22. > :17:26.Grid, via a substation near St Asaph. But residents say they want
:17:27. > :17:31.the cables to be laid underground to preserve the landscape.
:17:32. > :17:34.From Anglesey to Carmarthenshire, Powys to Conwy and Denbighshire
:17:35. > :17:37.there are a number of recent cases where residents and electricity
:17:38. > :17:42.suppliers have failed to agree over the placement of pylons. This
:17:43. > :17:45.evening in Llanefydd near St Asaph four local communities will join
:17:46. > :17:48.forces to oppose plans for 17 kilometres of 15 metre high wooden
:17:49. > :17:51.poles carrying power from wind farms to a substation. In Cefn Meiriadog,
:17:52. > :18:01.the community has already defeated plans for a crematorium on farmland
:18:02. > :18:06.there. It is essential for people affected by the root of these
:18:07. > :18:14.pylons. And the expectation is that we can hopefully persuade them to
:18:15. > :18:17.put the cables underground. With another big development on the cards
:18:18. > :18:26.they're determined to protect the landscape from even more power
:18:27. > :18:30.cables. It is the possibly -- population of the UK as a whole that
:18:31. > :18:40.benefits from these projects. It is the wind farm and power companies
:18:41. > :18:43.that profit from them. It is more defenceless communities that pay the
:18:44. > :18:47.price, at the end of the day, because we see a landscape slashed
:18:48. > :18:50.across by these power lines. The energy company behind the plans has
:18:51. > :18:56.set out its case in local exhibitions like this, its thought
:18:57. > :18:59.to prefer running cables overground. The company says that residents have
:19:00. > :19:03.until the 18th of May to have their voices heard and they will listen to
:19:04. > :19:06.any concerns before submitting their final planning application later
:19:07. > :19:08.this year. The communities represented at tonight's meeting
:19:09. > :19:11.largely support the need for renewable energy but hope that
:19:12. > :19:19.joining forces will give them a powerful argument against pylons.
:19:20. > :19:22.He's been doing the job for three months already, but today Swansea
:19:23. > :19:26.City confirmed that Garry Monk would be their manager on a permanent
:19:27. > :19:29.basis. The club's former captain has been given a three year contract, a
:19:30. > :19:33.reward for steering them clear of relegation this season. Here's our
:19:34. > :19:40.sports reporter Ashleigh Crowter. His accent is more London but after
:19:41. > :19:42.ten years at the club, is Swansea through and through. And after
:19:43. > :19:47.captaining the club in every division and a brief spell standing
:19:48. > :19:50.in as head coach, the hierarchy has now placed their trust in their
:19:51. > :19:54.former central defender. Keeping Swansea in the top flight was the
:19:55. > :19:58.task set for him after former manager Michael Laudrup was sacked
:19:59. > :20:01.in February. After doing it with two games to spare, he was always the
:20:02. > :20:06.main name in the frame to be the permanent successor. Chairman Hugh
:20:07. > :20:10.Jenkins told the club 's website today that the board had unanimously
:20:11. > :20:14.agreed that the timing was right for him to be offered the job on a
:20:15. > :20:17.permanent basis. He said they had been impressed with his workrate and
:20:18. > :20:21.commitment since taking over and how we had adapted in very difficult
:20:22. > :20:25.circumstances to secure the points they needed to remain in the top
:20:26. > :20:30.flight. In the last decade, Swansea have had a Rihanna of finding the
:20:31. > :20:42.best writing managers. -- a real Mac. --
:20:43. > :20:49.and the decision has also been well received by the club 's supporters.
:20:50. > :20:52.I thought maybe a bigger name but you have to give him a chance. He
:20:53. > :20:59.has kept us in the division. Good luck to him. He is the backbone of
:21:00. > :21:04.the club. He will be good. He has managed to keep Swansea, he is the
:21:05. > :21:08.right man for the job. It is a big ask for him to come straight in with
:21:09. > :21:12.his experience into a Premier league club but he has the backing of the
:21:13. > :21:17.board, the backing of the team. As the youngest manager in the top
:21:18. > :21:19.flight and the father of newborn twins, he certainly has his hands
:21:20. > :21:27.full this summer. He was best known for his comic
:21:28. > :21:32.novel The Virgin Soldiers, author Leslie Thomas, who was brought up in
:21:33. > :21:35.Newport, has died at the age of 83. His wife Diana has paid tribute,
:21:36. > :21:38.saying he had a wonderful life and died with his family around him. Our
:21:39. > :21:48.reporter Natasha Livingstone looks back at his life.
:21:49. > :21:53.I cannot imagine anyone writing a book that was not partially
:21:54. > :21:59.autobiographical. I like writing nonfiction but I cannot separate it.
:22:00. > :22:04.Leslie Thomas rose to become one of Lytton 's most popular novelists of
:22:05. > :22:08.the 1970s. At the time, he was the highest-paid writer in the UK and a
:22:09. > :22:12.television celebrity but before finding fame, he grew up in Newport.
:22:13. > :22:25.He left Wales at the age of 12 but Wales never left him. I feel Welsh.
:22:26. > :22:29.I cross that bridge and I begin talking the accent. I find my accent
:22:30. > :22:39.changes in a moment. He was sent to live in a -- an orphanage in Devon
:22:40. > :22:42.after his parents died. Kids used to coming to listen to the
:22:43. > :22:47.stories. I thought, there is a living in this. He got his first
:22:48. > :22:52.writing job on a newspaper but was soon caught up to serve in the army.
:22:53. > :22:56.At experience provided the inspiration for his first novel.
:22:57. > :23:02.When it was sold in America, I could not believe the money. But it set me
:23:03. > :23:06.up as a novelist. He went on to write a book a year for 40 years,
:23:07. > :23:11.travelling the world for new stories but he always return to his memory
:23:12. > :23:18.of South Wales. All of his novels featured at least one Welsh location
:23:19. > :23:22.or character. He may not have been one of the greatest writers and he
:23:23. > :23:27.would have been the first to admit that himself. He was a jobbing
:23:28. > :23:31.writer and I think as far as his attitude to his work goes, he was a
:23:32. > :23:38.great role model for any writer today. He was forced to give up his
:23:39. > :23:43.writing in 2010 following a serious illness. He died yesterday at his
:23:44. > :23:47.family home in Wiltshire. I look at the books on the shelf now and I
:23:48. > :23:56.think, where did that come from? But God gives you this gift and anchored
:23:57. > :24:01.it happens. -- thank God. Leslie Thomas, who's died at the age of 83.
:24:02. > :24:04.And you can see more on the author's life in a special programme, Great
:24:05. > :24:09.Welsh Writers, at 10pm tonight on BBC Two Wales. Well, quite a few
:24:10. > :24:12.showers about today, so just in case you've caught out, Derek, will we
:24:13. > :24:15.need to keep brollies handy over the next few days?
:24:16. > :24:21.That would be a good idea, Lucy. It may be dry at the moment but there's
:24:22. > :24:24.more rain on the way tomorrow followed by showers and some
:24:25. > :24:28.inclement weather on the way for the weekend. This evening a few showers
:24:29. > :24:32.here and there. Some dry weather as well. A few gaps in the cloud with
:24:33. > :24:35.rain in mid, south and west Wales later in the night. The wind easing
:24:36. > :24:38.with lowest temperatures seven to ten Celsius. Tomorrow the jet
:24:39. > :24:42.stream, strong winds high in the atmosphere will be right over Wales.
:24:43. > :24:45.So here's the picture for eight in the morning. A few places dry but
:24:46. > :24:48.generally cloudy with outbreaks of rain. Heavy in places. The wind
:24:49. > :24:52.light at this stage. A bit breezier on the coast. During the day further
:24:53. > :24:56.rain at times. Heavy in places in the afternoon. Typically five to
:24:57. > :24:59.10mm. More on higher ground in the south and west. However, later in
:25:00. > :25:02.the afternoon the rain should ease with a largely dry evening. Top
:25:03. > :25:05.temperatures around 14 Celsius and becoming breezy again. In Merionedd
:25:06. > :25:09.tomorrow, cloudy with rain at times. Some of it heavy. Dry by evening
:25:10. > :25:12.with a high of 13 in Corwen. Tomorrow night a few showers
:25:13. > :25:15.otherwise a lot of dry weather. Breezy. Windy on the south and west
:25:16. > :25:17.coast. Friday heavy, thundery showers first thing will clear
:25:18. > :25:21.followed by sunny spells and scattered showers. And a blustery
:25:22. > :25:24.wind will make it feel cool. On Saturday the weather looks set to
:25:25. > :25:28.take a turn for the worse with an area of low pressure tracking across
:25:29. > :25:31.Ireland. This will bring a spell of unpleasant weather for the time of
:25:32. > :25:34.year. Heavy rain followed by showers. Gusty winds as well. Sunday
:25:35. > :25:38.cool and windy. Further rain and showers. Heavy in places with a few
:25:39. > :25:42.bright intervals. You may have read that there's a heatwave on the way.
:25:43. > :25:46.No sign of one as far as I can see. It may become warmer and drier later
:25:47. > :25:49.this month but not definite yet. In the meantime, outbreaks of rain
:25:50. > :25:52.tomorrow. Sunny spells and showers on Friday. And the waterproofs will
:25:53. > :25:57.come in handy over the weekend. That's all for now. We'll have an
:25:58. > :25:59.update at 8pm, more news at 10.25pm. From all of us here, good evening.