:00:00. > 3:59:59one of his daughter's friends. That's all from the BBC News at Six,
:00:00. > :00:07.so it's goodbye Welcome to Wales Today. Tonight's
:00:08. > :00:11.headlines. The fight to win back manufacturing
:00:12. > :00:15.from China - the former boss of electronics giant Sony says Wales
:00:16. > :00:19.can do it. Posting abuse online - after a man
:00:20. > :00:22.is jailed for eight weeks, a family who became victims of internet
:00:23. > :00:33.trolls say people should report offensive comments.
:00:34. > :00:37.They attack people who have lost somebody and tragic circumstances.
:00:38. > :00:40.Most of the time they don't even know the person they are attacking.
:00:41. > :00:42.One of Britain's oldest coal-burning power stations is to close with the
:00:43. > :00:59.loss of 83 jobs. A community comes together to
:01:00. > :01:01.treasure the past. A memorial to a mining tragedy finally finds a new
:01:02. > :01:04.home. And in tonight's sport.
:01:05. > :01:08.Former Cardiff City boss Malky Mackay says sorry to the club's
:01:09. > :01:24.owner Vincent Tan after deciding to drop legal action.
:01:25. > :01:31.Good evening. Manufacturing in Wales can be rebuilt despite years of
:01:32. > :01:34.decline. The former boss of Japanese electronics giant Sony, Sir Howard
:01:35. > :01:39.Stringer, has told BBC Wales companies can win back business
:01:40. > :01:43.that's been lost to Asia. It comes as new figures show the economy is
:01:44. > :01:45.close to being as strong as it was before the recession hit, with
:01:46. > :01:54.manufacturing going from strength to strength. Our business correspondent
:01:55. > :01:57.Brian Meechan has more. Manufacturing has always played a
:01:58. > :02:02.significant part in the Welsh economy and that continues to be the
:02:03. > :02:09.case today. Much of it has moved to Asia where wages are much lower,
:02:10. > :02:14.making production costs cheaper. But some manufacturing work is
:02:15. > :02:19.returning. Sony is now making this, a basic credit card sized computer
:02:20. > :02:23.for children. There is a lesson in that for Welsh manufacturers
:02:24. > :02:27.according to Sir Howard Stringer, the Cardiff born businessman who
:02:28. > :02:32.became the first Westerner to run Sony's global operation. The way to
:02:33. > :02:37.bring manufacturing back to Wales is to find a way to make it worthwhile
:02:38. > :02:45.for Japanese companies. One of them is the distance to the customer. It
:02:46. > :02:49.is very long from China. Your market can change within six or ten weeks.
:02:50. > :02:53.If you do your manufacturing in Wales at a reasonable cost, you will
:02:54. > :03:01.have a tremendous advantage on your competition. But the employment
:03:02. > :03:04.figures are startling. In the 2001 census, just over 200,000 people
:03:05. > :03:11.were working in manufacturing in Wales. Ten years later that number
:03:12. > :03:18.had dropped to just under 145,000. Over the last two years, Sony has
:03:19. > :03:24.transformed how it manufactures its cameras. Gone are the old production
:03:25. > :03:27.lines and now one operator creates one kit. That means people like
:03:28. > :03:32.Claire take about 90 minutes to put something like this together. Sony
:03:33. > :03:36.has also moved production of the smaller camera to Wales. It is
:03:37. > :03:43.innovation like this that brings that extra work in. Innovation and
:03:44. > :03:47.quality would be the two drivers of everything we do. We are always
:03:48. > :03:52.trying to innovate and change processes to make them more
:03:53. > :03:58.efficient, higher quality and how do we get it to our customers faster.
:03:59. > :04:04.Manufacturing may never return to Wales on the scale that it left but
:04:05. > :04:08.rising costs in Asia and longs -- shipping times mean there are long
:04:09. > :04:17.opportunities for Welsh firms. Brian joins me now. What can we take
:04:18. > :04:19.from his comments? We have to remember that Sir Howard Stringer
:04:20. > :04:24.ran one of the biggest manufacturing companies in the world. He knows
:04:25. > :04:29.what he's talking about. There are a lot of positives we can take from
:04:30. > :04:33.these comments. The trend over the last decade or so has been for
:04:34. > :04:37.manufacturing to move towards Asia because wages are lower and that
:04:38. > :04:40.lowers production costs. What we have seen is that you can offer
:04:41. > :04:45.something different. And innovative approach. We can never compete on
:04:46. > :04:48.wages but we can save money on transportation costs and offer
:04:49. > :04:54.something different with better quality. But we saw there that there
:04:55. > :04:59.has been a 30% reduction over a 10-year period in manufacturing jobs
:05:00. > :05:04.for Wales. Are we going to see that come back as quickly as it left? I
:05:05. > :05:11.think that is extremely unlikely if not impossible. But it is not all
:05:12. > :05:14.bad news for Welsh manufacturing. And his remarks do seem to chime
:05:15. > :05:19.with the wider economic picture on manufacturing? We are respecting
:05:20. > :05:24.over the next humans the UK economy to bounce back to the level it was
:05:25. > :05:29.before 2008 so when that does come back, it is being driven in no small
:05:30. > :05:33.part by manufacturing, proportionately a bigger part of the
:05:34. > :05:36.Welsh economy, so good manufacturing is really good for Wales.
:05:37. > :05:39.And you can hear the full interview with Sir Howard Stringer on BBC
:05:40. > :05:42.Radio Wales' Wales at Work programme, at 7.00am tomorrow
:05:43. > :05:46.morning. There are calls for more of us to
:05:47. > :05:51.report offensive material on social media to the police. It comes a day
:05:52. > :05:53.after a man from Port Talbot was jailed for posting offensive
:05:54. > :05:58.messages on Twitter following the stabbing of teacher Ann Maguire in
:05:59. > :06:03.Leeds. Online safety experts say we shouldn't leave it to others to take
:06:04. > :06:06.on the so-called internet trolls. Joy Lamb from Llanfihangel Glyn
:06:07. > :06:11.Myfyr near Corwen is more cautious online than she used to be. It's two
:06:12. > :06:13.and a half years since her 16-year-old granddaughter Georgia
:06:14. > :06:18.was killed by a train at this station in Liverpool on a night out
:06:19. > :06:20.with friends. The family's distress was deepened when Georgia's father
:06:21. > :06:23.discovered a Facebook tribute page set up by schoolmates had been
:06:24. > :06:34.targeted by trolls posting offensive pictures and messages about the
:06:35. > :06:38.teenager. They said to me, don't look at it because it will just
:06:39. > :06:44.accept you. I did look at it and it did set me but I felt that was the
:06:45. > :06:49.reaction the trolls wanted. We totally ignored the whole thing in
:06:50. > :06:52.the end and we did not give them the time of day because that is the
:06:53. > :06:55.reaction, they claim to fame. But increasingly, police aren't ignoring
:06:56. > :06:59.them. Yesterday, Robert Riley from Port Talbot was jailed for eight
:07:00. > :07:03.weeks for remarks on Twitter about the stabbing of Ann Maguire at a
:07:04. > :07:06.school in Leeds. Henry Platten from Hawarden in Flintshire runs an
:07:07. > :07:10.organisation which calls itself the social media police. He says the
:07:11. > :07:15.onus should be on the everyday user to report the worst offenders. The
:07:16. > :07:19.key sites such as Twitter and Facebook are doing a lot of work
:07:20. > :07:26.within schools in terms of trying to educate people about how to be
:07:27. > :07:31.responsible. Legislation will tie up the courts and police time so
:07:32. > :07:34.through people and parent engagement and community engagement, it is a
:07:35. > :07:37.more effective way to resolve this long-term. Earlier this year,
:07:38. > :07:40.Childline reported that it had seen an 87% increase in contacts from
:07:41. > :07:50.victims of online bullying, whilst overall reports of bullying only
:07:51. > :07:55.rose by 8%. With most of us now having access to smartphones or
:07:56. > :07:59.tablets, it has never been easier to post things online but the 24-hour
:08:00. > :08:03.nature of online bullying means there is no escape for victims and
:08:04. > :08:07.that can sometimes lead to feelings of low self-esteem and in extreme
:08:08. > :08:11.cases, self harming or suicide. Joy and her family had hoped the
:08:12. > :08:14.internet would be a place where they could share their happiest memories
:08:15. > :08:18.of Georgia, but the trolls have only added to their heartbreak.
:08:19. > :08:22.A man suspected of abuse in the north Wales care system has been
:08:23. > :08:25.found dead. Kenneth Wheatley, who was 62, was being questioned by the
:08:26. > :08:29.National Crime Agency over historical claims. He was found dead
:08:30. > :08:32.on a railway line three days after he was arrested and bailed by
:08:33. > :08:35.Suffolk Police on suspicion of indecent assault against a boy near
:08:36. > :08:41.Ipswich in 1976. It's one of the oldest coal-fired
:08:42. > :08:45.power stations in the UK. Now, Uskmouth Power Station in Newport is
:08:46. > :08:49.to close, putting 83 jobs at risk. Its owners, Scottish and Southern
:08:50. > :08:55.Energy, say they're unable to find a buyer for the site. Jordan Davies
:08:56. > :09:04.has more. It has been producing power for 50
:09:05. > :09:09.years. Converting coal into elegant city for thousands of homes. Now the
:09:10. > :09:15.Uskmouth power station is due to close, putting 83 jobs at risk. Its
:09:16. > :09:23.current owners, Scottish and Southern Power, unable to find a
:09:24. > :09:29.suitable buyer. Some of the younger guys, it is bad. It is one of the
:09:30. > :09:35.oldest and least efficient stations in the UK. It actually stopped
:09:36. > :09:38.producing electricity at the end of March. A new gas-fired power station
:09:39. > :09:46.was opened next door three years ago. Uskmouth is eight coal powered
:09:47. > :09:52.fire station. The amount of electricity it could produce was
:09:53. > :09:55.already limited under European lose -- rules. It would have closed in
:09:56. > :10:00.nine years anyway whether or not a buyer could have been found. This
:10:01. > :10:06.man represents workers at the site. He says a deal was on the table as
:10:07. > :10:13.late as last night. People say it was a UK-based purchaser. When did
:10:14. > :10:17.it break down? We are led to believe the discussions ceased late last
:10:18. > :10:22.night and they were informed of that decision this morning. Scottish and
:10:23. > :10:28.Southern Power are now looking at moving the staff to other sites. The
:10:29. > :10:31.last people to work at a landmark building that some may say did not
:10:32. > :10:36.quite fit the times. Still to come in the programme.
:10:37. > :10:39.The new Swansea boss Garry Monk says he can be a successful Premier
:10:40. > :10:42.League manager at the tender age of 35.
:10:43. > :10:47.And it is certainly not going to be barbecue weather this weekend. More
:10:48. > :10:51.like a taste of autumn. Stay tuned for a full forecast.
:10:52. > :10:54.With the European elections less than a fortnight away, former Plaid
:10:55. > :10:57.Cymru leader Lord Wigley has attacked the three main UK parties
:10:58. > :11:02.for allowing UKIP to steer the agenda. In a speech in Merthyr
:11:03. > :11:06.Tydfil tonight, he will warn that leaving the EU would be disastrous
:11:07. > :11:13.for the economy. Daniel Davies reports.
:11:14. > :11:19.Dafydd Wigley has been doing his bit for the election campaign in
:11:20. > :11:22.Gwynedd. Tonight he'll be less complimentary about the party's
:11:23. > :11:33.rivals when he delivers a speech in Merthyr Tydfil. He has a long
:11:34. > :11:36.association with the town. Dafydd, now Lord Wigley, was once a manager
:11:37. > :11:44.at Merthyr's Hoover factory and a local councillor. He also has a long
:11:45. > :11:47.association with Europe. As an MP in the 1970s, he ignored Plaid's
:11:48. > :11:51.official policy and campaigned in favour of staying in the European
:11:52. > :11:56.Economic Community. That was in the referendum of 1975. Wales, like
:11:57. > :12:01.Dafydd Wigley, voted Yes. Soon after, the rest of Plaid Cymru came
:12:02. > :12:06.round to his way of thinking. Now there's the prospect of a referendum
:12:07. > :12:09.on staying in the EU. And a pro-European Plaid Cymru is doing
:12:10. > :12:18.its best to convince us that the EU is good for Wales. UKIP is a totally
:12:19. > :12:22.negative vote. I can understand people protesting about the parties
:12:23. > :12:27.in Westminster but if we throw away the unity we have built in Europe
:12:28. > :12:31.over the last two generations, which has prevented wars, it enables us to
:12:32. > :12:38.cooperate on issues such as the green agenda, the dangers of global
:12:39. > :12:43.warming, we do that at our peril. I would besiege the voters of Wales to
:12:44. > :12:47.look to their hearts and think very seriously indeed before wasting
:12:48. > :12:50.their vote on UKIP. With its only seat in the European Parliament
:12:51. > :12:55.under threat, Plaid is concentrating on getting its core vote out on May
:12:56. > :12:58.22nd. When she won the leadership of Plaid Cymru two years ago, Leanne
:12:59. > :13:02.Wood's supporters said she would help the party take on Labour in the
:13:03. > :13:08.Valleys. It's places like this that will decide whether that becomes a
:13:09. > :13:11.reality. And on Monday, Dan will be
:13:12. > :13:15.continuing our coverage of the elections by visiting the European
:13:16. > :13:19.Parliament in Strasbourg. MEPs travel there 12 times a year to
:13:20. > :13:24.discuss laws that affect all the 28 member states. Dan will be finding
:13:25. > :13:28.out what our MEPs do all day, how it all works and asking how relevant it
:13:29. > :13:32.is to Wales. That's on Monday's Wales Today.
:13:33. > :13:35.The owners of the former North Wales Hospital in Denbigh have objected to
:13:36. > :13:40.the council's attempt to redevelop the site. Denbigh Council hopes to
:13:41. > :13:43.take over the derelict property by compulsory purchase and plans to
:13:44. > :13:51.preserve the original Grade II listed building. It would be funded
:13:52. > :13:53.by selling other parts of the site. But the owners, Freemont Limited,
:13:54. > :13:57.are disputing the compulsory purchase order.
:13:58. > :14:02.A Rhondda community which fought hard to stop its church closing has
:14:03. > :14:05.today held a special service. The memorial to a mining disaster in
:14:06. > :14:10.1885 was originally housed at All Saints Church in Maerdy. Today, that
:14:11. > :14:15.monument and the church bell were given a new home in the village.
:14:16. > :14:19.Jenny Rees reports. A simple image that conjures so many
:14:20. > :14:23.memories for this community. The memorial is to the 81 men and
:14:24. > :14:28.children who died in a mining disaster here in 1885. It first
:14:29. > :14:31.stood in the grounds of All Saints Church but when that closed three
:14:32. > :14:39.years ago, the people of Maerdy wanted to find it a new home. There
:14:40. > :14:47.is one their 13 years of age. It gives where they lived. Most of them
:14:48. > :14:52.were from one street. The whole town was gutted, it must have been. It is
:14:53. > :14:57.not like it is today because it was only a few streets. The village has
:14:58. > :15:08.been built up with more houses. We have brought this in here for
:15:09. > :15:13.people. I don't know, some of them don't realise what it is all about.
:15:14. > :15:16.It is important to make sure they know.
:15:17. > :15:22.Which is where Maerdy Community Primary has stepped in. It's now the
:15:23. > :15:24.new home to the church bell and today's special assembly allowed the
:15:25. > :15:28.children to share all they've learned about the closure of the
:15:29. > :15:35.church, the rich history of mining in the village and, of course, the
:15:36. > :15:38.disaster of 1885. They put all the miners who died in the church and
:15:39. > :15:46.their families went there to see them. People fought to keep it open
:15:47. > :15:50.because some people did not have enough many to keep it open.
:15:51. > :15:54.Services stopped at All Saints three years ago, but the community fought
:15:55. > :15:59.on for a year to try and save it, staging protests and even a sleep-in
:16:00. > :16:07.in a bid to keep it open. But it wasn't to be. It is so sad to think
:16:08. > :16:13.the children of that school can't go into that church. Many people don't
:16:14. > :16:18.enter a church in their lives and I feel very sad about that. If I had
:16:19. > :16:25.the money, the church would be open tomorrow. We really need the church.
:16:26. > :16:29.The bell stands in pride of place and everybody says how beautiful it
:16:30. > :16:34.looks. It does look really stunning so I am very pleased with that.
:16:35. > :16:39.Today's rededication once again brought Maerdy together, remembering
:16:40. > :16:46.the past - buildings, loved ones, an industry that can never be replaced.
:16:47. > :16:51.So after nine dramatic months for our two Premier League teams, it all
:16:52. > :16:58.comes to an end this Sunday. Claire, it's been quite a ride.
:16:59. > :17:01.Back in August, few of us would have thought that Cardiff and Swansea
:17:02. > :17:04.would have sacked their managers. Today, former Bluebirds boss Malky
:17:05. > :17:07.Mackay has apologised without reservation to the club's owner
:17:08. > :17:13.Vincent Tan after deciding to drop legal action against his former
:17:14. > :17:15.employers. It comes as his successor, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said
:17:16. > :17:21.he accepted responsibility for their relegation from the Premier League.
:17:22. > :17:32.Both Cardiff and Swansea play their last games of the season on Sunday.
:17:33. > :17:35.There will be one team playing in blue at the Cardiff City Stadium on
:17:36. > :17:39.Sunday and it will not be Cardiff City. The match against Chelsea is
:17:40. > :17:43.their last in the top, for now at least. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is
:17:44. > :17:48.taking responsibility for what has happened. He admits he did not have
:17:49. > :17:51.the impact he had hoped for when you have the impact he had hoped for
:17:52. > :17:53.when you base Malky Mackay in January. But he
:17:54. > :17:56.when you base Malky Mackay in bringing the club straight back up
:17:57. > :18:00.next season. Whether he will have his best players is in doubt. Some
:18:01. > :18:07.players have release clauses in their contracts which are triggered
:18:08. > :18:13.by relegation. They will be change. I will do my very best to keep hold
:18:14. > :18:18.of the most important players. That is vital that we keep hold of the
:18:19. > :18:26.ones that I believe will take us back up again. That job has already
:18:27. > :18:34.started. The sacking of Malky Mackay in December was a big moment in the
:18:35. > :18:38.season. He was seeking compensation from the club but today he announced
:18:39. > :18:42.he was dropping legal action after reaching a settlement. In a
:18:43. > :18:45.statement he said it was in the best interest of all parties to have a
:18:46. > :18:49.clean break and move on, adding that if he caused offence to anyone
:18:50. > :18:53.during his time at the club, especially Vincent Tan, he
:18:54. > :18:59.apologised without reservation. It was followed soon after by a similar
:19:00. > :19:02.statement from former head of recruitment Ian Moody who apologised
:19:03. > :19:07.for any mistakes made during his time at the club. He said he had
:19:08. > :19:11.also reached a settlement. The club said it was a positive outcome. But
:19:12. > :19:17.many fans are still angry towards the owner. Some will use the final
:19:18. > :19:22.match to call again for the club's historic blue kit and badge to be
:19:23. > :19:26.reinstated. Last night, the gates at one end of the ground were daubed
:19:27. > :19:31.with graffiti. But it was soon painted out. The resentment of fans
:19:32. > :19:37.may be more difficult to gloss over. This morning, the local paper
:19:38. > :19:40.through its support behind the campaign, admitting that its
:19:41. > :19:43.previous neutral stance on the rebranding had been wrong. It has
:19:44. > :19:48.not been plain sailing for Swansea either with a mid-season change of
:19:49. > :19:53.manager. This week Garry Monk was given the job on a permanent basis.
:19:54. > :19:56.He is now the youngest manager in the top-flight and he is confident
:19:57. > :20:05.he has got the connections and to succeed. Hopefully, I know more
:20:06. > :20:09.people outside Swansea than people think. We have identified the
:20:10. > :20:15.targets that we need, the areas that we need to strengthen, and we will
:20:16. > :20:17.get the right accordingly. The Swans end their season against Sunderland.
:20:18. > :20:21.Our football correspondent Rob Phillips is here. A day of heartfelt
:20:22. > :20:29.apologies. What can we read between the lines? They used to say sorry is
:20:30. > :20:33.the hardest word but I think it is the contrition with the two
:20:34. > :20:39.statements that is most striking about this. Malky Mackay apologising
:20:40. > :20:44.to Vincent Tan without reservation. And then saying that without Vincent
:20:45. > :20:48.Tan's investment, their Premiership campaign would not have been
:20:49. > :20:54.possible. It was followed by the Ian Moody statement. He went in October,
:20:55. > :20:58.the head of recruitment, a key ally of Malky Mackay at the club, and he
:20:59. > :21:04.says wherever mistakes were made during his time at the clip, he
:21:05. > :21:08.wanted to apologise for any part and apologising for any offence he might
:21:09. > :21:12.have caused to Vincent Tan. The fans will be struck by the fact that
:21:13. > :21:18.during this season, the rift at the top of the club for all to see. It
:21:19. > :21:22.was publicly exposed. For Malky Mackay and Ian Moody to be stating
:21:23. > :21:26.these apologies in search contrition, I think that is
:21:27. > :21:32.astonishing. It has been an extraordinary day. It has been a
:21:33. > :21:41.long-running saga. Does that finally draw a line under it? Both sides are
:21:42. > :21:45.very keen to say that is it. What it means for Malky Mackay is that,
:21:46. > :21:50.given his track record, a very good manager with success, he has already
:21:51. > :21:54.been linked with a number of clubs. His former club Norwich city who may
:21:55. > :22:00.be looking for a manager this summer. West Ham United with doubts
:22:01. > :22:07.over Sam Allardyce. Malky Mackay is now able to go and get another job.
:22:08. > :22:13.Looking back on the season, it has been a season never to forget,
:22:14. > :22:16.hasn't it? It has cost -- taken Cardiff City more than half a
:22:17. > :22:21.century to get to the top flight and they are back down within a season.
:22:22. > :22:26.Only one manager has survived the whole season from the four biggest
:22:27. > :22:30.clubs in Wales. Congratulations Justin Edinburgh in Newport County.
:22:31. > :22:34.Wales' Women remain second in their World Cup qualifying group after
:22:35. > :22:37.beating Montenegro 4-0 last night. Captain Jess Fishlock grabbed a
:22:38. > :22:40.hat-trick in the victory in Bangor, as Wales tightened their grip on
:22:41. > :22:45.second spot, just behind leaders England. Wales' next qualifier is
:22:46. > :22:48.next month against Turkey in Haverfordwest. The captain says they
:22:49. > :22:54.are firmly focused on getting to the finals in Canada.
:22:55. > :22:58.I think it is a good team display. I know that I will probably get the
:22:59. > :23:01.headlines because I got three goals but there were some great
:23:02. > :23:06.performances by a lot of people today. They came to make it
:23:07. > :23:10.difficult for us, they played 11 people behind the ball, and they are
:23:11. > :23:14.the hardest games. But we did our job and we keep on moving forward.
:23:15. > :23:17.Rugby, and Warren Gatland is already without Sam Warburton and Leigh
:23:18. > :23:20.Halfpenny for Wales' summer tour. Today, news that Justin Tipuric
:23:21. > :23:24.won't make the plane to South Africa. The Ospreys flanker will
:23:25. > :23:26.undergo surgery on his shoulder next week and could be out for four
:23:27. > :23:29.months. Golf, and at the Players
:23:30. > :23:36.Championship in Florida, Wales' best golfer Jamie Donaldson finished his
:23:37. > :23:38.second round. He shot a 67 to leave him three under par for the
:23:39. > :23:42.tournament. Germany's Martin Kaymer still leads.
:23:43. > :23:44.Now, I'd love to say Derek's here with news of a lovely weekend ahead,
:23:45. > :23:46.but he's not, are you,