:00:00. > :00:00.missing. That's all from the BBC News at Six - so it's
:00:00. > :00:07.It's described as the biggest international event
:00:08. > :00:12.World leaders will gather in Newport in September for the NATO summit.
:00:13. > :00:27.But is Wales geared to make the most of the economic benefits?
:00:28. > :00:31.Inspectors are warned of neglect and poor conditions
:00:32. > :00:37.The owners are told it's still not up to scratch.
:00:38. > :00:40.Taking children out of the classroom to go on holiday.
:00:41. > :00:44.More head teachers are being asked to refuse parents requests.
:00:45. > :00:48.Call centres in Wales are booming - now the first conference
:00:49. > :01:05.And a new observatory at the sight of one of only two breeding pairs of
:01:06. > :01:18.ospreys in Wales. It's being described
:01:19. > :01:23.as the biggest international event The NATO summit - a gathering of
:01:24. > :01:29.world leaders - will get underway in Earlier this week,
:01:30. > :01:35.there was criticism that Wales was Today it emerged that plans are
:01:36. > :01:40.underway to hold a major business Here's our political editor,
:01:41. > :01:55.Nick Servini. Peace broke out among the first
:01:56. > :02:00.Minister and Welsh Secretary, appropriately enough on a
:02:01. > :02:03.battleship. The Welsh and UK governments insist they have put
:02:04. > :02:09.acrimonious side for the good of the NATO summit. They use the visit to
:02:10. > :02:14.Cardiff to set up some of the plans but details are still sketchy
:02:15. > :02:19.because of security. The big focus will be a business summit organised
:02:20. > :02:24.by both governments to be held somewhere in Wales a matter of weeks
:02:25. > :02:28.after the political summit. This is by far the biggest international
:02:29. > :02:33.event ever held in Wales so the focus and world attention will be on
:02:34. > :02:37.Wales. As I say, we want to capitalise on the economic league.
:02:38. > :02:41.We are looking at having a business summit to follow it and that is a
:02:42. > :02:47.huge opportunity for Wales to benefit. This ship is here for the
:02:48. > :02:51.freedom of the city but it is the kind of thing that could happen in
:02:52. > :02:56.September when Wales sees its biggest ever security operation. The
:02:57. > :02:59.profile of this event will be huge. A gathering of world leaders
:03:00. > :03:04.including Barack Obama and the stakes will be high. Top of the
:03:05. > :03:09.agenda, the current stand-off between Russia and the West over
:03:10. > :03:17.Ukraine. Senior managers at the Celtic Manor resort have told MPs
:03:18. > :03:24.they felt more should be doing -- done now in preparation. We have got
:03:25. > :03:29.nothing nailed down in terms of outreach programmes, how we are
:03:30. > :03:34.going to benefit. The first minister says work is being done behind the
:03:35. > :03:38.scenes which can't be made public yet. But he believes there will be
:03:39. > :03:42.lasting benefits from the event. There are so many people coming,
:03:43. > :03:47.they will stay here and they will take back their memories of Wales.
:03:48. > :03:52.We need to target investors as well. It also means there will be a lot of
:03:53. > :03:55.traffic coming into the airport and we will look to see what needs to be
:03:56. > :04:01.done to make sure the airport is in a position to move people out
:04:02. > :04:08.quickly. A big unknown is whether there will be community-based events
:04:09. > :04:11.like this when the US president went to a private school in Northern
:04:12. > :04:17.Ireland during the G8 summit last year. The Navy are out in force in
:04:18. > :04:21.Cardiff Bay at the moment. It is unclear what military presence there
:04:22. > :04:26.will be in September but there will be a security operation like no
:04:27. > :04:29.other. What have we learned this week about
:04:30. > :04:36.the impact that this event is going to have? I thought we had a really
:04:37. > :04:39.honest assessment from the senior managers at the Celtic Manor when
:04:40. > :04:44.they addressed MPs earlier in the week and they admitted they felt the
:04:45. > :04:48.local area had not benefit from the Ryder Cup as much as it could. That
:04:49. > :04:53.sense of frustration fed through into some of the comments they made
:04:54. > :04:57.about what is going on now. Today, what we had was the main political
:04:58. > :05:01.leaders in Wales trying to take control of the situation. The
:05:02. > :05:06.message from Carwyn Jones is, I would love to tell you about all the
:05:07. > :05:10.stuff that is going on but I can't because of security concerns. To
:05:11. > :05:13.some extent, there is going to be a lot of stuff we won't know until the
:05:14. > :05:19.last minute because of those security issues. From David Jones, a
:05:20. > :05:25.focus on the longer-term economic benefits. They do have a sales job.
:05:26. > :05:31.Most people accept this is a great event to have. But that first week
:05:32. > :05:38.in September, there will be an awful lot of destruction. -- disruption.
:05:39. > :05:41.The owners of a care home where inspectors say they found evidence
:05:42. > :05:45.of neglect and poor conditions are being warned that it still doesn't
:05:46. > :05:48.The Amber House home in Abergele has now been labelled
:05:49. > :05:51.a "Service of Concern", which means it faces enforcement
:05:52. > :06:05.According to the care Inspectorate, it was prompted by concerns by
:06:06. > :06:10.members of the public. Inspectors arrived in December and they found
:06:11. > :06:13.elderly residents looking unclean and unkempt. They said places were
:06:14. > :06:19.dirty and it smells strongly of your rim. There was also concern that
:06:20. > :06:23.care plans lacked sufficient detail. Their report demanded
:06:24. > :06:27.changes but we have been told that following a reinspection in March,
:06:28. > :06:30.there is still concerned that insufficient progress has been made
:06:31. > :06:36.and that is why it has been given this label of a service of concern.
:06:37. > :06:42.Have we heard anything from the owners? Very little. I was told
:06:43. > :06:46.earlier today that the manager was too busy to speak to me. We have
:06:47. > :06:50.received a statement and they say they are taking steps to address the
:06:51. > :06:55.concerns and they had hoped that the most recent inspection would bring
:06:56. > :07:00.in more favourable responses. We have heard from Conwy Council. They
:07:01. > :07:03.say they have been working with the care Inspectorate and they have put
:07:04. > :07:09.their own staff into the home to help. Tonight, we have heard from
:07:10. > :07:11.North Wales Police who say they are aware of the report and are studying
:07:12. > :07:13.its content. Should you be allowed to take
:07:14. > :07:16.your children on holiday A survey of local authorities has
:07:17. > :07:23.found that half now ask head The research
:07:24. > :07:28.by BBC Wales found several councils have tightened their policies since
:07:29. > :07:31.the Welsh Government brought in its banding programme for secondary
:07:32. > :07:49.schools, under which absences Planning the holidays of the future.
:07:50. > :07:58.Alan and his daughters already have plenty of happy holiday memories. We
:07:59. > :08:07.go to see paintings in museums. Landmarks. And history you learn
:08:08. > :08:11.about with dad. Looking back at the memories are
:08:12. > :08:16.little jewels in your life. When we are old and grey, I am old and grey,
:08:17. > :08:22.I will be looking back at these family holidays as so special and I
:08:23. > :08:26.hope they will as well. We have taken children out. We don't want to
:08:27. > :08:30.do it ideally but it is a financial issue. If you are going in the
:08:31. > :08:37.school holidays, it would be double the amount. And it is easy to see
:08:38. > :08:42.why lots of parents find themselves in a difficult position. There are
:08:43. > :08:52.huge variations in prices depending on the time of year. A week in a
:08:53. > :09:03.self catering apartment in Prestatyn for a family of four currently costs
:09:04. > :09:11.?945 in mid-August. By mid, once the schools have gone back, that price
:09:12. > :09:13.goes down to ?236. Although the Welsh government allows councils to
:09:14. > :09:19.authorise ten days off per pupil per year. --, those absences count
:09:20. > :09:25.against the school when it comes to banding. In England, time off is
:09:26. > :09:29.only granted in exceptional circumstances and there has been a
:09:30. > :09:34.big increase in parents being fined. With the frustration is in the Welsh
:09:35. > :09:37.system is there is the idea that there is the flexibility and
:09:38. > :09:43.teachers do have the discretion to grant absences, but in reality they
:09:44. > :09:47.don't have that discretion. I believe that all absence is bad for
:09:48. > :09:51.the children and that therefore those authorities that are saying
:09:52. > :09:56.they won't tolerate any absence, they are going down the right track.
:09:57. > :09:59.It is a difficult decision and a difficult message to get across to
:10:00. > :10:04.parents but I think it is the right one. Alan says that with the girls
:10:05. > :10:08.approaching secondary school age, he and his wife probably won't take
:10:09. > :10:10.them away during school time again. It seems lots of families will be
:10:11. > :10:12.weighing up a similar decision. Budget airline Ryanair has announced
:10:13. > :10:15.a new weekly flight from It's the Irish carrier's first route
:10:16. > :10:20.at the airport for eight years. The flight will start at the end
:10:21. > :10:23.of October. Last month the airport announced
:10:24. > :10:26.a 9% increase in the number of passengers since it was bought
:10:27. > :10:29.by the Welsh Government. A medical expert says the driver
:10:30. > :10:31.of a car which crashed into children outside a school may
:10:32. > :10:35.have fainted during a coughing fit. Five children and three other adults
:10:36. > :10:38.were injured when the car driven by Robert Bell overturned outside
:10:39. > :10:41.Rhws Primary School last June. But another expert
:10:42. > :10:43.at his trial said passing out wouldn't have caused the accident
:10:44. > :10:47.as his body would have become limp. Mr Bell denies careless driving
:10:48. > :10:52.and the hearing continues. Olympic hurdler Colin Jackson says
:10:53. > :10:55.he will happily take a hit after being named as one of several
:10:56. > :10:58.wealthy celebrities who've been part A judge ordered the Cardiff born
:10:59. > :11:04.Olympian, along with 22 other members, to repay millions and ruled
:11:05. > :11:18.the musician-support partnership They are saying those schemes won't
:11:19. > :11:23.exist any more because that is absolutely fine. That won't stop me
:11:24. > :11:29.from investing into young people who need help. If it means I have to
:11:30. > :11:32.take a hit, I will take a hit. I will still invest in people to help
:11:33. > :11:35.them get to the top of their game. A meat wholesaler in Cwmbran has
:11:36. > :11:38.been fined ?15,000 and ordered to pay another ?12,000 in costs after
:11:39. > :11:41.meat which had passed its use-by Doug Willis Limited had been
:11:42. > :11:46.in court on the same charges three years ago, but was told it had no
:11:47. > :11:49.case to answer. But, after three years of legal
:11:50. > :11:52.battles with Torfaen Council, the Supreme Court ordered a retrial and
:11:53. > :11:55.today the company pleaded guilty. The council said the case should
:11:56. > :12:13.improve food safety for consumers. This is Doug Willis Limited in
:12:14. > :12:17.Cwmbran. The managing director processes and stores meet here for
:12:18. > :12:22.caterers and butchers. Frozen products ready for customers. Four
:12:23. > :12:27.years ago, Trading Standards found 12 pieces of meat which were passed
:12:28. > :12:31.their use by dates in this freezer. Fresh meat can be frozen and kept
:12:32. > :12:35.for some time but back then the company did not keep good enough
:12:36. > :12:38.records. They could not prove exactly when some of the meat had
:12:39. > :12:44.been frozen. Some samples were three years old. We don't know whether the
:12:45. > :12:49.product was still in date. Had it gone past its use by date and frozen
:12:50. > :12:54.after that date or before? That is quite crucial. But a court ruled the
:12:55. > :12:58.company had no case to answer because the products were frozen and
:12:59. > :13:04.they were deemed not to be a health hazard. Torfaen Council challenge
:13:05. > :13:10.that decision all the way to the Supreme Court. It ruled in their
:13:11. > :13:13.favour last summer. The test case against Doug Willis Limited in
:13:14. > :13:17.Cwmbran means that from now on, from care homes to cafeterias, whenever
:13:18. > :13:24.frozen meat is being stored past its use by date but -- like this, the
:13:25. > :13:30.law is being broken. In court today, Doug Willis Limited pleaded guilty
:13:31. > :13:34.to breaching food labelling laws. The judge said they had not done
:13:35. > :13:41.deliberately but had still broken the law and should pay ?15,000 in
:13:42. > :13:44.fines and ?12,000 in costs. Torfaen Council say pushing the case this
:13:45. > :13:49.far means that consumers can feel more confident in future about
:13:50. > :13:53.buying frozen meat because the law has been tariff item. Doug Willis
:13:54. > :13:59.Limited say they have tightened their labelling system in the past
:14:00. > :14:05.four years. Meat products can stay in the freezer for a long time. If
:14:06. > :14:09.they were to go out, they would be checked first, microbiologically, to
:14:10. > :14:12.check they were safe to send out. Why hold onto a piece of meat for
:14:13. > :14:19.three years, that is the fundamental question? We may have issues with
:14:20. > :14:24.certain products should have gone up previously. The action has cost
:14:25. > :14:27.Torfaen Council tens of thousands of pounds but it says it was the right
:14:28. > :14:29.decision and consumers can now have more confidence in the frozen meat
:14:30. > :14:30.they are served. The highest temperature
:14:31. > :14:34.of the year so far Find out where and how warm it's
:14:35. > :14:44.been later in the programme. It's the first time one's been held
:14:45. > :14:47.in Europe - a conference in Newport aimed
:14:48. > :14:51.specifically at call centre workers to look at the skills and technology
:14:52. > :14:54.they'll need for the future. It's a booming industry in Wales,
:14:55. > :14:57.but critics argue it's replacing well paid manufacturing jobs with
:14:58. > :15:02.less secure lower paid work. Here's our business correspondent,
:15:03. > :15:16.Brian Meechan. This is the back of the furnaces and
:15:17. > :15:21.after about eight hours the steel is ready to be released. The
:15:22. > :15:26.traditional image of Welsh workers. We still have a steel industry but
:15:27. > :15:32.50,000 manufacturing jobs have gone. Get out of my office! But business
:15:33. > :15:38.is booming in another Welsh industry, the call centre. If it was
:15:39. > :15:44.like that, I would not be working here. It is totally the opposite.
:15:45. > :15:48.Jean Williams runs -- works in one run by the Ministry of Justice. The
:15:49. > :15:52.industry also refers the term contact centre. The rates of pay is
:15:53. > :15:58.what you would expect from a contact centre of the it is not massively
:15:59. > :16:04.high but it is certainly not low. I think contact centre is one of the
:16:05. > :16:09.sickness jobs in Britain. -- say first. 15 years ago, 12,000 people
:16:10. > :16:16.worked in call centres. They employ 30,000 people now. An increase of
:16:17. > :16:21.150%. But there are concerns about Manufacturing jobs being replaced by
:16:22. > :16:25.these service sector roles. A lot of young people employed in call
:16:26. > :16:30.centres do not have very much security. They are either employed
:16:31. > :16:35.by agencies and then subcontracted to call centres or they are employed
:16:36. > :16:39.on specific event contracts or zero our contracts. It is a
:16:40. > :16:47.nontraditional conference for a nontraditional industry. What it
:16:48. > :16:52.recognises and what it shows is the industry really looks after its
:16:53. > :16:59.people and they recognise them as being the interface between them and
:17:00. > :17:02.their customers. It is testament to the 36 companies that are here today
:17:03. > :17:08.that they are invested both money and freeing people at Fort time to
:17:09. > :17:12.come to an event like this. Behind the fun lies a serious message. The
:17:13. > :17:14.industry is a key player in growing the Welsh economy.
:17:15. > :17:16.It's one of the world's biggest elected assemblies,
:17:17. > :17:20.Not all the candidates for the European parliament are
:17:21. > :17:23.Davies takes a look at the small parties asking for your vote.
:17:24. > :17:27.With a week to go until polling day, Daniel Davies takes a look at the
:17:28. > :17:38.In this election, UKIP is one of the big players. But UKIP is not the
:17:39. > :17:47.only party opposed to the EU. There are a few sceptics at the other end
:17:48. > :17:52.of the political spectrum,. We are completely opposed to the European
:17:53. > :17:58.Union. The policies that are built into its treaties and institutions
:17:59. > :18:02.that are policies of austerity and privatisation. Others on the left
:18:03. > :18:11.have similar views. The European Union is undermined. Two parties
:18:12. > :18:17.standing in Wales share the title of socialist. One of them has set its
:18:18. > :18:20.sights further afield than Brussels. The Socialist party stands for a
:18:21. > :18:29.stateless, classless, leaderless world. Free access to the means of
:18:30. > :18:32.living and production of use. The biggest controversy in this election
:18:33. > :18:38.has been caused by one of the smallest parties. Britain First is
:18:39. > :18:44.using the slogan, Remember Lee Rigby. They apologised to the family
:18:45. > :18:49.of the soldier after it emerged his name would be used on the ballot
:18:50. > :18:55.paper. Our message is that our country is being taken from it. We
:18:56. > :19:00.have got a political elite that is correct, it is ruining our country.
:19:01. > :19:05.Held across 28 countries, this is one of the world's biggest
:19:06. > :19:09.elections, but it is not being contested by well-established names.
:19:10. > :19:12.Smaller parties also want to sit in the vast chamber.
:19:13. > :19:15.A new 360 degree wildlife watching observatory has been officially
:19:16. > :19:17.opened today at the Cors Dyfi reserve in Powys.
:19:18. > :19:20.The building will allow visitors to get closer than ever to
:19:21. > :19:24.the nesting Ospreys on the reserve, as well as offering panoramic views
:19:25. > :19:38.Nestled deep in the reed beds of this reserve, this wooden structure
:19:39. > :19:45.offers visitors jaw-dropping views of the surrounding area. It has been
:19:46. > :19:48.four years in the making, with construction difficult and workers
:19:49. > :19:53.having to carry much of the timber and other materials across the bulky
:19:54. > :19:58.reserve. It is now open for visitors and they say it has been worth the
:19:59. > :20:03.wait. I am very impressed with the observatory. A few years ago I came
:20:04. > :20:07.to look at the old Hyde and the difference is amazing. It is
:20:08. > :20:12.magnificent and in such a beautiful area. With its ten metre high
:20:13. > :20:20.viewing platform, this observatory offers spectacular 360 degrees views
:20:21. > :20:22.all around. More importantly, it also offers unprecedented access to
:20:23. > :20:31.the most famous residents, the ospreys. Monty and his mate are
:20:32. > :20:35.nesting again. This is the fifth year he has returned to the
:20:36. > :20:40.reserve. Once more, he is watching over some eggs. The platform allows
:20:41. > :20:49.visitors to get within 250 metres of the nest. The ospreys are without a
:20:50. > :20:52.doubt the biggest draw to the reserve but those in charge are keen
:20:53. > :20:59.to emphasise it is about more than just birds of prey. We have got over
:21:00. > :21:06.100 species of whether birds. And if you are lucky, you can see them.
:21:07. > :21:14.There are 500 different species of moths, small mammals, otters, bank
:21:15. > :21:19.voles, newts. Tens of thousands of people visited the reserve last
:21:20. > :21:25.year. It is hoped this ?1.4 million observatory will help attract even
:21:26. > :21:28.more in the future. And you have probably noticed it has
:21:29. > :21:31.been rather warm today. The temperatures are going up.
:21:32. > :21:34.Yes, a stunning evening here at the Celtic Manor.
:21:35. > :21:41.Let me show you the view of the Usk Valley.
:21:42. > :21:55.21.3 Celsius in Usk in Monmouthshire this afternoon.
:21:56. > :22:01.The highest temperature recorded in Wales so far this year.
:22:02. > :22:05.The previous highest was 20.7 Celsius in Porthmadog back
:22:06. > :22:12.The good news is, there's more plenty fine
:22:13. > :22:19.A taste of summer over the next two or three days.
:22:20. > :22:24.Saturday looking the best day of the weekend.
:22:25. > :22:31.Today it hasn't been sunny everywhere.
:22:32. > :22:35.The satellite picture does show some cloud.
:22:36. > :22:39.Thick enough for a few spots of rain in parts of mid Wales
:22:40. > :22:45.and the north, including the Conwy Valley Tonight will be dry.
:22:46. > :22:49.Most of the cloud melting away with a full moon.
:22:50. > :22:53.One or two mist and fog patches forming.
:22:54. > :22:57.Last night it was cold enough for a ground frost in parts of Powys
:22:58. > :23:06.Lowest temperatures eight to 11 Celsius.
:23:07. > :23:10.Tomorrow's chart shows high pressure over the UK
:23:11. > :23:20.So tomorrow, any mist first thing will soon lift with sunny spells.
:23:21. > :23:27.The small chance of a light shower but otherwise dry.
:23:28. > :23:37.Top temperature in the north-east, 22 Celsius likely, making it
:23:38. > :23:44.Cooler on some coasts with sea breezes.
:23:45. > :23:50.Not definite but there is a risk of patches of sea fog in
:23:51. > :23:56.As for the weekend, Saturday looks the best day - sunniest and warmest.
:23:57. > :24:01.A little cooler on some coasts with sea breezes.
:24:02. > :24:09.The best of the hazy sunshine likely in the southeast in the morning
:24:10. > :24:12.but during the day cloud will increase from the west.
:24:13. > :24:15.The odd shower possible during the afternoon.
:24:16. > :24:18.A cold front may bring some rain to Anglesey, northwest Gwynedd and
:24:19. > :24:23.The Royal Welsh Spring Festival is on this weekend.
:24:24. > :24:27.The weather good, especially on Saturday, so if you're going along,
:24:28. > :24:33.So some lovely weather over the next two or three days
:24:34. > :24:38.Low pressure bringing showers and some rain at times.
:24:39. > :24:41.The rain may be heavy and thundery but with some drier,
:24:42. > :24:58.From sunny Newport, it's back to the studio.
:24:59. > :25:02.There will be another bulletin at 8pm and then after the BBC News