26/05/2014 BBC Wales Today

European elections. There is a first look at the papers on

The UKIP leader Nigel Farage says his party's single most remarkable

achievement last night was coming close to beating Labour in Wales.

Labour topped the European election poll by just 4,000 votes.

It means both parties retain a Welsh seat in the European parliament -

as do the Conservatives and Plaid Cymru.

Here's our political editor Nick Servini.

Intense faces at the main count in Fishguard show how tight it was. Did

UKIP candidate hoped he would top the poll. In the end, he was still

jubilant after sending shock waves by coming second. Labour's Derek

Vaughan insisted it was the party's best ever Euro campaign. The Tories

and Plaid Cymru were both at risk of losing a seat. In the end, it really

for them because the four parties representing Wales in Europe stay

the same. But look beyond that, there were big changes. Labour

topped the poll but it was short of votes for the second seat the party

wanted. Look how close UKIP was to beating Labour. About half a

percentage point off the top spot. The Conservatives have slid back

from five years ago when they came first. Plaid Cymru faced speculation

that they looked vulnerable. UKIP picked up support in all parts of

Wales. This whole border with England now UKIP. Labour retained

their stronghold in the South. UKIP topped the polls across Britain but

for the party's leader there was still a highlight. The single most

remarkable result last night was in Wales, where UKIP was a few thousand

votes away from beating the Labour Party in Wales. Labour and the

Conservatives admit a clear message has been sent to the main parties.

They are confident their supporters will return to them in the general

election. I really do not believe that the people of Wales want the

sort of policies that UKIP are offering. They do not want to get

rid of the NHS which is what UKIP are suggesting. It would be churlish

to say it was not a good night for UKIP. Let's not forget that less

than a third of the electorate voted in this campaign. The Lib Dems came

in sixth behind the Greens. Plaid Cymru were comfortably ahead of both

of them with a strong showing in some of their core areas. We worked

very hard. Our members knocked on thousands of doors and we took on

UKIP as well. I think those two things has enabled us to retain our

seat. How much has the political landscape changed in Wales as a

result of what happened here last night? Things will be very different

in the general election next year. One thing we do know now and that is

UKIP is more than capable of taking votes away from not just the Tories

but across the political spectrum. And particularly from Labour.

The Queen?s Baton Relay continued its week long journey through Wales

today, with a visit to the Urdd Eisteddfod in Bala.

Former Olympic athlete Iwan Thomas was greeted by cheering crowds and,

finally some sunshine, as he carried the baton at

Matthew Richards has spent the day following it.

Ewan Thomas swapped the running version of the relay as he joined 19

young people from across the country to help the Queen's baton along for

its first visit across Wales. They are all into their sport, not just

the children carrying it but the people seeing it get to touch it. A

lot of kids today get a bad rap. They are not all bad. What they need

is a bit of fire in their belly. These teenagers have grown up with

the Urdd Eisteddfod and have been chosen for going the extra mile in

playing everything from badminton and netball, to volunteering in

their local communities. I could not believe all my hours of volunteering

paid off to get this experience today. I do a lot of volunteering

with Cubs. We have been camping overnight but it is all worth it to

be here today. The Urdd Eisteddfod is in Bala today. It is a pleasure

to support team Wales. Wales can be represented in the Commonwealth

Games. It gives people the chance to go to a major tournament. The mascot

Clyde made sure his arrival was noticed at the festival today. It is

two months until the games begin but the build-up is underway. The Queens

baton relay will hand over to Carmarthenshire tomorrow.

Now after decades of searching, the first and only moving footage of

It's been confirmed by experts that this is the poet,

circled on your screen now, when he appeared as an extra in the

feature film Pandora And The Flying Dutchman on Pendine Sands in 1951.

It's a fleeting glimpse but it?s the only archive footage

And we'll have the full story of how Dylan Thomas was spotted in the

crowds of that film tomorrow evening on Wales Today, and there's much

After a sunny bank holiday Monday for most, let's take a look

at the weather forecast for Wales with Behnaz Akghar.

After a decent day, the weather turning more and settled tonight.

There will be a little bit of brightness in between the showers as

well. Tonight, we do have a band of rain making its way in from the

east, gradually heading westwards. It could be heavy at times and mixed

with hail or thunder as well. Low pressure does remain in charge of

our weather through tomorrow and over the coming days. With that

comes the showers and rain. There will be a bit of brightness as well.

The showers come rolling in from the east. The showers could be heavy at

times. The winds, light to moderate. It is remaining changeable as we

head towards the end of the week that I am hopeful for something more

subtle by the time we get to next weekend.

Jeremy Paxman's got Newsnight starting over on BBC Two now with a

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