:00:00. > :00:14.That's all from the BBC News at Six. It's goodbye from me.
:00:15. > :00:18.Our schools, the economy, the health service - under the spotlight in the
:00:19. > :00:22.The First Minister says Wales isn't bottom of the pile.
:00:23. > :00:25.To those who wish to talk our country down,
:00:26. > :00:28.I said then that the indicators we are publishing today are clear
:00:29. > :00:31.evidence that the Welsh economy and Welsh public services are moving
:00:32. > :00:34.But opposition parties criticise Labour's record on health,
:00:35. > :00:37.saying there's a long way to go to improve public services.
:00:38. > :00:41.It is not a rosy picture at all, First Minister, and it shows that
:00:42. > :01:15.your government is not delivering on health outcomes here in Wales.
:01:16. > :01:21.Ron Jones died while needing a heart bypass - he's among the growing
:01:22. > :01:24.From Bryn Terfel, to Marie Osmond and Sam Warburton -
:01:25. > :01:27.celebrity sketches of home go under the hammer for the homeless.
:01:28. > :01:30.And it will travel faster than the speed of sound.
:01:31. > :01:33.It's Bloodhound - and we've had exclusive behind the scenes access
:01:34. > :01:35.to its development with a team from Swansea University.
:01:36. > :01:39.The people of Wales do not deserve to be told their
:01:40. > :01:43.That was the message today from the First Minister Carwyn Jones
:01:44. > :01:50.as he published his annual progress report which looks at how well areas
:01:51. > :01:53.such as health, education and the economy are performing.
:01:54. > :01:56.He insisted progress was being made on the economy and public services.
:01:57. > :01:58.But opposition parties claimed that targets were
:01:59. > :02:01.Here's our political editor Nick Servini.
:02:02. > :02:06.This is the third report of its kind published by the Welsh government
:02:07. > :02:11.but it comes at a time when its record is under more scrutiny than
:02:12. > :02:14.ever before, with high-profile problems in health and education.
:02:15. > :02:20.While launching the annual progress report, containing 335 indicators,
:02:21. > :02:26.Carwyn Jones said Wales was moving forward despite tough times. The
:02:27. > :02:31.people of Wales do not deserve to be told their country is bottom of the
:02:32. > :02:34.pile. To those who wish to talk our country down, I say to them that the
:02:35. > :02:39.indicators we are publishing today are evidence that the Welsh economy
:02:40. > :02:44.and public services are moving forward, despite tough times. Health
:02:45. > :02:50.is the most sensitive area. The recent damning review into hospitals
:02:51. > :02:54.in Neath and Bridgend was the latest in a series of problems affecting
:02:55. > :02:59.the Welsh NHS. Today's report says hundreds of millions of pounds extra
:03:00. > :03:02.is being spent over the lifetime of the assembly and the Welsh
:03:03. > :03:07.government was bearing down on waiting lists. It is not a rosy
:03:08. > :03:11.picture first Minister and it shows that your government is not
:03:12. > :03:16.delivering on health outcomes in Wales. Ambulance response times,
:03:17. > :03:21.cancer targets are being constantly missed and my colleague to the left,
:03:22. > :03:27.yeah, but colleagues across the chamber are dealing with hospital
:03:28. > :03:30.closures across the whole of Wales. The Welsh government focused on its
:03:31. > :03:35.record on the economy under the scheme to deal youth unemployment,
:03:36. > :03:44.jobs growth Wales. Connor is 18 and got a job as a result of the scheme.
:03:45. > :03:47.Once I got the job, they explained the six-month probation if you
:03:48. > :03:50.haven't got qualifications and you can learn whilst learning to help
:03:51. > :03:57.you if you move on from here. I learned more personally as I went
:03:58. > :04:07.along. Was government says the scheme has created 13,000 temporary
:04:08. > :04:11.jobs for 13 to 21-year-olds. 10,000 of those have been filled. Ministers
:04:12. > :04:17.say that is because recruitment is ongoing. Of those who started the
:04:18. > :04:21.six-month scheme, nearly 20% left early. Opposition parties said the
:04:22. > :04:25.scheme fails to target some of those young people most at need and
:04:26. > :04:30.dropout rate are too high. Fewer than half of those who begin the
:04:31. > :04:35.six-month programme complete and find empowerment. How will we ensure
:04:36. > :04:42.more people will find implement at the end of that programme? And
:04:43. > :04:46.outside that scheme, how will that situation be improved? Away from the
:04:47. > :04:49.economy on education, since this time last year, Wales has slipped
:04:50. > :04:55.further behind in the Pisa education league rankings. The report says
:04:56. > :05:02.ministers are relentlessly focused on driving up standards and pupils
:05:03. > :05:06.with deprived backgrounds are performing more strongly. It failed
:05:07. > :05:11.to impress the little Democrats. The report published in January by Estyn
:05:12. > :05:17.said the standards of education in Wales have not improved in the main.
:05:18. > :05:21.I wonder how the first Minister reconciles his narrative in his
:05:22. > :05:25.document with the chief inspectors of schools, which only a few months
:05:26. > :05:29.ago was able to make that statement. A huge amount of data on the
:05:30. > :05:33.delivery of public services in Wales but what everyone wants to know is
:05:34. > :05:38.whether it will lead to an improvement in those same services.
:05:39. > :05:48.Let's talk to our political editor now. Nick joins us live from the
:05:49. > :05:51.assembly. There is no new nuggets of information in this enormous
:05:52. > :05:55.document but I would say that run this time last year, the last time
:05:56. > :05:59.we had a report like this, I don't think anybody could have predicted
:06:00. > :06:03.the extent to which the Welsh government record has been
:06:04. > :06:07.scrutinised as much as it has by the Conservatives of Westminster and the
:06:08. > :06:11.London based press. Among some of the more serious accusations is that
:06:12. > :06:16.there was government does not like to be scrutinised. This is an
:06:17. > :06:22.attempt to show that it is a transparent government institution.
:06:23. > :06:28.I don't think it will change the minds of critics at this place. I
:06:29. > :06:31.was just speaking to Leanne Wood, leader of Plaid Cymru. She believes
:06:32. > :06:36.the Welsh government is in denial about the state of education, even
:06:37. > :06:40.after reading parts of this document. I caught up with the first
:06:41. > :06:43.Minister Carwyn Jones earlier and began by asking him, if he doesn't
:06:44. > :06:46.want the Welsh people to be bottom of the pile, there is an easy answer
:06:47. > :06:52.and that is to improve public services. That's not what I said. I
:06:53. > :06:56.said they were fed up with being described as bottom of the pile when
:06:57. > :07:00.we are not. If you look at the economy and employment, better than
:07:01. > :07:05.the UK average, youth unemployment coming down. There are areas of
:07:06. > :07:10.improvement like cancer waiting times. If you look at education,
:07:11. > :07:14.students get access to further education and not be penalised
:07:15. > :07:21.financially. There is room for improvement but a lots to shout
:07:22. > :07:28.about. With the Pisa gradings, we are at the bottom. We have new
:07:29. > :07:33.schools being built in Wales and that is not happening elsewhere. We
:07:34. > :07:35.are talking to teachers next week to emphasise the importance of Pisa
:07:36. > :07:39.because that is how they are measured now. We have a new
:07:40. > :07:47.curriculum and qualifications in Wales. If you look at this, this is
:07:48. > :07:52.just the summary. I wonder is it really worth it, 300 indicators and
:07:53. > :07:55.something like 500 commitments? Really the public just want you to
:07:56. > :08:02.achieve on a relatively small number of targets and in many cases, you
:08:03. > :08:07.are feeling to do that. Things like NHS waiting times. Cancer waiting
:08:08. > :08:11.times are doing better and there are some areas where there needs to be
:08:12. > :08:15.improvement. Let's put this in context. We have less money every
:08:16. > :08:19.year from London and yet there is more demand every year so that is
:08:20. > :08:24.something we have to juggle. This means services sometimes have to be
:08:25. > :08:30.reconfigured. We are doing better in some areas but nobody can call as
:08:31. > :08:37.secretive. Does it achieve anything? I think it is, otherwise
:08:38. > :08:43.we wouldn't doing it -- wouldn't be doing this interview. On education
:08:44. > :08:51.it says you are relentlessly focused on driving up standards. When can we
:08:52. > :08:55.expect to see improvements? That is happening now with the gap in
:08:56. > :09:00.England and Wales at GCSE beginning to close. The fact that we have so
:09:01. > :09:08.many new schools now that students can enjoy. The fact that we have put
:09:09. > :09:14.the money in the schools challenge can mean that we have good
:09:15. > :09:18.consistency. We are giving help to the schools that are not doing as
:09:19. > :09:25.well as we would like. Thank you very much indeed. That was Carwyn
:09:26. > :09:27.Jones speaking to me earlier. I mentioned about critics and a
:09:28. > :09:31.document like this not changing their mind. The people that matter
:09:32. > :09:36.are the public and the potential voters out there in two years time
:09:37. > :09:39.at the next election. What Carwyn Jones is saying is that he and his
:09:40. > :09:43.government should be judged by the way they have responded to the
:09:44. > :09:45.inevitable challenges that they faced in the course of this assembly
:09:46. > :09:48.term. Thank you. The number
:09:49. > :09:50.of heart patients who've died waiting for cardiac surgery in South
:09:51. > :09:54.Wales has risen in the last year. The figures obtained by BBC Wales
:09:55. > :09:57.show 29 patients died between April 2013 and March this year,
:09:58. > :10:13.12 more than the year before. Pam Allen is still coming to terms
:10:14. > :10:16.with life alone. Her partner, Labour councillor Ron Jones from Newport
:10:17. > :10:26.became ill two years ago and was told he needed a triple heart bypass
:10:27. > :10:29.at you HW that at the University Hospital of Wales. The frustration
:10:30. > :10:42.grew as he waited for an operation date. You could see him
:10:43. > :10:59.deteriorating, losing weight. He was using his angina spray 15 or 20
:11:00. > :11:00.times a day, saying that if anything happens before this operation, you
:11:01. > :11:01.won't leave it there. One died 15 months later, in August last year,
:11:02. > :11:02.before having the operation. He was one of 29 patients who died on a
:11:03. > :11:03.cardiac waiting list in South Wales between 13 and March this year. 12
:11:04. > :11:08.more than the year before, when the Royal College of Surgeons raised
:11:09. > :11:11.concerns about delays. The chief executive of the Cardiff and Wales
:11:12. > :11:15.University health board said waiting lists had been reduced by half at
:11:16. > :11:26.his hospital bed or needed to be done. -- but more needed to be done.
:11:27. > :11:29.I am truly sorry and I realise this must be a truly awful experience.
:11:30. > :11:34.That is why it is important we deal with this problem and we get to a
:11:35. > :11:43.position to ensure that patients who need this kind of surgery get is
:11:44. > :11:50.much more quickly. Health board says that they need
:11:51. > :11:56.time to deal with the problem. Morgan says there are regular
:11:57. > :12:01.shortages of intensive care beds across Wales. He says it can impact
:12:02. > :12:08.on elective surgery. If you are the patient whose
:12:09. > :12:15.operation is postponed, for whatever reason, you are going to be
:12:16. > :12:19.traumatised psychologically but it might also be that the physical
:12:20. > :12:29.nature of whatever disease you have got could be adversely affected. You
:12:30. > :12:45.might die as a result. Yes? Absolutely, yes. Tonight, we go
:12:46. > :12:57.behind the scenes with a veteran MP as she calls for action on waiting
:12:58. > :13:02.lists. There are currently 125,000 patients waiting for diagnostic and
:13:03. > :13:10.therapy sessions across Wales, more than any time in the last five
:13:11. > :13:13.years. Those are shocking figures. It means that some people are going
:13:14. > :13:14.to get worse because they haven't been diagnosed. Welsh health
:13:15. > :13:15.Minister Mark Drakeford insists the Welsh NHS is doing a good job for
:13:16. > :13:15.the vast majority of patients. Pam Allen is waiting for the results of
:13:16. > :13:17.an investigation into her patient? Partner's death on a waiting list.
:13:18. > :13:20.-- into her partner's death on a waiting list.
:13:21. > :13:23.You can see more on that story on Week in Week Out, at 10:35pm
:13:24. > :13:28.South Wales Police has confirmed it's sent specialist search dogs and
:13:29. > :13:31.their handlers to Portugal to help with the investigation into the
:13:32. > :13:34.They've joined officers from the Metropolitan Police
:13:35. > :13:37.and the local force in exploring a cordoned-off area of scrubland
:13:38. > :13:42.The same dogs were previously used to search for missing April Jones
:13:43. > :13:47.Two people from the Swansea area are critically ill in hospital
:13:48. > :13:51.Public Health Wales say they are treating three adults in all
:13:52. > :13:54.and are carrying out lab tests to see whether the drug was
:13:55. > :13:58.contaminated by bacteria or a chemical cutting agent.
:13:59. > :14:00.Plans to build a wind turbine opposite Dylan
:14:01. > :14:03.Thomas's boathouse in Laugharne have been approved, against the advice
:14:04. > :14:05.Campaigners had protested against the proposals, claiming
:14:06. > :14:11.Carmarthenshire County Councillors say the move is consistent with
:14:12. > :14:22.The manager of a Swansea Valley mine, where four men died,
:14:23. > :14:24.came out of retirement just months before the disaster happened,
:14:25. > :14:28.The miners drowned following an inrush of water
:14:29. > :14:32.Malcolm Fyfield managed to escape but he said he still suffers from
:14:33. > :14:36.He denies four counts of manslaughter through gross
:14:37. > :14:50.The flared at the Gleision colliery in a scene of devastation in its
:14:51. > :14:54.wake and it also led to the death of four colliers. Gary Jenkins,
:14:55. > :15:00.Filippo, Powell and Charles Breslin all died after 650,000 gallons of
:15:01. > :15:06.water filled the area where they were working. A number of the men's
:15:07. > :15:12.relatives sat in the public gallery as the man in charge that they
:15:13. > :15:18.continued to give evidence. Alcan Fifield's wife and brother were in
:15:19. > :15:23.court as they have been throughout this trial. -- Malcolm Fyfield. The
:15:24. > :15:30.father of two told a jury he has to take medication and attend weekly
:15:31. > :15:32.hospital appointments because he suffers severe post-traumatic stress
:15:33. > :15:35.disorder as a result of being underground when the disaster
:15:36. > :15:41.happened. Malcolm Fyfield said certain words and subjects can act
:15:42. > :15:47.as triggers, reminding him of the experience, sometimes to the extent
:15:48. > :15:51.where he feels he is back in the environment. The prosecution claims
:15:52. > :15:54.Malcolm Fyfield failed to take adequate steps to check for the
:15:55. > :15:59.presence of water as he and his colleagues mind towards old
:16:00. > :16:03.workings. He said he went down this walkway to inspect the area behind
:16:04. > :16:08.the coalface on three occasions and there wasn't a body of water there.
:16:09. > :16:17.Asked if he was sure of the route he took, he said, I am in no doubt. Ask
:16:18. > :16:19.if he had gone as far as the back of the coalface of the men were
:16:20. > :16:29.planning to break through, he replied:
:16:30. > :16:36.The prosecution also says Malcolm Fyfield should have made an
:16:37. > :16:41.application for a prevention is against inrush scheme, in line with
:16:42. > :16:44.industry regulations. He told the court such a scheme is only needed
:16:45. > :16:50.for workings which can't be examined. The workings at Gleision,
:16:51. > :16:57.he said, were examined at all. He also told the jury he wasn't a mine
:16:58. > :17:01.manager who took short cuts. Malcolm Fyfield in the grey suit denies four
:17:02. > :17:05.counts of manslaughter through gross negligence. The mine owners deny
:17:06. > :17:15.counts of corporate and slaughter. A reminder of our top story tonight:
:17:16. > :17:18.Publishing his government's annual report, the First Minister Carwyn
:17:19. > :17:21.Jones has insisted progress is being made in areas like the economy and
:17:22. > :17:24.public services. But opposition Who lives in a house like this? The
:17:25. > :17:33.celebrity sketches of home, going It will be the fastest vehicle on
:17:34. > :17:36.earth, reaching speeds of 1,000mph. The Bloodhound supersonic car has
:17:37. > :17:39.been in development since 2008, Engineers from Swansea University
:17:40. > :17:45.have been involved in the project from the very beginning
:17:46. > :17:48.- and they've got the key role of Carwyn Jones has been given
:17:49. > :17:54.exclusive access to Bloodhound's HQ It will be the fastest vehicle on
:17:55. > :18:04.earth, reaching speeds of 1,000mph. It will travel faster than
:18:05. > :18:07.the speed of sound, covering one Bloodhound has been designed to
:18:08. > :18:11.shatter the world land speed record, going from to 0-1,000mph
:18:12. > :18:13.in 55 seconds. The car has been in the pipeline
:18:14. > :18:16.for six years. It's now left the drawing board
:18:17. > :18:32.and become a reality. Bloodhound is a mix of automotive
:18:33. > :18:37.and aircraft technology. The front of the vehicle is made of carbon
:18:38. > :18:41.fibre. The back is made of panels like an aeroplane.
:18:42. > :18:44.Some of the UK's best engineers have been
:18:45. > :18:48.Dr Ben Evans, form Swansea University, is one of them.
:18:49. > :18:51.His team has been working on the aerodynamics of the vehicle,
:18:52. > :18:54.ensuring each contour of the car will allow it to break the sound
:18:55. > :19:04.Once you are travelling faster than the speed of sound, you generate
:19:05. > :19:07.shock waves were you experience extremely high pressures. Trying to
:19:08. > :19:12.understand the complexities of that in the context of a car travelling
:19:13. > :19:16.across a desert service has been a massive problem but we believe we've
:19:17. > :19:21.got the right solution and the shape bloodhound is is the right shape.
:19:22. > :19:24.That's been made possible by high end computer simulation.
:19:25. > :19:26.At Swansea University members of Ben's team are using state
:19:27. > :19:29.of the art software to study the airflow over the car.
:19:30. > :19:32.That's crucial, because at such high speeds, there's
:19:33. > :19:36.the risk that those forces could lift the Bloodhound into the air.
:19:37. > :19:39.The vehicle itself is fuelled by not one,
:19:40. > :19:41.but three different power sources - a jet engine,
:19:42. > :19:46.Every single component of the car has to be strong,
:19:47. > :19:49.secure and fitted correctly - that's the task of Luke Dee, a former
:19:50. > :20:05.We have thousands of parts that assemble this car together. The
:20:06. > :20:08.front frame has 30 tonnes of load going through it. If the parts
:20:09. > :20:09.aren't manufactured correctly, something could go wrong with the
:20:10. > :20:11.car. High speed testing of Bloodhound
:20:12. > :20:14.will take place next year in But the real challenge will come
:20:15. > :20:18.in 2016 - and that world-first If successful, it will be a triumph
:20:19. > :20:23.of homegrown design - taking Welsh 67 jobs could go after
:20:24. > :20:37.the soft drinks manufacturer A.R. Barr announced it planned to
:20:38. > :20:40.close its plant in Tredegar. The company, which produces Irn Bru,
:20:41. > :20:42.is making a multi-million pound investment
:20:43. > :20:45.at its site in Milton Keynes. There will be a consultation
:20:46. > :20:48.on the plans and possible In Flintshire 50 jobs are to be
:20:49. > :20:51.created in Buckley - with the opening of a new factory
:20:52. > :20:54.in the town. The Irish company, Glen Dimplex,
:20:55. > :20:57.which is the world's largest manufacturer of electrical heating,
:20:58. > :20:59.will make medical and commercial It says the new location will
:21:00. > :21:09.help serve its customers better. They may be well known
:21:10. > :21:12.for their comic abilities, Bailey, John Bishop and Reginald D
:21:13. > :21:15.Hunter are among celebrities from celebrities from around the world
:21:16. > :21:18.who've turned their hand to art to who performed in Cardiff's
:21:19. > :21:22.Motorpoint Arena has been asked to draw a picture of what home means to
:21:23. > :21:26.them and the results are being sold at auction this evening. Caroline
:21:27. > :21:35.Evans has been finding out more. It is a collection like no other in
:21:36. > :21:39.the art world. Sketches from big names in entertainment and music,
:21:40. > :21:45.games which span the generations. Each one is a personal illustration
:21:46. > :21:50.of what home aims to them. And now, after almost three years work
:21:51. > :21:56.putting it together, tonight the pictures are being sold to raise
:21:57. > :22:00.money for a homeless charity. It is so important because we work with
:22:01. > :22:07.over 4000 people a year. 4000 people who if asked, draw us a picture of
:22:08. > :22:12.home, it would be a blank page. It wouldn't be a place of security and
:22:13. > :22:16.fond memories. That is what we are trying to create for the future so
:22:17. > :22:20.the celebrities are showing their support for the people who don't
:22:21. > :22:24.have a home. It is work like this that the proceeds will be spent on.
:22:25. > :22:30.These young people are getting help with life skills. The charity has
:22:31. > :22:35.been working in Wales for 28 years. Now settled in her own flats, Ruth
:22:36. > :22:39.says the charity help to avoid homelessness but it was much more
:22:40. > :22:47.than just a question of providing bricks and mortar. Within a month I
:22:48. > :22:51.got offered a flat. I was pleased but I was scared about. I had the
:22:52. > :22:57.keys but I didn't actually move in until two months after. The support
:22:58. > :23:02.from the charity was excellent. The idea of what he means is, as they
:23:03. > :23:09.pictures demonstrate, a deeply personal notion. How did they
:23:10. > :23:13.persuade so many celebrities to take part? Anybody looking to the city we
:23:14. > :23:17.found out and contacted them. Bill Bailey, Jack Whitehall, Ronan
:23:18. > :23:32.Keating, Eddie is hard, John Barrowman. -- Eddie Izzard. More
:23:33. > :23:40.than 70 go under the hammer at the Hilton hotel in Cardiff tonight.
:23:41. > :23:43.Onto sport now and BBC Wales understands sprinter Christian
:23:44. > :23:45.Malcolm will NOT be selected for next month's Commonwealth Games.
:23:46. > :23:48.The Newport athlete has failed to run sufficient qualifying times
:23:49. > :23:52.35-year-old Malcolm, who has won Commonwealth silver and
:23:53. > :23:55.bronze medals, had hoped to compete in his fifth games in Glasgow.
:23:56. > :23:57.The Wales athletics team is officially announced on Friday.
:23:58. > :23:59.Despite struggling with injury this season, reigning
:24:00. > :24:02.World Triathlon Champion Non Stanford has been named in the Wales
:24:03. > :24:06.She'll be joined by two-time former World Champion Helen Jenkins.
:24:07. > :24:09.In Glasgow there are individual men's and women's races as well
:24:10. > :24:27.I think it will be fun. I haven't faced Non for over a year and she is
:24:28. > :24:30.coming out of injury now. We have a great team going into the
:24:31. > :24:34.Commonwealth Games. The women's triathlon might be one of the first
:24:35. > :25:01.medal events of the game so to have a Welsh medal would be amazing.
:25:02. > :25:04.Rugby and Wales back James Hook has officially signed for English
:25:05. > :25:08.Hook, who's with the Wales Squad preparing for the Summer Tour to
:25:09. > :25:11.South Africa, left French side Perpignan at the end of the season.
:25:12. > :25:17.We can expect anything in June. Heatwaves and floods. We even had
:25:18. > :25:20.snow in June 1975. No sign of a cold snap but tomorrow will be cooler
:25:21. > :25:24.with some rain and showers. Thursday better with some sunshine. The end
:25:25. > :25:27.of the week warmer and humid with a risk of thunderstorms to start the
:25:28. > :25:31.weekend. This evening generally dry. Just the odd shower in places. Later
:25:32. > :25:34.in the night increasing cloud will bring a few spots of rain. The wind
:25:35. > :25:37.light with lowest temperatures seven to 11 Celsius. Tomorrow's chart
:25:38. > :25:41.shows a trough of low pressure over southern Britain and that means rain
:25:42. > :25:44.and showers. So here's the picture for eight in the morning. Plenty of
:25:45. > :25:47.cloud. Some places dry but not everywhere. There will be some rain
:25:48. > :25:51.and showers around. The showers heavy in places. So not as nice as
:25:52. > :25:55.today. More unsettled and wetter but not a total right off. It should
:25:56. > :26:01.turn drier later in the afternoon and brighten-up in the south west.
:26:02. > :26:04.Temperatures below average. Only 12 to 14C with a west to north-westerly
:26:05. > :26:08.breeze. Tomorrow night one or two showers. A little rain in the north.
:26:09. > :26:28.Elsewhere becoming dry and clearer. A cool night with temperatures in
:26:29. > :26:33.Rain will spread northwards doing the day with the wind picking up and
:26:34. > :26:39.highs of 20 Celsius. High pressure to the east over the weekend. That
:26:40. > :26:42.means warm southerly wind. Really humid with the risk of heavy
:26:43. > :26:47.downpours and thunderstorms on Saturday. Send a dry and fresh with
:26:48. > :26:51.some sunshine and a few showers. -- Sunday.
:26:52. > :26:54.A cool night with temperatures in It's coming up to 7:00pm. Our main
:26:55. > :26:58.headlines this evening: Carwyn Jones says his annual report on how the
:26:59. > :27:01.Welsh Government is doing shows progress is being made on the
:27:02. > :27:02.economy and public services. But opposition parties claimed targets
:27:03. > :27:10.are being constantly missed. The people of Wales do not deserve
:27:11. > :27:15.to be told their country is bottom of the pile Time after time. To
:27:16. > :27:18.those who wish to talk the country down, I would say that the
:27:19. > :27:23.indicators we are publishing today are evidence that the Welsh economy
:27:24. > :27:27.and services are moving forward, despite tough times. And next week
:27:28. > :27:31.on the programme we will be marking 15 years of devolution in Wales are
:27:32. > :27:37.looking at the performance of the NHS, schools, our economy and other
:27:38. > :27:43.public services. That is our service across BBC Wales from next Monday.
:27:44. > :27:46.That is Wales Today. More at 8pm and 10:25pm. Good evening.