:00:00. > 3:59:59pleasant in the south-west where the winds are that bit lighter. That is
:00:00. > :00:00.it. Goodbye. Welcome to Wales Today,
:00:00. > :00:00.our top story: The First Minister Carwyn Jones
:00:00. > :00:07.tells us he's lost faith in the ability of some of our
:00:08. > :00:21.councils to deliver on education. It is quite clear with six local
:00:22. > :00:24.authorities in special measures, how can we have faith they will be
:00:25. > :00:27.consistent good delivery of education across Wales?
:00:28. > :00:30.But given that Labour has been in power for 15 years,
:00:31. > :00:32.is it fair to offload the blame onto local councils?
:00:33. > :00:38.The call tonight to reverse the cuts at Newport Passport Office.
:00:39. > :00:44.They've got terrible broadband, a hopeless mobile signal,
:00:45. > :00:52.Welsh rugby bosses prepare to face the clubs unhappy with the way
:00:53. > :00:57.Good evening from the Swalec Stadium where Glamorgan are aiming to
:00:58. > :01:00.continue their good form in the T-20.
:01:01. > :01:16.They're up against Kent and the crowds have come out too.
:01:17. > :01:20.The First Minister has given his strongest criticism yet
:01:21. > :01:25.of the way councils run education services in Wales.
:01:26. > :01:28.He says he doesn't have faith that local authorities can consistently
:01:29. > :01:32.deliver good education across the country.
:01:33. > :01:35.Carwyn Jones made the comments in a wide-ranging interview with
:01:36. > :01:39.our political editor Nick Servini about the Welsh Government's record,
:01:40. > :01:44.15 years since the beginning of devolution in Wales.
:01:45. > :02:21.Education is never far from the spotlight.
:02:22. > :02:23.I don't consistently because it is quite clear with six
:02:24. > :02:25.local authorities in special measures how can we have
:02:26. > :02:28.faith there will be consistent good delivery in education across Wales?
:02:29. > :02:30.That is why we need to make sure the future structure
:02:31. > :02:33.of local government delivers in the way we want it to do.
:02:34. > :02:46.We couldn't change the structure before 2011 anyway,
:02:47. > :02:49.Just to be clear on this, there is a stark message, what you
:02:50. > :02:52.are saying is, the people who were delivering education on the ground
:02:53. > :02:57.Some local authorities are not delivering.
:02:58. > :03:00.If six of them are in special measures, they are failing.
:03:01. > :03:03.There is no point beating around the bush.
:03:04. > :03:07.If we have a system where six of the 22 local authorities are in that
:03:08. > :03:12.Away from education, the NHS is the area where the Welsh Government
:03:13. > :03:16.has faced the greatest criticism particularly over waiting times.
:03:17. > :03:19.He said there would be some tough decisions as the NHS dealt with the
:03:20. > :03:26.What we have to do is decide what we are able to fund,
:03:27. > :03:29.to try to understand what demand will be like in the future
:03:30. > :03:33.But at a time when our budgets are being cut
:03:34. > :03:38.It isn't just your government but it is previous Labour governments
:03:39. > :03:44.Does Labour need to apologise to the people of Wales
:03:45. > :03:52.If we go back five or six years, the situation was different.
:03:53. > :03:56.It has gone up and down in terms of the NHS as it has
:03:57. > :04:04.It woulnd't be correct to say somehow over the last 15 years the
:04:05. > :04:08.That is something I could never accept,
:04:09. > :04:11.there have been times when we have found challenges, we have seen them
:04:12. > :04:14.lately and those challenges are made worse by the fact the money isn't
:04:15. > :04:19.But it isn't the land of milk and honey over the border.
:04:20. > :04:22.But over a 15 year period, a massive increase in funding.
:04:23. > :04:25.The thing about the health service is, the demand on the health
:04:26. > :04:30.It is a challenge for any government to ensure the funds
:04:31. > :04:34.Devolution is high on the agenda with the referendum
:04:35. > :04:37.on Scottish independence a matter of months away.
:04:38. > :04:40.With tax and borrowing powers in the process of being handed over,
:04:41. > :04:43.I asked Carwyn Jones how far he felt devolution should go here.
:04:44. > :04:46.It clearly doesn't lead to independence.
:04:47. > :04:50.There are some areas which I think are not right for devolution,
:04:51. > :04:56.It is a system that distributes money around UK.
:04:57. > :05:00.I think having a wholly independent taxation system
:05:01. > :05:05.Other areas such as defence, security, clearly not.
:05:06. > :05:10.What is important is there is an established mechanism for devolving
:05:11. > :05:16.You have been First Minister for four and a half years,
:05:17. > :05:22.Presumably you will fight the next Assembly elections.
:05:23. > :05:28.What I can tell you as I said in a speech I made to Cardiff
:05:29. > :05:30.business club recently, I was at the centenary dinner,
:05:31. > :05:35.I would not be there as First Minister at their bicentenary.
:05:36. > :05:38.Carwyn Jones there speaking to Nick Servini, Nick, joins me now.
:05:39. > :05:40.The First Minister's strongest comments there education
:05:41. > :05:52.but his party has been in charge for 15 years.
:05:53. > :05:57.It has and it is interesting but council leaders said today. They
:05:58. > :06:02.were calling everybody to pull together, calling on people to focus
:06:03. > :06:09.on the positive. The clear inference there that Carwyn Jones's comments
:06:10. > :06:12.were not helpful. Education is a system and council leaders are just
:06:13. > :06:17.one part of the system and it is unfair to bring them. The context is
:06:18. > :06:20.important. Carwyn Jones did not answer the question as to how long
:06:21. > :06:26.he wants to continue as political career. One thing we do know is he
:06:27. > :06:30.wants to drive through a major reorganisation of councils, a
:06:31. > :06:34.substantial reduction in the number. When he is faced with resistance to
:06:35. > :06:38.change, he cites problems in education as one of the main reasons
:06:39. > :06:43.why he should do it. The councils are saying a lot of work is going
:06:44. > :06:46.on, some of the inspections are improving. They pointed to these
:06:47. > :06:51.regional partnerships tasked with the job of improving standards. The
:06:52. > :06:55.Royal that Welsh Government acknowledge some of these
:06:56. > :06:59.partnerships are effective but there wasn't a great deal of mention of it
:07:00. > :07:03.in a blistering attack on councils. In order to drive through local
:07:04. > :07:08.government reorganisation, he would need to return as First Minister
:07:09. > :07:11.with a majority which looks unlikely according to this poll. We did a
:07:12. > :07:17.poll to mark this week-long series we have done to mark 15 years since
:07:18. > :07:21.devolution. In terms of looking at what the voting intentions are for
:07:22. > :07:25.people at the next Assembly elections. It would help him to
:07:26. > :07:31.drive through council reorganisation and a load of other reforms if he
:07:32. > :07:36.has a overall majority. Currently, Labour have 30 seats exactly half.
:07:37. > :07:44.The main opposition group is currently the Tories. The Liberal
:07:45. > :07:49.Democrats have five seats. If the poll findings are reflected in the
:07:50. > :07:52.2016 elections, the big change that we will see and you can see it
:07:53. > :07:57.highlighted they were the five purple dots is potentially five UKIP
:07:58. > :08:02.Assembly Members for the first time. A reduction in the Labour Assembly
:08:03. > :08:06.Members by two, Plaid Cymru would overtake the Conservatives as the
:08:07. > :08:12.second party and the Conservatives and the Lib down to two. If this
:08:13. > :08:19.poll was borne out, we would see the rise of UKIP for the first time in
:08:20. > :08:22.the Assembly. After narrowly losing to Labour in the European election
:08:23. > :08:25.this would be their breakthrough at a Wales level.
:08:26. > :08:28.There are calls to reverse staff cuts at Newport's passport office
:08:29. > :08:31.and for the postal system to be reinstated, after
:08:32. > :08:36.Thousands of Welsh holidaymakers face having their holidays ruined
:08:37. > :08:38.if their travel documents aren't processed in time.
:08:39. > :08:41.The UK government has announced new measures to address the problem.
:08:42. > :08:49.Alison Miners from Cwmbran near Newport can at last pack for
:08:50. > :08:54.The couple got married last year and were treating this trip to
:08:55. > :08:57.France as their honeymoon but all plans were put on hold when
:08:58. > :09:03.Alison's new passport didn't arrive after applying for it in April.
:09:04. > :09:05.What should have taken three weeks took nearly two months
:09:06. > :09:11.and a 200 mile trip to Liverpool to collect it.
:09:12. > :09:19.We were distressed. I was in work making the song calls. I had to
:09:20. > :09:26.catch a train back home on a taxi to the house, get my husband out of a
:09:27. > :09:30.business meeting. We had hired a car to go to Liverpool, book a hotel. We
:09:31. > :09:38.got back five minutes after they closed. Very distressed and upset. I
:09:39. > :09:40.hadn't been sleeping because it is getting nearer and nearer and
:09:41. > :09:42.everything was non-refundable. Previously Alison would have been
:09:43. > :09:45.able to make the short trip from her home
:09:46. > :09:47.in Cwmbran to the passport office in But three years ago the office faced
:09:48. > :10:02.potential closure, it was saved The workforce was halved and they
:10:03. > :10:05.moved to these new offices just outside the city centre. The move
:10:06. > :10:09.saw the closure of the department which dealt with postal
:10:10. > :10:14.applications. It is a call now for that department and the job is to be
:10:15. > :10:18.reinstated. For anyone who wants to existing passport applications, the
:10:19. > :10:23.materials have got to be sent off from new parts to other offices. It
:10:24. > :10:24.is a ludicrous decision to take that function away from Newport. The
:10:25. > :10:27.author think about putting it back. These pictures emerged earlier
:10:28. > :10:30.in the week said to show a backlog of applications waiting to
:10:31. > :10:44.be processed with files being stored Postal applications have doubled.
:10:45. > :10:48.Even those who seek to pay extra to get a counter appointment to get a
:10:49. > :10:49.quicker turnaround, they are no longer able to get an appointment
:10:50. > :10:51.within a couple of days. The UK government has announced new
:10:52. > :10:54.measures to address the problem. Anyone with urgent travel
:10:55. > :10:56.plans will have their cases It's cost her nearly ?500
:10:57. > :11:05.and a lot of stress but now her and her husband can now go
:11:06. > :11:08.on a much needed holiday. The case against a mine
:11:09. > :11:11.manager accused of manslaughter over the deaths of four miners at
:11:12. > :11:14.Gleision colliery is "fundamentally The defence told Swansea Crown Court
:11:15. > :11:19.that serious mistakes are not enough Malcolm Fyfield
:11:20. > :11:24.and the pit operators, MNS Mining, The judge is expected to begin
:11:25. > :11:32.summing up the trial next week. Staff at Aberystwyth University are
:11:33. > :11:35.prepared to go on strike on the first day of the new term to protest
:11:36. > :11:38.against changes to pensions. Union members voted in favour
:11:39. > :11:42.of the action. They say a new pension scheme
:11:43. > :11:45.could lead some low paid workers to Anglers are being urged to release
:11:46. > :11:55.at least 90% of their catch on rivers where salmon
:11:56. > :11:58.and sea trout are at risk. At the moment, around three quarters
:11:59. > :12:01.are returned to the water but Natural Resources Wales want people
:12:02. > :12:05.to release more of the fish they There are concerns over their
:12:06. > :12:13.numbers in 20 rivers across Wales. A community in the Conwy Valley has
:12:14. > :12:16.found itself virtually cut-off after problems with phone lines
:12:17. > :12:20.dating back several months. Some people in Eglwysbach say
:12:21. > :12:23.they've been waiting weeks for BT to carry out repairs
:12:24. > :12:27.on faulty cables which affect their Jonathan Rees is trying to make
:12:28. > :12:34.a call but despite getting through he and his
:12:35. > :12:37.partner regularly hear interference and recorded messages over the top
:12:38. > :12:44.of the person they are speaking to. It is beginning to have an impact
:12:45. > :12:49.on the business they run from home. It has been going on now
:12:50. > :12:52.for the last three to four weeks. We have had a long-standing
:12:53. > :12:54.problem for many years. When it rains,
:12:55. > :12:58.we get a very crackly line. Internet broadband
:12:59. > :13:03.is extremely slow. We're looking at download speeds
:13:04. > :13:07.of about 70 kilobytes BT say it is down to this cable
:13:08. > :13:12.which supplies five other properties Elsewhere in the village it is
:13:13. > :13:17.claimed some phone lines and only been fixed after being
:13:18. > :13:21.damaged in last winter storms. With home phone lines down
:13:22. > :13:24.in parts of Eglwys Bach for up to four months, people have
:13:25. > :13:28.had to depend on other alternatives The alternatives aren't
:13:29. > :13:38.that convenient. You can expect some delay
:13:39. > :13:44.after the storms we had. But I think, on the whole,
:13:45. > :13:50.rural areas perhaps aren't getting the service they deserve
:13:51. > :13:54.and the service they pay for. BT says it is a complex repair
:13:55. > :13:57.involving specialist equipment, It has escalated the issue
:13:58. > :14:02.as a matter of priority and Much more to come
:14:03. > :14:20.before seven o'clock. I am in the studio the artist who
:14:21. > :14:22.will represent Wales at the world 's biggest arts event. Find out who
:14:23. > :14:25.will be sent to Venice. It?s a full house tonight
:14:26. > :14:27.at the Swalec stadium where The 320 member clubs of the
:14:28. > :14:41.Welsh Rugby Union will gather in Port Talbot on Sunday
:14:42. > :14:44.for an Extraordinary Meeting The Union's admitted that
:14:45. > :14:49.the meeting is a proverbial 43 of the clubs have accused them
:14:50. > :14:55.of not running the sport in Twice grand slam winners,
:14:56. > :15:03.Six Nations champions in 2013. On the face of it, Welsh Rugby Union
:15:04. > :15:10.on a high bit issues lurk below. According to some
:15:11. > :15:11.of the smaller clubs, there is too much emphasis on the
:15:12. > :15:14.elite rather than the grassroots. The debt on the Millennium Stadium
:15:15. > :15:17.has been paid off too quickly. Some clubs are unhappy with
:15:18. > :15:20.the restructure of the leagues. There are concerns over a drop-off
:15:21. > :15:24.in people playing the sport. Has the EGM been a kick up
:15:25. > :15:28.the backside? We've always got to evolve,
:15:29. > :15:32.we have always got to get better. If this makes us better,
:15:33. > :15:34.bring it on. If you want me to say yes to you,
:15:35. > :15:40.I'll say yes to you. What I feel cross about, what I feel
:15:41. > :15:45.cross about is yourselves at the BBC have given people the oxygen to
:15:46. > :15:49.promulgate inappropriate, factually incorrect stuff which
:15:50. > :15:55.bears no journalistic scrutiny. That is what I play back
:15:56. > :15:58.to yourselves at the BBC. The role you have played
:15:59. > :16:00.in this has hopefully given you A BBC spokesman defended
:16:01. > :16:04.the Corporation's coverage saying it Not only grassroots
:16:05. > :16:09.clubs have concerns. The four professional regions also
:16:10. > :16:12.signed letters calling for Sunday's I'm not sure that a couple
:16:13. > :16:19.of hours on a Father's Day Sunday with very short notice is really
:16:20. > :16:25.going to be able to properly do justice to the underlying issues
:16:26. > :16:31.that the clubs have. But we have seen, perhaps,
:16:32. > :16:35.more communication and initiatives in the last three weeks than maybe
:16:36. > :16:38.the last three years. The EGM campaign has been led
:16:39. > :16:45.by former WRU Chief Executive, David Moffett, who has been back
:16:46. > :16:48.in Wales since January. He has run an eye catching
:16:49. > :16:51.and sometimes controversial campaign But Mr Moffett appears
:16:52. > :16:57.to have disappeared. On Monday he posted this message
:16:58. > :17:00.on his website and closed Also on Monday he declined to BBC
:17:01. > :17:05.request for an interview and despite repeated attempts, hasn't
:17:06. > :17:11.responded to calls and e-mails. Much of the antipathy towards
:17:12. > :17:14.the WRU is directed that its Chief Executive, some of the regions
:17:15. > :17:17.have gone on record saying they have In light of that and the EGM,
:17:18. > :17:25.has he considered his position? I wouldn't be sitting here today
:17:26. > :17:30.if I didn't have that confidence. I wouldn't have applied
:17:31. > :17:32.for the position eight years ago and I wouldn't have led the
:17:33. > :17:35.organisation over the last eight The maths suggest
:17:36. > :17:40.the WRU is likely to win. But the EGM has shifted the focus
:17:41. > :17:46.of our trip beyond And the EGM takes place on Sunday
:17:47. > :17:55.morning. We'll bring you all the developments
:17:56. > :17:57.in our bulletins during the day and there'll be updates on the
:17:58. > :18:01.BBC Wales News website. Meanwhile almost 6,000 miles away,
:18:02. > :18:05.Wales are preparing for the first test against
:18:06. > :18:07.South Africa tomorrow afternoon. Wales hopes
:18:08. > :18:09.of beating the Springboks for the first time in their own backyard
:18:10. > :18:14.have been boosted after George North, who's been isolated because
:18:15. > :18:17.of a virus, came through training. Wales say their ready and know
:18:18. > :18:21.the challenge that faces them. From Durban here's our rugby
:18:22. > :18:33.correspondent, Gareth Charles. It is exactly 50 years since the
:18:34. > :18:39.Welsh rugby team embarked on its first ever to. It is here in Durban,
:18:40. > :18:43.South Africa won the test. Times have changed, Durban has changed but
:18:44. > :18:47.the one thing that has remained constant is the result. Even though
:18:48. > :18:49.they have never lost at has remained constant is the result. Even though
:18:50. > :18:52.they have never lost at home South Africa are taking nothing for
:18:53. > :19:00.granted. Whenever you play the Welsh, it has been a tough test
:19:01. > :19:10.match. They were a big part of the British and Irish and is. -- lions.
:19:11. > :19:14.We will have to be on our best. On the eve of the" what the kickers
:19:15. > :19:17.were going through preparations, the rest of the squad were going through
:19:18. > :19:23.a last training session in private. The good news was George North was
:19:24. > :19:29.amongst them. Our medical team have looked after him. He has been
:19:30. > :19:33.hydrated and as you can well imagine, having not trained for the
:19:34. > :19:41.last couple of days he is feeling rough. I am sure he has got 36 hours
:19:42. > :19:45.and he will be ready to go. Also read -- raring to go argue
:19:46. > :19:52.travelling supporters. Quite confident. They have had problems in
:19:53. > :19:59.midfield. I think we can be stronger as an all-round team. There is no
:20:00. > :20:03.doubting the enormity of the task. Durban is a population equal to the
:20:04. > :20:07.whole of Wales. While the Springboks are missing a few key players they
:20:08. > :20:12.have a massive player base on which to call. While making a bit of
:20:13. > :20:15.history is sometimes a cliche it is certainly true as Wales go in search
:20:16. > :20:19.of their first ever win on South African soil.
:20:20. > :20:22.It's a perfect evening for cricket and Glamorgan are in T20
:20:23. > :20:32.Tomos Dafydd is live at the Swalec Stadium.
:20:33. > :20:40.The beautiful evening for a bit of cricket. The latest score is 40-1.
:20:41. > :20:46.Glamorgan are hoping to continue their good start in this
:20:47. > :20:50.competition. They won three of their first five games. I'm happy to tell
:20:51. > :20:58.you joining me now is Matthew Maynard, former coach and captain at
:20:59. > :21:06.Glamorgan. New at back at the club. Three young players were identified
:21:07. > :21:10.and I coach them. I was going to coach in the Caribbean. I am trying
:21:11. > :21:14.to make them Glamorgan players of the future. Talk about this
:21:15. > :21:21.competition, how important is Twenty20 to the club? It is the
:21:22. > :21:25.competition where you attract the biggest crowd. The supporters love
:21:26. > :21:28.the competition. It is very important. It is going to be
:21:29. > :21:35.interesting to see how little class on the World Cup. I think we will
:21:36. > :21:42.see about 5000 again. I think they will be happy. You played a couple
:21:43. > :21:47.of seasons of the 20 before you retired. How special is it? There is
:21:48. > :21:57.pressure in playing Twenty20 cricket but you know you've got an excuse
:21:58. > :22:01.for getting out and stop --. The players love it, they can go out and
:22:02. > :22:07.express themselves, show their skills with the ball and bat. The
:22:08. > :22:13.crowd love it. It is action cricket, there are of sixes and four is being
:22:14. > :22:16.hit. The is always moving. A lot of people are familiar with it because
:22:17. > :22:24.they played it when they were youngsters. It tends to be 80 ball
:22:25. > :22:30.overs. They are in contention of the quarterfinals. If they play like
:22:31. > :22:34.they did last Sunday I don't think they will go very far. If they
:22:35. > :22:38.played like they did last Friday against Somerset, they can go all
:22:39. > :22:43.the way and win it. Thank you very much. He has to rush off to the
:22:44. > :22:45.commentary box. Ball by ball coverage on BBC Radio Wales. That'll
:22:46. > :22:50.start at seven o'clock. Iit's known as the City of Love
:22:51. > :22:54.and a photographer from Monmouthshire will be there
:22:55. > :22:56.next year representing Wales Our arts correspondent Huw Thomas
:22:57. > :23:06.has been to meet her. For centuries,
:23:07. > :23:10.Venice has been home to artists inspired by the architecture
:23:11. > :23:14.and the romance, the Dolce Vita. For the past ten years,
:23:15. > :23:18.Wales has sent its own artist to the event and it is Helen Sear who
:23:19. > :23:21.will be creating a brand-new work I have been living and working
:23:22. > :23:31.in Wales, which has been important To have my work recognised by
:23:32. > :23:42.the Arts Council and the selection Helen will be the first female
:23:43. > :23:49.artist to present a solo show Much of her work focuses on nature,
:23:50. > :23:55.using her fine arts sIills to reinterpret the landscape around her
:23:56. > :24:02.home in Raglen in Monmouthshire. The things that I am interested is
:24:03. > :24:06.are human and occasionally animal Nature isn't something
:24:07. > :24:13.that is separate from us. Wales is Venice adventure is
:24:14. > :24:21.funded by the Arts Council. It costs around ?400,000 to plan,
:24:22. > :24:26.build and display the work in Bedwyr Williams represented Wales
:24:27. > :24:33.at the last Biennale. He won the praise of the critics
:24:34. > :24:37.for his installation called the Starry Messenger
:24:38. > :24:40.which used ideas about space and size to make visitors think
:24:41. > :24:45.about their place in the universe. While her plans for Venice are
:24:46. > :24:51.under wraps for now the exhibition will be unlike anything Wales has
:24:52. > :25:01.shown there in the past. For the artist who has always
:25:02. > :25:04.dreamed of being at the Biennale, it is the perfect opportunity to
:25:05. > :25:07.display her work alongside Before the weather, have a look
:25:08. > :25:18.at these pictures of Wales from the sky taken from a camera
:25:19. > :25:21.attached to a large helium balloon. It was launched yesterday
:25:22. > :25:24.by primary school pupils from Ysgol Gymraeg Aberystwyth with help
:25:25. > :25:27.from experts at the university. It spent three and a half hours
:25:28. > :25:31.in flight, reaching a height of nearly 18 miles, before landing
:25:32. > :25:36.in a field near Llandrindod Wells. Back on earth, let?s get the
:25:37. > :25:58.weather picture for the weekend ? It has been a great day across Wales
:25:59. > :26:06.today. It has been quite warm. Let's take a look at the highest
:26:07. > :26:14.temperatures. Fearing pleasant enough. It'll cloud over tonight. We
:26:15. > :26:20.will see showers making their way from the North. We have seen some of
:26:21. > :26:24.these shadows on the radar making their way through North Wales and
:26:25. > :26:27.creeping down to the south-east. South West Wales remaining mainly
:26:28. > :26:33.dry tonight. We will see plenty of showers further east. Temperatures
:26:34. > :26:37.tonight everything about 16 Celsius. Overnight lows of 11 Celsius but
:26:38. > :26:42.it's a a few muddy. It is eight o'clock tomorrow morning and here is
:26:43. > :26:50.how things look. Samson Lee spells across parts of the south-west.
:26:51. > :26:56.Further north, quite cloudy with a few sunny spells. Anglesey and
:26:57. > :26:59.Gwynedd 14 Celsius at eight o'clock in the morning. Northerly winds
:27:00. > :27:05.tomorrow is that these add a bit cooler. Pembrokeshire seeing some
:27:06. > :27:10.sunny spells first thing in the morning. It'll feel pleasant. Moving
:27:11. > :27:13.through tomorrow, it'll cloud over and then showers appearing here and
:27:14. > :27:17.there across the country. Equally, plenty of sunny spells will stop
:27:18. > :27:25.feeling quite pleasant in the sunny spells. Tomorrow night it'll cloud
:27:26. > :27:31.over here specially further west with the mist and fog patches. Quite
:27:32. > :27:37.thick fog as well. Tim Butcher is tomorrow reaching about 22 Celsius
:27:38. > :27:48.in the day. High pressure still in charge. The First Minister has given
:27:49. > :27:52.his strongest criticism of the way councils run education services in
:27:53. > :27:54.Wales. He says he doesn't have faith that some local authorities can
:27:55. > :28:01.consistently deliver good education across the country. There are calls
:28:02. > :28:02.to my to my two rivers staff cuts at Newport's passport office for the
:28:03. > :28:07.postal system to be reinstated. I'll have an update for you after
:28:08. > :28:10.the BBC News at ten. That's Wales That's Wales Today,
:28:11. > :28:13.have a lovely weekend. From all of us on the programme,
:28:14. > :28:14.good evening.