02/07/2014 BBC Wales Today

the Turner Prize in 1999. Christie's said it had been bought by an

400 jobs are to go at the Tata steel-making plant in Port Talbot.

The company says it's being squeezed by ever rising energy costs

It says the job losses are needed to ensure

Here's Our Business Correspondent Brian Meechan.

Work continued at the Port Talbot side today even

as it became clear that it planned to cut its workforce by 10%.

This is a new blast furnace four at Port Tolbert, part of ?250 million

More steel is being produced here this year than in any previous one

and blast furnace four is credited with helping cut the losses of

But Tata Europe is still losing money.

Its products are used in construction

including western Europe's tallest building, the Shard, in London.

But construction has been badly hit by the economic crisis and demand

for steel is a third lower than it was in 2007.

The company's boss told Wales Today, in January, that high energy costs

The competitiveness on energy is one of

the very important elements of our unlevel playing field we suffer as a

That is a real serious issue and without removing that we are

The Port Talbot site uses as much energy

Tata is going in the right direction.

This site itself needs to be cost competitive.

Six years now we haven't been where we want to be so we've invested

and we have to prove our competitiveness with energy costs.

Its annual electricity bill runs to ?16 million in Wales.

Tata pays 50% more in the UK the energy than in France or Germany.

The UK government has helped since Tata's warning,

putting measures in the budget to help reduce costs for heavy energy

users, but these don't come into force for another two years.

The unions say it shouldn't just be about cutting costs.

What is going to happen in the next couple of weeks is

From a union perspective, we will be challenging every job that has been

cut to make sure we can still deliver a target and that is what we

have got to make sure we can still deliver our target as a business,

There is still a lot of work to go yet.

Politicians have voiced concerns about the news.

The governments of Germany and France, for example, are much

more supportive of manufacturing and steel, in particular,

and that is the kind of listening government we need here today.

It is a question of some workers sadly being made redundant, but of

Nevertheless, I am assured that Tata, who are a very responsible

employer, will make every effort to ensure that all the jobs

at last are voluntary redundancies rather than compulsory ones.

Tata is a major employer in the area, bring

The losses here are a major blow, but the company says it is committed

The Crown Prosecution Service has confirmed no one will be prosecuted

in connection with the death of three soldiers on the

24-year-old Craig Roberts from Penrhyn Bay,

31-year-old Edward Mayer, and 31-year-old James Dunsby from Bath,

died following a Special Forces training exercise for Reservists.

They were on a 40 mile hike in warm weather.

The CPS said there was insufficient evidence to support charges

of gross negligence manslaughter against two suspects.

A former Pembrokeshire County Council youth worker has been

jailed for six years after he admitted child sex offences.

Michael John Smith was sacked for inappropriate behaviour towards

Swansea Crown Court heard the 49-year-old from Haverfordwest

The Environment Minister, Alun Davies, broke guidelines when

he lobbied for a motor racing track to be built in his constituency.

But, First Minister Carwyn Jones has decided not to sack him.

Mr Davies urged an environment watchdog to support plans

He's apologised to Assembly Members but opponents are demanding

Motor racing could kick-start the economy in one of the pair as part

of the country, according to the supporters of a track. This is where

it would be built as a local MP Alun Davies lobbied for. They initially

had reservations but later gave it a green light. Having commissioned a

report, the first minister says Alun Davies didn't do another two

separate his actions on behalf of the consistency from his ministerial

role. He broke the code but he won't be sacked. There's nothing in the

code which says Alun Davies must be sacked. The first minister's aides

say these are guidelines and it is up to the council on what they do,

but that is not satisfying in the opposition. Today was a good day to

bury good news. In respect... In respect that the opposition parties

to the minister at his work and allowed 14 days this report to be

put together, we have waited another seven days and are not had the

opportunity to see that report. I think the minister should do the

honourable thing and return to the backbenches because the code has

been broken. It is not the case that this statement was released on the

back of the Tata case. I received this report on Wednesday last week.

I was in Brussels last week. It was then prudent of course to examine

the content of that report and comeback on Tuesday, which is why I

was here to answer the questions. Alun Davies gave this. Questions

were raised over my conduct. The first minister commissioned an

inquiry to gather the facts and concluded I did breach some of the

code. I have already apologised to the first minister and would like to

do so again to the public record. His own officials told him comment

on the case even in his capacity as and AM. If he had taken the

precaution, nobody would be calling for him to resign.

On the second day of Prince Charles' visit to Wales, he and the Ducchess

of Cornwall went to see the newly restored Galilee Chapel at St

Illtud's Church in Llantwit Major in Vale of Glamorgan, before visiting

the Dyffryn Gardens in the Vale of Glamorgan. They then went on to

Tonight they hosted a reception for Dylan Thomas' centenary.

Glamorgan's cricketers will be batting tomorrow to avoid defeat

in their County Championship match with Worcestershire at New Road.

Spinner Dean Cosker took five wickets for the Welsh county,

as Worcestershire declared on 299-7, leaving Glamorgan with

Let's take a look at the weather. A warm start to July across Wales. 24

cells as was the hot spot, 23 in Cardiff -- 24 Celsius. Tonight is

dry with light winds and variable cloud. Some localised mist and fog

patches developing and a mild one with overnight lows between ten and

13 Celsius. A fine and sunny start tomorrow. If you miss all soon burn

away as it warms up and a similar picture across most of the UK. Warm

with sunny spells but because he is thicker cloud developing across

Scotland and Northern Ireland with some rain putting in from the

north-west, suppressing the temperatures here but for most of

the UK, even warmer than today with temperatures into the 20s. A fine

enter the day in Wales with temperatures creeping up into the

20s, maybe 23 or 24 Celsius for border counties. That front in the

north-west slowly sinks south eastwards to Wales on Thursday, so

still a very humid feel. It also in cloudy in the north and west with a

fusion as possible and eventually a bit cooler. It could be a dry start

on Friday, especially further east but cloudier and breezy with more

persistent rain putting in from the West through the day. It is all

thanks to low pressure pushing in from the Atlantic late Saturday.

Some uncertainty about the timing and detailed, but after a fine three

days, a more unsettled enter the week, possibly a Shah restarts,

clearing later on with winds easing. That is Wales for the day. Good

night.