:00:00. > :00:18.humbling of its hosts. That's all
:00:19. > :00:21.The sacked Environment Minister, Alun Davies, has written to five
:00:22. > :00:23.Assembly Members, apologising for trying to get personal
:00:24. > :00:28.The First Minister has told this programme that he'd already warned
:00:29. > :00:31.Mr Davies last week that he was "on the edge of a cliff" over
:00:32. > :00:34.the way he dealt with plans for a motor racing circuit.
:00:35. > :00:38.Here's our political editor, Nick Servini.
:00:39. > :00:41.Calmer waters in Cardiff Bay after the turbulence of yesterday,
:00:42. > :00:44.which saw the most high-profile sacking of a
:00:45. > :00:50.Alun Davies asked for personal information about farm payments to
:00:51. > :00:55.Andrew RT Davies, his colleague Antoinette Sandbach, Plaid's Llyr
:00:56. > :00:59.Gruffydd, and the leader of the Lib Dems, Kirsty Williams,
:01:00. > :01:04.The big problem was the information wasn't public and he
:01:05. > :01:09.was using his ministerial office for party political purposes.
:01:10. > :01:12.This morning, the First Minister said it would be helpful if he'd
:01:13. > :01:32.This this position is needed. -- it would help his addition if he did.
:01:33. > :01:35.Then came a letter, in which he apologised and said the purpose of
:01:36. > :01:38.the request for the details of the farm payments was simply to provide
:01:39. > :01:41.background information and that he could offer an absolute assurance
:01:42. > :01:44.that at no time did he intend to use the information for political
:01:45. > :01:47.But that appeared to contradict with what the First Minister
:01:48. > :01:51.The only conclusion you can draw and the only conclusion any
:01:52. > :01:54.reasonable person can draw is he wanted the information to use
:01:55. > :02:06.On that basis, he could thus remain in the government.
:02:07. > :02:10.-- he could not remain in the government.
:02:11. > :02:14.One of the five AMs at the heart of this story, Llyr Gruffydd,
:02:15. > :02:20.I am disappointed that he tried to do what he tried to do.
:02:21. > :02:23.It underlines to me that Carwyn Jones should've dealt with this last
:02:24. > :02:25.week when it showed Alun Davies have broken the ministerial code.
:02:26. > :02:28.Alun Davies's sacking continued to be high on the agenda.
:02:29. > :02:30.David Cameron didn't waste an opportunity to criticise Labour
:02:31. > :02:36.during Prime Minister's Questions, calling it a worrying development.
:02:37. > :02:38.And there has been a debate at the Assembly about
:02:39. > :02:43.whether an independent adjudicator should advise the First Minister
:02:44. > :02:55.As the sun goes down on this affair, questions are still being asked on
:02:56. > :02:59.how to deal in future with ministers who break the rules.
:03:00. > :03:02.A man from Cwmbran who shot his estranged wife outside her new
:03:03. > :03:04.lover?s home has been found guilty of her murder.
:03:05. > :03:06.Newport Crown Court heard Christopher Parry "couldn't accept"
:03:07. > :03:09.Police on Seabreeze Avenue in Newport, a quiet residential
:03:10. > :03:19.Here, Caroline Parry, mother of two, was killed by her estranged husband.
:03:20. > :03:21.Shot in the back twice with a shotgun.
:03:22. > :03:26.Christopher Parry, who couldn't accept she'd left him,
:03:27. > :03:31.He still bears the scars from that day.
:03:32. > :03:33.Today, Christopher Parry was found guilty
:03:34. > :03:38.of Caroline Parry's murder, the jury rejecting his manslaughter plea.
:03:39. > :03:41.They believed he intended to kill her that morning
:03:42. > :03:50.Amazing. Amazing justice has been done
:03:51. > :03:55.She was so young. She will be forever young.
:03:56. > :03:57.And we are all amazed. It's fantastic.
:03:58. > :04:01.The verdict is what we wanted and it's justice.
:04:02. > :04:05.Christopher Parry left his Cwmbran home in August last year with
:04:06. > :04:10.He travelled eight miles to the home of Caroline Parry's new
:04:11. > :04:16.Neighbours were then awakened by three shots.
:04:17. > :04:23.Paramedics arrived just before nine and found both bodies in the street.
:04:24. > :04:26.Caroline Parry was pronounced dead in hospital
:04:27. > :04:33.People are so sad and upset, and to see the flowers there, terrific
:04:34. > :04:41.You know, as you can tell, it's such a quiet neighbourhood
:04:42. > :04:47.here, you don't expect something like that to come here.
:04:48. > :04:49.Christopher Parry was said to have been controlling
:04:50. > :04:56.Today, he was found guilty of his wife's murder.
:04:57. > :04:59.Christopher Parry wasn't in the courtroom when
:05:00. > :05:02.the guilty verdict was read out, with the permission of the judge.
:05:03. > :05:04.But there were cheers from the public gallery.
:05:05. > :05:06.It is clear the scars on his face caused
:05:07. > :05:10.by the shooting will be with him for life, a reminder of the crime
:05:11. > :05:18.Jordan Davies, BBC Wales today, Newport Crown Court.
:05:19. > :05:21.The search for Arthur Jones, who's gone missing on the island
:05:22. > :05:26.The 73-year-old hasn't been seen since the 19th of June.
:05:27. > :05:30.A personal profile of him has been completed and, as a result, local
:05:31. > :05:37.police will search an area between his hotel and a German war cemetery.
:05:38. > :05:39.A hoaxer who triggered a major search operation
:05:40. > :05:43.while he was at his home has been given a suspended jail sentence.
:05:44. > :05:46.Andrew Griffiths, from Corwen, dialled 999 in May, claiming he'd
:05:47. > :05:50.injured his ankle on Llandegla Moors, between Ruthin and Wrexham.
:05:51. > :05:55.Police say it wasted a total of 90 hours of their time.
:05:56. > :05:58.A bakery in Newport which was threatened with closure has been
:05:59. > :06:01.sold, raising hopes that some of the 550 jobs there could be saved.
:06:02. > :06:05.The Avana site in Rogerstone announced it would close earlier
:06:06. > :06:14.Making hand-decorated cakes to sell in a competitive market.
:06:15. > :06:16.Three months ago, workers at the Avana Bakery here
:06:17. > :06:24.Today, they were told the site had been sold to new owners, so despite
:06:25. > :06:30.the uncertainty this is potentially a short-term boost to morale.
:06:31. > :06:33.We are surprised because I know the company have been working hard to
:06:34. > :06:36.secure business, which hasn't been forthcoming at this moment, so a new
:06:37. > :06:39.company coming in and taking over, we are very surprised and excited.
:06:40. > :06:44.The site, near Newport, lost 85% of its order book when Marks Spencer
:06:45. > :06:49.moved a multi-million pound contract elsewhere earlier this year.
:06:50. > :06:53.The 2 Sisters food group, which used to own this site,
:06:54. > :06:57.makes everything from frozen pizza to chocolate biscuits.
:06:58. > :07:01.The bakery's new owners are two executives from the 2 Sisters group.
:07:02. > :07:05.Some are now calling for that new company, called Food Utopia,
:07:06. > :07:09.to explain what their plans are for this important source of jobs.
:07:10. > :07:13.We can't magic up cake orders. That is something people can't do.
:07:14. > :07:18.And I'm sure Food Utopia are out getting new orders to secure
:07:19. > :07:23.the long and medium future for the loyal workers there.
:07:24. > :07:24.They couldn't wish for a better workforce.
:07:25. > :07:30.550 workers commute here from miles around.
:07:31. > :07:33.If jobs can be saved, it won't just benefit Newport's
:07:34. > :07:41.Wales rugby player Owen Williams, who fractured his spine
:07:42. > :07:43.during a match in Singapore last month, has been moved to
:07:44. > :07:48.He had been treated at the University Hospital of Wales but is
:07:49. > :07:56.Well, it looks as if the sunshine may stay with us a little longer.
:07:57. > :08:06.But, Sue, it's not all plain sailing, is it?
:08:07. > :08:16.It has been fairly sunny today and it should be largely warm and dry.
:08:17. > :08:22.Every look at the map, mainly dry and light winds but it will turn
:08:23. > :08:26.killer with a chance of mist in rural areas. Tomorrow we have two
:08:27. > :08:30.weather systems in the East and West. The one to the West is more
:08:31. > :08:31.likely to affect the weather for Wales tomorrow but the detail is a
:08:32. > :08:37.bit tricky. So a dry morning with sunny spells,
:08:38. > :08:39.but cloud will thicken from the west and similar
:08:40. > :08:42.across the western side of the UK. Patchy drizzle across
:08:43. > :08:43.Northern Ireland. But further east, thicker cloud
:08:44. > :08:46.and more persistent rain moving in, with this zone in the middle
:08:47. > :08:49.hanging on to the sunshine, and the And those border counties
:08:50. > :08:53.the warmest across Wales tomorrow. A touch cooler where it's
:08:54. > :08:55.cloudier along Cardigan Bay. Friday starts off
:08:56. > :08:57.on a cloudier note further west, but brightening up, while the sunshine
:08:58. > :09:04.along the Marches likely to be replaced by thicker cloud from that
:09:05. > :09:07.warm front moving in from the east. The humid air could trigger
:09:08. > :09:09.a few showers. Then as we head into the weekend,
:09:10. > :09:14.these fronts push in from the Atlantic,
:09:15. > :09:17.so a more unsettled influence on our weather, with humid air continuing
:09:18. > :09:20.to push in from the Continent. It should be fine at first
:09:21. > :09:22.on Saturday. Some sunny spells,
:09:23. > :09:25.before cloud and showery rain pushes in from the west later on
:09:26. > :09:38.and begins to move eastwards. Fine for the next couple of days but
:09:39. > :09:40.turning increasingly changeable through the weekend and we will see
:09:41. > :09:44.showery rain pushed eastwards through Sunday. You can check the
:09:45. > :09:48.latest on the website. We'll be back with updates
:09:49. > :09:52.into Breakfast, For now, from all of us on
:09:53. > :09:56.the programme, a very good night.