:00:00. > :00:00.weather. Not a wash-out but stay tuned for the details.
:00:07. > :00:33.Sometimes you only appreciate the services you receive when they are
:00:34. > :00:36.not there. Everybody relies on these public sector services.
:00:37. > :00:38.The walk out caused disruption across the country.
:00:39. > :00:40.Traffic problems for some, no bin collections for others
:00:41. > :00:50.I had to lose money because they did not have baby-sitters.
:00:51. > :00:52.Tonight, we'll be assessing whether today's action is likely
:00:53. > :01:06.Campaigners fighting to save special care baby services at Withybush
:01:07. > :01:14.This wind turbine that cost taxpayers ?48,000.
:01:15. > :01:17.Why the Welsh Government is now taking it down.
:01:18. > :01:20.An unexpected discovery, the 5,000-year-old tools
:01:21. > :01:29.shedding new light on life in ancient Wales.
:01:30. > :01:33.Schools, courts, job centres and council services have all been
:01:34. > :01:37.disrupted as public sector workers here joined a one-day strike.
:01:38. > :01:40.Union leaders claim pay freezes leave low paid
:01:41. > :01:45.So what's been happening across the country?
:01:46. > :01:49.It's thought around 70,000 workers have been on strike.
:01:50. > :01:53.More than 900 schools were closed with 215 others
:01:54. > :01:58.Museums, leisure centres and libraries were shut and all business
:01:59. > :02:02.And there have been no bin collections in many areas.
:02:03. > :02:10.In a moment, we'll be looking at how the strike affected you today.
:02:11. > :02:22.But first, Cemlyn Davies on a day of industrial action across Wales.
:02:23. > :02:28.Standing side-by-side. Teachers, librarians, civil servant and
:02:29. > :02:38.council workers voice their anger over pay, pensions and working
:02:39. > :02:47.conditions. To be honest, it is the last straw. The unions say the
:02:48. > :03:00.average public sector employee is more than ?2000 worse off. Here in
:03:01. > :03:06.Swansea, at around 300 people have gathered at Castle Square and their
:03:07. > :03:11.message is clear enough. People sometimes only appreciate the
:03:12. > :03:18.services when they are withdrawn. This is our last resort. Publics
:03:19. > :03:28.services are the glue that holds society together. It is estimated
:03:29. > :03:33.70,000 public sector workers in Wales took part in today's mass walk
:03:34. > :03:41.out. Further rallies were held in Cardiff, Carmarthen and Wrexham. A
:03:42. > :03:48.large number of members work in local schools as cooks and
:03:49. > :03:56.cleaners. Is it right that they should end up earning less than the
:03:57. > :04:02.minimum wage? Firefighters have also been taking action. We feel we are
:04:03. > :04:09.being forced into a corner by this Government. For us, firefighters
:04:10. > :04:14.working until the age of 60 will put people in danger. We need the
:04:15. > :04:23.government to come back to the table to negotiate. But the Welsh Local
:04:24. > :04:28.Government Association said the strike would not change anything and
:04:29. > :04:32.employees are already being offered the best possible deal in a
:04:33. > :04:41.challenging economic climate. The UK Government described the day as
:04:42. > :04:45.irresponsible. It is a strike against the public and a recovering
:04:46. > :04:52.economy. A lot of people would not have footed in favour of the strike.
:04:53. > :04:55.They cannot go to work. The strike will end at midnight. The unions
:04:56. > :04:58.were not rule out further industrial action in the future.
:04:59. > :05:00.So what has been the impact of today's strike
:05:01. > :05:04.Caroline Evans has been looking at what's been happening across Wales
:05:05. > :05:11.With around half our school closed the strike has meant more playtime
:05:12. > :05:15.for children more pressure for parents, but at this soft play
:05:16. > :05:24.centre in Wrexham there was a mixed level of support for the action.
:05:25. > :05:31.It was a bit short notice. I ended up having to take a day off work,
:05:32. > :05:36.which is a lot of money because they have not got baby-sitters. I have
:05:37. > :05:39.sympathy for the teachers. They too are fabulous job and I do understand
:05:40. > :05:44.why they are doing this. level of support for the action.
:05:45. > :05:47.There was frustration for tourists as the doors of our most national
:05:48. > :05:49.museum sites remained firmly shut. In Cardiff,
:05:50. > :05:53.a small notice pinned to the main door was all there was to greet this
:05:54. > :05:58.coach load of French tourists. Many leisure centres and community
:05:59. > :06:01.centres across Wales were also shut. People who'd put out rubbish
:06:02. > :06:05.in Neath found themselves bringing it back in.
:06:06. > :06:07.no collections today means they'll have to store some of it
:06:08. > :06:10.for a month, worried about smells and rats John Jones
:06:11. > :06:22.questioned what it would achieve. These days, that sort of thing
:06:23. > :06:28.should not happen. It is a negotiation. Years ago, it would
:06:29. > :06:31.make a difference, it was a different thing was up strikes would
:06:32. > :06:36.get you somewhere. But not these days. The public service, in
:06:37. > :06:43.particular, should be provided. questioned what it would achieve.
:06:44. > :06:46.Despite a picket line, the National Library of Wales in
:06:47. > :06:49.Aberystwyth did stay open but the same was not true of many libraries
:06:50. > :06:52.in Wales which remained closed. Motorists too saw
:06:53. > :06:56.the effect Cardiff's Butetown tunnel was shut down making for slow going
:06:57. > :07:02.in some parts of the city by rush hour traffic was at a standstill
:07:03. > :07:05.in some roads around the centre. This evening fire fighters who
:07:06. > :07:08.walked out at ten this morning remained
:07:09. > :07:11.on the picket line in Pembroke Dock members of the FBU union are on
:07:12. > :07:16.strike until 7pm tonight and they plan more strike action next week.
:07:17. > :07:18.Our parliamentary correspondent David Cornock is at Westminster
:07:19. > :07:29.David, what's the reaction been there to today's strike?
:07:30. > :07:36.The Cabinet Office has been trying to manage the strike on behalf of
:07:37. > :07:41.the government it has been trying to play down the impact of it. It is
:07:42. > :07:48.pointing out job centres opened and four out of five driving tests took
:07:49. > :07:54.place. In England, most schools opened and intensive civil servants,
:07:55. > :08:04.82% turned up for work. The politics are pretty straightforward. Plaid
:08:05. > :08:14.Cymru assembly members have been addressing those on strike at
:08:15. > :08:19.rallies. The government 's handling of this has been criticised. The
:08:20. > :08:23.Shadow Welsh Secretary have supported the strike this week. The
:08:24. > :08:28.challenge for Labour is if they win the next election, they say they
:08:29. > :08:32.will stick to coalition spending plans initially. That means they are
:08:33. > :08:39.not in a position to offer the strikers any more money. Build the
:08:40. > :08:42.action make a real difference? Ministers here say they do
:08:43. > :08:47.understand the frustration of people who have gone on strike today. They
:08:48. > :08:53.say if you work in the public sector, the chances are you'll pay
:08:54. > :08:57.has gone down, or rather, gone up by more than those in the private
:08:58. > :09:00.sector that from the start of the recession put up the Conservatives
:09:01. > :09:07.are saying they may change the law if they win the next election to
:09:08. > :09:10.introduce a threshold so 50% of union members would have to vote for
:09:11. > :09:17.a strike before it could happen. If you apply that to assembly elections
:09:18. > :09:19.or other elections, very few politicians would be elected.
:09:20. > :09:21.Campaigners have lost their high court fight to stop
:09:22. > :09:23.services being lost from Withybush Hospital in Pembrokeshire
:09:24. > :09:26.A judge has dismissed their legal challenges against
:09:27. > :09:29.Hywel Dda health board saying he was wholly unconvinced that the
:09:30. > :09:38.procedure was in any way unlawful. Abigail Neal reports.
:09:39. > :09:45.Their protests and please could not have been louder but so far, they
:09:46. > :09:49.failed to hit their mark. Campaigners have been battling on a
:09:50. > :09:56.couple of France. In Pembrokeshire, hiking plans to close the special
:09:57. > :10:06.care baby unit and the last of a special care unit. In Llanelli,
:10:07. > :10:12.against plans to downgrade the accident and emergency unit into a
:10:13. > :10:19.GP and nurse led unit. A judge ruled both these decisions are lawful. We
:10:20. > :10:27.are despondent. We are sad regarding the decision. As a group, we must
:10:28. > :10:41.accept that it has gone through the legal forces and we must move on.
:10:42. > :10:47.He said the courts were only concerned with the lawfulness of the
:10:48. > :10:52.decisions and he was wholly unconvinced that any aspect of the
:10:53. > :10:54.procedure was unfair or unlawful. Campaigners say they may have lost
:10:55. > :11:00.the legal arguments that they will fight on. This is wrong for the
:11:01. > :11:07.people of temperature. It is dangerous. I do believe that people
:11:08. > :11:15.will die on the road between Pembrokeshire and Carmarthen. These
:11:16. > :11:18.impressions show how the new maternity unit will look when it
:11:19. > :11:23.opens in August. He has ordered said they hope this judgement followed
:11:24. > :11:28.its staff and members of the public with the assurance they needed. The
:11:29. > :11:31.Welsh Government have welcomed this ruling, saying had services here
:11:32. > :11:34.need to evolve and modernised to meet the changing needs of the
:11:35. > :11:39.population and to take full advantage of new benefits to
:11:40. > :11:44.technology. The spokesperson called the judgement and important one for
:11:45. > :11:46.the future of services here in Wales.
:11:47. > :11:48.Vulnerable children and young people in the care system across Wales are
:11:49. > :11:51.still being denied the right to an independent professional
:11:52. > :11:56.That's according to the Children's Commissioner for Wales, who says
:11:57. > :11:59.that whilst there has been progress, it's been too patchy, and slow.
:12:00. > :12:02.The Welsh Government disagrees, and says it's committed to empowering
:12:03. > :12:12.Tasha Wood has been in the care system for nine years.
:12:13. > :12:22.When I was younger, I could have done with an advocate to explain
:12:23. > :12:27.what was going on. I was informed and everything but an advocate would
:12:28. > :12:32.have explained it to me so I had a deeper understanding also I was a
:12:33. > :12:34.child at the time. If I had something to say, they could have
:12:35. > :12:42.got that across the me. Schemes in Wales to help 19-24 year
:12:43. > :12:44.olds get into work , education or training should be more
:12:45. > :12:47.closely evaluated to establish what is good value for money according to
:12:48. > :12:50.the Wales Audit Office . The same report said that they
:12:51. > :12:53.Welsh Governments projects for 16 - Here's our economics
:12:54. > :13:01.correspondent Sarah Dickins. Learning to climb. These young
:13:02. > :13:05.people are on a scheme that aims to take them one stage closer to
:13:06. > :13:09.employment. They have left school and have yet to find a job. They
:13:10. > :13:16.have signed up for training. It is important. If children come out of
:13:17. > :13:23.school without qualifications, you do not have somewhere to go. You
:13:24. > :13:28.should not give up. The idea is to build social skills and team
:13:29. > :13:31.working. Employers say it is important in the workplace and will
:13:32. > :13:40.increase their chances of getting a job. In Cardiff and Newport, we find
:13:41. > :13:45.the highest proportion of young people who are not in education,
:13:46. > :13:57.employment or training. Without many of the people in that group between
:13:58. > :14:10.16 and 19 has fallen, it has increased for the older age group.
:14:11. > :14:19.It is not necessarily that they are not effective. The current economy
:14:20. > :14:24.has had an effect. The plans for 16 to 18 euros have better coordination
:14:25. > :14:28.and targeting and better use of resources. That could be applied to
:14:29. > :14:35.the older age group as well and that would have more beneficial effect.
:14:36. > :14:43.Training is not just about climbing. Extra lessons are giving and work
:14:44. > :14:47.experience is arranged. We try to get them to get into as something
:14:48. > :14:52.better. They are quite introverted at times and they have a lot of
:14:53. > :14:56.trust issues. Coming to a centre like this is great to support
:14:57. > :15:05.workers. We break down the barriers they have. Teenagers and 18 to not
:15:06. > :15:10.have job-seeker's Allowance but they do get ?30 a week if they join a
:15:11. > :15:18.training scheme. It takes us off the streets and from committing crimes.
:15:19. > :15:20.It gives you money as well. The government says recommendations in
:15:21. > :15:30.the report will be addressed and they will be a full evaluation.
:15:31. > :15:33.A historic night for Welsh Premier side Aberystwyth
:15:34. > :15:36.but they have a mountain to climb in the Europa League.
:15:37. > :15:44.And we find out what life was like in Wales 5,000 years ago.
:15:45. > :15:47.Last year we told you about the wind turbine on a Welsh
:15:48. > :15:51.It cost ?48,000 to install, but had been generating an average of just
:15:52. > :16:05.Our political reporter Paul Martin has the story.
:16:06. > :16:14.The building behind me was designed to be environmentally friendly. It
:16:15. > :16:21.has lots of features that help with that. The walls and windows are
:16:22. > :16:25.designed for maximum natural ventilation. The rainwater gathered
:16:26. > :16:29.on the roof is used to flush the toilet. The Welsh Government has
:16:30. > :16:35.similar features in its buildings across the country, including the
:16:36. > :16:39.turbine in Aberystwyth. But the performance has been poor. The data
:16:40. > :16:44.last year showed it was generating around 33 kilowatt hours of
:16:45. > :16:49.electricity per month. In the consumer market, it is worth about
:16:50. > :16:53.?5. It would take hundreds of years to offset its initial cost. The
:16:54. > :16:59.government said the reason for the poor performance was mechanical
:17:00. > :17:04.problems. The company which men affected it said it was the poor
:17:05. > :17:16.location. Its days are numbered. Yes, they are. Basically, there was
:17:17. > :17:20.talk of moving the location but in January, it broke down altogether.
:17:21. > :17:26.The manufacturers a few months later went bust. There is no prospect of
:17:27. > :17:32.repair or maintenance. The government decided to take it away.
:17:33. > :17:39.It is frustrating when government and politicians do something to look
:17:40. > :17:45.green and use a tick box. This is what we have seen here. ?48,000 of
:17:46. > :17:52.wasted money and the government tried to look green but did not
:17:53. > :17:56.achieve what they wanted to. As for when the turbine will be removed and
:17:57. > :18:03.how much it will cost, the government is not able to tell us.
:18:04. > :18:05.Independent television producers in Wales have welcomed
:18:06. > :18:07.a proposal by the BBC's Director General to introduce an open market
:18:08. > :18:11.Lord Hall said he wanted to end a system which ensures that half
:18:12. > :18:14.of the BBC's programmes are made by BBC production teams.
:18:15. > :18:20.The move would also allow the BBC to sell programmes to other channels.
:18:21. > :18:29.We always welcome the opportunity to cede more doors opening for the bits
:18:30. > :18:31.they will be a wider Tendring process, that is acceptable because
:18:32. > :18:41.we are not afraid of competition. Football
:18:42. > :18:42.and Aberystwyth can make history It?s the club's first home match
:18:43. > :18:46.in the Europa League and they have never won a European
:18:47. > :18:49.game in their 130-year history. But heavy first leg defeats for
:18:50. > :18:52.the Seasiders and Bangor City have led many to ask whether the Welsh
:18:53. > :18:55.Premier League should consider moving to the summer to help clubs
:18:56. > :19:01.playing in European competitions. Aberystwyth Town aren't lacking in
:19:02. > :19:08.passion but they are lacking one but they are lacking one thing.
:19:09. > :19:17.This club has never won a European game. That is our target.
:19:18. > :19:20.but they are lacking one thing. Manager Ian Hughes
:19:21. > :19:22.realises it'll be tough. Their opponents Derry City
:19:23. > :19:24.arrive full of confidence. They thrashed the seasiders 4-0
:19:25. > :19:28.last week in the first leg. But the League of Ireland Premier
:19:29. > :19:30.side are 18 games into their season. Their division switched to playing
:19:31. > :19:33.summer football over a decade ago. Hughes thinks it could be worth
:19:34. > :19:35.considering if clubs fair better in European competitions.
:19:36. > :19:42.Although his main focus is securing a win tonight.
:19:43. > :19:53.If we can get an early goal, the crowd can make it a good atmosphere.
:19:54. > :19:57.But let us win the game and see where it takes us.
:19:58. > :19:59.securing a win tonight. Aberystwyth Town is a club rich
:20:00. > :20:04.in history. defunct Intertoto Cup. A win tonight
:20:05. > :20:04.would be historic. Chris Hefferan is But this is
:20:05. > :20:43.the club?s first appearance We had a good racketeer last year.
:20:44. > :20:56.Football is a funny game. This fan cheered his club to a home win last
:20:57. > :20:59.season. It is a chance to see a different team and someone from a
:21:00. > :21:06.different league coming along. The club has made headlines in recent
:21:07. > :21:14.years. It got national coverage when they sent a tang in cheek to eat too
:21:15. > :21:15.much is that United after they failed to qualify for a European
:21:16. > :21:35.competition. football is short lived, it will
:21:36. > :21:53.live long in the memory of fans. Next season's opening fixtures
:21:54. > :21:56.for the newly named Guiness Pro 12 The season will begin on September
:21:57. > :22:01.the fifth and through that weekend. The Scarlets take on Ulster at home,
:22:02. > :22:05.while the Ospreys host Trevisio. The Cardiff Blues travel to Zebre
:22:06. > :22:11.and the Dragons go to Connacht. Archaeologists excavating
:22:12. > :22:13.an iron age hill fort in South Wales It was thought the site in Caerau,
:22:14. > :22:19.in the West of Cardiff, But artefacts unearthed this week
:22:20. > :22:25.reveal a settlement that's far older than anyone had thought,
:22:26. > :22:37.shedding new light on life in Wales If your daily commute takes you
:22:38. > :22:40.along the A4232 from the M4 to Cardiff Bay, you've probably passed,
:22:41. > :22:44.without realising it, one of the most important archaeological
:22:45. > :22:48.sites in South Wales. Above the Caerau housing estate
:22:49. > :22:52.in Ely stands a hill where you'll find an early medieval church and
:22:53. > :22:57.the foundations of a Norman castle. But the history of this site
:22:58. > :23:01.dates back much earlier. These archaeologists are excavating
:23:02. > :23:10.an area which once housed an Iron Age hillfort in about 700 BC.
:23:11. > :23:19.Very little expression has been done in these thoughts. We went to know
:23:20. > :23:23.if they were refugees of whether they were lived in permanently with
:23:24. > :23:28.lots of people. It is clear from our work that these ports were occupied
:23:29. > :23:36.for many centuries. Iron Age hillfort in about 700 BC.
:23:37. > :23:38.This is an artists' impression of how the hillfort would have
:23:39. > :23:41.looked around 2,500 years ago. It was always thought this site
:23:42. > :23:42.belonged to the Iron Age period. But history may now
:23:43. > :23:55.have to be rewritten. These artefacts date back to the
:23:56. > :23:56.Neolithic period proving there was a community centre here more than 5000
:23:57. > :24:13.years ago. have to be rewritten.
:24:14. > :24:16.And that's at least 3,000 years earlier than previously thought.
:24:17. > :24:20.It means this hill top was likely to have been a significant settlement
:24:21. > :24:22.as far back as 3,600 BC. This whole site is
:24:23. > :24:25.a time travellers' dream. Archaeologists have found ornate
:24:26. > :24:28.jewellery dating back to Roman times, the second century AD,
:24:29. > :24:28.suggesting this hillfort was populated throughout
:24:29. > :24:43.our early history. I have been finding parts and animal
:24:44. > :24:49.bones. Last week, I found a Roman nail from the building.
:24:50. > :24:52.our early history. Archaeologists will be digging
:24:53. > :24:54.at this site until the end of the month.
:24:55. > :24:56.What started as an Iron Age excavation has suddenly become
:24:57. > :24:59.something a lot bigger and much more exciting.
:25:00. > :25:01.I bet those archaeologists wouldn't mind this dry spell continuing
:25:02. > :25:08.It's been a fine day across most of Wales.
:25:09. > :25:12.Cardiff the hotspot reaching 24C in Usk.
:25:13. > :25:14.Warmest in the east but where it's been cloudier further
:25:15. > :25:18.west a bit cooler. 16C at Aberporth in Ceredigion
:25:19. > :25:20.with a breeze off the sea. A mostly fine evening to come,
:25:21. > :25:23.though the cloud will continue to thicken.
:25:24. > :25:26.Maybe a few spots of rain further west but not amounting to much.
:25:27. > :25:31.Some coastal mist and hill fog, remaining dry for most and mild
:25:32. > :25:33.at 10-15C. Tomorrow, we're sandwiched
:25:34. > :25:35.between two weather fronts. This warm front
:25:36. > :25:39.which has brought rain across the east of the UK weakens as
:25:40. > :25:43.it moves westwards and this one over Ireland heading in for the weekend.
:25:44. > :25:46.So tomorrow's largely dry and often bright with sunny spells.
:25:47. > :25:50.Some thicker cloud developing as both of those weather systems
:25:51. > :25:53.edge a bit closer. That warm front
:25:54. > :25:57.from the east bringing humid air could trigger an isolated shower.
:25:58. > :26:00.But for most, remaining dry with highs between 18C along the west
:26:01. > :26:04.coast with an on shore breeze, often feeling muggy elsewhere.
:26:05. > :26:06.23C in Monmouthsire. Any showers should peter
:26:07. > :26:08.out tomorrow night. Variable cloud with more extensive
:26:09. > :26:10.mist and fog patches forming especially
:26:11. > :26:14.along the Pembrokeshire coast. Otherwise dry and mild at 10-15C It
:26:15. > :26:19.should be fine at first on Saturday, some sunny spells and warm
:26:20. > :26:22.before cloud and showery rain push in from the west later on
:26:23. > :26:27.and will begin to move eastwards, remaining humid at 18-21C.
:26:28. > :26:31.But as these fronts push in later Saturday and into Sunday,
:26:32. > :26:35.there's a more unsettled Atlantic influence to our weather
:26:36. > :26:38.and feeling fresher too as we lose that humidity from the continent.
:26:39. > :26:40.Those showers will clear through early Sunday,
:26:41. > :26:45.turning into a brighter but breezier day, more in the way
:26:46. > :26:48.of sunshine by the afternoon. Still warm but a much fresher feel.
:26:49. > :26:53.So the weekend starts humid with sunshine and showers,
:26:54. > :26:57.slightly fresher and changeable for the start of next week
:26:58. > :27:15.but signs of things settling down and turning warmer midweek onwards.
:27:16. > :27:23.Unions say people have been striking over conditions. Campaigners have
:27:24. > :27:27.lost their High Court fight to stop services being lost from hospitals
:27:28. > :27:33.in Pembrokeshire and Llanelli. We'll have a quick update at 8pm
:27:34. > :27:37.and more after the BBC News at Ten. For now though from all of us on
:27:38. > :27:40.the programme, have a good evening.