13/07/2014

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:00:00. > :00:12.lively Rio de Janeiro as we count down to the World Cup final.

:00:13. > :00:16.A former Labour adviser says some of the reaction to the sacking

:00:17. > :00:20.of environment minister Alun Davies has been disproportionate.

:00:21. > :00:22.Mr Davies was axed from his post last week for trying

:00:23. > :00:26.to obtain private personal details about opposition politicians.

:00:27. > :00:28.But David Taylor, who worked for Peter Hain

:00:29. > :00:32.when he was Welsh Secretary, has questioned the outrage vented.

:00:33. > :00:38.Our political correspondent Daniel Davies reports.

:00:39. > :00:42.The opposition has more questions they want answered about the events

:00:43. > :00:56.I think we need an independent Inquiry chaired by an independent

:00:57. > :01:02.judge to look at all this and make sure we have the confidence that

:01:03. > :01:04.this is not part of a whiter abuse of the system. I hope that is what

:01:05. > :01:08.it is going to prove. Alun Davies asked civil servants how

:01:09. > :01:11.much five opposition AMs got Information he requested the day

:01:12. > :01:15.after he kept his job for an earlier That happened when he failed to keep

:01:16. > :01:19.to the rules when he lobbied for a motor racing circuit to be

:01:20. > :01:22.built in his constituency. Everyone seems to agree,

:01:23. > :01:24.he had to go. But has some

:01:25. > :01:33.of the reaction gone too far? I think it was right that he had to

:01:34. > :01:38.go. I think everybody recognises that, but I think the reaction has

:01:39. > :01:42.been somewhat disproportionate to his offence. It was right that he

:01:43. > :01:48.lost his job but I think some of the outrage that has been expressed, I

:01:49. > :01:49.think is slightly hypocrite to curl and slightly disproportionate to the

:01:50. > :01:52.offence. Opponents think it's wrong that

:01:53. > :01:55.the First Minister should be judge and jury

:01:56. > :01:56.for misbehaving cabinet ministers. He decides who has broken

:01:57. > :01:59.the code and how to respond. There are calls for a more

:02:00. > :02:13.independent system, but the First He acted immediately. He could have

:02:14. > :02:17.just sacked him without any reason. It is in his gift. But he made

:02:18. > :02:20.everything public. You can not be more open than that.

:02:21. > :02:23.Carwyn Jones insists we know what Alun Davies tried to do because he

:02:24. > :02:28.He says when he found out what was going on, he kicked Mr Davies out

:02:29. > :02:31.But despite that assurance and despite apologies

:02:32. > :02:33.from the two men, the questions keep coming from the opposition

:02:34. > :02:40.about whether Mr Jones was right to give Alun Davies a second chance.

:02:41. > :02:43.It's emerged that an airfield in north Wales could be the location

:02:44. > :02:46.Eight aerodromes are being shortlisted across the UK

:02:47. > :02:48.and it's understood Llanbedr Airfield near Harlech

:02:49. > :02:57.The UK Government wants a dedicated base for space planes to

:02:58. > :02:59.allow satellite launches and to develop the potential

:03:00. > :03:05.An announcement is expected later this week.

:03:06. > :03:07.The First Minister and Arriva Trains Wales have clashed

:03:08. > :03:09.publicly on social media over the absence of Welsh language

:03:10. > :03:15.Carwyn Jones used Twitter to ask the rail company why Queen Street

:03:16. > :03:21.He then criticised the company's response as unprofessional.

:03:22. > :03:25.It has apologised, and says bilingual destination announcements

:03:26. > :03:29.will be introduced when a new platform opens later this year.

:03:30. > :03:31.A nine-year-old schoolgirl who had a lucky escape after becoming

:03:32. > :03:34.wedged between giant rocks as the tide was coming in at Aberaeron

:03:35. > :03:37.near Aberystwyth has been reunited with her rescuers this weekend.

:03:38. > :03:39.This footage shows the lifeboat crew struggling to find

:03:40. > :03:45.The youngest team member, just 17, had to squeeze himself between the

:03:46. > :03:51.The RNLI says Eira and her family met them at the lifeboat station

:03:52. > :03:58.And Nathan Cleverley looks set for what's being described

:03:59. > :04:01.as a grudge cruiserweight clash against Tony Bellew in November.

:04:02. > :04:03.Both claimed knockout wins in Liverpool last night.

:04:04. > :04:07.The potential bout promises to be a mighty clash after Bellew taunted

:04:08. > :04:12.the onlooking Cleverly after beating Hulio Sesar Dos Santos.

:04:13. > :04:17.The Welsh fighter had earlier stopped Alehandro Valohri.

:04:18. > :04:20.Time for a look at what the weather has in store for us now.

:04:21. > :04:33.No real complaints as far as the weather is concerned. We have seen

:04:34. > :04:39.plenty of brightness and sunny spells. Change on the way tomorrow.

:04:40. > :04:44.Patchy rain. It will feel warm. Temperatures today held up my

:04:45. > :04:49.sleeve. The low 20s in the south-east corner. This was thanks

:04:50. > :04:52.to its an area of high pressure, but it is this area of low pressure that

:04:53. > :04:58.we will be keeping an eye on. Ahead of that, Cloutier conditions pushing

:04:59. > :05:03.in from the west. Eastern parts, North Wales as well remaining clear

:05:04. > :05:08.for the best part of the night, the temperatures remaining quite high.

:05:09. > :05:13.The rain will push across the country. It will be a little bit

:05:14. > :05:22.windier, especially on high ground. Temperatures still reaching highs of

:05:23. > :05:26.21. Tomorrow night, the patchy rain makes its way across to the east. A

:05:27. > :05:32.more organised band of rain behind it. Heavy downpours. You can see

:05:33. > :05:37.some other friends crossing the UK. A ridge of high pressure on Tuesday

:05:38. > :05:40.so things will turn more settled. If you look ahead to the rest of the

:05:41. > :05:44.week, the temperature is not disappointing. Gradually getting

:05:45. > :05:47.warm as we pushed forward to the end of the week but the odd risk of some

:05:48. > :05:50.sundry showers. And that's how it's looking in Wales

:05:51. > :05:52.today. We're back with our next update

:05:53. > :05:55.after the World Cup final. For now, though,

:05:56. > :06:13.from all of us here on the weekend Hello, most places are enjoying a

:06:14. > :06:18.fine end to the weekend with some sunshine. You might be firing up the

:06:19. > :06:22.barbecue ahead of the World Cup final but we have seen torrential

:06:23. > :06:25.storms in East Anglia and they still have showers. They will ease but