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:00:00. > :00:07.Stephen Crabb becomes the new Secretary of State for Wales

:00:08. > :00:10.saying he'll work to ensure the country is at the forefront

:00:11. > :00:23.thank you very much. I'm looking forward to getting on with the job

:00:24. > :00:27.with the job right now.

:00:28. > :00:30.Brought up by a single parent on this council estate, he's a keen

:00:31. > :00:35.Tonight we'll be talking to him, finding out what he plans to do

:00:36. > :00:45.A former youth worker jailed for child sex offences.

:00:46. > :00:52.Pembrokeshire council is accused of not doing enough to stop him.

:00:53. > :00:54.There were so many good, hard-working, professional people

:00:55. > :01:05.I cannot understand why we weren't listened to.

:01:06. > :01:08.Could space tourists soon be lifting off from Llanbedr?

:01:09. > :01:10.These children are healthy but a report says too many pregnant

:01:11. > :01:15.women are putting their babies lives at risk.

:01:16. > :01:18.I did feel very guilty smoking whilst pregnant,

:01:19. > :01:34.As big a major blow ahead of the Commonwealth Games for the Welsh

:01:35. > :01:41.team. Helen Jenkins is forced to withdraw because of injury.

:01:42. > :01:44.Stephen Crabb is the new Secretary of State for Wales.

:01:45. > :01:46.Mr Crabb, who's the MP for Preseli Pembrokeshire,

:01:47. > :01:49.takes over from David Jones, who was sacked in a wide-ranging reshuffle

:01:50. > :01:52.We'll be speaking live to the new Welsh Secretary shortly.

:01:53. > :01:55.But first our parliamentary correspondent David Cornock has been

:01:56. > :01:57.following all the developments and joins us now from Westminster.

:01:58. > :02:08.His job is to be the voice of Wales in the UK Government and the voice

:02:09. > :02:13.of the UK Government in Wales. In a moment, he will tell me how he will

:02:14. > :02:14.use that the voice but first, a look at what today's reshuffle means for

:02:15. > :02:17.Wales. Stephen Crabb knew

:02:18. > :02:21.his summons to Downing Street this He emerged half

:02:22. > :02:24.an hour later to tell the waiting cameras he was delighted to be David

:02:25. > :02:31.Cameron's new Welsh Secretary. He's 41,

:02:32. > :02:34.married with a son and daughter. He was born in Inverness but he

:02:35. > :02:40.and his two brothers were raised by their single mother in

:02:41. > :02:43.a council house in Haverfordwest. He went to school there too

:02:44. > :02:45.before Bristol University And he's quite the sportsman,

:02:46. > :02:52.running the London Marathon three times and playing rugby

:02:53. > :03:06.for the parliamentary team. He's also been co-steering across

:03:07. > :03:07.the Pembroke should coast. His background is unusual for a

:03:08. > :03:12.His background is unusual for a Conservative MP.

:03:13. > :03:14.Some busineses in Pembrokeshire think that's a bonus.

:03:15. > :03:20.I think it's important and it gives credibility because a key aspect of

:03:21. > :03:23.his role is to improve relations for the Welsh Assembly government, to

:03:24. > :03:31.ensure that they work together as effectively as possible to make sure

:03:32. > :03:33.that more happens at the coal face, rather than gets lost in the

:03:34. > :03:35.lost in the process.

:03:36. > :03:38.Under his predecessor David Jones, there were tensions between

:03:39. > :03:40.the coalition at Westminster and the Labour government in Cardiff.

:03:41. > :03:43.But at question time in the senedd, the First Minister gave

:03:44. > :03:49.the impression he could do business with the new Secretary of State.

:03:50. > :03:56.We do very much welcome a new approach, a new attitude. I do have

:03:57. > :03:59.two say that I know my colleagues have dealt with the new Secretary of

:04:00. > :04:05.State in the past and found him to be pragmatic and reasonable.

:04:06. > :04:08.Mr Crabb's old job as a junior Wales Office minister will be filled

:04:09. > :04:10.by the Welsh-speaking Vale of Glamorgan MP Alun Cairns.

:04:11. > :04:13.Promotion for him but it does mean the Wales Office no

:04:14. > :04:21.longer has a North Wales MP in its ministerial team.

:04:22. > :04:28.Your predecessor fell at the Welsh Labour government and Welsh

:04:29. > :04:32.Conservatives, you have got some pretty big bridges to build, haven't

:04:33. > :04:36.you? I am clear the job of secretary of state for Wales is to work

:04:37. > :04:38.positively and constructively with government departments here in

:04:39. > :04:42.London but also across the devolution divide in Cardiff and I

:04:43. > :04:47.have been doing the junior Wales Office job, I've enjoyed

:04:48. > :04:50.constructive racial ships with ministers in the Welsh government

:04:51. > :04:54.and look forward to continuing that in this new role of Secretary of

:04:55. > :04:59.State. After devolution, the Welsh Secretary's job is somewhat

:05:00. > :05:02.meaningless. Those are your own words. You are dragging up an

:05:03. > :05:08.article from years ago, seven years ago. Written at a time when Labour

:05:09. > :05:11.governments had reduced the job of Secretary of State for Wales to less

:05:12. > :05:17.than a part-time job. This government, David Cameron, has

:05:18. > :05:19.reinvigorated the office and the Department of the Welsh office. He

:05:20. > :05:24.is very clear the Wales Office should be playing in economic role,

:05:25. > :05:27.helping to bring in new infrastructure into Wales, attract

:05:28. > :05:32.new business investment into Wales and that's I hope to continue. At

:05:33. > :05:36.that time, you argued for the Welsh job to be merged with Scottish and

:05:37. > :05:40.Northern Irish counterparts. What was it about the Prime Minister's

:05:41. > :05:44.generous offer which changed your mind? What the government has done

:05:45. > :05:49.in the last four years is restore the status of the Wales Office and

:05:50. > :05:53.the position of Secretary of State, so it can play constructive pivotal

:05:54. > :05:56.role in the devolution settlement but also, working with government

:05:57. > :06:04.departments here and across Cardiff with Welsh government, to see big

:06:05. > :06:07.projects like the new nuclear power station in Anglesey, the new prison

:06:08. > :06:11.in North Wales, tangible achievements which has been achieved

:06:12. > :06:15.partly because of the existence and proactive approach of the Wales

:06:16. > :06:20.Office. One point of trivia to finish on. You are the first

:06:21. > :06:26.Conservative minister with a beard for more than 100 years. I didn't

:06:27. > :06:30.know those facts from history for that one of my colleagues said today

:06:31. > :06:36.he thought a Cabinet member in the 1980s came back from a summer

:06:37. > :06:39.holidays with a beard but didn't last 24-hour was. You have your

:06:40. > :06:43.place in the history books. If you're wondering about Cabinet

:06:44. > :06:49.minister was in 1905, it was the fourth Earl of Onslow. You will

:06:50. > :06:51.thank me when you win that pub quiz. We definitely will, David, thank you

:06:52. > :07:11.very much indeed. The Children's Commissioner

:07:12. > :07:13.for Wales has told the BBC that he is going to investigate the way in

:07:14. > :07:16.which Pembrokeshire County Council dealt with allegations against

:07:17. > :07:18.former council youth worker Mik Smith, who was recently jailed for

:07:19. > :07:21.six years for child sex offences. BBC Wales's Week In Week Out

:07:22. > :07:23.programme tonight investigates the way in which the council dealt

:07:24. > :07:26.with complaints about Smith, and asks if more could have been

:07:27. > :07:28.done to prevent his abuse. For years he held a position

:07:29. > :07:32.of trust with children. Mick Smith, senior youth worker

:07:33. > :07:33.in Pembrokeshire, A man who, when he was sent to

:07:34. > :07:37.prison for abusing an eight-year-old boy, was described by the judge

:07:38. > :07:40.as one who had been warned several The boy's mother, whose identity is

:07:41. > :07:44.disguised for legal reasons, says the chief executive of Pembrokeshire

:07:45. > :07:46.Council should resign because Smith As far as I can see, if people had

:07:47. > :07:52.taken the time and the care to do their jobs properly, what we've been

:07:53. > :07:55.through may have been avoided. In 2005, Smith was investigated

:07:56. > :08:00.by the council and police, when seven of his colleagues said they

:08:01. > :08:03.were concerned about his behaviour. Six out of 11 allegations

:08:04. > :08:05.against him were upheld but Smith was allowed to stay

:08:06. > :08:08.in his job with a verbal warning. One of Smith's colleagues turned

:08:09. > :08:10.whistleblower over the affair, says There were so many good,

:08:11. > :08:16.hard-working, professional people I cannot understand why

:08:17. > :08:21.we weren't listened to. The Chief Executive of Pembrokeshire

:08:22. > :08:25.County council is Bryn Parry Jones. He told us the 2005 enquiry found no

:08:26. > :08:29.grounds for criminal charges, but he accepts there were failings and that

:08:30. > :08:33.all the senior officials responsible Smith was only dismissed after

:08:34. > :08:39.a report by the Social Services Inspectorate that called for his

:08:40. > :08:45.case and 25 others to be reviewed. The Children's Commissioner

:08:46. > :08:48.for Wales says he wants to examine I'll take a look at it because I

:08:49. > :08:53.think what you're raising there are very serious allegations that

:08:54. > :08:55.probably need If I take

:08:56. > :09:01.the view that things happened to children in the past could help to

:09:02. > :09:04.improve the lives of children today then I certainly have powers

:09:05. > :09:08.of remit to take a look at it. Mick Smith has now begun

:09:09. > :09:12.a six-year prison sentence. The council has written to 150

:09:13. > :09:15.families to ask if they have concerns about how he might have

:09:16. > :09:39.behaved with their children. One of the most prominent Welsh

:09:40. > :09:45.poets has died. He won the Eisteddfod three times. He was known

:09:46. > :09:47.for his hard-hitting political poems. He also chaired the Welsh

:09:48. > :09:55.language poetry writing competition. Paying tribute, this

:09:56. > :10:03.poet said the nation has lost a giant of literature.

:10:04. > :10:06.An inquest into the death of a five-day-old baby at

:10:07. > :10:08.Swansea's Singleton Hospital has been told strict hygiene rules were

:10:09. > :10:12.Hope Erin Evans from Aberdare was one of two babies who died at the

:10:13. > :10:16.The inquest heard Hope's mother complained after finding a discarded

:10:17. > :10:19.Four of Wales' leading business organisations have written

:10:20. > :10:22.an open letter to the Transport Minister calling for a quick

:10:23. > :10:26.A consultation document was published last September.

:10:27. > :10:28.The business bodies want Edwina Hart to push forward with

:10:29. > :10:39.the ?1 billion project around Newport without delay.

:10:40. > :10:41.Flying to space could become a reality soon as an airfield

:10:42. > :10:44.in Wales is one of eight sites shortlisted as a base

:10:45. > :10:48.Llanbedr Airport is the only site in Wales and is currently closed.

:10:49. > :10:51.The announcement was made by the UK Government at the

:10:52. > :11:00.Here's our business correspondent Brian Meechan.

:11:01. > :11:06.It may sound like the stuff of science fiction but Llanbedr could

:11:07. > :11:13.be on its way to being the Centre for European space travel by 2018.

:11:14. > :11:16.Commercial space already become a reality with virgin offering its

:11:17. > :11:22.first paying passenger space flights this year. But what do locals make

:11:23. > :11:27.the plans? Absolutely fantastic, good for the economy. It's what has

:11:28. > :11:32.been needed since the airfield closed some years ago. This former

:11:33. > :11:37.worker at the airfield seller will be a boost to the jobs in the

:11:38. > :11:42.community. We desperately need the work here. Kids leaving school,

:11:43. > :11:46.nothing to go to, but work like that will be a great help to the area.

:11:47. > :11:52.With a knock-on effect for local economy. I can't imagine, sort of,

:11:53. > :11:58.you know, seeing people arriving for space shuttle landings any time soon

:11:59. > :12:01.but will be great if something happens, definitely. Been able to

:12:02. > :12:07.watch satellite launched will be fantastic. The airfield ticks a lot

:12:08. > :12:10.of boxes which are required from the spaceport. Low population levels,

:12:11. > :12:18.accessible by land and sea and causing little disruption to other

:12:19. > :12:22.areas. It will bring a certain amount of wealth creation to the

:12:23. > :12:26.local area and as things start to develop, we will look to move to a

:12:27. > :12:29.full operational capability in two or three year's time and it will

:12:30. > :12:34.bring a significant number of jobs and new developments on the

:12:35. > :12:38.airfield. It's an industry of growing importance. With over ?11

:12:39. > :12:45.billion to the UK economy every year. And it supports nearly 35,000

:12:46. > :12:48.skilled and well paid jobs. We may be thinking of conventional aircraft

:12:49. > :12:54.like these for our holiday flights and space travel might be out of the

:12:55. > :12:59.price range of most of us, but it is the future. The question is whether

:13:00. > :13:04.it's a future based at Llanbedr. I think a decision will be made on

:13:05. > :13:09.this. We can offer everything required and obviously they do short

:13:10. > :13:14.list, as part of a competition, but we have a good case to make as why

:13:15. > :13:24.it should be Llanbedr. Wales has a thriving aerospace industry.

:13:25. > :13:28.Llanbedr is up against six sites in Scotland and with an independent

:13:29. > :13:37.referendum looming, that could lead Llanbedr's ambitions grounded.

:13:38. > :13:39.A marine taking part in a special forces training exercise

:13:40. > :13:42.died after falling more than 100 feet down a gorge in Snowdonia.

:13:43. > :13:45.An inquest into the death of Ashley Hicks, from Solihull in the

:13:46. > :13:47.West Midlands, heard from colleagues who described how he slipped

:13:48. > :13:50.25-year-old Ashley Hicks was described

:13:51. > :13:55.as an exceptionally capable and well motivated soldier who was

:13:56. > :13:57.taking part in a selection exercise for the elite special forces.

:13:58. > :14:00.In October 2012, he and five colleagues were part of

:14:01. > :14:03.a unit dropped near Trawsfynydd in Gwynedd and told to evade a hunter

:14:04. > :14:06.They chose a route which contained a steep 100 foot

:14:07. > :14:09.deep gorge which wasn't identified on the basic maps they were given.

:14:10. > :14:12.The team of six Marines, with Ashley Hicks in front, were

:14:13. > :14:15.making their way in the dark around the edge of Trawsfynydd Lake.

:14:16. > :14:18.They were heading to a rendezvous point further north.

:14:19. > :14:21.When they reached a dry stone wall, Ashley Hicks climbed over it.

:14:22. > :14:23.He told his colleagues, "It's steep here, watch your footing."

:14:24. > :14:27.Three of Marine Hicks' former colleagues

:14:28. > :14:29.who have since become members of the special forces gave evidence

:14:30. > :14:35.Referred to only as Soldiers A, B and E, they described how he was

:14:36. > :14:38.found at the bottom of the gorge with serious injuries.

:14:39. > :14:42.He stopped breathing and Soldier A tried to resuscitate him,

:14:43. > :14:44.but he failed to regain conciousness before an RAF rescue helicopter

:14:45. > :14:51.The variety of remote and rugged terrain here makes Wales a popular

:14:52. > :14:54.location for the armed forces to put recruits through their paces.

:14:55. > :15:00.Three soldiers died on one of the hottest of days

:15:01. > :15:03.of last summer whilst also taking part in special forces selection

:15:04. > :15:17.Ashley Hicks' inquest in caernarfon will continue tomorrow.

:15:18. > :15:31.And emotional evening for Christian Malcolm, who picked up his first

:15:32. > :15:33.medal for Wales back in 1998. Now he is preparing to race for the last

:15:34. > :15:42.time on home soil. People who smoke in cars with

:15:43. > :15:45.children in them could face penalty points and a fine under plans for

:15:46. > :15:49.a new law by the Welsh Government. It's hoped it will have

:15:50. > :15:51.a huge impact in reducing harm But are we doing enough to reduce

:15:52. > :15:55.other health risks in childhood? A report out today suggests children

:15:56. > :15:58.in our most deprived communities are twice as likely to die

:15:59. > :16:00.in any one year those born Our health correspondent

:16:01. > :16:07.Owain Clarke has more. It's one of

:16:08. > :16:09.the most important responsibilities of any government, how to make sure

:16:10. > :16:11.the youngest in society get And how do you protect them

:16:12. > :16:17.from risks when they are too young The Welsh government wanted

:16:18. > :16:22.for a long time to reduce children's exposure to second-hand

:16:23. > :16:25.smoke in cars. And it's had some success with

:16:26. > :16:29.exposure rates halving from 18% But after a recent Westminster vote,

:16:30. > :16:37.which gave the Welsh government extra powers, the health minister

:16:38. > :16:42.confirmed plans to go further. There are still about a quarter

:16:43. > :16:46.of the population who go on smoking We're going to move ahead in Wales

:16:47. > :16:56.with a ban on smoking There are moves to introduce similar

:16:57. > :17:02.bans elsewhere in the UK but in a new report, the Royal College

:17:03. > :17:06.of paediatrics and child health says it is also concerned

:17:07. > :17:09.about the risks of smoking on In 2010, a higher proportion

:17:10. > :17:16.of pregnant women smoked in Wales And it's a particular problem

:17:17. > :17:23.in less well-off communities. So why, then, when the dangers are

:17:24. > :17:27.so well known, do some expectant I had other children and they are

:17:28. > :17:33.quite stressful so I carried on smoking, but there was nothing

:17:34. > :17:39.wrong with my children or anything. I've smoked

:17:40. > :17:42.since a very young age and found it I did feel very guilty

:17:43. > :17:48.smoking whilst pregnant. So

:17:49. > :17:51.the Royal College wants to see new smoking reduction targets set for

:17:52. > :17:56.every stage of pregnancy by 2015. It is also calling

:17:57. > :17:59.for targeted support to reduce smoking in family homes which can

:18:00. > :18:03.increase the risk of cot deaths. And for older children it's calling

:18:04. > :18:06.for better care for asthma, epilepsy Smoking cessation

:18:07. > :18:15.in England has had greater investment and I think the rates

:18:16. > :18:18.of smoking cessation in England has fallen at a greater proportion to

:18:19. > :18:21.Wales and is a reflection of the Overall, the report concludes

:18:22. > :18:27.the NHS here can boast some of the best doctors, and medical equipment

:18:28. > :18:31.anywhere and the Welsh government says it is committed to reducing

:18:32. > :18:39.avoidable child death but this still, it seems, much more to do

:18:40. > :18:41.to offer children, wherever they are born in Wales, the best

:18:42. > :18:59.possible chance of a healthy life. In total, there are ten proposed

:19:00. > :19:06.laws covering areas like public health, education and planning

:19:07. > :19:12.systems. Wales has been making money at the Royal Mint for decades. And

:19:13. > :19:17.now it's going to have its own means to raise money as well with the

:19:18. > :19:20.Treasury, as the National Assembly gets tax varying and borrowing

:19:21. > :19:24.powers for the first time. A new Treasury has been included in the

:19:25. > :19:29.West government's law making plans for the next year. This is a

:19:30. > :19:34.historic time for Wales, the first piece of tax legislation the

:19:35. > :19:39.assembly has had to consider and it will pave the way for the

:19:40. > :19:44.replacement of stamp duty land tax and landfill tax with new devolved

:19:45. > :19:48.Welsh taxes from 2018. One of the questions is whether a new Treasury

:19:49. > :19:53.at a place like this, the Welsh government offices in the centre of

:19:54. > :19:58.Cardiff, will come to resemble a kind of powerful Treasury we see at

:19:59. > :20:03.Westminster, which not only sets tax rates, but also tightly controls the

:20:04. > :20:08.purse strings of all the other government departments like health

:20:09. > :20:12.and education. The Economist here wrote a report recommending tax and

:20:13. > :20:15.borrowing powers devolved and says they could be tensions between a new

:20:16. > :20:20.Treasury and other government departments. The Welsh government

:20:21. > :20:27.has a tradition of a lot of discretion for individual ministers

:20:28. > :20:32.and I think many of them would be uneasy about having a stronger

:20:33. > :20:35.Treasury looking at their investment decisions and subjecting them to

:20:36. > :20:39.scrutiny and making them present more detailed business cases and

:20:40. > :20:43.things like that, so I think there's probably a splitter there. The new

:20:44. > :20:47.programme is not just about the Treasury. There are plans to ban

:20:48. > :20:52.e-cigarettes in public places. Local government legislation is pave the

:20:53. > :20:57.way for councils to merge voluntarily and the law to create a

:20:58. > :21:00.new body to regulate exams. When this government's term comes to an

:21:01. > :21:05.end, it would've been the first lawmaking powers. What it has done

:21:06. > :21:29.with those powers is likely the former big part of how we judge it.

:21:30. > :21:32.With just a over a week to go before the start of the Commonwealth Games

:21:33. > :21:35.almost all of Wales' athletics team are competing tonight for the last

:21:36. > :21:39.But for one of our best sprinters, tonight's meeting could be

:21:40. > :21:42.Tomos Dafydd is at the Welsh Athletics International

:21:43. > :21:47.Helen Jenkins has been forced to withdraw because of an injury. A big

:21:48. > :21:50.blow for team Wales because she was one of the real medal hopes and

:21:51. > :21:52.pulled out during an event at the weekend. A precaution, we were told

:21:53. > :21:58.but tonight, the news of this horrific injury. She said tonight

:21:59. > :22:04.she's obviously devastated and looking forward to racing a tough

:22:05. > :22:07.honest triathlon course in Strathclyde and such is almost

:22:08. > :22:11.certain she won't be racing again this season. That get the reaction

:22:12. > :22:20.of team Wales captain Aled Sion Davies. A big blow for you? Yes, it

:22:21. > :22:23.is sad. Injuries are an occupational hazard. Myself and the rest of the

:22:24. > :22:31.team wish her all the best. We hope she has a speedy recovery. The third

:22:32. > :22:38.high-profile athlete to withdraw. The medal target, should be revised?

:22:39. > :22:42.Is it still achievable, 27 medals? I totally believe it is achievable. We

:22:43. > :22:45.have a lot of up-and-coming stars in the team and there's a lot of

:22:46. > :22:50.athletes going to Glasgow and this is their chance to shine. We will

:22:51. > :22:53.talk again over the next fortnight and all the best. I said Elliott was

:22:54. > :22:58.going to be an emotional night light for this man, Christian Malcolm,

:22:59. > :23:05.racing for the last time on home soil. Tell us your position. Is this

:23:06. > :23:11.retirement tonight? Not quite. It's definitely my last time running in

:23:12. > :23:15.Wales sevens emotional for me. I just want to get on with it and get

:23:16. > :23:21.it over and done with. You picked up your first Commonwealth medal for

:23:22. > :23:25.Wales back in 1988. Assess for us the importance of the Commonwealth

:23:26. > :23:31.Games to developing young athletes. It's massively important. It's a big

:23:32. > :23:36.championships, not as big as the Olympic Games and not so many

:23:37. > :23:39.companies, but it's a great stepping stone for youngsters to go in there

:23:40. > :23:43.and really put themselves on a global stage and say they could be a

:23:44. > :23:48.world-class athlete. So with a great event. All the best tonight. Thank

:23:49. > :23:53.you very much indeed. Let me bring you up to date with some football

:23:54. > :23:56.news because it's a big night for the second qualifying round of the

:23:57. > :24:05.Champions League. T M S are up against slave and butter slaver and

:24:06. > :24:10.at half-time, it is 0-0. The goalkeeper is busy -- Bratislava.

:24:11. > :24:13.Cricket, and Glamorgan can take a big step towards qualifying for the

:24:14. > :24:17.They are playing against Sussex at Hove.

:24:18. > :24:31.Christian Malcolm's final race is at 8.00pm.

:24:32. > :24:37.Sue Charles has the weather forecast for us.

:24:38. > :24:45.The weather will turn more dramatic by the end of the week. Tomorrow,

:24:46. > :24:49.warm but cloudier. Some rain in the forecast. Sunny spells, especially

:24:50. > :24:54.further east, but overnight, more cloud making its way from the West.

:24:55. > :25:03.Mr and fog patches. Coastal showers but for most of us, a dry and mild

:25:04. > :25:06.night, 11-16. We start to see high pressure building from the south

:25:07. > :25:10.tomorrow but this front of the north-west of Wales will pushing

:25:11. > :25:15.through the day so tomorrow, dry sunny spells to start. And then

:25:16. > :25:21.turning increasingly cloudy from the north-west with spots of drizzle,

:25:22. > :25:27.light rain, but fairly patchy in nature and, despite the cloud,

:25:28. > :25:34.warming up tomorrow. 18 Celsius in Pembrokeshire, 21 in Powys. Tomorrow

:25:35. > :25:38.evening, declare Southeast would serve any rain easing off, drying up

:25:39. > :25:45.overnight, but remaining cloudy with mist and fog patches developing.

:25:46. > :25:50.Thursday is looking warmer, still. Early cloud clearing to leave a fine

:25:51. > :25:55.and sunny day. An outside chance of an isolated shower, but with a light

:25:56. > :26:02.wind, starting to feel quite hot, temperatures up to the mid 20s. 24 -

:26:03. > :26:08.25 possible. Later in the week, humid air from Spain, hot sunny

:26:09. > :26:13.spells, but it is unstable. A greater chance of a thundery

:26:14. > :26:18.breakdown. The potential for some torrential downpours from death on

:26:19. > :26:23.Friday and Saturday. Our warm end to the week. Temperatures in the

:26:24. > :26:26.mid-20s, possibly the high 20s. The heat could trigger thundershowers

:26:27. > :26:33.and looking less humid and fresher as we head into Sunday. Today's

:26:34. > :26:38.picture is looking at the clouds gathering over Cardigan Bay. We can

:26:39. > :26:48.see a few storm clouds gathering later this week. You can send your

:26:49. > :26:51.photos by twitter or e-mail. Thank you very much indeed. It's been a

:26:52. > :26:56.day of ministerial movement across the UK Government including Stephen

:26:57. > :27:01.Crabb becoming the new Secretary of State for Wales. He takes over from

:27:02. > :27:09.David Jones who was sacked last night. He told this programme is

:27:10. > :27:13.looking forward to the challenge. I am clever job of Secretary of state

:27:14. > :27:16.for Wales as to the positively and constructively with government

:27:17. > :27:19.departments in London but also across the devolution divide with

:27:20. > :27:25.the Welsh government in Cardiff and over the last two years, I have been

:27:26. > :27:29.doing the junior job and enjoyed constructive relationships and I

:27:30. > :27:35.look forward to continuing that in my new role as Secretary of State.

:27:36. > :27:40.That is Wales today. An update for you at eight p.m.. More after the

:27:41. > :27:41.News at ten. Thank you for your company. Have a good evening. Bye

:27:42. > :27:45.bye.