:00:19. > :00:23.The Prime Minister, David Cameron, says he'd like to see more economic
:00:24. > :00:28.He spoke to Wales Today, on the opening day of
:00:29. > :00:32.But what does that mean for the countryside?
:00:33. > :00:36.Here's our Environment correspondent, Iolo ap Dafydd.
:00:37. > :00:38.The sunshine drew the crowds but already,
:00:39. > :00:42.this year's show has more traders and livestock than ever before.
:00:43. > :00:48.Today had more politicians as well, all stating that they support to
:00:49. > :00:51.Today had more politicians as well, all stating their support to
:00:52. > :00:52.strengthen the rural economy, including the Prime Minister.
:00:53. > :00:55.It is an absolutely vital industry, we have 45,000 people employed
:00:56. > :00:59.It's good that the Royal Welsh Show here has got more exhibitors,
:01:00. > :01:03.I think there is some fundamental health in the Welsh rural economy
:01:04. > :01:09.One of the things that we have done, allowing people to earn ?10,000
:01:10. > :01:11.before they pay any income tax, I think that is particularly helpful
:01:12. > :01:15.to some of the smaller farmers, but we need to go on, keeping the
:01:16. > :01:17.regulation down, making sure the industry works, and
:01:18. > :01:23.helping in terms of getting people to buy Welsh food, British food.
:01:24. > :01:26.A lot of farmers are not seeing this growth, they're not seeing how
:01:27. > :01:29.the economy is improving in the towns and urban areas.
:01:30. > :01:32.They are saying in many parts of the country, that is just not happening.
:01:33. > :01:36.We have got to keep the economy growing,
:01:37. > :01:41.we had to help with specific approval issues like broadband, go
:01:42. > :01:44.we had to help with specific rural issues like broadband, go
:01:45. > :01:50.on cutting people's taxes, make sure we keep regulation down on farms.
:01:51. > :01:52.All of those things we can do, we are doing
:01:53. > :01:56.With falling lamb and beef prices recently, many farmers will be even
:01:57. > :01:59.more aware that 15% has been taken away from the Direct Farm Payment
:02:00. > :02:02.On meat prices, they blame supermarkets selling
:02:03. > :02:05.cheap imports, rather than promoting British lamb and beef.
:02:06. > :02:07.It is really annoying that Tesco's, 18 months ago,
:02:08. > :02:10.and all the other supermarkets, said they would back British farming.
:02:11. > :02:13.Welsh Lamb has taken a fall in price in the last two or three
:02:14. > :02:16.weeks, which is acceptable, but you think that is the time to
:02:17. > :02:22.What are they doing promoting New Zealand lamb?
:02:23. > :02:24.The ?1 billion Rural Development Plan to promote
:02:25. > :02:29.jobs and businesses is seen as vital to the future of rural communities.
:02:30. > :02:33.In the previous development plan, which ended last year,
:02:34. > :02:36.schemes like Marketing Harness Trotting in Ceredigion received
:02:37. > :02:40.An injection of cash to promote more jobs
:02:41. > :02:47.There is a whole list of targets and one of them is employing
:02:48. > :02:50.somebody, one of them is improving the gross value added, money coming
:02:51. > :02:58.into the area, so that, to us as clubs, means more people the gate,
:02:59. > :03:05.We need to get more people in, more tourists if you like, to come into
:03:06. > :03:12.the area, which is then helping the area, the economics of the area.
:03:13. > :03:13.The UK Government talks about less regulation
:03:14. > :03:16.and cutting taxes to help rural areas, it is the Welsh government
:03:17. > :03:19.that takes most decisions on the environment and agriculture here.
:03:20. > :03:21.Many details of the RDP are yet to be finalised.
:03:22. > :03:24.The devil is in the detail of this one, and it is very
:03:25. > :03:27.important that there are practical plans that enable farmers to make
:03:28. > :03:30.good use and to evolve and develop a business in a way that is practical
:03:31. > :03:37.The ?1 billion that is up for grabs is the biggest part
:03:38. > :03:44.While the show keeps expanding, the hope is that of the rural
:03:45. > :03:47.While the show keeps expanding, the hope is that other rural
:03:48. > :03:52.Tributes have been paid to a 19-year-old quad biker, who died
:03:53. > :03:54.after being injured in a motocross race in Ceredigion yesterday.
:03:55. > :03:57.He's been named as Dan Roch, and friends have called him
:03:58. > :03:58.a "rising star" of motorcross racing.
:03:59. > :04:00.Police are investigating what happened
:04:01. > :04:01.at the Talsarn race track near Lampeter.
:04:02. > :04:10.This video was taken at Talsarn by Dan Roch in 2010.
:04:11. > :04:13.Famous for its steep hill, the track is said to be one
:04:14. > :04:17.of the best in the UK for solo and quad motocross racing.
:04:18. > :04:20.But yesterday, club championship here turned to
:04:21. > :04:25.tragedy when the accident claimed the life of the young competitor.
:04:26. > :04:28.19-year-old Dan Roch, from Templeton in Pembrokeshire, had been into
:04:29. > :04:34.Friends and colleagues have described him
:04:35. > :04:47.Today, tributes were paid on social media
:04:48. > :04:50.Today, tributes were paid on social media and at the Royal Welsh Show
:04:51. > :04:55.I have known Dan all his life and I am very close with his family.
:04:56. > :05:00.Dan had been at the heart of the community,
:05:01. > :05:04.as a pupil at Templeton Community Primary School and then at others.
:05:05. > :05:07.Quad racing has been a big part of his life
:05:08. > :05:13.and he has been racing for a number of years and very competitively.
:05:14. > :05:18.Those involved with motocross who were at the race yesterday on
:05:19. > :05:21.Those involved with motocross who were at the race yesterday are
:05:22. > :05:23.helping police with their enquiries, as they carry out an investigation
:05:24. > :05:31.A man has been airlifted to hospital after falling and breaking his leg
:05:32. > :05:35.The man, who's in his 20s, and on holiday from Italy,
:05:36. > :05:39.slipped while walking behind Sgwd yr Eira waterfall.
:05:40. > :05:41.The hour-long rescue involved a helicopter
:05:42. > :05:56.The man was winched to safety and flown to hospital in Merthyr Tydfil.
:05:57. > :06:02.70 jobs are being created import all that, where one of China's biggest
:06:03. > :06:04.TV makers is basing its manufacturing headquarters. The
:06:05. > :06:08.figures come as investment in Wales from abroad is at its highest for 25
:06:09. > :06:10.years. The Welsh Government is urging Welsh
:06:11. > :06:13.based organisations to switch their online addresses to use dot cymru
:06:14. > :06:16.and dot Wales, rather than dot UK. The Wales Federation of
:06:17. > :06:18.Young Farmers Clubs, Sport Wales and the Arts Council for Wales will
:06:19. > :06:22.be among the first to change to the new addresses, when they become
:06:23. > :06:26.available later this year. The Director of BBC Cymru Wales,
:06:27. > :06:28.Rhodri Talfan Davies, says there are some parts of Welsh
:06:29. > :06:31.life which the corporation He was speaking
:06:32. > :06:36.as the BBC's annual report shows that the number of people watching
:06:37. > :06:39.BBC Wales programmes on BBC One But there's been a decline
:06:40. > :06:45.in the number of English-language programmes made by the BBC,
:06:46. > :06:49.about Wales, outside of news and current affairs,
:06:50. > :06:54.in recent years. There are some areas
:06:55. > :06:56.of our programming, take comedy, take drama, where there aren't
:06:57. > :07:01.really enough programmes that I will make the case, alongside a
:07:02. > :07:11.long line of directors making their cases, saying that if we want a true
:07:12. > :07:14.national service for Wales, we need to think about how we can strengthen
:07:15. > :07:18.the supply of programming. To the the Commonwealth Games now -
:07:19. > :07:21.where Team Wales has been officially Most of the team have arrived
:07:22. > :07:25.in Glasgow and were greeted by a performance from the National
:07:26. > :07:32.Youth Theatre of Great Britain. Tomorrow, we'll find out who'll be
:07:33. > :07:35.Wales' flag bearer - leading the team out
:07:36. > :07:47.at the Opening Ceremony It is overwhelming, the last few
:07:48. > :07:50.weeks have gone so fast. The training is going great and to
:07:51. > :07:53.finally be here and to see this, it's something else. I have been
:07:54. > :07:58.training years and months and now it is coming to the days, a week left
:07:59. > :08:01.before I complete, so I am getting excited and optimistic about what I
:08:02. > :08:06.can do. The very warm day today, is this
:08:07. > :08:10.weather centre last? If anything, it is going to feel
:08:11. > :08:14.more McGhee towards the end of the week and the weather will feel
:08:15. > :08:21.hotter. More fine and dry weather to look forward to, feeling very warm
:08:22. > :08:26.or hot at times, and some showers to come by the time ago to Thursday.
:08:27. > :08:30.Tonight, but more cloud across western parts, clearer skies further
:08:31. > :08:36.inland with mist and fog forming. Overnight temperatures 12-16
:08:37. > :08:39.Celsius, the winds are light. High pressure sitting across Scandinavia,
:08:40. > :08:42.blocking this weather system from coming in but it will produce more
:08:43. > :08:44.cloud the winds are light. High pressure sitting across Scandinavia,
:08:45. > :08:48.blocking this weather system from coming in but it will produce more
:08:49. > :08:54.clover western cloudy in the West, thick enough to produce the odd spot
:08:55. > :09:01.of drizzle in Pembrokeshire but it will become drier as the day goes
:09:02. > :09:05.on. A bit more cloud with mist and fog for eastern parts of the United
:09:06. > :09:12.Kingdom, that will burn back as the sunshine gets to work. Temperatures,
:09:13. > :09:16.16-27 Celsius. Tomorrow, in Wales, it will brighten up as the day goes
:09:17. > :09:26.on but a bit more cloud compared to today. Still feeling warm, highs of
:09:27. > :09:32.22-26?C, so if you are heading out. Overnight, some mist and fog at into
:09:33. > :09:37.Wednesday morning. Another mild night, 14-17, with the winds light
:09:38. > :09:41.and from a north-easterly direction. On Wednesday, we will
:09:42. > :09:45.seek another fine day showers coming across southern parts of Wales but
:09:46. > :09:49.more persistent showers as we go into Thursday and they could be
:09:50. > :09:51.heavy and thundery at times and more showers to come by the time you get
:09:52. > :09:54.to Friday. Back to you.
:09:55. > :09:57.We're back with updates in breakfast from 6:25am.
:09:58. > :10:01.But for now, thanks for watching - from everyone here on the late team,