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Falling passenger numbers and poor value for money for the taxpayer. | :00:22. | :00:23. | |
That's the conclusion from a committee of Assembly members | :00:24. | :00:26. | |
on the air-link service between Cardiff and Anglesey. | :00:27. | :00:28. | |
A report by the Public Accounts Committee says improvements | :00:29. | :00:31. | |
will need to be made if the subsidised service is to continue. | :00:32. | :00:34. | |
Here's our political reporter, James Williams. | :00:35. | :00:38. | |
Time to check in for this afternoon's Cardiff | :00:39. | :00:40. | |
to Anglesey flight, but with fewer of us doing so, could it be | :00:41. | :00:43. | |
At its height in 2009, the flight between Cardiff and Anglesey had | :00:44. | :00:49. | |
But now the 18-seater service is regularly | :00:50. | :00:55. | |
running at less than half full, as passenger numbers have dropped by | :00:56. | :00:58. | |
But for some of this afternoon's 13 passengers, it's a valued service. | :00:59. | :01:08. | |
More importantly for us is the time, with all of the travelling back | :01:09. | :01:17. | |
Otherwise, it would be a full day and have a | :01:18. | :01:21. | |
knock-on effect on your ability to do a full day's work the next day. | :01:22. | :01:24. | |
In terms of lifestyle and business costs, it would be significant to a | :01:25. | :01:27. | |
Up to April last year, around 65 passengers used the service, which | :01:28. | :01:32. | |
has received more than ?9 million in public subsidy, costing the | :01:33. | :01:34. | |
This isn't value for money according to the Assembly's | :01:35. | :01:41. | |
It's all very well having a service, but I think it's the extent | :01:42. | :01:45. | |
of the public subsidy and in the current economic climate, the cuts | :01:46. | :01:48. | |
to the health service and social services, we have do make sure we | :01:49. | :01:55. | |
to the health service and social services, we have to make sure we | :01:56. | :01:58. | |
Launched in 2007, the flight was soon dubbed | :01:59. | :02:01. | |
a reference to the then Transport Minister, Ieuan Jones, | :02:02. | :02:05. | |
who was also an Assembly member for Ennis Moor. | :02:06. | :02:09. | |
A lack of detail over how many public service officials are using | :02:10. | :02:12. | |
the flight is raised as a concern in the committee's report. | :02:13. | :02:14. | |
It also says a strong marketing campaign is needed to reverse the | :02:15. | :02:17. | |
But what are the people of Mennai Bridge in Anglesey think of the | :02:18. | :02:24. | |
flight, which reduces travelling time by more than four hours? | :02:25. | :02:33. | |
Any improvements you can make to Anglesey always worth it, | :02:34. | :02:35. | |
I think it is a good idea but it is to be expanded to the Isle | :02:36. | :02:39. | |
of Man, Scotland, be more of a regional thing. | :02:40. | :02:41. | |
We live in a country that is quite small geographically | :02:42. | :02:44. | |
but has very long journey times, in making visionaries from the north to | :02:45. | :02:47. | |
but has very long journey times, in making these journeys from the north | :02:48. | :02:50. | |
to the south or vice versa, and it is very important that people in the | :02:51. | :02:54. | |
But the current contract is due to end in December. | :02:55. | :02:58. | |
The Welsh government has told us today it has started a fresh | :02:59. | :03:01. | |
tendering process, suggesting there is the political will | :03:02. | :03:03. | |
Meanwhile, the airline Flybe says it will not be renewing three of the | :03:04. | :03:08. | |
four ski-destination routes it ran last winter from Cardiff airport. | :03:09. | :03:11. | |
It'll resume weekly Saturday flights to Geneva from December to April, | :03:12. | :03:13. | |
but has no plans to continue flights to Lyon, Grenoble and Chambray. | :03:14. | :03:18. | |
Hospitals in Wales have the lowest number of patients | :03:19. | :03:28. | |
Hospitals in Wales have the lowest number of beds in Europe for | :03:29. | :03:33. | |
patients with acute life-threatening illnesses. | :03:34. | :03:34. | |
That's according to a report written for Welsh ministers. | :03:35. | :03:36. | |
It says inappropriate use of these beds | :03:37. | :03:38. | |
also contributed to cancelled operations | :03:39. | :03:39. | |
and patients leaving critical care when it was unsafe. | :03:40. | :03:41. | |
Ministers say more beds would be provided by better use of resources. | :03:42. | :03:44. | |
A light aircraft has made an emergency landing | :03:45. | :03:47. | |
South Wales Police say they were called to Jersey Marine | :03:48. | :03:51. | |
late this afternoon. The three people on board were not injured. | :03:52. | :03:57. | |
Gwent Police is the only force in Wales - | :03:58. | :03:59. | |
and one of only three in the UK - | :04:00. | :04:01. | |
to be criticised for the way it's dealing with budget cuts. | :04:02. | :04:04. | |
Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary said that | :04:05. | :04:05. | |
while more officers may need be cut to save money, the force could be | :04:06. | :04:09. | |
putting crime fighting at risk as it tries to find savings. | :04:10. | :04:13. | |
Patrolling the streets of Newport as budget cuts bite. | :04:14. | :04:20. | |
Across the Gwent area, like other parts of Wales and | :04:21. | :04:24. | |
England, the police force here have been receiving less and less money | :04:25. | :04:28. | |
But in the last 12 months, inspectors say there has been | :04:29. | :04:35. | |
a notable decline in the Gwent force's response to crime. | :04:36. | :04:39. | |
Her Majesty's Inspectorate Constabulary says it is concerned | :04:40. | :04:49. | |
that by simply not replacing staff as they leave, to save money, | :04:50. | :04:51. | |
it may mean the service to force provides could suffer. | :04:52. | :04:54. | |
It also says Gwent Police wasn't recording how long it took | :04:55. | :04:57. | |
its officers to respond when someone called with an emergency. | :04:58. | :05:00. | |
But do people in Newport city centre today care whether response | :05:01. | :05:03. | |
I do think they should keep a record of how long they get to | :05:04. | :05:10. | |
I don't think they are doing their job right. | :05:11. | :05:13. | |
You don't think they are doing their job right? | :05:14. | :05:15. | |
You never see anybody, you hardly see them around. | :05:16. | :05:18. | |
We've asked them to come to the store, they've always responded | :05:19. | :05:21. | |
I always say speak as you find and from personal experience, | :05:22. | :05:25. | |
One policing expert says Gwent could look at what neighbouring | :05:26. | :05:30. | |
Gwent should certainly be looking at what other forces have done | :05:31. | :05:36. | |
in order to crack this conundrum they are facing. | :05:37. | :05:38. | |
To try and do these reforms in a context where there is no more money | :05:39. | :05:42. | |
and no one is expecting any more money in the future really does just | :05:43. | :05:45. | |
sharpen the nature of the challenge and it is going to be quite | :05:46. | :05:49. | |
difficult for the senior manager team to deliver on this. | :05:50. | :05:56. | |
It also points out that the huge amount of planning | :05:57. | :05:58. | |
Gwent Police have to do for the NATO summit here at the Celtic Manor | :05:59. | :06:01. | |
in September could have an effect on their ability to address some of | :06:02. | :06:05. | |
No one from the Police and Crime Commissioner's office or the force | :06:06. | :06:09. | |
In a statement, they said they were confident in the | :06:10. | :06:12. | |
leadership of the force and their ability to balance their budgets. | :06:13. | :06:24. | |
With just one day to go until the opening of the Commonwealth Games | :06:25. | :06:27. | |
in Glasgow, another blow for Team Wales tonight. | :06:28. | :06:29. | |
One of their top boxers, Olympic silver medallist Fred Evans, | :06:30. | :06:31. | |
the Games organisers refused to give accreditation | :06:32. | :06:34. | |
after Home Office checks revealed a recent criminal conviction | :06:35. | :06:36. | |
Three world champions have already pulled out through injury, | :06:37. | :06:41. | |
is suspended after a failed drugs test. | :06:42. | :06:53. | |
It has been a lot of hard work for a lot of different agencies over the | :06:54. | :06:59. | |
last few weeks, because they know the quality and calibre of the boxer | :07:00. | :07:02. | |
Fred is. We have taken it as far as we can as late as we can because we | :07:03. | :07:07. | |
believed in Fred, we knew his potential and so did a lot of other | :07:08. | :07:10. | |
people. So it is not an embarrassment, he is a fantastic | :07:11. | :07:12. | |
athlete. Plans to set up Wales' first | :07:13. | :07:14. | |
"software university" are being prepared by businesses, | :07:15. | :07:16. | |
concerned about skill shortages BBC Wales has learned | :07:17. | :07:18. | |
a team based in Newport, is already designing two-year degree | :07:19. | :07:23. | |
courses for the project. Scottish companies should | :07:24. | :07:26. | |
relocate to Wales if Scotland becomes independent, according | :07:27. | :07:28. | |
to some business leaders here. Cardiff's Business Council has | :07:29. | :07:30. | |
written to companies like RBS, Standard Life and Scottish Widows | :07:31. | :07:32. | |
to make the case for a Welsh move if there's a yes | :07:33. | :07:35. | |
vote in September's referendum. Football and Welsh involvement | :07:36. | :07:43. | |
in the Champions League is over The New Saints lost 2-0 to | :07:44. | :07:46. | |
Slovan Bratislava of Slovakia in the second leg | :07:47. | :07:51. | |
of their qualifier, played in Rhyl - Gardeners are hoping for rain, let's | :07:52. | :08:10. | |
see what Sue Charles can offer. Not much, I'm afraid, it was warm | :08:11. | :08:12. | |
and dry across Wales today. Not much, I'm afraid, it was warm | :08:13. | :08:16. | |
and dry across Wales today. 26 was the height in Cardiff and we are in | :08:17. | :08:19. | |
for another fine and under warm day tomorrow. Tomorrow remains dry, | :08:20. | :08:25. | |
Cloud Inland melting away. Some mist and fog may roll onto the West Coast | :08:26. | :08:30. | |
and another muggy night, with temperatures holding up at 16 | :08:31. | :08:35. | |
Celsius. Tomorrow, the sunshine will burn away any early mist and fled to | :08:36. | :08:40. | |
leave another fine day and it is a largely fine day across the UK. | :08:41. | :08:47. | |
Maybe a shower in Northern Ireland, and a zone of thick cloud will | :08:48. | :08:51. | |
develop through the afternoon, but largely fine and very warm, in their | :08:52. | :08:56. | |
20s right across the UK. 28 possible across the south-east of England. A | :08:57. | :09:00. | |
very warm end to the day across Wales, maybe some thicker cloud | :09:01. | :09:04. | |
building up through the afternoon and very humid, 20 Celsius possible | :09:05. | :09:08. | |
in Cardiff and Newport. Later tomorrow, that heat and thicker | :09:09. | :09:15. | |
cloud could trigger a thundery shower in the South and West but | :09:16. | :09:19. | |
turning very mild again overnight. Thursday, once again plenty of fine | :09:20. | :09:23. | |
weather, sunny spells and very warm in an easterly breeze and later on, | :09:24. | :09:29. | |
a few showers could break out in the south and west. They could be heavy | :09:30. | :09:32. | |
with Thunderbird hit and miss, most places will stay dry. -- with | :09:33. | :09:37. | |
thunder, but hit and miss. Most places staying warm over the weekend | :09:38. | :09:42. | |
but temperatures not quite as high. Sunny spells and the chance of a | :09:43. | :09:44. | |
shower. Next week, turning cooler. We're back in Breakfast from 6am | :09:45. | :09:49. | |
tomorrow morning. That's Wales Today, | :09:50. | :09:51. | |
thank you for watching. | :09:52. | :09:53. |