31/07/2014 BBC Wales Today


31/07/2014

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Good evening. The American billionaire who is buying the oil

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refinery in Milford Haven has told Wales today that all 400 staff they

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will keep their jobs. Today, the group confirmed it will buy the

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site. The company owner says that they will invest tens of millions of

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pounds to improve the plant. As they went about their work at the

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refinery this morning, workers told me they were believed at hearing the

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news. It is not clear how much the takeover is worth but for the people

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working here, the deal is priceless. Speaking via Skype from Italy, the

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prospective owner told us that he will be retaining the workforce and

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restarting operations on the site. It is our intention to keep the jobs

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at Milford Haven and the other thing and would mention is that everyone

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always looks at the jobs at the refinery, which are obviously very

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important, but what is also important is the indirect jobs. It

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is a multiple of the 500 people that we will keep at Milford Haven. We

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are talking about thousands of jobs that are secure in and around the

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area. It has been a worrying time for the people of Milford Haven and

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the announcement is a big boost for the community that has been on the

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refinery since it opened more than 40 years ago. The site came into

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operation in 1973 when it was owned by Amoco.

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It was dragging on and on. One minute, it was a rumour, and yes, it

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is good news, and then it was bad news. But a good outcome at the end.

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The Welsh government said the takeover is the first step towards

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securing the refinery's long-term future. This is excellent news. I've

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been following the events over the last few weeks and we have been

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pulling out all the stops to help save those jobs. Marvellous to know

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that there is now a buyer and the jobs will be saved for

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Pembrokeshire. The plant is an efficient one and the workers are

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incredibly professional. I was pleased to bring Gary Klesch into

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the sales programme. He has a record of making as this is like this more

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professional and economical. This evening, there is fresh hope that

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this refinery will continue to provide local people would work as

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it has done for many years. Sticking with energy, a surprise

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announcement tonight that developers have pulled the plug on a massive

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wind farm off Anglesey. It is claimed it could have powered 1.7

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million homes. It is the second big offshore wind farm to be shelved in

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months. 12 miles off the coast, it would have been the first of three

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to be built between Anglesey and the Isle of Man.

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In the scale of things, it seems that promotional videos come cheap.

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We are at the heart of this growing industry and ready to contribute to

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the future energy needs of UK homes and businesses. This is how Centrica

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and Dong Energy were promoting their development. No longer. They have

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pulled out. And echo of the decision late last year to abandon a project

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of the South Wales coast. In this case, they blame sea bed geology. On

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Anglesey, the decision is a setback. Here, a vessel was being

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built to service wind farms. When this vessel puts to see in a couple

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of months, most likely it will work off the east coast of England,

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servicing wind farms. To say the decision stalls the UK's offshore

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renewables industry is perhaps going to fire. But it certainly brings

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future wind farm development of the Welsh coast to a halt. A subsidiary

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would have bid for work on the field. The timings were long way

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out. The groundwork has been going on but in essence, there was still

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plenty to do to get to a point where construction was going to start. So

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disappointment more than shock. It leaves Wales without significant

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offshore wind farm developments in their planning. And it shows that

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there is a huge missed opportunity for the people of Anglesey to

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benefit from the work that would have come from that wind farm. The

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island hoped to gain from the Celtic Array even though nothing firm had

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been promised. Policymakers want to use the energy industry, including

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nuclear as well as renewables, to promote growth. We were not aware of

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specific proposals for jobs. It was opportunities for the Irish Sea and

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for the mainland. But for Anglesey, it is the potential long-term jobs

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which have been lost rather than specific figures. When it was first

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announced, the Celtic array held great promise in terms of jobs and

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investment. That seems to have come to nothing. Along the coast from

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Anglesey, this wind farm is nearing completion. Could it turn out to be

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Wales' final office for -- offshore wind project?

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BBC Wales has discovered that five people arrested by North Wales

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police in connection with a fraud investigation work for a bus company

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in Gwinnett. Four women who work for the company have been released on

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bail while enquiries take place. It comes after several people were

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arrested following a separate investigation into fraud at another

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firm. That company went into voluntary liquidation in May. A

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deputy leader of Powys council has told BBC Wales that she apologises

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for using racially offensive language at a council meeting. She

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used the N word in a debate about health services. She was raising

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concerns about how some first language Welsh speakers are treated.

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She said that she had been severely reprimanded.

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Team Wales say that their weightlifter, Gareth Evans, is well

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enough to stay on at the Commonwealth Games even though his

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nose was broken in an assault by another aptly. The Australian

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weightlifter, France one 2D, appeared in court in Glasgow today

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where he admitted head-butting Mr Evans during an altercation in the

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Athletes' Village. Gareth Evans came to Glasgow to try to win a

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Commonwealth medal but now he will remember the friendly games for a

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different reason. After a fellow athlete attacked him and broke his

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nose. This is the entrance to the athletes' village where thousands of

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competitors are housed for the duration of the games. Police were

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called here yesterday morning were the arrested Francois Tunde. Today,

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the 29-year-old pleaded guilty to head-butting Gareth Evans during an

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altercation in the Athletes' Village. The court heard a problem

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arose between the two madmen at Mr Evans' girlfriend had Francois Tunde

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as he was being congratulated for winning a medal. Today, the sheriff

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ordered him to pay ?400 to Mr Evans. He also had his accreditation

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removed so he cannot be part of the closing ceremony. Tonight, the boss

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of team Wales told me that as far as he is concerned, the matter is

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closed. Gareth Evans will be staying on to enjoy the final few days. It

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was a bump on the nose. Certainly, a lot of blood, but he seems fine. In

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fact, he was watching the competition. He is fine. It is

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important to stress that he is the innocent party. The way it has been

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handled by the police and our security liaison, it has been dealt

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with swiftly. The leaders of the competing teams have been asked to

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remind their athletes of the competing teams have been asked to

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remind their athletes there is incidents of drunkenness and

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misbehaviour in the Athletes' Village. Team Wales say their group

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has been well-behaved but they have been reminded of their own code of

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conduct. More than a quarter of 5 euros in Wales are overweight.

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Figures from Public Health Wales show 26% of children due to start

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Primary School way too much for their age. The study found that

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overweight children most often live in deprived areas in Wales. Experts

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say that changing behaviour could help. How often do you see children

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in the street saying, if you are good, and will buy you an ice

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cream? That gives the wrong psychological message. You build up

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those patterns for life. If you change that at five, think about

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different treats, that sort of thing, it will be effective. Some

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welcome rain for gardeners. If anything by Saturday, too much. We

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could see localised flooding. Heavy rain and showers over the next 48

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hours. Feeling cooler than recently but by the time we get to Sunday, we

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can look forward to sunshine. Through Sunday, showers dotted

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around. More showers coming in overnight. Temperatures still on the

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mild side, between 14 and 17. Those are showers will continue their

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journey eastwards, merging. Heavy at times, and it could be thundery.

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Temperatures in the high teens and low 20s. For the rest of the UK, the

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showers are continuing. The best of the dry and bright weather across

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south-east England. For the Commonwealth tomorrow, heavy showers

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in the morning. By the afternoon, we can look forward to sunshine and

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showers. Tomorrow afternoon, very little chance of sunshine. A

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miserable afternoon. Showers continuing to merge into longer

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spells of rain. Intense downpours. Temperatures between 17 and 19. The

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rain will continue on and off. And you can see where we have got the

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intensity. The Met Office has issued a yellow warning. There is a risk of

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localised flooding. Gradually, the rain will clear through Saturday

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morning. Maybe lingering across parts of the North. Brighter in the

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South. Sunday is looking like the best day of the weekend. We can look

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forward to more sunshine and fewer showers. Newsnight is over on BBC

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Two now with an exclusive interview on complaints about Steiner schools.

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That is Wales today. Good night.

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