:00:13. > :00:14.Welcome to Wales Today from Llandaff Cathedral.
:00:15. > :00:17.The First Minister Carwyn Jones joins other political leaders
:00:18. > :00:25.in tribute to the Welsh fallen of the First World War.
:00:26. > :00:33.Nobody knew how many lives could be lost but we have to remember and
:00:34. > :00:36.understand how it all started in order to avoid it happening again.
:00:37. > :00:39.This evening last minute rehearsals are taking place before tonight's
:00:40. > :00:43.We'll be travelling across the country to learn how
:00:44. > :01:03.Wales dealt with the outbreak of war 100 years ago.
:01:04. > :01:05.Also tonight - the family of pensioner, Arthur
:01:06. > :01:08.Jones, who went missing six weeks ago while walking on Crete, are told
:01:09. > :01:25.It is deeply upsetting and a big shock to receive some news but
:01:26. > :01:29.comforting to know he was doing something he enjoyed.
:01:30. > :01:33.The first ever lifetime sports ban for this father of five boxers after
:01:34. > :01:37.And confusion on day one of the temporary closures on this M4
:01:38. > :01:40.It's aimed at cutting congestion at Port Talbot -
:01:41. > :01:52.Good evening and welcome to Llandaff Cathedral.
:01:53. > :01:54.Last minute rehearsals are taking place now before tonight's
:01:55. > :01:58.National Service of Commemoration marking the beginning of the First
:01:59. > :02:05.The declaration of war came at 11 o'clock in the evening and
:02:06. > :02:08.for an hour tonight, lights will be put out in public buildings
:02:09. > :02:20.By the end of the war in 1918 around 40,000 soldiers from Wales had died.
:02:21. > :02:39.Inside the cathedral, a rehearsal and they they will not be a
:02:40. > :02:45.celebration but commemoration. The thoughts here will turn to the Welsh
:02:46. > :02:52.who marched off to war a century ago. A time to reflect on past and
:02:53. > :02:57.to pray peace now. Earlier, the First Minister was in Glasgow where
:02:58. > :03:06.he joined the Prince of Wales and political leaders. It is a day to
:03:07. > :03:10.remember. Nobody knew what would happen and how many lives would be
:03:11. > :03:14.lost and it is important that we remember those who died and
:03:15. > :03:21.understand how it all started in order to avoid it happening again.
:03:22. > :03:24.It is a service of thanking God that we live in a country where ever it
:03:25. > :03:29.is possible to have freedom and for people to say what their -- they
:03:30. > :03:33.like. There is a note of repentance because to be involved in war is
:03:34. > :03:38.always to be involved in sin and therefore it is right that we should
:03:39. > :03:45.repent of our part in that and also to dedicate ourselves to fight for
:03:46. > :03:50.peace. Reminders of the great War and horrors all around us in cities
:03:51. > :03:55.and towns and villages across Wales. War memorials stand in
:03:56. > :03:59.testament to a terrible loss. Tens of thousands from Wales never came
:04:00. > :04:05.home and the sacrifice is not lost on succeeding generations. We need
:04:06. > :04:13.to remember things that have happened in the past. My father
:04:14. > :04:24.volunteered. He was wounded, gassed and he lived until he was 57. It
:04:25. > :04:35.means a lot to me. Susan has travelled from her home in Spain to
:04:36. > :04:41.join the commemorations. We didn't know a lot about him. They told us
:04:42. > :04:51.he had died and was buried in Belgium. 1918, he died, towards the
:04:52. > :04:55.end of the war. He was 23. There was a set of brothers that we didn't
:04:56. > :05:03.know about and we found out all sorts of things about the family. On
:05:04. > :05:07.August 14 -- August the 4th, 1914, people lined the streets. Few would
:05:08. > :05:13.imagine the slaughter that was to come. Slowly changing the faces of
:05:14. > :05:20.those that went to war and they will be projected onto a wall in Bangla
:05:21. > :05:26.tonight. This is one of dozens of events taking place across Wales.
:05:27. > :05:30.Tonight, between ten and 11, we are all being asked to switch off our
:05:31. > :05:39.lights to mark the moment war was declared. In Denbighshire, there
:05:40. > :05:46.would be a torchlit walk. There will be a vigil for peace in Carmarthen.
:05:47. > :05:50.Candles will light a procession through the streets of Newtown.
:05:51. > :05:57.There are 200 events in Wales and there are hundreds in the UK. It is
:05:58. > :06:09.a time for reflection of what the loss is worth 100 years ago and
:06:10. > :06:20.continue today. What they endured is also unimaginable and they are not
:06:21. > :06:25.forgotten. Roger is with me now. There are 350 people coming from all
:06:26. > :06:28.walks of Welsh life. The Royal family will be represented by the
:06:29. > :06:35.Duke and Duchess of Gloucester. Carwyn Jones will be here and will
:06:36. > :06:39.read from a poem. The service does two things. It deals with the events
:06:40. > :06:44.of 100 years ago but also deals with the here and now and there will be a
:06:45. > :06:48.message of peace and goodwill for today presented by representatives
:06:49. > :06:57.of the Welsh league of youth. This is one of those events that really
:06:58. > :07:01.we have to look ahead to. The focus will come towards the end of the
:07:02. > :07:06.service when there will be a period of silence, the cathedral will be
:07:07. > :07:10.lit by a single candle and at 11 o'clock, the moment that war was
:07:11. > :07:17.declared, a Bell will toll out across the city.
:07:18. > :07:24.This is the first of a few events that will span over many years.
:07:25. > :07:29.At the moment, exhibitions opening in village halls, museums and
:07:30. > :07:32.galleries throughout Wales but it is also affecting individual farmers.
:07:33. > :07:36.People are looking at their own family history and the roles that
:07:37. > :07:42.they played in the First World War. Next week the focus for Wales will
:07:43. > :07:46.turn to Flanders and Belgium with the new Welsh memorial that will be
:07:47. > :07:52.dedicated and unveiled. I can faintly hear the musicians
:07:53. > :07:58.tuning up in the cathedral behind me. Our reporters have been combing
:07:59. > :08:07.the archives to find the remarkable stories of communities across Wales
:08:08. > :08:10.from 100 years ago. First, back to the studio.
:08:11. > :08:14.Tests are being carried out on a body found on Crete, to
:08:15. > :08:17.establish if it's that of missing Denbigh pensioner, Arthur Jones.
:08:18. > :08:19.The 73-year-old was last seen six weeks ago, after telling relatives
:08:20. > :08:29.Former soldier Arthur Jones regularly took off on energetic solo
:08:30. > :08:34.He told his family in a postcard that he was off to
:08:35. > :08:37.explore the hills around Chania on Crete shortly after arriving.
:08:38. > :08:40.But after leaving the hotel on 19th June hadn't been seen again.
:08:41. > :08:44.A man's body has been discovered under a tree near the resort.
:08:45. > :08:46.Tests are being carried out to establish if it's that
:08:47. > :09:01.The body of a man was found sitting under a tree. The theory we had was
:09:02. > :09:05.that he had gone out for a walk and had suffered some medical episode
:09:06. > :09:10.and might have been seeking shade. We were informed that a body has
:09:11. > :09:15.been found believed to be that of my father, Arthur Jones. It is deeply
:09:16. > :09:21.upsetting and a big shock to finally receive some news but comforting to
:09:22. > :09:25.know that he was doing something he enjoyed.
:09:26. > :09:27.Arthur Jones' disappearance prompted a major social media campaign.
:09:28. > :09:29.People from across the world posted pictures to highlight the search
:09:30. > :09:32.and the Prime Minister was asked to do more to help.
:09:33. > :09:34.A mountain rescue expert and two police missing persons
:09:35. > :09:37.specialists from North Wales went to Crete to offer their expertise.
:09:38. > :09:40.The global effort to find Arthur may have reached a tragic conclusion but
:09:41. > :09:44.his family want to pay tribute to all those who did their bit to help.
:09:45. > :09:46.The father of five boxers from Risca, near Newport, has been
:09:47. > :09:50.banned for life from all sport after admitting supplying steroids.
:09:51. > :09:53.Philip Tinklin is the first person to be given
:09:54. > :09:59.His 20-year-old daughter, Sophie Tinklin,
:10:00. > :10:03.who's a Welsh Amateur champion boxer has been given a four year ban.
:10:04. > :10:18.Philip Tinklin has been involved in boxing in south-east Wales for years
:10:19. > :10:27.but today he is beginning a lifetime ban from all sport for supplying
:10:28. > :10:31.steroids. His daughter, Sophie, a Welsh woman's champion last year has
:10:32. > :10:37.been banned for four years. Today, UK anti-doping described their
:10:38. > :10:42.enterprise as a family business. The panel doesn't and out lifetime
:10:43. > :10:46.sanctions for nothing and they chose to see this as a significant network
:10:47. > :10:50.which is exactly how we pitched it to them and as a result, we have a
:10:51. > :10:57.lifetime ban. It wasn't just a kitchen table operation, it was a
:10:58. > :11:02.significant steroid network. 3000 tablets similar to this were found
:11:03. > :11:05.at his house. Earlier this year he pleaded guilty at Cardiff Crown
:11:06. > :11:11.Court to one count of supplying anabolic steroids. Philip Tinklin
:11:12. > :11:17.drove and accompanied all five of his children to boxing competitions
:11:18. > :11:21.and to training including here. He wasn't registered coach but was
:11:22. > :11:32.considered so involved in there that he fell -- fell into anti-doping
:11:33. > :11:37.rules. It is something against our own anti-doping policy and if that
:11:38. > :11:47.is the case, the band is well-deserved. Philip Tinklin's case
:11:48. > :11:52.follows the man handed to Dean, who was banned. BBC Wales has tried to
:11:53. > :12:04.speak to Philip Tinklin but hasn't been able to get a response. A
:12:05. > :12:10.Cottage in Powys will be knocked down. It is where April Jones was
:12:11. > :12:14.murdered by Mr Bridger in 2012. They say the house has been a constant
:12:15. > :12:17.reminder and the demolition would be a huge weight of the family's minds.
:12:18. > :12:20.A convicted drug trafficker from Swansea, who's been on the run
:12:21. > :12:23.for more than three years, will appear before an extradition court
:12:24. > :12:25.in South Africa next month, after being arrested in Johannesburg.
:12:26. > :12:27.Fugitive, Martin Evans, was apprehended by Interpol
:12:28. > :12:30.at the weekend, in a joint operation with the National Crime Agency.
:12:31. > :12:33.He ran a multi-million pound cocaine operation and an Ostrich farming
:12:34. > :12:42.scam which conned Welsh investors out of nearly ?1 million.
:12:43. > :12:45.The controversial twice-a-day closure of a slip road on the M4
:12:46. > :12:51.For the next eight months, Junction 41 of the westbound
:12:52. > :12:55.motorway will close for two hours on weekday mornings and evenings
:12:56. > :13:01.But local businesses are concerned it could harm the town's economy.
:13:02. > :13:16.Traffic running smoothly around Port Talbot but it can be
:13:17. > :13:20.bumper-to-bumper. A new skink started today to control the flow of
:13:21. > :13:24.traffic onto the motorway but not everyone has read the signs. This is
:13:25. > :13:31.the scene that will greets drivers as they try to join the M4 between
:13:32. > :13:37.me hours of seven in the morning and nine and 4pm until 6pm in the
:13:38. > :13:41.evening. The Welsh government road back in the face of opposition. Shop
:13:42. > :13:45.owners like Steve are concerned about the impact on local
:13:46. > :13:52.businesses. We have gone through the toughest recession I have ever known
:13:53. > :13:56.and we could do without any hindrance at the moment. As we told
:13:57. > :14:02.regularly come big green shoots are there but if you are going to stop
:14:03. > :14:07.people coming to Port Talbot, these will cause us concerns. He is not
:14:08. > :14:13.alone. 23,000 people signed petitions calling for a rethink of
:14:14. > :14:17.the scheme and local politicians are also concerned. I understand the
:14:18. > :14:22.congestion issues but I would like to see the average speed cameras put
:14:23. > :14:29.in first to see if that will do the flow of traffic better in the first
:14:30. > :14:33.instance. Others think the junction should be closed completely.
:14:34. > :14:38.Disjunction is not able to take the capacity. It is slowing traffic down
:14:39. > :14:41.and they should not have been built this way at all. The Welsh
:14:42. > :14:46.government say it will decide the future at the end of the trial
:14:47. > :14:49.period, a period that may take some drivers some time to get used to.
:14:50. > :14:50.Europe's largest cultural festival, the National Eisteddfod,
:14:51. > :14:55.It costs more than ?3 million to stage, and this year,
:14:56. > :14:58.it's benefiting from an extra ?90,000, in a bid to help the event
:14:59. > :15:17.Things are winding down now after a busy day. You can see a few buses
:15:18. > :15:22.have pulled up to take visitors away. Thousands have spent the day
:15:23. > :15:27.here making the most of the warm weather and enjoying the fierce
:15:28. > :15:31.competition in the pavilion. The aim now is for Eisteddfod to develop and
:15:32. > :15:34.modernise so even more people are tempted to come along and enjoy
:15:35. > :15:39.everything that this travelling festival has two offer. There was a
:15:40. > :15:44.warm welcome for the thousands of people who came through the
:15:45. > :15:50.Eisteddfod gates to enjoy a Europe's largest cultural festival.
:15:51. > :15:53.The roots go back 800 years, preserving that history and
:15:54. > :15:59.tradition whilst also putting on a show for the 21st-century is a
:16:00. > :16:05.delicate balancing act. Two years ago, the Welsh government set up a
:16:06. > :16:08.task force to look at ways of modernising Eisteddfod. Top of the
:16:09. > :16:12.recommendations was that it continues to travel throughout
:16:13. > :16:17.Wales, bring economic and cultural benefits to communities across the
:16:18. > :16:24.country. In 2010, the festival was worth ?7 million to the economy when
:16:25. > :16:29.it was held in Ebbw Vale. A travelling Eisteddfod can present
:16:30. > :16:33.challenges. Fundraising in the area is one. That hasn't been a problem
:16:34. > :16:39.this year. The local organising committee were set a target of
:16:40. > :16:47.?320,000. It has raised more than ?400,000. Residents gathered for the
:16:48. > :16:51.launch of a book marking 70 years since Eisteddfod visited the
:16:52. > :16:58.community. Here, they have done their bit to swell the coppers. It
:16:59. > :17:03.is important so we pass on the traditions and the Welsh culture to
:17:04. > :17:08.our children and to our children's children. We have to keep our
:17:09. > :17:13.traditions going. As an ex-Welsh teacher, it is an extremely
:17:14. > :17:18.important. Of the recommendations for modernising the festival include
:17:19. > :17:22.appointing a new artistic director, looking at the competitions and
:17:23. > :17:27.looking at a digital strategy. The Welsh government has given
:17:28. > :17:32.Eisteddfod ?90,000 to help implement the changes. What did you make of
:17:33. > :17:38.the recommendations? I was pleased with them. I am a little bit tired
:17:39. > :17:44.of the word, modernisation. What it needs to do and what it has been
:17:45. > :17:53.doing is trying to adapt the festival to cater for the needs of
:17:54. > :17:57.today's customers. How well the Guto Dafydd's organisers will do that is
:17:58. > :18:02.how many visit in the future. The main prize on offer today was the
:18:03. > :18:08.Crown, ordered for the best poem written on free verse.
:18:09. > :18:11.The winner was 24-year-old Guto Dafydd from Pwllheli in north Wales.
:18:12. > :18:14.32 poets entered the competition but the judges said in the end their
:18:15. > :18:20.Tomorrow we'll find out if anyone's won the Daniel Owen
:18:21. > :18:25.That's it from the maes for this evening.
:18:26. > :18:31.And you can keep up to date with all the events, online.
:18:32. > :18:41.There's live coverage of all the action from the pavilion,
:18:42. > :18:43.with English commentary, as well as results, video highlights
:18:44. > :18:55.We can return now to Llandaff Cathedral and to Jamie Owen.
:18:56. > :18:57.War was declared 100 years ago today.
:18:58. > :19:10.Our reporters have been leafing through local papers,
:19:11. > :19:13.rummaging in the archives to find out how the people in our towns
:19:14. > :19:39.The everyday, the ordinary, the piece, on about to be shattered.
:19:40. > :19:44.Wales was at war. Army reserves raced to the local headwaters to
:19:45. > :19:49.report for duty and here in left -- in an athlete, young man like Tom
:19:50. > :19:55.Jeffries rushed to sign up and become soldiers, much to his mum's
:19:56. > :20:02.distress. When I told her I was starting the Army, she started to
:20:03. > :20:08.cry. When Mr Bell left for Plymouth, his wife was said to be so
:20:09. > :20:11.distraught, she fell apart on the platform moving bystanders to tears
:20:12. > :20:20.and she wasn't the only one troubled by the war.
:20:21. > :20:25.In Rhondda, every pitch was closed. The miners had refused a request to
:20:26. > :20:30.cut short a holiday and returned to work to supply the Navy with extra
:20:31. > :20:37.coal. They said they had taken no part in encouraging war but
:20:38. > :20:43.attitudes soon changed. One of the leaders signed up on August four.
:20:44. > :20:47.Such was his zeal for the war that the army kept him here as a
:20:48. > :20:58.recruitment sergeant. Within a month, 3000 men had signed up. The
:20:59. > :21:01.entire band enlisted together. Only 24 hours earlier, thousands of
:21:02. > :21:06.day-trippers were enjoying a brass band, edition here on Barry Island
:21:07. > :21:10.but now guns and searchlights from this spot swept the channel looking
:21:11. > :21:22.for German ships and they spotted one. The Navy gave chase. Along the
:21:23. > :21:27.coast in this area, there was an order that landlord John Jones
:21:28. > :21:31.should hand over his horse to the Army. He was having none of it and
:21:32. > :21:39.yelled and through the papers out of the window and landed himself a
:21:40. > :21:45.fine. Most were supportive of the war effort. 40 women used to make
:21:46. > :22:02.clothes for injured soldiers to wear in hospital. At this hospital, the
:22:03. > :22:11.Royal Gwent, Lydia Richard limited. -- Lillian Richards enlisted. Mr
:22:12. > :22:19.Price went back on his word and 4000 people gathered outside a shop, some
:22:20. > :22:26.of them throwing stones because he increased the price of bread. Police
:22:27. > :22:29.had to be called to con the crowds. Money was an issue also. Some
:22:30. > :22:34.tourists cancelled their holiday. Foreign visitors were no longer
:22:35. > :22:44.welcome here. A German was arrested in his digs will stop a tent up on
:22:45. > :22:51.the great hill. Armed guards had shot at a man, a spy perhaps,
:22:52. > :22:56.looking at the reservoir. There was also news that Cardiff RFC had
:22:57. > :23:03.cancelled all the fixtures. The national game was on hold as players
:23:04. > :23:12.moved to other fields in far-away places. It will be over by
:23:13. > :23:22.Christmas, some said. This had a better hunch about what lay ahead.
:23:23. > :23:31.At present, nothing short of a miracle can prevent the destruction
:23:32. > :23:35.of the greater part of Europe. Our reporters on how communities across
:23:36. > :23:39.Wales received the news of the outbreak of the First World War 100
:23:40. > :23:44.years ago. Chris Williams has written extensively on this period.
:23:45. > :23:53.Take us back to the wails of 100 years ago. What was it like? It was
:23:54. > :23:58.strong and had a great deal of optimism looking to the future. A
:23:59. > :24:01.co-production was at a record high and you had important Welsh
:24:02. > :24:12.politicians and government. Howdy society change? Society doesn't
:24:13. > :24:19.change as fast as that. What changes is Wales before the war had been a
:24:20. > :24:23.liberal voting country. By the 1920s, it was voting Labour and the
:24:24. > :24:29.Liberal party is a shadow of its former self. Wales on the eve of the
:24:30. > :24:34.First World War was a nonconformist nation, the nonconformist churches
:24:35. > :24:39.were in a strong position and a great deal of doubt about Christian
:24:40. > :24:44.faith and the position of the Welsh churches as a consequence of the
:24:45. > :24:50.conflict. We think of Wales as a confident country. This was a con --
:24:51. > :24:56.confident country. A Welsh Prime Minister who would win the First
:24:57. > :25:01.World War. David Lloyd should -- David Lloyd ends up Prime Minister
:25:02. > :25:07.of great Britain, the first Welshman to be Prime Minister. Wales plays a
:25:08. > :25:11.great part in the war. The Welsh division is raised in 1915, the
:25:12. > :25:15.Welsh Guards are formed and there is a sense in which way -- Wales
:25:16. > :25:22.contributes to the war effort as an equal partner. How should we
:25:23. > :25:25.remember this night 100 years ago? We should remember it with
:25:26. > :25:29.sombreness because this was the beginning of an enormous conflict
:25:30. > :25:36.that would encapsulates the entire country and change Wales forever. It
:25:37. > :25:43.is a glorious evening here. Now for the weather forecast.
:25:44. > :25:51.It is a dry and sunny evening across most of Wales. It is not dry
:25:52. > :25:59.everywhere. There has been a few showers around. This evening, any
:26:00. > :26:04.remaining showers will die away leaving a dry and clear night, a
:26:05. > :26:11.fume mist patches and later on tonight, there's one or two showers
:26:12. > :26:19.and family turn up in some areas. -- few mist patches. We have a pleasant
:26:20. > :26:24.start for the north and east, dry and bright with some sunshine. As we
:26:25. > :26:29.travel further south and west, it is more cloudy with some showers that
:26:30. > :26:32.may be on the heavy side. During the day, these showers will spread
:26:33. > :26:37.eastwards across the country and they could be heavy in places. The
:26:38. > :26:44.showers are hit and miss with some -- hit and miss with some wet
:26:45. > :26:51.patches around. Temperatures around 21 Celsius. If you are heading to
:26:52. > :26:55.Eisteddfod tomorrow, showers are likely. However, it should brighten
:26:56. > :26:59.up late in the afternoon. Tomorrow evening, we have a few scattered
:27:00. > :27:08.showers and then rain will spread across the country overnight. It is
:27:09. > :27:12.generally ten millimetres. Wednesday will start off wet but the rain will
:27:13. > :27:17.clear the way eastwards. We have brighter weather following with some
:27:18. > :27:22.sunshine. Thursday is more settled and most places are dry.
:27:23. > :27:26.Temperatures around 18 Celsius. Changeable weather this week and
:27:27. > :27:31.some rain and showers but some fine and sunny weather as well.
:27:32. > :27:43.That's commemorative service begins at Llandaff Cathedral and you can
:27:44. > :27:45.watch it and listen on TV and radio. Good night.