09/08/2014

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:00:12. > :00:14.A 38-year-old man from Swansea has been sectioned

:00:15. > :00:17.under the Mental Health Act following an alleged armed siege

:00:18. > :00:21.Police were called to the penthouse restaurant

:00:22. > :00:25.of the Meridian Tower in Swansea at around four o'clock yesterday.

:00:26. > :00:29.A Taser was used to subdue him, following a two-hour stand-off.

:00:30. > :00:32.He is being held in a secure unit for assessment

:00:33. > :00:39.Staff at six National Museum Wales sites have walked out in the first

:00:40. > :00:43.Members of the Public and Commercial Services Union took

:00:44. > :00:46.the action at one o'clock in a row over pay and pensions.

:00:47. > :00:49.Three of the museums closed for the afternoon.

:00:50. > :00:51.Three others offered reduced services.

:00:52. > :00:58.Closing its doors to the public on a Saturday afternoon in August.

:00:59. > :01:01.It's not a message the National Museum Wales would have

:01:02. > :01:05.chosen to send to visitors, but the National Slate Museum in

:01:06. > :01:10.Llanberis was one of three of museum sites which closed this afternoon.

:01:11. > :01:15.Members of the PCS union also walked out at the National History Museum

:01:16. > :01:18.at St Fagans, the Swansea waterfront museum

:01:19. > :01:24.The site stayed open, but with a reduced service.

:01:25. > :01:32.The row is over pay and pension cuts.

:01:33. > :01:39.Most of us here work 36 weekends out of every year and we get the premium

:01:40. > :01:43.rate for doing that, because most people want to be with their

:01:44. > :01:47.families at weekends. The museum are now looking to reduce those premium

:01:48. > :01:51.rates and also cut them away altogether over the next two years.

:01:52. > :01:53.Once they reduce the premium rates, we are looking at a ?1000 pay

:01:54. > :01:55.decrease. Visitors to the

:01:56. > :02:06.National Slate Museum in Llanberis Companies always have to pay extra

:02:07. > :02:10.for weekends, nights. We have done it before. My mother was going to

:02:11. > :02:12.have a look around. Would have been a nice day.

:02:13. > :02:14.National Museum Wales says it's "very disappointed" with the strike

:02:15. > :02:16.and has apologised for any inconvenience caused.

:02:17. > :02:19.It says it has to make difficult decisions during these challenging

:02:20. > :02:21.economic times, but it's mitigating the impact

:02:22. > :02:26.by increasing the basic pay for the lowest paid staff by at least 2%

:02:27. > :02:33.But for members of the PCS union, this isn't enough

:02:34. > :02:37.and industrial action will take place every Saturday and Sunday

:02:38. > :02:43.A book of condolence has been opened in memory of a pensioner

:02:44. > :02:46.from Denbigh who died on the Greek island of Crete.

:02:47. > :02:49.73-year-old Arthur Jones' body was found under a tree in a remote area

:02:50. > :02:52.on Sunday, more than six weeks after he went missing.

:02:53. > :02:55.Today, hundreds of people have gathered at a club

:02:56. > :03:10.Organisers of the Anglesey show say a group of travellers who had parked

:03:11. > :03:12.on part of the site have now left. They arrived on Thursday, hours

:03:13. > :03:18.before organisers of next week's show were due to prepare for use as

:03:19. > :03:19.a park-and-ride area. Yesterday, the council obtained a warrant to evict

:03:20. > :03:20.them. Cardiff City manager

:03:21. > :03:24.Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says he is satisfied with their 1-1 draw

:03:25. > :03:26.at Blackburn Rovers last night. Kenwyne Jones gave Cardiff

:03:27. > :03:29.an early lead, only for the home This afternoon,

:03:30. > :03:32.Newport County had a disappointing Better news for Wrexham - they beat

:03:33. > :03:40.Dartford 2-1 in their first match Welsh golfer Jamie Donaldson tees

:03:41. > :03:47.off in the third round of the US PGA He ended the second round three

:03:48. > :03:53.under par, six shots off the lead. OK, lots of pretty wet weather in

:03:54. > :04:09.the forecast for the next 24 hours. All the headlines are of course

:04:10. > :04:12.about the storm thermally known as Hurricane Bertha heading towards

:04:13. > :04:16.us. We have a Met Office warning tomorrow for the rain, but it is a

:04:17. > :04:19.trouble-free your weather system because we will also be talking

:04:20. > :04:23.about strong winds and coastal waves. Tonight, the first of the

:04:24. > :04:30.rain starts to come in. I tomorrow morning, a lot of us will have that

:04:31. > :04:36.rain. We will continue to see that rain track towards the north-east.

:04:37. > :04:45.Sunspots may get two inches. And the wind is a key feature. We will see

:04:46. > :04:50.gusts of up to 50 miles an hour, and we continue with those wins tomorrow

:04:51. > :04:54.afternoon and into Monday. Combined with high tides, we could see large

:04:55. > :04:56.waves at the coast. It stays blustery, with showers on Monday,

:04:57. > :04:58.starting to ease for Tuesday. You can stay up-to-date with

:04:59. > :05:00.the latest weather forecast on the BBC's website, and of course

:05:01. > :05:03.on Radio Wales and Radio Cymru. For now, from everyone here on the

:05:04. > :05:18.weekend team, have a lovely evening. Good evening. Conditions in the next

:05:19. > :05:19.24 hours may not match