:00:19. > :00:21.A drug trafficker and fraudster from Swansea, who's been on the run for
:00:22. > :00:25.years, will be extradited to the UK after being caught in South Africa.
:00:26. > :00:32.Martin Evans, was jailed eight years ago but later absconded from prison.
:00:33. > :00:35.Back in the 90s Evans had conned investors in a south Wales ostrich
:00:36. > :00:51.He was one of the UKs most wanted criminals.
:00:52. > :00:54.After three years on the run and a global operation to find him
:00:55. > :00:58.Martin Evans walked into court and into the glare of the cameras .
:00:59. > :01:02.He was arrested in Johannesburg earlier this month - officers
:01:03. > :01:05.swooped while he was getting out of his car at a housing complex.
:01:06. > :01:07.But his life as a criminal goes back two decades
:01:08. > :01:14.when he set up this Ostrich farm in Dunvant near Swansea.
:01:15. > :01:16.He started the business after his double-glazing firm
:01:17. > :01:19.He promised investors big profits, but instead conned them out
:01:20. > :01:35.Before he came to trial, the former young Welsh businessman
:01:36. > :01:39.It was there that he masterminded a multi-million-pound drugs
:01:40. > :01:42.He was eventually caught in the United States and sentenced
:01:43. > :01:47.But then during a weekend release from prison in 2011 he disappeared.
:01:48. > :01:49.He went on the run for three years sparking an international
:01:50. > :01:53.Evans will remain in jail there until the Justice Minister agrees
:01:54. > :02:00.He told the court he won't be appealing the decision.
:02:01. > :02:02.The Welsh Government could get hundreds of millions of pounds
:02:03. > :02:06.in top up payments under a pledge announced by the Liberal Democrats.
:02:07. > :02:08.The party claims that if it forms part
:02:09. > :02:10.of a coalition after the general election it would try to address
:02:11. > :02:13.concerns over the Barnett Formula - which is the way that Westminster
:02:14. > :02:43.Here's our Political Editor Nick Servini.
:02:44. > :02:45.It calculates how much money the Welsh Government has to spend
:02:46. > :02:49.The Barnett formula has been with us since the 1970s
:02:50. > :02:52.but a report five years ago said it was leaving Wales short-changed
:02:53. > :03:23.The First Minister has laid out his route map about the way Wales should
:03:24. > :03:26.Sensitivity over the way Westminster funds Scotland in the run up to
:03:27. > :03:29.the referendum has meant the many calls to reform Barnett in
:03:30. > :03:35.If there's a repeat of 2010 after next year's general election
:03:36. > :03:37.and the Lib Dems form a coalition at Westminster they
:03:38. > :03:40.claim it'll be a priority for the party in any coalition talks.
:03:41. > :03:52.I see this commitment in the manifesto as key. It recognises that
:03:53. > :03:55.Wales is poorly funded and proposes what we can do about it.
:03:56. > :03:59.key to us about taking
:04:00. > :04:04.There are still plenty of hurdles but there could be big implications
:04:05. > :04:15.You have got to sell it to the English public that anybody
:04:16. > :04:20.underfunded gets a top up but somebody who is overfunded does not
:04:21. > :04:26.pay anything back. Nice work if you can get it that I do not know how
:04:27. > :04:30.that will play. There could be big implications if it happens.
:04:31. > :04:33.The first minister Carwyn Jones says the lack of what he calls fair
:04:34. > :04:36.funding from London is the main reason why he doesn't want Welsh
:04:37. > :04:39.Government ministers here in Cardiff to have any control over income tax.
:04:40. > :04:41.If there is a more generous settlement then it
:04:42. > :04:44.could open the door for ministers here to have control of some
:04:45. > :04:53.The funding of devolved governments is being thrown into focus
:04:54. > :04:55.by the Scottish referendum - this is the first pledge on it
:04:56. > :04:58.by any of the parties ahead of the general election - expect there
:04:59. > :05:09.Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth has been appointed as a Government Whip
:05:10. > :05:12.The former Welsh Conservative leader's duties Duties will include
:05:13. > :05:14.managing the UK Government's legislative programme in the Lords.
:05:15. > :05:16.Nick Bourne is one of five Wales-based members
:05:17. > :05:29.A coroner's inquiry into the death of Arthur Jones, who died
:05:30. > :05:31.during a walking holiday in Crete has been opened and adjourned.
:05:32. > :05:33.The 73 year old from Denbigh went missing on the
:05:34. > :05:37.Today's hearing was told it still isn't known what caused
:05:38. > :05:40.his death but anything criminal had been ruled out.
:05:41. > :05:42.The organisers of a long distance endurance race
:05:43. > :05:45.had to cut short a kayaking leg after competitors encountered strong
:05:46. > :05:49.The event is a six hundred kilometre race through Wales involving kayaks,
:05:50. > :05:52.After leaving Caernarfon to paddle to Llanfairfechan competitors were
:05:53. > :06:06.forced to come ashore in Bangor and complete the journey by road.
:06:07. > :06:08.The owner of Murco has reached an agreement to
:06:09. > :06:10.sell the company's filling stations to for ?200 million.
:06:11. > :06:13.The news comes less than a fortnight after Murphy Oil
:06:14. > :06:15.revealed it was also selling the Murco refinery in Milford Haven
:06:16. > :06:36.A new company coming at it now in the form of motor fuel will put its
:06:37. > :06:41.own business model on to the garage and that business model provides
:06:42. > :06:49.users with more services than just filling up a tank, and yields on the
:06:50. > :06:50.convenience stores and that sort of thing that exists in many of these
:06:51. > :06:54.garages already. Gareth Bale has been training
:06:55. > :06:57.tonight back home in Wales with his Real Madrid team-mates ahead of
:06:58. > :06:59.the UEFA Super Cup match tomorrow. The game at the Cardiff City Stadium
:07:00. > :07:03.will see Real - the European Champions - face Sevilla - who won
:07:04. > :07:13.the Europa League last season. It is great to be back home but the
:07:14. > :07:18.most important thing is to win the game and be prepared, it is a title
:07:19. > :07:23.we want to win. Yes, we need to focus on that and not too much on
:07:24. > :07:25.anything else. We need to work hard as a team and hopefully we will get
:07:26. > :07:37.the trophy. Meanwhile - Dutch side Utrecht have
:07:38. > :07:39.confirmed they have reported Swansea City to FIFA over
:07:40. > :07:42.the transfer of their former player They claim they are due 30 percent
:07:43. > :07:46.of the fee the Swans received for the goalkeeper - an agreement
:07:47. > :07:49.Utrecht say was struck when they Swansea City say
:07:50. > :08:10.the transfer was conducted properly Now for the weather. Not to summary
:08:11. > :08:20.more showers on the way. -- summary. Heavy showers continue to feed in to
:08:21. > :08:23.the Bristol Channel. Breezy on the coast, lighter winds inland. We have
:08:24. > :08:30.a few flood warnings in force as well. That is due to the combination
:08:31. > :08:36.of high tides and onshore winds. Low pressure tomorrow near Shetland,
:08:37. > :08:48.that is the remains of the horror came -- how hurricane. Across the
:08:49. > :09:02.rest of the UK, more rain to come in Scotland to morrow. Turning Shara
:09:03. > :09:04.Read through the day with the rain heavy in western Scotland. England,
:09:05. > :09:08.Wales and Northern Ireland, a mixture of sunshine and showers.
:09:09. > :09:13.They could be heavy with thunder. Only 14 Celsius in Glasgow. A more
:09:14. > :09:17.respectable 21 Celsius. In Wales, a mixture of sunshine and showers.
:09:18. > :09:20.Again, some heavy showers and the risk of thunder. If you are lucky,
:09:21. > :09:27.you will get away with a dry afternoon. Gusty winds through the
:09:28. > :09:32.showers. At the Anglesey show, a dry morning, sunny spells and breezy.
:09:33. > :09:38.Breezy on Wednesday as well with a mixture of sunshine and showers.
:09:39. > :09:43.Highest temperatures in Monmouthshire at 20 Celsius. Still
:09:44. > :09:47.quite easy. Into Thursday, further showers but hopefully drier and
:09:48. > :09:57.brighter on Friday with more in the way of sunshine. Derek, thank you.
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