20/08/2014

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:00:20. > :00:24.There are concerns tonight that nearly 400 workers could be

:00:25. > :00:27.It comes just weeks after the company was sold, raising hopes

:00:28. > :00:32.that jobs there could be saved. Paul Heaney reports.

:00:33. > :00:37.Making hand decorated cakes was big business here until the firm lost a

:00:38. > :00:44.key contract with Marks and Spencer - a massive blow for the site -

:00:45. > :00:49.In April the 650 workers at Avana Bakery were were told to

:00:50. > :00:56.Three months later a welcome reprieve after they were

:00:57. > :01:00.told the site in Rogerstone had been sold to Food Utopia.

:01:01. > :01:03.But tonight it's feared those hopes have been dashed - with union saying

:01:04. > :01:10.that 390 members of staff could be made redundant by November.

:01:11. > :01:15.Devastating for the people here. They really thought they had a hope

:01:16. > :01:20.of new business for this particular firm. It hasn't been the case. We

:01:21. > :01:23.know it is a competitive industry but we have seen the industry

:01:24. > :01:27.generally is growing across the country. I would be asking questions

:01:28. > :01:31.of the Welsh assembly government, who have done their best to

:01:32. > :01:35.thought. What expertise do they have two help firms like this gain new

:01:36. > :01:38.orders? These are loyal workers that have

:01:39. > :01:40.done nothing apart from continued to do their jobs to the best of their

:01:41. > :01:45.ability. It is devastating. do their jobs to the best of their

:01:46. > :01:50.The 2 Sisters food group that used to make this site -- on this site

:01:51. > :01:51.makes everything from pizza to chocolate biscuits.

:01:52. > :01:54.The new owners, Food Utopia, are made up of two executives

:01:55. > :01:58.from the 2 Sisters group - and had brought fresh hope.

:01:59. > :02:04.The company that now owns this site is in a fiercely competitive

:02:05. > :02:10.industry. When big contracts are lost, jobs tend to go, too. The fear

:02:11. > :02:13.here this evening is that with so many jobs potentially going at once

:02:14. > :02:18.the impact could be felt not just here but across the wider area, too.

:02:19. > :02:21.A teenager has been jailed for 16 years for raping a woman

:02:22. > :02:26.Newport Crown Court heard how 18-year-old Lee-Joseph Dickson

:02:27. > :02:31.forced his way into her home when she answered the door

:02:32. > :02:37.The judge described it as a horrifying attack.

:02:38. > :02:39.Two more nurses have been arrested, in connection with

:02:40. > :02:41.an investigation into allegations of wilful neglect at the Princess

:02:42. > :02:45.The women, who are from the area, are 29 and 40.

:02:46. > :02:48.It means five nurses have been arrested in total - one,

:02:49. > :02:50.Rebecca Jones, has pleaded guilty to nine counts of wilful neglect

:02:51. > :03:02.A sailor has been taken to hospital, after getting into difficulty in

:03:03. > :03:07.Milford Haven Coastguard said they were alerted just after 6:30pm

:03:08. > :03:23.There are more than 36,000 incidents of fly-tipping in Wales

:03:24. > :03:26.every year - a crime which costs tax payers millions of pounds.

:03:27. > :03:28.But now local authorities here are using mobile technology to

:03:29. > :03:33.It means Wales could be the first country in the UK to have a

:03:34. > :03:44.It is a corner of Newport they know only too well. Today, team of waste

:03:45. > :03:47.enforcement officers from the council troll through the latest

:03:48. > :03:52.rubbish dumped at one of the city boss Michael fly-tipping hotspots.

:03:53. > :03:56.They scour the site for clues, personal information on letters or

:03:57. > :03:58.straps of paper and anything that could lead them to the people who

:03:59. > :04:04.dumped this waste. In Wales there are 100 incidents of

:04:05. > :04:09.fly-tipping everyday, four every hour. It costs the Welsh taxpayer

:04:10. > :04:11.more than ?2 million to clear it up.

:04:12. > :04:16.But several local authorities in Wales including Newport now use

:04:17. > :04:21.these hand-held GPS devices to crack cases of live pigs -- fly-tipping

:04:22. > :04:25.and records the location and type of waste being dumped, feeding the

:04:26. > :04:30.information to a central database so that offers can find out where there

:04:31. > :04:36.is a crime and how often it is being committed. That micro-officers can

:04:37. > :04:37.find out. It is a real tool, we can install overt surveillance cameras

:04:38. > :04:44.and techniques. We need justification to establish

:04:45. > :04:48.these covert surveillance sites and this will give us that.

:04:49. > :04:53.Less than one mile away, fire crews are dreading the banks of the River

:04:54. > :04:56.Usk in Newport city centre, painstakingly removing detritus that

:04:57. > :05:01.has been dumped in the river, usually at night, is everything from

:05:02. > :05:06.bicycles to sections of scaffolding. In the past four years, emergency

:05:07. > :05:09.services have had to rescue 86 people from this section of the

:05:10. > :05:14.river but fly-tipping has made the task more difficult and deadly.

:05:15. > :05:20.Any delay of our crews getting into the water could result in a fit

:05:21. > :05:22.talented. -- fatality. Fly-tipping is nothing

:05:23. > :05:26.new but it seems to have been -- fatality. Fly-tipping is nothing

:05:27. > :05:28.as abated by the scaling down of local kerb-side collections in many

:05:29. > :05:31.as abated by the scaling down of areas and the closure of recycling

:05:32. > :05:35.centres. Every council has be cycling targets to eat but the

:05:36. > :05:40.challenge is hitting the targets with a shrinking budget.

:05:41. > :05:44.I generally feel that the major problem is resources for the

:05:45. > :05:48.authorities, and education for the general public, how we can all

:05:49. > :05:51.contribute to a better environment. Last month, guidelines on

:05:52. > :05:57.fly-tipping came into force across Wales.

:05:58. > :06:02.Anyone convicted of illegal dumping could face more stiff fines, running

:06:03. > :06:05.into the millions for the most serious cases, as well as a lengthy

:06:06. > :06:07.jail term. It is clear the authorities are

:06:08. > :06:08.prepared to clamp down on fly-tipping with the full force of

:06:09. > :06:11.the law. The former chief executive

:06:12. > :06:17.of a race equality charity has told Nasir Malik denies three counts

:06:18. > :06:19.of fraud involving more than ?16,000 and relating to his time

:06:20. > :06:22.at the All Wales Ethnic Minority Western Power Distribution has

:06:23. > :06:26.announced its preferred route to connect the power generated

:06:27. > :06:28.by two wind farms in the The 19 miles of cable extends

:06:29. > :06:32.from Llandyfaelog with just over four miles of cabling passing

:06:33. > :06:34.underground, beneath the River Towy A final consultation will be

:06:35. > :06:38.carried out in the autumn. Some sports news for you now

:06:39. > :06:41.and Cardiff City have written to Crystal Palace,

:06:42. > :06:45.advising them they are taking legal action, over the leaking of

:06:46. > :06:48.their starting line-up last season. We heard earlier this week that

:06:49. > :06:54.Palace would be fined, after Cardiff BBC Wales understands Cardiff

:06:55. > :06:56.are unhappy there's been no Tonight saw the first silver medal

:06:57. > :07:04.for a Welsh athlete representing Great Britain, at the IPC European

:07:05. > :07:07.Athletics Championships in Swansea. Kyron Duke picked that up

:07:08. > :07:09.in the men's F-41 javelin. Earlier,

:07:10. > :07:14.18-year-old Olivia Breen won bronze She was particularly pleased

:07:15. > :07:19.as she was still recovering Disappointment and frustration

:07:20. > :07:26.for former world champion Nathan After being in bronze position

:07:27. > :07:33.for most of the men's F-57 javelin He immediately challenged

:07:34. > :07:43.the foul on his second attempt. That appeal has been turned

:07:44. > :07:48.down though. Stephens missed out on a medal

:07:49. > :07:50.at the London Olympics And finally, to cricket,

:07:51. > :07:53.and Glamorgan have won their One Day Cup match against Sussex

:07:54. > :07:56.at Hove by seven wickets. Sussex scored 323 for 3,

:07:57. > :08:00.off 48 overs. In reply, Glamorgan reached

:08:01. > :08:15.their revised Duckworth Lewis Time for the weather forecast now.

:08:16. > :08:18.It is starting to feel more chilly. Yes, and we will keep the chilly

:08:19. > :08:24.weather into the weekend, especially by night. By day we have showers and

:08:25. > :08:28.a miniature of sunshine, certainly feeling cooler through tomorrow, as

:08:29. > :08:31.well. Tonight we have clear skies are lowering temperatures to dip. In

:08:32. > :08:39.the heart of Wales probably around four Celsius. We have a few showers

:08:40. > :08:45.into the early hours of the morning. Largely dry across the

:08:46. > :08:49.south-east, the breeze picks up and then showers get going. We have a

:08:50. > :08:52.weather system across Scotland moving south and that brings

:08:53. > :09:00.showers, some heavy. The further south and east you are the drier and

:09:01. > :09:04.brighter it is. Here in Wales tomorrow afternoon showers continued

:09:05. > :09:10.to roll in from the west, some could be heavy and blustery. Temperatures

:09:11. > :09:14.ranging between 14 and 17 Celsius. If you are going to the Denbigh and

:09:15. > :09:19.Flint show tomorrow, largely dry with the odd shower and breezy.

:09:20. > :09:23.Tomorrow night showers will continue for a time, overnight it should

:09:24. > :09:26.become dry and another cold night, but not as bad as tonight,

:09:27. > :09:32.temperatures between eight and 13 Celsius. On Friday more showers in

:09:33. > :09:37.the forecast with sunshine. By the afternoon we can look forward to

:09:38. > :09:40.drier weather, setting the scene for the weekend which for the first half

:09:41. > :09:47.is not too bad. Saturday is largely dry, sunny, with the isolated

:09:48. > :09:54.showers. Sunday will start dry but I Sunday night wetter, windier

:09:55. > :10:00.conditions heading our way. That is Wales today, we will have

:10:01. > :10:02.dates from 6:25am. From all of us on the programme, good night.