20/08/2014 BBC Wales Today

There are concerns tonight that nearly 400 workers could be

It comes just weeks after the company was sold, raising hopes

that jobs there could be saved. Paul Heaney reports.

Making hand decorated cakes was big business here until the firm lost a

key contract with Marks and Spencer - a massive blow for the site -

In April the 650 workers at Avana Bakery were were told to

Three months later a welcome reprieve after they were

told the site in Rogerstone had been sold to Food Utopia.

But tonight it's feared those hopes have been dashed - with union saying

that 390 members of staff could be made redundant by November.

Devastating for the people here. They really thought they had a hope

of new business for this particular firm. It hasn't been the case. We

know it is a competitive industry but we have seen the industry

generally is growing across the country. I would be asking questions

of the Welsh assembly government, who have done their best to

thought. What expertise do they have two help firms like this gain new

orders? These are loyal workers that have

done nothing apart from continued to do their jobs to the best of their

ability. It is devastating. do their jobs to the best of their

The 2 Sisters food group that used to make this site -- on this site

makes everything from pizza to chocolate biscuits.

The new owners, Food Utopia, are made up of two executives

from the 2 Sisters group - and had brought fresh hope.

The company that now owns this site is in a fiercely competitive

industry. When big contracts are lost, jobs tend to go, too. The fear

here this evening is that with so many jobs potentially going at once

the impact could be felt not just here but across the wider area, too.

A teenager has been jailed for 16 years for raping a woman

Newport Crown Court heard how 18-year-old Lee-Joseph Dickson

forced his way into her home when she answered the door

The judge described it as a horrifying attack.

Two more nurses have been arrested, in connection with

an investigation into allegations of wilful neglect at the Princess

The women, who are from the area, are 29 and 40.

It means five nurses have been arrested in total - one,

Rebecca Jones, has pleaded guilty to nine counts of wilful neglect

A sailor has been taken to hospital, after getting into difficulty in

Milford Haven Coastguard said they were alerted just after 6:30pm

There are more than 36,000 incidents of fly-tipping in Wales

every year - a crime which costs tax payers millions of pounds.

But now local authorities here are using mobile technology to

It means Wales could be the first country in the UK to have a

It is a corner of Newport they know only too well. Today, team of waste

enforcement officers from the council troll through the latest

rubbish dumped at one of the city boss Michael fly-tipping hotspots.

They scour the site for clues, personal information on letters or

straps of paper and anything that could lead them to the people who

dumped this waste. In Wales there are 100 incidents of

fly-tipping everyday, four every hour. It costs the Welsh taxpayer

more than ?2 million to clear it up.

But several local authorities in Wales including Newport now use

these hand-held GPS devices to crack cases of live pigs -- fly-tipping

and records the location and type of waste being dumped, feeding the

information to a central database so that offers can find out where there

is a crime and how often it is being committed. That micro-officers can

find out. It is a real tool, we can install overt surveillance cameras

and techniques. We need justification to establish

these covert surveillance sites and this will give us that.

Less than one mile away, fire crews are dreading the banks of the River

Usk in Newport city centre, painstakingly removing detritus that

has been dumped in the river, usually at night, is everything from

bicycles to sections of scaffolding. In the past four years, emergency

services have had to rescue 86 people from this section of the

river but fly-tipping has made the task more difficult and deadly.

Any delay of our crews getting into the water could result in a fit

talented. -- fatality. Fly-tipping is nothing

new but it seems to have been -- fatality. Fly-tipping is nothing

as abated by the scaling down of local kerb-side collections in many

as abated by the scaling down of areas and the closure of recycling

centres. Every council has be cycling targets to eat but the

challenge is hitting the targets with a shrinking budget.

I generally feel that the major problem is resources for the

authorities, and education for the general public, how we can all

contribute to a better environment. Last month, guidelines on

fly-tipping came into force across Wales.

Anyone convicted of illegal dumping could face more stiff fines, running

into the millions for the most serious cases, as well as a lengthy

jail term. It is clear the authorities are

prepared to clamp down on fly-tipping with the full force of

the law. The former chief executive

of a race equality charity has told Nasir Malik denies three counts

of fraud involving more than ?16,000 and relating to his time

at the All Wales Ethnic Minority Western Power Distribution has

announced its preferred route to connect the power generated

by two wind farms in the The 19 miles of cable extends

from Llandyfaelog with just over four miles of cabling passing

underground, beneath the River Towy A final consultation will be

carried out in the autumn. Some sports news for you now

and Cardiff City have written to Crystal Palace,

advising them they are taking legal action, over the leaking of

their starting line-up last season. We heard earlier this week that

Palace would be fined, after Cardiff BBC Wales understands Cardiff

are unhappy there's been no Tonight saw the first silver medal

for a Welsh athlete representing Great Britain, at the IPC European

Athletics Championships in Swansea. Kyron Duke picked that up

in the men's F-41 javelin. Earlier,

18-year-old Olivia Breen won bronze She was particularly pleased

as she was still recovering Disappointment and frustration

for former world champion Nathan After being in bronze position

for most of the men's F-57 javelin He immediately challenged

the foul on his second attempt. That appeal has been turned

down though. Stephens missed out on a medal

at the London Olympics And finally, to cricket,

and Glamorgan have won their One Day Cup match against Sussex

at Hove by seven wickets. Sussex scored 323 for 3,

off 48 overs. In reply, Glamorgan reached

their revised Duckworth Lewis Time for the weather forecast now.

It is starting to feel more chilly. Yes, and we will keep the chilly

weather into the weekend, especially by night. By day we have showers and

a miniature of sunshine, certainly feeling cooler through tomorrow, as

well. Tonight we have clear skies are lowering temperatures to dip. In

the heart of Wales probably around four Celsius. We have a few showers

into the early hours of the morning. Largely dry across the

south-east, the breeze picks up and then showers get going. We have a

weather system across Scotland moving south and that brings

showers, some heavy. The further south and east you are the drier and

brighter it is. Here in Wales tomorrow afternoon showers continued

to roll in from the west, some could be heavy and blustery. Temperatures

ranging between 14 and 17 Celsius. If you are going to the Denbigh and

Flint show tomorrow, largely dry with the odd shower and breezy.

Tomorrow night showers will continue for a time, overnight it should

become dry and another cold night, but not as bad as tonight,

temperatures between eight and 13 Celsius. On Friday more showers in

the forecast with sunshine. By the afternoon we can look forward to

drier weather, setting the scene for the weekend which for the first half

is not too bad. Saturday is largely dry, sunny, with the isolated

showers. Sunday will start dry but I Sunday night wetter, windier

conditions heading our way. That is Wales today, we will have

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