23/08/2014

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:00:13. > :00:20.More than 750 homes in Blaenau Gwent are still without gas tonight

:00:21. > :00:22.after water got into supply pipes earlier this week.

:00:23. > :00:27.Repair work has been continuing today but people living in Nantyglo

:00:28. > :00:29.are expected to be without gas for the whole

:00:30. > :00:32.of the bank holiday weekend. Natasha Livingstone reports.

:00:33. > :00:35.Theresa Paul can only prepare meals for her children by using this hot

:00:36. > :00:39.plate. She's been given it along with fan heaters to get by

:00:40. > :00:42.as she spends her third day without a gas supply.

:00:43. > :00:45.She's one of hundreds in Nantyglo affected.

:00:46. > :00:49.It's terrible. Like I said, at the end of the day

:00:50. > :00:52.you're struggling. I can't cook much for them.

:00:53. > :00:55.I've got a gas cooker. Fair play, I've got that.

:00:56. > :01:03.Water got into the gas pipes after a mains burst in the area on Thursday.

:01:04. > :01:08.Engineers visited every home affecte to make sure the gas was turned off.

:01:09. > :01:11.Wales and West Utilities have been working round the clock

:01:12. > :01:13.to get the gas supply back up and running here.

:01:14. > :01:17.They've already pumped out 100,000 litres of water

:01:18. > :01:20.but it's not clear how much is left in the system so they can't say

:01:21. > :01:26.All we can say is we will work continuously throughout

:01:27. > :01:29.the bank holiday weekend until it is done.

:01:30. > :01:36.Unless there is an unforeseen problem.

:01:37. > :01:40.But even if it is just days, residents say it is too long.

:01:41. > :01:44.Some have turned to the local housing association for advice.

:01:45. > :01:48.We've given out over 130 heaters and given out microwaves

:01:49. > :01:52.and table top cooking facilities and we're here to make sure we can

:01:53. > :01:57.respond to the ongoing needs of our tenants.

:01:58. > :02:01.Leisure centres at Ebbw Vale and Abertillery are open

:02:02. > :02:06.Wales and West Utilities say it is doing all it can to help those

:02:07. > :02:10.affected and will continue to do so until the problem is fixed.

:02:11. > :02:13.Staff at National Museum of Wales sites across Wales have again

:02:14. > :02:18.Members of the PCS union, including those at

:02:19. > :02:21.Llanberis Slate Museum, took the action earlier this afternoon.

:02:22. > :02:24.National Museum Wales said with discussions still ongoing

:02:25. > :02:28.they were disappointed with the waslk out.

:02:29. > :02:31.Further allegations have been published regarding text

:02:32. > :02:34.messages sent by former Cardiff City manager Malky Mackay.

:02:35. > :02:37.The Daily Mail alleges Mackay used a derogatory term about

:02:38. > :02:41.There has been no rseponse from Malky Mackay

:02:42. > :02:44.to the latest claims but in an interview yesterday, he apologised

:02:45. > :02:50.and said he was not racist, sexist, homophobic or anti-semitic.

:02:51. > :02:53.Swansea City made it two Premier League wins out of two

:02:54. > :02:58.Nathan Dyer with the only goal at the Liberty Stadium.

:02:59. > :03:00.In the Championship, a last minute Mark Hudson own-goal

:03:01. > :03:05.There was a first point of the season for Newport County

:03:06. > :03:08.as they drew 1-1 against Burton in League 2.

:03:09. > :03:13.And in the Conference, Wrexham won 3-2 at Alfreton.

:03:14. > :03:16.The International Paralympic Committee have told Wales Today

:03:17. > :03:19.that Swansea has delivered the best ever European

:03:20. > :03:24.The final session of competition finishes later this evening

:03:25. > :03:29.The IPC say they have been impressed with the way

:03:30. > :03:33.different agencies came together before the event.

:03:34. > :03:36.We started this process quite late in terms of preparing

:03:37. > :03:40.the Championships, that being in January 2013.

:03:41. > :03:43.Since then we've had tremendous support from the Welsh Government,

:03:44. > :03:46.Swansea University, Disability Sport Wales.

:03:47. > :03:49.Everything's gone really, really well with the organising committee

:03:50. > :03:52.and then we can tell from the feedback that we're getting

:03:53. > :03:55.from the teams and from the athletes, they're loving it here

:03:56. > :04:00.and we've been very lucky with the weather as well which also helps.

:04:01. > :04:04.Let's have a look at the weather forecast now with Alina Jenkins.

:04:05. > :04:07.There's been some quite sharp and thundery showers

:04:08. > :04:11.They will be fading overnight and we will see some cold

:04:12. > :04:14.conditions, unseasonably cold for the time of year.

:04:15. > :04:17.As the showers fade through this evening a fine evening and then

:04:18. > :04:21.there will be one or two showers coming in across Anglesey

:04:22. > :04:25.and the north coast of Wales but otherwise a dry night.

:04:26. > :04:28.Temperatures in rural spot going down to one or two Celsius.

:04:29. > :04:31.We could see a touch of air frost and patchy fog as well.

:04:32. > :04:33.Up to double figures along the coast.

:04:34. > :04:36.Tomorrow morning, a bright start and a chilly one.

:04:37. > :04:39.The cloud starting to build through the afternoons and outbreaks

:04:40. > :04:42.of rain moving their way across and then more rain spreading in from

:04:43. > :04:49.For many places, a reasonably dry day but there will be rain

:04:50. > :04:51.overnight. That will last into Bank Holiday Monday.

:04:52. > :04:58.We're back tomorrow evening at 6.50pm.

:04:59. > :05:16.Thanks for watching. From all of us here, goodbye.

:05:17. > :05:21.It has been a familiar story again today, pleasant in the sunshine but

:05:22. > :05:25.certainly a chill in the air and tonight will be unusually cold for

:05:26. > :05:29.this time of year. There will be some sunshine on Sunday before cloud

:05:30. > :05:32.increases in the West to bring some rain around on Monday. Still showers

:05:33. > :05:33.at