:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to Wales Today. Tonight's headlines:
:00:00. > :00:08.Cocaine worth ?100 million on board thought to be headed
:00:09. > :00:13.The massive drugs haul seized in a National Crime Agency operation.
:00:14. > :00:19.Officers suspect a boat here at Pwllheli Marina was set
:00:20. > :00:26.for a high-seas rendezvous with the drugs yacht.
:00:27. > :00:29.Friday prayers on the day MPs back air strikes
:00:30. > :00:37.We speak to members of the Muslim community here for reaction.
:00:38. > :00:39.They're paying ?700 to get to sixth form.
:00:40. > :00:42.A warning the rising cost of transport will force people out
:00:43. > :00:47.UKIP leader Nigel Farage says his party is becoming
:00:48. > :00:57.the main threat to Labour in Wales at next year's general election.
:00:58. > :01:03.We topped the poll in Merthyr Tydfil in the European elections, something
:01:04. > :01:05.I would not believe, so it is a difficult to know where we will be
:01:06. > :01:08.in seven months time. And in tonight's sport,
:01:09. > :01:11.loving every minute of his debut It's hugs all round,
:01:12. > :01:14.as Welshman Jamie Donaldson secures A drugs haul with
:01:15. > :01:32.an estimated street value of ?100 million may have been heading to
:01:33. > :01:34.Pwllheli, on the North Wales coast. Earlier this week,
:01:35. > :01:38.a yacht carrying an estimated tonne of cocaine was intercepted
:01:39. > :01:40.by the Irish Navy in the Atlantic. National Crime Agency officers are
:01:41. > :01:43.currently searching a boat seized from Pwllheli Marina
:01:44. > :01:46.which they believe was involved. Roger Pinney is in the Marina
:01:47. > :01:52.for us this evening. Yes, National Crime Agency
:01:53. > :01:59.officers arrived here last night. The motor cruiser was moored on one
:02:00. > :02:02.of the Marina pontoons behind me. The activity here followed one
:02:03. > :02:05.of the biggest drug seizures A yacht carrying a tonne of cocaine
:02:06. > :02:23.was intercepted off Ireland. Under close forensic examination
:02:24. > :02:27.now, a 25 foot motor cruiser, the Welsh link National Crime Agency
:02:28. > :02:32.officers suspect in a transatlantic smuggling operation. It was a
:02:33. > :02:35.complex and detailed multinational intelligence operation which led the
:02:36. > :02:39.National Crime Agency to this boat, an operation which spanned half a
:02:40. > :02:47.globe, from Venezuela in central America to Wales. 200 miles
:02:48. > :02:52.south-west of Cork and the 60 foot yacht is shadowed by an Irish Navy
:02:53. > :02:57.vessel. It was stormed early Tuesday morning by Eliot forces. On board,
:02:58. > :03:02.around ?100 million worth of cocaine. It was destined for the
:03:03. > :03:10.north-east of England. -- elite forces. It is shot a 5% of the
:03:11. > :03:19.entire UK consumption in any given year, a time, so a very significant
:03:20. > :03:24.amount. -- it is short. She came from Venezuelan and put briefly into
:03:25. > :03:27.Trinidad before setting off on her transatlantic crossing. The
:03:28. > :03:30.intercept came off the coast of Ireland. Had she been allowed to
:03:31. > :03:38.continue her journey, it is believed the yacht would have one --
:03:39. > :03:45.rendezvoused with another boat of the marina. The Irish authorities
:03:46. > :03:50.believe for their part that this has been a textbook operation. We
:03:51. > :03:54.trained for this quite rigorous league and we evaluate ourselves to
:03:55. > :04:02.make sure we do this properly, and I think the results are evident in how
:04:03. > :04:06.successful this operation was. The joint operation between ourselves
:04:07. > :04:15.and the customs officers. -- quite rigorously. We have a unity of
:04:16. > :04:20.purpose and effort in all three agencies. This operation is far from
:04:21. > :04:24.over, with suspects still being questioned in Ireland and here in
:04:25. > :04:27.the UK. National Crime Agency officers, though, believe they are
:04:28. > :04:33.close to cracking a major smuggling ring.
:04:34. > :04:38.Just to bring you right up-to-date, so far five people have been
:04:39. > :04:42.arrested in connection with this. Three of them were in that yacht
:04:43. > :04:46.detained by the Irish authorities and two more have been arrested in
:04:47. > :04:50.Yorkshire. The National Crime Agency says it is hoping to speak to
:04:51. > :04:55.another man from the Leeds area, so this is still very much a live
:04:56. > :04:59.investigation. Back to you. Thank you.
:05:00. > :05:02.A number of Welsh MPs spoke in the House of Commons earlier,
:05:03. > :05:05.as UK air strikes against Islamic State targets in Iraq was debated.
:05:06. > :05:07.In the past hour or so, Members overwhelmingly voted to back
:05:08. > :05:11.With Parliament recalled for the day, among those to speak was former
:05:12. > :05:22.In 2003 I backed Tony Blair going into Iraq because I honestly
:05:23. > :05:27.believed Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. I was wrong and
:05:28. > :05:32.we went to war on a lie in the aftermath has been disastrous. This
:05:33. > :05:35.makes me deeply allergic to anything in the region, certainly anything
:05:36. > :05:41.hinting of western cowboy intervention. There are disputes
:05:42. > :05:44.between the Kurds and the Iraqi central government which will have
:05:45. > :05:52.to be resolved in some way, but I fully support this resolution. It is
:05:53. > :05:56.a good step in the right direction. We are falling into a vortex of
:05:57. > :06:01.hatreds that are ancient and deep, and once we start this process it
:06:02. > :06:02.will be almost impossible in the future to extricate ourselves from
:06:03. > :06:04.it. Our Parliamentary correspondent
:06:05. > :06:15.David Cornock is at Westminster. Some powerful statements from our
:06:16. > :06:19.MPs this afternoon? Yes row, we really get a flavour of the
:06:20. > :06:24.exchanges in the debate today. -- yes Rob. Even those who are in
:06:25. > :06:28.favour of air strikes are the asking questions where it will end. Will it
:06:29. > :06:33.really just be restricted to Iraq? You also heard Peter Hain there say
:06:34. > :06:38.something I have never heard him say before. He was a member of Tony
:06:39. > :06:42.Blair's Cabinet that voted to go to war and invade Iraq and decided to
:06:43. > :06:48.invade in 2003, and there he is admitting he was wrong and that
:06:49. > :06:52.Britain went to war on a lie. But he is in favour of the military
:06:53. > :06:56.intervention this time because he thinks it is a start. But he does
:06:57. > :07:02.think that ultimately it will be for the political forces in the middle
:07:03. > :07:06.east to come up with a lasting political settlement. Now, when the
:07:07. > :07:18.vote was called, the Government one it easily -- won it easily. Five
:07:19. > :07:24.from Wales voted against. Three SPEAKS IN WELSH
:07:25. > :07:33.MPs also voted against. So what will happen next? It was a very tightly
:07:34. > :07:36.drawn motion and it now authorises Britain to join in military air
:07:37. > :07:48.strikes against ex-Linux state targets only in Iraq, not in Syria,
:07:49. > :07:56.-- Islamic State targets. We do know that there are Tornado aircraft with
:07:57. > :08:01.missiles waiting in Cyprus, and from now on, they could be in action
:08:02. > :08:05.very, very soon. There was talk of whether the action could be extended
:08:06. > :08:09.to Syria but the Government very adamant about that that this would
:08:10. > :08:13.require another separate vote by MPs and that would be one they might
:08:14. > :08:16.find rather harder to win. Thank you.
:08:17. > :08:19.Here in Wales, the prospect of UK air strikes has been followed
:08:20. > :08:23.Our reporter Nick Palit has been in Cardiff to speak to people
:08:24. > :08:26.City Road in Cardiff is probably the most cosmopolitan street
:08:27. > :08:30.in Wales - all shades of opinion from all parts of the world.
:08:31. > :08:32.And today, the talk of the Shisha bars
:08:33. > :08:40.Yusef Aljiborey runs the Baghdad Market on City Road.
:08:41. > :08:43.He's an Iraqi mechanical engineer-turned-grocer.
:08:44. > :08:46.His customers come for a taste of home, and all have opinions
:08:47. > :08:54.on whether or not Britain should be involved in air strikes on Iraq.
:08:55. > :08:58.Can I ask you what you think about whether Britain should bomb Iraq to
:08:59. > :09:03.try to get rid of IS? I think yes. A few doors up in this charity shop,
:09:04. > :09:05.and Dldar Ahmed's He's a Kurdish Iraqi,
:09:06. > :09:08.now a British citizen. He volunteers here at Islamic Relief
:09:09. > :09:21.and is angry that IS has hijacked Well, like Britain or America, I
:09:22. > :09:26.think they can stop them from doing any more of these things. Killing
:09:27. > :09:28.people for no reason. And what about British air strikes in Iraq? Will
:09:29. > :09:33.that help? Well, I believe yeah. It's Friday prayers at the
:09:34. > :09:35.Dar Ul Isra Mosque, just Here, opinion is divided on
:09:36. > :09:50.whether air strikes on Iraq are the ISIS, I don't agree with them but I
:09:51. > :09:57.don't think air strikes will help because how many civilians will
:09:58. > :10:03.be... How many casualties will we have? Civilian casualties? Do we
:10:04. > :10:08.agree with that? No. I think it will be a good thing if we join because
:10:09. > :10:15.even the Islamic countries joining, so it will good if we join. I've
:10:16. > :10:23.been living in Cardiff more than I have anywhere else in my whole life.
:10:24. > :10:26.As a family and a Muslim, my boys have grown up in Cardiff.
:10:27. > :10:29.But Dr Amin Barzanji still has relatives in his Kurdish homeland.
:10:30. > :10:31.He's been following the debate in Parliament today, and though he's in
:10:32. > :10:35.favour of air strikes, he doesn't want it to go any further than that.
:10:36. > :10:41.We don't want any foreign foot there. Kurds could deal with it.
:10:42. > :10:50.They could deal with the problem. All we need is, don't let us down
:10:51. > :10:57.again. Support us as we deserve and then I think that part of Kurdistan
:10:58. > :11:02.will be safe from the incursion of ISIL and any affiliates of ISIL.
:11:03. > :11:06.Back here on city road, there are mixed views on whether these are the
:11:07. > :11:11.right course of action. But for many here, it is their religious country
:11:12. > :11:14.that will have to live with the consequences. Some fear many
:11:15. > :11:15.innocents will lose their lives. Others say it is the only to tackle
:11:16. > :11:20.IS. Staying with politics, the leader
:11:21. > :11:22.of the UK Independence Party says his party is emerging as the main
:11:23. > :11:25.opposition to Labour in Wales. Nigel Farage said UKIP is filling
:11:26. > :11:28.a hole left by the Conservatives. He's been speaking to our reporter
:11:29. > :11:42.Carl Roberts at his party's annual Politics is changing very, very
:11:43. > :11:46.quickly. Just look at the search for the yes vote in Scotland over the
:11:47. > :11:50.last few months. I also think in Wales, people look at the education
:11:51. > :11:54.system, they look equally at the health service, and they ask
:11:55. > :11:58.themselves, why are we getting the worst deal out of anybody in the
:11:59. > :12:01.whole of the United Kingdom? And the figures are perfectly clear in both
:12:02. > :12:12.of those vital parts of people's lives that things aren't working. So
:12:13. > :12:15.it is a question of who can provide opposition to the Labour Party. Now,
:12:16. > :12:17.historically, that has been the Conservatives in Wales, but the
:12:18. > :12:19.evidence is now that we are beginning to feel that role. We
:12:20. > :12:22.topped the poll in Merthyr Tydfil in the European elections, something I
:12:23. > :12:27.would never have believed! So it is very difficult to see where we will
:12:28. > :12:32.be in seven months time. Carwyn Jones said he wanted an offer to
:12:33. > :12:36.Wales of the same powers being offered to Scotland. And a revision
:12:37. > :12:42.of the Barnett formula, something you have called for. Is this
:12:43. > :12:51.something you would like to see? Well, Wales gets a rotten deal! They
:12:52. > :12:56.haven't been doing fighting as effectively as the Scots over the
:12:57. > :13:00.last 40 years. Arguably, Wales is a long way behind Scotland in terms of
:13:01. > :13:05.the funding formula. Honestly, I think to get a fair constitutional
:13:06. > :13:10.settlement, everything has to be on the table. You mentioned you don't
:13:11. > :13:14.think there is an appetite for tax. 49% in a poll this week wanted to
:13:15. > :13:19.see more power and some tax powers are on the way to the Assembly. A
:13:20. > :13:25.few years ago, your party wanted to scrap the Assembly. Would you like
:13:26. > :13:29.it to get more power? There is reticence about powers but they are
:13:30. > :13:33.coming anyway. The genie is out of the bottle and in the end we are all
:13:34. > :13:37.going to have to get used the fact that this is the way the UK will be
:13:38. > :13:42.run, because I certainly sense in England now, which, you know, is a
:13:43. > :13:46.very big population, I certainly sent a strong desire for
:13:47. > :13:50.English-only debates and English Parliament on English issues, and
:13:51. > :13:54.that obviously has knock-on consequences for Wales. That was
:13:55. > :13:59.Nick for Raj speaking to our correspondent. -- that was Nigel
:14:00. > :14:02.Farage. A vulnerable man who was allegedly
:14:03. > :14:05.forced to work for 13 years at a Newport farm without pay has
:14:06. > :14:08.told Cardiff Crown Court he was free Darrell Simester, who's 44,
:14:09. > :14:11.agreed under cross-examination that the defendants had never done
:14:12. > :14:14.anything to keep him there, but, he said, when his family found him,
:14:15. > :14:17.he was glad to get out. Daniel Doran and his son,
:14:18. > :14:19.also called Daniel, deny requiring Mr Simester, from Kidderminster, to
:14:20. > :14:22.perform forced or compulsory labour. Researchers at Cardiff University
:14:23. > :14:24.say nearly one in seven antibiotic treatments given out by GPs
:14:25. > :14:26.for common infections over Their study assessed
:14:27. > :14:30.around 11 million prescriptions There's a warning tonight some
:14:31. > :14:38.pupils from the most deprived backgrounds could be forced to give
:14:39. > :14:41.up education altogether because it's It comes as research from BBC Wales
:14:42. > :14:48.shows a third of councils now charge over 16s for school transport,
:14:49. > :15:09.and the cost for some families has What did you do in school? Kerry is
:15:10. > :15:13.a single mum who works full-time on minimum wage. She used to pay ?45 a
:15:14. > :15:18.year for the school bus for her son Jordan. But Newport council has now
:15:19. > :15:22.increased that to ?347 a year. And with Jordan and her daughter
:15:23. > :15:28.Charlotte now in sixth form, she has to find the best part of ?700 a
:15:29. > :15:32.year. The week before they went back to school, I still hadn't decided
:15:33. > :15:36.they were going back. I had bought no uniforms. I had literally just
:15:37. > :15:40.left it. I think it was the Friday I decided, yes, they will go back, and
:15:41. > :15:44.they went back on the Monday. I didn't sleep for three weeks,
:15:45. > :15:48.couldn't eat. I was so stressed because I knew the impact of them
:15:49. > :15:53.not being able to go back to school would be... Horrible. Newport
:15:54. > :15:58.council says the new system is fairer and means everybody pays the
:15:59. > :16:02.same. A third of Welsh councils now charge pupils who was 16 and over
:16:03. > :16:06.for transport and a further eight say they are considering changes
:16:07. > :16:11.which could involve fees. The charges range from ?60 to ?418 a
:16:12. > :16:16.year. And that is a cost that some say could push young people out of
:16:17. > :16:21.education. For families on a two-week benefits psycho who are
:16:22. > :16:30.struggling to keep the home warm in the winter and food on the table --
:16:31. > :16:36.cycle, with extra support, the extra ten or ?20 a week could be the straw
:16:37. > :16:40.that breaks the camel's back. Jordan and Charlotte wrote to officials to
:16:41. > :16:44.protest the charges but they still have to pay. It is a stupid amount
:16:45. > :16:48.of money. It is not something anybody can pull out of their bank
:16:49. > :16:52.and go, OK. Some individuals can and that is fine for them but for the
:16:53. > :16:56.majority of us it is not something we have lying around the backs of
:16:57. > :17:00.our sofas or something like that. But tough decisions must be laid and
:17:01. > :17:06.the axe has to. Web. Local authorities are said to be bearing
:17:07. > :17:11.the brunt of austerity and as the cuts begin to bite even deep in the
:17:12. > :17:16.future, it could get worse. -- the axe has two fall somewhere.
:17:17. > :17:20.Cocaine worth ?100 million on board thought to be headed
:17:21. > :17:23.The massive drugs haul seized in a National Crime Agency operation.
:17:24. > :17:26.And still to come, the man behind some of the most
:17:27. > :17:31.memorable moments on TV is retiring after six decades at the BBC.
:17:32. > :17:33.First, here's the sport, with Claire.
:17:34. > :17:38.He says he's been waiting for it his whole career, and this
:17:39. > :17:41.afternoon Wales' Jamie Donaldson made his debut in the Ryder Cup.
:17:42. > :17:44.The 38-year-old got off to the perfect start, winning his match
:17:45. > :17:48.and a valuable point for Europe alongside partner Lee Westwood.
:17:49. > :17:51.Live to Gleneagles now, let's hear from Catrin Heledd.
:17:52. > :18:08.Indeed. What a debut, as you say. It is not easy walking on to that first
:18:09. > :18:13.tee with thousands of expectant fans cheering your name. But Jamie
:18:14. > :18:18.Donaldson seemed to take it all in his stride this afternoon. He and
:18:19. > :18:23.Lee Westwood were one down after the third but they won the match by two
:18:24. > :18:27.holes, and he was, as you can imagine, delighted. The talk here
:18:28. > :18:32.has been about how comfortable he looked out on the course, making up
:18:33. > :18:36.for lost time as a repeat, really showing emotion, pumping the air,
:18:37. > :18:45.and his message to the media after the victory was clear. There is more
:18:46. > :18:49.to come. Let's hope so. Europe in the lead overnight. What can we
:18:50. > :18:53.expect tomorrow? Yes, as you say, Europe now 5-3 up after winning
:18:54. > :18:58.three of this afternoon's matches, but tomorrow morning, the four balls
:18:59. > :19:03.will continue and the guessing has already started as to be who will be
:19:04. > :19:07.paired with whom. The captains have not submitted their choices yet.
:19:08. > :19:11.They have up to an hour after the end of play to do so. But don't be
:19:12. > :19:15.surprised if you see Jamie Donaldson and Lee Westwood back on that
:19:16. > :19:19.course. That pairing really worked today, and when you consider what
:19:20. > :19:24.happened to the mighty Rory McIlroy and Sergio Garcia, really
:19:25. > :19:29.struggling, some of your's top players, well, don't be surprised if
:19:30. > :19:33.the captain Paul McGinley might give the Welsh rookie another opportunity
:19:34. > :19:38.to shine. We will know within the next hour whether Jamie Donaldson
:19:39. > :19:40.will be back on that course tomorrow afternoon or morning. Thank you. I
:19:41. > :19:43.can hardly wait! And catch up with highlights
:19:44. > :19:45.of the day's play on the red button at 8.05pm, and again
:19:46. > :19:49.on BBC Two Wales at 11.05pm. Football,
:19:50. > :19:51.and Cardiff City caretaker managers Scott Young and Danny Gabbidon say
:19:52. > :19:54.they're hopeful prospective new boss Russell Slade can be the man to turn
:19:55. > :19:57.the Bluebirds' fortunes around. Cardiff plays Sheffield Wednesday
:19:58. > :20:00.tomorrow, as legal discussions continue
:20:01. > :20:03.between Cardiff and Leyton Orient. In a week of dramatic developments,
:20:04. > :20:11.for a while it looked as if Cardiff might have a manager in place
:20:12. > :20:13.for this morning's weekly press But when the journalists took
:20:14. > :20:18.their seats, it was the caretaker duo of Young and
:20:19. > :20:21.Gabbidon who again faced the cameras Russell Slade seems destined to take
:20:22. > :20:27.over as soon as a compensation deal He'll be in the stands
:20:28. > :20:32.for tomorrow's game against Sheffield Wednesday as
:20:33. > :20:45.the current coaches wait to find out Obviously he has a lot of experience
:20:46. > :20:51.and has been in the game a long time, done a good job with Leyton
:20:52. > :20:57.Orient, so, who knows? With football you hope if he comes in, you can get
:20:58. > :21:02.to where you want to be. We feel a loss of passion for this club. We
:21:03. > :21:04.take the team tomorrow and then we will sit down again and see where it
:21:05. > :21:08.takes us. -- a locked of passion. In the Premier League, Swansea
:21:09. > :21:10.are away at Sunderland tomorrow. Manager Garry Monk has
:21:11. > :21:12.a difficult selection to make after Jefferson Montero and Marvin
:21:13. > :21:15.Emnes both impressed in the League Cup win over Everton in positions
:21:16. > :21:23.where Swansea are already strong. It is a competition between all of
:21:24. > :21:27.the squads to contribute to scoring goals for us, and it is nice at the
:21:28. > :21:31.moment that it is spread out. I am not naive to think they don't want
:21:32. > :21:34.to school but as long as we are winning and performing well, that is
:21:35. > :21:36.the thing. In League 2 tomorrow, Newport County
:21:37. > :21:38.host Wimbledon, while Wrexham are at In cycling, Commonwealth Champion
:21:39. > :21:42.Geraint Thomas says he's not a contender for Sunday's World
:21:43. > :21:44.Championship Road Race in Spain. Thomas says the effects
:21:45. > :21:47.of a busy summer, when he rode the Tour de France and took gold
:21:48. > :21:50.in Glasgow, mean he's likely to His job will be to help British
:21:51. > :22:06.team-mate Ben Swift to try to win I've had a bit of a... Not the best
:22:07. > :22:11.run into this. I had a crush couple of weeks ago and I missed quite a
:22:12. > :22:18.lot of training and things. -- a crash. But I'm still motivated to
:22:19. > :22:21.help out Swift and the boys and I'm looking forward to it.
:22:22. > :22:23.Rugby, and two regions are in Pro 12 action tonight.
:22:24. > :22:26.The Blues travel to Leinster and the Scarlets are away at Edinburgh.
:22:27. > :22:29.Scarlets Captain and Wales hooker Ken Owens has been ruled out of
:22:30. > :22:32.action for up to 12 weeks, meaning he'll miss the autumn Tests.
:22:33. > :22:33.You can watch his team-mates in action.
:22:34. > :22:37.Scrum V Live is on BBC Two Wales from 7.30pm.
:22:38. > :22:41.Talking of sport on television, we can thank one man for bringing us
:22:42. > :22:43.some of the most memorable sporting events of the last 60 years.
:22:44. > :22:46.The pioneering broadcaster Dewi Griffiths.
:22:47. > :22:48.But of course he's best known for his career in radio.
:22:49. > :22:51.For nearly three decades, he's presented A String Of Pearls
:22:52. > :22:54.This Sunday's programme will be his last,
:22:55. > :23:09.Our arts and media correspondent Huw Thomas has been speaking to him.
:23:10. > :23:15.Dewi Griffiths at work for the last time. A String Of Pearls has been
:23:16. > :23:18.one of the most popular programmes on radio Wales for the last 30
:23:19. > :23:23.years, but this weekend, the presenter will play his final
:23:24. > :23:28.record, calling time on six decades at the BBC. It has connected me to
:23:29. > :23:32.people my age, people who have grown up in the 30s and 40s, people who
:23:33. > :23:36.knew about the depression and the war years, who knew about the golden
:23:37. > :23:44.age of Hollywood, who knew about the BBC Dance Bag years and the big band
:23:45. > :23:48.in Iraq. It is the music of yesteryear which has made his show a
:23:49. > :23:55.listeners' favourite. The likes of Gracie Fields and Glenn Miller are
:23:56. > :23:58.regular on his playlist. But much of his pioneering career was spent
:23:59. > :24:03.behind-the-scenes at the sports department, where he produced and
:24:04. > :24:07.directed some of the most memorable moments on TV, like here at
:24:08. > :24:22.Wimbledon in 1967, where he oversaw a piece of history, the first piece
:24:23. > :24:26.of colour television coverage. There have been celebrations this week to
:24:27. > :24:30.mark his retirement, and a dilemma for a radio station that is losing
:24:31. > :24:37.one of its most popular presenters. He has been a huge asset to BBC
:24:38. > :24:43.Radio Wales over the last 26 years and the BBC as a whole. -- 60 years.
:24:44. > :24:48.We are going to miss him greatly. He felt he was right to bring his
:24:49. > :24:54.career to a close and it really will be the end. Will I be back for the
:24:55. > :24:58.odd occasion? I don't think so. 60 years and four months. That will be
:24:59. > :25:04.on my plaque at my house when I put up the reach of roses to say, I am
:25:05. > :25:11.not dead, just retired! -- wreath of roses. There will be thanks from the
:25:12. > :25:14.listeners who have enjoyed his company for so many years.
:25:15. > :25:21.Now for the weekend weather. Here's Sue Charles.
:25:22. > :25:28.Not looking bad at all for the weekend. Mostly dry with sunny
:25:29. > :25:33.spells but it will also stay on the warm side for late September. A fine
:25:34. > :25:38.evening to come, largely dry with patchy low cloud developing, but
:25:39. > :25:44.clear skies for most of us overnight, so turning cold overnight
:25:45. > :25:48.with mist and fog patches. Cooler than this in the countryside and
:25:49. > :25:52.milder along the south coast. The pressure chart shows this weather
:25:53. > :25:57.front making some inroads tomorrow, but fairly weak, so not too much
:25:58. > :26:01.activity with this. Early mist and fog around in the morning but that
:26:02. > :26:07.will clear to leave a cloudy morning with the odd spot of drizzle, then
:26:08. > :26:12.generally turning drier with sunny spells becoming more widespread
:26:13. > :26:18.later on. A change in the wind direction, so feeling warmer as it
:26:19. > :26:23.comes from the South. Tomorrow night, more cloud around with mist
:26:24. > :26:26.and fog forming with the odd spot of drizzle, so milder than tonight with
:26:27. > :26:31.temperatures in double figures across Wales. Similar on Sunday.
:26:32. > :26:35.Often cloudy with the odd spot of rain, but for most of us, staying
:26:36. > :26:40.dry with sunny spells, light winds and very mild again. And it is
:26:41. > :26:44.thanks to high pressure keeping things settled through the weekend
:26:45. > :26:48.and early next week, although these could turn things more and settled
:26:49. > :26:54.later next week, but still some uncertainty about the track. One to
:26:55. > :26:58.watch. Cloud around but mostly dry and fine for the weekend and the
:26:59. > :27:03.start of next week, and staying warm for late September. Three or 4
:27:04. > :27:07.degrees above average. Today's picture is from Mandy. Cloud
:27:08. > :27:11.breaking to leave sunny spells over the beach in Pembrokeshire. Not
:27:12. > :27:14.always blue skies this weekend but certainly sunshine at times.
:27:15. > :27:16.A reminder now of our top stories tonight.
:27:17. > :27:18.A drugs haul with an estimated street value of ?100
:27:19. > :27:21.million may have been heading to Pwllheli on the North Wales coast.
:27:22. > :27:23.Earlier this week, a yacht carrying an estimated tonne
:27:24. > :27:35.of cocaine was intercepted by the Irish Navy in the Atlantic.
:27:36. > :27:43.That is it from us. We will have a quick update at 8pm and more News at
:27:44. > :27:46.10pm. From us, have a lovely weekend.