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:00:00. > :00:00.with you. That is all from the BBC's news at Six. Goodbye from me. On

:00:00. > :00:10.Was Jon Styler, a former head master from Newport, one of the most

:00:11. > :00:15.Tonight questions for the local council and Gwent police.

:00:16. > :00:24.Christopher May is charged with killing a women he met in a pub

:00:25. > :00:42.No police came and asked me anything about the situation.

:00:43. > :00:45.Christopher May is charged with killing a women he met in a pub

:00:46. > :00:49.A court hears she was brutally and viciously murdered.

:00:50. > :00:52.The number of cosmetic laser clinics being investigated by regulators for

:00:53. > :00:59.Building an M4 relief road - the Tories say - they'll be more

:01:00. > :01:04.supportive if the First Minister was more transparent on what it'll cost.

:01:05. > :01:12.And the army rejected Frederick Barter at first

:01:13. > :01:16.A new honour for the first Cardiff man to be awarded the

:01:17. > :01:22.A former head teacher from Newport accused

:01:23. > :01:24.of historical sexual abuse may have been one of Wales' most prolific

:01:25. > :01:29.paedophiles, according to solicitors representing his alleged victims.

:01:30. > :01:32.Lawyers say Jon Styler, who killed himself while being

:01:33. > :01:37.investigated by police, could have abused more than a hundred boys.

:01:38. > :01:44.Jon Styler - as some would've known him.

:01:45. > :01:53.A talented musician and charismatic young head teacher.

:01:54. > :01:56.But others claim he was a predatory paedophile who abused young boys.

:01:57. > :01:59.Solicitors now believe there may be more than 100 victims -

:02:00. > :02:01.making him one of Wales' most prolific paedophiles.

:02:02. > :02:05.This man, a former police officer, who doesn't want to be identified,

:02:06. > :02:08.and who's speaking for the first time, says he and his brother were

:02:09. > :02:11.abused by Jon Styler, and that his brother told police about the abuse

:02:12. > :02:17.in 2005, but the details weren't recorded properly.

:02:18. > :02:21.It's such a shame to hear that this type of incident, along with a lot

:02:22. > :02:31.Little things, details matter in policing.

:02:32. > :02:36.Jon Styler killed himself in 2007 following another allegation

:02:37. > :02:43.BBC Wales has learned Gwent Police didn't connect these two

:02:44. > :02:49.The force has launched a review following our investigation.

:02:50. > :02:52.We also understand a formal complaint has been made to

:02:53. > :02:55.the Independent Police Complaints Commission.

:02:56. > :02:58.But John Styler's alleged behaviour at the Malpas Church in

:02:59. > :03:01.Wales Primary School was questioned as far back at the '70s.

:03:02. > :03:05.Concerns were raised by this man, the deputy head, Lyndon Millinship.

:03:06. > :03:10.Speaking publicly for the first time, he questions

:03:11. > :03:18.The police came to the school, questioned the head and deputy head

:03:19. > :03:24.and some of the teachers, but none of them had ever talked with Styler.

:03:25. > :03:29.No police came at all and ask me anything about the situation.

:03:30. > :03:37.Newport Council says it has no record of Gwent Police contacting

:03:38. > :03:39.them about the allegations, nor does it have Jon Styler's

:03:40. > :03:42.The council says it can't comment further as the matter is

:03:43. > :03:46.The Children's Commissioner for Wales says the way the case was

:03:47. > :03:49.handled should be looked at again, potentially by a high-profile,

:03:50. > :03:59.This case fits for me in the Goddard inquiry - that's the general inquiry

:04:00. > :04:05.into historic sexual abuse claims, for the whole of England and Wales.

:04:06. > :04:08.Jon Styler denied all the allegations against him.

:04:09. > :04:11.The Police and Crime Commissioner for Gwent says lessons have now been

:04:12. > :04:18.learned, and urges any victims of historical abuse to come forward.

:04:19. > :04:21.You can see more on this story in Week In Week Out,

:04:22. > :04:50.Best friends, 20-year-old Ryan Gibbons and his friend both by diet.

:04:51. > :04:52.A fourth man is on police bail after being arrested on suspicion of

:04:53. > :04:58.causing death by dangerous driving. A firm has been fined

:04:59. > :05:01.after making more than two million unsolicited calls in the space

:05:02. > :05:04.of two months - falsely claiming to be part of a Government campaign to

:05:05. > :05:06.write-off debt. Oxygen Limited,

:05:07. > :05:07.based in Port Talbot, has been ordered to pay ?120,000

:05:08. > :05:12.by the information commissioner. The number of cosmetic laser clinics

:05:13. > :05:21.being investigated by regulators for dodging registration has quadrupled

:05:22. > :05:25.in the past three years, a BBC Wales Healthcare Inspectorate Wales says

:05:26. > :05:28.it will take action to crack down on unregistered clinics, and is

:05:29. > :05:31.calling on the Welsh Government to consider the risks associated with

:05:32. > :05:33.other cosmetic procedures. The growing popularity

:05:34. > :05:37.of nonsurgical treatments like this means more clinics are

:05:38. > :05:41.springing up to offer them. Three years ago, this woman,

:05:42. > :05:47.who asked not to be identified, had She was badly burned

:05:48. > :05:54.and left with unsightly scarring. Absolutely terribly stressful

:05:55. > :06:01.and depressing. To think, well,

:06:02. > :06:08.did I really need that treatment? I went in there to make

:06:09. > :06:11.my life easier because I have a busy schedule, I'm always running

:06:12. > :06:17.around, so the whole idea was not to make myself more beautiful,

:06:18. > :06:24.but just to ease my routine. Concerns are growing about how

:06:25. > :06:31.they some cosmetic procedures are regulated, and what safeguards

:06:32. > :06:33.exist to protect the public. Healthcare Inspectorate Wales has

:06:34. > :06:35.seen the number of investigations of unregistered clinics quadruple

:06:36. > :06:38.in the last few years. It's risen from nine in 2013-14,

:06:39. > :06:46.to 36 so far in 2015-16. We have certainly seen a growth in

:06:47. > :06:52.the number of services we are aware of that aren't registered or which

:06:53. > :06:55.the public have raised with us or It is a growing sector,

:06:56. > :07:05.but we are following through on It is believed new Welsh Government

:07:06. > :07:11.legislation could lead to more procedures being regulated

:07:12. > :07:15.in the future. There are also concerns private

:07:16. > :07:17.companies are stepping in with an alternative

:07:18. > :07:20.of voluntary registers, offering I think there must be

:07:21. > :07:25.issues that arise. Who is making sure

:07:26. > :07:33.the standards are met? I am concerned about the effect

:07:34. > :07:36.on patient's confusion as to where Is it medical practitioners or

:07:37. > :07:43.is it those on the registers? Would I go back

:07:44. > :07:46.and have it done again? Because of the area of

:07:47. > :07:53.my body it is, I have to keep that I don't go swimming and I used to

:07:54. > :08:03.love going swimming but I don't For this woman, the emotional

:08:04. > :08:12.scars of this run deep. We discovered the clinic that

:08:13. > :08:14.treated her is not registered with Healthcare Inspectorate Wales,

:08:15. > :08:20.who are now investigating. Meanwhile, the Chief Executive of

:08:21. > :08:22.Healthcare Inspectorate Wales has told the Assembly she doesn't have

:08:23. > :08:26.enough funding for her organisation Dr Kate Chamberlain was appearing

:08:27. > :08:29.before the Public Accounts Committee and was questioned over funding

:08:30. > :08:36.by its Chair, Darren Millar. Are you adequately resourced to do

:08:37. > :08:39.what you are doing at the moment? I think the big challenge we have

:08:40. > :08:43.at the moment is resilience. Because we are

:08:44. > :08:45.a small organisation... Are you sufficiently resourced to do

:08:46. > :08:50.what you are required to do There isn't a yes or no

:08:51. > :08:56.answer to that because... I don't want to make you

:08:57. > :09:01.uncomfortable, but I am just asking if you might be able to give us

:09:02. > :09:05.a yes or no answer because it would I think the answer to that

:09:06. > :09:11.would have to be no. A court has heard that

:09:12. > :09:24.a woman was brutally murdered at a flat in Pontypridd after

:09:25. > :09:27.meeting a man in a nearby pub. The jury was warned that that

:09:28. > :09:30.the details of the case are Tracey Woodford's body was found

:09:31. > :09:33.dismembered in a flat in the town, days after being reported missing

:09:34. > :09:35.in April. 50-year-old Christopher May,

:09:36. > :09:40.seen here at a previous hearing. He was accused in court of

:09:41. > :09:45.strangling and killing 47-year-old Tracey Woodford in a deliberate,

:09:46. > :09:47.brutal and vicious murder. The two had met in the Jolly Cow pub

:09:48. > :09:56.in Pontypridd on Tuesday 21st April. -- Skinny Dog Pub. Tracey Woodford,

:09:57. > :09:59.who was single and unemployed, was Police called at Christopher May's

:10:00. > :10:06.flat on Friday 24th April where they found what was described

:10:07. > :10:09.as a truly gruesome sight. The jury was told that

:10:10. > :10:11.when officers went to Christopher May's flat, they were immediately

:10:12. > :10:14.struck by the foul smell, He allowed

:10:15. > :10:18.the officers to search the flat and in the bathroom, one officer pulled

:10:19. > :10:25.back the shower curtain he was confronted with a sight he had he

:10:26. > :10:28.had never seen before and certainly Christopher May was immediately

:10:29. > :10:33.arrested on suspicion of murder, and told officers they would find

:10:34. > :10:36.further remains in a storm drain This sparked

:10:37. > :10:39.a detailed forensic search in The jury has been told that

:10:40. > :10:47.Christopher May admits that his actions were responsible

:10:48. > :10:48.for Tracey Woodford's death, The trial is expected

:10:49. > :10:57.to last two weeks. Limbering up in training,

:10:58. > :11:02.but no Gareth Bale or Aaron Ramsey. Wales footballers' chance to prove

:11:03. > :11:05.they're not a one or two-man team ahead of Friday's friendly

:11:06. > :11:10.against the Netherlands. And last night was the warmest

:11:11. > :11:12.November night on record. There's more mild,

:11:13. > :11:17.damp and windy weather The Conservatives say they would

:11:18. > :11:25.consider supporting the Welsh government's proposal

:11:26. > :11:27.for a new motorway around Newport - if the First Minister can prove it

:11:28. > :11:31.will cost less than the official Let's talk to

:11:32. > :11:50.our political editor Nick Servini. During First Minister's Questions

:11:51. > :11:54.was directly asked by the Conservatives on what basis he came

:11:55. > :12:00.out and said last week that the overall cost of this project would

:12:01. > :12:06.come under way below that ?1 billion figure. The subtext here was clear,

:12:07. > :12:11.which was there was an opportunity to build consensus. In response to

:12:12. > :12:16.that, Carwyn Jones said he always said the figure would come in below

:12:17. > :12:21.?1 billion and, rather like a game of cards come he didn't want to show

:12:22. > :12:24.his and the contractors who would be bidding for the contract.

:12:25. > :12:26.It would be the biggest single infrastructure project carried

:12:27. > :12:30.The six lane motorway 15 miles long to the south of Newport,

:12:31. > :12:32.avoiding the notorious tunnels, with a price tag of ?1 billion.

:12:33. > :12:45.Now the First Minister says it would be nowhere near that,

:12:46. > :12:48.although he has refused to say how much it would cost, for fear

:12:49. > :12:51.We're not going to release the figure publicly.

:12:52. > :12:54.That's the equivalent of showing your card in a poker game.

:12:55. > :13:04.We will have a process of tendering for

:13:05. > :13:08.the contracts to build the M4, if it gets to that stage, as is our plan.

:13:09. > :13:10.Revealing beforehand what your target figure is is not a wise

:13:11. > :13:14.Without an overall majority, the Labour Welsh Government need support

:13:15. > :13:18.And none have been prepared to give it.

:13:19. > :13:19.Plaid Cymru and the Liberal Democrats support

:13:20. > :13:21.a cheaper alternative, to upgrade the existing Southern

:13:22. > :13:25.The Conservatives say there is an opportunity for the

:13:26. > :13:28.First Minister to build support for the new motorway if he is more

:13:29. > :13:32.He should come out with the parameters that he believes

:13:33. > :13:34.his Government and any future Welsh Government will be operating on.

:13:35. > :13:38.If he can do that, then I think he will gain a lot more

:13:39. > :13:40.support and there will be traction in delivering this project.

:13:41. > :13:50.What lorry drivers, van drivers, car drivers sitting on the M4,

:13:51. > :13:53.week in, week out, want is a remedy to the situation they find

:13:54. > :13:57.themselves in, and the blight on the community that run along the M4.

:13:58. > :13:59.A final political decision on a new motorway will happen after

:14:00. > :14:03.In the meantime, the Welsh Government is spending ?20

:14:04. > :14:05.million on preparatory work and the Economy Minister says 160

:14:06. > :14:11.Under the current plans, a public enquiry will begin

:14:12. > :14:14.in 2016 and construction would get underway in 2018.

:14:15. > :14:16.The idea of a new motorway is to improve

:14:17. > :14:20.journey times, but this road's Janet do being built, if it ever happens,

:14:21. > :14:36.A context here is important. There is a long way to go on the final

:14:37. > :14:41.political decision won't be made until after the Assembly elections.

:14:42. > :14:45.The Conservatives are not happy the First Minister is not giving them

:14:46. > :14:50.the basis for the confidence in which he is saying that cost will

:14:51. > :14:55.come down below ?1 billion. I think it is important to say we did learn

:14:56. > :15:00.one thing today and it is, at a time when there are many people who

:15:01. > :15:04.simply don't think this project is going to get the go-ahead because of

:15:05. > :15:09.the level of political opposition, at least, I think we learned that if

:15:10. > :15:14.a lead that can be kept on the cost of the project, there is a potential

:15:15. > :15:18.deal to be done between Labour and the Conservatives. For those who

:15:19. > :15:20.support it, it is a glimmer of hope and we have not had many days like

:15:21. > :15:25.that. The Welsh Government has announced

:15:26. > :15:27.a deal with a pharmaceutical company to give

:15:28. > :15:29.patients access to a cancer drug Everolimus is used to treat certain

:15:30. > :15:32.renal, As part of the agreement - the first

:15:33. > :15:37.of its kind here - Novartis will invest ?1.3 million in breastcancer

:15:38. > :15:43.research at Welsh oncology centres. A century on -

:15:44. > :15:46.the first man from Cardiff to be awarded the Victoria Cross has been

:15:47. > :15:49.honoured at a ceremony in the city. As this year's remembrance

:15:50. > :15:52.commemoration continues, we look back now to 1915 - as Wales prepared

:15:53. > :15:54.for its second Christmas at war. A hundred years ago

:15:55. > :15:56.the conflict was spreading. A new regiment,

:15:57. > :15:59.the Welsh Guards had been formed and soldiers from Wales were among the

:16:00. > :16:20.first victims of chemical warfare. In the wind and rain they gathered

:16:21. > :16:26.in Cardiff this morning to remember and honour one man in particular.

:16:27. > :16:30.The city's first Victoria Cross winner. The plaque now marks his

:16:31. > :16:34.achievement in 1915. Frederick Barter live eight men on an attack

:16:35. > :16:43.in German trenches and captured more than 100 of the enemy. Today, his

:16:44. > :16:47.Victoria Cross is held by the Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum. In the same

:16:48. > :16:55.cabinet, another Welsh Victoria Cross for 1915. He died fighting at

:16:56. > :17:00.Gallipoli. It was the year war really did go global. 1914 was the

:17:01. > :17:06.time they said it would all be over by Christmas. That was when the

:17:07. > :17:12.professional army without a fight. In 1915, they simply prayed the war

:17:13. > :17:16.would end in 1915. It was the time of the Territorial Army, the

:17:17. > :17:20.part-timers. They are the ones who went to the front and died in their

:17:21. > :17:26.thousands. It was also the year a new horror came to the battlefield -

:17:27. > :17:33.mustard gas, a weapon of mass destruction, in today's language. He

:17:34. > :17:37.suffered for the rest of his life. He was the early victim of gas. His

:17:38. > :17:43.granddaughter has researched his life. I feel as if I knew him

:17:44. > :17:49.personally. A minor before the war he was captured, but escaped. His

:17:50. > :17:54.experiences never let them, nor the effects of the gas that permanently

:17:55. > :17:58.scarred his lungs. But having a cough and having to suck a copper

:17:59. > :18:06.piece before each meal to get his saliva going. A certain amount of

:18:07. > :18:12.mucous membranes to the lungs must have been damaged. He suffered

:18:13. > :18:18.terribly. Along with so many others, by 1915 war was being waged

:18:19. > :18:23.on an industrial scale and on many fronts. Welsh battalions were there

:18:24. > :18:29.on numerous battlefields across Europe. The newly formed Welsh guard

:18:30. > :18:36.also saw action for the first time. If they died before the dead man's

:18:37. > :18:40.penny. Veterans of the daily experience artefacts from a century

:18:41. > :18:46.ago. This is the UK blind veteran centre. It was first founded in

:18:47. > :18:54.1915. Bill signed up before the Second World War. Now we remarked on

:18:55. > :18:59.the enormous loss of life. They you then? Very much. My father was

:19:00. > :19:04.involved in the First World War so it was important to me. The old

:19:05. > :19:10.contemptible is, as the Germans called them, without the 1914 but a

:19:11. > :19:15.lot of them were wiped out. Then the Territorial Army came in, butchers,

:19:16. > :19:19.bakers, farmers and everything. Nobody had seen anything like that

:19:20. > :19:26.the force. Nobody had seen anything like this before either. The funeral

:19:27. > :19:31.of the tenant William Gladstone MP, grandson of a prime minister, he was

:19:32. > :19:35.killed in April 1915. Among the thousands lined the streets must

:19:36. > :19:41.have been many red lost their own husbands, brothers, sons, fathers.

:19:42. > :19:46.The centenary history interest in the First World War and many have

:19:47. > :19:49.rekindled the owner family stories. Memories may fade, but remembrance

:19:50. > :19:51.in the First World War and many have rekindled the owner family stories.

:19:52. > :19:57.Memories may fade, but remembrance endurance.

:19:58. > :19:59.Many of our school buildings date back to Victorian times,

:20:00. > :20:02.and finding the money and land to build replacements is a challenge

:20:03. > :20:05.In Gorseinon near Swansea, controversial plans

:20:06. > :20:07.for a new primary school on park land has divided opinion.

:20:08. > :20:09.Some residents argue the council should preserve green spaces,

:20:10. > :20:12.but parents say their children desperately need a new school.

:20:13. > :20:27.And that his seventh goal for his country. What might he is Welsh

:20:28. > :20:34.sporting greats have in common? They both grew up in Gorseinon and would

:20:35. > :20:40.at some point kicked the ball around this part. Often an grandad duties

:20:41. > :20:43.these days, he often brings a grandson here. But it plans to build

:20:44. > :20:48.a school year, he is concerned that would be the case in the future.

:20:49. > :20:51.Many residents feel the same way and they are also worried the roads

:20:52. > :21:00.would cope with the extra school traffic. We have handed petitions

:21:01. > :21:04.into the and the council with well over 3000 signatures. By my

:21:05. > :21:09.mathematics, that is a substantial opposition to the school being

:21:10. > :21:13.built. Swansea Council want to amalgamate three primary schools in

:21:14. > :21:17.Gorseinon and build a brand-new one here. Despite local concerns about

:21:18. > :21:21.the loss of playing fields, the council says the school will only

:21:22. > :21:25.take up 6% of the park and they were also enhance the current playing

:21:26. > :21:30.facilities. One of the school is hoping to move out of their

:21:31. > :21:34.Victorian building is the Gorseinon infants. You don't have to look far

:21:35. > :21:39.to see the structural issues here and the children are aware of the

:21:40. > :21:43.uncomfortable and potentially hazardous environments. The piles on

:21:44. > :21:48.the roof falling off and there is a massive hole underneath one of the

:21:49. > :21:54.classrooms. Loud buzzing noises and open sewage in the toilet is just

:21:55. > :21:57.another example of how desperate the situation has become. The park

:21:58. > :22:05.offers so much for our children and for the community. To be able to

:22:06. > :22:10.nurture the children's social and physical development, they don't

:22:11. > :22:13.stand a chance here. Views on a new developments continue to be

:22:14. > :22:19.reviewed. A decision on its future is expected in the coming weeks.

:22:20. > :22:21.Tonight's top sports stories now - here's Iwan Griffiths.

:22:22. > :22:24.Wales face the Netherlands on Friday evening.

:22:25. > :22:26.It's a friendly, but marks the beginning

:22:27. > :22:29.of the journey towards the European Championships in France next June.

:22:30. > :22:31.The squad have been training in Cardiff, without Gareth Bale

:22:32. > :22:36.and Aaron Ramsey, preparing for a game in which the younger

:22:37. > :22:42.Two young and promising members of the Welsh Football squad.

:22:43. > :22:44.Both aiming to steal the lime light in the absence

:22:45. > :22:51.of Gareth Bale and Aaron Ramsey for this week's friendly.

:22:52. > :23:00.It's always in the back of your mind when you're playing for your club.

:23:01. > :23:03.You've got to perform as well as you can and hopefully you will be in

:23:04. > :23:06.contention for France. It will be a massive moment and hopefully I can

:23:07. > :23:10.It's time another striker stepped up - those are the words of Wales'

:23:11. > :23:15.Well, the Burnley striker missed training

:23:16. > :23:18.this morning but is expected to be fit for the Netherland's visit.

:23:19. > :23:20.While Hal Robson Kanu is out injured.

:23:21. > :23:23.Well, he has been left out of Chris Coleman's squad.

:23:24. > :23:25.The Real Madrid player scored seven of the 11 goals

:23:26. > :23:34.So can the squad shine without the star?

:23:35. > :23:42.I think we have needed their quality to get us through some games, but

:23:43. > :23:45.the chances now for the other players and we've got a chance as a

:23:46. > :23:51.team to sure we aren't all but one or two players.

:23:52. > :23:52.Under the leadership of captain Ashley Williams

:23:53. > :23:55.Wales conceding just four goals whilst securing qualification

:23:56. > :23:58.But will there be a chance to experiment this week?

:23:59. > :24:03.And take full advantage of the coming friendly?

:24:04. > :24:08.There's no point preaching at the beginning of a campaign that it's a

:24:09. > :24:12.great effort and then when the opportunity comes we don't use

:24:13. > :24:17.them. We've got an opportunity for someone to stake a claim, in many

:24:18. > :24:22.ways because I think it is going to be competitive in getting into the

:24:23. > :24:26.Fans may have had a glimpse today of the new Welsh kit

:24:27. > :24:30.No official confirmation from the FAW, but with thousands

:24:31. > :24:33.preparing to flock to France, it may well be the best selling

:24:34. > :24:37.The journey to Euro 2016 starts with a fixture against the Netherlands

:24:38. > :24:41.It may be a friendly, but the players, experienced, and new will

:24:42. > :24:46.Welsh shooter Elena Allen has been named in the Great Britain team

:24:47. > :24:53.The Russian-born 43-year-old is the third Welsh competitor to be

:24:54. > :24:55.selected for the Games, following triathlete Non Stanford

:24:56. > :25:00.Elena Allen, who lives in Blackwood, won silver at the Glasgow

:25:01. > :25:02.Commonwealth Games after qualifying for Wales through residency.

:25:03. > :25:08.This will be her third Olympic Games.

:25:09. > :25:10.I think all experiences help in life.

:25:11. > :25:15.Negative, positive, as long as you take lessons it's a great thing.

:25:16. > :25:19.We're human beings and we learn from making mistakes.

:25:20. > :25:21.Very rarely do we learn from getting things right.

:25:22. > :25:24.I hope to medal, I hope to win, like anyone else, like most people

:25:25. > :25:32.Let's get a full check on what the weather has in store.

:25:33. > :25:37.No need for the winter duvet at the moment.

:25:38. > :25:42.At Hawarden in Flintshire the temperature didn't

:25:43. > :25:53.The reason it's so mild is down to the wind direction.

:25:54. > :25:55.Southwesterly winds bringing air to us from the Tropics.

:25:56. > :25:58.Mind you, as the air crosses the sea it picks-up moisture.

:25:59. > :26:00.Most of the rain recently has fallen on the Snowdonia mountains

:26:01. > :26:04.At the moment, there are seven flood alerts in force, but it

:26:05. > :26:10.Sunshine in Wrexham and exceptionally warm.

:26:11. > :26:14.Our weather watcher Paul in Erddig recorded a high of 18 Celsius.

:26:15. > :26:19.Most of the rain on the mountains in the northwest.

:26:20. > :26:22.Places to the north and east of high ground drier and another mild night.

:26:23. > :26:25.Here's the picture for 8 in the morning.

:26:26. > :26:30.A little rain and drizzle, especially on high ground.

:26:31. > :26:33.Drier in the east, the Marches and the northeast corner.

:26:34. > :26:37.Further west, more rain and poor conditions

:26:38. > :26:44.During the day a band of rain over the Irish Sea will spread southeast.

:26:45. > :26:47.The heaviest rainfall on the hills and mountains

:26:48. > :26:53.Another inch or two of rain in Capel Curig, but it should dry-up

:26:54. > :27:00.Top temperatures 13 to 16 Celsius with southwesterly winds.

:27:01. > :27:01.Tomorrow night becoming dry and clearer everywhere.

:27:02. > :27:04.The wind easing and a much cooler night although by no means cold.

:27:05. > :27:07.Thursday's chart shows a deep low over the Atlantic

:27:08. > :27:10.which has become the first named storm of the season called Abigail.

:27:11. > :27:18.Severe gales in north and northwest Scotland on Thursday

:27:19. > :27:22.Thursday morning dry with some sunshine.

:27:23. > :27:25.The wind will increase again with some rain arriving

:27:26. > :27:28.On Thursday night the rain will clear.

:27:29. > :27:30.Friday brighter and colder with sunshine and blustery showers.

:27:31. > :27:33.Hail and thunder in places and little snow on Snowdon.

:27:34. > :27:35.But over the weekend it's back to square one.

:27:36. > :27:41.Turning milder and windy again with more rain and drizzle.

:27:42. > :27:44.I'll have an update for you here at 8 o'clock and again

:27:45. > :27:47.That's Wales Today, thank you for watching.

:27:48. > :27:49.From all of us on the programme, good evening.