:00:00. > :00:10.Last weekend's home defeat the final straw -
:00:11. > :00:13.after a losing streak, Garry Monk is no longer manager
:00:14. > :00:22.According to Swansea City chairman, Huw Jenkins, the club have parted
:00:23. > :00:24.company with Monk this evening "reluctantly
:00:25. > :00:42.Also tonight - a good deal for public services.
:00:43. > :00:44.The claim from ministers as they hand over ?4 billion
:00:45. > :00:56.and I would encourage all local councils to look at their reserves,
:00:57. > :01:00.look at what they can do in driving down senior management costs. But
:01:01. > :01:02.most people in local government will see this as a good budget for local
:01:03. > :01:05.services. A north/south divide
:01:06. > :01:07.for mobile phone coverage, according to one AM,
:01:08. > :01:09.branding plans to improve it We're on Anglesey finding out why
:01:10. > :01:13.people there generate less money And how clean is
:01:14. > :01:19.the air you breathe? Concern that targets to reduce
:01:20. > :01:26.emissions won't be met. After weeks of speculation and 11
:01:27. > :01:28.years with the club, Swansea City have parted company
:01:29. > :01:31.with their manager Garry Monk. The 36-year-old started there first
:01:32. > :01:35.as a defender and became a manager But with just one win in 11
:01:36. > :01:42.Premier League games, club chairman Huw Jenkins say
:01:43. > :01:45.he took the decision to part with Monk "reluctantly
:01:46. > :01:51.and with a heavy heart". Our sports reporter Iwan Griffiths
:01:52. > :02:05.is at the Liberty Stadium Yes, the decision came here just a
:02:06. > :02:08.few hours ago. I saw the chairman, Huw Jenkins, driveaway. By then the
:02:09. > :02:14.decision had been made following just 1 Premier League win in 11
:02:15. > :02:18.games. I am joined by our football correspondent. Rob, we understand
:02:19. > :02:24.that the coaching team will also be leaving. Yes, I understand to
:02:25. > :02:30.assistance of Garry Monk will also be parting company with Swansea
:02:31. > :02:34.City, but no mention of that in the statement. The decision was
:02:35. > :02:39.inevitable. It is worth underlining the importance of staying up this
:02:40. > :02:44.season. Absolutely, there is a massive lucrative television deal
:02:45. > :02:48.kicking in next season, so every Premier League club knows the
:02:49. > :02:53.importance of survival this season. At the end of last season, record
:02:54. > :02:59.points total and highest finish, the chairman said this season would be
:03:00. > :03:02.the club's biggest challenge. More from Robina 2nd, but let's look back
:03:03. > :03:08.at the events that have led to this evening's decision.
:03:09. > :03:13.Scenes of celebration following the August victory over Manchester
:03:14. > :03:18.United. How things have changed. With just 1 win since a result,
:03:19. > :03:21.Garry Monk's future as manager became increasingly uncertain. A
:03:22. > :03:25.dismal performance and a disappointing 3- 0 defeat to
:03:26. > :03:32.Leicester last weekend was the trigger that led to his sacking.
:03:33. > :03:36.Hugely disappointing, very hard. I feel disappointed for him because he
:03:37. > :03:41.has done a good job. He took over in difficult circumstances after
:03:42. > :03:46.Michael Laudrup and I think he has done a very good job. He has taken
:03:47. > :03:51.the club to its highest ever finish, certainly in the Premiership. There
:03:52. > :03:57.is no doubting Garry Monk's allegiance, joining the League 2
:03:58. > :04:02.side on a free transfer in June 2004, he received the captain's
:04:03. > :04:05.armband 2 seasons later. With the team in League 1, the defender
:04:06. > :04:10.skippered the team to championship promotion in 2008 before that
:04:11. > :04:16.historic 2011 season when Swansea City stepped up to the Premier
:04:17. > :04:19.League. It was 2013 and Garry Monk were celebrating the cup victory,
:04:20. > :04:24.cheered on by thousands of fans who had lined the Swansea streets. On
:04:25. > :04:31.temporary 2014 following the sacking of Michael Laudrup he was appointed
:04:32. > :04:34.as interim player manager by chairman Huw Jenkins, confirmed as
:04:35. > :04:43.manager 3 months later. He signed a 3 year contract this July. Just 4
:04:44. > :04:47.months later and his 11 year relationship with the club has come
:04:48. > :04:54.to an end. Probably changed it have to come. Any manager who had the run
:04:55. > :05:00.of form we had would probably have to go away. We said we could not see
:05:01. > :05:05.in staying long, but we did like him. I feel sad, and I hope for the
:05:06. > :05:11.Swans that they get a really good manager. Swansea City are 15th in
:05:12. > :05:15.the Premier League, just 1 point above the relegation zone. A new
:05:16. > :05:19.manager will need to change things around and quickly. It will not be
:05:20. > :05:28.easy. Manchester City at the 1st opponents in just 3 days' time. What
:05:29. > :05:32.next? Firstly, Rob, after a decade of service, what a sad except for
:05:33. > :05:37.Garry Monk. Almost 12 years as a player and manager, indeed it was a
:05:38. > :05:41.back door exit this evening at Liberty Stadium because his car was
:05:42. > :05:43.parked over there when he 1st arrived for what turned out to be
:05:44. > :05:47.the decisive meeting with chairman Huw Jenkins, then it was moved by a
:05:48. > :05:55.member of staff, and that was the last resort Garry Monk. At the game
:05:56. > :05:59.on Saturday, who will be in charge? Alan Curtis is the obvious 1, he has
:06:00. > :06:05.done the caretaker job before, but this would be a totally different
:06:06. > :06:09.situation in the Premier League. Lots of speculation. Is Brendan
:06:10. > :06:13.Rodgers the favourite? He is with the bookmakers. The name of Gus
:06:14. > :06:19.Poyet is being linked with the club, they were interested in him
:06:20. > :06:23.previously. But we have learned with the chairman Huw Jenkins it can be a
:06:24. > :06:28.left-field choice. You cannot 2nd-guess Huw Jenkins, so it could
:06:29. > :06:33.be any of the contenders from left-field. Garry Monk has left. Do
:06:34. > :06:38.the players need to take some responsibility? I cannot remember
:06:39. > :06:42.seeing such a collective loss of form in such a short period of time.
:06:43. > :06:48.At the start of September they were in the top four. And now they are 1
:06:49. > :06:52.point off relegation. Thanks for your time this evening. That is all
:06:53. > :06:55.for the moment but comeback at the end of the programme. For now,
:06:56. > :06:59.thanks very much. Councils should think seriously
:07:00. > :07:01.before they set council tax next year after a better than expected
:07:02. > :07:03.settlement from the Welsh That's the message
:07:04. > :07:06.from ministers tonight. Councils will get more than ?4
:07:07. > :07:08.billion from the Government. That's 1.4% less than
:07:09. > :07:10.they got this year. Powys Council will see the biggest
:07:11. > :07:13.cut, and Cardiff the smallest. With the details, here's our
:07:14. > :07:25.political correspondent Daniel Keeping heads above water has not
:07:26. > :07:29.been easy for cash-strapped councils. Here in Narberth the
:07:30. > :07:35.summing pool is run by local people who saved it from closure by
:07:36. > :07:38.Pembrokeshire County Council. I have been in the council for 20 odd
:07:39. > :07:42.years, and I have learned that if you want to maintain services,
:07:43. > :07:46.especially in this climate where cuts are everywhere, then you have
:07:47. > :07:51.got to get out and do it yourself. There is no way around it. Now they
:07:52. > :07:55.have dipped their toes in, they want to take other services of the
:07:56. > :08:01.Council's hands, lick the library, which faces a cut in opening hours.
:08:02. > :08:04.As with all councils, the size of the budget here in Pembrokeshire
:08:05. > :08:08.depends on what happens in Cardiff Bay, just as the size of the Welsh
:08:09. > :08:13.government's budget is decided by politics in Westminster. When
:08:14. > :08:17.decisions are taken further up the chain about what to protect them
:08:18. > :08:21.what to trim, those decisions lead to more difficult choices in
:08:22. > :08:27.communities like this. I have not seen any cuts. Bin collections,
:08:28. > :08:33.libraries, things like that? I have not seen anything. I have seen so
:08:34. > :08:39.many, the library is open about 20 hours a week. I don't think so, I
:08:40. > :08:45.haven't seen any. Government funding for councils next year will be just
:08:46. > :08:50.over ?4,000,000,000, a cut of 1.4 %, but that is less than the almost 3.5
:08:51. > :08:57.per cent cut the face this year. Under the funding formula rural
:08:58. > :09:06.councils will receive a different amount. Cardiff comes out on top
:09:07. > :09:12.down just 0.1 %. Do you expect council tax rises to be lower this
:09:13. > :09:15.year than they have been? I do not want local government to produce
:09:16. > :09:19.irresponsibly low council tax rises that it I want them to produce
:09:20. > :09:22.irresponsibly high rises. I wanted to look 1st at the cost of
:09:23. > :09:27.ministration, senior management costs. I expect them to look at the
:09:28. > :09:29.reserves they are carrying and see how they can use those to supplement
:09:30. > :09:34.the money they are getting from the Welsh government. Councils are
:09:35. > :09:38.expected to protect schools and social care, so when the axe falls,
:09:39. > :09:44.it falls on other things like libraries and leisure centres.
:09:45. > :09:48.Cardiff, where before today the council was considering ?46,000,000
:09:49. > :09:53.of cuts, this athletic Stadium will be leased to a further education
:09:54. > :09:56.college to help save money. The council leader says today's
:09:57. > :10:00.settlement is encouraging but still will not be enough to meet growing
:10:01. > :10:05.demand. Councils such as Cardiff face being able only to fund
:10:06. > :10:10.education and social services. There will not be budget left for anything
:10:11. > :10:15.else. Things people care about, leisure centres, parks, clean
:10:16. > :10:18.streets. The cuts are still coming down the track, but the pace has
:10:19. > :10:24.slowed, something local council leaders have welcomed tonight.
:10:25. > :10:30.Nick, we have had the settlement today, the main budget yesterday.
:10:31. > :10:35.How does that prepare the ground for the Assembly elections? Yellow like
:10:36. > :10:40.the Tories accuse Labour of ignoring the countryside with the settlement
:10:41. > :10:44.today. You would expect that. What was extraordinary was a warm
:10:45. > :10:48.response from council leaders. That has been bad blood between many
:10:49. > :10:52.Labour council leaders and the Labour Welsh government here because
:10:53. > :10:56.of reorganisation, so they have succeeded in getting them on site.
:10:57. > :11:01.The other big box that Labour would have ticked with this budget is the
:11:02. > :11:08.increases to the NHS budget that we have seen. It was striking this
:11:09. > :11:12.morning after years of telling us it was on helpful and wrong to compare
:11:13. > :11:15.the NHS in Wales with England because of the different weekly
:11:16. > :11:20.figures are put together, the First Minister directly compared the 2
:11:21. > :11:24.health services in number of times, a sure sign of things to come, and
:11:25. > :11:34.how we are moving into an election fitting. There have been some
:11:35. > :11:38.losers, notably higher education. The Higher Education Funding Council
:11:39. > :11:42.for Wales, that allocates funding to universities, deeply unhappy with
:11:43. > :11:46.cuts which it says are up to one third. As is the way with these
:11:47. > :11:49.things, there is awry with the figures, the Welsh government not
:11:50. > :11:56.agreeing with their assessment of it. Also some disagreement from
:11:57. > :12:00.Welsh language campaigners, but not howls of outrage from public sector
:12:01. > :12:02.organisations today. The families of two men killed
:12:03. > :12:05.in an explosion at the Celsa steelworks in Cardiff have
:12:06. > :12:08.paid tribute to them. 51-year-old Peter O'Brien
:12:09. > :12:12.from Cardiff and Mark Sim, who was 41 and from Caldicot,
:12:13. > :12:15.died in the blast last month. The family of Peter O'Brien has
:12:16. > :12:19.described him as a "treasured Mark Sim's family say his death has
:12:20. > :12:23.left a "great void". Their funerals will
:12:24. > :12:26.be held this month. A civil engineering firm in Gwynedd
:12:27. > :12:30.is going into voluntary administration with
:12:31. > :12:33.the loss of 50 jobs. Staff at Mulcair, in Caernarfon,
:12:34. > :12:35.have been told they're The company's recent high-profile
:12:36. > :12:40.projects included building the new Pont Briwet bridge
:12:41. > :12:43.across the Dwyryd river and work A North Wales Assembly Member has
:12:44. > :12:53.branded the UK Government's multi-million pound plan to improve
:12:54. > :12:56.mobile phone coverage in his area Plaid Cymru's Llyr Gruffydd says 27
:12:57. > :13:01.masts promised for so-called "not spots" haven't been installed -
:13:02. > :13:04.with the company responsible citing It means many homes and businesses
:13:05. > :13:24.are disadvantaged with no mobile This historic slate town is home to
:13:25. > :13:27.nearly 5000 people. Although it is nestled in the heart of Snowdonia,
:13:28. > :13:31.it is not just its physical geography that keeps the town
:13:32. > :13:38.isolated. Telecoms infrastructure make this a mobile blackspot. For
:13:39. > :13:42.this taxi driver it is a barrier to business. Customers cannot get him
:13:43. > :13:48.on their mobile phones and he has difficulty receiving calls. You miss
:13:49. > :13:53.phone calls and texts at home. I have to keep the mobile in the
:13:54. > :13:57.window just to get a signal. Amenities like this across North
:13:58. > :14:03.Wales are suffering from the communications which they say is
:14:04. > :14:09.extremely frustrating. It Israeli bad, there is no mobile signal at
:14:10. > :14:11.home at all. Very frustrating, it can be an emergency call somebody is
:14:12. > :14:16.ill or you're desperate to get somebody. What can you do? If you
:14:17. > :14:20.cannot make a call, you cannot make a call. We will have to go
:14:21. > :14:26.old-fashioned, get a pigeon or something! It is more masts like
:14:27. > :14:30.these that are needed. The UK Government plans to invest ?150
:14:31. > :14:35.million to pay for 600 around Britain. But here it has been called
:14:36. > :14:37.an expensive flop as none of the 27 plan for North Wales have been built
:14:38. > :14:44.because of planning and technical issues. My message to the UK
:14:45. > :14:47.Government is, let's persevere, has been money set aside, the will is
:14:48. > :14:51.there, the need is there certainly to address these not spots, so let's
:14:52. > :14:57.extend the programme so we can deliver at least some of the
:14:58. > :15:03.promised additional masts. It is not just confined to rural areas,
:15:04. > :15:08.Wrexham is suffering as well. It is a massive North/South divide. That
:15:09. > :15:11.means we need the government to not rely on the market only but to take
:15:12. > :15:17.action and invest and compel providers to provide a service. In a
:15:18. > :15:20.statement, the UK Government say they are committed to ensuring there
:15:21. > :15:23.is better coverage, and they say that likes to a landmark agreement
:15:24. > :15:27.in number of areas with no signal will be cut by two thirds. It is
:15:28. > :15:29.progress, but still leave some unable to connect.
:15:30. > :15:32.Still to come in the programme tonight: this is one of the most
:15:33. > :15:34.polluted areas in Wales - concerns that plans to protect
:15:35. > :15:45.And the Met Office issues a heavy rainwater in as it turns
:15:46. > :15:50.increasingly wet and windy overnight.
:15:51. > :15:53.Wales is once again at the bottom of the table measuring the strength
:15:54. > :15:57.of the economy - but it's no longer growing at one of the fastest rates,
:15:58. > :16:02.While we make up 5% of the UK population we only contribute 3.5%
:16:03. > :16:07.Our economics correspondent Sarah Dickins has been analysing
:16:08. > :16:19.Sobering news for Wales as we hear our economy which affects our
:16:20. > :16:24.livelihoods, does not just generate the lowest amount per person but
:16:25. > :16:28.also has the lowest growth rate. The UK average is counted as 100. Wales
:16:29. > :16:33.has fallen below for years, and now it is worse. It used to be the bath,
:16:34. > :16:37.Cardiff and Newport were pretty similar in terms of the money they
:16:38. > :16:42.generated for the economy. But it now seems that Bath has raced ahead,
:16:43. > :16:48.helped by its tourism, its university and innovative high-tech
:16:49. > :16:52.companies. Has Bath gone up a gear? A creative space tucked away in Bath
:16:53. > :16:55.city centre where designers artists and engineers work on their own
:16:56. > :17:03.projects but bounce ideas around. What did other places copy? They
:17:04. > :17:10.need good work space where they know there will be like-minded people. If
:17:11. > :17:13.you need a certain expertise, I sometimes look out for electronics
:17:14. > :17:20.or deep engineering knowledge which I do not have. I have people liken
:17:21. > :17:24.find locally. He is an industrial designer taking concepts from his
:17:25. > :17:29.sketch pad to computer design, changing the way industries behave.
:17:30. > :17:32.In economic terms it is high-value work. This idea of knowledge-based
:17:33. > :17:38.industries working together has been an aim in Wales for several years.
:17:39. > :17:42.This is not Bath with the economy is growing and people are generating
:17:43. > :17:47.more than the UK average. This is Newport, which is falling behind.
:17:48. > :17:50.Technology start-ups are seen by the Welsh government as important if the
:17:51. > :17:55.economy is to grow. It has helped this Newport -based cyber security
:17:56. > :18:00.firm go to trade shows abroad. Similar companies already the
:18:01. > :18:03.meetings together. It is growing, it is slow to start up and get going,
:18:04. > :18:10.but there is a collaborative process going on, and it will grow. We will
:18:11. > :18:14.see benefits eventually. But Wales is being outmanoeuvred by other
:18:15. > :18:20.parts of the UK. Not the traditional way to market a beer company, but it
:18:21. > :18:29.seems to have worked. This man studies have different economies
:18:30. > :18:30.expand. Some of politicians and support agencies want to control
:18:31. > :18:36.things too much but sometimes that does not necessarily the best ideas.
:18:37. > :18:40.Sometimes you need a little bit of anarchy. There had been debate about
:18:41. > :18:46.how to narrow the gap between Wales and the UK, no Wales needs to focus
:18:47. > :18:47.on not letting the economy fall back further.
:18:48. > :18:49.Two parts of Wales come in the bottom ten areas
:18:50. > :18:55.with the lowest GVA per head of population in the UK.
:18:56. > :18:57.The Gwent Valleys and Anglesey, where it's close to half
:18:58. > :19:01.But is the statistic a true reflection of the state
:19:02. > :19:09.Roger Pinney's been to Anglesey to find out.
:19:10. > :19:14.Welcome to millionaires' rule, some of the smartest and most expansively
:19:15. > :19:22.listed in Wales. And yet the statistics suggest the island's
:19:23. > :19:27.economy is struggling. These homes are for the affluent few, not be
:19:28. > :19:31.many, and there have been some well-publicised job losses on
:19:32. > :19:35.Anglesey. But look at other figures like unemployment and income, visual
:19:36. > :19:41.Anglesey performing better than the Welsh average. Quite a few of these
:19:42. > :19:47.properties have absentee owners, but new businesses are being created.
:19:48. > :19:49.This man runs a company and also chairs the destination Anglesey
:19:50. > :19:56.partnership. Tourism is important, he says there is potential. If
:19:57. > :19:59.you're going to set up a business, tourism is one of the best sectors
:20:00. > :20:04.you can choose for that. Businesses are growing. The economy within
:20:05. > :20:10.tourism is growing, and the future for tourism on Anglesey is looking
:20:11. > :20:13.very bright. It is estimated to resemblance to hundred and ?50
:20:14. > :20:19.million a year into the Anglesey economy and supports 4000 jobs. But
:20:20. > :20:23.historically, work in this sector has been seasonal and low paid. At
:20:24. > :20:30.this restaurant they say they want to change that. David Evans founded
:20:31. > :20:35.the restaurant after running businesses in the United States and
:20:36. > :20:40.Manchester. He now employs around 100 year and that her sister
:20:41. > :20:50.restaurant. As a measure, he says that GV HMB misleading. We would
:20:51. > :20:53.advise people not to look at GVA in isolation, but try to get a more
:20:54. > :20:56.balanced picture. Did you know that Anglesey is one of the happiest
:20:57. > :21:01.places to live in the UK? I like that statistic. I like the fact that
:21:02. > :21:07.not only is this a good place to work but it is a happy place to work
:21:08. > :21:12.as well. Important elements of the Anglesey economy are not reflected
:21:13. > :21:18.in its GVA. People on retirement incomes, those who live here but
:21:19. > :21:23.work on the mainland. Just outside Holyhead, Anglesey Aluminium used to
:21:24. > :21:27.apply 500. It is now silent. In the last decade the island has lost many
:21:28. > :21:31.of the industrial and food sector jobs would use to be a mainstay.
:21:32. > :21:36.There are plans to redevelop the site. A science park is also to be
:21:37. > :21:43.opened. It is about creating a mix of job opportunities. More
:21:44. > :21:48.maintenance was founded by four Anglesey Aluminium workers and the
:21:49. > :21:53.now employ 18. But there is concern that they may have to leave the
:21:54. > :21:58.island for work. I have a daughter who is 25 and she has moved off the
:21:59. > :22:03.island. We are in danger of losing younger people and becoming an old
:22:04. > :22:07.population. The truth is we should read economic figures with a note of
:22:08. > :22:09.caution. For economists, GVA is a key indicator but it may not tell
:22:10. > :22:11.the whole story. As negotiations continue to try
:22:12. > :22:14.and secure an agreement on reducing carbon emissions at the climate
:22:15. > :22:16.summit in Paris, there are concerns over whether the government here can
:22:17. > :22:19.hit its target of reducing emissions So far it's only managed
:22:20. > :22:26.to cut emissions by 12% - It's now allocating an extra ?25
:22:27. > :22:30.million in capital spending to help Our environment correspondent Iolo
:22:31. > :22:44.ap Dafydd reports from Paris. The A1 motorway into Paris right
:22:45. > :22:49.next to the climate summit shows clearly how much the economy depends
:22:50. > :22:54.on road transport. In Wales, one of the worst polluting areas is near
:22:55. > :22:57.the' for motorway and a steelworks. The local authorities year
:22:58. > :23:05.responsible for air quality has 11 monitoring stations throughout the
:23:06. > :23:08.county. Emissions are decreasing compared to before 1990, but not
:23:09. > :23:13.quickly enough, according to environmentalists. There is a
:23:14. > :23:18.genuine lack of understanding of what climate change means for all
:23:19. > :23:25.Wales's future, there is failure to take this issue seriously. Vehicle
:23:26. > :23:29.emissions adds to pollution. Public-health Wales is currently
:23:30. > :23:34.researching the impact nitrogen oxide has on us. In 2010 there were
:23:35. > :23:42.an estimated 1300 premature deaths in Wales from these types of
:23:43. > :23:45.emissions. This man is an environmental health officer and
:23:46. > :23:52.checks pollution levels in Swansea. These machines gather data, which is
:23:53. > :23:57.evaluated by Welsh and UK agencies. We should've complied with the
:23:58. > :24:00.nitrogen oxide target in 2010. Then we had an agreement from the
:24:01. > :24:07.European Commission that we could try to hit that target I20 15. We
:24:08. > :24:10.missed both those targets. -- by 2015. Year-on-year we report on
:24:11. > :24:16.these figures, and generally they are getting worse in Wales. The UK
:24:17. > :24:19.Government has been criticised of hypocrisy, saying it supports action
:24:20. > :24:24.on climate change while at the same time cutting subsidies for wind and
:24:25. > :24:27.solar energy. A Welsh Mr came here to explain how Wales is leading the
:24:28. > :24:31.world in terms of introducing legislation it believes will help
:24:32. > :24:37.protect the environment and communities. But on emissions,
:24:38. > :24:44.Wales' record is worse than any other UK country. It set a target of
:24:45. > :24:49.70 present but so far has managed a 12 present cut. That is a disgrace.
:24:50. > :24:53.If you're a series of climate change we need a 40% reduction by 2020 and
:24:54. > :24:58.the Welsh government are aware of that. But the minister in charge is
:24:59. > :25:03.adamant Wales will reach the target in 2020 and an extra ?5 billion is
:25:04. > :25:10.to be allocated to deal with climate change. But as it continues to
:25:11. > :25:13.support and new M4 relief road, the Welsh government will still face
:25:14. > :25:14.questions about its priorities. Sue, how is it looking
:25:15. > :25:28.for the next few days? After a brief respite turning wet
:25:29. > :25:31.and windy overnight. A cold front moving south-east words overnight,
:25:32. > :25:36.so it will turn increasingly wet and windy. That band of rain pushing
:25:37. > :25:43.information at West, 20 up to 40 millimetres at lower levels. The Met
:25:44. > :25:47.Office warning of an ongoing flood risk in North West Wales as river
:25:48. > :25:52.levels are high on the ground is already saturated. A wet start
:25:53. > :25:55.tomorrow. The wind is easing. Turning drier and brighter in the
:25:56. > :26:00.north-west but with lingering showers in the South. It will be
:26:01. > :26:08.called tomorrow behind the front as it moves eastwards. Temperatures
:26:09. > :26:12.between 6-11dC. It is a waving weather front pushing back
:26:13. > :26:16.northwards on Friday. Showers clearing on Thursday night turning
:26:17. > :26:22.drier, clearer and colder overnight with temperatures between 2-8dC in
:26:23. > :26:28.towns and cities and colder in the countryside. Cold and breezy with
:26:29. > :26:31.sunshine and showers, drier in the north away from that weather front
:26:32. > :26:36.with rain more likely in the South where it is closer. That same
:26:37. > :26:39.weather front will move back northwards over the weekend bringing
:26:40. > :26:45.rain at times. Stronger southerly winds bringing milder air. Chillier
:26:46. > :26:49.with sunshine and showers on Friday, colder overnight into Saturday with
:26:50. > :26:53.some rain likely on Saturday. It should clear northwards and then
:26:54. > :26:59.things brighten up on Sunday, but details could change as we get
:27:00. > :27:02.closer to the weekend. Finally, this picture of the flooded pitch at
:27:03. > :27:04.Porthmadog football club, likely to see more rain tonight.
:27:05. > :27:07.A final word from Iwan Griffiths at the Liberty Stadium -
:27:08. > :27:24.That is the big question. Looking back at Garry Monk's departure, that
:27:25. > :27:30.performance against Leicester, the 3-0 loss, made his departure
:27:31. > :27:34.inevitable. The Swans are one point above the relegation zone. We
:27:35. > :27:38.understand that James Beattie will also be leaving. That is the big
:27:39. > :27:40.question, who will be the next manager? Rendon Rogers? Gus Poyet
:27:41. > :27:49.to? That is the big question. That is Wales Today, from all of us
:27:50. > :27:54.here, has a great evening.