:00:15. > :00:18.The Welsh government should speed up efforts to tackle poverty,
:00:19. > :00:20.according to Labour Assembly Member Christine Chapman.
:00:21. > :00:24.Latest figures suggest more than one in five people in Wales live
:00:25. > :00:27.in poverty, with a household income less than ?271 a week.
:00:28. > :00:35.One of the regular debt clinics is being held at the Citizens Advice
:00:36. > :00:40.Gemma Jones is one of the caseworkers.
:00:41. > :00:46.We had a couple just now actually come in asking,
:00:47. > :00:48.begging for a food voucher, because they haven't got food.
:00:49. > :00:52.That is the things we are facing, really,
:00:53. > :00:55.and the community are facing, over a time that's meant to be nice
:00:56. > :00:58.Luke Evans is a carpet fitter in Mountain Ash.
:00:59. > :01:00.He lives with his partner and two-year-old daughter.
:01:01. > :01:02.He is struggling to pay off council-tax
:01:03. > :01:05.debts and rent arrears he built up when he was unemployed.
:01:06. > :01:12.You lose a lot of sleep and sometimes if there's bailiffs
:01:13. > :01:14.you are afraid to answer the door when somebody knocks,
:01:15. > :01:21.More than one in five people in Wales live in poverty.
:01:22. > :01:28.And many of those live in working households.
:01:29. > :01:30.Christine Chapman is the chair of the
:01:31. > :01:34.committee that produced the report on poverty in Wales.
:01:35. > :01:37.We are a rich country in the main but yet people
:01:38. > :01:44.are still struggling with their heating bills,
:01:45. > :01:47.with their food, so, you know, that is absolutely appalling,
:01:48. > :01:51.and I think there must be a strong message first of all to the UK
:01:52. > :01:53.Government that, you know, things need to change.
:01:54. > :01:55.But from the Welsh Government point of view I think
:01:56. > :01:57.there needs to be some high-level discussions amongst
:01:58. > :01:59.all of the ministers as to how we can really
:02:00. > :02:05.The Welsh Government says it is working relentlessly to tackle
:02:06. > :02:08.the root causes of poverty and dealing with the effects of UK
:02:09. > :02:10.Government austerity and welfare reforms.
:02:11. > :02:13.Lifting people out of poverty, it says, is at the very
:02:14. > :02:20.A member of the Commons Defence Committee says she has concerns
:02:21. > :02:23.about the RAF's ability to attack so-called Islamic State forces
:02:24. > :02:30.Bridgend MP Madeleine Moon told BBC Wales she believes there aren't
:02:31. > :02:32.enough pilots, engineers or navigators to sustain
:02:33. > :02:38.The Ministry of Defence rejects her claims.
:02:39. > :02:40.One person has died after two cars crashed
:02:41. > :02:42.in Carmarthenshire yesterday evening.
:02:43. > :02:45.The collision happened on the A40 west of the roundabout
:02:46. > :02:54.A 51-year-old driver of one of the cars later died in hospital.
:02:55. > :02:57.A ?16 million project to settle a giant tidal turbine on the sea bed
:02:58. > :02:59.off the Pembrokeshire coast got under way today.
:03:00. > :03:04.known locally as the "daffodil" - had been sitting at Pembroke Dock
:03:05. > :03:07.for months, due to delays caused by bad weather.
:03:08. > :03:10.It could produce power for up to 500 homes.
:03:11. > :03:13.Wales manager Chris Coleman says he doesn't want the hype
:03:14. > :03:17.surrounding their clash with England to derail their Euro 2016 campaign.
:03:18. > :03:20.Wales will meet the English in their second Group B match
:03:21. > :03:28.Who will be playing England at some stage.
:03:29. > :03:38.From the moment the announcement was made in Paris last night,
:03:39. > :03:41.the prospect of a home-nations derby at Euro 2016 has excited fans.
:03:42. > :03:45.It filled the back and front pages of many newspapers today
:03:46. > :03:48.and is already being dubbed the Battle of Britain.
:03:49. > :03:51.But Wales manager Chris Coleman doesn't want this one match
:03:52. > :03:58.It's going to be a huge game of course and a massive occasion.
:03:59. > :04:00.It's pointless just doing well against one team, just
:04:01. > :04:05.We've got to do well in the three games and we've got to get out
:04:06. > :04:07.of the group, that's what it's all about.
:04:08. > :04:09.Though England are top seeds in Group B, they acknowledge Wales
:04:10. > :04:13.They've got fantastic team spirit and a very strong spine,
:04:14. > :04:19.in Ashley Williams and Ramsey and Gareth Bale, you know,
:04:20. > :04:21.you're talking about three really, really top-class European players
:04:22. > :04:27.Gwennan Harries, striker in the Wales ladies' team,
:04:28. > :04:30.is confident that the Welsh side can do well in France.
:04:31. > :04:41.It obviously depends on that first...the first game
:04:42. > :04:45.against Slovakia, but if we can win that game and give us a bit
:04:46. > :04:47.of confidence and momentum going into the England game,
:04:48. > :04:51.I think we've got a good enough squad.
:04:52. > :04:53.It is here at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis in Lens that Wales
:04:54. > :05:01.A former coal-mining area, the city has a smaller population
:05:02. > :05:05.Up to 6000 Welsh fans are expected to travel to the game and Cardiff
:05:06. > :05:08.airport say they are hoping to lay on extra flights
:05:09. > :05:12.Wales open their Euro 26 campaign on June the 11th when they play
:05:13. > :05:15.Slovakia in Bordeaux but it will be the match five days later
:05:16. > :05:17.where Welsh fans will be praying that St George does not
:05:18. > :05:21.Welshman Jamie Donaldson has won the Thailand Golf Championship
:05:22. > :05:23.by three strokes, after shooting a final-round seven-under 65.
:05:24. > :05:26.Donaldson started the day two shots behind overnight leader
:05:27. > :05:28.Clement Sordet but nine birdies and two bogeys sealed his first
:05:29. > :05:37.Skies will stay cloudy, with temperatures dropping
:05:38. > :05:41.Tomorrow - a largely grey but dry start.
:05:42. > :05:43.Heavy outbreaks of rain will move into the south later,
:05:44. > :05:54.I'll be back with more news at around 20 past ten.
:05:55. > :06:01.From all of us on the programme, have a good evening.