:00:00. > :00:07.Our top stories: Welsh steelmaking, and the thousands of jobs
:00:08. > :00:11.which depend upon it, is fighting for its very survival -
:00:12. > :00:20.More wet and windy weather to come, now forecasters warn of a further
:00:21. > :00:41.The steel industry in Wales is fighting for survival.
:00:42. > :00:44.That's the warning tonight from the industry's trade unions.
:00:45. > :00:52.It comes on the day MPs said the UK Government had failed to react
:00:53. > :00:57.quickly enough to the crisis in the industry.
:00:58. > :00:59.Wales' biggest steel employer, Tata, which employs 6,000 people here,
:01:00. > :01:06.Our Economics Correspondent Sarah Dickins has spent the day
:01:07. > :01:09.Steel dominates the skyline in Port Talbot, as it does
:01:10. > :01:17.But workers know it is once again battling a number
:01:18. > :01:27.Now it is believed that Port Talbot alone is losing around
:01:28. > :01:31.Steel in the UK has struggled against higher energy costs
:01:32. > :01:37.Cheaper imports of steel from China and a high pound which makes UK
:01:38. > :01:39.steel expensive to export is dealing a heavy blow.
:01:40. > :01:45.My worry is, going forward, is we are in survival mode.
:01:46. > :01:47.I want to see iron and steelmaking continuing in the UK and I am sure
:01:48. > :01:50.that the majority of people in the UK would want to see that.
:01:51. > :01:56.Around 6000 people work for Tata in Wales.
:01:57. > :01:58.800 work at Shotton, where they make
:01:59. > :02:06.There are 700 each in Llanwern and Trostre in Llanelli,
:02:07. > :02:08.and another 300 work at the Orb electrical steel plant in Newport.
:02:09. > :02:10.Tata pays ?200 million per year in salary in Wales alone,
:02:11. > :02:16.even before we look at allied industries.
:02:17. > :02:19.Since the recession of 2008, there's been a lot of talk
:02:20. > :02:23.from politicians about rebalancing UK economy, not leaving us
:02:24. > :02:30.as dependent on the financial sector as we were.
:02:31. > :02:33.In other words, giving more power to people like this who make
:02:34. > :02:38.the steel that goes into so many other goods.
:02:39. > :02:39.Talk to people in this business, though and they say they have
:02:40. > :02:47.For ten years, they have been wanting help to reduce the cost
:02:48. > :02:49.Now, they've had a little bit in the last few months,
:02:50. > :02:54.Just as the real pain from cheap Chinese imports is really hitting.
:02:55. > :03:00.The Chinese economy is expected to further weaken next year.
:03:01. > :03:00.Any let-up in Chinese imports of steel looks unlikely.
:03:01. > :03:05.The UK government has acted this year to lessen the cost of energy.
:03:06. > :03:09.Today's report said it didn't act quickly enough or heed warnings
:03:10. > :03:14.about cheaper imports pushing out business for steel here.
:03:15. > :03:19.The UK Government said it is a limited in what it can do.
:03:20. > :03:22.There has been some mythology that somehow or other countries
:03:23. > :03:29.We have examined in real detail and got into it.
:03:30. > :03:32.We have not breached the state aid rules and we understand
:03:33. > :03:37.It is important we do the right thing by British Steel,
:03:38. > :03:42.Tata has shown its commitment to the Welsh steel industry
:03:43. > :03:47.by staying here, even when i's losing many millions.
:03:48. > :03:47.industry it says today's report underlines the need for urgent
:03:48. > :03:56.action to support the steel industry to help it to survive.
:03:57. > :03:57.A man from Pembroke Dock who raped two young girls and sexually
:03:58. > :04:01.assaulted three others has been jailed for 21 years.
:04:02. > :04:05.Stephen Bladen, who was classed as dangerous by the Judge
:04:06. > :04:07.at Swansea Crown Court, was convicted of a total
:04:08. > :04:16.He's been told he will serve a minimum of 14 years in prison.
:04:17. > :04:19.Emergency services are continuing to search for a 21-year-old man
:04:20. > :04:22.who went missing after a night out in Swansea.
:04:23. > :04:26.Jordan Miers who's from the city, hasn't been seen since
:04:27. > :04:30.Rescuers have been searching a stretch of the River Tawe
:04:31. > :04:38.A skip hire operator from Llanelli has been sentenced for illegally
:04:39. > :04:47.The judge at Swansea Crown Court told the director of Sospan Skips,
:04:48. > :04:51.Nigel Charles, that the company had shown wholesale ignorance
:04:52. > :04:56.towards Environmental legislation and it needed to change its ways.
:04:57. > :04:56.The court heard that a Natural Resources Wales
:04:57. > :04:58.investigation also found asbestos among the waste disposed
:04:59. > :05:06.of at Caemawr Farm in the Furnace area of Llanelli.
:05:07. > :05:08.Gay men under the age of 45 are to be offered a new jab
:05:09. > :05:10.to protect them against the HPV virus.
:05:11. > :05:16.Its the same vaccination that is given to school girls
:05:17. > :05:17.to protect them against the virus which causes cervical,
:05:18. > :05:20.Gay men are particularly vulnerable because their male partners
:05:21. > :05:43.They have been popping up in many areas after flooding in Wales.
:05:44. > :05:49.Not what anyone would have wanted to be doing in the week before
:05:50. > :05:50.Christmas, but they can mock and scrub as much
:05:51. > :05:52.Christmas, but they can mop and scrub as much
:05:53. > :05:59.as they like at the Union in Tremadog, they won't be opening
:06:00. > :05:59.This is the main bar of the Union in Tremadog.
:06:00. > :06:02.The flood happened after midnight on Saturday and the pub was in full
:06:03. > :06:08.swing here, with a disco and Christmas party going on.
:06:09. > :06:08.The water came in through the back door, then the front door.
:06:09. > :06:10.You can see that the carpet is still absolutely sodden.
:06:11. > :06:17.Let me take you through to the pub's restaurant.
:06:18. > :06:19.As you can see, chairs on tables in here as well.
:06:20. > :06:29.They have made an attempt at clearing it up but they say
:06:30. > :06:32.there is absolutely no way at all they will open this side
:06:33. > :06:35.of Christmas and probably not this side of the New Year either.
:06:36. > :06:40.All because of a blocked culvert on the hillside.
:06:41. > :06:40.These pictures were taken in the pub during the flood.
:06:41. > :06:41.There is water and mud right through.
:06:42. > :06:43.The fire brigade had to pump the building out.
:06:44. > :06:49.I thought it wouldn't come in the back.
:06:50. > :06:53.I hadn't realised it was coming in the back of the kitchen.
:06:54. > :06:59.Coming through the kitchen, through the suite room,
:07:00. > :07:02.Into the dining room and then just started coming up and up.
:07:03. > :07:06.It had come down the road from the culvert and it just started
:07:07. > :07:10.You've had all sorts of support from your friends and neighbours.
:07:11. > :07:16.They all said to me, "If there is anything I can do
:07:17. > :07:28.It wasn't just this pub that was affected.
:07:29. > :07:31.The flood hit the whole of this side of Tremadog Square.
:07:32. > :07:35.Three homes on either side of the pub and then round the corner
:07:36. > :07:36.in Dublin Street, homes were flooded there as well.
:07:37. > :07:38.At the other end of Wales, more flooding.
:07:39. > :07:47.A bridge across the river is completely underwater.
:07:48. > :07:53.Today, the bridge can be seen again with floodwaters beginning
:07:54. > :07:56.Forecasters warned that there may be more rain to come.
:07:57. > :08:00.They've been mopping up in parts of Wales after heavy rain
:08:01. > :08:04.More now on that rain, with a warning of more wet and windy
:08:05. > :08:09.weather to come, Derek's got tonight's forecast.
:08:10. > :08:16.Hello. The weather is not very system at the moment. Changeable
:08:17. > :08:20.sums it up over the next few days. More wet and windy weather at pipes.
:08:21. > :08:27.Sunshine and Chile and dry by the time we get to Christmas. More rain
:08:28. > :08:31.on the way. It will turn light and more patchy later in the night with
:08:32. > :08:39.temperatures rising. Tomorrow it is the winter solstice the shortest day
:08:40. > :08:42.of the year. I cannot promise you much sunshine. They windy day in
:08:43. > :08:46.prospect. Dry for a time in parts of the South and south-west, otherwise
:08:47. > :08:50.more rain. Warning in force for mid and North and West Wales. The rate
:08:51. > :08:54.is heaviest on the high ground. Across the West of the UK it will be
:08:55. > :09:05.windy. Strong to gale force winds. More rain spreads eastwards during
:09:06. > :09:07.the the day. Heavy rain on the hills in the north and west. Dry and
:09:08. > :09:11.brighter spells across England and very mild. Dry and brighter across
:09:12. > :09:14.Scotland and Northern Ireland. In Wales tour afternoon there is more
:09:15. > :09:22.wet weather with heavy rain and gusty wind. It should turn dry from
:09:23. > :09:26.the West as we go through the afternoon. Temperatures are well
:09:27. > :09:32.above-average. 15 or 16 in Wrexham. Tomorrow evening the rain will
:09:33. > :09:38.clear. A mixture of showers. Turning a little colder. Thursday promises
:09:39. > :09:44.to be a better day with a few showers about and otherwise dry and
:09:45. > :09:46.brighter with sunshine. Still quite breezy. More rain to come on
:09:47. > :09:50.Christmas Eve. The umbrella will come in handy if you are popping up
:09:51. > :09:55.on last-minute shopping. Heavy showers in the afternoon. Chile by
:09:56. > :10:00.Christmas Day and dry start but more wind and rain on the way. It turns
:10:01. > :10:03.milder again on on Boxing Day. Good night.