:00:13. > :00:16.After 44 years of generating electricity, the Wylfa nuclear
:00:17. > :00:18.power station on Anglesey has been shut down.
:00:19. > :00:20.The closure will, for now, bring to an end nuclear
:00:21. > :00:24.More than 500 people work there - around a third -
:00:25. > :00:36.off-line, a rare view inside Wylfa's control room.
:00:37. > :00:41.The shutdown so much more than a single flick of a switch.
:00:42. > :00:44.The end of an era, a day they have been planning for some
:00:45. > :00:51.Conceived in the 1950s, built through the 60s,
:00:52. > :00:54.finally opened at the start of the 70s.
:00:55. > :00:57.This picture shows the reactor hall then.
:00:58. > :01:02.And this is inside the hall now below
:01:03. > :01:04.the pile cap, the reactor which was shut today.
:01:05. > :01:07.It was the last of its type and it stayed running longer
:01:08. > :01:13.There was a stream of nine others that sort of lead up to Wylfa and it
:01:14. > :01:17.A credit to the people who have operated it,
:01:18. > :01:19.the technicians who built it and the original designers.
:01:20. > :01:24.It will take three years to remove Wylfa's fuel,
:01:25. > :01:27.ten years before the site can be put in what
:01:28. > :01:29.they call a care and maintenance state.
:01:30. > :01:31.With today's shutdown, attention turns to the replacement
:01:32. > :01:39.At Horizon, we are extremely confident that the Wylfa Newydd
:01:40. > :01:42.project will come to fruition and that we will see a new nuclear
:01:43. > :01:44.power station built next door to the existing one
:01:45. > :01:48.We have a number of hurdles that we have two overcome,
:01:49. > :01:50.It is not straightforward process, but
:01:51. > :01:53.there is the commencement of work going on behind the scenes.
:01:54. > :01:55.But the final investment decision on Wylfa Newydd
:01:56. > :01:58.has yet to be made and plans to build it are fiercely opposed.
:01:59. > :02:02.Supporters and opponents of nuclear power agree on the significance
:02:03. > :02:06.They have very different visions of the future
:02:07. > :02:15.Strong winds and heavy rain have been causing problems in many parts
:02:16. > :02:18.More than 1,400 homes were without power
:02:19. > :02:21.today, although supplies have been reconnected tonight.
:02:22. > :02:23.Emergency services have also been dealing with flooding,
:02:24. > :02:33.Trearddur Bay on Anglesey earlier today, where drivers faced
:02:34. > :02:36.the challenge of water on the roads as well as the crash of waves
:02:37. > :02:41.It was just one of the parts of Wales affected today
:02:42. > :02:47.More than 1000 households were without power at
:02:48. > :02:49.some point, mainly focused on parts of Carmarthenshire and
:02:50. > :02:54.Engineers worked to reconnect supplies and in Ferryside
:02:55. > :03:00.the Fire Service were needed to pump water away from properties.
:03:01. > :03:02.Although the strong winds and rain eased
:03:03. > :03:04.through the day, officials remain on stand-by over the coming days.
:03:05. > :03:09.If the weather worsens, we have a bespoke weather forecast
:03:10. > :03:13.every day, so we know what is coming round the corner.
:03:14. > :03:16.We are very much geared up in as much as we will double up
:03:17. > :03:18.the amount of control engineers we have
:03:19. > :03:20.here in South Wales and also with the linesman staff
:03:21. > :03:24.and resources such as helicopters we are very much
:03:25. > :03:30.burst its banks, leaving nearby farmland flooded,
:03:31. > :03:33.and train services between Bridgend and Cardiff were disrupted for much
:03:34. > :03:41.The outgoing head of the National Botanic Garden of Wales
:03:42. > :03:44.says funding cuts threaten the future of the attraction.
:03:45. > :03:46.Rosie Plummer has been in charge for six years,
:03:47. > :03:48.but says it's time someone else took on the challenge.
:03:49. > :03:50.Carmarthenshire Council says it's considering its contribution
:03:51. > :03:57.to the garden, but the attraction needs to be sustainable.
:03:58. > :04:00.Drivers at Arriva Trains Wales have started an overtime ban
:04:01. > :04:02.ahead of a planned strike in the new year
:04:03. > :04:08.Members of Aslef are due to walk out next Monday.
:04:09. > :04:14.Arriva have said the strike is disappointing and unnecessary.
:04:15. > :04:16.The Cardiff Devils remain top of the league
:04:17. > :04:19.after beating Manchester Storm, their third successive win.
:04:20. > :04:22.The devils were two down but staged a comeback,
:04:23. > :04:38.Wales' Mark Webster is taking on Alan Norris for a place
:04:39. > :04:43.in the quarter finals and has been knocked out.
:04:44. > :04:44.That was at Alexandra Palace, London.
:04:45. > :04:49.Storm Frank has now moved away, but many rivers
:04:50. > :04:53.Rain in the North this evening will clear away followed by showers
:04:54. > :04:56.overnight, heavy showers in places, perhaps with thunder and cold enough
:04:57. > :04:58.in the mountains in the North for a little snow.
:04:59. > :05:00.Now, tomorrow will be a chilly, breezy day.
:05:01. > :05:04.A band of heavy showers travelling eastwards during the day.
:05:05. > :05:06.Wintery on the mountain tops, followed by drier and brighter
:05:07. > :05:14.Temperatures lower than today, seven Celsius to 10 Celsius.
:05:15. > :05:17.For New Year's night, a few showers, otherwise a lot of dry,
:05:18. > :05:19.clear whether and a much colder night than we have had
:05:20. > :05:24.A slight frost in places, even a few icy patches.
:05:25. > :05:27.New Year's Day will start bright but it won't last.
:05:28. > :05:29.The wind will freshen, the south-easterly wind,
:05:30. > :05:33.This month has been the wettest on record for some areas.
:05:34. > :05:38.Over a metre of rain at Capel Curig in Snowdonia and there is more
:05:39. > :05:39.unsettled weather to come over the weekend.
:05:40. > :05:45.We'll be back in Breakfast from 6:25am.
:05:46. > :06:15.Hello there. There are no weather warnings at all in the United
:06:16. > :06:16.Kingdom right now. Earlier on today we had gales as