03/01/2016

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:00:11. > :00:14.The heavy rain has brought misery to householders and motorists

:00:15. > :00:18.While North Wales escaped the worst of it, firefighters were called

:00:19. > :00:20.to dozens of locations in Carmarthenshire, Powys

:00:21. > :00:34.Even the Christmas chocolate are ruined.

:00:35. > :00:37.In Burry Port, Brigitte is laughing because she says there is nothing

:00:38. > :00:42.This is the fifth time the couple have been flooded out

:00:43. > :00:55.Clear the floor, get everything out and get it done.

:00:56. > :00:58.Next door, her neighbour told me he had lost hope of the council

:00:59. > :01:00.dealing with the problem and so he spent ?35,000

:01:01. > :01:06.of his savings to protect his property.

:01:07. > :01:08.He has built this big wall, spending ?2000 on this floodgate

:01:09. > :01:11.alone and underneath his patio, two pumps now begin

:01:12. > :01:19.Today was the first test of the equipment.

:01:20. > :01:21.If we had not spent the money on our defences,

:01:22. > :01:23.because there was no help from anyone, then

:01:24. > :01:36.Across the country, firefighters answered dozens of calls.

:01:37. > :01:37.There was flooding around Abergavenny and fire crews

:01:38. > :01:43.South Wales Police tweeted this picture of flooding on this road,

:01:44. > :01:50.There were tailbacks along the M4 after one lane in each of these

:01:51. > :01:57.At Bridgend, there was an accident involving seven vehicles.

:01:58. > :02:00.It is not known whether the weather was a factor but conditions

:02:01. > :02:06.were poor as police cleared up the carriageway.

:02:07. > :02:09.In Burry Port, the water was pumped away by early afternoon,

:02:10. > :02:16.but this latest band of heavy rain is expected to last until Tuesday.

:02:17. > :02:19.A 24-hour strike by Arriva Trains Wales drivers is due to go ahead

:02:20. > :02:22.tomorrow, with all services cancelled.

:02:23. > :02:25.The industrial action by the unions ASLEF and RMT follows a dispute over

:02:26. > :02:28.Arriva says it deeply regrets the disruption,

:02:29. > :02:36.and advises customers to make alternative travel arrangements.

:02:37. > :02:39.Public Health Wales is warning that half of known injecting drug users

:02:40. > :02:41.are at risk of contracting Hepatitis C.

:02:42. > :02:44.It says so-called legal highs have been "a real game changer"

:02:45. > :02:46.and the health risk was becoming a "substantial" problem.

:02:47. > :02:48.Some drug users have turned to injecting legal highs,

:02:49. > :02:59.Firefighters in Wales have been delayed more than 500 times in three

:03:00. > :03:02.years between arriving at the scene of a fire and starting to tackle it.

:03:03. > :03:05.South Wales Fire Service recorded the highest number of delays -

:03:06. > :03:15.The reasons include access problems and poor directions.

:03:16. > :03:17.A service has been held at Llandaff Cathedral,

:03:18. > :03:19.to mark the seventy-fifth anniversary of Cardiff's worst night

:03:20. > :03:22.of bombing during World War Two, which killed 167 people.

:03:23. > :03:24.A vigil of prayer, thanksgiving and reconciliation was held

:03:25. > :03:27.It was extensively damaged in the bombing raid,

:03:28. > :03:38.on the night of the 2nd January, 1941.

:03:39. > :03:40.The whole building was remodelled and refurbished, quite

:03:41. > :03:41.substantially, really, after the devastation

:03:42. > :03:43.and essentially, of course, became almost a very different

:03:44. > :03:47.But the most important thing from our point of view, we felt,

:03:48. > :03:51.was to mark the occasion and use it as a solemn vigil for peace

:03:52. > :04:06.And we'll have much more on the anniversary on tomorrow's

:04:07. > :04:12.Football, and Swansea City are improving under caretaker

:04:13. > :04:13.manager Alan Curtis, according to goalkeeper Lukas

:04:14. > :04:21.They lost 2-1 against Manchester United at Old Trafford yesterday.

:04:22. > :04:23.Gylfi Sigurdsson equalised, but a late goal by United captain

:04:24. > :04:27.Wayne Rooney denied the Swans a point.

:04:28. > :04:30.Despite that, Fabianski says the team's "going in the right

:04:31. > :04:35.Meanwhile, Cardiff City claimed their first win of four

:04:36. > :04:39.Championship matches, beating Blackburn 1-nil yesterday.

:04:40. > :04:41.After a goalless first half, Joe Mason made the breakthrough.

:04:42. > :04:44.Cardiff City are now ninth in the table, four points behind

:04:45. > :04:50.The weather forecast and tomorrow there'll be scattered heavy showers,

:04:51. > :04:52.possibly thundery, and some brighter spells.

:04:53. > :04:57.We're back in Breakfast with updates from 6.25.

:04:58. > :05:14.Over 60 flood warnings at the moment. As yet, no severe warnings,

:05:15. > :05:17.but we are still concerned about eastern Scotland, where we still

:05:18. > :05:19.have this amber rain warning.