:00:00. > :00:12.Now, it's time for the news where you are.
:00:13. > :00:17.There are calls for politicians to do more to intervene
:00:18. > :00:21.BBC Wales understands the Tata steel company is about to announce that
:00:22. > :00:24.hundreds of its workers will lose their jobs across Wales,
:00:25. > :00:33.Here's our political correspondent, Arwyn Jones.
:00:34. > :00:36.Where once the economic blizzards of former years swept across Port
:00:37. > :00:40.Talbot, there now emerges the Abbey steel works,...
:00:41. > :00:43.When it was built over 40 years ago, the Port
:00:44. > :00:46.Talbot plant was the largest in Europe but things change.
:00:47. > :00:49.Cheap imports from China, a strong pound
:00:50. > :00:52.and high energy costs have led to thousands of job losses elsewhere
:00:53. > :01:00.Now BBC Wales understands that hundreds of jobs could go as early
:01:01. > :01:03.as tomorrow all over Wales, but mainly at Port Talbot.
:01:04. > :01:06.Port Talbot is massively important to the British economy.
:01:07. > :01:09.Probably in 2014, it accounted for a third of the steel produced
:01:10. > :01:20.So we've seen a number of job losses since then,
:01:21. > :01:27.if we want a manufacturing base and we want steel,
:01:28. > :01:29.Port Talbot is the jewel in the crown, not just in Wales,
:01:30. > :01:34.Now there are concerns that further job losses could be the end
:01:35. > :01:38.We're watching the industry that we love and we have been
:01:39. > :01:41.so much of a part of in terms of Welsh industrial history,
:01:42. > :01:43.we're watching that decline to the point where it's so serious,
:01:44. > :01:46.it could be going over a cliff, and that's the end of it.
:01:47. > :01:50.The Italian government has already intervened here at Europe's largest
:01:51. > :01:59.making huge losses, so ministers intervened to essentially
:02:00. > :02:07.Speaking on BBC Radio Wales this morning, Plaid Cymru 's leader said
:02:08. > :02:09.Speaking on BBC Radio Wales this morning, Plaid Cymru's leader said
:02:10. > :02:14.There needs to be some sort of urgent action with all actions
:02:15. > :02:18.When I see all options considered, I mean that the Government should
:02:19. > :02:21.really take seriously the option of taking in a temporary part stake
:02:22. > :02:26.in the industry, like has been done elsewhere in Italy and in Germany,
:02:27. > :02:29.in order to protect those vitally important jobs to the Welsh economy.
:02:30. > :02:32.Wales' First Minister said the UK Government should be
:02:33. > :02:38.If you look at the way Italy has done it, Italy has effectively taken
:02:39. > :02:41.the steel industry into public ownership and is selling it again,
:02:42. > :02:43.so the state aid issue doesn't really apply.
:02:44. > :02:46.I hope we don't get to that position in the UK but if we do,
:02:47. > :02:49.the UK Government must be ready to make sure it supports the steel
:02:50. > :02:53.industry in Wales and gets it through this difficult patch.
:02:54. > :02:57.It's been a central part of the Welsh economy for decades
:02:58. > :02:59.but the steel industry is now facing some
:03:00. > :03:06.New eye-care services are to be introduced in Mid and West Wales,
:03:07. > :03:09.to reduce journey times for hundreds of patients.
:03:10. > :03:12.Patients in the Hywel Dda University Health Board,
:03:13. > :03:17.with wet age-related macular degeneration,
:03:18. > :03:19.currently have to travel to Ammanford or Aberystwyth.
:03:20. > :03:22.But new centres in Pembrokeshire and south Ceredigion are planned,
:03:23. > :03:25.to bring services closer to patients.
:03:26. > :03:29.For the first time, people in Wales are being given the chance
:03:30. > :03:32.to explore the Welsh National Book of Remembrance for the First World
:03:33. > :03:36.The book holds the names of 35,000 servicemen and women
:03:37. > :03:41.It's now being displayed at the National Library
:03:42. > :03:45.A digital copy has been created, so the public can help
:03:46. > :03:47.in researching the stories of the names listed.
:03:48. > :03:51.We want to discover the hidden histories that lie hidden
:03:52. > :03:55.within the covers of the book itself and
:03:56. > :04:01.therefore we have created a digital copy and we are eager to learn more
:04:02. > :04:05.about the names and the personal and community histories that lie
:04:06. > :04:10.Rugby and the Scarlets have suffered a record defeat
:04:11. > :04:15.The Pro12 leaders were outclassed as Racing scored nine tries,
:04:16. > :04:21.Meanwhile, in the European Rugby Challenge Cup, Cardiff
:04:22. > :04:32.They lost to Harlequins, 34-26 away at Twickenham.
:04:33. > :04:36.Football and Swansea City are back in the Premier League relegation
:04:37. > :04:52.Swansea are set to appoint a new head coach at the end of the season.
:04:53. > :04:55.Newcastle's 2-1 win at home to West Ham means they've
:04:56. > :04:57.leapfrogged the Swans, who are now two points
:04:58. > :05:01.Meanwhile the Cardiff City manager Russell Slade remains positive,
:05:02. > :05:03.despite the club being placed under a transfer embargo by the Football
:05:04. > :05:07.The Bluebirds won 3-1 at Wolves in the Championship,
:05:08. > :05:11.The club's been hit with an embargo following a breach of
:05:12. > :05:18.Cardiff University researchers will study 500 half-marathon
:05:19. > :05:21.participants, who've never run before, to look
:05:22. > :05:27.Around 200 athletes and up to 25,000 amateur runners will race
:05:28. > :05:30.in the IAAF Cardiff University World Half Marathon on 26th March.
:05:31. > :05:32.The runners have been recruited for research on whether they'll
:05:33. > :05:35.continue to exercise after the race, and what motivates them
:05:36. > :05:43.A look at the weather forecast and widespread rain and drizzle
:05:44. > :05:45.will continue to push north-eastwards this evening,
:05:46. > :05:48.turning heavier and falling as snow over higher ground.
:05:49. > :05:50.Winds will become gusty along the coast.
:05:51. > :05:54.Tomorrow will be dull and wet in the morning, but drizzly rain,
:05:55. > :05:56.snow and strong winds will gradually ease and fade, as brighter,
:05:57. > :05:58.drier weather develops from the east later.
:05:59. > :06:15.I'll be back with our next update at around 10.20pm.
:06:16. > :06:16.Good evening, the last 24 hours many of us have seen some snow and this