17/01/2016 BBC Wales Today

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There are calls for politicians to do more to intervene

BBC Wales understands the Tata steel company is about to announce that

hundreds of its workers will lose their jobs across Wales,

Here's our political correspondent, Arwyn Jones.

Where once the economic blizzards of former years swept across Port

Talbot, there now emerges the Abbey steel works,...

When it was built over 40 years ago, the Port

Talbot plant was the largest in Europe but things change.

Cheap imports from China, a strong pound

and high energy costs have led to thousands of job losses elsewhere

Now BBC Wales understands that hundreds of jobs could go as early

as tomorrow all over Wales, but mainly at Port Talbot.

Port Talbot is massively important to the British economy.

Probably in 2014, it accounted for a third of the steel produced

So we've seen a number of job losses since then,

if we want a manufacturing base and we want steel,

Port Talbot is the jewel in the crown, not just in Wales,

Now there are concerns that further job losses could be the end

We're watching the industry that we love and we have been

so much of a part of in terms of Welsh industrial history,

we're watching that decline to the point where it's so serious,

it could be going over a cliff, and that's the end of it.

The Italian government has already intervened here at Europe's largest

making huge losses, so ministers intervened to essentially

Speaking on BBC Radio Wales this morning, Plaid Cymru 's leader said

Speaking on BBC Radio Wales this morning, Plaid Cymru's leader said

There needs to be some sort of urgent action with all actions

When I see all options considered, I mean that the Government should

really take seriously the option of taking in a temporary part stake

in the industry, like has been done elsewhere in Italy and in Germany,

in order to protect those vitally important jobs to the Welsh economy.

Wales' First Minister said the UK Government should be

If you look at the way Italy has done it, Italy has effectively taken

the steel industry into public ownership and is selling it again,

so the state aid issue doesn't really apply.

I hope we don't get to that position in the UK but if we do,

the UK Government must be ready to make sure it supports the steel

industry in Wales and gets it through this difficult patch.

It's been a central part of the Welsh economy for decades

but the steel industry is now facing some

New eye-care services are to be introduced in Mid and West Wales,

to reduce journey times for hundreds of patients.

Patients in the Hywel Dda University Health Board,

with wet age-related macular degeneration,

currently have to travel to Ammanford or Aberystwyth.

But new centres in Pembrokeshire and south Ceredigion are planned,

to bring services closer to patients.

For the first time, people in Wales are being given the chance

to explore the Welsh National Book of Remembrance for the First World

The book holds the names of 35,000 servicemen and women

It's now being displayed at the National Library

A digital copy has been created, so the public can help

in researching the stories of the names listed.

We want to discover the hidden histories that lie hidden

within the covers of the book itself and

therefore we have created a digital copy and we are eager to learn more

about the names and the personal and community histories that lie

Rugby and the Scarlets have suffered a record defeat

The Pro12 leaders were outclassed as Racing scored nine tries,

Meanwhile, in the European Rugby Challenge Cup, Cardiff

They lost to Harlequins, 34-26 away at Twickenham.

Football and Swansea City are back in the Premier League relegation

Swansea are set to appoint a new head coach at the end of the season.

Newcastle's 2-1 win at home to West Ham means they've

leapfrogged the Swans, who are now two points

Meanwhile the Cardiff City manager Russell Slade remains positive,

despite the club being placed under a transfer embargo by the Football

The Bluebirds won 3-1 at Wolves in the Championship,

The club's been hit with an embargo following a breach of

Cardiff University researchers will study 500 half-marathon

participants, who've never run before, to look

Around 200 athletes and up to 25,000 amateur runners will race

in the IAAF Cardiff University World Half Marathon on 26th March.

The runners have been recruited for research on whether they'll

continue to exercise after the race, and what motivates them

A look at the weather forecast and widespread rain and drizzle

will continue to push north-eastwards this evening,

turning heavier and falling as snow over higher ground.

Winds will become gusty along the coast.

Tomorrow will be dull and wet in the morning, but drizzly rain,

snow and strong winds will gradually ease and fade, as brighter,

drier weather develops from the east later.

I'll be back with our next update at around 10.20pm.

Good evening, the last 24 hours many of us have seen some snow and this