:00:00. > :00:09.It was much anticipated, but today the official
:00:10. > :00:12.announcement that Tata Steel is cutting a thousand jobs
:00:13. > :00:14.across the UK - the majority of them at Port Talbot.
:00:15. > :00:16.And the new head coach arrives at Swansea
:00:17. > :00:34.to watch his side win and move out of the relegation zone.
:00:35. > :00:39.Port Talbot is coming to terms with the long expected
:00:40. > :00:41.announcement that TATA is cutting a thousand steel
:00:42. > :00:43.jobs across the UK and the majority of
:00:44. > :00:50.750 jobs to be lost across Port Talbot and Llanwern
:00:51. > :00:56.200 more support workers will go too.
:00:57. > :01:00.Its a question many are asking and politicians are arguing about.
:01:01. > :01:06.Here's our business correspondent, Brian Meechan.
:01:07. > :01:07.After months of speculation, the announcement staff
:01:08. > :01:12.at Port Talbot had been anticipating came this morning.
:01:13. > :01:15.One of the unions unveiled a banner in support of jobs.
:01:16. > :01:17.Tata Security had it quickly taken down again.
:01:18. > :01:20.Tata steel has invested heavily in this site,
:01:21. > :01:23.including this new blast furnace and the company has been patient,
:01:24. > :01:26.but it is losing ?1 million a day at this
:01:27. > :01:28.steelworks alone and it hopes by reducing the number of workers
:01:29. > :01:33.here it can start to turn that around.
:01:34. > :01:35.It is the UK's biggest steel plant and
:01:36. > :01:37.it is showing the strains of the wider industry.
:01:38. > :01:40.Energy costs and business rates are higher here than in some
:01:41. > :01:48.The problems have been made worse by cheap imports coming from China.
:01:49. > :01:53.Tata hopes by cutting some jobs it can save others.
:01:54. > :01:55.With the measures we have taken, we are very
:01:56. > :01:58.confident as a management and as a workforce that we believe
:01:59. > :02:01.we actually can turn this industry around,
:02:02. > :02:04.not only for Tata but also for the UK and for the Welsh
:02:05. > :02:11.Are you sure that with the action you are taking today,
:02:12. > :02:14.that this secures the future of this plant for decades to come?
:02:15. > :02:22.There had been talk of the UK or the Welsh
:02:23. > :02:24.Government taking a stake in Tata's site here,
:02:25. > :02:26.an idea completely rejected by the company today.
:02:27. > :02:27.4000 workers and 3000 contractors are
:02:28. > :02:32.employed at Port Talbot in a well-paid jobs.
:02:33. > :02:34.We are just the keeper of the keys here.
:02:35. > :02:38.We've got to try and ensure this for our children
:02:39. > :02:41.The surrounding communities, the supporting shops,
:02:42. > :02:44.the builders who work for the people who are from here,
:02:45. > :02:51.This site uses as much energy as a city the size of Swansea
:02:52. > :02:55.The European Commission allowed the UK Government to bring
:02:56. > :02:58.in financial support to ease the burden of high
:02:59. > :03:01.energy users like Tata, but Welsh ministers say Westminster
:03:02. > :03:07.There are specific issues in Britain such as energy
:03:08. > :03:11.Now, the UK Government realised this last month.
:03:12. > :03:13.We have been lobbying them for four years and they said
:03:14. > :03:16.They need to show that they are doing it.
:03:17. > :03:19.Visiting a mosque in Yorkshire, the Prime Minister argued
:03:20. > :03:21.that his Government had taken action.
:03:22. > :03:24.The steel industry has asked us for action on energy prices.
:03:25. > :03:27.They have asked us for action on procuring more British
:03:28. > :03:32.They want us to take action within the European Union,
:03:33. > :03:34.and we have done that as well, but we will continue
:03:35. > :03:38.I want to have a strong British Steel industry at the heart
:03:39. > :03:42.Workers at Llanwaren say the announcement has led
:03:43. > :03:50.People have been at the meetings and they haven't really
:03:51. > :03:58.The company will be hoping these job losses, painful though they are,
:03:59. > :04:00.will be enough to satisfy Tata's Indian headquarters that this
:04:01. > :04:03.is a survival plan to secure Port Talbot's future.
:04:04. > :04:06.In the coming weeks, we will discover whether it
:04:07. > :04:09.has convinced the board of that or whether even more will have to be
:04:10. > :04:12.Just like towns grew up around coal mines,
:04:13. > :04:17.The steelworks cast a huge shadow over houses for miles
:04:18. > :04:23.So how is the community dealing with the news of the job losses
:04:24. > :04:25.and what of its prospects for the future?
:04:26. > :04:31.Vince Lewis and his family have a strong connection
:04:32. > :04:33.with Port Talbot steelworks that goes back
:04:34. > :04:39.My father worked in the plant, my grandfather, my uncle
:04:40. > :04:43.worked there, my brother is a crane driver there,
:04:44. > :04:48.my brother-in-law, my son is in the stores.
:04:49. > :04:50.Over the past few months, I've spent time
:04:51. > :04:54.with the family and job losses have always been in the back
:04:55. > :04:56.of their minds and it has had an effect on
:04:57. > :04:59.There are people with families, mortgages,
:05:00. > :05:01.children, who it will obviously have a much bigger impact on them
:05:02. > :05:08.A lot of people depend on the works for their
:05:09. > :05:11.livelihood and it is not only the direct people employed
:05:12. > :05:14.there but the many, many others outside of their who also need that
:05:15. > :05:20.Today, after clocking off from his shift, I caught up
:05:21. > :05:23.He gave me his reaction to the job cuts.
:05:24. > :05:25.It is really, really bad news, you know?
:05:26. > :05:28.It is a body blow to the local area and a
:05:29. > :05:32.body blow to the people and the plant.
:05:33. > :05:40.It will most effect the workforce, but it
:05:41. > :05:43.Despite not knowing exactly who will lose their jobs
:05:44. > :05:45.in the coming months, like the Lewis family,
:05:46. > :05:47.there is uncertainty in households around this town.
:05:48. > :05:50.The Sandfields estate was built in the 1950s to house steelworkers
:05:51. > :05:55.People here told me this latest round of job cuts is devastating.
:05:56. > :05:59.Well, I have a son and a daughter-in-law who are working
:06:00. > :06:02.We don't know what is happening yet, so just wait and see.
:06:03. > :06:08.It'll be like a ghost town if that shuts.
:06:09. > :06:10.There are a lot of people who still work down there,
:06:11. > :06:13.still four or 5000 down there but personally I think
:06:14. > :06:18.And of course, today's announcement doesn't just
:06:19. > :06:22.It will also have a knock-on effect on
:06:23. > :06:25.many local businesses, some of which are on this industrial
:06:26. > :06:29.From supplying vehicles and tools to filling empty stomachs
:06:30. > :06:32.at lunchtime, almost everyone has a connection.
:06:33. > :06:36.This hydraulics company believes such a significant number of cuts
:06:37. > :06:39.may well have an impact on them down the line.
:06:40. > :06:47.We supply the majority of contractors in there
:06:48. > :06:50.with the hydraulic head of the cases and fittings, workwear.
:06:51. > :06:53.And we are starting to see effects already, so we will wait and see
:06:54. > :06:55.what happens now in the next few months.
:06:56. > :06:57.Many have described it as the lifeblood of this community.
:06:58. > :07:02.of different families and a variety of local
:07:03. > :07:06.Looking ahead, it is hoped that those most affected will get
:07:07. > :07:12.the support they need at a very difficult time.
:07:13. > :07:15.Some of the day's other news now and BT is creating 100
:07:16. > :07:19.It's part of a move to take on one thousand new staff across the UK
:07:20. > :07:23.The move comes after the company pledged that it will respond to
:07:24. > :07:30.80% of its customers' calls at UK offices this year.
:07:31. > :07:33.A man will go on trial charged with the manslaughter of a rugby
:07:34. > :07:38.Daniel Jason Shepherd from Skewen, in Neath Port Talbot
:07:39. > :07:40.pleaded not guilty to the manslaughter of Swansea RFC
:07:41. > :07:44.player Jonathon Robert Thomas who died following an incident
:07:45. > :07:53.Mr Shepherd was bailed to appear for trial in May.
:07:54. > :07:56.An outbreak of a sickness bug has led to the rescheduling of some
:07:57. > :07:57.planned surgery at Wrexham Maelor Hospital.
:07:58. > :08:00.There are five confirmed cases of norovirus
:08:01. > :08:02.after several people were admitted with diarrhoea and vomiting
:08:03. > :08:06.One ward is affected, and admissions to three others
:08:07. > :08:08.have been suspended, to reduce the risk of
:08:09. > :08:14.Two reservoirs in Cardiff that have been the subject
:08:15. > :08:17.of a planning row for more than 15 years
:08:18. > :08:19.will once again be used to supply the city with water.
:08:20. > :08:23.A previous owner of Llanishen and Lisvane Reservoirs proposed
:08:24. > :08:26.controversial plans to build hundreds of homes on the site,
:08:27. > :08:31.Campaigners are now celebrating, after Welsh Water
:08:32. > :08:39.We've fought for 15 years to try and stop the developments and get
:08:40. > :08:44.We had three public enquiries and any number of High Court
:08:45. > :08:52.actions, so it has taken a lot of commitment from a lot of people.
:08:53. > :08:56.Football and with new head coach Francesco Guidolin
:08:57. > :08:59.watching from the stands, Swansea City climbed out
:09:00. > :09:01.of the Premier League relegation zone with a win
:09:02. > :09:04.The Italian will work alongside interim manager
:09:05. > :09:06.Alan Curtis but will have the final say on team selection.
:09:07. > :09:24.Ahead of kick off, and a dramatic entrance for the match helped by the
:09:25. > :09:28.Royal Marines. Swansea have been in freefall for recent months, winning
:09:29. > :09:32.just once will stop the arrival of the new head coach at the liberty
:09:33. > :09:37.stadium was more low-key. Francesco Guidolin, in grey, has managed in
:09:38. > :09:42.his home country of Italy and France. He watched from the
:09:43. > :09:46.director's box while for the final time this season, Alan Curtis took
:09:47. > :09:51.sole charge of the team. In the Italian will have final say over who
:09:52. > :10:01.blaze. He watched as the captain put his side ahead. This goal helped
:10:02. > :10:06.lift spirits. It was a nervy second half for the Swans after Neil Taylor
:10:07. > :10:14.failed to clear the ball properly, Watford game first. It was all too
:10:15. > :10:19.much for the new head coach. The pressure could have been eased late
:10:20. > :10:23.on, but the ball hit the post. At full-time, it was a result to savour
:10:24. > :10:27.for Alan Curtis. He will now hand over the reins to the new man
:10:28. > :10:31.Francesco Guidolin. I knew he was coming in and I knew he would be
:10:32. > :10:36.watching the game and I think that also may have acted as a spur to the
:10:37. > :10:40.players as well. There is nothing more of an incentive than a manager
:10:41. > :10:43.looking down at you. The players were fantastic. Not just in the way
:10:44. > :10:47.that the play but also the spirit they shall as well the game was not
:10:48. > :10:50.thrilling, but a first win since Boxing Day means that the Swans are
:10:51. > :10:51.out of the Premier League relegation zone.
:10:52. > :10:54.Newport County have been knocked-out of the FA Cup at the 3rd round stage
:10:55. > :10:56.after losing to Championship side Blackburn tonight.
:10:57. > :10:58.After falling behind, Mark Byrne equalised for the Welsh
:10:59. > :11:02.But Blackburn, who played most of the game with 10 men,
:11:03. > :11:04.after having a man sent-off, won the cup tie,
:11:05. > :11:14.The games we've got coming up, I didn't really want to play them,
:11:15. > :11:20.Because we have so many hard games and the league is my priority.
:11:21. > :11:23.Yes, it would have been fantastic to get through but at the end
:11:24. > :11:26.of the day, I said to the players, I am not too disappointed,
:11:27. > :11:29.If they play like that, there will be no problems.
:11:30. > :11:35.Let's see what the weather has in store.
:11:36. > :11:42.Well, we still have cold air with us but there is more chance of seeing
:11:43. > :11:45.the sunshine tomorrow, but it will be a cold and frosty start to the
:11:46. > :11:50.morning. We still have some coastal showers tonight along parts of the
:11:51. > :11:55.West, but the bulk of the country is dry. We could see some ice as well.
:11:56. > :12:00.We have a yellow Peter Weir warning in force. You will need to take care
:12:01. > :12:03.especially on untreated surfaces. Tomorrow, we see lighter winds and
:12:04. > :12:07.more in the way of sunshine and fewer showers compared with today as
:12:08. > :12:12.well. First thing tomorrow, it will be cold and frosty. You will need to
:12:13. > :12:15.take care if you're heading out on those untreated surfaces but there
:12:16. > :12:19.is more chance of seeing some sunshine. It is feeling bitterly
:12:20. > :12:23.cold in spite of the sunshine. For the rest of the British Isles, we
:12:24. > :12:27.have a lot of dry weather to look forward to. Showers for Northern
:12:28. > :12:30.Ireland and northern parts of Scotland. Cloud in the Midlands
:12:31. > :12:36.which could seep into North West Wales and parts of the South. The
:12:37. > :12:41.bulk of the country seeing something brighter than today. Winds are like
:12:42. > :12:45.but it will feel bitterly cold. Three Celsius to six of years. Then
:12:46. > :12:49.we going to a berry cold night and to meet the clear skies and light
:12:50. > :12:52.winds will see widespread frost forming into the early hours of
:12:53. > :12:56.Wednesday morning. Temperatures getting down to minus three Celsius.
:12:57. > :13:03.Minus four Celsius in the countryside. High pressure as the
:13:04. > :13:08.controlling our weather on Wednesday. It is another sunny day.
:13:09. > :13:11.Still feeling chilly. Those temperatures between two Celsius to
:13:12. > :13:16.five Celsius. The winds pick up as well and then Thursday will see more
:13:17. > :13:19.cloud with a front coming in. Some showers possible but temperatures
:13:20. > :13:24.That's Wales Today. time we get to the end of the week.
:13:25. > :13:33.From all of us on the programme, good night.