:00:00. > :00:12.Thank you. That's all from the BBC's News at Six. Goodbye from me.
:00:13. > :00:13.Welcome to Wales Today. Our top stories:
:00:14. > :00:16.Every hospital emergency department is "on the edge" and too many
:00:17. > :00:19.The warning from the head of the Royal College
:00:20. > :00:24.Every emergency department is on the edge.
:00:25. > :00:26.We are ever so close to any patient becoming really poorly
:00:27. > :00:29.within our department and that could have a knock on effect
:00:30. > :00:33.We're in Port Talbot tonight as steelworkers gather to discuss
:00:34. > :00:42.where next for the industry in Wales.
:00:43. > :00:45.The letter to David Bowie written by a Cardiff doctor who thanked him
:00:46. > :00:50.for helping him talk to people about death.
:00:51. > :00:55.And 37 players are named in the Six Nations squad.
:00:56. > :01:01.Scarlets scrum-half Aled Davies the only uncapped player.
:01:02. > :01:21.Every hospital emergency department in Wales is "on the edge" and too
:01:22. > :01:25.many patients spend too long, some more than 24 hours, in A
:01:26. > :01:28.That's the warning from the head of the Royal College
:01:29. > :01:32.of Emergency Medicine here who says staff shortages and excessive
:01:33. > :01:35.workloads could put patients at risk.
:01:36. > :01:38.But the Welsh Government insists the problems here aren't unique
:01:39. > :01:44.Latest statistics show some improvement in A waiting times
:01:45. > :01:54.Our health correspondent Owain Clarke reports.
:01:55. > :02:00.It is first thing in the morning but the emergency department here at the
:02:01. > :02:04.University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff is already full. Inside,
:02:05. > :02:09.that is one empty bed. It is kept free in case of a life-threatening
:02:10. > :02:13.emergency. Last week we saw a lot of ice and patients came in with falls
:02:14. > :02:17.and fractures. It is a difficult time for the elderly who do tend to
:02:18. > :02:21.get more infections at this time of year. The Department on the
:02:22. > :02:24.hospitals are more busy Vostok to ease the logjam, staff from around
:02:25. > :02:34.the hospital have come to discuss how many beds can be freed up. Even
:02:35. > :02:38.in a hospital of this size if they can find to stay handful of bed this
:02:39. > :02:44.morning it can mean the difference between chaos and calm in A They
:02:45. > :02:48.say the effort is led to fewer ambulances queueing outside.
:02:49. > :02:51.According to one of Wales is the big emergency doctors who works on the
:02:52. > :02:55.other side of the country Wrexham, he shortage of hospital beds and
:02:56. > :03:00.emergency doctors means to many patients in Wales spent too long in
:03:01. > :03:03.emergency units. None of the emergency department in Wales has
:03:04. > :03:10.the required number of consultants that we think is a minimum from the
:03:11. > :03:16.Royal College. In Wrexham, we are for consultants short. We had six
:03:17. > :03:21.compared to the minimum number of ten. Every emergency department is
:03:22. > :03:23.on the edge. We are ever so close to any patients becoming really put
:03:24. > :03:28.elite within our department and that could have a knock-on effect in
:03:29. > :03:32.having disastrous outcomes. It is a concern that hasn't gone unnoticed
:03:33. > :03:36.in Cardiff Bay. Whether Minister make a statement on claims by the
:03:37. > :03:39.head of the royal college of emergency medicine in Wales that no
:03:40. > :03:46.casual 2-mac department in Wales has had enough consultants to meet the
:03:47. > :03:53.minimum staffing levels. There is a UK wide shortage. The First Minister
:03:54. > :03:58.explained earlier this afternoon, the number of A consultants in
:03:59. > :04:01.Wales has increased by more than 50% over the most recent five-year
:04:02. > :04:05.period and increased in everyone of those five years.
:04:06. > :04:08.The latest figures showed the proportion of patients who had to
:04:09. > :04:13.wait more than 12 hours in urgent care unit has gone down since last
:04:14. > :04:18.winter. Despite the milder weather there was no improvement on the four
:04:19. > :04:22.hour target. Arguably, the pressures are being felt mostly at Morriston
:04:23. > :04:25.Hospital in Swansea with just 58% of patients spending less than four
:04:26. > :04:32.hours in this department. Much worse than last December. The minor
:04:33. > :04:36.injuries unit in Singleton and Neath Port Talbot and the A service they
:04:37. > :04:41.have in London they take the less serious cases surveys don't come
:04:42. > :04:46.here. When you look at our patience here, a higher percentage of them
:04:47. > :04:51.are complicated patients. A typical emergency department might be 70%
:04:52. > :04:55.minor injuries, 30% major and we are almost the other way. The health
:04:56. > :05:09.board said it is taking steps to ease as of 2-mac logjams. -- A
:05:10. > :05:18.logjams. We've measured the length of stay in the over 80s as Singleton
:05:19. > :05:25.and it has dropped from 20 days to seven days. That is fantastic news.
:05:26. > :05:30.Any better becomes available will be filled straightaway. What is clear
:05:31. > :05:33.is that the pressure is on here and in emergency units across the
:05:34. > :05:35.country. With the temperatures dropping, it could get worse.
:05:36. > :05:38.Owain, winter's been much milder than last year's yet the performance
:05:39. > :05:56.Milder may but it is quite chilly here tonight. Temperatures dipping
:05:57. > :06:00.below freezing. Generally, you are right, it has been milder than
:06:01. > :06:07.previous years. That usually fewer accidents. When the frosted arrive
:06:08. > :06:12.just last Friday 461 patients came through the doors, that is about 100
:06:13. > :06:19.more than usual. When the lizard called snap that does have an
:06:20. > :06:25.effect. -- when there is a cold snap up through has been prevalent. The
:06:26. > :06:33.type of flu has been different. It has been affecting younger people.
:06:34. > :06:37.Demand has begun to surge since the New Year, the last government says
:06:38. > :06:43.Winter plans are coping, are bearing up. When we talk about pressures on
:06:44. > :06:47.A, we talk about the people arriving, how long they wait. But
:06:48. > :06:52.equally important is how quickly the health service can get people out of
:06:53. > :06:58.the hospitals and free up beds. For that to work you need care in
:06:59. > :07:06.hospital to work with care outside hospital. If they can crack the nut,
:07:07. > :07:07.until that happened A's will always be busy.
:07:08. > :07:10.A woman found dead in Usk last week died from
:07:11. > :07:12."ligature pressure to the neck", an inquest has heard.
:07:13. > :07:14.The body of Georgina Symonds was found in a workshop
:07:15. > :07:18.Local property developer Peter Morgan is charged
:07:19. > :07:23.with her murder and has been remanded in custody.
:07:24. > :07:25.Norovirus has been confirmed on three wards at
:07:26. > :07:28.Detectives have renewed appeals over the mysterious death of a Welsh
:07:29. > :07:32.15-year-old Peter Watts left his home in Colwyn Bay
:07:33. > :07:36.in January 1976, after leaving a note for his parents saying
:07:37. > :07:39.he was going to help a friend with homework.
:07:40. > :07:43.He was found in Euston Road in London the following morning
:07:44. > :07:53.A mass meeting of steel workers is taking place in Port Talbot
:07:54. > :07:56.tonight following yesterday's announcement of 1,000 job losses
:07:57. > :08:00.at Tata Steel across the UK, the majority of them in South Wales.
:08:01. > :08:07.Our business correspondent Brian Meechan is there.
:08:08. > :08:15.What is happening there? You can see behind me the very clear
:08:16. > :08:19.message from the community Steelworkers union must save our
:08:20. > :08:25.steel. What they have done is bring together people from across these
:08:26. > :08:30.sites, particularly in Port Talbot, the shop stewards, to talk about
:08:31. > :08:35.what happens next ultimately we the trade union leadership. I am here
:08:36. > :08:41.with Martin Waters, one of the trade unions involved. What was the mood
:08:42. > :08:47.like? It is very emotional, to be honest. As you can understand people
:08:48. > :08:54.have mortgages and they don't know where these jobs are going from. It
:08:55. > :09:02.is emotional moment. Some of the questions you will be asked is what
:09:03. > :09:07.can actually be done? Yes. Members have broken all records and we
:09:08. > :09:15.can't... What else can we do? This is out of our hands and it is the
:09:16. > :09:18.dumping of the Chinese steel. Other than that, we're breaking all
:09:19. > :09:23.records of the plant and we can't see how we can improve much more.
:09:24. > :09:30.You frustrated with the politicians or the company or weight you see the
:09:31. > :09:34.blame lie in? To be fair to Tata they have come in and built a new
:09:35. > :09:40.furnace and everything. They back the workforce here. We see that it
:09:41. > :09:52.is the politicians. It is taking a long time to.
:09:53. > :09:56.Thank you. There will be more discussion on that, what has been
:09:57. > :09:59.called the level playing field people want to see here when it
:10:00. > :10:03.looks as China and the rest of Europe.
:10:04. > :10:05.The Welsh Government will ask the Chancellor George Osborne
:10:06. > :10:09.to give Port Talbot enterprise zone status so that tax breaks can be
:10:10. > :10:13.It comes as the fallout continues over the loss of 750
:10:14. > :10:17.There were further clashes in the House of Commons over
:10:18. > :10:19.the level of protection given to the industry and more details
:10:20. > :10:23.Here's our political editor, Nick Servini.
:10:24. > :10:26.The morning after one of the bleakest days for Port Talbot
:10:27. > :10:29.Nothing can change yesterday's events.
:10:30. > :10:33.What has been occupying minds today is the action
:10:34. > :10:35.needed to prevent it happening again.
:10:36. > :10:38.In the meantime, the accusations at Westminster continued
:10:39. > :10:44.to fly as the UK Government insisted it had done all it could.
:10:45. > :10:45.Can he at least appreciate how angry families
:10:46. > :10:48.of steelworkers in South Wales are this morning knowing that
:10:49. > :10:52.when the bankers bonuses were threatened he
:10:53. > :10:55.immediately shot across to Brussels with an army of lawyers
:10:56. > :11:01.He will jump into a helicopter for a Tory fundraiser but it has
:11:02. > :11:07.taken him four months to lift a finger to save steelworkers jobs.
:11:08. > :11:09.We want to successful financial services industry
:11:10. > :11:14.because hundreds of thousands of people
:11:15. > :11:19.But we also want a successful manufacturing and steel industry.
:11:20. > :11:22.There was an altogether gentler tone at the Assembly as ministers
:11:23. > :11:25.confirmed that they had asked the Chancellor to make
:11:26. > :11:31.They also gave more details of the task force
:11:32. > :11:34.meeting in Cardiff tomorrow, along the lines of one setup
:11:35. > :11:36.after major losses were announced at the
:11:37. > :11:41.Murco oil refinery in Pembrokeshire in 2014.
:11:42. > :11:44.Nevertheless, at the Assembly, as in the Commons, there
:11:45. > :11:47.were still questions for the government about why more
:11:48. > :11:53.First Minister, problems in the steel industry have been
:11:54. > :11:59.Redcar and Scunthorpe were perhaps warning signals
:12:00. > :12:03.to us that our steelworkers would be next.
:12:04. > :12:06.Why did the minister wait until the job losses had been
:12:07. > :12:08.announced before writing to the Chancellor of the Exchequer
:12:09. > :12:12.to pursue the issue of an enterprise zone?
:12:13. > :12:16.I have to say to you we were not aware of what the scale
:12:17. > :12:18.of the announcement would be until the end
:12:19. > :12:21.of last week when we had a conversation with Tata.
:12:22. > :12:24.She is right to say we knew there were
:12:25. > :12:27.challenges for the steel industry but in terms of the scale of the job
:12:28. > :12:30.losses, we weren't aware of that until the end of last week.
:12:31. > :12:33.The job losses have thrown the problems of the steel industry
:12:34. > :12:38.Now, what the political parties will all agree on are the measures
:12:39. > :12:41.needed to soften the blow particularly for the younger workers
:12:42. > :12:47.What will be far more divisive is to try and create the conditions
:12:48. > :12:50.for the long-term survival of the industry in Wales.
:12:51. > :12:54.The question will be, can they set aside their
:12:55. > :12:57.differences for the good of the industry?
:12:58. > :13:00.At the heart of this will be how to deal with the cheap
:13:01. > :13:05.Chinese steel which is flooding the market and pushing prices down.
:13:06. > :13:07.It is difficult to determine whether it is legitimate prices
:13:08. > :13:14.I agree with you that it could be done faster but actually a lot
:13:15. > :13:17.of it, from the UK perspective, is because our own government is not
:13:18. > :13:19.being fastidious in applying and pursuing these things as fast
:13:20. > :13:23.There are other countries in Europe doing it much
:13:24. > :13:27.It was described today as part of Wales's heritage,
:13:28. > :13:30.all efforts will now be made for the Port Talbot steelworks
:13:31. > :13:35.to become part of Wales's future as well.
:13:36. > :13:40.Let's talk to our economics correspondent, Sara Dickins.
:13:41. > :13:47.Let's pick up on what we keep on hearing about this unfair playing
:13:48. > :13:53.field that Steelworkers face in trying to save their industry. There
:13:54. > :13:56.are three areas where they feel the unions and the management feel, they
:13:57. > :14:01.are not on a level playing field. They started business rates. This is
:14:02. > :14:07.straight in the UK at ten times what steel producers in Europe stand to
:14:08. > :14:10.get. Why is that? When we value a property in the UK for industrial
:14:11. > :14:16.purposes we look at them as Sheena the as well, the value of that. Tata
:14:17. > :14:21.plays ?26 million a year for business rates for Llanwern and Port
:14:22. > :14:26.Talbot. If the machine element is taken as that would save them 8
:14:27. > :14:33.million. Electricity prices. We are paying twice as much as in Europe.
:14:34. > :14:40.That is because a large proportion of the weight of the carbon
:14:41. > :14:43.emissions policy, have been paid by the big energy users. They want that
:14:44. > :14:46.changed. There has been some action but the many is not in the bank.
:14:47. > :14:51.Finally, didn't feel the governments are doing enough to help them win
:14:52. > :14:53.projects, big projects like the steel for Hinkley point. Thank you
:14:54. > :14:54.very much. Much more to come
:14:55. > :14:56.before seven o'clock. 37 players are named
:14:57. > :14:59.in the Six Nations squad. Scarlets scrum-half Aled Davies
:15:00. > :15:04.the only uncapped player. And there is change on the way
:15:05. > :15:08.but tonight will be the coldest night of the winter
:15:09. > :15:17.so far for some of us. A doctor specialising in end-of-life
:15:18. > :15:20.care has written a letter to David Bowie thanking him
:15:21. > :15:23.for helping him talk Dr Mark Taubert, who's a palliative
:15:24. > :15:28.care consultant at Velindre Hospital in Cardiff, says it prompted
:15:29. > :15:32.a "weighty" discussion His letter, published
:15:33. > :15:37.on the British Medical Journal's website was then re-Tweeted
:15:38. > :15:41.by Bowie's son, Duncan Jones. David Bowie's shock death last week
:15:42. > :16:00.from cancer coincided with the release of his last album,
:16:01. > :16:04.Black Star, currently number one in the charts on both
:16:05. > :16:08.sides of the Atlantic. Recorded knowing his demise
:16:09. > :16:11.was imminent, the themes of death, dying and looking back on one's life
:16:12. > :16:15.loom large in his last While we shouldn't limit
:16:16. > :16:19.ourselves to those people For palliative specialists,
:16:20. > :16:26.Dr Mark Taubert, a lifelong Bowie fan, his death enabled
:16:27. > :16:27.him to spark up conversations about the topic
:16:28. > :16:30.with his students, and more It flowed into some
:16:31. > :16:35.of the conversations I had In fact I think I've discussed it
:16:36. > :16:39.with about seven or eight patients It has a very strong
:16:40. > :16:53.link and I felt it I felt moved to write
:16:54. > :16:58.a letter or a blog to him Thank you for allowing people
:16:59. > :17:05.to speak more easily about dying. At the beginning of this week I had
:17:06. > :17:09.a discussion with a hospital patient We discussed your
:17:10. > :17:12.death and your music and it got us talking about numerous
:17:13. > :17:15.weighty subjects that are not always straightforward to discuss with
:17:16. > :17:18.someone facing their own demise. The blog written on the site
:17:19. > :17:21.of the British Medical Journal It was even re-tweeted
:17:22. > :17:25.by David Bowie's family. It went on Twitter and then
:17:26. > :17:28.Marie Curie re-tweeted it and it David Bowie's son, Duncan,
:17:29. > :17:34.must have seen it and For one of Mark's patients,
:17:35. > :17:42.discussing David Bowie's life, death and music helped to
:17:43. > :17:45.have a very difficult conversation. We got talking about
:17:46. > :17:48.what our favourite songs were and what we
:17:49. > :17:51.associated them with. She talked about some
:17:52. > :17:55.of his life and then she talked about her own life and her own death
:17:56. > :18:00.and how she envisaged it. David Bowie in the way
:18:01. > :18:03.became our conduit for that. Many people who I talk to as part
:18:04. > :18:17.of my job think death predominately happens in hospitals,
:18:18. > :18:19.in very clinical settings. A lot of people would wish
:18:20. > :18:22.they could be at home and it is often
:18:23. > :18:25.about who is with you as well. If this can get
:18:26. > :18:26.the conversation about good death and dying further forward
:18:27. > :18:31.than it has in the past, this has been taboo subject
:18:32. > :18:35.in the past, if it can do that then I have achieved a small
:18:36. > :18:41.bit of something. Fire crews in North Wales
:18:42. > :18:43.will be working alongside the Welsh Ambulance Service to offer
:18:44. > :18:46.emergency medical assistance The pilot scheme sees firefighters
:18:47. > :18:52.trained in resuscitation techniques being sent to provide help in areas
:18:53. > :18:55.where they are likely to arrive The Fire Service says this builds
:18:56. > :19:01.on work it already does. We certainly deal with making
:19:02. > :19:05.sure that we get medical intervention and support in place
:19:06. > :19:08.as soon as possible at fires It is going to be slightly different
:19:09. > :19:15.for our crews who are actually responding because they are
:19:16. > :19:18.responding, instead of as a crew of five, it will be a crew of two
:19:19. > :19:21.and they're not turning up So it's new for us but it's
:19:22. > :19:25.an extension of our skills A big day for rugby fans.
:19:26. > :19:31.Here's Tomos with tonight's sport. With the start of the Six Nations
:19:32. > :19:34.just a fortnight and a half away, the Wales coach Warren Gatland has
:19:35. > :19:38.named 37 players in his squad. Cardiff Blues wing, Tom James,
:19:39. > :19:41.has been re-called six years Aled Davies from the Scarlets
:19:42. > :19:46.is the only uncapped Wales start their campaign
:19:47. > :19:49.against last year's winners, The coaching team back
:19:50. > :19:58.to announce a 37 man squad, slightly larger than usual due
:19:59. > :20:01.to a number of injured But the likes of captain
:20:02. > :20:05.Sam Warburton and Scarlets full-back, Liam Williams,
:20:06. > :20:08.are on their way back to fitness as another Six Nations
:20:09. > :20:12.campaign gets underway. I think we're in a good
:20:13. > :20:14.place at the moment. We've got some players who have
:20:15. > :20:17.come back from injury, we've still got one
:20:18. > :20:19.or two players that have picked up injuries
:20:20. > :20:21.during the World Cup but I think 31 of that squad were
:20:22. > :20:24.involved in the World Cup As well as the comfort
:20:25. > :20:28.of consistency It has been six years
:20:29. > :20:34.since the Blues wing I've been pretty impressed with Tom
:20:35. > :20:41.over the Christmas period. It was disappointing to lose him
:20:42. > :20:44.in the Rugby World Cup. He was selected for our
:20:45. > :20:46.regional squad and I think he adds a bit
:20:47. > :20:50.of an by factor and I think in particular, against the Scarlets,
:20:51. > :20:53.he created opportunities Among the forwards,
:20:54. > :20:59.Josh Turnbull makes a return Lock, Alun Wyn Jones,
:21:00. > :21:05.after re-signing his national dual contract with Ospreys,
:21:06. > :21:07.features in a powerful contingent of forwards with four
:21:08. > :21:10.British Lions in the back row. Along with the older heads,
:21:11. > :21:14.Gatland has chosen one Aled Davies picked in light
:21:15. > :21:20.of the injured Rhys Webb It is going to be
:21:21. > :21:25.a pretty steep learning curve for him in the first few weeks
:21:26. > :21:29.in terms of getting up to speed with what we are doing and learning
:21:30. > :21:31.structures and patterns. He's been close to the squad
:21:32. > :21:34.in the past and it is a great Also in the backs, Rhys Priestland
:21:35. > :21:40.is included despite the initial announcement that he was to step
:21:41. > :21:42.back from international rugby. Jonathan Davies and Hallam Amos make
:21:43. > :21:47.a welcome return from injury. On a beautiful day here
:21:48. > :21:50.at the Vale Hotel, the Six Nations They will be hoping for a swift
:21:51. > :21:58.return to key injured players as they aim for a perfect
:21:59. > :22:01.start of the 2016 campaign with a win against the holders,
:22:02. > :22:04.Ireland in Dublin on the 7th of Let's talk to a man who knows
:22:05. > :22:16.all about winning Grand Slams Very good evening to you. Some
:22:17. > :22:21.players picked on form but this was all about continuity for Warren
:22:22. > :22:24.Gatland. It is a settled team it is tried and tested. If you look at the
:22:25. > :22:30.team, the squad, it is a very young squad. Most of them and in their
:22:31. > :22:34.20s. Edward Jenkins and Paul James will add to the average age
:22:35. > :22:41.increase! It is a squad they know what they will get out of. How about
:22:42. > :22:45.Aled Davies. What will he expect when he joins with the Wales squad?
:22:46. > :22:48.He is going to be on the laundry committee because everybody gets a
:22:49. > :22:54.job in the Wales squad and the laundry has two either worst! You
:22:55. > :22:58.have to get it washed. He will expect an intensity he is not used
:22:59. > :23:03.to. Playing with and training with the best players in Wales. He'll
:23:04. > :23:06.also expect everything done for him. It is an unbelievable setup, very
:23:07. > :23:11.professional and he will not train as hard as he will be the Welsh
:23:12. > :23:17.team. What about the tournament? How do you rate Wales's chancers? Good.
:23:18. > :23:20.Wales and Ireland will go in as favourites. Rightly so. They have
:23:21. > :23:25.got the confidence and the settled squad is. They are teams you know
:23:26. > :23:30.what you will get out of stop you have to be careful of France and
:23:31. > :23:33.England, dark horses with new philosophies, new coaches, new
:23:34. > :23:39.players. Wales are in a very good position. We will talk again over
:23:40. > :23:40.the next few weeks. More from Tom on Radio Wales spores from seven
:23:41. > :23:41.tonight. Wales have confirmed two friendlies
:23:42. > :23:45.for March both against sides that They'll play Northern Ireland
:23:46. > :23:48.at the Cardiff City Stadium on Thursday March the 24th,
:23:49. > :23:51.before then travelling to Kiev Swansea City's new head coach,
:23:52. > :24:01.Francesco Guidolin, has met with staff at the club
:24:02. > :24:04.after watching his new side beat Guidolin was watching
:24:05. > :24:09.from the stands but he'll be in the dugout for the game
:24:10. > :24:12.against Everton on Sunday. Ashley Williams go the only goal
:24:13. > :24:14.of the game. There were a few nervy moments
:24:15. > :24:18.and the Italian was certainly The Road Cycling season
:24:19. > :24:25.got underway overnight with the Tour Down
:24:26. > :24:27.Under in Adelaide. Welsh cyclists, Geraint Thomas
:24:28. > :24:29.and Luke Rowe finished the day safely after leading out
:24:30. > :24:33.Team Sky sprinter Ben Swift. The first stage was won
:24:34. > :24:38.by Australian, Caleb Ewan. Temperatures in the
:24:39. > :24:39.upper 20s Down Under. No chance of that here,
:24:40. > :24:46.Derek has our weather forecast. Turning milder with some rain
:24:47. > :24:52.but at the moment the weather is quiet and settled
:24:53. > :24:54.thanks to high pressure. South Wales enjoyed the best
:24:55. > :24:57.of the blue sky and sunshine today. This picture taken by
:24:58. > :25:00.Jacky Williams on Garth Mountain. The sky is clear with
:25:01. > :25:06.a widespread frost. Cloud in the north
:25:07. > :25:08.will tend to clear. A few mist and freezing fog
:25:09. > :25:12.patches forming as well, And for some of us tonight
:25:13. > :25:16.will be the coldest night Temperatures in parts of Powys
:25:17. > :25:20.and Monmouthshire dropping as low So here's the picture
:25:21. > :25:28.for eight in the morning. A few mist and freezing fog patches
:25:29. > :25:37.as well so watch out for those Otherwise a fine, clear
:25:38. > :25:41.and crisp start to the day. Most of the freezing fog will lift
:25:42. > :25:50.but one or two spots may stay Temperatures in the Heads
:25:51. > :25:55.of the Valleys only rising to one Slightly less cold on the coast
:25:56. > :26:00.with a light to moderate breeze. Tomorrow night dry with
:26:01. > :26:06.another widespread frost. Overnight cloud will increase
:26:07. > :26:10.with a little rain in the west later Temperatures falling as low
:26:11. > :26:15.as minus three but above freezing On Thursday the coldest air
:26:16. > :26:30.will be over the North Sea. This milder air over
:26:31. > :26:35.Ireland is heading our way. Followed by dry and brighter
:26:36. > :26:44.weather in the afternoon. Into the weekend, Saturday
:26:45. > :26:50.the best day. So the cold spell coming to an end
:26:51. > :26:56.later this week but most of Wales frosty tonight with a few freezing
:26:57. > :27:09.fog patches and sunshine tomorrow. It is coming up to seven o'clock,
:27:10. > :27:12.the headlines. Leading doctor has told this programme that all
:27:13. > :27:16.hospital emergency departments in Wales are on the edge because of
:27:17. > :27:21.staffing problems and too many patients spending too long in A
:27:22. > :27:25.The Welsh Government says plans to cope with winter pressures are
:27:26. > :27:28.working. Tonight at the headlines, a meeting of Steelworkers is taking
:27:29. > :27:32.place now import Alberts following yesterday's announcement of a
:27:33. > :27:39.thousand job losses across the UK. It asks for swim meet for the first
:27:40. > :27:40.time tomorrow and we will have the latest in tomorrow's programme. -- a
:27:41. > :27:40.task force. That's Wales Today, thank
:27:41. > :27:42.you for watching. From all of us on the
:27:43. > :27:44.programme, good evening.