:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to Wales Today - our top stories
:00:07. > :00:09.More than 750 steelworkers face losing their jobs here -
:00:10. > :00:12.the group set-up to tackle the fallout meets for
:00:13. > :00:25.A defiant message from the task force tonight. They fight for
:00:26. > :00:35.survival in Wales. 11-year-old Bailey died
:00:36. > :00:42.after being wrongly attached to a zip wire ride -
:00:43. > :00:45.tonight the firm admits failings Despite more people being
:00:46. > :00:56.diagnosed with cancer - survival rates are
:00:57. > :00:58.at an all-time high Conservative MPs meet the chancellor
:00:59. > :01:06.- unhappy at his plans to give In a world exclusive -
:01:07. > :01:12.the name of possibly the oldest Jurassic dinosaur will be
:01:13. > :01:16.revealed on this programme More frost tonight
:01:17. > :01:25.but a big change on the way! There was a defiant message
:01:26. > :01:32.tonight from the task force set up to help workers affected
:01:33. > :01:35.by the Tata Steel jobs cuts Members said - they wouldn't
:01:36. > :01:44.roll over or wave the white flag in the face of the crisis
:01:45. > :01:47.facing the industry. The boss of the Port Talbot plant -
:01:48. > :01:49.where 750 people face losing their jobs - said -
:01:50. > :01:52.the works was in a fight Here's our political
:01:53. > :01:59.editor Nick Servini. 48 hours after the biggest blow to
:02:00. > :02:05.the Welsh steel industry in recent years and the fallout continues.
:02:06. > :02:10.Today union leaders became unusual bedfellows with their bosses at Tata
:02:11. > :02:15.Steel and joined business and council leaders to discuss the loss
:02:16. > :02:20.of jobs in Port Talbot. After the talks at the assembly, the economy
:02:21. > :02:24.Minister Edwina Hart said there was everything still to fight for and
:02:25. > :02:32.was asked whether she was preparing for further losses? Good god. No.
:02:33. > :02:37.The task force is focusing on the job losses that are likely to come
:02:38. > :02:43.and how we help the industry be sustainable in Wales. The task force
:02:44. > :02:48.will continue to meet on a regular basis. The initial focus will be on
:02:49. > :02:55.retraining for the workers losing their jobs. Despite the defiance,
:02:56. > :03:04.the boss at the plant stressed the severity of the situation. For the
:03:05. > :03:13.3500 staff that remain at Newport. In terms of what we have planned and
:03:14. > :03:17.how we can sustain our industry, through our own improvement and the
:03:18. > :03:22.work that we are doing with trade unions and the Welsh government,
:03:23. > :03:27.what we are asking for is a level playing field. One route the task
:03:28. > :03:32.force could go down is creating an urban regeneration company like
:03:33. > :03:37.Newport unlimited but was set up in 2003 when the city was reeling from
:03:38. > :03:44.1000 redundancies at their steelworks. Port Talbot has a lot of
:03:45. > :03:49.opportunities. There are tourist activities. There is a lot of
:03:50. > :03:54.research and development. There is a lot of activity that needs to be
:03:55. > :04:00.nurtured. It is a long-term process. This isn't the first time that I
:04:01. > :04:05.task force has been set up. After huge losses at this oil refinery in
:04:06. > :04:12.Pembrokeshire, it helped 70% of those who lost jobs to find new work
:04:13. > :04:15.within 18 months. We placed 70% of people within jobs locally and
:04:16. > :04:21.further afield. Geographical location of where Tata Steel jobs
:04:22. > :04:26.are now will make that redistribution easier because they
:04:27. > :04:32.are within shooting range of more job opportunities in the future. The
:04:33. > :04:37.problems have been caused by cheap Chinese steel flooding the market.
:04:38. > :04:41.The allegation is that it is produced at a loss by a state owned
:04:42. > :04:50.company and as a result is illegal dumping. Moves are being made to
:04:51. > :04:59.change its status to improve global trade. Isn't this the Westminster
:05:00. > :05:04.government putting the bankers of London before Manufacturing workers
:05:05. > :05:10.in the rest of the UK? I think the honourable gentleman is wrong in
:05:11. > :05:14.content and approach. The two issues are separate. There are market
:05:15. > :05:23.economies that Europe still puts dumping tariffs on. We have done it
:05:24. > :05:25.with Russia and America. We should continue to pursue robust action
:05:26. > :05:31.against China which is what we are doing. There is no end in immediate
:05:32. > :05:37.site for the uncertainty surrounding the industry. Nick, what
:05:38. > :05:43.realistically can the task force achieved? It could be effective in
:05:44. > :05:48.helping people retrain and find new work. I don't suppose it will be of
:05:49. > :05:56.real consolation to steelworkers to hear that. Particularly, because the
:05:57. > :06:01.new work by not be as well-paid as in the steel industry. Plenty of
:06:02. > :06:05.talk from the task force at a spiky news conference. You got a sense of
:06:06. > :06:12.that with the comments from Edwina Hart. It is how this squares with
:06:13. > :06:18.the dark assessment from Tata Steel about being in a fight for survival.
:06:19. > :06:23.The company needs to see a swift turnaround on the issue of Chinese
:06:24. > :06:28.imports. We talk about local issues but this has sparked a huge debate
:06:29. > :06:33.about Britain's trading relationship with China and Europe's trading
:06:34. > :06:37.relationship with China and that is the key that will secure or not the
:06:38. > :06:40.future of Port Talbot and elsewhere. More than 48 hours after hearing
:06:41. > :06:43.that hundreds of jobs will go - an uncertain future lies ahead
:06:44. > :06:45.for many steelworkers. Our reporter Ben Price
:06:46. > :06:58.has been considering life What happens next for steelworkers
:06:59. > :07:03.facing redundancy? Some may take early retirement. Others will be
:07:04. > :07:11.forced to look elsewhere for work. Just down the road from the Tata
:07:12. > :07:16.Steel site, this place offers vocational training. These men are
:07:17. > :07:22.on a sound safety course which will allow them to take up work in noisy
:07:23. > :07:28.industrial environments. With a forklift facility on site, there is
:07:29. > :07:35.the opportunity to create a new skill set. They hope it will help
:07:36. > :07:38.people back into work. We do a lot of work for Tata Steel, their
:07:39. > :07:46.contractors and the actual staff know of others. We are hoping that
:07:47. > :07:50.we are able to help those that are unfortunate and help them along
:07:51. > :07:55.their forward Jenny. After being made redundant from the steel
:07:56. > :08:00.industry Wayne Howard from Cardiff knows about tough decisions that
:08:01. > :08:05.follow losing a job. I was in a state of shock but there is no point
:08:06. > :08:11.feeling sorry for yourself. I thought about it. I thought, I have
:08:12. > :08:16.lost a job but it is not over and I learned about how will she make
:08:17. > :08:24.myself employable. Wayne opted for a change of career. My kids went to a
:08:25. > :08:30.Welsh media school. I said that I would learn Welsh. We always used to
:08:31. > :08:36.talk on my shift amongst the boys, what are you going to do? I said I
:08:37. > :08:41.fancied teaching. It is a new challenge and change of direction.
:08:42. > :08:46.This community has faced similar situations in the past. It knows
:08:47. > :08:50.about the importance of pulling together. Local churches are
:08:51. > :08:59.offering support. I am meeting with the next parish, Mark Williams,
:09:00. > :09:04.whose parish the steelworks is in. We have plans to set up a job club
:09:05. > :09:10.and a debt advice Centre in our own parish. It is an uncertain time for
:09:11. > :09:22.many steelworkers. We don't know who's jobs will go. It is hoped that
:09:23. > :09:26.support mechanisms in place to help those workers.
:09:27. > :09:29.Police say no further action taking any further action
:09:30. > :09:31.against a teacher, who was driving a minibus which hit and killed
:09:32. > :09:33.a pupil at Maesteg Comprehensive School.
:09:34. > :09:35.15-year-old Ashley Talbot died just over a year ago.
:09:36. > :09:37.The bus was being driven by PE teacher Chris Brooks.
:09:38. > :09:43.An investigation into what happened is continuing.
:09:44. > :09:46.Wales has seen the greatest fall in unemployment of all parts
:09:47. > :09:48.of the UK - according to the latest official figures.
:09:49. > :09:51.In the three months to November, the unemployment rate in Wales
:09:52. > :09:58.was 5.5% - that's still higher than the UK average of 5.1%.
:09:59. > :10:01.A Gwynedd adventure park where an 11-year-old boy died
:10:02. > :10:04.in a zipwire accident - has been ordered to pay more
:10:05. > :10:09.than ?100,000 for failing to ensure his safety.
:10:10. > :10:12.Bailey Sumner Lonsdale from Blackpool died in 2011
:10:13. > :10:15.at Greenwood Forest Park near Caernarfon.
:10:16. > :10:17.The court heard how - he fell after being incorrectly
:10:18. > :10:25.This has been a long and difficult journey
:10:26. > :10:27.for Bailey Sumner Lonsdale's family.
:10:28. > :10:30.His grandfather and father were in court today.
:10:31. > :10:38.It's almost five years since the Scottish
:10:39. > :10:47.He was riding the Swamp Fire zip wire which had only been open
:10:48. > :10:52.Bailey fell and hit his head before dying from his injuries.
:10:53. > :10:55.At the inquest into his death in 2013, it emerged that
:10:56. > :10:56.a mountaineering clip, or carabiner, had
:10:57. > :10:59.been passed through a false loop in a supporting rope which had
:11:00. > :11:02.At the time, we asked a specialist to demonstrate.
:11:03. > :11:05.When this rope starts to move around, this strand of rope here can
:11:06. > :11:09.And end up creating an additional loop.
:11:10. > :11:13.That loop, like that, had gone on to the
:11:14. > :11:18.zip wire, I think you can see what is going to happen.
:11:19. > :11:25.Some staff had been aware of the false loop issue
:11:26. > :11:31.But Rangers on the ride hadn't been informed.
:11:32. > :11:34.The managing director of Greenwood Forest Park
:11:35. > :11:40.was Stephen Bristow,
:11:41. > :11:42.seen here on the right of the camera.
:11:43. > :11:44.He voluntarily removed the ride from the site
:11:45. > :11:48.Even though the ride had been passed as safe by inspectors.
:11:49. > :11:50.Mr Bristow said at the time it was a symbol of tragedy.
:11:51. > :11:53.The company admitted failing to ensure the safety of members
:11:54. > :11:57.But the judge, Philip Harris Jenkins said it was a firm that had
:11:58. > :12:00.It does take health and safety seriously.
:12:01. > :12:02.It was fined ?45,000 and ordered to pay ?64,000
:12:03. > :12:04.Much more to come before seven o'clock.
:12:05. > :12:08.possibly the oldest Jurassic dinosaur in the UK -
:12:09. > :12:11.discovered in the Vale of Glamorgan, finally gets a name
:12:12. > :12:13.and Geraint Thomas stormed to victory in Wales' biggest
:12:14. > :12:19.Now the search is on for someone to lead us at the next
:12:20. > :12:25.More people are being diagnosed with cancer in Wales,
:12:26. > :12:29.but survival rates are at an all-time high.
:12:30. > :12:32.That's according to the latest report on the disease -
:12:33. > :12:35.carried out on behalf of the Welsh Government.
:12:36. > :12:40.It offers a picture of the situation across the country -
:12:41. > :12:42.and says late diagnosis and waiting times are both big factors.
:12:43. > :12:52.# I can see clearly now the rain has gone...#
:12:53. > :12:55.It's an uplifting tune but those singing it have been
:12:56. > :13:01.At a church hall in Splott, Cardiff's newest choir
:13:02. > :13:05.made up of cancer patients and their families.
:13:06. > :13:07.Our Cardiff North choir was getting to the point where...
:13:08. > :13:14.So we thought that we could still reach more
:13:15. > :13:23.So, that's where the idea for Cardiff South choir came from.
:13:24. > :13:25.And being a Splott girl, born and bred, we knew
:13:26. > :13:27.there was a need within this area as well.
:13:28. > :13:31.The growth of the charity's choirs reflects a rise in the in the number
:13:32. > :13:34.Between 2013 and 2014 19,000 people were told
:13:35. > :13:41.An increase of over 11%, compared to ten years ago.
:13:42. > :13:43.For the first time, 70% of those diagnosed
:13:44. > :13:52.You can't imagine how you feel when you've been
:13:53. > :14:03.But there are big variations in survival rates between the different
:14:04. > :14:14.It seems, where you live affects your chances too.
:14:15. > :14:17.In the most deprived parts of Wales, like here in Splott,
:14:18. > :14:19.the incidence rate for cancer is 23% higher than in
:14:20. > :14:22.That's 130 extra cases per 100,000 people.
:14:23. > :14:24.There's not been enough done to narrow the gap
:14:25. > :14:30.A large number of lifestyle factors, are very high in poorer areas.
:14:31. > :14:35.Smoking prevalence across Wales is about 20% on average.
:14:36. > :14:39.In some poorer areas, it's as high as 60 or 70%.
:14:40. > :14:41.Other challenges, identified in the report, include
:14:42. > :14:46.While waiting time targets are still being missed.
:14:47. > :14:47.The latest figures out today show there
:14:48. > :14:52.Lung cancer is still a big concern in Wales,
:14:53. > :14:55.causing the most cancer related deaths.
:14:56. > :14:58.The Welsh government say they will make tackling lung cancer
:14:59. > :15:07.With an assembly election in May, cancer is high on the agenda.
:15:08. > :15:09.The parties think this is a vote winner for them.
:15:10. > :15:12.It is affecting largely older people in some areas
:15:13. > :15:14.and they feel this is an area they can get voters
:15:15. > :15:20.Charities say the role of support groups like Splott's new choir
:15:21. > :15:23.will be key as more and more people in Wales face cancer in future,
:15:24. > :15:26.helping patients cope with their experiences
:15:27. > :15:36.57 patients have now been affected by an outbreak of the sickness bug
:15:37. > :15:38.Norovirus at Wrexham Maelor Hospital.
:15:39. > :15:40.Admissions have been suspended at several wards -
:15:41. > :15:44.and two operations were cancelled today.
:15:45. > :15:47.Individual rooms have also been closed on wards
:15:48. > :15:54.at Deeside Community Hospital and Chirk Community Hospital.
:15:55. > :16:00.The culture Minister, Ken Skates, says
:16:01. > :16:02.planned cuts to the Welsh Books Council's grant won't be going ahead
:16:03. > :16:04.following lobbying from authors and Assembly Members.
:16:05. > :16:06.Writers like Phillip Pullman had criticised the proposed reduction
:16:07. > :16:14.Now - your income tax - and who should set how much you pay.
:16:15. > :16:17.The Chancellor, George Osborne, has been meeting Welsh Conservative
:16:18. > :16:20.MPs, including five who are unhappy with his plan to give the Welsh
:16:21. > :16:25.government some control over income tax rates.
:16:26. > :16:27.Live to our parliamentary correspondent, David Cornock,
:16:28. > :16:44.At the moment, the law says that if the Welsh government wanted to vary
:16:45. > :16:49.income tax rates it could only do so after holding a referendum. George
:16:50. > :16:54.Osborne wants to scrap the referendum rule and transfer those
:16:55. > :17:00.powers anyway. He has upset many MPs on his own side here at Westminster
:17:01. > :17:05.who have written to him saying they think it is disrespectful and that
:17:06. > :17:09.it breaks a manifesto commitment. After the meeting today when they
:17:10. > :17:14.reinforced that point, I spoke to some of those at the meeting and it
:17:15. > :17:15.was pretty clear that Welsh Conservatives on this issue are
:17:16. > :17:18.divided down the middle. He listened to us just
:17:19. > :17:21.before Christmas. He is prepared to meet
:17:22. > :17:23.as face-to-face and There is half of us
:17:24. > :17:32.who want tax raising powers I've long thought it
:17:33. > :17:35.was the right thing I'm really pleased it's
:17:36. > :17:58.part of the Wales Bill. He may be listening but he told MPs
:17:59. > :18:03.that he believes it is right that Welsh government raises some of the
:18:04. > :18:07.money that it spends and, therefore, the government looks as if it will
:18:08. > :18:13.press ahead with the legislation that will scrap that rule for a
:18:14. > :18:19.referendum. So there will be disappointment for some of those MPs
:18:20. > :18:24.at the meeting. It does mean that the Conservatives will go into the
:18:25. > :18:29.assembly elections able to promise lower taxes but they will do against
:18:30. > :18:31.a background of divisions with the party here at Westminster. We
:18:32. > :18:36.haven't heard the last of this one. Could you lead Team Wales to success
:18:37. > :18:42.at the Commonwealth Games The search is on for someone
:18:43. > :18:49.to fill the role of Chef de Traditionally the candidate
:18:50. > :18:53.is selected from the world of sport, but the net is being
:18:54. > :18:55.cast wider this time. Brian Davies held the role
:18:56. > :18:57.in Glasgow in 2014 - leading Wales to their
:18:58. > :18:59.biggest ever medal haul. You'll be a hard act to follow -
:19:00. > :19:09.what does the role entail? I don't know about the first part
:19:10. > :19:13.but fundamentally it is an organisational and planning role. I
:19:14. > :19:17.think the board of the Commonwealth Games are also looking for someone
:19:18. > :19:22.with a passion for Welsh sport and someone who wants to deliver new
:19:23. > :19:29.iconic images for youngsters to emulate in the future. It sounds
:19:30. > :19:32.like a glamorous jobs but you had difficult issues to deal with.
:19:33. > :19:37.You had to deal with failed drugs tests and even an athlete
:19:38. > :19:39.being caught in a late-night altercation - it's a challenging
:19:40. > :19:52.When you have such a large number of staff, there is going to be issues.
:19:53. > :19:57.It is not easy but it is about a team approach. You have two surround
:19:58. > :20:04.yourself with good people. Whoever it is going to be asked to think
:20:05. > :20:12.about getting a team of good people. They are casting the net pretty
:20:13. > :20:15.wide. Quite right. To see who has a passion. They have to want to be it
:20:16. > :20:22.and be involved at sport in this level. I think there is plenty of
:20:23. > :20:25.people out there. But the board will make a wise decision, I'm sure.
:20:26. > :20:34.Thank you very much indeed. of dinosaur was discovered
:20:35. > :20:39.on the South Wales coast Tonight - we can reveal its to be
:20:40. > :20:43.officially named in honour it is possibly the oldest
:20:44. > :20:49.Jurassic dinosaur in the world. Caroline Evans has been to meet
:20:50. > :20:52.the brothers and find out exclusively what our Welsh
:20:53. > :21:01.dinosaur is to be called. A trip to the museum doesn't get
:21:02. > :21:02.better than this. Rob and Nick Hannigan are visiting a dinosaur
:21:03. > :21:25.named after them. The name is darco raptor Haniganae. We
:21:26. > :21:30.are very pleased that our name can be maintained for the next 200
:21:31. > :21:38.million years and will keep in history. They have been fossil
:21:39. > :21:44.hunting since they were children. What they found was their dream come
:21:45. > :21:48.true. Another couple of days with high tides washing against the cliff
:21:49. > :21:55.would have washed all the bones and blood and shale of the rock and it
:21:56. > :22:00.would have disintegrated. It was about 70 centimetres tall and two
:22:01. > :22:06.metres long but it is a distant cousin of the Tyrannosaurus rex and
:22:07. > :22:13.it excited the world. It is a unique Welsh dinosaur which is why it is so
:22:14. > :22:18.exciting for Wales and worldwide. It was so unexpected that the brothers
:22:19. > :22:26.told me how at first no one believed them. When we got off the beach and
:22:27. > :22:32.into the car, a guy asked me what you had found? I said, a dinosaur.
:22:33. > :22:37.He said, I don't think so. We knew we had a dinosaur but we had to
:22:38. > :22:43.bring other people along with ours. The importance of the find began to
:22:44. > :22:52.emerge. It is amazingly significant for Wales. It is important for the
:22:53. > :22:58.Welsh nation and it is fantastic to have a specimen here. It has taken
:22:59. > :23:03.two years for the experts to agree the official name. The brothers have
:23:04. > :23:07.continued fossil hunting and today they had a surprise for the museum.
:23:08. > :23:18.They had found another foot from the same dinosaur. These are its toes. A
:23:19. > :23:24.big claw. Meat eating dinosaur. The dinosaur is now on permanent display
:23:25. > :23:29.here. Rob and Nick couldn't be more pleased that draco raptor Haniganae
:23:30. > :23:32.has earned them a place in the history books.
:23:33. > :23:36.There won't be a place in the record books for a Pembrokeshire village
:23:37. > :23:38.which has fallen short of beating the record for the most consecutive
:23:39. > :23:40.days of rain in Britain - after experiencing some
:23:41. > :23:42.perhaps unwanted winter sunshine today.
:23:43. > :23:46.Residents in Eglwyswrw, had endured wet weather for 85 days
:23:47. > :23:52.But as children at the local primary school have been discovering today -
:23:53. > :23:54.no rain has fallen in the last 24 hours.
:23:55. > :23:58.All of which leads us on Derek - who I'm sure will have more rain
:23:59. > :24:03.It's a shame they didn't break the record but a little rain
:24:04. > :24:07.in Eglwyswrw tomorrow with a wet start to Friday.
:24:08. > :24:10.This morning it was minus -7 in Tirabad in Powys.
:24:11. > :24:12.The lowest temperature recorded in Wales so far this winter.
:24:13. > :24:14.And it only reached 2C there this afternoon.
:24:15. > :24:22.This picture taken at Cross Keys Rugby Club
:24:23. > :24:31.Another widespread frost with a few freezing fog patches.
:24:32. > :24:33.Overnight, though cloud will spread with a few spots
:24:34. > :24:36.Temperatures in parts of Powys dropping as low as -5.
:24:37. > :24:41.The south coast and Pembrokeshire above freezing with a breeze.
:24:42. > :24:43.Here's the picture for 8.00 in the morning.
:24:44. > :24:49.Damp in places with a risk of icy patches in the north.
:24:50. > :24:51.Mist and fog patches as well, especially on high ground.
:24:52. > :25:01.So after today's frost and sunshine it's all change tomorrow.
:25:02. > :25:04.Dry for a while but patchy rain will spread from the west
:25:05. > :25:17.The SE wind strong on some western coasts.
:25:18. > :25:20.So tomorrow night no frost but windy with rain and drizzle at times.
:25:21. > :25:22.Some heavy rain arriving later in the night.
:25:23. > :25:23.Temperatures above freezing everywhere with stronger winds.
:25:24. > :25:28.But the heavy rain will clear during the morning.
:25:29. > :25:32.The rest of the day dry and brighter with some sunshine.
:25:33. > :25:41.Temperatures above average but rain will spread from the southwest
:25:42. > :25:56.The headlines again - billions of pounds have been wiped
:25:57. > :25:58.off stocks around the world, because of
:25:59. > :26:06.In London, the FTSE one hundred index is now more than 20%
:26:07. > :26:16.Members of a new task force set up to help workers affected
:26:17. > :26:19.by the TATA steel jobs cuts in South Wales said they wouldn't
:26:20. > :26:22.rollover or wave the white flag in the face of the crisis
:26:23. > :26:25.The boss of the Port Talbot plant said the works
:26:26. > :26:29.We'll have an update for you after the BBC News at ten.
:26:30. > :26:32.That's Wales Today, thank you for watching from all of us