20/01/2016

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:00:08. > :00:10.In Wales, more than 750 steel workers face losing their jobs.

:00:11. > :00:12.The group set up to tackle the fallout

:00:13. > :00:22.And he died after being wrongly attached to a zip wire

:00:23. > :00:40.There was a defiant message tonight from the task force set up to help

:00:41. > :00:43.workers affected by the Tata steel jobs cuts in Port Talbot.

:00:44. > :00:46.Members said they wouldn't roll over or wave the white flag in the face

:00:47. > :00:50.The boss of the Port Talbot plant, where 750 people face

:00:51. > :00:53.losing their jobs, said the works was in a fight for survival.

:00:54. > :01:02.Here's our political editor Nick Servini.

:01:03. > :01:04.48 hours after the biggest blow to the Welsh steel industry

:01:05. > :01:10.in recent years and the fallout continues.

:01:11. > :01:12.Today, union leaders became unusual bedfellows with their bosses

:01:13. > :01:15.at Tata Steel and joined business and council leaders to discuss

:01:16. > :01:25.After the talks at the assembly, the economy Minister Edwina Hart

:01:26. > :01:28.said there was everything still to fight for and was asked

:01:29. > :01:32.whether she was preparing for further losses?

:01:33. > :01:39.The task force is focusing on the job losses that are likely

:01:40. > :01:45.to come and how we help the industry be sustainable in Wales.

:01:46. > :01:48.The task force will continue to meet on a regular basis.

:01:49. > :01:50.The initial focus will be on retraining for the workers

:01:51. > :01:59.Despite the defiance, the boss at the plant stressed

:02:00. > :02:18.For the 3500 staff that remain at Newport.

:02:19. > :02:26.We are fighting to save the 3500 jobs remaining in the industry. I

:02:27. > :02:30.believe very energised that I know we are fighting the correct battles,

:02:31. > :02:45.one for the people leaving and one for the people staying. This isn't

:02:46. > :02:47.the first time the task force has been set up.

:02:48. > :02:49.After huge losses at this oil refinery in Pembrokeshire,

:02:50. > :02:53.it helped 70% of those who lost jobs to find new work within 18 months.

:02:54. > :02:55.We placed 70% of people within jobs locally and further afield.

:02:56. > :02:57.Geographical location of where Tata Steel jobs are now

:02:58. > :03:00.will make that redistribution easier because they are within shooting

:03:01. > :03:02.range of more job opportunities in the future.

:03:03. > :03:04.The problems have been caused by cheap Chinese steel

:03:05. > :03:08.The allegation is that it is produced at a loss by a state owned

:03:09. > :03:10.company and as a result is illegal dumping.

:03:11. > :03:12.Moves are being made to change its status

:03:13. > :03:22.Critics say it would make it more difficult to clamp down on the

:03:23. > :03:23.imports? Isn't this the Westminster

:03:24. > :03:25.government putting the bankers of London before Manufacturing

:03:26. > :03:30.workers in the rest of the UK? I think the honourable gentleman

:03:31. > :03:34.is wrong in content and approach. There are market economies that

:03:35. > :03:39.Europe still puts We have done it with

:03:40. > :03:57.Russia and America. Pressure will continue with no end

:03:58. > :03:59.in sight for the pressures facing the industry.

:04:00. > :04:01.A Gwynedd adventure park where an 11-year-old boy died

:04:02. > :04:04.in a zipwire accident has been ordered to pay more than ?100,000

:04:05. > :04:07.Bailey Sumner Lonsdale from Blackpool died in 2011

:04:08. > :04:09.at Greenwood Forest Park near Caernarfon.

:04:10. > :04:12.The court heard how he fell after being incorrectly attached

:04:13. > :04:19.This has been a long and difficult journey

:04:20. > :04:24.His grandfather and father were in court today.

:04:25. > :04:26.It's almost five years since the Scottish -

:04:27. > :04:33.He was riding the Swamp Fire zip wire which had only been open

:04:34. > :04:39.Bailey fell and hit his head before dying from his injuries.

:04:40. > :04:43.At the inquest into his death in 2013, it emerged that

:04:44. > :04:46.a mountaineering clip, or carabiner, had been passed through a false loop

:04:47. > :04:49.in a supporting rope which had then come loose.

:04:50. > :04:52.At the time, we asked a specialist to demonstrate.

:04:53. > :04:55.When this rope starts to move around, this strand of rope here can

:04:56. > :05:03.And end up creating an additional loop.

:05:04. > :05:08.That loop, like that, had gone on to the zip wire,

:05:09. > :05:13.I think you can see what is going to happen.

:05:14. > :05:15.Some staff had been aware of the false loop issue some days

:05:16. > :05:18.But Rangers on the ride hadn't been informed.

:05:19. > :05:20.The managing director of Greenwood Forest Park

:05:21. > :05:22.was Stephen Bristow, seen here on the right

:05:23. > :05:27.He voluntarily removed the ride from the site

:05:28. > :05:33.Even though the ride had been passed as safe by inspectors.

:05:34. > :05:36.Mr Bristow said at the time it was a symbol of tragedy.

:05:37. > :05:38.The company admitted failing to ensure the safety of members

:05:39. > :05:43.But the judge, Philip Harris Jenkins said it was a firm that had

:05:44. > :05:46.It does take health and safety seriously.

:05:47. > :05:54.It was fined ?45,000 and ordered to pay ?64,000 in costs.

:05:55. > :05:57.Police say they will be taking no further action against a teacher,

:05:58. > :06:00.who was driving a minibus which hit and killed a pupil

:06:01. > :06:06.15-year-old Ashley Talbot died just over a year ago.

:06:07. > :06:10.The bus was being driven by PE teacher Chris Brooks.

:06:11. > :06:15.An investigation into what happened is continuing.

:06:16. > :06:18.Wales has seen the greatest fall in unemployment of all parts

:06:19. > :06:21.of the UK, according to the latest official figures.

:06:22. > :06:23.In the three months to November, the unemployment rate in Wales

:06:24. > :06:28.was 5.5% - that's still higher than the UK average of 5.1%.

:06:29. > :06:32.More people are being diagnosed with cancer in Wales,

:06:33. > :06:36.but survival rates are at an all-time high.

:06:37. > :06:39.That's according to the all-Wales annual report for cancer,

:06:40. > :06:42.compiled on behalf of the Welsh Government.

:06:43. > :06:44.Between 2013 and 2014, 19,000 people were diagnosed -

:06:45. > :06:49.an increase of 11.5% compared to a decade ago.

:06:50. > :06:55.But more than half of people now survive for at least five years.

:06:56. > :06:57.The Welsh Government says it'll prioritise improving access

:06:58. > :07:06.The Culture Minister, Ken Skates, says planned cuts

:07:07. > :07:09.to the Welsh Books Council's grant won't be going ahead

:07:10. > :07:11.following lobbying from authors and Assembly Members.

:07:12. > :07:13.Writers like Phillip Pullman had criticised the proposed reduction

:07:14. > :07:22.A new species of dinosaur discovered on the South Wales coast has been

:07:23. > :07:25.named in honour of the brothers who found it.

:07:26. > :07:27.The fossilised bones of the "Dracoraptor hanigani"

:07:28. > :07:29.were discovered in slabs of rock on Lavernock beach by Nick

:07:30. > :07:53.Translated it means dragon thief from the family of Hanigan. We

:07:54. > :07:58.wanted to give it a name synonymous with Wales, hence Dragon, and we are

:07:59. > :08:00.pleased the family name can be maintained for the next 200 million

:08:01. > :08:13.years! tonight's frost will be the last and

:08:14. > :08:18.it is turning my order for a time. When done at times but still some

:08:19. > :08:23.sunshine and the snow covering the Brecon Beacons will disappear. For

:08:24. > :08:26.tonight some frost although some freezing fog patches but overnight

:08:27. > :08:31.fog will increase with a few spots of rain turning up in the West. The

:08:32. > :08:36.temperature dropping as low as -5 but staying above freezing on the

:08:37. > :08:40.south coast and Pembrokeshire with the south-easterly wind. Tomorrow

:08:41. > :08:45.not as nice as today, much cloudier and damp in places with some mist

:08:46. > :08:48.and fog patches especially on higher ground. Across the rest of the UK

:08:49. > :08:52.look out for a fog patches are travelling and there's a Met Office

:08:53. > :08:57.yellow warning in place for the North and north-east of England.

:08:58. > :09:00.Also the risk of ice with rain falling onto frozen ground and the

:09:01. > :09:04.rain will gradually spread from the West with snow on the Scottish

:09:05. > :09:08.mountains and Eastern counties should stay dry. Wind picking up in

:09:09. > :09:13.the West with a high of nine in Belfast. In Wales tomorrow now

:09:14. > :09:18.sparkling sunshine like today, cloudy with outbreaks of rain and

:09:19. > :09:23.the temperature a little higher. South-easterly winds strong and

:09:24. > :09:26.gusty on the western coasts. Tomorrow night mild and windy and

:09:27. > :09:30.damp at times with heavy rain and stronger winds are riding, the

:09:31. > :09:34.temperature everywhere well above freezing. Friday starts with and

:09:35. > :09:37.windy but heavy rain will clear and then it will brighten up with some

:09:38. > :09:42.sunshine and look at those temperatures back into double

:09:43. > :09:46.figures. Saturday dry and bright with the temperature above average

:09:47. > :09:48.again but the is more rain on the way so the cold and frosty weather

:09:49. > :09:52.is about to come to an end. From all of us on the

:09:53. > :09:56.programme, good night.