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Our top stories: A cut to Welsh Government ministers' pay - | :00:00. | :00:07. | |
the promise from the Conservatives IF they win power in May. | :00:08. | :00:11. | |
And it's usually one of the busiest roads in Wales - | :00:12. | :00:13. | |
work to reduce the risk of flooding on the A55 will start in the next | :00:14. | :00:17. | |
Welsh ministers could get their pay cut by 10% if the Conservatives win | :00:18. | :00:37. | |
Their leader, Andrew RT Davies, will say in a speech tonight that | :00:38. | :00:43. | |
giving his Cabinet members ?90,000 each a year, | :00:44. | :00:46. | |
rather than ?100,000, would save ?250,000 over five years. | :00:47. | :00:52. | |
That money, he says, he'd put towards getting young | :00:53. | :00:54. | |
Our political correspondent, Arwyn Jones, has the details. | :00:55. | :01:00. | |
This man wants to be the next First Minister of Wales, | :01:01. | :01:06. | |
but if he gets the top job after May's election he wants | :01:07. | :01:09. | |
a pay cut because if the Conservatives form a government | :01:10. | :01:11. | |
he and his Cabinet will take a 10% pay cut to their ministerial salary, | :01:12. | :01:15. | |
We're actually saying where we would invest that money | :01:16. | :01:21. | |
because ultimately we believe that young people obviously | :01:22. | :01:24. | |
are the future of this great country of ours and we believe that this | :01:25. | :01:27. | |
institution is the democratic home of Welsh democracy and we do want | :01:28. | :01:30. | |
greater youth participation here so instead of just talking | :01:31. | :01:33. | |
about it we will be making sure we put our money where our mouths | :01:34. | :01:37. | |
are and invest that money to develop greater youth participation | :01:38. | :01:39. | |
After May's Assembly election, the First Minister's salary | :01:40. | :01:46. | |
is expected to increase to ?140,000 with ministers of the Welsh | :01:47. | :01:50. | |
That compares with ?56,000 for headteachers, ?91,000 for top | :01:51. | :01:58. | |
GPs, ?147,000 for council chiefs and 134,00 for MPs | :01:59. | :02:03. | |
This recruitment specialist says it's not money that would attract | :02:04. | :02:09. | |
I would say for businesspeople to go into politics, there needs to be | :02:10. | :02:16. | |
a why and it's usually something that's deep within them, | :02:17. | :02:21. | |
or another challenge for them, it's not all about the money. | :02:22. | :02:25. | |
They certainly wouldn't be going into politics, | :02:26. | :02:27. | |
Last year, an independent panel recommended that every AM should be | :02:28. | :02:32. | |
given a pay rise, but with the current squeeze on public | :02:33. | :02:35. | |
spending, many members decided they couldn't take the increase | :02:36. | :02:38. | |
But if we do want the best and brightest representing us | :02:39. | :02:43. | |
in Cardiff Bay, isn't it right we pay top dollar? | :02:44. | :02:47. | |
On a High Street here it was a mixed response. | :02:48. | :02:51. | |
If other people are either having a pay cut or their wages | :02:52. | :02:55. | |
are staying the same, or just 1% or something, | :02:56. | :02:59. | |
why should they not be in the same situation as others? | :03:00. | :03:03. | |
It's a very responsible job, you should have good pay for it. | :03:04. | :03:07. | |
It's penny-pinching otherwise to cut it. | :03:08. | :03:09. | |
Considering I had ?1.80 last week, brilliant. | :03:10. | :03:17. | |
They need to come and live with the common people for a month | :03:18. | :03:23. | |
and see how we live and then they might have a different idea. | :03:24. | :03:27. | |
So some support here for cut-price politics. | :03:28. | :03:29. | |
A jury at the Old Bailey has retired to consider its verdict in the case | :03:30. | :03:37. | |
of three men accused of helping a teenager from Cardiff to join | :03:38. | :03:40. | |
militants from the Islamic State group in Syria. | :03:41. | :03:44. | |
The men, including Kristen Brek from the Grangetown area | :03:45. | :03:46. | |
of the city, are charged with assisting in the preparation | :03:47. | :03:49. | |
Tata steel has reported a net loss of ?215 million in the last quarter | :03:50. | :03:59. | |
of 2015 across its business in Europe and India. | :04:00. | :04:03. | |
Last month, the company announced hundreds of job losses at its works | :04:04. | :04:06. | |
The Indian company said that despite rising demand for steel, | :04:07. | :04:12. | |
it has been hit by a flood of cheap imports. | :04:13. | :04:16. | |
A man whose body was found on Anglesey who's suspected | :04:17. | :04:18. | |
of killing his family in West Yorkshire had been | :04:19. | :04:20. | |
previously jailed for domestic violence. | :04:21. | :04:24. | |
Paul Newman's body was found on cliffs near South Stack | :04:25. | :04:27. | |
The body of Geraldine Newman, and their two children - 11-year-old | :04:28. | :04:31. | |
Shannon, and Shane, who was six - were found in their house near Leeds | :04:32. | :04:35. | |
West Yorkshire Police said Mr Newman was charged with common assault | :04:36. | :04:40. | |
Work to reduce the risk of flooding on one of the busiest roads in Wales | :04:41. | :04:48. | |
The Welsh Government has announced an extra half a million pounds | :04:49. | :04:54. | |
to improve drainage on and around the A55 near Bangor, | :04:55. | :04:57. | |
which was badly affected over Christmas. | :04:58. | :05:00. | |
A major highway, or a dual carriageway canal? | :05:01. | :05:06. | |
This was the A55 on Boxing Day as flood water closed the road | :05:07. | :05:11. | |
and left places like Bangor partly cut off from the rest of Wales. | :05:12. | :05:14. | |
It wasn't the first time in the last few years it had happened. | :05:15. | :05:18. | |
Water also flowed into the village of Talybont, alongside the A55, | :05:19. | :05:23. | |
Today the First Minister came to North Wales to announce that work | :05:24. | :05:29. | |
will begin soon to deal with both issues. | :05:30. | :05:31. | |
The A55 is the major gateway to Wales across the northern coast | :05:32. | :05:35. | |
and it's important it's as resilient as possible. | :05:36. | :05:38. | |
So what we are doing is making sure that the money is available to move | :05:39. | :05:43. | |
forward the schemes to deal with flooding in Talybont and also | :05:44. | :05:45. | |
bringing forward the work to deal with flooding between junctions 12 | :05:46. | :05:48. | |
and 13 on the A55, both areas were affected by flooding over | :05:49. | :05:51. | |
The response to that flooding and other emergencies on the A55 | :05:52. | :05:57. | |
is co-ordinated from this control room near Conwy. | :05:58. | :06:01. | |
Staff here also get a good view of the many cones | :06:02. | :06:03. | |
which are currently on the carriageway. | :06:04. | :06:06. | |
Some drivers fear today's news will mean more to come. | :06:07. | :06:09. | |
But the news has been welcomed in Talybont, | :06:10. | :06:12. | |
where residents blamed the A55 for causing the flooding | :06:13. | :06:14. | |
The people of Talybont will be very pleased | :06:15. | :06:18. | |
It's been a long time coming but finally the people of Talybont | :06:19. | :06:23. | |
will rest peacefully knowing that the A55 will not flood again | :06:24. | :06:25. | |
People in Talybont have also welcomed the scheme | :06:26. | :06:33. | |
to protect their homes, but some just wish it | :06:34. | :06:36. | |
could have been done sooner, before the house was flooded | :06:37. | :06:39. | |
for the second time in just a few years. | :06:40. | :06:41. | |
Four general election candidates for Ukip Wales are calling | :06:42. | :06:43. | |
for the party's leader here, Nathan Gill, to resign. | :06:44. | :06:47. | |
Joe Smith, the party's best performer in Wales at last year's | :06:48. | :06:50. | |
election, says Mr Gill has been "weak" during the party's | :06:51. | :06:52. | |
controversial selection process, ahead of the upcoming | :06:53. | :06:54. | |
Many in the party are also unhappy that the former Conservative MPs | :06:55. | :07:01. | |
Neil Hamilton and Mark Reckless are seeking seats. | :07:02. | :07:05. | |
He should have not allowed the situation to get as it is now. | :07:06. | :07:11. | |
the activists and candidates in Wales. | :07:12. | :07:14. | |
Nathan will be leading this party, I can assure you, into the Assembly | :07:15. | :07:27. | |
elections and he will be a very effective leader. | :07:28. | :07:31. | |
The headmaster of a Newport secondary school has criticised | :07:32. | :07:33. | |
the way the council has handled the planning of a new Welsh language | :07:34. | :07:36. | |
Newport Council rejected plans to split the existing | :07:37. | :07:41. | |
Duffryn High School site and create a new facility alongside it due | :07:42. | :07:44. | |
It says it's still committed to investing in Duffryn High, | :07:45. | :07:51. | |
but at a meeting with parents tonight, headmaster Jon Wilson | :07:52. | :07:54. | |
described the situation as a "mess". | :07:55. | :07:58. | |
I've been going to planning meetings for a year. | :07:59. | :08:01. | |
Yeah, this hurdle came up, and I understand why it came up | :08:02. | :08:04. | |
with National Resources Wales, but only at the end of November. | :08:05. | :08:07. | |
So, yeah, it has ended very, very badly. | :08:08. | :08:15. | |
Rugby, and the Wales women's team is preparing for their opening game | :08:16. | :08:18. | |
of the Six Nations against reigning champions Ireland on Saturday. | :08:19. | :08:22. | |
Centre Gemma Rowland says the team's in a better position than last year, | :08:23. | :08:25. | |
The 26-year-old army captain made it into the squad having served | :08:26. | :08:30. | |
Gemma Rowland has set her heart on helping her side succeed this | :08:31. | :08:40. | |
year and when the British Army officer takes aim, she rarely | :08:41. | :08:43. | |
On her debut last year, Wales beat world champions England | :08:44. | :08:49. | |
for only the second time in their history. | :08:50. | :08:52. | |
And she picked up the title of Army Sportswoman of the Year. | :08:53. | :08:57. | |
It's a far cry from where she spent the 2013 Six Nations. | :08:58. | :09:02. | |
Back then, she was a troop commander in Afghanistan, | :09:03. | :09:05. | |
in charge of 30 men, working in surveillance, | :09:06. | :09:08. | |
watching over patrols and lookout for potential danger. | :09:09. | :09:12. | |
Despite 18 hour days in Lashkar Gah, she told me she still managed | :09:13. | :09:16. | |
to find the time to train - eager to continue playing rugby | :09:17. | :09:19. | |
It's an experience I wouldn't trade for anything because I learned a lot | :09:20. | :09:26. | |
So to come back from that, being able to handle pressure, | :09:27. | :09:31. | |
work well as a team, lead a team, which, as you're aware, | :09:32. | :09:39. | |
are all qualities that then transcend onto a rugby pitch. | :09:40. | :09:41. | |
I think probably hand in hand they've both helped me. | :09:42. | :09:44. | |
Both sides met last week in a warm-up match. | :09:45. | :09:48. | |
While the current squad is preparing for the immediate task of facing | :09:49. | :09:52. | |
Ireland, work to find the next generation of players | :09:53. | :09:55. | |
Summer leagues and more girls-only teams have helped the growth | :09:56. | :10:00. | |
A couple of seasons ago, just 170 nine to 15-year-olds | :10:01. | :10:08. | |
were playing, but last season that figure was up to more than 1,300. | :10:09. | :10:14. | |
Those running the game here say a successful senior side will also | :10:15. | :10:18. | |
We had a good crowd last week against Ireland. | :10:19. | :10:25. | |
Over 1,000, I believe, were there to watch a good | :10:26. | :10:27. | |
That will draw in the crowds moving forward. | :10:28. | :10:33. | |
This year's Six Nations is more important than usual. | :10:34. | :10:37. | |
Results will help decide who qualifies for the World Cup. | :10:38. | :10:40. | |
Two wins in the championship will guarantee Wales a place | :10:41. | :10:43. | |
To the men's game and after selecting Tom James to start | :10:44. | :10:49. | |
on the wing against Ireland this weekend, Wales coach Warren Gatland | :10:50. | :10:53. | |
says Hallam Amos isn't quick enough to be an international wing. | :10:54. | :10:57. | |
Amos is being released back to the Dragons for tomorrow's game | :10:58. | :11:00. | |
at Ulster and Gatland says he sees him more as a fullback | :11:01. | :11:02. | |
I know he can cover on the wing and does play there, | :11:03. | :11:12. | |
but we do see his long-term position being full-back and having | :11:13. | :11:14. | |
the opportunity to exploit and work on improving that left foot of his. | :11:15. | :11:19. | |
He's quick, but he wouldn't be international wing quick. | :11:20. | :11:24. | |
Let's see how the weather is looking over the next few days. | :11:25. | :11:27. | |
After a couple of colder, brighter days, it's turning more unsettled | :11:28. | :11:40. | |
again. Turning wet and windy tomorrow. Overnight, cloudy, misty | :11:41. | :11:45. | |
and murky with spells of drizzle, especially in the hills. Dry by | :11:46. | :11:50. | |
dawn, but wins will strengthen. Eight mile night. Tomorrow's start | :11:51. | :11:56. | |
strike but we have a cold front pushing south-east across the UK. | :11:57. | :12:01. | |
Mostly cloudy in Wales. Early bright spells and patchy drizzle. Across | :12:02. | :12:05. | |
the UK, brighter spells to the east, but winds will strengthen and we | :12:06. | :12:08. | |
could see heavy rain further north and west. Colder | :12:09. | :12:23. | |
air following behind it. Seven Celsius for North West Scotland, 12 | :12:24. | :12:25. | |
across south-west England. That heavy rain spreading south-east | :12:26. | :12:27. | |
across Wales tomorrow. Highs of nine Celsius on Anglesey, 11 in Newport. | :12:28. | :12:31. | |
Tomorrow night, heavy rain clearing through the early hours, but further | :12:32. | :12:35. | |
rain arriving from the west by Dawn. On Saturday, these fronts push in | :12:36. | :12:42. | |
from the Atlantic, bringing unsettled weather. Some dry spells | :12:43. | :12:46. | |
further east, deteriorating through Saturday and turning wet and windy. | :12:47. | :12:52. | |
A Met Office warning for heavy rain later. 60 mph winds possible along | :12:53. | :12:58. | |
exposed coasts. Low pressure systems from the Atlantic will make it | :12:59. | :13:02. | |
changeable. A mix of sunny spells and blustery showers on Sunday. | :13:03. | :13:08. | |
Wintry on high ground. More rain lightly on Sunday night with strong | :13:09. | :13:13. | |
winds. An unsettled weekend, very windy on Sunday with a chance of | :13:14. | :13:17. | |
gales on Monday. The risk of some very heavy rain on Saturday. | :13:18. | :13:20. | |
We'll be back in breakfast from 6.25am tomorrow. | :13:21. | :13:22. | |
For now, from all of us on the late team, goodnight. | :13:23. | :13:39. | |
Make the most of your day wherever you are. | :13:40. | :13:42. | |
Use the BBC Weather App to stay one step ahead of the weather. | :13:43. | :13:47. |