:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to Wales Today. Tonight's headlines.
:00:00. > :00:08.Daniel O'Connell waited three years to clear his name.
:00:09. > :00:11.Now the warning that budget cuts at the Crown Prosecution Service
:00:12. > :00:14.could lead to miscarriages of justice.
:00:15. > :00:17.I just think the whole thing is shambolic and as someone who has
:00:18. > :00:20.never had any dealings with the police and the CPS
:00:21. > :00:37.or anything, you trust the system to look after you.
:00:38. > :00:40.It's back to basics for the Lib Dems.
:00:41. > :00:43.Their vision for the Assembly election - good schools,
:00:44. > :00:49.Preserving the wildlife around our coast -
:00:50. > :00:53.proposals to give greater protection to breeding and feeding areas.
:00:54. > :01:00.This weekend's opponents name their side but Ireland
:01:01. > :01:07.Destination Dublin - the exodus has begun.
:01:08. > :01:16.Hundreds of fans leave make the journey for the opening game.
:01:17. > :01:24.Spending cuts to the agency in charge of prosecuting criminal
:01:25. > :01:27.cases could lead to more miscarriages of justice.
:01:28. > :01:30.That's the message tonight from a group of leading barristers.
:01:31. > :01:32.It's been claimed the Crown Prosecution Service is operating
:01:33. > :01:38.It comes as the CPS has been blamed for the collapse of a number
:01:39. > :01:42.This special report from Paul Heaney.
:01:43. > :01:46.It was a charity event with lots of famous faces,
:01:47. > :01:49.raising money to give young people free tuition,
:01:50. > :01:55.But allegations were later made about money going missing
:01:56. > :01:58.from the Life Music Foundation in Newport.
:01:59. > :02:00.The charity director said it was a misunderstanding
:02:01. > :02:04.about paperwork but, charged with conspiracy to defraud,
:02:05. > :02:08.he found himself in court and there started the delays.
:02:09. > :02:11.It was always that the prosecution and the CPS were not ready and legal
:02:12. > :02:15.people kept saying to us from the start the minute we can
:02:16. > :02:18.show our evidence, this will be dropped for sure.
:02:19. > :02:22.It was three years before Mr O'Connell was told to leave court
:02:23. > :02:26.The judge said it was not the Crown Prosecution Service's
:02:27. > :02:30.finest hour, citing delays and the wrong charges
:02:31. > :02:34.It had an enormous impact on all of us and people maround me.
:02:35. > :02:40.I was clearly shunned by a number of people in the business community.
:02:41. > :02:43.There is now concern from the body representing barristers here that
:02:44. > :02:45.mistakes like this could happen more often.
:02:46. > :02:49.Colleagues in the Crown Prosecution Service and in the police
:02:50. > :02:51.are struggling with a lack of resources so that,
:02:52. > :02:55.in effect, they are operating almost with one hand tied behind their back
:02:56. > :03:00.Plenty of people have been leaving the CPS in recent years.
:03:01. > :03:04.In Wales they used to have around 400 staff, now more like 300.
:03:05. > :03:07.If you don't resource the system properly, you are increasing a risk
:03:08. > :03:10.that things will go wrong and if things do go wrong,
:03:11. > :03:15.that does lead, in the worst case scenario, in people who are innocent
:03:16. > :03:18.going to prison and people who have been properly wronged,
:03:19. > :03:21.people who are the victims of criminal offences,
:03:22. > :03:24.not seeing justice take place in front of them.
:03:25. > :03:28.There are lots of complicated reasons as to why someone might be
:03:29. > :03:31.charged with a crime but not face a jury in court.
:03:32. > :03:34.It could be because they themselves have pleaded guilty.
:03:35. > :03:39.But it can sometimes be to do with what the prosecution
:03:40. > :03:44.Perhaps their witness is no longer willing to give evidence in court
:03:45. > :03:49.or the prosecution themselves have not disclosed all the evidence
:03:50. > :03:54.The proportion of cases that don't make a full trial for prosecution
:03:55. > :04:00.It used to be around one in six cases, more recently it is more
:04:01. > :04:06.That is cases that don't reach a full trial for decisions that
:04:07. > :04:10.were made by the Crown Prosecution Service.
:04:11. > :04:15.The service itself instead points to an increase in conviction rates.
:04:16. > :04:19.It has more complex, sexual and domestic abuse cases,
:04:20. > :04:23.where witnesses can sometimes be more unreliable.
:04:24. > :04:26.Our cases really scrutinised as well as they were given you have
:04:27. > :04:29.got a quarter fewer people working for you?
:04:30. > :04:34.I am very confident that I have highly skilled professional people
:04:35. > :04:37.who are extremely dedicated to the work they do
:04:38. > :04:42.But there have been other high profile cases in Wales where judges
:04:43. > :04:47.Two hospital nurses nurses accused of wilfully neglecting
:04:48. > :04:55.This case hinged on highly technical evidence.
:04:56. > :04:57.The judge criticised the CPS in taking so long
:04:58. > :05:03.Relying on that evidence, he said, was faintly desperate.
:05:04. > :05:06.It is not time to say enough is enough with cuts?
:05:07. > :05:08.Cut any more and we are really going to be struggling?
:05:09. > :05:16.Mr O'Connell now runs a fashion business, waiting to hear about some
:05:17. > :05:22.The Treasury has rejected the accusations that cuts have
:05:23. > :05:25.affected the performance of the CPS, maintaining it has the resources it
:05:26. > :05:35.The family of a Denbighshire man whose death is at the centre
:05:36. > :05:38.of a murder investigation have described it as a nightmare
:05:39. > :05:43.The body of 44-year-old Liam Hill was found at his flat in Rhyl
:05:44. > :05:47.on the 8th of January, two days after he was last seen.
:05:48. > :05:51.Today, his sister said she wants justice for her brother.
:05:52. > :05:55.For Liam to be taken away from us at such a young age and in such
:05:56. > :06:03.It is a nightmare that we can't wake up from.
:06:04. > :06:10.Someone somewhere must have seen or knows something.
:06:11. > :06:15.On behalf of my mum and our family, I am pleading with you to come
:06:16. > :06:21.A jury at the Old Bailey has been sent home for the weekend
:06:22. > :06:25.in the trial of a Cardiff man accused of helping his friend travel
:06:26. > :06:28.to Syria to fight with so-called Islamic State.
:06:29. > :06:31.Kristen Brekke from the Grangetown area is charged with assisting
:06:32. > :06:34.Aseel Muthana in the preparation of an act of terrorism.
:06:35. > :06:39.The jury will continue considering its verdict on Monday.
:06:40. > :06:43.A visually-impaired schoolboy was let down by the education
:06:44. > :06:46.department at Wrexham Council, according to an official report.
:06:47. > :06:50.The Public Services Ombudsman for Wales says he didn't receive
:06:51. > :06:53.appropriate education in a mainstream class
:06:54. > :06:55.because his needs weren't properly identified.
:06:56. > :06:59.Wrexham Council says it's apologised to his mother and accepts
:07:00. > :07:05.The Welsh Liberal Democrats say they'll focus relentlessly on public
:07:06. > :07:09.services in the Assembly election campaign as they try to halt
:07:10. > :07:15.They're holding their spring conference in Cardiff this weekend
:07:16. > :07:18.against their most difficult backdrop since the
:07:19. > :07:23.The party suffered big losses in the UK general election.
:07:24. > :07:28.More from our political editor Nick Servini.
:07:29. > :07:38.there will be drama, there will be foul play and there will be intense
:07:39. > :07:41.pressure on the star performers. But I am not talking about the six
:07:42. > :07:46.Nations, I am talking about the other big event that kicks off this
:07:47. > :07:52.weekend, the Welsh party conference season. And it begins in the shadow
:07:53. > :07:57.of the Principality Stadium tonight with a rally by the Lib Dems. It has
:07:58. > :08:02.been a case of going back to the classroom for the Lib Dems and going
:08:03. > :08:06.back to the basics of devolved politics. Don't expect anything
:08:07. > :08:09.because edition or possible coalitions this weekend, the
:08:10. > :08:14.emphasis will be on policies to bring down class sizes and to build
:08:15. > :08:19.up the number of nurses on our hospital wards. We want to focus
:08:20. > :08:24.relentlessly on putting our public services back together. We have an
:08:25. > :08:28.education system which is under pressure, we have a health service
:08:29. > :08:33.which is missing target after target after target. And we have an economy
:08:34. > :08:37.which is continuously underperforming. It is time we
:08:38. > :08:42.started to put those things right. Stop tinkering and focus on the
:08:43. > :08:47.basics. What a difference a year makes for the Liberal Democrats. At
:08:48. > :08:52.their last spring conference, Nick Clegg was the Deputy Prime Minister
:08:53. > :08:56.announcing new powers for Wales alongside David Cameron. And they
:08:57. > :09:01.had 57 MPs across the UK. This time they meet having nearly been wiped
:09:02. > :09:04.out that the Parliamentary level in a disastrous general election which
:09:05. > :09:10.left them with eight MPs and just one in Wales. Never before has a
:09:11. > :09:14.group of five Assembly Members been so important but with the rise of
:09:15. > :09:20.Ukip as a serious challenge, can they hold on to them? Ukip are
:09:21. > :09:24.likely to pick up several seats on the regional lists. That was
:09:25. > :09:29.traditionally the route Liberal Democrat Assembly Members got their
:09:30. > :09:33.seats. Those were quite often narrow margins for the Liberal Democrats so
:09:34. > :09:37.a strong performance from Ukip is likely to significantly dent the
:09:38. > :09:41.chances of the Liberal Democrats on the regional list. The party says
:09:42. > :09:45.the focus on the basics will be relentless but will be enough?
:09:46. > :09:47.Nick is in Cardiff where the Liberal Democrats are holding
:09:48. > :09:55.What's your assessment of their strategy?
:09:56. > :10:00.They have done a lot of soul-searching, they say they have
:10:01. > :10:04.listened to their members and they have come up with this strategy of
:10:05. > :10:10.stripping away anything they believe will get in the way of a core
:10:11. > :10:14.function and purpose in the Assembly campaign of getting a message across
:10:15. > :10:19.quickly on the doorstep that they are in the business of reducing
:10:20. > :10:24.class sizes and improving hospitals. As a result, in marked contrast to
:10:25. > :10:28.many conferences in recent years, things like the constitution will be
:10:29. > :10:32.deemed surplus to requirements as we get into the business end of an
:10:33. > :10:36.Assembly campaign. Like all the opposition parties, they are not
:10:37. > :10:40.going to hold back in their criticism of the Labour government.
:10:41. > :10:44.The line of criticism will be that the government has lost sight of its
:10:45. > :10:49.core function. I understand Kirsty Williams will accuse Labour of being
:10:50. > :10:54.more interested in things like banning the use of each cigarette in
:10:55. > :10:59.public places rather than driving down hospital waiting lists. It is
:11:00. > :11:04.pretty stark and brutal stuff but it is a pretty stark and brutal time if
:11:05. > :11:09.you are a Lib Dem at the moment. How much of a challenge is the party
:11:10. > :11:14.facing? They are all facing having rallying calls in the room behind
:11:15. > :11:19.me. No doubt they are calling on and remembering the resilient times they
:11:20. > :11:23.have had in the past. People who have been covering politics longer
:11:24. > :11:27.than I have will tell you they have served -- survive crises but I'm not
:11:28. > :11:32.sure they have faced a combination of threats like this. We all know
:11:33. > :11:36.what a Lib Dem disaster looks and feels like after that general
:11:37. > :11:40.election disaster last year. By hook or by crook, the people behind me
:11:41. > :11:42.have got to stop history repeating itself.
:11:43. > :11:46.On the eve of the Six Nations, we're in Ireland ahead
:11:47. > :11:57.We have been to the island camp as Wales head to Dublin for their six
:11:58. > :12:00.Nations opener. And if you're heading over
:12:01. > :12:02.to Dublin, some ferries have been cancelled today and tomorrow
:12:03. > :12:04.because of the weather. And there's more rain
:12:05. > :12:08.and strong winds on the way. Marine conservationists are calling
:12:09. > :12:12.for new areas of protection in Wales to be managed properly
:12:13. > :12:15.if proposals become a reality. Natural Resources Wales has
:12:16. > :12:19.launched a consultation on the new Marine Protected Areas
:12:20. > :12:23.for sea birds and harbour porpoises. The aim of the network of sites
:12:24. > :12:26.is to offer greater protection for a range of habitats including
:12:27. > :12:29.breeding and feeding areas. Our breathtaking coastline,
:12:30. > :12:37.an attraction for tourists These areas of protection
:12:38. > :12:41.which are being proposed will be used to safeguard some
:12:42. > :12:44.internationally important species, including the harbour porpoise -
:12:45. > :12:48.one of the most graceful of mammals One potential site
:12:49. > :12:53.is West Wales Marine, which stretches from the Lleyn
:12:54. > :12:56.Peninsula to Pembrokeshire. Sarah Perry from Cardigan Bay Marine
:12:57. > :12:58.Wildlife Centre believes these proposed areas would have to be
:12:59. > :13:01.properly managed to be successful. Some of the SSAs in existence
:13:02. > :13:05.at the moment are not in favourable conservation status
:13:06. > :13:08.so the management of these sites, should they go through to be
:13:09. > :13:12.designated, is properly done The proposed new sites would also
:13:13. > :13:17.protect sea birds including puffins, turns and the Manx shearwater
:13:18. > :13:21.as well as the harbour porpoise. Unlike dolphins, harbour porpoises
:13:22. > :13:26.are in Cardigan Bay all year round. A couple were spotted
:13:27. > :13:29.here in Newquay just a few days ago. This new network of zones will be
:13:30. > :13:34.vital for their survival as it will protect their feeding
:13:35. > :13:37.and breeding grounds, which is especially important
:13:38. > :13:40.during the winter months when it The biggest threat to these species
:13:41. > :13:46.is entanglement in fishing nets but also pollution and noise
:13:47. > :13:49.and because porpoises and sea birds cover a great stretch of our waters,
:13:50. > :13:53.these potential areas They are large areas and in some
:13:54. > :13:59.cases they reflect the highly mobile nature of the species such
:14:00. > :14:03.as harbour porpoises but it is worth reflecting that we have very good
:14:04. > :14:06.populations of species such as the sea birds and harbour
:14:07. > :14:10.porpoise and this is in recognition of how important these sites
:14:11. > :14:14.are in a European context. This consultations will
:14:15. > :14:18.run until April. With the Assembly election coming up
:14:19. > :14:23.in May, BBC Wales is looking at what makes us different
:14:24. > :14:27.to other nations in the UK. It's part of an ongoing series
:14:28. > :14:30.called How Wales Works. With exactly three months to go,
:14:31. > :14:34.one of the first steps on the way Today, young people in particular
:14:35. > :14:52.have been urged to sign up to make In exactly three months' time will
:14:53. > :14:58.be electing the people who represented here. The message today
:14:59. > :15:02.was to a vote, you have to be on the register. There is a warning that
:15:03. > :15:06.students and those who have moved home recently could slip through the
:15:07. > :15:09.net. A change to the system of registering voters could mean more
:15:10. > :15:15.people are excluded this time around. At the start of this month,
:15:16. > :15:19.Cardiff Council said that almost 14% fewer people were registered to vote
:15:20. > :15:25.in Cardiff Central with its high student population than ahead of the
:15:26. > :15:28.2011 Assembly election. Previously, when one member of the household
:15:29. > :15:33.could register everybody in the house and the mother and father
:15:34. > :15:36.registered everybody, but now it is up to every single person to
:15:37. > :15:42.register, and people tend to think, it is not easy, I don't know how to
:15:43. > :15:49.do it, I won't bother. We are trying to show how it is. This girl is 19
:15:50. > :15:53.and a student in Swansea. She is registering online so that she gets
:15:54. > :16:00.a vote at her new student address in May. It is super simple, really
:16:01. > :16:06.quick, only 11 questions. It is really important to vote and make
:16:07. > :16:14.sure that you voice your opinion and make sure that you are included in
:16:15. > :16:19.the decisions that are made. You must register to vote by Monday,
:16:20. > :16:24.April 18. The Assembly is taking the message beyond top -- Cardiff Bay
:16:25. > :16:27.and in Newport, these volunteers are being urged to get involved in the
:16:28. > :16:32.political process and to make the link between putting a cross in the
:16:33. > :16:37.box and the issues such as health and education that affect their
:16:38. > :16:41.daily lives. I have just moved back from Canada so I actually have not
:16:42. > :16:49.registered just yet. I need to, but I know it is a priority now. A lot
:16:50. > :16:55.of people I know, I don't vote, it will make any impression. You do, if
:16:56. > :17:00.you vote. Today's event is all about making sure people are registered to
:17:01. > :17:05.vote but this is the last Assembly election, only 42% of those who were
:17:06. > :17:09.eligible actually voted in the end. For those campaigning to get people
:17:10. > :17:13.to vote, making sure they are registered is just the first step.
:17:14. > :17:18.Getting them to use their balance is the next. -- use their ballot.
:17:19. > :17:23.Tomos is here to look forward to the opening weekend.
:17:24. > :17:28.Wales face the reigning champions Ireland on Sunday.
:17:29. > :17:30.Warren Gatland's team is up against a side aiming
:17:31. > :17:32.for an unprecedented third consecutive title, but they're
:17:33. > :17:37.In a moment we'll be talking to former Grand Slam winner Martyn
:17:38. > :17:51.Ireland may be the defending champions and will have home
:17:52. > :17:56.advantage on Sunday but the men in green have been hit hard by injury.
:17:57. > :18:01.Rob Kearney and Sean O'Brien are not in the team announced today. Two
:18:02. > :18:04.names added to a long list of an available players. We are in a very
:18:05. > :18:11.good mind space, we know exactly what we have to do. We know the
:18:12. > :18:14.threats that are posed by Wales, with the experience they have
:18:15. > :18:23.peppered throughout this squad. We are fully aware of that. The last
:18:24. > :18:29.time Wales played in Dublin, it was a win for Warren Gatland's men.
:18:30. > :18:34.Wales have survived right at the death. That was a World Cup warm up
:18:35. > :18:42.game back in August. The last Six Nations match was a painful watch
:18:43. > :18:47.for Welsh fans. But this year, Ireland will be missing retired Loch
:18:48. > :18:50.Paul O'Connell and they are entering a Six Nations without the
:18:51. > :18:55.inspirational leader for only the second time in 14 years. For a
:18:56. > :19:01.balanced view on Sunday's battle, I went to visit the boss at Lansdowne
:19:02. > :19:07.rugby club. He may have coached Wales to the 2005 Grand Slam, but
:19:08. > :19:12.now has a son, Rhys Ruddock, in the Irish squad to face Wales. I think
:19:13. > :19:17.Wales will win this one. They seem far more settle with this election.
:19:18. > :19:21.I know there are one or two new combinations but overall it is the
:19:22. > :19:25.majority of the World Cup squad coming together. Ireland have lost
:19:26. > :19:30.quite a number of leaders and quite a lot of their forward pack who have
:19:31. > :19:36.been quite formidable in the last two years. Your son, Rhys Ruddock,
:19:37. > :19:43.in the squad to play on Sunday. What are the feelings of a proud father?
:19:44. > :19:47.It feels you full of pride. He was capped against Argentina and South
:19:48. > :19:52.Africa, but one side he would love to be involved against is Wales. I
:19:53. > :19:59.hope it goes well for him. We have wonderful memories of 2005. Any tips
:20:00. > :20:06.for Warren Gatland? Just win all your games. Easy! But with Rob Evans
:20:07. > :20:10.at prop, Tom James and Gareth Anscombe making up a new look back
:20:11. > :20:15.three, Wales do have a few new combinations. We are not looking
:20:16. > :20:19.past our first game, the momentum it could give us would be huge. It is
:20:20. > :20:25.something we are looking forward to and we have got a vastly experienced
:20:26. > :20:32.side. Early this morning, the plans were in place for the Dublin trip. I
:20:33. > :20:37.get my homework last night. As hundreds left Wales, I met two
:20:38. > :20:45.friends who will be fierce rivals in two days' time. Cautious optimism.
:20:46. > :20:51.It will be exciting. Wales to win? Definitely. I would not rule it out
:20:52. > :20:55.but I think it will be close. Two points to Ireland. Wales may have
:20:56. > :20:59.won three of their last five visits to Dublin but they will have a
:21:00. > :21:03.battle on their hands on Sunday as Ireland aim to become the first ever
:21:04. > :21:04.team in the history of this competition to win three consecutive
:21:05. > :21:07.titles. A whole host of players missing
:21:08. > :21:09.for Ireland because of injury. Does that make Wales real favourites
:21:10. > :21:19.going into the match? I would not say real favourites. I
:21:20. > :21:23.think they are favourites when we look at the combinations and
:21:24. > :21:29.experience. The collective quality we have got over Ireland. Not only
:21:30. > :21:32.do they have to put up with Paul O'Connell being retired, Sean
:21:33. > :21:36.O'Brien pulled up to date who is a huge player for them. But we saw
:21:37. > :21:41.what happened in the World Cup when Wales were written off with injuries
:21:42. > :21:45.and they had a fantastic World Cup. We are slight favourites but it is
:21:46. > :21:49.always difficult in Dublin. Rob Howley said the game will be
:21:50. > :21:54.determined by conditions. How will that shape Wales' approach? The
:21:55. > :21:59.forecast is not good for Sunday but we have got a very good kicking game
:22:00. > :22:03.with Gareth Davies and Dan Biggar. Gareth Anscombe has come in at 15
:22:04. > :22:07.who does play most of his rugby at outside half as well so he can take.
:22:08. > :22:16.But you are against the best two in Europe in Conor Murray and Jonny
:22:17. > :22:21.Sexton. For many days now we have had endless build-up. Several press
:22:22. > :22:25.conferences, plenty of chap. Give us an insight into what the players
:22:26. > :22:30.will be going through right now in their preparation? It depends what
:22:31. > :22:35.stage of your career you are at. Someone like Jamie Roberts will be
:22:36. > :22:40.very relaxed. They will have arrived in Dublin, probably go out for a
:22:41. > :22:45.coffee and a bite to eat. Rob Evans, on the other hand, will not have
:22:46. > :22:46.slept much this week. But it is an exciting squad so I can't wait for
:22:47. > :22:49.Sunday. Thank you very much. And Martyn is part of
:22:50. > :22:52.the Scrum V Live team tonight It starts at 7:25pm over on BBC Two
:22:53. > :22:57.Wales. On Sunday, live coverage of Wales
:22:58. > :22:59.against Ireland on BBC Radio Wales, Scrum V Six Nations Special will be
:23:00. > :23:04.looking back at that He's been a player, an assistant
:23:05. > :23:10.coach, now Robert Croft has landed He's been appointed the new head
:23:11. > :23:15.coach on a rolling contract. During 28 years at the club,
:23:16. > :23:18.he's won a County Championship He's in South Africa at the moment
:23:19. > :23:24.as part of England's backroom team He will want them to do
:23:25. > :23:29.better in one-day cricket because that is so important
:23:30. > :23:32.and so popular these days. He will want to also gain promotion
:23:33. > :23:35.to the First Division. Glamorgan have been stuck
:23:36. > :23:37.in the Second Division With his blend of experience
:23:38. > :23:41.and also young players, young Welsh players coming in,
:23:42. > :23:45.he has the opportunity. Football, and Swansea,
:23:46. > :23:48.who are unbeaten in three league matches and have only lost two
:23:49. > :23:52.of their previous eight, take on Crystal Palace
:23:53. > :23:54.in the Premier League. New head coach Francesco Guidolin
:23:55. > :23:57.says Palace striker Emanuel Adebayor, who he worked
:23:58. > :24:01.with at Monaco, could be Elsewhere, new loan signings
:24:02. > :24:09.Tom Lawrence and Kenneth Zohore are both in contention for debuts
:24:10. > :24:12.for Cardiff against MK Dons. Newport County manager Warren Feeney
:24:13. > :24:15.will be banned from the touchline for the game against Barnet
:24:16. > :24:19.after admitting he used abusive and, or insulting words towards a match
:24:20. > :24:22.official after a league And in the National League,
:24:23. > :24:28.Wrexham face leaders Forest Green. A pleasant crossing for those
:24:29. > :24:33.heading to Dublin this weekend? It's going to be choppy
:24:34. > :24:36.over the weekend. Some ferries cancelled today
:24:37. > :24:39.and tomorrow as well. Last month was the wettest January
:24:40. > :24:42.in Wales since 1948 and there's more wet and windy weather
:24:43. > :24:45.to come with sunshine Some heavy rain tomorrow with a risk
:24:46. > :24:49.of flooding in places. This evening, a cold
:24:50. > :24:52.front is moving east, The wind easing for a time but more
:24:53. > :24:59.rain will reach the south The reason for the rain is this
:25:00. > :25:03.area of low pressure Strong winds too with another cold
:25:04. > :25:09.front heading our way. Here's the picture for
:25:10. > :25:11.eight in the morning. The rain heaviest in the south,
:25:12. > :25:16.especially on the hills Strong in the west with gale force
:25:17. > :25:24.gusts on the coast. So another dose of wet
:25:25. > :25:27.and windy weather tomorrow. Double that or more on the hills
:25:28. > :25:33.with surface water flooding Temperatures above average
:25:34. > :25:38.but feeling colder Gales for a time on exposed coasts
:25:39. > :25:43.and hills in the south and west. Tomorrow evening, the rain
:25:44. > :25:48.will clear but remaining breezy Heavy in places with hail and wintry
:25:49. > :25:54.on higher ground with snow. Sunday will be blustery and feeling
:25:55. > :25:57.cold with sunshine and showers. Turning wet later in the afternoon
:25:58. > :26:04.with stronger winds and gales. For the rugby in Dublin,
:26:05. > :26:08.a red scarf will come in handy. Should be dry for kick-off but wet
:26:09. > :26:13.by or soon after the match ends. Now let me take you back to February
:26:14. > :26:21.1947 which, at the time, This picture taken in Abertillery
:26:22. > :26:30.shows huge snow drifts. Bitterly cold east winds from Russia
:26:31. > :26:34.look unlikely this month. Tuesday less windy and colder
:26:35. > :26:56.with sunshine and showers. No sign yet of any widespread snow
:26:57. > :27:02.on the horizon. It is going to be wet and windy at times. We could see
:27:03. > :27:07.some flooding in places. Sunshine and blustery showers on Sunday and
:27:08. > :27:09.certainly feeling cold in the wind. Try and have a good weekend if you
:27:10. > :27:12.can and enjoy the rugby. Spending cuts to the agency
:27:13. > :27:17.in charge of prosecuting criminal cases could lead to more
:27:18. > :27:20.miscarriages of justice. That's the message tonight
:27:21. > :27:23.from a group of leading barristers. It's been claimed the Crown
:27:24. > :27:25.Prosecution Service is operating We'll have a quick update
:27:26. > :27:33.for you at 8pm, more after the BBC From all of us on the programme,
:27:34. > :27:39.thanks for watching.