:00:00. > :00:00.Cardiff University scientists are celebrating their part
:00:00. > :00:07.in the detection of gravitational waves, described as one
:00:08. > :00:13.of the greatest breakthroughs in physics for a century.
:00:14. > :00:15.More than ?7 million for Toyota on Deeside.
:00:16. > :00:18.As hundreds of jobs are secured, we look how the industry here can
:00:19. > :00:40.The number ten is named in the team to face Scotland.
:00:41. > :00:45.It has been described as the one of the greatest breakthroughs
:00:46. > :00:47.in physics for a century, transforming our understanding
:00:48. > :00:59.Scientists at Cardiff University have played a key role
:01:00. > :01:01.in the detection of gravitational waves,
:01:02. > :01:02.invisible ripples in the fabric of space.
:01:03. > :01:05.A huge experiment in the United States had been searching
:01:06. > :01:08.for them for decades, but it was here in Wales that most
:01:09. > :01:09.of the data was processed and verified.
:01:10. > :01:19.This gathering of physicists in Cardiff, one of several taking
:01:20. > :01:24.place around the world this afternoon.
:01:25. > :01:27.First, via video-link, they heard from Washington.
:01:28. > :01:30.We have detected gravitational waves.
:01:31. > :01:36.The focal point of an international search for one of the universe's
:01:37. > :01:43.First predicted by Einstein 100 years ago,
:01:44. > :01:46.gravitational waves are pulses sent out when big things happen
:01:47. > :01:53.Black holes colliding, for example, or the deaths of giant stars.
:01:54. > :01:56.They would offer us a glimpse of the furthest and oldest reaches
:01:57. > :01:59.Studying them could help answer age-old questions like how
:02:00. > :02:09.So, for decades, a huge experiment in the US has been trying to detect
:02:10. > :02:15.them, involving some 900 scientists worldwide.
:02:16. > :02:18.Closer to home, the role a team of researchers in Cardiff had
:02:19. > :02:25.Our specialty is in modelling the signals that would come
:02:26. > :02:27.from the collision of black holes and sifting through the data
:02:28. > :02:40.Sensitive detectors in the US, two-miles long, were used to pick up
:02:41. > :02:42.the signals from space, but it was super computers
:02:43. > :02:45.in Cardiff that helped process the data and ultimately verify that
:02:46. > :02:49.The team had been working for over a decade, calculating computer
:02:50. > :02:55.simulations of what they expected to see.
:02:56. > :02:58.A lot of the analysis was actually done on the computers.
:02:59. > :03:01.Now I get to tell people about it, it starts to feel real
:03:02. > :03:05.Scientists say being able to detect gravitational waves will usher
:03:06. > :03:11.No longer will they have to rely on telescopes like this one to see
:03:12. > :03:17.There is another side of the universe.
:03:18. > :03:20.The universe that produces sounds and that is what we are doing
:03:21. > :03:25.It allows us to listen to the universe in a way that has
:03:26. > :03:31.So here it is, the sound of a gravitational wave sent out
:03:32. > :03:36.as two black holes collided a billion light-years from Earth.
:03:37. > :03:39.It is an echo from the distant past, a fingerprint from the most powerful
:03:40. > :03:45.Actually seeing exactly the signal we had been calculating
:03:46. > :04:03.come out of the data, that was incredible.
:04:04. > :04:05.Scientists say proving these waves exist is just the beginning.
:04:06. > :04:09.It opens up a new window on the universe and we are now
:04:10. > :04:11.in a position to start looking through it.
:04:12. > :04:13.An inquest into the death of Cheryl James has heard how
:04:14. > :04:16.the army recruit from Llangollen had made comments about shooting herself
:04:17. > :04:20.Private James was found dead with a bullet wound to her head
:04:21. > :04:22.at Deepcut Barracks in 1995, amid claims of bullying.
:04:23. > :04:25.A fellow recruit at the army training base told the inquest that
:04:26. > :04:27.Private James had joked about killing herself.
:04:28. > :04:28.Another described Deepcut as a "prison camp".
:04:29. > :04:38.Ten Welsh courts will close because of cuts
:04:39. > :04:42.Brecon, Bridgend, Neath, Pontypridd and Wrexham courts
:04:43. > :04:47.Dolgellau, Holyhead and Llangefni will close
:04:48. > :04:53.Although the Guildhall in Carmarthen will close,
:04:54. > :04:56.the family and civil court will stay open.
:04:57. > :04:58.Unions warn the closures will "seriously undermine" public
:04:59. > :05:07.The Toyota engine plant on Deeside has won a ?7 million investment.
:05:08. > :05:13.It's 540 workers will make the next generation of hybrid engines.
:05:14. > :05:18.Here's our Economics Correspondent Sarah Dickins.
:05:19. > :05:23.Engines of the future on the production line today
:05:24. > :05:25.but the new generation engines will be in mass production
:05:26. > :05:33.The plant won the ?7 million investment because it has proved
:05:34. > :05:39.to its bosses in Japan how competitive it is.
:05:40. > :05:42.This announcement is a financial investment but also
:05:43. > :05:50.In the recession, workers here took a pay cut and it paid off.
:05:51. > :05:53.The Welsh government has given a grant of ?700,000 and the minister
:05:54. > :06:00.Here, they are helping a company in Ammanford design more
:06:01. > :06:05.For companies in this line of business, the secret is to be
:06:06. > :06:17.This company has designed and made this machine.
:06:18. > :06:20.It will go up the Heads of the Valleys Road to Tredegar
:06:21. > :06:25.This company has been so busy in the last 18 months that it's
:06:26. > :06:30.There is a lot of new innovation in this sector at the moment.
:06:31. > :06:32.New technologies which might mean new materials, combining things
:06:33. > :06:36.The Ford engine plant has been part of the Welsh economy
:06:37. > :06:43.It has won investment for a new generation of engines.
:06:44. > :06:46.But this year loses the contract to make engines for Jaguar Land
:06:47. > :06:53.Across Wales, the automotive sector employs around 18,000 people.
:06:54. > :07:00.There turnover is around ?3.3 billion a year.
:07:01. > :07:03.The new engines that will be made on the site will be going into cars
:07:04. > :07:09.Assembling whole vehicles has the greatest impact on economies
:07:10. > :07:12.but Wales has developed a good reputation for making engines
:07:13. > :07:20.The Health Minister, Mark Drakeford, has said the UK government's
:07:21. > :07:22.decision to impose a new contract on junior doctors in England
:07:23. > :07:24.is foolish, and damaging for patients.
:07:25. > :07:26.A final offer to unions was rejected earlier this afternoon.
:07:27. > :07:28.Mark Drakeford said junior doctors would be respected
:07:29. > :07:39.We will proceed by discussion and negotiation.
:07:40. > :07:42.That's why we have had no strikes in Wales.
:07:43. > :07:44.That's how I want things to continue.
:07:45. > :07:46.We will have negotiations with our junior doctors in Wales
:07:47. > :07:50.now that the Secretary of State has made what I regard as a foolish
:07:51. > :07:53.decision and one that is likely to be damaging to patients.
:07:54. > :07:55.We won't want to see that happening in Wales.
:07:56. > :07:58.We will continue along the path we have already set ourselves on.
:07:59. > :08:01.A petition calling for Nathan Gill to stand down as Ukip Wales leader
:08:02. > :08:03.has been submitted to the party's ruling body.
:08:04. > :08:06.Six of the 26 signatories stood for the party at last
:08:07. > :08:12.Ukip has questioned the petition's credibility and says Mr Gill
:08:13. > :08:20.In terms of leadership, he has shown a distinct lack
:08:21. > :08:24.People have no idea what is going on.
:08:25. > :08:27.There has been no coherent policy in terms of a strategy
:08:28. > :08:30.for the election and we are really concerned now because we have got
:08:31. > :08:33.literally months to go and the election will be upon us
:08:34. > :08:38.We neededecisive leadership in Wales.
:08:39. > :08:40.Production is back to normal at the Tata steel plant
:08:41. > :08:43.in Port Talbot after a fire, thought to be caused
:08:44. > :08:46.Nobody was injured in the fire in the plant's coke ovens.
:08:47. > :08:50.Mid and West Wales crews were called to the site after 8am this morning
:08:51. > :08:55.It has been described by Wales Coach Warren Gatland
:08:56. > :09:00.The coaching team initially feared Dan Biggar could be out for as many
:09:01. > :09:03.But despite injuring his ankle in Dublin last weekend,
:09:04. > :09:05.the outside half is part of an unchanged team
:09:06. > :09:10.with Gareth Anscombe replacing Alex Cuthbert on the bench.
:09:11. > :09:20.A sighting of the man nicknamed Lazarus by his team-mates.
:09:21. > :09:23.The limp was gone and Dan Biggar entrusted with the number ten
:09:24. > :09:33.He got through training today and looked sharp so he has worked
:09:34. > :09:37.really hard in terms of his recovery and stuff and he has made
:09:38. > :09:41.So there are no changes to the team that drew with Ireland in Dublin.
:09:42. > :09:43.The scrum was solid and Rob Evans will start again, keeping
:09:44. > :09:47.Both locks keep hold of their jerseys as expected and,
:09:48. > :09:51.despite speculation Dan Lydiate may return, it is the same back row
:09:52. > :09:55.with two specialised sevens in Justin Tipuric and Sam Warburton.
:09:56. > :10:00.Wales may be preparing for a fast and open game
:10:01. > :10:02.at the Principality Stadium which will have the roof closed
:10:03. > :10:09.I don't know whether the selection totally reflects that
:10:10. > :10:12.because Dan Lydiate brings a lot but you can probably pick any
:10:13. > :10:15.combination of three and it will still work.
:10:16. > :10:18.I think we are in a very fortunate situation that we have got a quality
:10:19. > :10:24.Gareth Davies will start again at nine alongside Dan Biggar
:10:25. > :10:26.and at centre Jon Davies prepares to win his 50th cap,
:10:27. > :10:31.playing next to Jamie Roberts who impressed on the opening weekend.
:10:32. > :10:33.Liam Williams, who was brought in late for the Dublin match,
:10:34. > :10:39.Alex Cuthbert loses out completely as Gareth Anscombe steps back
:10:40. > :10:48.Scotland have made one forced change to the team that lost to England
:10:49. > :10:50.on the weekend as Duncan Taylor comes in for injured
:10:51. > :10:56.They're an improving side but Scotland have not won
:10:57. > :11:00.It is a good record and it comes with a bit of pressure.
:11:01. > :11:03.We have got to make sure we don't slip up and we are
:11:04. > :11:08.The Scottish team in the Pro12 are getting better all the time
:11:09. > :11:10.and that is going to help their national team.
:11:11. > :11:13.As they showed in the World Cup, they are a very good team.
:11:14. > :11:16.Warren Gatland has never lost to Scotland as coach of Wales
:11:17. > :11:24.and he will be hoping that record still stands after this weekend.
:11:25. > :11:26.In the rugby Pro12 the Newport Gwent Dragons lost after Connacht's late
:11:27. > :11:29.surge means they are now top of the league.
:11:30. > :11:31.The Dragons remain tenth in the table.
:11:32. > :11:44.It is looking pretty cold. We have got some showers to deal with and a
:11:45. > :11:48.lot more cloud around tomorrow compared with today as well.
:11:49. > :11:52.Tonight, we have some cloud around, but breaks in the cloud and where
:11:53. > :11:56.the cloud does break, we will see mist and frosty patches forming and
:11:57. > :12:00.also a few showers scattered around as well. Temp tufrs getting down to
:12:01. > :12:04.one Celsius. Tomorrow, low pressure nearby. It is another fairly
:12:05. > :12:09.unsettled day. A chilly start to our Friday morning. We have more showers
:12:10. > :12:13.scattered around, but also some drier interludes. Less sunshine
:12:14. > :12:23.around compared with today, with the best of the brightness across
:12:24. > :12:26.Gwynedd. A lot of dry weather with more showers along the South Coast
:12:27. > :12:32.and for Northern Ireland as well. Here in Wales, tomorrow afternoon,
:12:33. > :12:40.yes there will be quite a bit of dry weather, but some showers. It is
:12:41. > :12:43.feeling cold out there. Temperatures between six and seven Celsius.
:12:44. > :12:47.Overnight, we will start to see the winds pick up and rain coming into
:12:48. > :12:52.Pembrokeshire and Swansea and parts of mid-Wales. It could be wintry on
:12:53. > :12:57.higher ground. North Wales escaping the worst of the rain. So Saturday,
:12:58. > :13:00.a little bit of that rain still lingering across the South East. It
:13:01. > :13:05.will clear. We have got brisk winds. That's making it feel raw. Quite a
:13:06. > :13:08.bit of cloud around. Feeling chilly, temperatures three to five Celsius.
:13:09. > :13:13.Sunday the better day of the weekend in term of brightness. Still a few
:13:14. > :13:15.showers, but a bit of dry weather to look forward to and we can look
:13:16. > :13:19.forward to cold, but sunny weather for the start of next week. Back
:13:20. > :13:20.Toulousy. Benny, thank you very much.
:13:21. > :13:24.We're back with our first update in BBC Breakfast