18/02/2016 BBC Wales Today

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Tonight's headlines: Two of the four Welsh police forces are told to do

more to keep people safe and reduce crime.

And, as your chance to decide whether we leave or remain in the EU

could move a step closer, we find out what impact the debate

Two of Wales's police forces need to do more to reduce crime

That's according to the police watchdog,

Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary.

It says Dyfed-Powys and North Wales Police require improvement.

However Gwent and South Wales Police were ranked as good.

It's one aspect of policing which rarely makes the headlines,

not responding to but trying to prevent crime.

Work like this earned Gwent police a Good rating,

a skateboarding programme that's reduced anti-social behaviour

by almost 20%, keeping youngsters on the right side of the law.

You'd go to the park and play football.

Now we have something to look forward to.

The youth workers get you in shape so your behaviour changes.

In organised crime too, like the widespread fraud scam

involving cash for crash, Gwent were judged as good.

Overall the HMIC said they'd made considerable progress

But Wales's two rural forces have been told there's

HMIC said North Wales police needed to do more to understand emerging

threats like human trafficking and that some officers

were investigating crimes beyond their level of training

including high-risk domestic abuse cases, a criticism challenged today

I have had the strongest possible rebuttal from the Chief Constable

of the way they have gone about this particular aspect of it.

The allocation of cases in North Wales I'm quite satisfied

is done on a very solid, sound basis.

Dyfed Powys was told it needs to improve the way it allocates

crime for investigation and to better spot the vulnerability

The force says it's able to offer a more local service and a new help

hub is increasing support to victims of crime.

Inspectors are more concerned about process.

I'm concerned with outcomes and how the public see the police and how

Dyfed Powys can still boast the lowest crime rate in England

and Wales and, as they put it, prioritise bobbies over bricks.

And that's meant closing or merging some police stations and using other

methods like this mobile van to maintain their community presence.

In the end all of this in the face of tough financial budgets comes

down to resources and how a force chooses to prioritise them.

In South Wales, the force is judged good at both the local level

in understanding the neighbourhoods they police and tackling serious

criminal drugs gangs by deploying specialist officers.

Police forces across Wales face very different challenges,

but the standards they have to meet do not.

People have had to evacuate their homes as firefighters tackle

a blaze at a linen hire company in Llandudno Junction.

One man has been treated for smoke inhalation at the scene.

The fire broke out at Express Linen Services

People are being asked to avoid the area as emergency services deal

The proportion of patients spending more than four hours in Welsh A

units increased in January compared to December and was higher

According to the Welsh Government, January was the busiest month

Ministers insist the average time spent in A is just over two hours.

Opposition parties say the performance is unacceptable.

A mother from Swansea was killed by a speeding driver weeks

after he completed a speed awareness course.

Jayne Parker was hit on her way to work as she crossed the road

Kiran Giri was travelling at least 50mph in a 30 zone before

He's been suspended from driving for two years.

Your chance to decide whether we leave or remain in the EU

could move a step closer in the next few days.

The Prime Minister is in Brussels where he hopes to agree a deal

on changes that would trigger a referendum as early as June.

The negotiations may be intense but what impact are they having

Our political editor Nick Servini has been finding out.

Welcome to the EU funding capital of Wales, Merthyr Tydfil.

This is where the Welsh European funding office is based.

It has also had plenty of cash from Brussels.

If it was down to EU aid levels in an area like this it would be no

This town at times, has had a strained relationship with the EU.

A new wave of migrants has caused concern and,

last year, Ukip launched their general election campaign

If we was on our own the money in our country would be for us,

but when you're in the EU it's spread out.

I think there's a lot more causes in this country that need

I think we have funding from them so it would be good to stay in.

Vitor Gomes is a Portuguese pub manager who moved to Methyr three

The UK benefit system, the NHS, there might be

a lot of people that come in only for that.

I think if people come to work, I think that's a positive thing.

If people don't come to work, it's not.

For everyone that is here, immigrant or not, I think it

The debate has already been sparked at this engineering company.

The staff were talking about it in their break this morning.

Many people have already made up their minds, but the man

in charge here says he is waiting on the details of the Prime

If he comes back and says he's got all he wants,

obviously, we'll have to analyse what he's got.

I want an improvement on what we've got.

Merthyr's a long way from intense negotiations between EU leaders

but it's in towns and valleys like this where the arguments

will be won or lost in the months ahead.

The Welsh Conservatives would scrap the grant which helps pay

for tuition fees and pay around half of students' rent instead.

The party says the Welsh Government's approach is too

The current Labour policy costs almost ?230 million a year.

The Tories say their plan would cost closer to ?75 million.

The biggest obstacle to students being able to go forward

into universities are living costs and this policy will meet that need.

It's sustainable, it can be carried forward for the lifetime of the next

Assembly, it's affordable, ?75 million a year, and it

will support students accessing the courses and accessing

Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge have been on Anglesey

to say farewell to the RAF's Search and Rescue Force,

which is being disbanded after more than three quarters of a century.

The work is now done by private contractors.

For three years, the prince was based on the island at RAF

Valley, where he flew missions as a search and rescue pilot.

The band played Auld Lang Syne as the colours were paraded

With his three-years service and 160 operations under his belt

Prince William was there not so much as a royal,

Wherever it is you're going to, it focuses your mind when there's

an actual real person at the end of it who needs your help.

In the BBC's Helicopter Rescue series the prince gave us a flavour

Some of the hardest flying is in the mountains.

Because it's quite a small, mountainous area,

We can be anywhere within a few minutes.

Helicopter search and rescue missions have been flown

The RAF's yellow aircraft became a familiar sight.

In its final 30 years the search and rescue force was called out more

than 34,000 times, rescuing nearly 27,000 people.

It brought a string of bravery awards.

If you speak to anyone here they will tell you that is a record

And it's one the RAF wants to pay tribute to.

Yes, Prince William's three years brought it public attention,

but the RAF wants to stress that there are 75 years to remember.

It's not about numbers and statistics.

You making a difference to peoples' lives every time you go out

Everything is equally valid, equally important because

It was a chance for old friends to meet up and swap stories

I asked about his new ambulance helicopter and how

It's different from the military but whether he's enjoying it more

What memories were you sharing today?

I've taken on the position of winch man within the search and rescue

force so I was explaining to him that I'd been given a job.

He was quite surprised because I was quite junior with him

He thinks I've progressed too quickly!

A Westland Whirlwind, in service in the '50s and '60s.

And then the Sea King, closing a chapter for

Snooker, and Welshman Michael White cruised into the quarter finals

The 24-year-old from Neath who's ranked 17th in the world beat

He's the only remaining Welshman in the competition

after Mark Williams was knocked out by world number one Mark Selby.

There was plenty of sunshine about today, Derek.

Don't suppose that's going to stay around!

If only. Lovely weather today for us in Wales but it's not set to last.

All change tomorrow. The wind and rain will be back. In the meantime,

we have a few scattered showers. Wintering places, otherwise dry

clear sky and some frost, temperatures inland falling below

freezing. There is a risk of ice and any on treated services left wet

from the showers. From tomorrow morning, much of the country dry

freight time. Frost and icy patches, bright Ray while but it would last.

Rain will spread from the West, wind is picking up as well. Across the

rest of the UK, central and eastern areas dry, bright ray time, sunshine

and frost but here comes the rain spreading eastwards during the day.

Stronger winds as well, snow likely on higher ground in the north and in

Scotland for a time. Should stay dry in Norwich for the evening with a

high of eight Celsius. Here in Wales tomorrow afternoon, dull without

breaks of rain, low cloud in the Hill. Breezy to and feeling chilly,

the bridge is recovering and should turn to riot in the west by evening.

Turning dry everywhere tomorrow night but staying breezy with

showers and temperatures everywhere staying above freezing tomorrow

night so no frost. On Saturday, it will be milder but windy. Outbreaks

of rain, heaviest on high ground in mid and North Wales, particular in

Snowdonia. A warning in force for heavy rain leading to flooding. It's

a similar story on Sunday. Further heavy weighing rain in the North

West. Turning milder and much more unsettled over the next few days.

Writing colder with a few showers on Monday.

We'll be back with updates in Breakfast from around 6:25am.

From all of us on the programme, goodnight.