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:00:00. > :00:00.Our top stories: The Welsh Conservatives and the EU referendum.

:00:00. > :00:08.The leader of the party here, Andrew RT Davies, will campaign

:00:09. > :00:27.He says he has given it a lot of thought. Now to make the man who

:00:28. > :00:28.would be the Welsh Conservative First Minister says he has decided

:00:29. > :00:30.to vote to leave. Llangollen welcomes musicians

:00:31. > :00:32.from around the world. What do people who live there make

:00:33. > :00:35.of remaining or leaving the EU? All I know about the no campaign

:00:36. > :00:39.is Boris Johnson joined yesterday. That is all I really know

:00:40. > :00:41.and I think everyone Pembrokeshire Council considers

:00:42. > :00:57.charging owners of second homes They're doing well, but tonight

:00:58. > :01:08.claims that thousands of children are at risk of leaving primary

:01:09. > :01:16.school unable to read properly. With four days to go

:01:17. > :01:19.until the Six Nations Wales check on the fitness

:01:20. > :01:22.of key players. The good news, Jonathan Davies

:01:23. > :01:29.is back in training. The leader of the Welsh

:01:30. > :01:33.Conservatives Andrew RT Davies has tonight become the highest profile

:01:34. > :01:36.politician from Wales to back the campaign for Britain

:01:37. > :01:38.to leave the European Union in the forthcoming

:01:39. > :01:42.referendum in June. Earlier, the Welsh Secretary,

:01:43. > :01:44.Stephen Crabb, described a vote In a moment, we'll be getting

:01:45. > :01:48.the view from Westminster. First to our political

:01:49. > :02:06.correspondent Daniel Davies What are his reasons for wanting to

:02:07. > :02:11.the? We asked his office this morning how he would be voting in a

:02:12. > :02:16.referendum. I think a lot of people expected he would be voting to stay

:02:17. > :02:20.in, the same as David Cameron. He kept us waiting, perhaps a little

:02:21. > :02:26.bit like Boris Johnson, and then this evening, he said he would be

:02:27. > :02:29.voting when the time comes in June for Britain to leave the European

:02:30. > :02:33.Union. He has leased a statement saying after a great year of

:02:34. > :02:36.thought, I have decided I will be voting for Britain to leave the

:02:37. > :02:41.European Union. It is my belief that our future will be best served as

:02:42. > :02:44.part of a looser economic relationship with the European

:02:45. > :02:48.Union. That is despite David Cameron saying he would vote to stay in.

:02:49. > :02:49.Welsh Secretary Stephen Dasher Stephen Crabb saying he would vote

:02:50. > :03:11.to stay in. Andrew RT Davies clearly thinks the

:03:12. > :03:16.opposite is true and he will be voting to leave the European Union.

:03:17. > :03:22.So a split in the Tory party on Europe just as the party is gearing

:03:23. > :03:27.up for an assembly election. Yes, and their opponents tonight have

:03:28. > :03:29.pounced on that. Plaid Cymru, Liberal Democrats and Labour

:03:30. > :03:34.highlighting this difference of opinion in the Tory party. No secret

:03:35. > :03:38.that there are differing views on Britain's membership of the European

:03:39. > :03:43.Union within the Conservative Party but coming as it does in the run-up

:03:44. > :03:46.to the assembly election in May, you can expect their opponents to try

:03:47. > :03:54.and make a yard of that. The Tories themselves would much rather

:03:55. > :03:58.concentrate on that election in May. Mr Davies says that election will be

:03:59. > :04:01.the dip -- biggest assembly election since the assembly was founded in

:04:02. > :04:06.1999 and it is an opportunity to kick Labour out. We have not had an

:04:07. > :04:11.opportunity to speak to him tonight but I have spoken to notorious and

:04:12. > :04:15.remember who will be voting to leave the European Union, Mark Isherwood,

:04:16. > :04:18.and I asked him what he made of those arguments that people said the

:04:19. > :04:23.European Union has been good for Welsh farmers and the Welsh economy.

:04:24. > :04:26.There is a lot of scaremongering going along. There is a lot of smear

:04:27. > :04:31.and sneer from some of the comments being made but it is vital that

:04:32. > :04:34.whatever people's views are and whatever views they form, they are

:04:35. > :04:37.based on facts rather than scaremongering. That is a simply

:04:38. > :04:43.stick argument. I have heard it too often. I do not leave it will be the

:04:44. > :04:50.case if the people decide to come out of Europe. There we have it, the

:04:51. > :04:56.view of one Tory semi-member. Most SME members here do not agree with

:04:57. > :04:59.him. All the party leaders bar one would like to stay within the SME

:05:00. > :05:02.members -- European Union. Well among Welsh Conservative MPs

:05:03. > :05:06.in Westminster similar While the Prime Minister David

:05:07. > :05:09.Cameron was making his case to remain in the EU to the House

:05:10. > :05:13.of Commons some of his backbenchers have explaining why they won't be

:05:14. > :05:15.backing their leader. Here's our Parliamentary

:05:16. > :05:27.Correspondent, David Cornock. This could be the biggest political

:05:28. > :05:33.decision of our lifetime and the world wants to know. This patch of

:05:34. > :05:38.grass opposite the Houses of Parliament has become a temporary

:05:39. > :05:42.home to a media circus with reporters and TV crews from across

:05:43. > :05:47.the probe trying to find out how Britain's politicians see this

:05:48. > :05:55.country future. The dividing lines are becoming clearer. All 25 Welsh

:05:56. > :05:59.Labour MPs back to remain calm. The European Union over 43 years has

:06:00. > :06:05.delivered fantastic benefits for the British and the Welsh economy, a

:06:06. > :06:08.great amount of regional funding has come into Wales. Hundreds of

:06:09. > :06:14.thousands of jobs rely on it but I'll is it is very important from

:06:15. > :06:16.the point of view of security. This referendum will see the Liberal

:06:17. > :06:22.Democrats and Plaid Cymru on the same side as the Prime Minister.

:06:23. > :06:25.Were we to leave, what would happen to measures such as convergence

:06:26. > :06:28.funding which has provided large amounts of money for the poorer

:06:29. > :06:33.areas in West Wales and the valleys quest in Mark I think the short

:06:34. > :06:37.answer is if we were to leave the European Union, we would not be able

:06:38. > :06:42.to get those funds which have made a big difference in parts of Wales.

:06:43. > :06:47.But David Cameron faces a bigot challenge persuading his own MPs. I

:06:48. > :06:55.will be voting to leave in June because I feel that Britain needs to

:06:56. > :06:59.take back control of its borders and it needs to regain powers that we

:07:00. > :07:02.have over time given away to Brussels and that was the strong

:07:03. > :07:05.view that I was getting when I campaigned in the run-up to the

:07:06. > :07:11.general election. The issue has split the 11 Welsh Conservative MPs.

:07:12. > :07:16.He is the forth publicly to back the leave campaign but six now say they

:07:17. > :07:20.want to stay in, including the Wales Office minister Alun Cairns and his

:07:21. > :07:29.boss. It was a difficult decision. There is no perfect easy and serve.

:07:30. > :07:32.But for me what clinched the argument is with the package that

:07:33. > :07:35.the Prime Minister has secured last week there is at least now clarity

:07:36. > :07:40.about what kind of reform membership we have got the European Union. Not

:07:41. > :07:44.everyone it is fair to say is fighting at a difficult decision. We

:07:45. > :07:48.must do what is best for the British people and the people here in Wales

:07:49. > :07:54.and I believe passionately and strongly that we remaining a part of

:07:55. > :07:59.this failing superstate is not in our nation 's best interest.

:08:00. > :08:02.Politicians are taking the lead in framing the arguments but on

:08:03. > :08:06.referendum day in June, your vote will be just as important as theirs.

:08:07. > :08:09.So that's the view from Westminster, but what about those of us who'll be

:08:10. > :08:13.We've been to Llangollen to see whether people there have made

:08:14. > :08:21.Once a year, Llangollen is transformed into a cultural

:08:22. > :08:23.European Union, as competitors from this continent and beyond take

:08:24. > :08:25.part in the International Musical Eisteddfod.

:08:26. > :08:27.In 2002, it even became a temporary Eurozone where businesses accepted

:08:28. > :08:34.Llangollen is a town regularly extends a hand of friendship

:08:35. > :08:41.So does that colour the way its inhabitants would vote

:08:42. > :08:48.Have they made their minds or are they still very much confused

:08:49. > :08:53.There are many ways in which the EU affects our daily lives.

:08:54. > :08:55.Here are just a few voters will have to consider.

:08:56. > :08:57.Stephen Johnson's family has run a dairy and sheep farm

:08:58. > :09:01.He says he's been helped by EU subsidies in leaner times,

:09:02. > :09:04.but even he's not sure if either the leave or remain camp has

:09:05. > :09:08.We don't know really what we are voting for.

:09:09. > :09:13.In some ways, it is easier to vote yes because we know really

:09:14. > :09:16.what is going to happen in Europe, we will probably stay similar

:09:17. > :09:19.Voting no, it is going into the unknown really.

:09:20. > :09:21.This European Language centre in the middle of Llangollen teaches

:09:22. > :09:24.English and offers work placements to people from all over the EU.

:09:25. > :09:27.It's one of hundreds of organisations in Wales which rely

:09:28. > :09:29.on European funding to operate, though it's argued that that money

:09:30. > :09:31.would be replaced by the UK Government.

:09:32. > :09:34.I don't think there is enough public information about it

:09:35. > :09:38.what the European Union fund in Wales and I think

:09:39. > :09:41.if there was more propaganda about it then there would be

:09:42. > :09:55.a better understanding of how much money is actually invested in Wales.

:09:56. > :09:58.The way Europe funds farming and a range of other areas can be

:09:59. > :10:01.confusing but when it comes to who decides how our own money

:10:02. > :10:03.is spent the issues seem more clear cut.

:10:04. > :10:06.For me, it is better that Britain come out from the European Union

:10:07. > :10:09.because Britain has paid a lot of money to the European Union

:10:10. > :10:15.but I don't think it gets that much help from the European Union.

:10:16. > :10:17.I would be worried about defence if we leave.

:10:18. > :10:22.I don't know why people think we can manage on our own.

:10:23. > :10:25.I think we are harking back to a past that does

:10:26. > :10:32.We have not got any industries our own any more.

:10:33. > :10:36.The next four months will be crucial for both sides of the debate

:10:37. > :10:37.to explain their positions to the undecided.

:10:38. > :10:39.But for others, who've already made a decision,

:10:40. > :10:52.Hospitals around Wales have tonight said they are experiencing very high

:10:53. > :10:54.demand and are urging people only to visit emergency

:10:55. > :10:57.Health officials say they are extremely busy,

:10:58. > :11:00.and some say patients are having to wait a long time before

:11:01. > :11:14.Are we doing enough to improve our children's reading?

:11:15. > :11:17.One campaign group fears 26,000 children in Wales are at risk

:11:18. > :11:19.of leaving primary school unable to read properly.

:11:20. > :11:21.Save the Children says it's a national scandal an calling

:11:22. > :11:39.What better way to start the afternoon van with some group

:11:40. > :11:44.reading. From space adventures to Egyptian kings, pupils at this

:11:45. > :11:50.school in Swansea are getting to grips with all kinds of topics.

:11:51. > :11:56.Reading is fun. It is important to read because you can learn different

:11:57. > :12:04.things that you do not even know. Because you can learn things

:12:05. > :12:09.about... You can learn your words. The education watchdog said literacy

:12:10. > :12:15.skills in Welsh primary schools have improved but those behind the

:12:16. > :12:19.campaign which aims to get everyone reading by the age of 11 are

:12:20. > :12:23.concerned 26,000 children in Wales are at risk of leaving primary

:12:24. > :12:26.school unable to read properly. The campaign group says children who

:12:27. > :12:29.read well by the age of 11 are more likely to do better at school,

:12:30. > :12:32.achieve more in exams and fare better in the workplace and is

:12:33. > :12:37.calling for more to be done to ensure that all children in Wales

:12:38. > :12:42.start secondary school as confident readers. It is not just saying the

:12:43. > :12:46.government needs to do this but we do in -- in four party leaders to

:12:47. > :12:52.show they care about this and put this into their manifestos. We would

:12:53. > :12:58.like the public to be behind that. And to build a sort of constituency

:12:59. > :13:02.to say yes, this is a scandal and we all need to do something about it.

:13:03. > :13:07.The Welsh Government says supporting literacy skills as a top priority.

:13:08. > :13:11.Opposition parties say they also recognise big improvements are

:13:12. > :13:16.needed. This school has many reading initiatives. It believes developing

:13:17. > :13:19.a love of reading is key to improving standards. We try to

:13:20. > :13:27.improve the -- involve these parents as well. The parents coming to learn

:13:28. > :13:31.with their children. And we hold days such as world book Day where

:13:32. > :13:37.homework tasks involve reading. We try to generate as much interest as

:13:38. > :13:40.possible. For this young bunch, it is about getting through a paid at a

:13:41. > :13:41.time. The challenge for everyone else is to make sure their next

:13:42. > :13:44.chapter is even brighter. Ben Price reporting and if you want

:13:45. > :13:47.to find out more about how Wales is different to the other nations

:13:48. > :13:49.in the UK, including The "How Wales Works" series has

:13:50. > :13:54.been running across BBC Wales TV and radio and online

:13:55. > :13:55.at bbc.co.uk/walesnews. Just click on the "How

:13:56. > :14:01.Wales Works" link. Still to come on the programme:

:14:02. > :14:05.Can Wales make it five wins in a row And in memory of those

:14:06. > :14:12.who lost their lives at Verdun. The story of how trees from France

:14:13. > :14:14.were planted in Wales. Wales Today has learned that every

:14:15. > :14:26.council here with large numbers of holiday homes is considering

:14:27. > :14:28.bringing in a special levy. A new act will allow up to a maximum

:14:29. > :14:32.of double the council tax to be charged on second homes to try

:14:33. > :14:35.and ease the problem of access But as Abigail Neal discovered

:14:36. > :14:38.in Pembrokeshire, there are fears it As one of Pembrokeshire's

:14:39. > :14:47.prettiest seaside towns, no surprise Tenby is a popular

:14:48. > :14:49.choice for holiday homes, With home ownership increasingly out

:14:50. > :14:54.of reach for those who live and work here, the council wants

:14:55. > :14:56.to redress the balance. Matthew Bryant's family bought this

:14:57. > :14:58.holiday home for their own private use 20 years ago but under

:14:59. > :15:01.new plans, they could be charged We are contributing the same

:15:02. > :15:11.as everybody else who owns a house If you are going to start doubling

:15:12. > :15:21.it, well, you have got to say, you are using address,

:15:22. > :15:24.we already contributing 100%, why are you trying to tax people

:15:25. > :15:30.who are investing in this area? A new act coming in this April

:15:31. > :15:33.allows authorities to charge up to an additional 100% council tax

:15:34. > :15:36.on both second and empty homes. Figures seen by Wales Today show

:15:37. > :15:39.there are more than 16,000 second homes across the country,

:15:40. > :15:42.with a slightly less number Most second homes are in coastal

:15:43. > :15:45.areas with Gwynedd, Pembrokeshire and Anglesey and Ceredigion having

:15:46. > :15:47.the highest numbers. Gwynedd have said they are not sure

:15:48. > :15:50.about this tax yet and want to wait to assess the impact,

:15:51. > :15:53.so we asked the people of Pwllheli I would say it would probably put

:15:54. > :15:57.people off because they would not come if they had to pay

:15:58. > :16:09.twice what we pay. If they can afford to homes,

:16:10. > :16:19.they can afford double the price. They have got beautiful hotels

:16:20. > :16:26.and bed-and-breakfast. Just because they do not

:16:27. > :16:30.have a house which is only used two weeks of the year, I do not think

:16:31. > :16:33.that would stop anyone coming. Pembrokeshire Council say

:16:34. > :16:35.they are not looking to damage the tourism industry

:16:36. > :16:37.here because any second home which is officially let as a holiday

:16:38. > :16:40.cottage would be exempt from this tax and at the moment,

:16:41. > :16:43.that is roughly a third of them. With second home buyers also facing

:16:44. > :16:46.a steep price in stamp duty this spring, some fear any extra tax

:16:47. > :16:48.will deter investors. But with around 300 holiday

:16:49. > :16:50.properties on their books, this agency thinks it

:16:51. > :16:52.could actually increase numbers, as people try and avoid the charge

:16:53. > :16:55.by turning their holiday home We have the rise of websites

:16:56. > :16:59.like booking.com and they are taking a certain percentage of the business

:17:00. > :17:02.away from us. What it might do is encourage people

:17:03. > :17:06.to come to someone like us who can manage the property for them

:17:07. > :17:08.and make them legitimise If that happens, it may

:17:09. > :17:15.have the reverse effect for the Council, raising less,

:17:16. > :17:18.not more, for affordable housing and that is a gamble they have

:17:19. > :17:32.not yet decided upon. Senior managers at the BBC say

:17:33. > :17:35.a representative from Wales should continue to be part

:17:36. > :17:37.of its new management BBC Cymru Wales director

:17:38. > :17:40.Rhodri Talfan Davies and BBC director of strategy and digital

:17:41. > :17:42.James Purnell were giving evidence to the Commons' Welsh

:17:43. > :17:44.Affairs Committee. They were responding

:17:45. > :17:45.to the recommendation of another group of MPs, which said

:17:46. > :17:48.there should be no "specific" representative from Wales

:17:49. > :17:59.on a proposed new BBC board. Wales' medical staff have been

:18:00. > :18:04.assessing key players, with the game against France

:18:05. > :18:06.in the Six Nations just After recovering from injury,

:18:07. > :18:09.centre Jonathan Davies is back in training but wing George North

:18:10. > :18:12.has been training in the centre, just in case Davies

:18:13. > :18:14.isn't fit in time. But tonight, the biggest concern

:18:15. > :18:34.is over Luke Charteris, The injury list for days before

:18:35. > :18:38.Wales' Friday night showdown with the French. It may be a worrying

:18:39. > :18:42.sight although medical staff are hopeful about the fitness of

:18:43. > :18:46.Jonathan Davies who won his 50th cap in the latest victory over Scotland.

:18:47. > :18:49.After missing this weekend 's game for Clermont Auvergne, the

:18:50. > :18:55.experienced centre was back training this afternoon. He is an experienced

:18:56. > :19:00.player. It will be great news when he comes through. The session this

:19:01. > :19:06.afternoon, it is unfortunate the nature of an in dash weekend

:19:07. > :19:09.Independent -- in between 6-nations games and it is the same for every

:19:10. > :19:16.country. It is a difficult time and you hope and pray that the players

:19:17. > :19:21.do not get injuries and unfortunately, we have, but little

:19:22. > :19:26.bit short. Cory Allen would have been a ready replacement if needed

:19:27. > :19:29.but was carried off with an ankle injury during Saturday's game

:19:30. > :19:34.against Leinster. The medical team will be hoping for good news

:19:35. > :19:36.following today's x-ray. But in the meantime, Rob Howley confirmed

:19:37. > :19:43.George North was training at centre this morning. An option to play next

:19:44. > :19:47.to Jamie Roberts if needed. Back to the injuries and there is still

:19:48. > :19:51.doubt over Luke Charteris who continue his rehab from a knee

:19:52. > :19:55.injury. Rhys Priestland took part in noncontact training earlier today,

:19:56. > :20:00.still recovering from a dead leg. As Warren Gatland and his squad in to

:20:01. > :20:04.get their campaign going following one win and a draw. We were not

:20:05. > :20:09.happy with the way we started against Ireland. Against Scotland,

:20:10. > :20:13.we showed what we can do. We scored some decent tries and maybe still

:20:14. > :20:18.left a few opportunities out there. Hopefully we can execute them a bit

:20:19. > :20:23.better this week against France and hopefully come away with a good win.

:20:24. > :20:29.France are unbeaten and seemed to have discovered some of that French

:20:30. > :20:31.flair. Wales will be hoping for some good news on the injury front before

:20:32. > :20:36.Wednesday's team announcement as they aim to secure their fifth it

:20:37. > :20:40.really roll over Friday night 's opponents.

:20:41. > :20:42.Cardiff City go into their game against Middlesbrough tomorrow just

:20:43. > :20:44.four points outside of the Championship play-off places.

:20:45. > :20:48.It's the first time they've done that in the league since 2012.

:20:49. > :20:51.Manager Russell Slade described the win over Brighton as his side's

:20:52. > :21:02.best performance since he joined the club 16 months ago.

:21:03. > :21:04.Ronnie O'Sullivan is unsure whether he'll return to Wales next

:21:05. > :21:06.month for Snooker's World Grand Prix in Llandudno.

:21:07. > :21:09.He qualified by winning the Welsh Open last night,

:21:10. > :21:15.but says he's already committed to an exhibition in Morocco.

:21:16. > :21:18.This is not what Welshman Bruce Tasker wanted at the weekend.

:21:19. > :21:20.Despite skidding close to 70mph, his team mates emerged unscathed.

:21:21. > :21:23.The crash ended their hopes of a first World Championships medal

:21:24. > :21:25.for a British four-man bobsleigh team in 77 years.

:21:26. > :21:29.They were 0.02 seconds off a bronze medal going into the final two runs.

:21:30. > :21:40.Luckily they suffered just bumps and bruises.

:21:41. > :21:51.They were the soldiers who died in the longest single battle

:21:52. > :21:55.Now the Woodland Trust is looking for volunteers to trace the oak

:21:56. > :21:57.trees from France planted here in memory of the fallen.

:21:58. > :22:00.This week marks the 100 year anniversary of the Battle of Verdun.

:22:01. > :22:04.The Trust says, it's found some clues as to where the trees may have

:22:05. > :22:18.German soldiers firing 2 million shells in the first eight hours

:22:19. > :22:21.alone against the French but that was just the start.

:22:22. > :22:22.The Battle of Verdun lasted ten months.

:22:23. > :22:24.The single longest of the First World War,

:22:25. > :22:26.up to 800,000 injured, missing or dead.

:22:27. > :22:28.After the battle, someone thought of picking up a memento,

:22:29. > :22:38.Acorns like these and chestnuts brought back to Great Britain

:22:39. > :22:41.by the likes of David Lloyd George, the Welsh Prime Minister

:22:42. > :22:45.at the time, and now the hunt is on try and find some of the trees

:22:46. > :22:46.that grew from little seeds like these.

:22:47. > :22:50.Well, newspaper articles from the time suggests some good

:22:51. > :22:52.year near the former home of Lloyd George in Gwynedd,

:22:53. > :22:55.or in the Swansea area, but with parks full of oak

:22:56. > :22:58.of roughly the right age, it is thought Abergavenny could also

:22:59. > :23:03.be home to trees steeped in this particular chapter of history.

:23:04. > :23:06.These trees are some of the last living things from the First World

:23:07. > :23:09.War and we want to hope that they go on by collecting their seeds

:23:10. > :23:12.and then propagating them and planting them out again,

:23:13. > :23:15.so they are a living bit of history, which is so important to our

:23:16. > :23:27.landscape as well as the people who sacrificed their lives.

:23:28. > :23:29.The Woodland Trust asking for volunteers to help them

:23:30. > :23:33.carry out the research, especially as so many

:23:34. > :23:35.old oaks were felled as part of the war effort.

:23:36. > :23:38.This the last of its kind in Wentwood Forest on the outskirts

:23:39. > :23:51.It is somewhere you can actually go and actually feel a piece

:23:52. > :23:54.You can sit underneath the tree that was a seed during

:23:55. > :23:57.the First World War and it will be there for your children

:23:58. > :24:03.So they are an important part of the timeline for us.

:24:04. > :24:06.In the absence of so many of the fallen, trees like this have

:24:07. > :24:21.Time now for the weather forecast. Some good news. I think we have seen

:24:22. > :24:27.the last of the wind and rain for a while. The next two days drier and

:24:28. > :24:31.colder. Some wintry showers but sunshine and frost as well. Blue sky

:24:32. > :24:36.in Penrhyn Bay today and the sunglasses will come in handy

:24:37. > :24:40.tomorrow as well. This evening, most of the country dry but showers will

:24:41. > :24:50.spread south overnight. Heavy in places. Colder than recent nights.

:24:51. > :24:54.Temperatures inland falling close to freezing with a frost. For mid and

:24:55. > :24:59.North Wales, a warning of icy patches. Tomorrow's chart shows

:25:00. > :25:06.high-pressure near Iceland. A cold front lying through France and

:25:07. > :25:12.Germany. Here is the picture for 8am. Some cloud likely in the south

:25:13. > :25:17.and west. Showers in places but these will soon clear away.

:25:18. > :25:23.Elsewhere, looking dry clear and bright. Some sunshine in mid and

:25:24. > :25:27.North Wales with frost inland. A chill in the air tomorrow but it

:25:28. > :25:32.will turn into a nice day. Sunnier than today with a few clouds in the

:25:33. > :25:40.afternoon. Temperatures on the chilly side. But in the sunshine, it

:25:41. > :25:43.will feel pleasant. In Conwy tomorrow, fresh and dry. Lots of

:25:44. > :25:54.sunshine. Top temperature six Celsius. Eight Celsius in Briton

:25:55. > :25:56.Ferry. Tomorrow night will continue dry and with the clear sky, there

:25:57. > :26:05.will be a widespread and sharper frost. Minus five Celsius in mid

:26:06. > :26:09.Wales. Wednesday, a frosty start. Most places dry with sunshine but

:26:10. > :26:15.showers in places. Most of the showers in the north and west.

:26:16. > :26:21.Thursday, one or two light showers around. The best of the sunshine in

:26:22. > :26:26.the south-east. Friday, more uncertain. There is a risk of some

:26:27. > :26:33.rain, especially in the south and west. The weekend cold with

:26:34. > :26:37.north-easterly winds. The leader of the Welsh Conservatives, Andrew RT

:26:38. > :26:42.Davies, has now become the highest profile politician from Wales to

:26:43. > :26:45.back the campaign for Britain to leave the European Union. Earlier

:26:46. > :26:50.the Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb described the vote to leave as a

:26:51. > :26:55.leap into the dark. Let's get a final word with our political

:26:56. > :26:59.correspondent, Daniel Davies. The leading politicians in Wales from

:27:00. > :27:05.the Conservatives are on separate sides of the argument. Yes, it is no

:27:06. > :27:08.secret that there are differences of opinion within the Conservative

:27:09. > :27:13.Party about Europe. Some may say that is the reason why David Cameron

:27:14. > :27:17.wanted a referendum in the first places -- first place. The big fear

:27:18. > :27:21.of politicians in the building behind me was this, if the

:27:22. > :27:24.referendum was to happen in June, it would overshadow the assembly

:27:25. > :27:30.elections in May. If you are going to be talking about your politics

:27:31. > :27:33.with your friends and work, are you going to be talking about the

:27:34. > :27:36.semi-election or are you going to be talking about this huge question

:27:37. > :27:41.about Britain's future? Their fear was the latter would win out and the

:27:42. > :27:45.assembly would not get a look in. The date has been set and once the

:27:46. > :27:51.date is set, one Tory semi-member told me today, people will want to

:27:52. > :27:54.know how you are going to vote and today Andrew RT Davies has answered

:27:55. > :27:59.that question. He will vote to leave. Thank you very much.

:28:00. > :28:03.I'll have an update for you here at 8pm and again after the BBC