:00:07. > :00:08.Welcome to Wales Today. Our top stories?
:00:09. > :00:09.Welsh Tory leader Andrew RT Davies says
:00:10. > :00:12.David Cameron's EU deal was not "robust" enough for him to vote
:00:13. > :00:17.And 600 pupils, parents and teachers protest against plans
:00:18. > :00:41.Good evening. The leader of the Welsh
:00:42. > :00:43.Conservatives says David Cameron's deal was not "robust" enough
:00:44. > :00:45.to convince him to vote to remain in the European Union.
:00:46. > :00:48.Andrew RT Davies has been setting out his reasons for his decision
:00:49. > :00:51.to vote to leave the EU at the referendum on June 23.
:00:52. > :00:54.But he says his first priority is trying to win the Assembly
:00:55. > :01:05.Our Political Correspondent Daniel Davies has the story.
:01:06. > :01:10.The most important election in a generation, he says.
:01:11. > :01:13.But this morning's questions were all about another vote.
:01:14. > :01:15.Politicians around here, including Andrew RT Davies,
:01:16. > :01:17.would rather the EU referendum was happening later
:01:18. > :01:25.The Assembly election would be overshadowed
:01:26. > :01:32.At that election, the Tories hope to kick Labour out of office
:01:33. > :01:34.and occupy the corridors of power in the Welsh government
:01:35. > :01:42.Between now and the Assembly election, your opponents will use
:01:43. > :01:44.every opportunity to remind voters that, on Wales' place in Europe,
:01:45. > :01:51.Is that going to damage your Assembly election campaign?
:01:52. > :01:55.At the end of the day, the Conservatives
:01:56. > :01:58.My vote, David Cameron's vote, is worth
:01:59. > :02:02.no more than your vote, than the lady or gentleman walking
:02:03. > :02:04.outside this building, than the lady or gentleman
:02:05. > :02:07.in Cardiff, Wrexham, Mold - the length and breadth of Wales
:02:08. > :02:13.The Tories united in celebration after last year's
:02:14. > :02:18.general election, but now they are divided over Europe.
:02:19. > :02:21.Had Mr Davies discussed his views with the Prime Minister?
:02:22. > :02:28.Whatever those decision are taken, I will stand by them.
:02:29. > :02:30.Mr Davies is one of three Conservative AMs
:02:31. > :02:44.who have said they will vote to leave.
:02:45. > :02:47.Three more have confirmed that they are on the remaining side.
:02:48. > :02:49.The other eight either haven't decided or are not saying.
:02:50. > :02:54.At the end of the day you have to decide what do you think
:02:55. > :02:56.is in the best interest of your constituency,
:02:57. > :02:59.your country and I've decided that I think we should go
:03:00. > :03:02.I think it is a good deal for Britain.
:03:03. > :03:04.Mr Davies says he would fight for ways
:03:05. > :03:06.to get money from Westminster if funding was cut
:03:07. > :03:10.He paid tribute to the Prime Minister for negotiating hard
:03:11. > :03:14.on EU reform but in the end the deal on offer wasn't robust enough
:03:15. > :03:17.so he is following his instincts and voting to leave.
:03:18. > :03:19.Some of Wales' largest companies, employing over 14,000 people,
:03:20. > :03:22.are calling for the UK to remain part of the European Union.
:03:23. > :03:25.BT, HSBC, Airbus and Ford are among those who have told BBC Wales that
:03:26. > :03:32.jobs and growth will be better served by being in the EU.
:03:33. > :03:35.Those campaigning for us to leave the EU say trade will continue,
:03:36. > :03:46.An ex-Scoutmaster jailed for 12 years in 2014 for abusing boys
:03:47. > :03:48.was back in court today, where he admitted to charges
:03:49. > :03:56.Martyn Tucker pleaded guilty at Caernarfon Crown Court to 28
:03:57. > :04:03.offences of indecent assault, spanning an 18-year period.
:04:04. > :04:05.Conwy Council is to run a trial collecting refuse bins
:04:06. > :04:09.But the pilot will only happen in one area, rather than throughout
:04:10. > :04:13.Hundreds of people have signed petitions opposing the plans
:04:14. > :04:16.which were being introduced by the council in a bid to reduce
:04:17. > :04:18.the costs of sending waste to landfill and to
:04:19. > :04:28.More than 600 schoolchildren, parents and teachers have been
:04:29. > :04:33.protesting at plans to re-organise secondary education in Powys.
:04:34. > :04:36.The council wants to close Llandrindod and Builth Wells High
:04:37. > :04:38.School and build a new school in Builth Wells.
:04:39. > :04:40.It also wants to replace two schools in Brecon
:04:41. > :04:48.The Cabinet has voted for a full consultation to be carried out.
:04:49. > :04:56.Rather than double maths it was a silent demonstration
:04:57. > :04:59.They were protesting against Powys Council's shake up
:05:00. > :05:05.Llandrindod and Builth Wales High School and a new school being built
:05:06. > :05:09.A petition with more than 1,300 signatures on it was handed
:05:10. > :05:16.What I'm particularly concerned about is the impact
:05:17. > :05:21.At the moment there are three schools in special measures in this
:05:22. > :05:25.Indeed, I haven't got a problem with that.
:05:26. > :05:28.What I have got a problem with is the school being sited
:05:29. > :05:31.The impact on this town and the students who are here
:05:32. > :05:33.would be highly negative, in my opinion.
:05:34. > :05:36.Over 600 pupils, teachers and parents have turned up here
:05:37. > :05:38.this morning to protest and handing in a petition
:05:39. > :05:43.This the secondary school here for well over 50 years
:05:44. > :05:56.and these people don't want to lose it.
:05:57. > :05:58.Llandrindod Wells is a small-town of a
:05:59. > :06:00.population of just under 6,000 people.
:06:01. > :06:03.If it even didn't have a high school here how is that town
:06:04. > :06:06.If it goes it'll be a great loss to the community.
:06:07. > :06:09.It is a major thing in the town and I
:06:10. > :06:11.feel very passionate about it and so do other people.
:06:12. > :06:13.At a packed meeting, councillors approved
:06:14. > :06:19.on a merger of Llandrindod and Builth Wellss high schools,
:06:20. > :06:22.as well as a consultation on the closure of Brecon High
:06:23. > :06:24.and Gwernyfed school, to establish a new English medium
:06:25. > :06:28.The council says with three schools in special measures and pupil
:06:29. > :06:30.numbers dropping by around 800 in four years they had
:06:31. > :06:35.We can't offer a sustainable curriculum and a satisfactory
:06:36. > :06:42.The consultation will start in September, but these pupils
:06:43. > :06:44.protesting already fear this could be beginning of the end
:06:45. > :06:50.Former Conservative MP Neil Hamilton has described a campaign
:06:51. > :06:52.against his bid to stand as an Assembly Member for UKIP
:06:53. > :06:56.as a "cancer that needs to be cleansed".
:06:57. > :06:58.UKIP has launched an investigation, after an anonymous leaflet
:06:59. > :07:00.criticising Mr Hamilton was sent to party members.
:07:01. > :07:02.It describes him as being "parachuted in" -
:07:03. > :07:15.I was born in Wales, I grew up in Wales, I was educated
:07:16. > :07:17.in Wales, both at school and at university.
:07:18. > :07:20.My father was the chief engineer for the Coal Board in Wales.
:07:21. > :07:22.He had an office just across the water there
:07:23. > :07:24.in the early 1970s, before he retired.
:07:25. > :07:32.I am just as Welsh now as I was then.
:07:33. > :07:35.Rugby now and Warren Gatland has made three changes to the Welsh team
:07:36. > :07:37.that will face France at the Principality Stadium
:07:38. > :07:44.Alex Cuthbert will start on the wing, as Dan Lydiate gets
:07:45. > :07:47.Second row Bradley Davies will get his chance in light
:07:48. > :07:52.Two football results for you tonight.
:07:53. > :07:55.Cardiff lost 3-1 to Middlesbrough at the Riverside Stadium.
:07:56. > :07:57.Wrexham moved into the play-off places in the National League
:07:58. > :07:59.after securing their third successive win, with a 2-0 victory
:08:00. > :08:08.over struggling Kidderminster Harriers.
:08:09. > :08:10.A lovely dry day for many of us today.
:08:11. > :08:16.What about tomorrow? Derek's got the forecast.
:08:17. > :08:32.Good evening. Cold And frosty today. Tomorrow, more dry weather and
:08:33. > :08:38.winter sunshine. A widespread frost overnight. You can see the planet
:08:39. > :08:46.Jupiter just to the left of the moon. Overnight temperatures down
:08:47. > :08:55.below zero. He cold frost first thing tomorrow. Across the rest of
:08:56. > :09:03.the United Kingdom, a frosty start for much of the country, especially
:09:04. > :09:09.in Scotland. A few showers in Northern Ireland, with wintry
:09:10. > :09:19.showers in the north of Scotland. Only four Celsius in Edinburgh,
:09:20. > :09:24.double that in London. Dry and sunny spells for us tomorrow. Temperatures
:09:25. > :09:32.are little lower than today, 6-7dC. A few showers tomorrow night, wintry
:09:33. > :09:38.and poisons. Again, some frost overnight once again. On Thursday,
:09:39. > :09:45.more cloud alone. Still some dry and great weather. On Friday, still some
:09:46. > :09:49.uncertainty, with the chance of a little rain. Looking mostly dry over
:09:50. > :09:54.the weekend, but very cold. That is Wales Today.
:09:55. > :09:56.Thank you for watching. From all of us on the
:09:57. > :09:59.programme, goodnight.