:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to Wales Today, our top stories:
:00:00. > :00:08.One of the world's most famous cars is to be built here.
:00:09. > :00:11.Aston Martin's next car will be made in the Vale of Glamorgan
:00:12. > :00:21.To be made by more than 700 Welsh workers.
:00:22. > :00:23.I will be looking at exactly what it means
:00:24. > :00:47.Private Cheryl James from Llangollen was ordered by a superior to have
:00:48. > :00:51.sex with another soldier the night before she died,
:00:52. > :01:00.The number of MPs Wales sends to Westminster could be cut
:01:01. > :01:05.A fibre optic cable from New York to the Welsh coast to bring
:01:06. > :01:10.The centrepiece of Swansea's city region plan.
:01:11. > :01:14.And police explain why they deliberately ran down
:01:15. > :01:24.and killed a dog, similar to this one, on the A55 in Conwy.
:01:25. > :01:28.It's one of the most iconic names in motoring - perhaps best known
:01:29. > :01:30.as James Bond's favourite car and now Aston Martin
:01:31. > :01:35.The newest model, the DBX, will be made in the Vale
:01:36. > :01:38.of Glamorgan beating off competition from around the world.
:01:39. > :01:42.750 high-skilled jobs are promised to make the prestige car
:01:43. > :01:45.which will set you back at least ?150,000.
:01:46. > :01:55.Here's our economics correspondent, Sarah Dickins.
:01:56. > :02:03.A symbol of glamour of rights outside Welsh Government buildings.
:02:04. > :02:08.The prototype of Aston Martin's latest vehicle, DBX. From Twenty20
:02:09. > :02:11.to be handmade in Wales but exported around the globe. This is a great
:02:12. > :02:16.deal for Wales and it marks a significant moment in the history of
:02:17. > :02:21.our automotive sector. It fought off competition from 20 other sites from
:02:22. > :02:24.the Middle East, Eastern Europe and the state to win the investment
:02:25. > :02:31.worth many millions of pounds and seven and 50 jobs. For two years,
:02:32. > :02:36.the Welsh Government and others have been courting Aston Martin. What was
:02:37. > :02:44.the attraction? You train great people. I actually believe this will
:02:45. > :02:48.maybe retain youngsters in Wales and in Cardiff rather than having to go
:02:49. > :02:55.to the Midlands in order to ply their trade.
:02:56. > :03:00.Magnificent, isn't she? Cilic, sleek and very male. That has
:03:01. > :03:07.been the luxury brands image. At the new car is designed around what
:03:08. > :03:11.women might want. Between one and 50000 and ?200,000 it is about the
:03:12. > :03:14.same price as an average price -- house in Wales. It is aimed at those
:03:15. > :03:19.who seek glamour and room for the kids. Neither the Welsh Government
:03:20. > :03:24.nor Aston Martin will tell us how much public money is being spent
:03:25. > :03:28.bringing them here. We were hungry for it. We have a history of
:03:29. > :03:34.manufacturing here. We want it to carry on. I felt passionately when
:03:35. > :03:36.we were going for this. I did is what business is going outside the
:03:37. > :03:47.UK either. The former MoD site here in Saint
:03:48. > :03:55.Aston will hazard. -- Saint Athan. The car parts industry is a big
:03:56. > :03:59.employer here. Between them they employ 18,000 people and have a
:04:00. > :04:05.combined turnover of well over ?3 billion. This announcement is about
:04:06. > :04:10.more than jobs, more than money, it is about glamour. What it gives
:04:11. > :04:14.Wales is a real feather in the cap, one of the smartest, sexiest, most
:04:15. > :04:18.glamorous brands in the world to be made in Wales. It is impossible to
:04:19. > :04:24.calculate how much that is worth. But for the Welsh economy to benefit
:04:25. > :04:29.this glamorous brand also needs to be successful. Needs to sell cars.
:04:30. > :04:35.It was badly hit by the 2008 recession with sales in 2014 half
:04:36. > :04:38.that of seven years earlier. We went bankrupt a lot of times in our
:04:39. > :04:43.history. That'll never happen again. We're going to increase our
:04:44. > :04:50.production of sports cars and then we create this new business with the
:04:51. > :04:53.new DBX. When the DBX was launched at the Geneva motor show a year ago
:04:54. > :04:59.the global economy was much stronger. The rich in emerging
:05:00. > :05:03.markets like China were big buyers of luxury products. That is less
:05:04. > :05:07.money being spent in many of those markets now. The question is whether
:05:08. > :05:12.this new style Aston Martin will be as attractive to the world's stretch
:05:13. > :05:16.as it needs to be? For the last plant, it used to be a success.
:05:17. > :05:19.As we just heard, it's hoped the Aston Martin investment
:05:20. > :05:23.will breathe new life into the M0D site in St Athan.
:05:24. > :05:27.So Caroline Evans now with reaction to today's announcement
:05:28. > :05:38.There were smiles all round as the First Minister welcome Aston Martin
:05:39. > :05:46.to their new home. After you two years of negotiation, the hanger to
:05:47. > :05:51.house chats will be producing cars. It's been a bumpy ride for this
:05:52. > :05:54.site. Back in 2000, a plan to modernise it saw millions invested.
:05:55. > :06:01.A super hangar built as a faster that jet repair facility for stop
:06:02. > :06:07.but UK ministers announced they were accusing that business five years
:06:08. > :06:10.later. Relief locally that this new development will include a skills
:06:11. > :06:13.Academy which will make Saint a third and the Vale of Glamorgan a
:06:14. > :06:18.centre of excellence. This is fantastic news. We have been through
:06:19. > :06:22.a turbulent time over the last decade that this is great news. It
:06:23. > :06:25.demonstrates the UK Government led by the Prime Minister last July, and
:06:26. > :06:32.the worst governments working together. Attracting one of
:06:33. > :06:36.motoring's was just disease names is also expected to create around a
:06:37. > :06:41.thousand jobs with Welsh businesses and suppliers. Here in Neath, they
:06:42. > :06:45.worked with Aston Martin in the past and they are hopeful their new South
:06:46. > :06:50.Wales base could mean more work heading their way. It is excellent
:06:51. > :06:58.news for Wales to have a prestigious automotive supplier coming to Wales.
:06:59. > :07:02.For ourselves, who are in a design and manufacture the company for the
:07:03. > :07:07.automotive industry, this can only be good news and hopefully we can
:07:08. > :07:09.benefit in the future from a prestigious company like Aston
:07:10. > :07:15.Martin. Only a handful of cars have ever
:07:16. > :07:23.been completely Welsh made. This one was produced in the 60s. But this
:07:24. > :07:29.operation is on an altogether bigger scale. Work on the factory here will
:07:30. > :07:30.start in 2017 with the first cars produced by 2020.
:07:31. > :07:32.Our economics correspondent Sarah Dickins is here.
:07:33. > :07:35.This facility was built to refit aircraft.
:07:36. > :07:51.That never came, it has not been used and the reason why is something
:07:52. > :07:56.beyond the market economy. Any big investment, and this one is hundreds
:07:57. > :08:00.of millions of pounds, involves risks. In terms of financial risk,
:08:01. > :08:07.we don't know how much the Welsh Government is putting in nor Aston
:08:08. > :08:10.Martin. These days in centres from governments and much more
:08:11. > :08:13.complicated than Cass. If we look at some of the incentives that might
:08:14. > :08:19.have been discussed, there is going to be skills training. One presumed
:08:20. > :08:23.that the worst governments was involved in that. A new road is
:08:24. > :08:26.planned. The Welsh Government is involved in that. That road would
:08:27. > :08:31.help other businesses like British Airways and the airport. We know
:08:32. > :08:35.that there are other things that will help the development of the
:08:36. > :08:40.business. Those things would not be risks in the true sense of the world
:08:41. > :08:44.if something went wrong. Will this happen? That is what everybody has
:08:45. > :08:49.been asking me all day today. We don't know what is going to happen
:08:50. > :08:53.in the global economy. As we saw, it is the rich of the world that buy
:08:54. > :08:56.these cars. If it does work, if the risk pays off, Wales has a lot to
:08:57. > :09:01.win. A lots to learn as well. The performance of the Welsh
:09:02. > :09:03.Ambulance Service in responding to emergency calls was worse in
:09:04. > :09:07.January than in the previous month. However, it continues
:09:08. > :09:10.to meet its target of responding to over 65% of the most urgent calls
:09:11. > :09:14.within eight minutes. Figures show that in January,
:09:15. > :09:16.the service responded to a higher number of calls than
:09:17. > :09:21.the month before. An inquest into the death
:09:22. > :09:24.of an 18-year-old soldier from Llangollen has heard
:09:25. > :09:26.she mentioned to a friend "how easy
:09:27. > :09:29.it would be to shoot yourself". Private Cheryl James was found
:09:30. > :09:32.with a gunshot wound to the head at Deepcut barracks in Surrey
:09:33. > :09:36.more than 20 years ago. The inquest also heard claims
:09:37. > :09:38.she had been "ordered" to sleep What happened to Private Cheryl
:09:39. > :09:48.James at a Deepcut barracks The young soldier was found dead
:09:49. > :09:53.with a single bullet wound This fresh inquest into her death
:09:54. > :09:57.has heard about the culture How some recruits
:09:58. > :10:01.were seen as a sexual challenge and how some soldiers had
:10:02. > :10:05.little supervision and were drunk The inquest heard from a friend
:10:06. > :10:10.of Cheryl James, Yvonne Sneddon. She said they were returning
:10:11. > :10:13.to Deepcut on a coach when Cheryl "If you were going to kill yourself
:10:14. > :10:19.it would be really easy". She said she was shocked,
:10:20. > :10:22.that this was out of context She said Cheryl has switched
:10:23. > :10:27.from being really happy The inquest also heard from another
:10:28. > :10:33.friend of Cheryl's at Deepcut, Andrew Carter, seen
:10:34. > :10:35.here on the right. He said Cheryl had wanted a fake
:10:36. > :10:38.passport to leave the country and had asked if he'd ever done
:10:39. > :10:43.anything off impulse. Then, the inquest touched
:10:44. > :10:46.on claims the James family Was Cheryl James ordered to have sex
:10:47. > :10:54.with a fellow soldier? Mark Beards, a former
:10:55. > :10:57.Soviet, told the inquest he saw Cheryl the night
:10:58. > :11:00.before her death. He claims she told him that she had
:11:01. > :11:04.been ordered to go down to her room He claims the order came
:11:05. > :11:10.from a Sergeant Gavaghan and that Cheryl didn't want to go
:11:11. > :11:14.but felt like she had to. It was later put to Mr Beards
:11:15. > :11:17.that he had been paranoid and delusional and
:11:18. > :11:20.was untrustworthy. He maintains he is
:11:21. > :11:23.telling the truth. Cheryl's father, Des James,
:11:24. > :11:28.listened attentively as he has done He feels this is his
:11:29. > :11:33.last chance to find out The number of politicians we send
:11:34. > :11:43.to Westminster is to be cut. Wales will lose more than a quarter
:11:44. > :11:46.of its MPs under a review The number of MPs we send
:11:47. > :11:52.to Westminster will fall from 40 to 29 as part of a move to reduce
:11:53. > :11:57.the size of the House of Commons. Let's talk to our parliamentary
:11:58. > :12:10.correspondent, David Cornock, What is behind this? The government
:12:11. > :12:15.says there are too many members of Parliament and he wants to cut the
:12:16. > :12:20.size of the House of Commons down from 650 to 600. It also says there
:12:21. > :12:24.were 600 MPs should represent roughly the same number of people.
:12:25. > :12:31.At the moment, that is not the case. If you are an MP for Wales for the
:12:32. > :12:35.Welsh constituency you represent fewer people if you represent
:12:36. > :12:39.existed too busy in England. If you average those, what it means is
:12:40. > :12:42.there are going to be larger constituencies in Wales, thereby to
:12:43. > :12:50.be fewer of them. The number will come down from 40 to 29. It is great
:12:51. > :12:52.to be -- going to be a redraw the map.
:12:53. > :12:57.This will not go down too well is with MPs.
:12:58. > :13:02.That is a growl already. Plaid Cymru say that this is a sad day for
:13:03. > :13:08.democracy, neighbours say it is going to cut the voice of Wales
:13:09. > :13:16.here. That labour. It will cut the voice of the Labour Party here. It
:13:17. > :13:19.will affect me constituencies in Wales and England and make it much
:13:20. > :13:20.harder for the Labour Party to win a general election.
:13:21. > :13:23.Much more to come before seven o'clock.
:13:24. > :13:26.Police officers explain why they deliberately ran down
:13:27. > :13:31.and killed a dog running loose on the A55 in Conwy.
:13:32. > :13:33.And it's the disease carried by mosquitoes affecting thousands
:13:34. > :13:39.Now scientists in Swansea say they have the answer
:13:40. > :13:51.A fibre optic cable running from New York to London
:13:52. > :13:53.via Oxwich Bay, that's the centrepiece of plans for a deal
:13:54. > :13:57.worth more ?500 million to boost the economy of the Swansea Bay
:13:58. > :14:00.region create more jobs, are being sent to the Chancellor,
:14:01. > :14:06.They include a fibre optic transatlantic cable from New York
:14:07. > :14:09.to London via Oxwich Bay that will deliver the fastest,
:14:10. > :14:13.most reliable broadband the UK has ever had.
:14:14. > :14:18.it may seem like a tranquil part of the gallop that this could be
:14:19. > :14:25.central to delivering broadband speeds. It would see a cable
:14:26. > :14:29.stretching from New York to London as crucially to stop along the way
:14:30. > :14:39.at areas including Llanelli, Swansea and Port Talbot. This is a small
:14:40. > :14:48.business in Swansea will stop it designs personalised make-up boxes.
:14:49. > :14:54.The slow speeds and in the -- and reliable broadband affects business.
:14:55. > :14:57.It is always there, the consistency of the connection. We are processing
:14:58. > :15:03.lots of orders and let the Internet goes down the communication line
:15:04. > :15:06.goes down with the customer. The plans involve ?500 million of
:15:07. > :15:17.taxpayers money and they are going to be considered by the Chancellor.
:15:18. > :15:23.In a conference call from Canada, the billionaire businessman, said
:15:24. > :15:29.Terry Matthews, said people had to look towards the jobs of the future.
:15:30. > :15:33.If I were somebody let go from a mine, or somebody let go from the
:15:34. > :15:40.steelworks, I'd be going to college and learning how to code. There is a
:15:41. > :15:45.massive shortage of people who understand software, people who
:15:46. > :15:52.understand code. It is a massive shortage. The old stuff fast
:15:53. > :15:56.broadband would be used to bring together a variety of energy
:15:57. > :15:59.projects being developed including the giant tidal turbine which has
:16:00. > :16:03.been placed on the sea bed of Pembrokeshire. It can provide
:16:04. > :16:07.powerful 600 homes. We are looking to diversified into low carbon
:16:08. > :16:11.buildings and homes. We are looking to diversify into connected homes.
:16:12. > :16:16.What we mean by that is, the helm of the future may be a small power
:16:17. > :16:20.station in its own right. You can use the Internet to actually control
:16:21. > :16:26.when the house is taking electricity generating electricity. Whether this
:16:27. > :16:29.becomes the centre of Swansea Bay's regeneration will be decided by the
:16:30. > :16:33.Chancellor. He has been keen to sign off as many of the city deals as
:16:34. > :16:37.they can if they provide value for money. The team behind this proposal
:16:38. > :16:39.thinks it can convince him that it isn't just good for the region but
:16:40. > :16:42.for the UK as a whole. Critics and supporters of the police
:16:43. > :16:44.have been taking to social media after it emerged officers
:16:45. > :16:47.deliberately ran over a dog North Wales Police say there was no
:16:48. > :16:51.other way of dealing with an animal was running loose in the dark posing
:16:52. > :16:54.the risk to drivers The force has referred itself to the Independent
:16:55. > :17:08.Police Complaints Commission. The headlines were screaming out
:17:09. > :17:13.this morning, even the Times thundered. Police traffic officers
:17:14. > :17:18.run over a dog and they did it on purpose. The Force HQ in Colwyn Bay,
:17:19. > :17:22.they must have felt they were under siege. The press office and seen
:17:23. > :17:27.officers forced to field a barrage of questions from journalists. A
:17:28. > :17:31.foxhound, similar to these, which had been missing since the weekend
:17:32. > :17:35.from an English -based park which was hunting in Wales was killed
:17:36. > :17:40.because the police thought it posed a danger to traffic. What should
:17:41. > :17:47.they have done? This story has divided public opinion. There's been
:17:48. > :17:53.a frenzy on media, the North Wales Police Facebook page has had 10,000
:17:54. > :17:57.messages left on it. In pen my mouth, not far from the stretch of
:17:58. > :18:03.the A55 where the dog was killed, I found a reflection of the differing
:18:04. > :18:07.views. If I don't rent the dog over I'd be arrested and put up on
:18:08. > :18:12.charges. I don't think they had any right to do that. It could've been
:18:13. > :18:19.with differently. It is a shame the dog had to die but at the same token
:18:20. > :18:23.the police did what they had to do. The A55 is North Wales busiest road,
:18:24. > :18:27.even in the middle of the night there was traffic from Irish Sea
:18:28. > :18:31.ferries. Throughout today's, more and more information about what
:18:32. > :18:35.happened emerged from the police. It was three in the morning, there was
:18:36. > :18:38.the risk of a serious accident. Other options were considered, a
:18:39. > :18:42.firearms team was on the weight that they were worried about being able
:18:43. > :18:47.to take a safe shot. These were difficult circumstances. A difficult
:18:48. > :18:53.decision for the officers to make. They were faced with a dog in the
:18:54. > :18:58.road, fast-moving traffic stop they did attempt a roadblock, they did
:18:59. > :19:03.put themselves at risk and try to catch the darker stop the officers
:19:04. > :19:07.made it difficult decision based on a difficult set of circumstances.
:19:08. > :19:14.All of that may may not satisfy the critics. The police say they have
:19:15. > :19:17.spoken to the owner who is said to understand the officers had to make
:19:18. > :19:18.a difficult decision and a collector, the owner thinks, in the
:19:19. > :19:20.circumstances. Some of Wales's biggest arts
:19:21. > :19:23.companies will lose up to 3.5% of their funding from April this
:19:24. > :19:26.year from the Arts Council of Wales. It's protected funding for those
:19:27. > :19:28.who receive less than ?150,000 a year, but others will
:19:29. > :19:31.see their income fall, after the Arts Council's own budget
:19:32. > :19:37.was cut by the Welsh Government. We've undertaken this investment
:19:38. > :19:40.review as with previous one with one thing only in mind, what is the
:19:41. > :19:44.best kind of art infrastructure we can provide for the people
:19:45. > :19:47.of Wales across Wales? We haven't considered
:19:48. > :19:50.the money first and foremost. We've considered it in terms
:19:51. > :19:53.of organisations and the ideas The Zika virus is believed to have
:19:54. > :19:59.affected thousands of babies across South America but now
:20:00. > :20:03.scientists at Swansea University say they may have the answer to prevent
:20:04. > :20:07.the disease from spreading. Their research, published
:20:08. > :20:12.by the Royal Society, shows that bacteria in the gut
:20:13. > :20:16.of disease-bearing insects can be It is a tropical disease
:20:17. > :20:21.that is spreading fast. From Brazil to Venezuela thousands
:20:22. > :20:24.of mother in southern and central America have given birth to babies
:20:25. > :20:28.with the microcephaly defect, believed to be caused by mosquitoes
:20:29. > :20:32.carrying the Zika virus. But closer to home, scientists
:20:33. > :20:36.at Swansea University say they have come up
:20:37. > :20:38.with a way that could stop We take a bacterium which has
:20:39. > :20:46.evolved to live inside a particular We are slightly changing that
:20:47. > :20:54.bacterium so it is targeting only The technique the team
:20:55. > :20:58.is using involves a natural process whereby the activity
:20:59. > :21:00.of certain genes can be It is a method which has
:21:01. > :21:05.already worked on other These are bloodsucking
:21:06. > :21:08.kissing bugs which carry the Chagas disease
:21:09. > :21:11.and affecteight million people The team here have tested the same
:21:12. > :21:16.technique of using bacteria to suppress the genes which control
:21:17. > :21:20.fertility in these creatures. So far, it's proved
:21:21. > :21:25.almost 100% effective. It is now thought the same method
:21:26. > :21:28.can be transferable to other species including mosquitoes
:21:29. > :21:32.which carry the Zika virus. I am very confident that we can
:21:33. > :21:36.effectively control populations of that mosquito by preventing
:21:37. > :21:41.the larvae which live in water Luciana, who is currently
:21:42. > :21:51.studying for a Ph.D., Brazil is a tropical country,
:21:52. > :21:57.it is facing a difficult moment concerning tropical disease
:21:58. > :22:03.such as Zika virus and yellow fever, dengue, and this research
:22:04. > :22:09.is extremely important. If you control the mosquito then
:22:10. > :22:15.we can reduce the number of cases. Professor Dyson and his team
:22:16. > :22:17.will continue to work closely with scientists in Rio de
:22:18. > :22:20.Janeiro in an attempt to stop Wales coach Warren Gatland has been
:22:21. > :22:28.explaining his reasons for making three changes to the team that
:22:29. > :22:30.will face France. Alex Cuthbert was selected ahead
:22:31. > :22:33.of Tom James for Friday's Six Nations match at
:22:34. > :22:36.the Principality Stadium and Gatland thinks that Cuthbert is regaining
:22:37. > :22:41.some of the confidence that helped him produce his best
:22:42. > :22:44.form for Wales. With the wing it is
:22:45. > :22:47.an opportunity for Alex. We don't think he's far away
:22:48. > :22:51.from coming back into some form With Tom at the moment we just feel
:22:52. > :22:57.that it is an opportunity for him to play some more
:22:58. > :23:00.stuff for the Blues. He knows himself he is down
:23:01. > :23:03.on sharpness and a bit It is an opportunity
:23:04. > :23:08.for him to keep working, Like spring on Barry
:23:09. > :23:21.Island this afternoon. The temperature was seven Celsius
:23:22. > :23:24.with a light breeze. Mind you, it hasn't been dry
:23:25. > :23:29.and sunny everywhere. In north and mid Wales a few shower
:23:30. > :23:33.clouds like this one in Criccieth. Tonight a few showers
:23:34. > :23:37.will spread south. Dusting of snow in places
:23:38. > :23:40.with a warning of icy patches Some dry, clear weather as well
:23:41. > :23:45.with another widespread frost. Temperatures in Mid Wales dropping
:23:46. > :23:49.as low as minus four, minus five. Here's the picture for eight
:23:50. > :23:53.in the morning. Bright, crisp and sunny
:23:54. > :24:01.but not everywhere. So more dry weather and sunshine
:24:02. > :24:14.tomorrow but cloud will build up One or two wintry showers but a lot
:24:15. > :24:20.of places dry. Temperatures on the cold side,
:24:21. > :24:24.four to seven Celsius One or two showers but
:24:25. > :24:32.some sunshine as well. Cloudier in the afternoon
:24:33. > :24:41.with a high of six in Risca. Tomorrow night the odd shower
:24:42. > :24:44.but dry for many. Not as cold as tonight with more
:24:45. > :24:49.cloud around but still some frost. The forecast for Friday
:24:50. > :24:51.is still proving Low pressure over Ireland may bring
:24:52. > :24:56.a little rain and snow on higher ground but we may
:24:57. > :25:00.miss the worst of it. Perhaps some rain in the south west
:25:01. > :25:10.later in the afternoon. Mind you a north easterly breeze
:25:11. > :25:32.will make it feel cold. The headlines again. Aston Martin is
:25:33. > :25:36.coming to Wales. The new West model, DBX, will be made in the Vale of
:25:37. > :25:37.Glamorgan. Beating off competition from round-the-world trip 750 new
:25:38. > :25:39.jobs will be created. I'll have an update for you here
:25:40. > :25:43.at eight o'clock and again That's Wales Today, thank
:25:44. > :25:46.you for watching.