:00:00. > :00:00.Tonight's headlines: Reducing the risk of dementia -
:00:07. > :00:09.the campaign encouraging us all to adopt a healthy lifestyle,
:00:10. > :00:14.as a survey shows it's the illness we're most worried about.
:00:15. > :00:16.I had a friend, or a cousin, who has been
:00:17. > :00:21.stricken by dementia at a very young age and I realised that hopefully,
:00:22. > :00:23.by taking on an healthy lifestyle,
:00:24. > :00:27.going into old age with a better outlook, then.
:00:28. > :00:30.And a new wave of competition - the battle is on over
:00:31. > :00:36.who could build Swansea's Tidal Lagoon.
:00:37. > :00:38.Playing in protest - around 200 people turn out
:00:39. > :00:48.in Swansea fighting to save music services for young people.
:00:49. > :00:51.Wales' final training session ahead of their Six Nations clash
:00:52. > :00:53.with France - as one coach says Friday night games aren't
:00:54. > :01:00.And Wales is known as the Land of Song -
:01:01. > :01:03.now a new festival around Cardiff aims to become one the best-known
:01:04. > :01:27.Three-quarters of people in Wales are worried about getting dementia.
:01:28. > :01:30.But a new survey says almost half of us don't know that
:01:31. > :01:33.45,000 people in Wales are living with the condition.
:01:34. > :01:37.And more than 2,000 of them are under the age of 65.
:01:38. > :01:40.Today, the Welsh Government launched a campaign calling on us to take
:01:41. > :01:43.steps to try to reduce the risk for ourselves.
:01:44. > :02:03.Here at in Penydarren Park in Merthyr Tydfil, Chris
:02:04. > :02:05.shows me the basics of walking football.
:02:06. > :02:08.After 30 years of doing no exercise, he is just taking up the sport
:02:09. > :02:10.because he believes it will help ward off dementia,
:02:11. > :02:12.something that's already affected one family
:02:13. > :02:16.I had a friend, or a cousin, who has been stricken by dementia
:02:17. > :02:19.He has got two young dependent children and
:02:20. > :02:22.I realised that hopefully, by taking of a healthy lifestyle,
:02:23. > :02:24.I realised that hopefully, by taking up a healthy lifestyle,
:02:25. > :02:25.healthy body, healthy mind and hopefully
:02:26. > :02:28.going into old age with a better outlook, then.
:02:29. > :02:29.According to the Welsh Government, getting dementia
:02:30. > :02:32.is now among our top worries in Wales.
:02:33. > :02:37.And a survey of 1,000 people showed almost half of us don't know
:02:38. > :02:40.you can reduce your risk of getting it.
:02:41. > :02:44.Three-quarters of us, they say, don't know where to begin with that.
:02:45. > :02:52.In Caerphilly, these men took part in a
:02:53. > :02:55.35-year health study and the medical experts say what they found here has
:02:56. > :02:59.To some extent, we have it, there is a genetic element,
:03:00. > :03:02.but to a large extent, it is how we live.
:03:03. > :03:05.And so if we can adopt a healthy lifestyle,
:03:06. > :03:08.just in the same way that it may benefit our heart,
:03:09. > :03:11.what affects the heart affects their head, so it will also
:03:12. > :03:17.But Mary Christine, who has been living with dementia for seven
:03:18. > :03:20.But Mary Christine, who has been living with dementia for several
:03:21. > :03:23.She and husband Graham told me that by claiming lifestyle
:03:24. > :03:25.is a factor, the Government is turning attention away
:03:26. > :03:27.from the need for more health care services.
:03:28. > :03:29.You have got to live your life, you've
:03:30. > :03:32.got to enjoy it, you've got to have fun, you've got to do
:03:33. > :03:52.We joke about Alzheimer's in this House. There are no tears. You know?
:03:53. > :03:56.Can't afford to cry. The Alzheimer's Society says currently, only four in
:03:57. > :04:00.ten people with the condition in Wales get a diagnosis, the lowest in
:04:01. > :04:04.the UK. Last year, the Welsh Government put an extra five when 5
:04:05. > :04:10.million into support services and set up diagnosis targets. It is one
:04:11. > :04:13.thing to diagnose but you have got to be able to show people that once
:04:14. > :04:17.you have had a diagnosis that it leaves somewhere, as well. So our
:04:18. > :04:21.teams of people going into care homes push up the rates of diagnosis
:04:22. > :04:26.but also make sure that people who work in those care homes have
:04:27. > :04:31.practical things they can do to help people live longer and live better
:04:32. > :04:34.with dementia. The Government message is simple, stay fit and
:04:35. > :04:40.thin, don't smoke or drink, watch your help and try new things. Chris
:04:41. > :04:41.takes the view it is worth a punt. And anyway, he says he is having
:04:42. > :04:42.fun. A number of residents at a care home
:04:43. > :04:46.in Colwyn Bay have fallen ill One patient at the Eithinog home has
:04:47. > :04:51.tested positive for the H1N1 virus and a further five have been taken
:04:52. > :04:53.to hospital with Public Health Wales says it's
:04:54. > :04:57.working to stop the virus The Independent Police Complaints
:04:58. > :05:02.Commission says it will not now investigate the death of a dog
:05:03. > :05:05.that was deliberately run over The force had referred itself
:05:06. > :05:09.to the IPCC following the incident on the A55
:05:10. > :05:14.near Penmaenmawr on Monday. Its Commissioner says
:05:15. > :05:16.the force should carry out its own investigation -
:05:17. > :05:18.with input from the RSPCA A watchdog has criticised
:05:19. > :05:26.the Welsh Government for the way it set up and ran a ?50
:05:27. > :05:30.million investment fund. The Wales Life Sciences Fund was set
:05:31. > :05:33.up in 2012 to try to get more The Wales Audit Office says
:05:34. > :05:38.ministers should have handled potential conflicts
:05:39. > :05:41.of interest "more robustly". The Welsh Government says it'll
:05:42. > :05:46.respond in due course. A competitor has emerged
:05:47. > :05:49.to challenge the company behind the ?1 billion tidal
:05:50. > :05:53.project for Swansea Bay. Tidal Lagoon Power wants to be
:05:54. > :05:55.the first to generate electricity from a tidal lagoon -
:05:56. > :05:59.starting in Swansea. Now Ecotricity - which already
:06:00. > :06:01.generates electricity with wind turbines and solar parks -says
:06:02. > :06:09.it can do it for a lot less money. Our economics correspondent
:06:10. > :06:18.Sarah Dickins is here. Bring us up to date on this. Well,
:06:19. > :06:21.if you remember, Tidal Lagoon Power have been working on the Swansea Bay
:06:22. > :06:26.project and other ones were some time and in a way, the delay on
:06:27. > :06:29.recent things, they have got over things like planning, the delay has
:06:30. > :06:32.been about price, what is sometimes called the strike price and the
:06:33. > :06:37.Prime Minister recently said he was concerned about that price. After
:06:38. > :06:42.that, Tidal Lagoon Power said if we look at this project, a ?1 billion
:06:43. > :06:46.project, over 90 years, like you would water infrastructure project,
:06:47. > :06:49.it works out much more cheaply. The Government then said only a few
:06:50. > :06:54.weeks ago that it would hold a review into the industry. What we
:06:55. > :06:59.have discovered today is that Ecotricity, the Government review,
:07:00. > :07:05.wrote to the department responsible for this -- before the Government
:07:06. > :07:08.review. They said they could produce electricity from tidal lagoon is
:07:09. > :07:13.much cheaper. I have this letter, it was written on the 18th of January,
:07:14. > :07:17.before the review, and it says quite frankly that "Our analysis suggests
:07:18. > :07:20.that Swansea Bay is simply the wrong sized project in the wrong place and
:07:21. > :07:25.these constraints are at the root of the high cost of energy. All along,
:07:26. > :07:29.Tidal Lagoon Power has said Swansea would be more expensive because it
:07:30. > :07:33.is the prototype and Cardiff, Newport and others would be cheaper.
:07:34. > :07:37.What this letter is suggesting, what Ecotricity is saying, is that
:07:38. > :07:43.Swansea is too small, they would look at a larger projects, they
:07:44. > :07:47.would do it for that Lower price that Tidal Lagoon Power are talking
:07:48. > :07:52.about but over 35 years. What have Tidal Lagoon Power said? They can't
:07:53. > :07:56.be happy, this was very much their project and they have been working
:07:57. > :07:58.on it for five years. They say they welcome competition and they
:07:59. > :08:02.welcomed the review but this really does challenge some of the things
:08:03. > :08:05.they have been telling us, that the prototype Swansea needs to be more
:08:06. > :08:09.expensive. Thank you very much for that update.
:08:10. > :08:11.With just ten weeks to go until Wales goes to the polls
:08:12. > :08:14.in the Assembly election, the Welsh Liberal Democrats' leader
:08:15. > :08:16.has defended her decision to work with Labour's Welsh Government.
:08:17. > :08:18.Kirsty Williams says if she hadn't struck budget deals with Labour
:08:19. > :08:21.in the Assembly, "the entire institution would have collapsed".
:08:22. > :08:23.Our political correspondent Daniel Davies - who's meeting
:08:24. > :08:24.all the party leaders before polling day -
:08:25. > :08:32.Day one of the National Assembly in 1999.
:08:33. > :08:36.Kirsty Williams has been a member since the start.
:08:37. > :08:40.Another new arrival on the farm near Brecon, home to her and husband
:08:41. > :08:50.And unfortunately, elections in the spring as well.
:08:51. > :08:52.17 years as Assembly member, facing her toughest election
:08:53. > :08:55.yet, she says devolution has disappointed.
:08:56. > :08:58.I think that is a realistic assessment and it is
:08:59. > :09:02.certainly how many people I speak to feel about the Assembly.
:09:03. > :09:05.We had such high hopes that creating this new
:09:06. > :09:09.institution would transform the way in which we deliver public services
:09:10. > :09:13.in Wales and for many people, that just hasn't happened.
:09:14. > :09:16.She will do her best to convince voters to blame
:09:17. > :09:19.Labour for that and do her best to keep her seat,
:09:20. > :09:25.Kirsty Williams has helped keep this area a Lib Dem stronghold for nearly
:09:26. > :09:28.20 years but last year, voters here switched
:09:29. > :09:32.to the Conservatives and when spring rolls around,
:09:33. > :09:37.the Tories would love to convince them to do
:09:38. > :09:42.the Tories would love to convince them to do the same again and turf
:09:43. > :09:44.out their local Lib Dem Assembly member.
:09:45. > :09:46.The Tories point out she has worked with
:09:47. > :09:48.the Labour Government that she now complains about.
:09:49. > :09:51.You have done three budget deals with them, you have cooperated
:09:52. > :09:53.with them, you have kept Carwyn Jones where he is.
:09:54. > :09:55.Well, let's be absolutely clear, if the budget
:09:56. > :09:57.hadn't gone through, the entire institution would have
:09:58. > :10:00.collapsed and I don't think anybody in Wales would have thanked us
:10:01. > :10:02.for a failing institution and an institution that
:10:03. > :10:05.would see it budgets slashed and the money sent back to London.
:10:06. > :10:08.There is an alternative, you could have worked
:10:09. > :10:11.with Plaid and the Tories to run things yourself?
:10:12. > :10:13.And sometimes we do work together to try and extract
:10:14. > :10:16.concessions out of the Government, but I got into politics
:10:17. > :10:21.She says despite leading the smallest group in the Assembly,
:10:22. > :10:24.she has managed to get a Labour Government to deliver
:10:25. > :10:29.Policies like a law Mrs Williams wrote to guarantee
:10:30. > :10:33.minimum nurse staffing levels on hospital wards.
:10:34. > :10:37.After the election, the Lib Dems want to cap infant classroom
:10:38. > :10:42.On the economy, if and when the Assembly
:10:43. > :10:45.get the powers, the Lib Dem would take a penny off the basic
:10:46. > :10:57.Polls suggest they could displace Lib Dems in the Assembly.
:10:58. > :11:00.Voters haven't flocked to the Lib Dems in recent years.
:11:01. > :11:02.What can Kirsty Williams do to get them
:11:03. > :11:07.The politicians you vote for on May the 5th will have the power to make
:11:08. > :11:12.decisions about key areas such as health and education.
:11:13. > :11:15.As part of our series looking at How Wales Works,
:11:16. > :11:18.Arwyn Jones has been in the border town of Presteigne to explain
:11:19. > :11:34.In places like Presteigne, you get a very clear idea of how evolution
:11:35. > :11:38.works and what the Assembly does. That is because here, they are right
:11:39. > :11:44.on the border with England. A lot of public services there are now very
:11:45. > :11:47.different to hear. I have come to Presteigne's version of the
:11:48. > :11:51.Assembly, which happens to be an art centre, which activate to see what
:11:52. > :11:57.people think. A lot of things that directly control our lives -- affect
:11:58. > :12:00.our lives are controlled by the Welsh Government and over the next
:12:01. > :12:04.ten weeks, we will be asked to vote for our next Assembly member. What
:12:05. > :12:07.exactly are we being asked to vote about? The Welsh Government gets
:12:08. > :12:12.most of its money from the UK Government, so next year, ministers
:12:13. > :12:16.here will have nearly ?16 billion to spend on public services in Wales. A
:12:17. > :12:21.lot of that money goes on health, so things like hospitals and GP
:12:22. > :12:24.services. Another key area for the Welsh Government is education, from
:12:25. > :12:27.schools and colleges to universities, it's the Welsh
:12:28. > :12:34.Government which makes all the key decisions. Downstairs in our
:12:35. > :12:37.Assembly for the day, there is a Welsh class practising a song for St
:12:38. > :12:43.David's Day. Arts and culture are also devolved and here, the Assembly
:12:44. > :12:47.strikes the right chord. We run the woodland project and we get funding
:12:48. > :12:50.from Wales, the Welsh Government, it is very good environmentally and the
:12:51. > :12:54.trouble is there are big issues around climate change and the Wars
:12:55. > :12:59.going on and are not controlled in Cardiff, and they should be. I lived
:13:00. > :13:02.in Bangor for a while and people of their feel very isolated from the
:13:03. > :13:08.Assembly and I think we can do here. Everyone forgets about the middle,
:13:09. > :13:12.but we have a lot of needs here too. People still don't identify with it.
:13:13. > :13:15.They still think the decisions made by some faceless bureaucrat, but
:13:16. > :13:20.actually, we are much more democratic with the Assembly than we
:13:21. > :13:22.were when it was all done through a Secretary of State. The Welsh
:13:23. > :13:26.Government doesn't control taxes, although that may well change in the
:13:27. > :13:29.next couple of years, but at the moment, it does decide how much
:13:30. > :13:34.business rates shops like these have to pay. Now, this bridge and this
:13:35. > :13:38.river formed the border between England and Wales and while it
:13:39. > :13:42.doesn't dictate the weather, it does dictate how we respond to the
:13:43. > :13:46.weather, because it is the Welsh Government which is in charge of
:13:47. > :13:51.floods defences, coastal defences, as well as agricultural policies.
:13:52. > :13:54.Immigration is often among the most important issues of interest to
:13:55. > :13:59.voters in Wales, but whoever you vote for in May won't really be able
:14:00. > :14:07.to do anything about it. It is the Westminster UK Government has
:14:08. > :14:09.control over the UK's borders and foreign policy. So those are the
:14:10. > :14:13.main issues we will all be voting on and made of it. People often tell me
:14:14. > :14:15.they don't truly care about what the Assembly does but my point would be
:14:16. > :14:18.if you care about what happens in hospitals and schools and all a the
:14:19. > :14:22.other things we have been talking about in Wales, the chances are you
:14:23. > :14:30.probably do care about what happens in the Assembly in Cardiff Bay.
:14:31. > :14:32.And tomorrow night, as part of the How Wales Works series,
:14:33. > :14:35.we'll be in Tredegar - famous for being the birthplace
:14:36. > :14:38.of the NHS - to find out how it's changed since it was first created
:14:39. > :14:41.almost 70 years ago and the challenges it will face
:14:42. > :14:52.Still to come in the programme this evening.
:14:53. > :14:55.in Cardiff before tomorrow's Six Nations game -
:14:56. > :14:57.but Wales Coach Warren Gatland says their opponents
:14:58. > :15:10.British Breakthrough Act at last night's Brits.
:15:11. > :15:13.Around 200 protestors have gathered outside Swansea's Guildhall urging
:15:14. > :15:16.the City Council not to cut funding to its music service.
:15:17. > :15:18.This evening, councillors are considering a proposal to reduce
:15:19. > :15:22.funding for free music tuition in schools.
:15:23. > :15:25.But campaigners are concerned it could lead to the break-up
:15:26. > :15:28.of the service which is run jointly with Neath Port Talbot Council.
:15:29. > :15:41.There were plenty of familiar tunes on the steps of the Guildhall this
:15:42. > :15:46.evening, but this lot were here to entertain. West Glamorgan youth
:15:47. > :15:50.music is funded as a partnership between Swansea Council and Neath
:15:51. > :15:53.Port Talbot Council. Earlier this month, Neath Port Talbot opted not
:15:54. > :15:56.to cut its subsidy to the service but this evening, Swansea Council
:15:57. > :16:01.will hear proposals to reduce funding for music tuition in schools
:16:02. > :16:04.following a six-month review. These protesters are concerned that
:16:05. > :16:11.without the free tuition in schools, it won't be possible to produce the
:16:12. > :16:13.same level of musical talent but the council says reform is necessary in
:16:14. > :16:16.order to make the service sustainable. If you want people to
:16:17. > :16:21.achieve things like grade eight at the age of 16 or 17, you don't get
:16:22. > :16:25.that starting music lessons at 14. It takes many, many years and it
:16:26. > :16:29.needs the grounding right at the very beginning in primary school.
:16:30. > :16:34.This music service has provided a platform for some of Wales' greatest
:16:35. > :16:40.musicians and composers. Hoping to join the musical greats in the
:16:41. > :16:42.future is Katie. A member of the west Glamorgan youth Orchestra, she
:16:43. > :16:46.told me she is worried others won't take as much interest in music of
:16:47. > :16:50.the current provision of tuition is lost. Children won't have the
:16:51. > :16:55.interest and they won't have a private tutor, they just won't do
:16:56. > :17:00.it. Some people will be able to afford the music programme -- won't
:17:01. > :17:04.be able to afford the music programme and it will deter them. We
:17:05. > :17:09.have to pay in school now but it is still a really reduced price. With
:17:10. > :17:13.enough instruments in hands, the crowd of protesters seem to draw the
:17:14. > :17:17.attention of the Swansea Council leader. He reassured them the music
:17:18. > :17:20.service will continue but reform is needed to some extent. Earlier
:17:21. > :17:26.today, he told with the current level for funding school tuition
:17:27. > :17:29.doesn't make business sense when budgets are tight. I don't think
:17:30. > :17:33.either Council is saying things can continue as they are, because we are
:17:34. > :17:38.aware that the cost of the service, around ?31 an hour, is likely to
:17:39. > :17:42.increase because schools are able to procure music services far cheaper
:17:43. > :17:45.than that. What we need to do is make sure the excellent service we
:17:46. > :17:48.have got is competitive and therefore that schools will want to
:17:49. > :17:54.take that service and parents will want to take that service. The joint
:17:55. > :17:56.running of the service between Swansea and Neath Port Talbot
:17:57. > :18:01.counsels remains under consultation until next month so as Swansea
:18:02. > :18:03.Council make reassurances the music service will continue, campaigners
:18:04. > :18:06.hope the funding won't be scaled back any time soon.
:18:07. > :18:12.Rugby and the Wales forwards coach Robin McBryde says Six Nations games
:18:13. > :18:14.held on Friday nights aren't ideal for fans,
:18:15. > :18:16.but says there's nothing they can do about it.
:18:17. > :18:19.It comes after calls from the WRU for other nations to share
:18:20. > :18:21.the number of Friday night games in future.
:18:22. > :18:24.Wales have had their final training session ahead of the game
:18:25. > :18:30.They were playful and relaxed this morning.
:18:31. > :18:32.The squad has been given a clean bill of health,
:18:33. > :18:34.but Liam Williams was wearing a scrum cap
:18:35. > :18:39.With the roof closed, it promises to be another electric
:18:40. > :18:44.atmosphere, but Friday night games aren't favoured by everybody.
:18:45. > :18:48.An additional 74,000 fans travelling into the city of top of the usual
:18:49. > :18:56.rush hour traffic means just getting to the game could be a problem.
:18:57. > :18:58.It'll be the competition's sixth game on a Friday.
:18:59. > :19:02.We have come across the Friday night games in the past,
:19:03. > :19:04.players are getting more accustomed to dealing
:19:05. > :19:08.It's not ideal for the supporters, or us,
:19:09. > :19:12.France arrived tonight at the stadium having
:19:13. > :19:18.won their opening two games in Paris against Italy or Ireland,
:19:19. > :19:21.won their opening two games in Paris against Italy and Ireland,
:19:22. > :19:23.but neither will be as difficult as playing away from home.
:19:24. > :19:26.They've won just three of their last 12 away games.
:19:27. > :19:28.I think they're just a work in progress, you know,
:19:29. > :19:30.so take one game at a time and see what
:19:31. > :19:33.works well for them, what they need to improve
:19:34. > :19:36.on and they have done that in the first couple of games.
:19:37. > :19:38.I think under Guy Noves, he comes with credibility in terms
:19:39. > :19:41.He's been incredibly successful for Toulouse.
:19:42. > :19:46.In just over 24 hours, Warren Gatland's
:19:47. > :19:51.team will step out here in front of a packed stadium.
:19:52. > :19:53.They haven't lost to France since that World Cup
:19:54. > :19:56.semifinal back in 2011 and they know a win here tomorrow night will push
:19:57. > :20:03.them to the top of the Six Nations championship.
:20:04. > :20:06.The weekend of rugby starts early, with the Dragons hosting Pro 12
:20:07. > :20:10.The Welsh region will be looking for an improvement after the defeat
:20:11. > :20:13.against Treviso last week - their third in a row.
:20:14. > :20:16.Tonight's game is live on Scrum V Live from 7pm
:20:17. > :20:20.That's followed by Sport Wales, which will have an extended
:20:21. > :20:27.Swansea City, who take on Tottenham on Sunday,
:20:28. > :20:30.are too reliant on Gylfi Sigurdsson and Andre Ayew for goals according
:20:31. > :20:36.They've contributed 15 goals to the Swans' total of 24 -
:20:37. > :20:39.the joint-lowest in the Premier League.
:20:40. > :20:45.New striker Alberto Paloschi has yet to score for the club.
:20:46. > :20:47.More tomorrow - we'll be live from the Principality Stadium
:20:48. > :20:56.A new music festival comes to Wales this summer which the organisers
:20:57. > :21:00.hope will rival some of the UK's best-known cultural events.
:21:01. > :21:04.The Festival of Voice takes place at venues in Cardiff in June,
:21:05. > :21:07.with performances by Charlotte Church and Van Morrison
:21:08. > :21:21.Here's our arts and media correspondent Huw Thomas.
:21:22. > :21:27.Some of the voices coming together of the culture in the capital.
:21:28. > :21:32.Today, the owners of three very famous Welsh voices united to launch
:21:33. > :21:35.the Festival of Voice, a series of big concerts and intimate
:21:36. > :21:40.performances at venues across Cardiff in June. Organised by Wales
:21:41. > :21:45.millennium Centre, with a little help from Cerys Matthews. It makes
:21:46. > :21:50.complete sense to have this festival in the land of Song, to open the
:21:51. > :21:55.door wide and help people enjoy the noise we can make and celebrate the
:21:56. > :21:59.boys in Wales. Onstage, people will see Van Morrison singing solo and a
:22:00. > :22:06.special appearance by Bryn Terfel. Charlotte Church co-writes and stars
:22:07. > :22:13.the Last Mermaid, based on Hans Christian Andersen's The Little
:22:14. > :22:16.Mermaid, but she want you to leave Disney at the door. We are taking in
:22:17. > :22:22.a different direction, I don't think the Disney interpretation was very
:22:23. > :22:26.faithful to the original, being as she married the Prince in the end,
:22:27. > :22:29.but don't come expecting the Little mermaid, it isn't that at all. This
:22:30. > :22:33.glamorous cafe in London is the setting for the launch of the
:22:34. > :22:37.festival, a festival that is happening in Cardiff. But if it is
:22:38. > :22:39.to have the impact the audience is hoping for, they will need to
:22:40. > :22:43.attract the critics and the audiences from over the border.
:22:44. > :22:53.Wales millennium Centre will produce the new festival every two years and
:22:54. > :22:55.wanted to stake a place alongside heavyweight cultural events like the
:22:56. > :22:57.Edinburgh fringe and Manchester's International Festival. Rufus
:22:58. > :23:03.Wainwright is giving his only UK performance here at Festival of
:23:04. > :23:05.Voice, Van Morrison and Bryn Terfel don't do everything activate
:23:06. > :23:11.something every week, so we have been very focused on trying to focus
:23:12. > :23:15.on experiences people will get on a train or plane to.
:23:16. > :23:18.Ticket sales and the reaction of the critics will determine whether the
:23:19. > :23:22.festival is a success but the audiences hope the calibre of the
:23:23. > :23:24.voices on show will make it one of this year's unmissable events.
:23:25. > :23:27.And among the winners - Catfish and the Bottlemen
:23:28. > :23:31.A public vote meant they picked up the prize
:23:32. > :23:34.So how's it gone down in their hometown?
:23:35. > :23:38.A glittering night and a glittering prize.
:23:39. > :23:49.And from front man Van McCann, perhaps the shortest
:23:50. > :23:57.For followers of the band, the award will not come
:23:58. > :24:04.It was on a public vote and Catfish have
:24:05. > :24:06.been selling out venues across the UK.
:24:07. > :24:09.Back in the hometown, this Llandudno bar is where they first headlined.
:24:10. > :24:11.Ysgol John Bright is where it all started.
:24:12. > :24:14.Two current members of the line-up were pupils there.
:24:15. > :24:17.And they have plenty of fans among the current crop.
:24:18. > :24:22.There's quite a few fans in school, so there were quite
:24:23. > :24:28.I woke up this morning to a celebratory
:24:29. > :24:31.text message, you know, which was obviously really good
:24:32. > :24:37.to get and I was delighted that the boys, really proud.
:24:38. > :24:40.to get and I was delighted for the boys, really proud.
:24:41. > :24:42.Catfish And The Bottlemen follow in the footsteps of Duffy
:24:43. > :24:44.and the Stereophonics as Brits Breakthrough Award winners.
:24:45. > :24:54.Congratulations to them. Any award winning weather on the way?
:24:55. > :24:57.Derek, how is it looking? We have been treated this week are some
:24:58. > :25:02.lovely weather, blue skies, sunshine and frost. Not quite as nice this
:25:03. > :25:06.afternoon, more clout but still generally dry and apart from a few
:25:07. > :25:10.showers, or dry weather to come over the next few days, but a breeze
:25:11. > :25:15.picking up will make it feel colder. Tonight, most of the country dry, a
:25:16. > :25:19.few showers in the west and the odd shower may turn up in the South
:25:20. > :25:23.later on tonight. Not as cold as recent nights but still some frost.
:25:24. > :25:28.Temperatures in parts of mid and North Wales falling below freezing.
:25:29. > :25:30.Tomorrow's chart shows low pressure over Ireland and that brings the
:25:31. > :25:36.threat of some rain to the south-west. So at eight o'clock in
:25:37. > :25:40.the morning, breezy across Pembrokeshire and cloudy in the
:25:41. > :25:45.south with maybe one or two showers. Elsewhere, it is looking dry, should
:25:46. > :25:49.be bright in parts of mid and North Wales and feeling cold, only three
:25:50. > :25:54.Celsius in Caernarfon. During the day, a few showers will drift their
:25:55. > :25:59.way northwards, wintry on high ground with a few flakes of snow. We
:26:00. > :26:02.may see some rain turning up in Pembrokeshire but Flintshire should
:26:03. > :26:07.stay dry. More clout than sunshine tomorrow but bright in places.
:26:08. > :26:13.Breezy than today and chilly, highs between four and seven. On Anglesey
:26:14. > :26:18.tomorrow, most of the des dry though I wouldn't rule out a shower in the
:26:19. > :26:23.afternoon. In Montgomeryshire, mostly dry tomorrow with maybe a
:26:24. > :26:27.light shower in places, chilly five Celsius in Welshpool with a light
:26:28. > :26:31.breeze. If you are in Cardiff for the rugby, it will be chilly, mostly
:26:32. > :26:36.dry but we could see a few spots of light rain around the middle of the
:26:37. > :26:42.day, around six Celsius Baha'i. One or two showers in the evening,
:26:43. > :26:45.wintry in places, otherwise the cloud breaks and temperatures fall
:26:46. > :26:49.low enough for a touch of frost. Saturday, a cold day with a
:26:50. > :26:53.north-easterly breeze, especially in the south and south-east. The odd
:26:54. > :26:56.light shower in place but no more than that, drive for most of us and
:26:57. > :27:02.the Sun should break through at times. -- try. Then on Sunday, high
:27:03. > :27:08.pressure will topple its way across the UK, moving down from the north,
:27:09. > :27:13.meaning settled and dry weather. Sunday, chilly and dry, variable
:27:14. > :27:17.cloud with some sunshine. Exley, a dry start on Monday but rain on the
:27:18. > :27:21.way, the wind picking up, so a change on the way for the start of
:27:22. > :27:25.March -- next week. Derek, thank you very much. A
:27:26. > :27:29.reminder of the top story: the Welsh Government has launched a campaign
:27:30. > :27:33.calling on us all to take steps to try and reduce the risks of getting
:27:34. > :27:35.dementia. A survey says three quarters of people in Wales are
:27:36. > :27:40.worried about developing the condition.
:27:41. > :27:45.And that is Wales Today, we have a quick update at 8pm and more after
:27:46. > :27:49.the BBC News at ten. From all the buzz on the programme, thank you for
:27:50. > :27:51.watching and have a good evening. Goodbye. -- from all of us.