:00:00. > :00:07.Our top stories: Westminster Conservatives in a climbdown tonight
:00:08. > :00:11.as they try break the deadlock over more powers for Wales.
:00:12. > :00:14.And claims that we could be in for worse flooding than planned
:00:15. > :00:33.for because we're looking at the wrong figures.
:00:34. > :00:37.The plan was intended to bring power over your income tax,
:00:38. > :00:39.energy projects and how we run elections closer to Wales,
:00:40. > :00:47.but tonight there's been a major climbdown from the UK government
:00:48. > :00:49.over how those ambitions will be met.
:00:50. > :00:53.It follows claims from all sides that the draft law was confusing
:00:54. > :01:01.and could end up leaving Welsh ministers with fewer powers,
:01:02. > :01:04.Today's move from the Conservative Welsh Secretary has been welcomed
:01:05. > :01:06.as our Political Editor Nick Servini reports.
:01:07. > :01:09.They say a week is a long time in politics.
:01:10. > :01:13.David Cameron with his then deputy, Nick Clegg, at what was then called
:01:14. > :01:17.They set out details of the Saint David's Day agreement,
:01:18. > :01:22.Fast forward, and after months of criticism in a series of reports,
:01:23. > :01:26.and a process that appeared at times to be heading on a collision course,
:01:27. > :01:30.and we have an attempt at a breakthrough.
:01:31. > :01:40.Until now, it's been assumed that power lies with the UK,,
:01:41. > :01:43.Until now, it's been assumed that power lies with the UK government,
:01:44. > :01:47.unless it's in devolved areas like health and education.
:01:48. > :01:52.This has led to confusion at times and legal battles over who's
:01:53. > :01:56.So, the decision was made with the process, make a list
:01:57. > :01:58.of powers held at Westminster, such as policing,
:01:59. > :02:00.defence and benefits - and assume that if anything isn't
:02:01. > :02:02.on the list, the power lies in Cardiff Bay.
:02:03. > :02:06.The problem is that the list of around 260 so-called reserved
:02:07. > :02:09.powers, including areas like road signs and street trading,
:02:10. > :02:15.Then there's the law-making carried out in the Assembly.
:02:16. > :02:20.In order to enforce the legislation, there are times that has to change
:02:21. > :02:24.the criminal law and, in order to do that,
:02:25. > :02:27.it would have had to pass what was going to be
:02:28. > :02:35.This morning, in Cardiff Bay, a major climb-down from
:02:36. > :02:38.the Welsh Secretary, Stephen Crabb, as he set out plans
:02:39. > :02:45.to reduce the list of powers reserved to Westminster
:02:46. > :02:53.He also set up a working group to look at what he called distinct
:02:54. > :02:55.arrangements for Wales' growing body of law.
:02:56. > :02:58.I have demonstrated today I was listening all along and I have
:02:59. > :03:00.been taking on board the valid and legitimate criticisms
:03:01. > :03:08.I think the changes announced today are the right thing to do.
:03:09. > :03:10.It means the timeframe to introduce the legislation will be delayed
:03:11. > :03:14.First Minister Carwyn Jones said there is now the opportunity
:03:15. > :03:16.to repair the damage done by a flawed process and produce
:03:17. > :03:23.The changes were also welcomed by some political experts who'd been
:03:24. > :03:28.critical of the original proposed legislation.
:03:29. > :03:31.In terms of people's everyday life, you don't really want to be having
:03:32. > :03:34.a debate on the constitution every three or four years.
:03:35. > :03:36.You want the rules of the game to be workable and stable.
:03:37. > :03:44.I think there is now more hope that we can move towards that.
:03:45. > :03:46.Not quite back to the drawing board, but a pause to work
:03:47. > :03:51.No one is pretending that the process will be easy
:03:52. > :03:54.but there is more of a chance tonight for the deadlock
:03:55. > :04:10.The tumble dryer company Whirlpool has been ordered to supply
:04:11. > :04:13.information to an inquest about any fires related to one of its models.
:04:14. > :04:16.Bernard Hender, who was 19, and Doug McTavish, who was 39,
:04:17. > :04:19.died after a fire at their flat in Llanrwst in 20-14.
:04:20. > :04:22.An investigation found that the fire started in a tumble dryer.
:04:23. > :04:24.Anglesey Council Tax payers are facing a 3.5% increase
:04:25. > :04:27.in their bills as the Local Authority attempts to save ?3
:04:28. > :04:30.million over the next financial year.
:04:31. > :04:37.The Council Leader says bills on the island will still be well
:04:38. > :04:40.A final decision will be made next month.
:04:41. > :04:43.Flooding in the future could be much worse than we're planning
:04:44. > :04:45.for because we're looking at the wrong data, putting lives
:04:46. > :04:48.That's according to one of the world's leading experts.
:04:49. > :04:51.Professor Mark Macklin of Aberystwyth University says
:04:52. > :04:54.the risk of flooding could be as much as 40% greater
:04:55. > :04:59.because Natural Resouces Wales do not use all the data about past
:05:00. > :05:09.Bernard and Debbie Eccles are just one couple affected
:05:10. > :05:13.It was all the more upsetting to them because they should have
:05:14. > :05:16.been protected by a flood barrier, but it wasn't put up in time
:05:17. > :05:23.We were actually trying to get the plates off the road with six
:05:24. > :05:26.inches of water or something on top of it.
:05:27. > :05:30.It was too late then, water was coming into
:05:31. > :05:35.The only thing we can do now is just use the bottom of the house
:05:36. > :05:39.It's the fourth time the Eccles have been flooded.
:05:40. > :05:42.Now an expert is warning that we should all get used
:05:43. > :05:46.to greater and more frequent floods in the future.
:05:47. > :05:49.Professor Macklin is head of the river dynamics
:05:50. > :05:52.and hydrology research group at the University of Aberystwyth.
:05:53. > :05:54.He and his team have been studying geological markers
:05:55. > :06:00.Discovering evidence of huge floods in our past which are on a scale
:06:01. > :06:03.that current planning does not take into account.
:06:04. > :06:07.We had, in the late 18th century, floods which were 20-30% larger
:06:08. > :06:17.If we go back further than that, in terms of the last 3500 years,
:06:18. > :06:20.we are looking at what perhaps 20% larger than that as well.
:06:21. > :06:25.We're actually looking at flood magnitudes that may be approaching
:06:26. > :06:28.in some areas, anywhere between 20-40% higher
:06:29. > :06:32.than what we have seen in the post 1980 period.
:06:33. > :06:35.Natural Resources Wales have compiled flood maps using detailed
:06:36. > :06:39.information from river gauges or instrumental records.
:06:40. > :06:43.However, as these gauges have only been in place for some 50 years,
:06:44. > :06:46.evidence of previous larger floods is missing.
:06:47. > :06:49.Professor Macklin's historical geological data is already
:06:50. > :06:51.being used in other countries to calculate risk and he said
:06:52. > :06:55.it is time we used the same method here.
:06:56. > :07:00.We will need to rethink and remap our flood plains to look
:07:01. > :07:05.If we don't, we will be putting more properties,
:07:06. > :07:09.more lives, more livlihoods, more infrastructure at risk.
:07:10. > :07:11.Natural Resources Wales says it does not accepted their their flood maps
:07:12. > :07:16.are underestimating Wales' flood risk, there are however aware
:07:17. > :07:18.of Professor Macklin's work and they are considering a pilot
:07:19. > :07:21.study to see if they can use it to improve their risk
:07:22. > :07:28.More on this story on Week In Week Out after this programme.
:07:29. > :07:31.BBC Wales can reveal that more than ?200,000 has been spent
:07:32. > :07:36.by the Welsh Government, defending itself against claims
:07:37. > :07:40.of infringing copyright over its use of photographs of Dylan Thomas.
:07:41. > :07:42.The pictures show the poet as a young man with his wife,
:07:43. > :07:51.The Welsh-made Raspberry Pi looks set to become the best selling
:07:52. > :07:56.The title was held by the Amstrad PCW which is believed to have sold
:07:57. > :08:00.According to the company, which is based in Pencoed,
:08:01. > :08:02.near Bridgend, the Raspberry Pi will surpass that number
:08:03. > :08:09.Let's see what the weather has in store Sue Charles
:08:10. > :08:20.Good evening. The last day of meteorological winter but it will
:08:21. > :08:23.not feel too springlike this week. Increasingly wet and windy overnight
:08:24. > :08:28.into tomorrow and the rain moves to the east and the wind is picking up
:08:29. > :08:31.to gale force on the coast and snow showers are being replaced by heavy
:08:32. > :08:36.rain in the early hours as it turns milder and not as cold as last
:08:37. > :08:41.night. A wet and windy start across Wales tomorrow with heavy downpours
:08:42. > :08:49.and across the UK band of rain moves to the east, easing as it does so
:08:50. > :09:00.when turning dryer to the West with some trite -- bright spells. Those
:09:01. > :09:06.brisk westerly winds will ease later across Wales and dry afternoon with
:09:07. > :09:09.just a few showers and milder, 10 degrees on Anglesey or 12 in
:09:10. > :09:14.Monmouthshire. A few showers tomorrow night. Clearer for a time
:09:15. > :09:19.but colder air returns and any showers could be wintry, especially
:09:20. > :09:23.on higher ground, with strong winds creating a real wind chill. Early on
:09:24. > :09:29.Wednesday the troth bushes in, bringing showers in the wind will
:09:30. > :09:33.strengthen well. The showers on Wednesday will be wintry in the
:09:34. > :09:37.hills and it will be windy and cold morning but brighter spells later
:09:38. > :09:43.and the wind will ease later on. Highs of just six or 7 degrees.
:09:44. > :09:46.Showers will clear on Thursday and quieter and drier day but turning
:09:47. > :09:50.cloudy with rain and possibly kill snow arriving again later in the
:09:51. > :09:52.day. It may be the first week of spring but a very changeable and
:09:53. > :09:58.sometimes quite wintry week to come. From all of us on the
:09:59. > :10:04.programme, goodnight.