:00:00. > :00:08.Tonight's headlines: These children get specialist help for their autism
:00:09. > :00:11.but after concern services here are "patchy" the Welsh
:00:12. > :00:16.Government draws up a new national plan.
:00:17. > :00:19.And the creator of SuperTed criticises the red tape he says
:00:20. > :00:36.is holding back the Welsh film industry.
:00:37. > :00:43.A national plan to make sure children and adults with autism
:00:44. > :00:45.in Wales get consistent support, regardless of where they
:00:46. > :00:50.It follows concerns that services across the country are "patchy".
:00:51. > :00:55.Our health correspondent, Owain Clarke has the details.
:00:56. > :01:02.How many words beginning with TH can you think of in a minute?
:01:03. > :01:05.That's the challenge for these pupils in Merthyr.
:01:06. > :01:14.Could you write then underneath for me?
:01:15. > :01:16.But each of the children at the school has autism,
:01:17. > :01:19.a condition that affects how they see the world and interact
:01:20. > :01:22.It is quite different to a mainstream classroom,
:01:23. > :01:29.mainly because distractions are kept to a minimum in the classroom.
:01:30. > :01:32.There are other strategies like visual timetables,
:01:33. > :01:36.which helps them deal with transition during the day
:01:37. > :01:39.so that when they move through activities they know
:01:40. > :01:43.what is going to happen next and they are prepared.
:01:44. > :01:46.Wales was the first country in the UK to introduce a national
:01:47. > :01:48.autism plan six years ago, raising awareness of the condition
:01:49. > :01:51.and forcing councils to develop services.
:01:52. > :01:56.Some children still have to wait too long for diagnosis.
:01:57. > :01:58.Guidelines say it should happen within three months.
:01:59. > :02:03.Charities claim some wait up to seven years.
:02:04. > :02:06.People don't recognise autism is a condition in itself
:02:07. > :02:09.and they are often bandied back and forth between mental health
:02:10. > :02:11.services and learning disabilities and that is one of the issues
:02:12. > :02:16.Autism isn't either of those conditions, it is a condition
:02:17. > :02:23.Faced with criticism that autism services across Wales are patchy
:02:24. > :02:26.at best, the National Autism Plan has been revamped to establish
:02:27. > :02:33.a National Autism Service by 2019, supporting children and adults
:02:34. > :02:36.within health, education, social services and housing together
:02:37. > :02:39.to try and make sure you get the same support wherever
:02:40. > :02:43.As far as I understand it is the first in the world,
:02:44. > :02:48.It is Wales leading the way because we listen to what has worked
:02:49. > :02:52.in the past and hasn't been successful and to understand our
:02:53. > :02:55.problem as it exists and try and do something about it.
:02:56. > :03:03.Generally speaking, the new plan has been welcomed although there
:03:04. > :03:05.are concerns there aren't enough concrete targets in it.
:03:06. > :03:09.It is argued a new law is needed to back it up but if the new plan
:03:10. > :03:12.means these pupils and others like them benefit, there will be
:03:13. > :03:17.Hundreds of people gathered outside the Senedd in Cardiff Bay,
:03:18. > :03:22.calling on politicians to put housing top of the agenda.
:03:23. > :03:25.The event was organised by eight separate organisations under
:03:26. > :03:27.the name "Homes for Wales" campaign - they claim the country is facing
:03:28. > :03:34.All the political parties at the assembly say housing
:03:35. > :03:40.The remains of a woman who went missing 14 years ago,
:03:41. > :03:42.have been found at a quarry in Monmouthshire.
:03:43. > :03:44.53-year-old Margaret Llewellyn was last seen at her home
:03:45. > :03:49.Her disappearance prompted a major search operation, and relatives
:03:50. > :03:54.Gwent Police say her remains were found at Beaufort Quarry,
:03:55. > :04:02.An injured woman was forced to wait for an ambulance on the side
:04:03. > :04:05.of a busy road in Cardiff for over four hours.
:04:06. > :04:08.The 58-year-old tripped on a kerb on Penarth Road at around 10:30am,
:04:09. > :04:11.hurting her back, but an ambulance didn't reach her until around
:04:12. > :04:17.The Chief Executive of the Wales Ambulance Service has
:04:18. > :04:19.apologised, saying current pressure on services meant they did not
:04:20. > :04:24.have the resources to send a crew quicker.
:04:25. > :04:27.The Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood's speech to her party conference
:04:28. > :04:30.in Llanelli has been dominated by attacks on Welsh Labour's
:04:31. > :04:35.She also set out the party's offering to voters ahead
:04:36. > :04:38.of the assembly election, which include a major
:04:39. > :04:40.re-organisation of the NHS, and writing off the debts
:04:41. > :04:48.So many of you understand that our people have been taken
:04:49. > :04:56.That you might have given a lifetime of loyalty to one party
:04:57. > :05:03.but you are now asking what you're getting back.
:05:04. > :05:06.The creator of the SuperTed cartoon series has criticised
:05:07. > :05:08.the involvement of what he calls Welsh government "bureaucrats"
:05:09. > :05:14.Mike Young, who is now a Hollywood film producer, says a lack
:05:15. > :05:18.of support has forced him to make his next film outside Wales.
:05:19. > :05:25.Our arts and media correspondent, Huw Thomas, has more.
:05:26. > :05:31.SuperTed launched the career of Mike Young - the Welsh producer
:05:32. > :05:33.who went on to make films and cartoons
:05:34. > :05:38.His next film isn't animated, it will feature the legendary
:05:39. > :05:53.He was refused support from the Welsh
:05:54. > :05:56.He still has close links with Wales and launched
:05:57. > :05:58.his latest big-screen animation in Wales this week.
:05:59. > :06:00.Asked what he thought of the film and TV industry
:06:01. > :06:02.here, his recent experience left him concerned.
:06:03. > :06:06.I am a commercial director and I think if the industry
:06:07. > :06:12.is going to work in Wales, they have got to become very commercial.
:06:13. > :06:14.They have got around them people who know
:06:15. > :06:28.how package films and how to market and sell them.
:06:29. > :06:29.Rather than, you know, office workers.
:06:30. > :06:31.The Welsh government said its support for the industry
:06:32. > :06:33.has given Wales a global reputation for productions.
:06:34. > :06:35.Its media production budget is delivering tangible results
:06:36. > :06:37.and it made commercial decisions based on
:06:38. > :06:43.Four more productions still have access to funds and will be released
:06:44. > :06:54.Norm of the North is Mike's latest animation.
:06:55. > :06:57.The tale of a polar bear charged with saving his home in the Arctic.
:06:58. > :07:00.But it is SuperTed who has defined his career and is a character
:07:01. > :07:08.We are at the beginning of writing a new SuperTed series and we hope
:07:09. > :07:11.to start producing it and we will produce it
:07:12. > :07:17.Will it be in Welsh or English or both?
:07:18. > :07:20.S4C have shown interest in being part of it.
:07:21. > :07:23.Mike Young is still passionate about Wales and accepts
:07:24. > :07:26.its funding rejection might have coloured his attitude
:07:27. > :07:28.towards the way the industry is run but it
:07:29. > :07:31.hasn't put him off regularly returning from LA and bringing
:07:32. > :07:38.with him one of the most iconic characters in Welsh television.
:07:39. > :07:40.Sport and Welsh cylcists Elinor Barker and Keira Horne
:07:41. > :07:43.were both part of Great Britain's Women's Team Pursuit that won bronze
:07:44. > :07:47.this evening at the World Track Cycling Championships in London.
:07:48. > :07:50.It was a disappointment for Cardiff's Owain Doull who missed
:07:51. > :07:52.out on a bronze in the Individual Pursuit by one hundredth
:07:53. > :07:58.Losing to his GB team mate Andy Tennant.
:07:59. > :08:00.Rugby and the Scarlets scored three tries, winning 24-15
:08:01. > :08:05.Man of the match Steff Evans crossed twice but the Scarlets will be
:08:06. > :08:08.disappointed they didn't score one more try, to secure a bonus point.
:08:09. > :08:15.Time for a look at what the weather has in store this weekend with
:08:16. > :08:26.A taste of winter today with some snow on the high ground. We can look
:08:27. > :08:31.forward to plenty of dry weather over the weekend but the cold wind
:08:32. > :08:35.will take the edge of the temperatures. Any remaining bit of
:08:36. > :08:39.rain, sleet and snow will clear and overnight will hang on to plenty of
:08:40. > :08:44.cloud with temperatures getting down to minus one Celsius. Low pressure
:08:45. > :08:49.moving away tomorrow, high-pressure starting to build from the West and
:08:50. > :08:54.with it a more settled today compare to today. A cold start to Saturday
:08:55. > :08:58.morning. Brisk north-westerly winds starting the day. Some sunshine and
:08:59. > :09:02.showers along the north and west but a lot of dry weather to look forward
:09:03. > :09:06.to. A bit more cloud as the day goes on. For the rest of the British
:09:07. > :09:11.Isles it is a cold day with brisk north-easterly winds bringing the
:09:12. > :09:17.edge off. Some showers over parts of the Southeast and Scotland, which
:09:18. > :09:21.could be wintry for a time. Tomorrow afternoon there could be a few
:09:22. > :09:26.isolated showers with a lot of dry weather compared to today with some
:09:27. > :09:30.sunshine. The wind could make it feel cold with temperatures between
:09:31. > :09:33.six and eight Celsius. Tomorrow night any remaining showers should
:09:34. > :09:36.clear and some frost forming into the early hours of Sunday morning
:09:37. > :09:41.with lighter winds. Temperatures getting down to minus one Celsius.
:09:42. > :09:45.On Sunday, lighter winds making it feel less cold with some sunshine
:09:46. > :09:49.and the risk of some showers for the top temperatures between five and
:09:50. > :09:51.seven Celsius. A lot of dry weather on Monday with more persistent rain
:09:52. > :09:53.on Tuesday. Have a lovely weekend. We're back with our next
:09:54. > :09:56.update at 6:00pm tomorrow. But that's Wales Today,
:09:57. > :09:58.thanks for watching. From everyone on the
:09:59. > :10:00.late team, goodnight.