06/03/2016

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0:00:00 > 0:00:00A first look at tomorrow's papers coming up shortly on the

0:00:13 > 0:00:14Good evening.

0:00:14 > 0:00:18The leader of Labour's campaign to remain in the EU has told BBC

0:00:18 > 0:00:22Wales it was unfair to think European economic aid money

0:00:22 > 0:00:25would solve the problems of the poorest parts of the country.

0:00:25 > 0:00:30Alan Johnson said Wales still needed to work towards its own destiny.

0:00:30 > 0:00:32But opponents argue that we'd be better off if funds weren't

0:00:32 > 0:00:34diverted through Brussels.

0:00:34 > 0:00:38Rhodri Lewis reports.

0:00:38 > 0:00:40He may not be in power anymore, but the former

0:00:40 > 0:00:44Home Secretary Alan Johnson is still one of his party's big beasts.

0:00:44 > 0:00:47That's why he's been put in charge of Labour's campaign to stay

0:00:47 > 0:00:49in the EU.

0:00:49 > 0:00:52The question of whether so-called objective one money has done any

0:00:52 > 0:00:55good is one which both sides of the debate hope to use

0:00:55 > 0:00:57to their advantage.

0:00:57 > 0:00:59West Wales and the Valleys are currently on their third

0:00:59 > 0:01:01round of European structural funding.

0:01:01 > 0:01:05Between 2002 and 2006, they were awarded more

0:01:05 > 0:01:08than ?1.5 billion.

0:01:08 > 0:01:13Between 2007 and 2013, ?1.8 billion was invested.

0:01:13 > 0:01:17The current round, which runs to 2020, will see a further

0:01:17 > 0:01:20?1.8 billion poured in.

0:01:20 > 0:01:23Speaking to the Sunday Politics Wales programme,

0:01:23 > 0:01:26Mr Johnson said it was unfair to expect the spending to have

0:01:26 > 0:01:29solved this area's economic problems.

0:01:29 > 0:01:33I think to argue that, yes, Europe has this ambition that

0:01:33 > 0:01:39all parts of Europe should come up to the same level of prosperity

0:01:39 > 0:01:43and you have seen that money come to you in Wales,

0:01:43 > 0:01:46but to somehow say grudgingly, it hasn't created a land of milk

0:01:46 > 0:01:49and honey, I think is a bit unfair.

0:01:49 > 0:01:51But his comments have been criticised by groups

0:01:51 > 0:01:53who want to leave the EU.

0:01:53 > 0:01:56As we have said all along, there is no such thing as EU money.

0:01:56 > 0:02:00It's our money which we send to Brussels, we get a small fraction

0:02:00 > 0:02:03of it back, we then have to match fund it, we have to spend it

0:02:03 > 0:02:07on projects they tell us to spend it on and we have to put an EU flag

0:02:07 > 0:02:10on it in order to say, thank you very much for giving

0:02:10 > 0:02:12us our money back.

0:02:12 > 0:02:15Alan Johnson asked what would have happened to these areas had they not

0:02:15 > 0:02:17had EU money?

0:02:17 > 0:02:19That is going to be one of the critical questions discussed

0:02:19 > 0:02:25in the weeks and months before the referendum in June.

0:02:25 > 0:02:28A man has been charged with murder after a 39-year-old

0:02:28 > 0:02:30was stabbed in Cardiff.

0:02:30 > 0:02:33Clint Sims was found in Glyndwr Road in Ely on Thursday.

0:02:33 > 0:02:36Stephen Pike has been charged with murder and two counts

0:02:36 > 0:02:39of possessing a knife in public.

0:02:39 > 0:02:43He's due to appear before magistrates tomorrow.

0:02:43 > 0:02:46Hospitals could be ranked using a new one-to-five ratings

0:02:46 > 0:02:49system with scores on public display, if the Welsh Conservatives

0:02:49 > 0:02:52win power in May's Assembly election.

0:02:52 > 0:02:55The party says cleanliness, infection rates and access

0:02:55 > 0:02:59to treatment would all be assessed to reach a final score.

0:02:59 > 0:03:02The independent watchdog Health Inspectorate Wales would be

0:03:02 > 0:03:06responsible for implementing the idea.

0:03:06 > 0:03:10Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood has ruled out any kind of coalition deal

0:03:10 > 0:03:14with Labour after the election if the party pushes ahead with plans

0:03:14 > 0:03:17for an M4 relief road around Newport.

0:03:17 > 0:03:19The First Minister, Carwyn Jones, has said proposals for the ?1

0:03:19 > 0:03:24billion project would be included in Labour's manifesto.

0:03:24 > 0:03:27It's the first so-called "red line" to have been set out by Plaid

0:03:27 > 0:03:31in any post-election negotiations.

0:03:31 > 0:03:35I've been very clear since I've been leader of this party that we have

0:03:35 > 0:03:37to spread wealth and prosperity throughout the nation,

0:03:37 > 0:03:41and focusing spending like that on one small corner of the nation

0:03:41 > 0:03:45is completely unacceptable to Plaid Cymru and so we would not

0:03:45 > 0:03:51support any government that wanted to go ahead with that.

0:03:51 > 0:03:54Rugby, and in the Pro 12, the Cardiff Blues were beaten

0:03:54 > 0:03:57by the Glasgow Warriors 27 points to 20.

0:03:57 > 0:04:01The Blues were 20 points to nil down at half-time,

0:04:01 > 0:04:04but a late rally saw Dan Fish, Elis Jenkins and Macauley Cook

0:04:04 > 0:04:10all cross the line to secure a losing bonus point.

0:04:10 > 0:04:13Ice hockey, and defending champions the Cardiff Devils

0:04:13 > 0:04:16lost their Challenge Cup final against the Nottingham Panthers

0:04:16 > 0:04:18in Sheffield tonight.

0:04:18 > 0:04:21A late goal by Evan Mosey, with 25 seconds of sudden-death

0:04:21 > 0:04:25overtime to go, secured the win for Nottingham.

0:04:25 > 0:04:29The final score 1-0.

0:04:29 > 0:04:30Time for a look at the weather.

0:04:30 > 0:04:34And there's a yellow be aware warning in place for snow and ice

0:04:34 > 0:04:37across much of Wales tonight and into tomorrow morning.

0:04:37 > 0:04:40Tomorrow will be a predominantly dry and cold day with a fair amount

0:04:40 > 0:04:43of sunshine and light, northerly winds.

0:04:43 > 0:04:46A few wintry showers, but they'll clear to leave a dry

0:04:46 > 0:04:50and bright afternoon, with highs of 8 Celsius.

0:04:50 > 0:04:51And that's Wales Today.

0:04:51 > 0:04:54We're back with updates in breakfast from 6.25am tomorrow morning.

0:04:54 > 0:04:57But from all of us on the weekend team, thank you for watching.

0:04:57 > 0:04:58Goodnight.