:00:00. > :00:08.Here, on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.
:00:09. > :00:13.Welcome news for businesses and commuters - the Chancellor
:00:14. > :00:16.announces tolls on the Severn crossings will be halved from 2018.
:00:17. > :00:19.And a law which includes a ban on e-cigarettes in some public
:00:20. > :00:22.places fails at the last minute - after a row between Plaid and
:00:23. > :00:43.The Chancellor has announced a series of measures in his budget
:00:44. > :00:46.Tolls on the Severn Crossings will be halved from 2018,
:00:47. > :00:49.and he talked about plans to make north Wales better able to do
:00:50. > :00:54.business with the so-called 'Northern Powerhouse' in England.
:00:55. > :00:56.With all the details, here's our Business Correspondent,
:00:57. > :01:12.Around 80,000 vehicles crossed the Severn bridges every day. The tools
:01:13. > :01:17.have been described by critics as a tax on entering Wales, one of the
:01:18. > :01:24.poorest parts of the new UK. It currently costs ?6 64 cars, ?13 24
:01:25. > :01:28.vans and ?19 84 lorries and buses. I have listened to the cases made by
:01:29. > :01:33.Welsh Conservative colleagues and I can announce from 2018 we are going
:01:34. > :01:39.to have the price of the calls on the Severn crossings. The tolls have
:01:40. > :01:45.been a frustration for businesses for years but today's announcement
:01:46. > :01:51.was welcomed. It is more than we hoped for. Still a bit of a room
:01:52. > :01:53.left for reduction because the Welsh affairs select committee after
:01:54. > :01:57.hearing the evidence suggested it should be reduced to around ?1 50
:01:58. > :02:05.which would cover maintenance and the operation. The Chancellor also
:02:06. > :02:09.said he would negotiate a city deal for the Swansea Bay region, a ?500
:02:10. > :02:13.million plan to insure the area is at the centre of the next generation
:02:14. > :02:22.of technology. It is already operating at the cutting edge. This
:02:23. > :02:26.company is one of Wales's biggest successes making semiconductors
:02:27. > :02:29.exported around the world. If you have a mobile phone the chances are
:02:30. > :02:35.it has almost certainly got a product from here that it. The
:02:36. > :02:39.Chancellor's support for the Swansea Bay city deal with its emphasis on
:02:40. > :02:51.technology is very welcome. When you look at innovation, innovation is
:02:52. > :02:53.one of the most innovative industries has been semiconductors.
:02:54. > :02:59.It is great the government had chancellors recognise this. Helping
:03:00. > :03:04.boost investment was also part of the Chancellor's plan for Port
:03:05. > :03:10.Talbot. The area will see tax breaks to support its new enterprise zone
:03:11. > :03:14.which aims to create more jobs. Plans to ensure North Wales could
:03:15. > :03:18.benefit from doing business with the broader powerhouse in England. My
:03:19. > :03:24.question is where does North Wales see it fits? In Cardiff Bay talk
:03:25. > :03:27.about links to London saw Ed North Wales should be talking about links
:03:28. > :03:34.to Liverpool and Manchester? They are potentially closer. Sugary
:03:35. > :03:38.drinks manufacturers took a hit with a new sugar A. It'll raise money
:03:39. > :03:42.across the UK to help tackle childhood obesity and some of that
:03:43. > :03:47.will come to Wales but it is up to ministers to work out how that will
:03:48. > :03:51.be spent. It'll be interesting to see the reaction of people on
:03:52. > :03:55.whether they will pay that money or avoid the dregs. Raising the prices
:03:56. > :04:00.perhaps worst tried and that they put some people off. This was a
:04:01. > :04:05.budget for business with a series of measures aimed at boosting the Welsh
:04:06. > :04:05.accord they had also set the tone for the election campaign.
:04:06. > :04:08.The Health Minister, Mark Drakeford, says five years' worth of work has
:04:09. > :04:11.been wasted, after a public health bill, which includes a ban
:04:12. > :04:13.on e-cigarettes in some public places, failed at the last minute,
:04:14. > :04:16.because of a row between Plaid Cymru and Labour.
:04:17. > :04:18.Plaid accused Labour of being arrogant, and needing to be
:04:19. > :04:24.More from our political editor, Nick Servini.
:04:25. > :04:34.It's such the mace was ceremoniously removed from the chamber tonight
:04:35. > :04:42.marking the official into business of the fourth assembly. Before that
:04:43. > :04:49.the final vote was expected to vote on the law concerning East
:04:50. > :04:55.cigarettes in public places. Labour doesn't have an overall majority but
:04:56. > :05:02.was expected to receive support from sub Plaid members, until this. I was
:05:03. > :05:08.grateful to the Berber rug colleagues when he helped us get the
:05:09. > :05:16.bill through, just a few months ago. I thought at the time they were a
:05:17. > :05:22.rather cheap date. You may regret that it a few weeks. As it turns
:05:23. > :05:27.out, the one had to wait a few weeks, just a few hours. Plaid
:05:28. > :05:32.insisted all its members with broader support and as a result the
:05:33. > :05:36.Belfield. Certain things were said today that made people feel they
:05:37. > :05:41.weren't being taken seriously at the way of working had been respected.
:05:42. > :05:44.And that Labour in government for being arrogant and perhaps needed a
:05:45. > :05:50.lesson of how they should be working with parties. Welsh government
:05:51. > :05:55.ministers were not commenting on cabin but every statement, the
:05:56. > :05:59.health minister said there would be widespread anger at the opposition
:06:00. > :06:03.parties. This has been an extraordinary end to the assembly.
:06:04. > :06:08.The final vote on the final piece of legislation which has been dominated
:06:09. > :06:13.by months of the role of the state and personal liberty liberty and
:06:14. > :06:14.public health. It has all failed because what politician stood up and
:06:15. > :06:17.accused another being a cheap date. Unemployment in Wales has fallen
:06:18. > :06:20.again, meaning the gap between Wales The rate now stands at 5.2%,
:06:21. > :06:25.compared to 5.1% across the UK. The number unemployed
:06:26. > :06:27.here between November and January was 79,000 - that's 13,000 fewer
:06:28. > :06:37.than the same time last year. Equipment has started to arrive
:06:38. > :06:39.at a collapsed power plant in Oxfordshire, to help recover
:06:40. > :06:41.three missing workers, 34-year-old Christopher Huxtable,
:06:42. > :06:45.from Bonymaen, was part of the team preparing one of the buildings
:06:46. > :06:47.at Didcot Power Station for demolition, when it
:06:48. > :06:49.collapsed last month. His family has been
:06:50. > :06:59.critical of the operation. The Chief Executive of the only
:07:00. > :07:02.Health Board in Wales that's in special measures has said
:07:03. > :07:05.the structure of the NHS in Wales Gary Doherty was appointed
:07:06. > :07:08.the Chief Executive of North Wales' Betsi Cadwaladr University
:07:09. > :07:10.Health Board last month - after moving from an NHS
:07:11. > :07:18.trust in Blackpool. There's less fragmentation here,
:07:19. > :07:24.what you've got our GPs, hospital doctors, community nurses,
:07:25. > :07:27.other staff, all in the same organisation, back in England,
:07:28. > :07:29.those people would often be Rugby, and Joe Marler won't face
:07:30. > :07:39.sanction for his "gypsy boy" comment towards Wales' Samson Lee,
:07:40. > :07:41.and is now free to play in England's Grand Slam
:07:42. > :07:46.game this weekend. Earlier, Warren Gatland apologised
:07:47. > :07:48.for any offence he'd caused He says his intention was to take
:07:49. > :07:54.focus away from his player, and that he doesn't condone racism
:07:55. > :07:59.of any kind. Time for the weather
:08:00. > :08:10.forecast now with Derek. It turned out lovely today with
:08:11. > :08:13.plenty of sunshine across Wales and more dry weather to come over the
:08:14. > :08:19.next few days with high-pressure remaining in charge. Tonight,
:08:20. > :08:24.generally dry with some cloud moved again, maybe bringing the odd spot
:08:25. > :08:27.of Bristol. Clear and parts of the South and West and colder than last
:08:28. > :08:32.night with the temperature in the few sports law that for a frost. A
:08:33. > :08:37.chilly start tomorrow morning with high-pressure remaining in charge,
:08:38. > :08:42.keeping the weather fronts at bay. Tomorrow morning, some cloud around
:08:43. > :08:45.with the spot of drizzle in the north but no more, dry for many of
:08:46. > :08:52.us and sunshade in the South and West. Across the rest of the UK,
:08:53. > :08:56.most places find tomorrow with sunny spells, some exceptions, low cloud
:08:57. > :09:02.and fog and drizzle in the far north and east. That will move southwards.
:09:03. > :09:06.Quite cold under the cloud, only eight Celsius in Newcastle. Warmer
:09:07. > :09:10.than the sunshade but with the chilly breeze in the far south.
:09:11. > :09:16.We'll is tomorrow afternoon is working fine and largely Sunni with
:09:17. > :09:22.lots of blue sky, maybe a few clouds at the north-east. The temperature
:09:23. > :09:28.reaching eight Celsius. Pleasant in the sunshine with a moderate breeze.
:09:29. > :09:33.Tomorrow night, dry with the sky clear so that means widespread frost
:09:34. > :09:38.that the few fog patches forming. Friday a dry day with frost then fog
:09:39. > :09:42.patches lifting, sunshade for most of the country but it may turn
:09:43. > :09:48.cloudy and the highest temperatures once again in the West, 11 Celsius.
:09:49. > :09:52.Looking to the weekend, high-pressure remains in charge but
:09:53. > :09:55.her big cloudy and stayed mostly Diane settled, more dry weather to
:09:56. > :09:58.come next week. Enjoy the sunshade if you can.
:09:59. > :10:00.The Wales Report is up next, with more details about the impact
:10:01. > :10:03.I'm 52 years old... HE CLEARS THROAT
:10:04. > :10:06...and I want... HE MAKES CLICKING NOISES, GRUNTS
:10:07. > :10:14.The fact that... HE MAKES HIGH-PITCHED GROAN
:10:15. > :10:18...it's harder for me to find a job...means I want it even more.