:00:00. > :00:11.The new secretary of state for Wales Alun Cairns
:00:12. > :00:14.on his first day, those splits in the cabinet which brought him
:00:15. > :00:20.to his job and what's in his in-tray.
:00:21. > :00:27.There is a great of agility about getting a clearer, fairer, stronger
:00:28. > :00:31.settlement with the Welsh bill. There are also many exciting
:00:32. > :00:34.opportunities, like a city deal for Cardiff, opening the doors towards a
:00:35. > :00:38.great deal for North Wales. The steel workers union meets
:00:39. > :00:40.with Tata's new European boss amid reports that the company
:00:41. > :00:43.could reject a rescue Its the main railway link into south
:00:44. > :00:57.and west Wales but in This tunnel will be closed for
:00:58. > :01:03.almost a month and a half from September for work to electrify the
:01:04. > :01:05.rail. We will have an exclusive report.
:01:06. > :01:08.Lifeguards are to patrol one of our most popular beaches
:01:09. > :01:13.In tonight's sport, Dan Biggar turns to coaching.
:01:14. > :01:16.And through the eyes of the Welsh fly-half we'll look back at this
:01:17. > :01:36.I could have done with a view of you boys yesterday as well!
:01:37. > :01:38.The new Secretary of State for Wales says he wants to prioritise
:01:39. > :01:47.Alun Cairns said he would hold a summit next week to look at ways
:01:48. > :01:49.of driving forward investment with a "growth deal" for the region.
:01:50. > :02:02.Mr Cairns, who replaces Stephen Crabb, says he wants
:02:03. > :02:09.He -- he replaces in Duncan Smith. Here is our correspondent. It is the
:02:10. > :02:12.best of times and worst of times. A motion for Stephen Crabb and Alun
:02:13. > :02:16.Cairns, the party at civil war over Europe and the budget. At the
:02:17. > :02:23.Downing Street door closed for Iain Duncan Smith it opened this morning
:02:24. > :02:26.for this man, Stephen Crabb's deputies since 2014 and he inherits
:02:27. > :02:31.the top job at the Welsh Office and the task of steering the next stage
:02:32. > :02:38.of Welsh devolution into law. How will you do the job differently? I
:02:39. > :02:44.plan to follow the chromatic approach Stephen Crabb followed as a
:02:45. > :02:48.secretary of state. -- the approach. It is about relations with the
:02:49. > :02:52.business sector, the authorities and communities across Wales. I want to
:02:53. > :02:57.be pragmatic as secretary of state. Who is Alun Cairns? Eat a appear in
:02:58. > :03:04.the Swansea Valley and began working life in a bank. He was one of the
:03:05. > :03:08.regional semi members in 1999 and his Westminster career was almost
:03:09. > :03:11.over before it began. He was suspended as a candidate after he
:03:12. > :03:15.made a drug-free comment about the candidates. He apologised and was
:03:16. > :03:20.elected MP for the Vale of Glamorgan in 2010. A regular runner, he was
:03:21. > :03:26.the fastest MP in the London Marathon two years ago. Labour say
:03:27. > :03:30.he can run but cannot hide. We also need to see a lot more focus on what
:03:31. > :03:36.exactly these announcements about North Wales and the city region of
:03:37. > :03:40.Swansea mean. They were made last week but no detail at all about
:03:41. > :03:45.whether there will be any money coming to help these areas. He has
:03:46. > :03:49.also lined up alongside Stephen Crabb for the Parliamentary Rugby
:03:50. > :03:55.team. Stephen Crabb will lead all of his skills to tackle his new job,
:03:56. > :03:58.and having met start at the DWP this morning he faced MPs to say the
:03:59. > :04:05.controversial cuts to personal independence payments for disabled
:04:06. > :04:08.people will not now be going ahead. As a one nation Conservative my
:04:09. > :04:12.vision is to support everybody to achieve their full potential and
:04:13. > :04:15.live independently. That means people having the stability and
:04:16. > :04:19.security of a decent job and children growing up at home with
:04:20. > :04:24.that benefit of that stability. In his new job he will recognise a
:04:25. > :04:31.familiar if not friendly ways. His Labour shadow is once again the MP
:04:32. > :04:36.for Pontypridd. May I start by saying... To the new secretary of
:04:37. > :04:41.state, that is Welsh for welcome and congratulations. I look forward to
:04:42. > :04:43.renewing our relationship and on the basis of these statements today it
:04:44. > :04:49.looks like it will be a bit more productive than the one I had with
:04:50. > :04:53.his predecessor. So I thank him. Back at the Wales are busy has left
:04:54. > :05:00.behind, there is another change with the Aberconwy MP taking the role
:05:01. > :05:04.vacated by Alun Cairns. Maybe one of his most important jobs will be to
:05:05. > :05:09.improve the relationships of his office with the Welsh government in
:05:10. > :05:13.Cardiff Bay. Yes, it will. It was striking talking to Alun Cairns. He
:05:14. > :05:17.kept using the word pragmatic, pragmatism. Not the rabble-rouser
:05:18. > :05:23.invasion that gets political leaders and voters jeering from the rooftops
:05:24. > :05:29.but in the last few days they have had, the Conservatives need some
:05:30. > :05:36.calming down with the Civil War in Cabinet about Europe and indeed the
:05:37. > :05:40.problems about disability benefit. It was very striking that Alun
:05:41. > :05:47.Cairns announced his priority was going to be the economy, really
:05:48. > :05:51.trying to put the constitution in second place. He talks about a
:05:52. > :05:56.better relationship with the Welsh government in Cardiff. All new
:05:57. > :06:00.secretary of state 's do that. Then politics tends to get in the way. I
:06:01. > :06:06.expect normal relations will resume at possibly after the Welsh general
:06:07. > :06:13.election in May. And a big job facing Stephen Crabb. Massive. You
:06:14. > :06:17.saw him in the House of Commons flanked by the Prime Minister on one
:06:18. > :06:22.side, unveilings what was announced in the budget last week. Unravelling
:06:23. > :06:27.it and saying these cards will not go ahead and that they have no plans
:06:28. > :06:34.to make any further cuts. Massive budgets. Something like ?170 billion
:06:35. > :06:40.per year for Stephen Crabb in charge as of now. Clearly he will have more
:06:41. > :06:46.say over day-to-day life in Wales than he ever did as Welsh secretary.
:06:47. > :06:51.David in Westminster, thank you. The rest of the day 's news...
:06:52. > :06:53.The steelworkers' union Community has met the head of Tata steel
:06:54. > :06:56.in Europe to discuss the future of Port Talbot.
:06:57. > :06:57.What's been described as an urgent meeting
:06:58. > :06:59.comes amid reports that Tata could reject a plan
:07:00. > :07:04.The company's board is set to meet in India next week to decide
:07:05. > :07:06.Let's talk to our reporter Caroline Evans.
:07:07. > :07:15.Well you will remember that in January Tata steel announced more
:07:16. > :07:17.than 1,000 losses, 750 of those at Port Talbot.
:07:18. > :07:21.It's part of a plan to save the plant and the rest
:07:22. > :07:28.Now over the weekend there have been reports in the media speculating
:07:29. > :07:30.that Tata will turn down this plan when the company's
:07:31. > :07:40.Today the Trade Union Community has been meeting with Hans Fischer
:07:41. > :07:44.the new European CEO and have reiterated their determination
:07:45. > :07:53.to make this plan to save the plant work.
:07:54. > :07:56.In a statement they say the union finds the reports that the Tata
:07:57. > :07:58.board in India will reject the turnaround plan "deeply
:07:59. > :08:01.concerning " and they will be doing everything they can to ensure
:08:02. > :08:05.the company does not go down this route.
:08:06. > :08:08.They say the workers at Port Talbot have achieved everything asked
:08:09. > :08:10.of them and deserve the continued support of Tata.
:08:11. > :08:19.But of course the problems are not confined to Port Talbot,
:08:20. > :08:22.the steel industry across Europe is under pressure from cheap Chinese
:08:23. > :08:27.steel said to be flooding the market.
:08:28. > :08:33.And tonight the community is urging the UK Government to join them
:08:34. > :08:36.in calling on Tata to suppport Port Talbot and help to make steel
:08:37. > :08:41.Of course not just at stake the steels jobs at the plant,
:08:42. > :08:43.but thousands more jobs in the local economy.
:08:44. > :08:45.The Severn Tunnel, the main rail link between
:08:46. > :08:48.South Wales and the rest of the UK, will be closed for six
:08:49. > :08:50.It's to prepare for rail electrification,
:08:51. > :08:53.which will speed up journey times between South Wales and London.
:08:54. > :08:55.It'll mean passengers will be diverted or will have to use
:08:56. > :08:57.replacement buses leading to concerns it could cause
:08:58. > :09:01.of the Severn Estuary for us tonight.
:09:02. > :09:15.From where I am in Monmouthshire it is a short trip to the other side of
:09:16. > :09:21.the border through the Severn tunnel, parallel to the bridge. From
:09:22. > :09:26.this September it will shut, causing delays to thousands of people using
:09:27. > :09:29.it everyday. It is because of railway electrification in the
:09:30. > :09:30.tunnel and I have had an exclusive preview of what has happened is down
:09:31. > :09:41.here. That happens down here. It is a bit like travelling back in
:09:42. > :09:46.time. It was built for the age of steam. It is now about to see a
:09:47. > :09:53.electrification. We are making our way through the tunnel. It is 130
:09:54. > :09:59.years old. And all of the cert that is built in overtime needs before it
:10:00. > :10:05.can be electrified. For months this orange Army have been busy preparing
:10:06. > :10:10.for the tunnel. This vast machine has drilled 7000 holes into the
:10:11. > :10:14.roof. Two calamitous inside and engineers are picking up where the
:10:15. > :10:21.machine left. This is precision work in what has been described as a key
:10:22. > :10:26.milestone this September. Four miles of rail will run along the roof of
:10:27. > :10:30.the tunnel and provide the power for the electrified trains. Another
:10:31. > :10:35.cable will run alongside it to provide back-up power. That work
:10:36. > :10:40.will take time. Closing the tunnel for a month and a half from
:10:41. > :10:44.September. Network Rail bosses say electrification will speed up
:10:45. > :10:49.journey times and that this is the most efficient way to get the work
:10:50. > :10:52.done. The issue is it would take our engineers about four years to
:10:53. > :10:56.complete the job if they only worked at weekends. That would have
:10:57. > :11:00.significant impacts on passenger destruction and delay the
:11:01. > :11:03.electrification. In the closure, passengers travelling from south
:11:04. > :11:08.Wales into London will be diverted via Gloucester, adding up to 40
:11:09. > :11:11.minutes to the journey. Passengers going to Bristol will have to use
:11:12. > :11:16.rail replacement buses, also adding 40 minutes. People are advised to
:11:17. > :11:23.trek which train operator websites for specific routes. -- check with
:11:24. > :11:29.operator websites. You have to get out one hour earlier. Not ideal. Any
:11:30. > :11:35.upgrade will be fantastic. But it will cause some real issues. The
:11:36. > :11:37.watchdog transport focus said the closure could cause massive
:11:38. > :11:43.disruption and says it will be watching for any unnecessary delays.
:11:44. > :11:47.We are still planning things. We look at every eventuality is so the
:11:48. > :11:52.people will not be inconvenienced more than absolutely necessary.
:11:53. > :11:55.Electrification is exacted to cut 20 minutes from the journey time
:11:56. > :11:59.between London and Swansea but the almost ?3 billion project is
:12:00. > :12:04.exceeding the original budget and deadline. Network Rail say the
:12:05. > :12:08.letter vocation programme was revised after a review last year.
:12:09. > :12:13.This tunnel will be closed for almost a month and a half for work
:12:14. > :12:18.to speed up and improve the journey through it but it will mean
:12:19. > :12:20.disruption for commuters and rail users looking to cross the border
:12:21. > :12:25.from this September. A police investigation
:12:26. > :12:27.into allegations that a six week old baby was sold for thousands
:12:28. > :12:29.of pounds has been dropped. Two Spanish citizens,
:12:30. > :12:31.a couple in their 20s, were arrested in the Rumney area
:12:32. > :12:34.of Cardiff last October The child's mother was arrested
:12:35. > :12:40.at Bristol airport. In the last four years in Wales 55
:12:41. > :12:43.convicted criminals have been removed from the sex
:12:44. > :12:46.offenders' register. Figures obtained by the BBC show 97
:12:47. > :12:49.offenders applied to have their name removed under human
:12:50. > :12:51.rights legislation. North Wales Police approved
:12:52. > :12:53.18 out of 20 requests, while Dyfed Powys Police
:12:54. > :13:01.didn't approve any. An Army Sergeant at
:13:02. > :13:03.the centre of allegations of bullying has told an inquest
:13:04. > :13:06.he didn't order a female soldier 18-year-old Private Cheryl James
:13:07. > :13:13.from Llangollen, was found dead at Deepcut Barracks in 1995
:13:14. > :13:16.amid claims of bullying Sergeant Andrew Gavaghan
:13:17. > :13:20.said he didn't know who she was
:13:21. > :13:23.until the day she died. He said he was shocked and upset
:13:24. > :13:26.when he discovered he'd The one time managing director
:13:27. > :13:32.of a bus company has been told to expect a jail sentence
:13:33. > :13:35.after being found guilty of defrauding the Welsh Government's
:13:36. > :13:37.flagship bus-pass scheme John Hulme doctored
:13:38. > :13:40.the books to make it appear which operated from Llanberis
:13:41. > :13:49.in Gwynedd, was carrying thousands more concessionary passengers
:13:50. > :14:03.that it really was. That there was a fraud was never in
:14:04. > :14:07.dispute. Thousands are sparse passengers were double counted. The
:14:08. > :14:11.company did get hundreds of thousands of taxpayer pounds it was
:14:12. > :14:19.never in title two. The question in this trial was who was responsible.
:14:20. > :14:22.-- entitled to. The managing director, said the prosecution. The
:14:23. > :14:29.defence said he knew nothing about it. It took the jury to add a half
:14:30. > :14:31.hours to find the manager guilty of fraud and false accounting.
:14:32. > :14:36.According to the defence he was a buzz week and expert on timetables
:14:37. > :14:40.but when it came to administrations, he signed what was in front of him.
:14:41. > :14:45.The prosecution argued he knew exactly what he was doing. His
:14:46. > :14:50.fraud, the court heard, amounted to half ?1 million. Another director
:14:51. > :14:56.had already admitted false accounting up to ?300,000 for a time
:14:57. > :15:04.after a suspension from the company. Put together, the fraud at the
:15:05. > :15:08.company cost taxpayers ?800,000. The company had more than 70 members of
:15:09. > :15:11.staff and went out of business. A spokesperson for the Council which
:15:12. > :15:17.paid the money out on behalf of Welsh government said procedures are
:15:18. > :15:21.now being reviewed. Sentence on humour and price was adjourned until
:15:22. > :15:26.Thursday. The judge told John Hume through the trial it had become
:15:27. > :15:30.clearer, clearer and clearer that he was the author of the fraud, and not
:15:31. > :15:35.only that, but he showed Darren Price how to do it. John Hume was
:15:36. > :15:41.told to accept -- expect a custodial sentence.
:15:42. > :15:47.Lifeguards on patrol. They will be at one of the most popular beaches
:15:48. > :15:54.after two people drowned here last year. March so far has been the
:15:55. > :16:02.driest month since last October but there is a big change on the way.
:16:03. > :16:08.The future of Wales and the rest of the UK in the European Union will
:16:09. > :16:13.soon be decided in the Referendum. Those campaigning to stay in the
:16:14. > :16:15.European Union has launched their campaign saying Wales benefited more
:16:16. > :16:21.from EU membership than any other part of the UK. Daniel Davies was at
:16:22. > :16:25.the launch of the Wales stronger in Europe campaign.
:16:26. > :16:29.You could say that's the message from this pro-EU campaign.
:16:30. > :16:31.It launched at a training company in Cardiff where these young people
:16:32. > :16:34.are preparing for a career with animals, training that's
:16:35. > :16:45.If you are heading for the exit, these people want to slow you down.
:16:46. > :16:49.They say Wales gets more from European Union membership than
:16:50. > :16:54.anywhere else in the UK and that should not be risked in an uncertain
:16:55. > :17:01.world. It is investment in all kinds of things, transport, skills,
:17:02. > :17:07.research, agriculture, tourism. You know, a host of benefits. I think
:17:08. > :17:14.when people grasp that, they will conclude that it would be madness to
:17:15. > :17:23.throw all that away and have a pig in a poke. Others long to take us in
:17:24. > :17:26.another direction. The Leave wants to make it a debate about control
:17:27. > :17:29.and say the only way to put the people of this country back behind
:17:30. > :17:34.the steering wheel is to get out of the European Union. When everybody's
:17:35. > :17:39.future will be brighter when we leave the union, we will be able to
:17:40. > :17:44.have control over our own laws, make foreign decisions, control funding
:17:45. > :17:49.in the United Kingdom, rather than letting an unaccountable system of
:17:50. > :17:53.bureaucrats in Brussels and Armani. By coincidence, shortly after we
:17:54. > :17:57.arrived, the council came to take down these signs. Had they not got
:17:58. > :18:02.permission? It is voter permission needed in this Referendum, either to
:18:03. > :18:06.Leave, or Remain. A bill, ensuring a minimum number
:18:07. > :18:10.of nurses are working at any one time in Wales' general hospital
:18:11. > :18:12.wards, became law today. The Welsh Liberal Democrats,
:18:13. > :18:13.who introduced it, say they plan to extend the law
:18:14. > :18:17.to cover maternity and mental health wards if they win power
:18:18. > :18:20.in May's assembly elections. The Wales Green Party has pledged
:18:21. > :18:23.a "fairer economy and vibrant communities" as it launched
:18:24. > :18:25.its assembly election campaign. The party's leader Alice
:18:26. > :18:30.Hooker-Stroud also said no Welsh student studying in Wales
:18:31. > :18:33.would pay tuition fees under them. The Green Party is hoping to win
:18:34. > :18:45.a seat in the Assembly for the first People always associate
:18:46. > :18:49.environmental issues with the Welsh Green Party but in fact we have a
:18:50. > :18:53.complete package, solutions for environment and society. In top of
:18:54. > :18:56.the environment we talk about free education, public NHS, and
:18:57. > :18:59.affordable houses for people. A new lifeguard service is being
:19:00. > :19:01.launched at Three Cliffs Bay in the Gower following two
:19:02. > :19:03.drownings there last year. The family of Benny Collins,
:19:04. > :19:06.who drowned at the beauty spot, support the new service,
:19:07. > :19:08.which will see the RNLI, landowners and the National
:19:09. > :19:10.Trust working together. From this Easter,
:19:11. > :19:23.for the first time, lifeguards will be watching
:19:24. > :19:25.over Three Cliffs Bay. swimmers have drowned in these
:19:26. > :19:28.waters. There are signs warning
:19:29. > :19:30.people not to bathe, but in the end the community
:19:31. > :19:44.and landowners decided they needed We have increased signage. We are
:19:45. > :19:50.working with the RNLI and our neighbours to try this pilot and see
:19:51. > :19:51.how it goes. And just increase safety so that people can enjoy the
:19:52. > :19:52.place. At the moment the sea is calm
:19:53. > :19:59.and safe for swimming, but the problem is when the tide
:20:00. > :20:02.comes in and that creates a rip and it's that
:20:03. > :20:04.which is particularly treacherous. It proved so for
:20:05. > :20:07.40-year-old Benny Collins. He was fit and strong,
:20:08. > :20:12.an able swimmer. When he died after being swept out
:20:13. > :20:15.to sea last July the community launched an action group
:20:16. > :20:25.and got the RNLI on board. The lifeguards are here between ten
:20:26. > :20:28.o'clock and six o'clock and will be here every day over the Easter
:20:29. > :20:32.holidays and will be here weekends and holidays in May and June and
:20:33. > :20:36.full-time for peak season and the lifeguards will always be with the
:20:37. > :20:40.red and yellow flags when it is safe for people to swim so we would
:20:41. > :20:41.always urge people to look out for those.
:20:42. > :20:43.The charity will pay for this first year,
:20:44. > :20:45.but after that it'll be down to local businesses and residents
:20:46. > :20:48.to fund half the cost, which could be up to
:20:49. > :20:59.It is up to us now, the different businesses and villages, there was
:21:00. > :21:03.even a 90-year-old in the village, we want people to enjoy the beach
:21:04. > :21:06.but in a safe manner so working together, I think we can get this,
:21:07. > :21:13.it will be a standard thing, we will get lifeguards at three clubs.
:21:14. > :21:19.this will make others more aware of the dangers
:21:20. > :21:22.and prevent any one else from losing their life.
:21:23. > :21:28.Wales rugby coach, Warren Gatland, says his squad will have 'no fear'
:21:29. > :21:30.travelling to New Zealand despite not, in his words,
:21:31. > :21:32.quite 'clicking' as a team in this year's Six Nations.
:21:33. > :21:35.Dan Biggar, added they have a "fabulous chance" of beating
:21:36. > :21:36.the World Champions on this Summer's tour.
:21:37. > :21:40.I went to meet the fly-half at the end of a campaign that saw
:21:41. > :21:46.Wales finish as the Championship runners up behind England.
:21:47. > :21:54.You are going to teach me some things. Not the other way around.
:21:55. > :21:58.Fresh from orchestrating wins over Italy, Dan Biggar was brought down
:21:59. > :22:04.to earth, coaching the under tens this weekend. I could have done with
:22:05. > :22:10.you yesterday. With passing and tackling drills, he took time to
:22:11. > :22:14.reflect on the six Nations campaign. It was not successful finishing
:22:15. > :22:19.second. We set standards higher than that and unless we win it it will be
:22:20. > :22:25.deemed a failure. But I think for us, it was a tough 40 minutes
:22:26. > :22:28.against England which cost us the championship but overall we played
:22:29. > :22:34.some good rugby against Scotland, a tough win against France. England
:22:35. > :22:38.are the grand slam winners. What about the general standard of this
:22:39. > :22:42.year's contest? It is a poor tournament. Wales are there with the
:22:43. > :22:47.best in the world. Ireland have dipped because of injuries. England
:22:48. > :22:52.did what they had to do and they did it well. I was very impressed with
:22:53. > :22:57.how they played. They deservedly won it, honestly. I think they will go
:22:58. > :23:01.from strength to strength. We are trying to play rugby, of course. But
:23:02. > :23:05.against France it is about knuckling down, rolling up your sleeves and
:23:06. > :23:09.producing a win. It is not always fancy stuff. It is about knuckling
:23:10. > :23:15.down and that is when you find that more about your team. Will there be
:23:16. > :23:19.a scout in New Zealand? We have got to be positive going down there.
:23:20. > :23:23.It'll be interesting to see how they respond. They have a lot of
:23:24. > :23:26.experience and good players. That gap is closing and we have a
:23:27. > :23:30.fabulous chance in the summer picking up a scout in the southern
:23:31. > :23:34.hemisphere. They can put the pain of the England game behind them but
:23:35. > :23:39.they will return to Twickenham for a so-called friendly on May the 29th.
:23:40. > :23:43.That is when they hope to carry on the Saturday try scoring form as
:23:44. > :23:44.they prepare for the tour of New Zealand, starting in Auckland on
:23:45. > :23:50.Junior Levens. -- June at the 11th. Onto football and Gareth Bale has
:23:51. > :23:53.become the leading British scoring in Real Madrid's
:23:54. > :23:56.4-0 win over Sevilla. The Wales forward hit the post
:23:57. > :23:58.and had a strike dis-allowed before tapping in his 43rd goal
:23:59. > :24:01.in the Spanish top flight, Wales captain Ashley Williams admits
:24:02. > :24:06.he and his Swansea teammates have "got it wrong" in the Premier
:24:07. > :24:09.League this season. The Swans beat Aston Villa 1-0
:24:10. > :24:11.on Saturday to take them closer to survival in their fight
:24:12. > :24:15.against relegation. But wherever they finish,
:24:16. > :24:17.Williams says a serious inquest must Meanwhile, the Wales squad gathered
:24:18. > :24:25.this afternoon ahead of Thursday's friendly against Northern Ireland
:24:26. > :24:28.and next Monday's trip to Ukraine. Striker Hal Robson-Kanu is doubtful
:24:29. > :24:31.after picking up a thigh problem playing for Reading
:24:32. > :24:35.against Cardiff on Saturday. The Bluebirds secured a draw in that
:24:36. > :24:38.game thanks to Lex Immers' header but are now three points off
:24:39. > :24:40.the play-off positions. Newport scored within two
:24:41. > :24:45.minutes before eventually Wrexham were 3-
:24:46. > :24:56.0 winners over Chester. And the Cardiff Devils have finished
:24:57. > :24:59.second in ice hockey's Elite League. Despite two wins over
:25:00. > :25:01.the weekend, including this 4-3 victory over Nottingham
:25:02. > :25:02.Panthers last night, they've lost out to Sheffield
:25:03. > :25:05.Steelers, who finish on top. The Devils wil now aim to win
:25:06. > :25:13.The League Play-Offs. That is your sport. Now the weather.
:25:14. > :25:18.Derek. We've had a good run
:25:19. > :25:20.of dry weather recently. March so far the driest
:25:21. > :25:27.month since last October. The weather pattern
:25:28. > :25:28.is about to change. The best of the sunshine today
:25:29. > :25:31.has been in the south. Lovely in Llantwit Major and Cardiff
:25:32. > :25:34.was one of the warmest places This picture from Vicky
:25:35. > :25:40.shows cloud in Barmouth. Last night the temperature in Bala
:25:41. > :25:48.dropped to minus three. Not quite so cold tonight
:25:49. > :25:50.but still cold enough So a chilly start
:25:51. > :25:59.tomorrow but dry. Here is the picture for eight
:26:00. > :26:01.o'clock. The odd mist or fog patch possible
:26:02. > :26:10.but bright in places with sunshine. The temperature in Cardigan around
:26:11. > :26:13.six with hardly a breath of wind. So another dry,
:26:14. > :26:15.settled day tomorrow. Plenty of cloud
:26:16. > :26:17.but bright in places. seven to ten Celsius,
:26:18. > :26:29.but if the sun breaks through it will feel pleasant
:26:30. > :26:32.with light winds. The temperature in Llanrwst
:26:33. > :26:37.rising to nine Celsius Cloudier than today with a high
:26:38. > :26:44.of seven Celsius in Quakers Yard. Plenty of cloud with a few
:26:45. > :26:50.bright or sunny intervals. Maybe the odd light shower
:26:51. > :26:52.but no more than that. Now the atmosphere has been blocked
:26:53. > :26:55.with high pressure recently but on Thursday the jet stream over
:26:56. > :26:57.the Atlantic will start to influence our weather again,
:26:58. > :26:59.pushing weather fronts The rest of Easter weekend more
:27:00. > :27:20.unsettled and changeable. Breezy, even windy at times,
:27:21. > :27:27.but not a total right off. Some drier, brighter
:27:28. > :27:29.interludes likely as well. So the longest dry spell
:27:30. > :27:45.since October will finally break Cheering up again for Good Friday.
:27:46. > :27:48.The new Secretary of State for Wales says he would like to prioritise the
:27:49. > :27:54.North Wales economy. He replaced Stephen Crabb, who is the new work
:27:55. > :27:59.and pensions secretary. I will have an update at eight o'clock and again
:28:00. > :28:04.after the BBC News at ten. That is Wales Today. Thank you for watching.
:28:05. > :28:06.From all of us on the programme, good evening.