:00:00. > :00:11.Now, on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.
:00:12. > :00:15.Some of Wales' most visited museums will be closed over the Easter break
:00:16. > :00:21.It's over plans to stop extra payments for weekend working.
:00:22. > :00:27.It is amongst one of Wales's top visitor attractions.
:00:28. > :00:30.But the doors weren't open at the Big Pit mining Museum
:00:31. > :00:35.More than 130,000 people have come to visit
:00:36. > :00:41.the Big Pit here in Blaenavon over the past year.
:00:42. > :00:43.But on a day when the chatter and footsteps of visitors
:00:44. > :00:45.would usually be heard it is a lot quieter.
:00:46. > :00:50.The museum opened at one o'clock but with a limited service.
:00:51. > :00:52.I drove four hours specific to come here.
:00:53. > :00:56.I was disappointed the underground bit was closed.
:00:57. > :00:59.Over the bank holiday, another five establishments run
:01:00. > :01:02.by National Museum Wales are affected by
:01:03. > :01:05.industrial action causing a mixed response.
:01:06. > :01:10.I've come all the way from Australia and I can't see all that Wales has
:01:11. > :01:12.to offer so I'm disappointed about it.
:01:13. > :01:17.If they did it outside the most popular times
:01:18. > :01:20.then we may not see it but this way they will get the most effect.
:01:21. > :01:23.Strikes at Welsh museums aren't an unfamiliar sight.
:01:24. > :01:26.For more than two years, PCS union members have been
:01:27. > :01:30.protesting against cuts to front line staff members pay on weekends
:01:31. > :01:36.But National Museum Wales says a cut of 4.7% to
:01:37. > :01:39.its annual grant from the Welsh Government means extra
:01:40. > :01:43.weekend payments are now unaffordable as they cost
:01:44. > :01:54.They want to be treated fairly in the same way as everybody else
:01:55. > :01:58.It is the lowest paid, they want some security.
:01:59. > :02:00.The last planned strikes were suspended in September
:02:01. > :02:06.But further disagreement means the long-running dispute continues.
:02:07. > :02:10.National Museum Wales says resolving it is a matter of urgency.
:02:11. > :02:16.An individual consultation process will start a week on Monday.
:02:17. > :02:19.An organisation which helps train people who want to work
:02:20. > :02:22.in television, film and the creative industries is closing
:02:23. > :02:27.Creative Skillset Cymru says it's due to a lack of public funding.
:02:28. > :02:30.Companies who want to attempt a new way of transforming
:02:31. > :02:35.underground coal in Wales into synthetic natural gas won't be
:02:36. > :02:39.The Welsh Government took the same action on fracking last year.
:02:40. > :02:43.One academic study suggests synthetic natural gas emits seven
:02:44. > :02:47.times more greenhouse gases than natural gas.
:02:48. > :02:50.The president of athletics governing body, Lord Coe,
:02:51. > :02:53.says security at the World Half Marathon Championships in Cardiff
:02:54. > :02:57.will be discreet and proportionate, following events in Belgium.
:02:58. > :03:00.Double Olympic gold medallist, Mo Farah, is one of hundreds
:03:01. > :03:03.of elite athletes who'll be competing tomorrow.
:03:04. > :03:10.Cardiff is used to hosting big scale sporting events but tomorrow will be
:03:11. > :03:14.the largest athletics event ever to be held in Wales.
:03:15. > :03:17.200 elite athlete from 54 countries will be taking part
:03:18. > :03:25.But for Olympian Mo Farah it isn't just about clocking the
:03:26. > :03:29.Young people from across the city got the chance to ask Mo a few
:03:30. > :03:34.At the age of 12 I started running and then racing.
:03:35. > :03:39.It was a great experience to meet an Olympic winner.
:03:40. > :03:44.He was talking about, like, what he eats with diet and stuff.
:03:45. > :03:52.I was just like, I'm in the same room as Mo Farah!
:03:53. > :03:54.Tomorrow, elite athletes will be running alongside
:03:55. > :03:58.ordinary runners but today is about inspiring the next generation.
:03:59. > :04:01.At the business end, this is all part of his road
:04:02. > :04:06.It is important tomorrow to come away with a good result and analyse
:04:07. > :04:11.it with my coach and go back and plan for the season.
:04:12. > :04:18.The council has warned of long delays at peak times and roads
:04:19. > :04:24.Despite fears over recent events security
:04:25. > :04:28.will be discreet and proportionate according to the organisers.
:04:29. > :04:32.Security is always uppermost in any event organisers mind whether,
:04:33. > :04:37.whatever the level, the threat level is.
:04:38. > :04:40.We lived through that in the London Games.
:04:41. > :04:43.These kids will be amongst the hundred thousand people
:04:44. > :04:46.expected to line the streets of Cardiff tomorrow and organisers
:04:47. > :04:50.will be hoping their enthusiasm and seeing one of British athletics
:04:51. > :04:57.Newport County lost 1-0to League 2 leaders Northampton Town this
:04:58. > :04:59.afternoon with a goal from John Marquis
:05:00. > :05:05.County are yet to ensure safety from relegation.
:05:06. > :05:07.Well, it's been a beautiful for most of us.
:05:08. > :05:11.Here's Sue Charles with the forecast.
:05:12. > :05:14.After a fine Good Friday, looking unsettled over
:05:15. > :05:20.Wet and very windy at times on Saturday and Monday.
:05:21. > :05:23.Sunshine and blustery showers on Sunday.
:05:24. > :05:32.The wind a big feature tomorrow with a Met Office
:05:33. > :05:37.Rain will spread in from the west tomorrow morning,
:05:38. > :05:45.20-40 on high ground with gustss of 40 to 50 mph
:05:46. > :05:51.The rain clearing to showers later in the day, highs of 10-13 Celsius.
:05:52. > :05:54.If, like me, you are whether watching
:05:55. > :05:56.for the world half marathon, not ideal conditions.
:05:57. > :06:04.Easter Day is a bit better, brighter spells, cool and blustery,
:06:05. > :06:09.Could be some that are heavy with hail but with some
:06:10. > :06:14.Overnight into bank holiday Monday, a deep area of low pressure named
:06:15. > :06:19.Storm Katie will bring further wet and windy weather so not a good
:06:20. > :06:26.We'll be back with our next update at 10.15pm this evening.
:06:27. > :06:33.For now from all of us here, have a good evening.
:06:34. > :06:45.battleground for those who share that aim is no longer a pub like
:06:46. > :06:49.this. -- -fry. In football, Gordon Strachan says his team's hard work
:06:50. > :06:50.in training paid off last night in their