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:00:00. > :00:08.Our top stories: We're live at Port Talbot steelworks
:00:09. > :00:11.as the board of the Indian Steel giant Tata decides to sell
:00:12. > :00:17.And the school trip from Blaenau Gwent caught up in that
:00:18. > :00:37.Tonight, praise for the teachers' calmness.
:00:38. > :00:46.Port Talbot steelworks has been put up for sale tonight.
:00:47. > :00:51.Along with all of its parent company Tata's UK operations.
:00:52. > :00:54.The decision was taken by the company board in India.
:00:55. > :00:56.Port Talbot is the biggest steel plant in Britain and employs
:00:57. > :01:00.Many thousands more people in the wider economy depend upon it.
:01:01. > :01:02.Our business correspondent Brian Meechan is in Port Talbot
:01:03. > :01:13.Brian, tell us what happened at the meeting?
:01:14. > :01:21.There was a delegation that went to India including people from the
:01:22. > :01:26.community Steelworkers union and also the local MP here and they were
:01:27. > :01:30.pressing the case for the survival plan that had been put forward by
:01:31. > :01:36.the local management team here and hoping that it would get the backing
:01:37. > :01:42.in Mumbai. That meant 750 job losses here, but to protect over 3000 jobs
:01:43. > :01:45.in the longer term, but it did mean ?100 million of investment coming
:01:46. > :01:49.from Tata Steel, a company that has already invested very heavily in
:01:50. > :02:00.this and it seems that Tata Steel has decided that that investment
:02:01. > :02:07.will not be forthcoming. It is not just Port Talbort, it is also other
:02:08. > :02:12.places in the area. It will be interesting to see if other
:02:13. > :02:20.companies come in to rescue Tata Steel when it has that 100 -- ?1
:02:21. > :02:24.million per day loss that we were speaking about. Now we speak to
:02:25. > :02:29.Barry Evans, a worker from the steelworks. This was not the news
:02:30. > :02:32.you want to do here. Unfortunately not. We have not seen a statement
:02:33. > :02:36.yet and it is the responsibility of Tata Steel to inform the workforce.
:02:37. > :02:40.I would not like to speak your late on it. If it is true, I would expect
:02:41. > :02:44.Tata Steel to be a responsible seller. They have always promised as
:02:45. > :02:47.they would be a responsible seller so we will hold them to that. We
:02:48. > :02:52.will not allow them to walk away from us. We will be in full
:02:53. > :02:55.discussions with all parties. Calls tonight for the assembly to be
:02:56. > :03:00.recalled. Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour leader, has said the UK Government
:03:01. > :03:06.must intervene. Would you back"? Definitely. Like I said, until we
:03:07. > :03:10.see the full detail of the plan, this is a foundation industry, those
:03:11. > :03:14.two blast furnaces are some of the best in the world, the quality of
:03:15. > :03:17.steel is some of the best in the world, the workforce is second to
:03:18. > :03:20.none. They are highly skilled people. We would expect the governor
:03:21. > :03:23.to back us. One of the steel industry has gone from the whole of
:03:24. > :03:27.the UK, it will never recover. It will never come back. Tell us
:03:28. > :03:31.briefly what impact this will have on the workers in there and the
:03:32. > :03:35.wider community. Obviously, it will be distressing, but we have not seen
:03:36. > :03:39.the detail yet and I am not prepared to speculate on it. Until I have
:03:40. > :03:41.seen an official statement, it is the responsibility of Tata Steel to
:03:42. > :03:45.come forward and make a statement to the workforce and then we can get in
:03:46. > :03:48.to the detail of it and then began work on a plan but hopefully some
:03:49. > :03:52.good partners to work with. Barry Evans, thank you very much. Well,
:03:53. > :03:56.there is, it has to be said, shop here tonight. There was real hope
:03:57. > :04:00.amongst the unions that this rescue plan was going to be getting that
:04:01. > :04:04.backing from Tata Steel and it would allow them that breathing space of a
:04:05. > :04:08.year or two years to sort out the problems here and turn things
:04:09. > :04:10.around. Now it is certainly an uncertain future for the workers
:04:11. > :04:12.here and for the local community. And with Port Talbot
:04:13. > :04:15.steelworks now for sale, for those who live and work
:04:16. > :04:18.in the community? The decision to sell will not only
:04:19. > :04:21.affect workers but also thousands of people who indirectly
:04:22. > :04:23.rely on the steelworks Our reporter Ben Price has spent
:04:24. > :04:29.the day in Port Talbot. Think Port Talbot -
:04:30. > :04:34.think steelworks. It's the foundation of a town that
:04:35. > :04:37.has a strong community spirit - a spirit that's now
:04:38. > :04:39.being truly tested. For steelworker Vince Lewis -
:04:40. > :04:42.this is his regular walk home From a family of steelworkers -
:04:43. > :04:49.he knows all too well of the importance of the works
:04:50. > :04:59.to households throughout the area. It has been a difficult couple of
:05:00. > :05:07.weeks. People have already finished and people are having to look at
:05:08. > :05:12.alternative employment. There has been help and support available for
:05:13. > :05:17.that but it is a worrying time. Especially younger people who have
:05:18. > :05:25.taken on mortgages recently, taking on homes. It is very worrying. For
:05:26. > :05:33.others, the anxiety of job cuts is affecting daily life. You work with
:05:34. > :05:40.people for 25 years in the selection process. Some had been not selected,
:05:41. > :05:52.some had been selected. Everybody is just worried about their jobs. The
:05:53. > :05:56.decision taken by Tata Steel today not only affects the Steelworkers
:05:57. > :06:01.themselves but also the various industries involved with the
:06:02. > :06:05.planned. Everybody has some type of connection. Behind the railway
:06:06. > :06:12.station, infamous file is breakfast rolls, is Mandy's burger van. 27
:06:13. > :06:14.years we have been here. We have lots of customers from all over but
:06:15. > :06:18.a lot of them are from the steelworks. So what will it mean for
:06:19. > :06:25.this business, without the town's biggest employer? People just can't
:06:26. > :06:32.afford it. They will all be looking for work. Now a local councillor,
:06:33. > :06:36.this man worked for the planned for over 20 years. He has seen the
:06:37. > :06:42.workforce reduced from over 20,000 in the 1960s to around 4000 today.
:06:43. > :06:46.The community here have got heavy hearts today. They have met the
:06:47. > :06:50.challenges and the unions have met the tasks over the years, so the
:06:51. > :06:55.workforce have made tremendous efforts in spite of all of this. But
:06:56. > :06:58.as that separates now appear to be in vain, with plans to sell out, the
:06:59. > :07:02.question remains as to who, if anyone, Stan -- can step in to save
:07:03. > :07:04.the lifeblood of Port Talbort. Tributes have been paid to a five
:07:05. > :07:08.year old boy who died from Capel Bangor near Aberystwyth,
:07:09. > :07:16.and 77-year-old Margaretta Jones were among four people who died
:07:17. > :07:19.in the crash on the A470 The Headteacher at Ysgol
:07:20. > :07:24.Gymraeg Aberystwyth, where Ned Jones was a pupil,
:07:25. > :07:27.described him as a "dear The Police are appealing
:07:28. > :07:32.for witnesses. There's going to be a new approach
:07:33. > :07:35.to primary healthcare in Prestatyn. Betsi Cadwaladr Healthboard
:07:36. > :07:37.will transfer GP services to a new medical hub
:07:38. > :07:42.in the town for 23,000 patients GPs will work alongside a team
:07:43. > :07:50.of healthcare specialists at Healthy Prestatyn,
:07:51. > :07:51.which will be run by the Health Board,
:07:52. > :07:53.following the decision by two New powers allowing
:07:54. > :07:59.the Welsh Government to borrow millions of pounds to fund
:08:00. > :08:02.investment should be spent on building new houses,
:08:03. > :08:07.rather than on a new motorway south of Newport, according
:08:08. > :08:10.to the Liberal Democrats. By 2018, Welsh Ministers
:08:11. > :08:15.will be able to borrow up Labour wants spend some of this
:08:16. > :08:19.on a new M4 relief road. But Welsh Lib Dem leader,
:08:20. > :08:21.Kirsty Williams, says its priorities Parents in Blaenau Gwent have
:08:22. > :08:28.praised teachers at a local high school after pupils on a school trip
:08:29. > :08:31.were caught up in a shooting No one from Tredegar Comprehensive
:08:32. > :08:42.was hurt, but one mother who spoke to her daughter during the incident
:08:43. > :08:44.says teachers were instrumental A man with a gun tries
:08:45. > :08:52.to enter the famous white Teenagers from Tredegar
:08:53. > :08:56.comprehensive were inside On the phone to her mum as shots
:08:57. > :09:05.were fired yesterday, recalling what happens
:09:06. > :09:10.again this afternoon. The police were running past us
:09:11. > :09:14.shouting things like 'Get out of the way'
:09:15. > :09:22.and stuff like that. Then one came back and said we need
:09:23. > :09:36.For her mum it's been an emotional couple of days.
:09:37. > :09:39.We put her on loudspeakers so we could all speak to her.
:09:40. > :09:42.Thinking she would tell us what sort of day she'd had.
:09:43. > :09:45.It wasn't the reaction I was hoping for when I answered the phone.
:09:46. > :09:53.She screams down the phone, saying that some man has a gun.
:09:54. > :09:56.No one from the school was hurt, the gunman is now in hospital
:09:57. > :10:07.The school has since posted photos of pupils continuing their history
:10:08. > :10:11.Nothing can stop them according to one Facebook post.
:10:12. > :10:12.Parents are full of praise for teachers.
:10:13. > :10:15.The teacher I spoke to was reassuring, she was calm
:10:16. > :10:20.If she is calm, the kids are calm as well.
:10:21. > :10:25.I'm sure all the parents appreciate everything that they've done.
:10:26. > :10:28.I really can't wait for them to come home to thank them
:10:29. > :10:33.Chelsea's Brother, Kyle, had this message for his sister
:10:34. > :10:41.It was never likely to be a mistake any of them would forget,
:10:42. > :10:43.mums and dads still anxiously waiting to see them
:10:44. > :10:48.Let's see what the weather has in store - Sue Charles
:10:49. > :10:59.Overnight, dry spells, a few scattered showers,
:11:00. > :11:05.some wintry, with snow in the hills, possibly some frost patches
:11:06. > :11:07.in sheltered rural spots across north and central Wales
:11:08. > :11:11.with temperatures just above freezing here.
:11:12. > :11:13.The trough which brought today's showers clears away eastwards
:11:14. > :11:17.Tomorrow starts chilly, a few showers around,
:11:18. > :11:22.again some wintry with a hail risk but winds easing and generally
:11:23. > :11:27.turning drier and brighter across the UK.
:11:28. > :11:32.Showers clearing for most with sunny spells becoming more widespread.
:11:33. > :11:38.A few showers lingering across the north west of Scotland.
:11:39. > :11:42.Coolest here at 8 Celsius, warmest in south east
:11:43. > :11:48.And a drier end to the day across Wales with more sunshine
:11:49. > :11:51.later, lighter westerly winds and highs of 8 Celsius in Ceredigion
:11:52. > :11:55.Tomorrow night, maybe the odd wintry shower, otherwise dry with lighter
:11:56. > :12:02.Temperatures will drop away - sub-zero across mid Wales
:12:03. > :12:04.with a frost overnight into Thursday.
:12:05. > :12:06.A cold start, then a lovely springlike day for most of Wales.
:12:07. > :12:09.Sunny spells, variable cloud, light winds and just a very small
:12:10. > :12:12.A brief ridge of high pressure is keeping things quiet
:12:13. > :12:14.and settled on Thursday, but another weather
:12:15. > :12:22.system will try to push in from the Atlantic on Friday.
:12:23. > :12:25.Could be a dry start Friday, but turning cloudier and windy
:12:26. > :12:30.Port Talbot steelworks has been put up
:12:31. > :12:35.along with all of its parent company Tata's UK operations.
:12:36. > :12:38.The decision was taken by the company board in India.
:12:39. > :12:42.Port Talbot is the biggest steel plant in Britain and employs
:12:43. > :13:01.The MP for the area who travelled to meet the company has just given his
:13:02. > :13:04.opinion. We are very disappointed that this decision was made. We will
:13:05. > :13:10.continue to work in partnership with Tata Steel and the workforce, I'm
:13:11. > :13:12.speaking on behalf of the workforce, but the fundamental point is that
:13:13. > :13:19.the fight will always be on to ensure that we continue to make
:13:20. > :13:22.steel in Port Talbort and if that is under the ownership of Tata Steel or
:13:23. > :13:30.another company, that will remain to be seen. We will have more on that
:13:31. > :13:31.decision in breakfast from 6am tomorrow morning. That is from
:13:32. > :13:32.decision in breakfast from 6am tomorrow morning. That is from us
:13:33. > :13:33.now.