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You can see more on all of today's stories on the BBC News Channel. | 0:00:00 | 0:00:00 | |
Good Evening. | 0:00:14 | 0:00:15 | |
The Business Secretary has said the UK Government will do everything | 0:00:15 | 0:00:18 | |
it can to help find a buyer for Port Talbot steel works. | 0:00:18 | 0:00:21 | |
It comes as the BBC understands tycoon Sanjeev Gupta has held | 0:00:21 | 0:00:25 | |
initial talks with ministers over the possible purchase of parts | 0:00:25 | 0:00:29 | |
of Tata Steel's UK business including the Port Talbot site. | 0:00:29 | 0:00:33 | |
Our political correspondent Daniel Davies has more. | 0:00:33 | 0:00:37 | |
Who can save this steel works? | 0:00:37 | 0:00:40 | |
The clock is ticking for Tata to find a buyer. | 0:00:40 | 0:00:43 | |
The UK Government's handling of this crisis has been criticised. | 0:00:43 | 0:00:46 | |
But with speculation about potential buyers sniffing around, | 0:00:46 | 0:00:51 | |
Business Secretary Sajid Javid said he will do everything | 0:00:51 | 0:00:54 | |
to help clinch a deal. | 0:00:54 | 0:00:55 | |
The UK Government is not keen on nationalisation, | 0:00:55 | 0:00:58 | |
but it has encouraged its departments | 0:00:58 | 0:01:00 | |
to buy British Steel. | 0:01:00 | 0:01:05 | |
The Welsh Government said it was already considering something | 0:01:05 | 0:01:07 | |
similar for the public sector here. | 0:01:07 | 0:01:08 | |
There is a great emphasis on purchasing locally, | 0:01:08 | 0:01:11 | |
at the moment. | 0:01:11 | 0:01:13 | |
The question now is, what we will do in addition to that? | 0:01:13 | 0:01:16 | |
It's probably a good idea to come together and see what extra measures | 0:01:16 | 0:01:19 | |
we can take. | 0:01:19 | 0:01:21 | |
The First Minster, Carwyn Jones, said today that no one has done more | 0:01:21 | 0:01:24 | |
to defend the steel industry than his Welsh government. | 0:01:24 | 0:01:28 | |
Now he says it's time for bold action from the UK Government, | 0:01:28 | 0:01:31 | |
similar to the bailout of the banks after the financial crisis. | 0:01:31 | 0:01:35 | |
But Plaid Cymru accuses Mr Jones's government of lacking ambition. | 0:01:35 | 0:01:39 | |
They've called for taxpayers' money to be invested in the industry. | 0:01:39 | 0:01:42 | |
The Lib Dems say Welsh ministers have been slow to respond | 0:01:42 | 0:01:45 | |
to the industry's needs, while the Welsh Tories say parties | 0:01:45 | 0:01:49 | |
should work together to help find a buyer. | 0:01:49 | 0:01:52 | |
The Government were caught unawares by the fact that Tata were actually | 0:01:52 | 0:01:57 | |
thinking of closing the plant, and the final decision is at the end | 0:01:57 | 0:02:00 | |
of this month, at the end of April, | 0:02:00 | 0:02:02 | |
within weeks. | 0:02:02 | 0:02:05 | |
That came as a real shock to the Government, | 0:02:05 | 0:02:07 | |
and now, of course, the clock is ticking very fast. | 0:02:07 | 0:02:12 | |
Ukip says helping the industry would be easier outside the EU, | 0:02:12 | 0:02:16 | |
a claim that is dismissed by their opponents in | 0:02:16 | 0:02:18 | |
the EU referendum campaign. | 0:02:18 | 0:02:21 | |
Assembly Members did not expect to see this Chamber | 0:02:21 | 0:02:25 | |
until after May's elections, but they have been recalled | 0:02:25 | 0:02:28 | |
to discuss the steel crisis tomorrow. | 0:02:28 | 0:02:30 | |
There's not much Assembly Members can do about the big challenges that | 0:02:30 | 0:02:33 | |
are costing Tata millions of pounds, like high energy costs | 0:02:33 | 0:02:37 | |
and competition from China. | 0:02:37 | 0:02:40 | |
But with thousands of Welsh steel workers facing an uncertain future, | 0:02:40 | 0:02:45 | |
the politicians know they have to show they are reacting | 0:02:45 | 0:02:47 | |
to this crisis. | 0:02:47 | 0:02:49 | |
Daniel Davies, BBC Wales Today, Cardiff Bay. | 0:02:49 | 0:02:53 | |
The body of a man has been found in the search for a 24-year-old | 0:02:53 | 0:02:57 | |
crewman reported missing at Milford Haven docks | 0:02:57 | 0:02:59 | |
in Pembrokeshire. | 0:02:59 | 0:03:01 | |
Josh Winsper, who's from Cornwall, was onboard a ship visiting | 0:03:01 | 0:03:03 | |
the area when he was reported missing yesterday. | 0:03:03 | 0:03:07 | |
Police divers and the coastguard have been involved in the search. | 0:03:07 | 0:03:11 | |
Four people have been hurt, one of them seriously, | 0:03:11 | 0:03:14 | |
in a gas explosion at a house in Newport, which police | 0:03:14 | 0:03:16 | |
are treating as suspicious. | 0:03:16 | 0:03:19 | |
Around 30 fire-fighters attended the blast on George Street just | 0:03:19 | 0:03:22 | |
before 7.30pm yesterday, which badly damaged the terraced | 0:03:22 | 0:03:27 | |
house, and also some neighbouring homes. | 0:03:27 | 0:03:29 | |
People living in surrounding properties were evacuated but have | 0:03:29 | 0:03:31 | |
been allowed back into their homes. | 0:03:31 | 0:03:34 | |
An investigation into the cause of the explosion is ongoing. | 0:03:34 | 0:03:39 | |
When we arrived at the scene, there was severe damage to one | 0:03:39 | 0:03:42 | |
property on the street, the front completely destroyed | 0:03:42 | 0:03:48 | |
and debris across both lanes of the road. | 0:03:48 | 0:03:51 | |
Original reports were that there were five people inside, | 0:03:51 | 0:03:54 | |
that transpired to be 11, which obviously caused some concern | 0:03:54 | 0:03:57 | |
with the state of the building. | 0:03:57 | 0:04:01 | |
Three went to hospital with minor injuries, | 0:04:01 | 0:04:03 | |
and one person went with life-threatening injuries. | 0:04:03 | 0:04:07 | |
Sport, and it's been a good weekend for Chaz Davies. | 0:04:07 | 0:04:10 | |
He's moved into second place in the World Superbike Championship, | 0:04:10 | 0:04:14 | |
after winning back-to-back races in Aragon. | 0:04:14 | 0:04:16 | |
The 29-year-old from Powys dominated both races for Ducati, | 0:04:16 | 0:04:20 | |
but remains 24 points behind series leader Jonathan Rea, | 0:04:20 | 0:04:24 | |
who won the opening three races of the season. | 0:04:24 | 0:04:28 | |
Let's take a quick look at the weather. | 0:04:28 | 0:04:31 | |
It'll become clearer overnight, for a dry start to Monday morning. | 0:04:31 | 0:04:35 | |
Lows of around 7 Celsius. | 0:04:35 | 0:04:38 | |
But the sunny spells won't last, with scattered showers in most | 0:04:38 | 0:04:41 | |
places from late morning. | 0:04:41 | 0:04:43 | |
Some will be heavy and thundery. | 0:04:43 | 0:04:45 | |
Highs of around 12 Celsius. | 0:04:45 | 0:04:49 | |
That's Wales Today. | 0:04:49 | 0:04:50 | |
We'll be back with updates in Breakfast from 6:25 | 0:04:50 | 0:04:53 | |
tomorrow morning. | 0:04:53 | 0:04:54 | |
Thanks for watching, goodnight. | 0:04:54 | 0:04:58 |