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You can see more on all of today's stories on the BBC News Channel.

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Good Evening.

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The Business Secretary has said the UK Government will do everything

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it can to help find a buyer for Port Talbot steel works.

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It comes as the BBC understands tycoon Sanjeev Gupta has held

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initial talks with ministers over the possible purchase of parts

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of Tata Steel's UK business including the Port Talbot site.

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Our political correspondent Daniel Davies has more.

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Who can save this steel works?

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The clock is ticking for Tata to find a buyer.

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The UK Government's handling of this crisis has been criticised.

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But with speculation about potential buyers sniffing around,

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Business Secretary Sajid Javid said he will do everything

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to help clinch a deal.

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The UK Government is not keen on nationalisation,

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but it has encouraged its departments

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to buy British Steel.

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The Welsh Government said it was already considering something

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similar for the public sector here.

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There is a great emphasis on purchasing locally,

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at the moment.

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The question now is, what we will do in addition to that?

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It's probably a good idea to come together and see what extra measures

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we can take.

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The First Minster, Carwyn Jones, said today that no one has done more

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to defend the steel industry than his Welsh government.

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Now he says it's time for bold action from the UK Government,

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similar to the bailout of the banks after the financial crisis.

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But Plaid Cymru accuses Mr Jones's government of lacking ambition.

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They've called for taxpayers' money to be invested in the industry.

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The Lib Dems say Welsh ministers have been slow to respond

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to the industry's needs, while the Welsh Tories say parties

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should work together to help find a buyer.

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The Government were caught unawares by the fact that Tata were actually

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thinking of closing the plant, and the final decision is at the end

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of this month, at the end of April,

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within weeks.

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That came as a real shock to the Government,

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and now, of course, the clock is ticking very fast.

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Ukip says helping the industry would be easier outside the EU,

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a claim that is dismissed by their opponents in

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the EU referendum campaign.

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Assembly Members did not expect to see this Chamber

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until after May's elections, but they have been recalled

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to discuss the steel crisis tomorrow.

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There's not much Assembly Members can do about the big challenges that

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are costing Tata millions of pounds, like high energy costs

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and competition from China.

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But with thousands of Welsh steel workers facing an uncertain future,

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the politicians know they have to show they are reacting

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to this crisis.

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Daniel Davies, BBC Wales Today, Cardiff Bay.

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The body of a man has been found in the search for a 24-year-old

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crewman reported missing at Milford Haven docks

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in Pembrokeshire.

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Josh Winsper, who's from Cornwall, was onboard a ship visiting

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the area when he was reported missing yesterday.

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Police divers and the coastguard have been involved in the search.

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Four people have been hurt, one of them seriously,

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in a gas explosion at a house in Newport, which police

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are treating as suspicious.

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Around 30 fire-fighters attended the blast on George Street just

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before 7.30pm yesterday, which badly damaged the terraced

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house, and also some neighbouring homes.

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People living in surrounding properties were evacuated but have

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been allowed back into their homes.

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An investigation into the cause of the explosion is ongoing.

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When we arrived at the scene, there was severe damage to one

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property on the street, the front completely destroyed

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and debris across both lanes of the road.

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Original reports were that there were five people inside,

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that transpired to be 11, which obviously caused some concern

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with the state of the building.

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Three went to hospital with minor injuries,

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and one person went with life-threatening injuries.

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Sport, and it's been a good weekend for Chaz Davies.

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He's moved into second place in the World Superbike Championship,

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after winning back-to-back races in Aragon.

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The 29-year-old from Powys dominated both races for Ducati,

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but remains 24 points behind series leader Jonathan Rea,

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who won the opening three races of the season.

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Let's take a quick look at the weather.

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It'll become clearer overnight, for a dry start to Monday morning.

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Lows of around 7 Celsius.

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But the sunny spells won't last, with scattered showers in most

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places from late morning.

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Some will be heavy and thundery.

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Highs of around 12 Celsius.

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That's Wales Today.

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We'll be back with updates in Breakfast from 6:25

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tomorrow morning.

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Thanks for watching, goodnight.

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