:00:21. > :00:28.Anglesey's new nuclear power station could be Wales' biggest
:00:29. > :00:34.infrastructure project, but there's a warning tonight that it could be
:00:35. > :00:37.never built. There are several options
:00:38. > :00:41.on the table to save That was the message
:00:42. > :00:49.from First Minister Carwyn Jones following a meeting
:00:50. > :00:51.with the Prime Minister It was described as "productive"
:00:52. > :00:55.by both Governments and covered areas such as energy
:00:56. > :00:58.costs and steel tariffs. Meanwhile, Tata Steel has said it
:00:59. > :01:01.doesn't have a timescale for selling its plants
:01:02. > :01:03.but that discussions Here's our business correspondent
:01:04. > :01:09.Brian Meechan. This morning's meeting
:01:10. > :01:13.was said to be constructive. It seems clear by now that any deal
:01:14. > :01:23.to save Tata's Welsh plants
:01:24. > :01:26.will involve both governments. But the heaviest financial
:01:27. > :01:28.burden will have to be met Ministers will not say how much
:01:29. > :01:32.they are prepared to put forward but insists the options are open
:01:33. > :01:34.on pensions, energy costs The Business Secretary,
:01:35. > :01:38.Sajid Javid, spoke to frustrated steelworkers on a visit
:01:39. > :01:40.to Port Talbot last week after criticism of his
:01:41. > :01:44.handling of the crisis. He is on his way to Mumbai to meet
:01:45. > :01:49.with Tata bosses in the morning. What I want to achieve mostly out
:01:50. > :01:52.of that is to have a final agreement on the sales
:01:53. > :01:55.process, and it comes back to the role of the UK Government and I want
:01:56. > :01:58.to make sure that when the documentation for that is issued,
:01:59. > :02:07.it is clear that the UK Government understand it's got a role to every
:02:08. > :02:10.potential buyer and we are well It is clear that Tata has
:02:11. > :02:14.been focusing on other Figures show that in February this
:02:15. > :02:17.year, Tata produced 598,000 tonnes That was a 37.9% drop
:02:18. > :02:26.on the previous year. At the same time, Tata
:02:27. > :02:29.increased production at its site in the Netherlands to
:02:30. > :02:33.602,000 tonnes of steel. That was up 9.4% on
:02:34. > :02:39.the previous year. Speaking to the Enterprise
:02:40. > :02:44.and Business Committee at the Assembly, Tata says it is
:02:45. > :02:47.looking to find a buyer quickly. The uncertainty that
:02:48. > :02:48.the process leads to amongst employees, customers,
:02:49. > :02:50.suppliers etc, means we are very interested in completing the process
:02:51. > :02:54.as quickly as we can. One potential buyer that has
:02:55. > :03:00.emerged is Newport's Scottish operations and took some
:03:01. > :03:12.part of another plant after But the Welsh operations
:03:13. > :03:15.are on a much One of the key aspects
:03:16. > :03:18.is the energy question. If we melt steel, it has to be
:03:19. > :03:28.melted on competitive energy. But what realistically
:03:29. > :03:29.can be done about that? Expert on European rules that
:03:30. > :03:32.restrict what governments can do to help
:03:33. > :03:34.businesses says subsidising energy The Government could
:03:35. > :03:41.not subsidise those costs - that would be seen
:03:42. > :03:44.as operating in an illegal way. Again, that would have to be agreed
:03:45. > :03:57.with the Commission. One specialist says
:03:58. > :04:00.the steel industry needs continuous innovation
:04:01. > :04:03.to improve productivity. That should lead to smaller plants
:04:04. > :04:13.that are cheaper to run, similar
:04:14. > :04:15.to Liberty Steel's mini mill. What we could see happening now
:04:16. > :04:18.is a move to It could be it into four,
:04:19. > :04:21.five, six smaller plants That could sit alongside one
:04:22. > :04:35.another, in Port Talbot, around the skilled workforce but
:04:36. > :04:38.the funds themselves It would see Port Talbot change
:04:39. > :04:43.from making steel from scratch to recycling
:04:44. > :04:44.it from scratch. It is not clear whether any other
:04:45. > :04:47.buyers will come forward who England prop Joe Marler has been
:04:48. > :04:54.banned for two matches and fined ?20,000 by World Rugby for calling
:04:55. > :04:56.Wales forward Samson Lee Marler had already avoided
:04:57. > :04:59.punishment by in England's Six Nations
:05:00. > :05:09.win over Wales in March. A police officer has been run over
:05:10. > :05:17.by a car in Haverfordwest tonight. The collision happened just
:05:18. > :05:22.after 6:30pm. The male officer was on duty
:05:23. > :05:25.and on foot and in uniform. Police are appealing
:05:26. > :05:27.for information. Plans for a new power plant
:05:28. > :05:30.on Anglesey have a "slim to zero" That's according to an expert
:05:31. > :05:34.on the world's nuclear industry who argues that the difficulties
:05:35. > :05:35.faced by the proposed Hinkley
:05:36. > :05:39.Point C reactors in Somerset would affect Wylfa Newydd's ability
:05:40. > :05:43.to attract investors. Our environment correspondent
:05:44. > :05:46.Steffan Messenger reports. If it gets off the ground,
:05:47. > :05:49.Wylfa Newydd will become one of the biggest infrastructure projects
:05:50. > :05:51.ever undertaken in Wales. A new ?10 billion nuclear
:05:52. > :05:56.power plant, capable of delivering electricity
:05:57. > :05:58.to around 14 million homes But to what extent does the future
:05:59. > :06:08.transformation of this site, at Cemaes Bay in Anglesey,
:06:09. > :06:11.depend on the fate of another, rival plant, some 200 miles
:06:12. > :06:13.away in Somerset? Hinkley Point C is causing a huge
:06:14. > :06:17.headache for its developer, EDF, with similar projects in
:06:18. > :06:19.Finland and France A final decision on whether
:06:20. > :06:24.to commit to the English plants The Hinkley Point C project
:06:25. > :06:31.is in great difficulty... The situation raises serious doubts
:06:32. > :06:36.for the future of the other nuclear reactors
:06:37. > :06:38.the UK has in the pipeline, according to this former
:06:39. > :06:42.adviser to the French
:06:43. > :06:45.and German governments. The Hinkley Point C project is
:06:46. > :06:47.far ahead, and the uncertainties are even much larger
:06:48. > :06:50.in the case of Wylfa. So what are the chances,
:06:51. > :06:52.would you say, But the company behind
:06:53. > :06:57.Wylfa Newydd says On-site, building work
:06:58. > :07:02.is already under way on new office space for
:07:03. > :07:04.Horizon Nuclear Power. I think it is important
:07:05. > :07:06.to note that while Hinkley appears to
:07:07. > :07:09.be going through some difficulties at the moment,
:07:10. > :07:12.for us, we have technology, the advanced boiling water reactor,
:07:13. > :07:14.which is very different to the European
:07:15. > :07:16.pressurised reactor that ours has been built before
:07:17. > :07:20.four times, has been But there is a long way to go before
:07:21. > :07:27.construction can start in earnest, from licensing the design
:07:28. > :07:30.of the reactors, getting planning permission and most importantly,
:07:31. > :07:31.attracting enough investment Key to that will be
:07:32. > :07:36.hammering out with the UK Government how much money
:07:37. > :07:40.the company are guaranteed to get Nuclear projects are very complex,
:07:41. > :07:44.they are very costly, and nuclear power stations take
:07:45. > :07:48.a long time to build. But I do believe that energy policy
:07:49. > :07:52.in the UK favours nuclear. We are here as a
:07:53. > :07:56.council to work with Horizon, to help them de-risk the project,
:07:57. > :07:58.and we are also here to work with and influence
:07:59. > :08:00.the Welsh Government so it is very important
:08:01. > :08:06.that the project goes ahead. Horizon insists the difficulties
:08:07. > :08:09.faced by its rival, EDF, will not cast a shadow over
:08:10. > :08:11.Wylfa Newydd's prospects. But as the French firm
:08:12. > :08:14.finalises its plans for Hinkley Point C, any repercussions
:08:15. > :08:17.for the industry further afield Ahead of the election, Plaid Cymru
:08:18. > :08:25.has published its manifesto containing what it calls "a plan
:08:26. > :08:28.for a new Wales". Plaid says its policies for public
:08:29. > :08:36.services would redirect ?1 billion of the Welsh Government's
:08:37. > :08:39.?15 billion budget. They would recruit 1,000 new
:08:40. > :08:41.doctors and 5,000 new nurses, and would provide free
:08:42. > :08:56.social care for the elderly. what you see in our manifesto is a
:08:57. > :09:00.programme for a generation to bring about transformational change in our
:09:01. > :09:08.economic activities, health activity and education system. If these plans
:09:09. > :09:10.are implemented and seen through a generation, then we will see the
:09:11. > :09:16.trans-formation that this country needs and deserves.
:09:17. > :09:19.what they say they'll deliver from politicians about
:09:20. > :09:20.if they form the next Welsh Government.
:09:21. > :09:25.Over the next few weeks you've got the chance to tell them
:09:26. > :09:27.as part of our My Manifesto 2016 Project.
:09:28. > :09:29.Here's what people in Llanrwst and Conwy told us they'd do
:09:30. > :09:34.Put a lot more money into the National Health Service.
:09:35. > :09:36.That is the main concern, that it is just going down.
:09:37. > :09:38.Cheaper childcare would be really helpful for working families.
:09:39. > :09:49.I would like to see the old cottage hospitals used.
:09:50. > :09:52.Reduce the salaries of Assembly Members by 20%.
:09:53. > :10:03.Here's how to tell us what you'd do if you were First Minister...
:10:04. > :10:05.We'll be passing on your ideas to whoever's in charge
:10:06. > :10:10.of the Welsh Government from May 6th.
:10:11. > :10:14.The challenges of building a major tidal energy project
:10:15. > :10:16.off the North Wales coast have been explored
:10:17. > :10:21.The scheme - which would involve creating a walled lagoon
:10:22. > :10:24.between Llandudno and Prestatyn - is currently being investigated.
:10:25. > :10:34.Harnessing the power of the tide is not a new idea.
:10:35. > :10:37.Plans for a ?1 billion lagoon in Swansea Bay are being considered,
:10:38. > :10:39.although the UK Government is reviewing such schemes
:10:40. > :10:42.to establish if they offer good value for money.
:10:43. > :10:45.Its findings will be published later this year.
:10:46. > :10:47.But it's the scientific side of tidal lagoons
:10:48. > :10:48.that is being discussed at this conference,
:10:49. > :11:00.This is a major infrastructure project, and it is a 200-year period
:11:01. > :11:03.project length, so we have to mature the science is world-class.
:11:04. > :11:05.One of the key things is that we want to have
:11:06. > :11:08.this leading science, really influencing how we will go forward.
:11:09. > :11:11.It is claimed the scheme would offer flood protection to places along
:11:12. > :11:13.the coast and generate jobs, as well as sustainable electricity.
:11:14. > :11:16.But the international scientists here want to know how
:11:17. > :11:19.the sea bed will be affected by offshore development.
:11:20. > :11:29.Offshore, where we are increasingly building, building infrastructure
:11:30. > :11:31.because restrictions on energy, tides, it is always using
:11:32. > :11:34.the sea bed, so we need to know what the impact
:11:35. > :11:37.is on the sea bed in the long-term and in the short term.
:11:38. > :11:38.Not just around the structure
:11:39. > :11:45.Around ?35 million of EU and private sector money is currently invested
:11:46. > :11:48.in tidal and wave energy projects in Wales.
:11:49. > :11:51.The North Wales scheme could ultimately cost
:11:52. > :11:54.billions of pounds and before it gets the go-ahead,
:11:55. > :11:57.the benefits will need to be weighed against the price tag.
:11:58. > :12:01.Football, and Cardiff almost stole it late on
:12:02. > :12:04.through Kenneth Zohore's speculative throw,
:12:05. > :12:09.As it stands, the Bluebirds at leaders Burnley.
:12:10. > :12:14.are still on the edge of the play-offs, in seventh place.
:12:15. > :12:20.as a fully independent region are to establish themselves
:12:21. > :12:23.with a view to attracting fresh investment.
:12:24. > :12:25.The side is currently joint owned by Newport RFC
:12:26. > :12:28.and the Welsh Rugby Union, but the proposals would see
:12:29. > :12:36.both parties transferring their shares to new owners.
:12:37. > :12:39.A bright day for some, but a big change on the weather front.
:12:40. > :12:48.It has been a beautiful day across much of Wales today. All change
:12:49. > :12:54.heading into tonight. We have some rain later on. Still some sunshine
:12:55. > :13:02.about four sunset with cloud in the middle part of the night with rain
:13:03. > :13:07.approaching towards dawn. Through tomorrow, that rain band will clear.
:13:08. > :13:11.Behind it, blustery showers and feeling much cooler than today. Some
:13:12. > :13:15.sunshine between the showers, but if you catch one, it could be heavy
:13:16. > :13:22.with hail or thunder. Temperatures between 8-11dC. As we head towards
:13:23. > :13:26.the end of the week, winds will be easing by the time we get to Friday.