:00:00. > :00:00.Britain leaves. That is the all from us.
:00:00. > :00:07.Tonight's headlines: A higher speed limit for two of our major roads,
:00:08. > :00:18.the Welsh Conservatives' plans if they were in power in May.
:00:19. > :00:27.These proposals have been welcomed by some businesses but tonight there
:00:28. > :00:29.is concern they could lead to more deaths.
:00:30. > :00:34.Also tonight, tonnes of waste illegally dumped in Carmarthenshire.
:00:35. > :00:41.In my experience, this is one of the worst cases that my team has
:00:42. > :00:44.investigated, given the scale of the dumping and the material that we
:00:45. > :00:46.found, which included asbestos. And we'll have a special report
:00:47. > :00:48.on why people living in Cardiff's Butetown
:00:49. > :00:50.estate, fear their homes In tonight's sport, Joe Cordina
:00:51. > :00:56.becomes the 4th Welsh athlete to guarantee a place
:00:57. > :01:17.at the Olympic Games. Could higher speed limits on two
:01:18. > :01:21.of Wales' major roads The Welsh Conservatives say that
:01:22. > :01:25.raising the limit from 70 to 80 miles per hour could help motorists,
:01:26. > :01:27.commuters and businesses. They say they'd look to consult
:01:28. > :01:29.on the change if they won The idea's had a mixed response
:01:30. > :01:33.from other political parties and one road safety charity is warning it
:01:34. > :01:36.could lead to more deaths. Jordan Davies joins us
:01:37. > :01:53.from the M4 this evening. Not much in the way of speed
:01:54. > :01:56.on the M4 at the moment, which is to be expected
:01:57. > :01:58.on Friday evening. But should people be
:01:59. > :02:00.allowed to travel faster It's something the Welsh
:02:01. > :02:04.Conservatives say they'll look at, if they're in power in Cardiff Bay
:02:05. > :02:15.after the election. They are two of the country's
:02:16. > :02:18.busiest roads, the M4 in the south and the A55 in North Wales. And if
:02:19. > :02:23.the Welsh Conservatives are in government after May five, they may
:02:24. > :02:28.become a bit faster. Above the M4 this morning, Andrew RT Davies the
:02:29. > :02:34.party leader said it was time to look at the benefits of raising the
:02:35. > :02:38.speed limit on both roads to 80 mph. There is evidence out there that
:02:39. > :02:41.does show the economy would benefit by quicker transport journeys and
:02:42. > :02:47.ultimately there is an ability with modern transport technology to allow
:02:48. > :02:50.traffic to move more freely. The Welsh Tories say this proposal is it
:02:51. > :02:56.out getting the economy moving and would only apply to cars and light
:02:57. > :03:01.vehicles. It is an idea welcomed that this Hotel. The owner heads up
:03:02. > :03:07.the Northwest or is organisation and says the quicker people are able to
:03:08. > :03:13.get here, the more likely they are to come. It is a good idea in saving
:03:14. > :03:17.some people sometime potentially travelling from the north-west of
:03:18. > :03:24.England. There are problems with the volume of traffic on the A55. The
:03:25. > :03:27.biggest complaint is that people are stuck in queues. Whoever is in
:03:28. > :03:31.government in Cardiff Bay after the semi-election will receive new
:03:32. > :03:36.powers to control the speed limits but it is not certain when those
:03:37. > :03:40.powers will arrive. But like many things to do with the M4 and the
:03:41. > :03:44.A55, we have been down this road before. UK Government list is
:03:45. > :03:49.announced a consultation on raising the motorway speed it five years ago
:03:50. > :03:56.and it did not arrive. There was criticism from road safety groups
:03:57. > :04:02.then and there is criticism now. Brake says evidence suggests an
:04:03. > :04:07.increase in the speed limit could lead to 25 more deaths and 100 more
:04:08. > :04:11.serious injuries every year. And they also damage the environment and
:04:12. > :04:18.economy. Some may argue it is already a struggle for motorists to
:04:19. > :04:20.reach the current speed it. Others may say the speed limit has not kept
:04:21. > :04:29.pace with other motoring advances and it needs to be changed. Once
:04:30. > :04:34.again, the M4 and the A55 acting as dividing lines in Welsh politics and
:04:35. > :04:35.not all the other Welsh parties agree with this proposal. This is
:04:36. > :04:37.what they had to say. We know that road safety
:04:38. > :04:39.is absolutely paramount and increasing the speed limit,
:04:40. > :04:42.we would have to look at that very carefully to make sure it didn't
:04:43. > :04:45.increase the accident rate. We have seen similar
:04:46. > :04:46.plans being advocated They went out to consultation on it
:04:47. > :04:51.many years ago and it has not seen I think we need to take these
:04:52. > :04:56.proposals with a pinch of salt. The problem with those roads,
:04:57. > :04:58.the reason is that the congestion is there is not because the cars
:04:59. > :05:01.are stopped from travelling fast enough but because there
:05:02. > :05:03.are not sufficient I am not sure there is much
:05:04. > :05:08.of the M4 or the A55 where you were to be able to do 80
:05:09. > :05:12.mph, but in principle, So that is the views of some of the
:05:13. > :05:30.Welsh parties. Back to you, Lucy. Skip hire company from Llanelli has
:05:31. > :05:32.been fined more than ?200,000 for illegally dumping
:05:33. > :05:34.waste on farmland. The owners of Sospan Skips admitted
:05:35. > :05:36.environmental charges last year. Natural Resources Wales says this
:05:37. > :05:55.is one of the heaviest fines handed Overflowing skips and piles of waste
:05:56. > :05:59.material. All of it dumped illegally by a skip hire operator that decided
:06:00. > :06:09.to ignore environmental laws. During a five-year period, several thousand
:06:10. > :06:11.tonnes of general and industrial waste was dumped illegally on two
:06:12. > :06:19.separate farms in Llanelli. At one of the sites, they even discovered
:06:20. > :06:23.asbestos. William Nigel Charles, the director of Sospan Skips and the
:06:24. > :06:29.company secretary, Susan Charles, dumped a lot of their waste here at
:06:30. > :06:36.this farm. Today, the couple were told to pay orders totalling
:06:37. > :06:42.?180,000 and an additional ?5,000 in legal costs. Waste was also disposed
:06:43. > :06:48.of at this farm owned by Bruce Charles. He is already serving a
:06:49. > :06:53.two-year community order and has to pay 10,000 pounds in costs. This is
:06:54. > :06:58.believed to be one of the biggest fines for this kind of offence. This
:06:59. > :07:02.is one of the worst cases that my team has investigated, given the
:07:03. > :07:09.scale of the dumping and the material that we found. For my team
:07:10. > :07:14.and me in particular, this is one of the biggest orders that we have add.
:07:15. > :07:18.Sospan Skips has a two-year conditional discharge and today the
:07:19. > :07:20.judge warned the company 's owners they would face resentencing if they
:07:21. > :07:24.choose to break the law again. Police are appealing for witnesses
:07:25. > :07:26.after a vehicle was driven into the side of a bank in Prestatyn
:07:27. > :07:28.yesterday afternoon It happened at the Barclays Bank
:07:29. > :07:32.on the High Street, Some taxi drivers in Cardiff
:07:33. > :07:36.are going on strike this weekend. It's been organised
:07:37. > :07:38.by Cardiff Hackney Carriage Association over the way it says
:07:39. > :07:40.complaints against drivers Cardiff Council says it's advised
:07:41. > :07:59.all drivers to understand and abide The use of food banks in Wales
:08:00. > :08:08.remain record levels. Despite a slight Rob on last year, more than
:08:09. > :08:09.85 is open -- 85,000 emergency food packages were handed out in the last
:08:10. > :08:12.few months. Organisers of the National
:08:13. > :08:13.Eisteddfod are considering waiving the entry charge when the event
:08:14. > :08:16.visits Cardiff in 2018. They also plan to ditch
:08:17. > :08:18.the traditional Maes, in favour of an open plan event,
:08:19. > :08:20.based around existing The controversial proposals will be
:08:21. > :08:24.decided at a meeting of If we establish the tradition that
:08:25. > :08:31.Cardiff has the Eisteddfod every ten years, for nine years we can
:08:32. > :08:34.have the traditional enclosed field but for the 10th,
:08:35. > :08:36.let's have a different Ukip has said its manifesto
:08:37. > :08:50.for May's Assembly election proves it has more to talk
:08:51. > :08:52.about than immigration The party wants to bring back
:08:53. > :08:56.grammar schools and have The manifesto was launched
:08:57. > :08:59.at a theatre in Newport today, and our political correspondent
:09:00. > :09:13.Daniel Davies was there. For those who follow Welsh politics,
:09:14. > :09:17.Ukip have provided a bit of a theatrical spectacle so far in this
:09:18. > :09:21.campaign, thanks to the infighting in the party over choosing
:09:22. > :09:25.candidates. Today, Ukip hope to draw a line under that drama with this,
:09:26. > :09:31.its manifesto for the election to the assembly. These are the things
:09:32. > :09:36.semi-members would do if you elect them to Cardiff Bay. In this
:09:37. > :09:42.document, they say they have tried to keep mentions of Russells to a
:09:43. > :09:51.minimum. Ukip would bring back selective grammar schools. The party
:09:52. > :09:56.would cancel all Welsh Government spending on tackling minor change.
:09:57. > :10:00.If the powers were devolved, Ukip would scrap the tolls on the Severn
:10:01. > :10:05.bridges. It would also introduce elected health boards to run the NHS
:10:06. > :10:11.and it thinks the current 60 Assembly Members is enough. We're
:10:12. > :10:15.not talking about immigration and the EU, we are talking about the key
:10:16. > :10:22.areas that matter to people in Wales. The devolved areas. Does
:10:23. > :10:26.making all children sit an exam in the final year of primary school to
:10:27. > :10:30.decide who is clever enough to go to grammar school really matter to the
:10:31. > :10:38.people of Wales? But already happens. Children are assessed
:10:39. > :10:41.already. But it does not dictate what school they go to when they
:10:42. > :10:49.leave for secondary school. If you read the manifesto properly, you
:10:50. > :11:00.will see we will do its and at 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15. Nathan Gill says
:11:01. > :11:09.he would not have chosen Mark Reckless and Neil Hamilton. Take the
:11:10. > :11:14.environment, they are the only party that opposes spending any money on
:11:15. > :11:17.tackling climate change. They are happy for fracking to go ahead. They
:11:18. > :11:20.have taken encouragement from the opinion polls and now they have to
:11:21. > :11:23.turn out support into votes. Let's get a bit more now on those
:11:24. > :11:25.proposals to abolish Our economics correspondent
:11:26. > :11:28.Sarah Dickins is here. Paying to drive into Wales over
:11:29. > :11:31.the Severn Bridge has upset motorists for decades and there's
:11:32. > :11:33.been a long debate about its The Chancellor George Osbourne has
:11:34. > :11:37.already said tolls will halve by 2018, but how reaslistic is it
:11:38. > :11:40.to scrap them all together? A recent report argues that
:11:41. > :11:46.would inject an extra ?107 million Commuters would have more cash
:11:47. > :11:50.to spend, and businesses would not have the cost of the tolls
:11:51. > :11:52.denting their profits. There is still a heavy debt
:11:53. > :11:57.for the two Severn Crossings, That debt will still be over
:11:58. > :12:02.80 million by the time the bridges go into public ownership,
:12:03. > :12:11.possibly in 2018. There's also the question
:12:12. > :12:12.of maintenance. Who would pay the ?800,000
:12:13. > :12:23.a year bill for that? If tolls were scrapped,
:12:24. > :12:26.plenty of people would be happy, not least the 80,000
:12:27. > :12:28.drivers a day who pay them. For people who commute
:12:29. > :12:31.between Newport and Bristol, the tolls count for 25%
:12:32. > :12:42.of their travel costs. The bill for some
:12:43. > :12:53.businesses is high. Braces bakery in Oakdale spends
:12:54. > :12:56.?48,000 a year on tolls. And there is evidence that
:12:57. > :12:58.without the tolls many more visitors would come
:12:59. > :13:00.here from South West England and overall, more people would cross
:13:01. > :13:07.in and out of Wales. Once it's in public ownership,
:13:08. > :13:13.the money raised could be used on things like schools
:13:14. > :13:22.and hospitals. So if Ukip scrapped the tolls
:13:23. > :13:24.altogether, they wouldn't have And around Wales on the
:13:25. > :13:35.campaign trail today: The Welsh Liberal Democrats have
:13:36. > :13:37.been highlighting their stance The party would introduce a scheme
:13:38. > :13:41.to minimise if they came to power. Plaid Cymru were discussing
:13:42. > :13:43.tourism in Caernarfon. They would double the budget
:13:44. > :13:46.for Visit Wales if they are in And Carwyn Jones has been at Wrexham
:13:47. > :13:50.bus station promoting the Labour Party's ambitions
:13:51. > :13:52.to develop a North And it's Carwyn Jones
:13:53. > :13:58.who will be answering questions on our Ask The Leader programme
:13:59. > :14:01.with Bethan Rhys Roberts tonight, 20 Scarlets players hit by a stomach
:14:02. > :14:14.bug, ahead of a crucial And a colder weekend ahead
:14:15. > :14:18.but we can also look forward In England, David Cameron,
:14:19. > :14:27.has said he wants to demolish so-called sink estates and replace
:14:28. > :14:30.them with better quality Whoever the new Welsh Government is,
:14:31. > :14:33.they'll have powers But many in Butetown,
:14:34. > :14:36.the estate just next door to the Senedd building
:14:37. > :14:38.fear their homes will be demolished. As part of the BBC's Tower project,
:14:39. > :14:42.Gavin Porter, who was born and bred and still lives in Butetown,
:14:43. > :15:03.has this report. Here we are on the street. On one
:15:04. > :15:11.end, you have Cardiff city centre, on the other, you have Cardiff Bay,
:15:12. > :15:16.the Senedd, Wales millennium Centre. Here we are stuck in the middle, big
:15:17. > :15:28.town. Quite often I ask myself the question, how long are we going to
:15:29. > :15:34.be here? On the outskirts of the town, they have redeveloped these
:15:35. > :15:39.new housing projects. It is inevitable it will close in honours.
:15:40. > :15:44.We have become a part of the rest of the city rather than considering
:15:45. > :15:48.ourselves a separate. When I look at what is being said in Westminster,
:15:49. > :15:53.it seems even more inevitable that Bhutan will soon be no more. I think
:15:54. > :15:57.sink housing estates where people can feel trapped in poverty, unable
:15:58. > :16:04.to build a good life for themselves, it is time with government money and
:16:05. > :16:10.massive help to demolish the worst of these and actually rebuild
:16:11. > :16:15.houses. While his plans only apply to England, could it eventually
:16:16. > :16:17.happen in Wales? Some say there are better alternatives to the
:16:18. > :16:23.old-fashioned council estates. Across the city in Ely, home farm is
:16:24. > :16:30.a co-operative where residents make decisions about what happens on
:16:31. > :16:34.their mini estate. I am only 23. I earn minimum wage. I know someone
:16:35. > :16:41.who lives on that side, you should see their car, you would normally
:16:42. > :16:44.think they will be snobbish and would not speak to you, no one
:16:45. > :16:51.ignores no one and it actually makes me feel like I am part of a little
:16:52. > :16:54.family. I can see merit in EE farm but Butetown has lots going for it
:16:55. > :16:59.to. With so much regeneration happening across the city I find it
:17:00. > :17:08.difficult to believe the official line that Butetown is safe. There is
:17:09. > :17:12.no waterfront. That is what sells in terms of new apartments and things
:17:13. > :17:17.like that. I do not see the area under any threat at all. But I think
:17:18. > :17:21.most people from Cardiff would recognise that this is a very mixed
:17:22. > :17:27.community. I think there is real beauty amongst the concrete. I feel
:17:28. > :17:31.there is love and spirit and ambition. I also feel that we will
:17:32. > :17:38.be here for a long time to come but change is inevitable. And like the
:17:39. > :17:39.man to Scott Heron said, we should try and direct the change rather
:17:40. > :17:47.than cynical through the change. And for more on the BBC's series
:17:48. > :17:49.looking at the lives of the community in Butetown
:17:50. > :17:53.in Cardiff head to: The first Welsh boxer has made it
:17:54. > :18:00.through to the Olympic Games in Rio. Within the last couple of hours
:18:01. > :18:02.Joe Cordina, who's from Cardiff, beat Ireland's David Joyce on points
:18:03. > :18:05.in the 60 kilogram category in the semifinal of the European
:18:06. > :18:07.Qualifiers in Turkey. He's the 4th Welsh athlete
:18:08. > :18:23.to qualify for Team GB. Amazing. This is what I set out to
:18:24. > :18:26.do, the last six years of my life, I have been heading towards this
:18:27. > :18:33.place. I tried to go for London but I was a bit too inexperience. But
:18:34. > :18:35.this came at the right time. I would like to thank people around the
:18:36. > :18:40.world who are following my progress and showing their love and support.
:18:41. > :18:42.Another Welsh athlete hoping to be in Rio too
:18:43. > :18:45.She'll compete in the 400 metres freestyle at
:18:46. > :18:48.Carlin picked up a second gold medal last night
:18:49. > :18:51.in the 800 metres freestyle, but she didn't finish
:18:52. > :18:57.The squad for the Rio Games will be announced on Thursday.
:18:58. > :18:59.The Scarlets held a shorter than usual training session today
:19:00. > :19:02.after the squad was badly hit by a stomach bug ahead of tomorrow's
:19:03. > :19:06.Despite 20 players being affected, head coach Wayne Pivac still managed
:19:07. > :19:09.to name a strong side, including a return for Wales full
:19:10. > :19:21.The players were told not to use showers or eat at their ground.
:19:22. > :19:23.Football and the American investors in talks about taking over
:19:24. > :19:26.Swansea City want to buy around a 60% stake in the club,
:19:27. > :19:30.This latest offer would protect the influence of the Supporters'
:19:31. > :19:32.Trust, whose members discussed the possible takeover last night.
:19:33. > :19:34.The trust has a 21% stake in the club.
:19:35. > :19:36.Some fans are sceptical about the takeover while others
:19:37. > :19:57.To go to the next level, I am talking about turning this stadium
:19:58. > :20:02.from a fantastic stadium of 20,000 into 30, maybe 40 in years to come.
:20:03. > :20:07.Can you spend 40 million on that top layer? With investment, serious
:20:08. > :20:08.amounts of money coming into the cloud, you have a better opportunity
:20:09. > :20:11.to do that. More from John Hartson on Sport
:20:12. > :20:17.Wales at 9:30pm on BBC2 Wales. To matters on the pitch,
:20:18. > :20:19.Swansea travel to Newcastle. The Welsh side have won six
:20:20. > :20:22.of their last seven league meetings Cardiff City manager
:20:23. > :20:25.Russell Slade says he deserves to stay on as manager,
:20:26. > :20:27.even if the club miss The Bluebirds, who play QPR
:20:28. > :20:31.tomorrow, are five points outside the Championship top six,
:20:32. > :20:33.with five games to play. Newport are away at
:20:34. > :20:35.Stevenage in League Two. Wrexham's hopes of reaching
:20:36. > :20:37.the play-off are all but over. Time for the weekend
:20:38. > :20:45.weather forecast now. Perhaps some problems with ice.
:20:46. > :22:13.Temperatures to minus one Celsius. Sunday
:22:14. > :22:17.probably the better day of the weekend. High pressure building from
:22:18. > :22:22.the West. The winds will change to a westerly so it was up to feel more
:22:23. > :22:27.pleasant in comparison to Saturday. First thing on Sunday, a chilly
:22:28. > :22:34.start, we have sunshine to look forward to. We might see cloud
:22:35. > :22:38.increasing through the day. Temperatures of around nine Celsius.
:22:39. > :22:42.Light winds. In any sunshine it should feel pleasant as the winds
:22:43. > :22:48.are lighter and from the West. For the start of next week, much milder
:22:49. > :22:52.conditions, but also drier conditions. More cloud with hints of
:22:53. > :22:59.brightness. Temperatures will creep back up as we go through the week. A
:23:00. > :23:04.cold night tonight and tomorrow morning we have a rain band clearing
:23:05. > :23:08.the south-east. Sunday is the better day with sunshine, drier conditions
:23:09. > :23:12.and lighter winds with westerly winds heading our way and things
:23:13. > :23:18.settling down for the start of next week. Wrap up warm.
:23:19. > :23:22.We've both been keeping an eye on the forecast for Monday because
:23:23. > :23:34.Wales today is off on tour, starting in Pembrokeshire. We are weeks away
:23:35. > :23:44.from the next Welsh Shem Billy collection.
:23:45. > :23:49.For the next fortnight we are travelling the length and breadth of
:23:50. > :23:55.the country, exploring the issues that matter in your community. First
:23:56. > :24:00.stop, Haverfordwest. We'll ask what lessons politicians need to learn
:24:01. > :24:03.about school reorganisation. And our political correspondents are
:24:04. > :24:09.assessing what the political parties have on offer. And what do you want
:24:10. > :24:15.from the next Welsh government? You've got the chance to tell them
:24:16. > :24:19.as part of my manifesto 2016. I'll be gathering your ideas and
:24:20. > :24:23.suggestions as we travel across the country and we'll pass them onto the
:24:24. > :24:38.next First Minister. You can also us. -- you can also e-mail us.
:24:39. > :24:46.Come with us on our journey around Wales. For all you need to know
:24:47. > :24:48.before you cast your vote on May the 5th.
:24:49. > :24:53.Looking forward to that over the next few weeks and hopefully you can
:24:54. > :24:59.join us. Ask the leader is next on BBC One Wales. I'll be back at 8pm
:25:00. > :25:01.and after the BBC News at ten. Thank you for your company and have a
:25:02. > :25:03.really good evening. Goodbye.