:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to Wales Today. Tonight's headlines -
:00:00. > :00:07.Accused of forcing vulnerable men to do heavy labour
:00:08. > :00:11.against their will - four men go on trial.
:00:12. > :00:15.A "plan for prosperity" which will "get the country moving" -
:00:16. > :00:17.Capping the cost - Calls for mobile phone companies
:00:18. > :00:20.to help people stop getting into debt and to make
:00:21. > :00:23.All in all, they've taken ?2,500 in two months of extra
:00:24. > :00:30.We'll also be in training with triathlete Helen Jenkins,
:00:31. > :00:34.who's setting her sights on the Rio Olympics.
:00:35. > :00:40.And we're in Llanelli on the second day of our two-week tour of Wales.
:00:41. > :00:43.We're looking at jobs and training, and finding out what the political
:00:44. > :01:02.parties have to say ahead of the election.
:01:03. > :01:06.The trial has begun of four people accused of forcing two vulnerable
:01:07. > :01:10.men to carry out heavy labour under threat of violence.
:01:11. > :01:13.Cardiff Crown Court heard the men slept in cold sheds and on concrete
:01:14. > :01:16.floors and would be beaten if they refused to carry
:01:17. > :01:22.The jury was told one of them lived in those conditions for 26 years.
:01:23. > :01:41.Patrick Joseph Connors, now 59, run it or making business. Today the
:01:42. > :01:46.prosecution said he chose vulnerable customers, charged inflated prices
:01:47. > :01:51.and forced two men to work against their will -- tarmacking business.
:01:52. > :01:55.He also renovated properties. When he bought a farm on the outskirts of
:01:56. > :01:59.Cardiff the prosecution say it was derelict and the men lived there
:02:00. > :02:04.with no running water and no heat. Such were the conditions they in
:02:05. > :02:16.Jordan over a long period, it was said, one tried to escape four
:02:17. > :02:18.times. When he ran away, he was spotted, forced into a car and
:02:19. > :02:21.brought back. He was threatened with beating and told when he was gone
:02:22. > :02:24.that no one would miss him. The other man, it was said, ran away to
:02:25. > :02:26.Scotland but was picked up in Aberdeen, put in a car boot and
:02:27. > :02:31.later beaten. The prosecution said after this he thought he would never
:02:32. > :02:34.be free. Conditions, say the prosecution, were appalling. For
:02:35. > :02:40.years, the men worked long hours living in sheds, garages and tin
:02:41. > :02:45.huts, ill or injured, they were forced to work, treated like objects
:02:46. > :02:49.which could be abused, it was said. The court heard when interviewed by
:02:50. > :02:53.police, Patrick Joseph Connors denied any wrongdoing and insisted
:02:54. > :02:57.he had looked after the two Manuel and paid them properly. He has
:02:58. > :03:02.pleaded not guilty to eight counts of assault, four of kidnap and one
:03:03. > :03:07.of conspiracy to kidnap. All four defendants deny all the charges
:03:08. > :03:08.against them including one count of forced or compulsory Labour. The
:03:09. > :03:12.case is expected to last six weeks. A mother of two from Merthyr Tydfil
:03:13. > :03:14.died after taking drugs to help her lose weight,
:03:15. > :03:16.an inquest has heard. Kirsty Hughes, who was 26,
:03:17. > :03:19.collapsed at home after taking Her family told the inquest she had
:03:20. > :03:23.been upset at being called fat, and she hoped the drug would help
:03:24. > :03:26.make her slim. A man from Wrexham who is missing
:03:27. > :03:29.in Peru was reportedly seen by a local man shortly
:03:30. > :03:31.after his family 29-year-old Harry Greaves went
:03:32. > :03:35.on a mountain walk on the 7th of April, and hasn't
:03:36. > :03:38.contacted his family since. The man says he saw him heading
:03:39. > :03:41.towards the village of Pisac, where teams are now
:03:42. > :03:43.focussing the search. Mr Greaves' MP, Ian Lucas,
:03:44. > :03:49.highlighted the case in Parliament. We are all pulling together
:03:50. > :03:52.to ensure that the Peruvian government, the embassy staff
:03:53. > :03:56.on the ground and the Foreign Office in the UK are working together to do
:03:57. > :03:59.everything that we can There is a huge amount of work
:04:00. > :04:05.being done by the family. Harry's mother has gone over
:04:06. > :04:19.there with his cousin. They have raised publicity in the
:04:20. > :04:24.area so people in per room know that Harry is missing. -- people in Peru.
:04:25. > :04:27.The Welsh Labour leader Carwyn Jones says his party has the ideas
:04:28. > :04:31.Launching its Assembly election manifesto at Coleg y Cymoedd
:04:32. > :04:32.in Rhondda Cynon Taff, Labour said it would
:04:33. > :04:34."continue to deliver jobs and investment".
:04:35. > :04:36.Our Political Reporter Paul Martin was there.
:04:37. > :04:38.Here at Coleg y Cymoedd in Nantgarw, they're training the aviation
:04:39. > :04:42.Last summer, Welsh Labour suffered something of a crash landing
:04:43. > :04:44.at the general election, but the party says it's now
:04:45. > :04:50.on a different flight path after talking to voters.
:04:51. > :04:53.The details of that journey are published here today.
:04:54. > :04:59.A new NHS treatment fund for life-threatening illnesses.
:05:00. > :05:03.An extension of Labour's programme to build or modernise schools.
:05:04. > :05:08.A commitment to bring fast broadband to every property in Wales.
:05:09. > :05:11.30 hours of free childcare for parents of three- and four-year-olds
:05:12. > :05:18.And another 100,000 apprenticeships, open to people of all ages.
:05:19. > :05:24.After 17 years in power, the obvious question to Labour
:05:25. > :05:27.whenever it comes up with a new policy is,
:05:28. > :05:34.But Carwyn Jones told me the party is still full of fresh ideas.
:05:35. > :05:38.We need to build on what we've done, that's true, but what we didn't do
:05:39. > :05:41."Vote for us because we're a bit better than the rest."
:05:42. > :05:45.We have six pledges that are ambitious, that
:05:46. > :05:48.We can't promise any number of pie-in-the-sky ideas,
:05:49. > :05:51.because people expect us to deliver on them, so it is a question
:05:52. > :05:54.of building on what we've done so far and also of course looking
:05:55. > :05:58.The manifesto is also interesting because of what's not in it.
:05:59. > :06:02.There is a promise to build an M4 relief road, but no commitment
:06:03. > :06:08.And on redrawing the council map, as expected, there's
:06:09. > :06:10.a promise to cut the number of local authorities,
:06:11. > :06:16.but the manifesto doesn't say how many there will be.
:06:17. > :06:20.Keeping these pledges may raise a few eyebrows, but it also gives
:06:21. > :06:22.Labour some wriggle room if it needs to work with other parties
:06:23. > :06:30.-- keeping these pledges they may raise a few eyebrows.
:06:31. > :06:33.And Paul's here now with more detail on one of those policies -
:06:34. > :06:35.the party's plan for an M4 relief road.
:06:36. > :06:42.Yes, the idea of an M4 relief road to ease congestion is around Newport
:06:43. > :06:46.is one of the longest running sagas in Welsh politics. It has been
:06:47. > :06:51.promised for years but nothing has happened. Labour over the last five
:06:52. > :06:56.years was committed to what is known as the black Root, a new stretch of
:06:57. > :07:02.motorway around Newport costing around ?1 billion. While in
:07:03. > :07:07.Government party spent millions of pounds on preparation, but there is
:07:08. > :07:11.no commitment to that route in the manifesto. The interesting thing
:07:12. > :07:15.politically as the position of the other parties. The Lib Dems, Plaid
:07:16. > :07:20.Cymru and Ukip are against the Black Root and would prefer the upgrade of
:07:21. > :07:23.an existing a road while the Welsh Conservatives are yet to decide what
:07:24. > :07:28.they favour. The key point is that after the 5th of May, if no party
:07:29. > :07:34.has overall control in the Assembly, some sort of deal will have to be
:07:35. > :07:38.done if any road takes place, so Labour has kept its options open,
:07:39. > :07:43.but one thing is clear, this long-running debate over whether a
:07:44. > :07:45.relief road will happen and what it might look like is not going away.
:07:46. > :07:46.Paul, thank you. The leader of the Liberal Democrats
:07:47. > :07:49.in the UK says his party is on the up after last year's
:07:50. > :07:51.catastrophic General Tim Farron was at a building company
:07:52. > :07:55.in Brecon as part of a two-day tour of some of his party's key Assembly
:07:56. > :07:58.target seats in its traditional He said that party membership
:07:59. > :08:01.in Wales had increased The Welsh Conservatives have
:08:02. > :08:08.defended their claim that savings of ?1 billion in the NHS,
:08:09. > :08:11.or 14 per cent of the entire budget, The party says the efficiency
:08:12. > :08:20.savings would be reinvested back The other parties have described
:08:21. > :08:23.them as "wild and ridiculous." Our Political Editor,
:08:24. > :08:25.Nick Servini, is at the Senedd. Nick, how much of
:08:26. > :08:39.a challenge is this? We talk about the size of the NHS
:08:40. > :08:43.budget all the time, we talk about a system that is under strain, but we
:08:44. > :08:47.don't talk about efficiency savings that much, partly I think because it
:08:48. > :08:53.is predicated on a degree of waste in the system. That changed today
:08:54. > :08:57.with these I catching claims from the Welsh Conservatives that there
:08:58. > :09:02.is up to ?1 billion of waste in the budget, 14% of the entire amount
:09:03. > :09:06.spent on it every year in Wales. The party says they haven't just magic.
:09:07. > :09:12.That figure, it comes from comments made by a senior NHS manager to a
:09:13. > :09:16.committee at the Assembly seven years ago. What's more, they say
:09:17. > :09:22.those comments seven years ago are just as relevant now as they were
:09:23. > :09:25.back then. The leader in Wales, Andrew Arty Davies, has outlined
:09:26. > :09:31.some ways they could make those savings. Whatever way you try to do
:09:32. > :09:35.it, it is a hugely ambitious figure. Since 1970, the average efficiency
:09:36. > :09:49.savings in the NHS across the UK have been just 1%. It is currently
:09:50. > :09:51.3% in Wales, 3% in England, and they are struggling to meet it in
:09:52. > :09:54.England. Adam Roberts from the think tank the Health Foundation outlined
:09:55. > :09:57.to me how difficult it is to achieve even a relatively modest 3% saving.
:09:58. > :10:00.It needs a clear strategy for how this can be achieved.
:10:01. > :10:02.It's very easy for politicians to say,
:10:03. > :10:03."We will achieve 3% efficiency growth,"
:10:04. > :10:05.but without a clear plan of where these things
:10:06. > :10:08.are going to come from and how, crucially, staff are going to be
:10:09. > :10:11.supported to achieve these savings, without that credible plan,
:10:12. > :10:13.it makes it very hard to understand how that higher
:10:14. > :10:25.What have the other party said on this issue? Plaid Cymru were the
:10:26. > :10:29.first of the parties when they publish their manifesto to talk
:10:30. > :10:34.about efficiency savings. They have come up with a figure of ?300
:10:35. > :10:38.million, about 4%. The Liberal Democrats say the current savings
:10:39. > :10:44.are reasonable, but really don't want to get sucked into speculation
:10:45. > :10:49.made up figures, as they call it. Labour today have described
:10:50. > :10:53.efficiency savings as a euphemism for cuts, while Ukip say they would
:10:54. > :10:57.introduce a review to try to introduce any waste -- reduce waste
:10:58. > :11:02.in the system. Clearly all the parties accept that some degree of
:11:03. > :11:05.savings have to be made. The difference of opinion is in how much
:11:06. > :11:07.and exactly how to do it. Nick, thank you.
:11:08. > :11:09.There's still much more to come before 7:00pm.
:11:10. > :11:11.Putting four years of injuries well behind her -
:11:12. > :11:13.former world champion triathlete Helen Jenkins sets her sights
:11:14. > :11:26.And we can look forward to lengthy spells of sunshine tomorrow, but is
:11:27. > :11:28.it going to last? Full details in a few minutes.
:11:29. > :11:31.The mobile phone industry needs to be better regulated to stop
:11:32. > :11:33.people falling into debt, a charity has warned.
:11:34. > :11:36.Citizens Advice Cymru also told BBC Wales that action is needed to stop
:11:37. > :11:39.mobile phone companies using what appear to be "bullying
:11:40. > :11:48.When Dr Geoff Lloyd took out a mobile phone contract
:11:49. > :11:50.for his 17-year-old son, he says he was told by the phone
:11:51. > :11:55.company EE that the contract was capped at ?13.99 a month.
:11:56. > :11:59.However, he ended up having to pay more than ?3,500.
:12:00. > :12:02.He was gobsmacked, he said, when he received a letter
:12:03. > :12:06.from his bank saying that EE were trying to withdraw ?1,500
:12:07. > :12:11.I thought it must be a dreadful mistake, so I went to the bank,
:12:12. > :12:14.only to find that they'd already taken ?1,000 out the month before,
:12:15. > :12:19.and then several hundred pounds out previous to that, too.
:12:20. > :12:26.So all in all, they've taken ?2,500 in two months of extra charges.
:12:27. > :12:28.It turned out that the contract wasn't capped, and that Dr Lloyd's
:12:29. > :12:31.son had used more minutes than he was allowed,
:12:32. > :12:34.so Dr Lloyd came here to the shop where he had signed a contract
:12:35. > :12:40.He was told he'd have to phone customer services,
:12:41. > :12:42.but he said despite calling lots of times, he found it
:12:43. > :12:44.very difficult to speak to anyone directly,
:12:45. > :12:47.and while he was in the process of disputing the debt,
:12:48. > :12:53.I had a letter arriving on my doorstep saying that first of all,
:12:54. > :12:57.they were going to destroy my credit ratings if I didn't pay
:12:58. > :13:01.And then a week later, a further letter saying
:13:02. > :13:06.that they were going to send bailiffs around to collect goods
:13:07. > :13:10.EE lost the case in the Small Claims Court,
:13:11. > :13:14.and had to pay Dr Lloyd more than ?3,700.
:13:15. > :13:18.Citizens Advice deals with 62,000 similar complaints a year.
:13:19. > :13:25.A credit card company will look at how much you can afford to pay,
:13:26. > :13:28.and they will set a limit for that credit card.
:13:29. > :13:31.We think that should happen with mobile phones as well.
:13:32. > :13:34.They should look at how much you are able to afford,
:13:35. > :13:38.and they should cap that bill, then, for example at ?30 a month.
:13:39. > :13:41.EE says the contract wasn't capped, and clearly stated that extra calls
:13:42. > :13:47.It says there are many ways to monitor usage,
:13:48. > :13:50.and options to control spending, such as pay-as-you-go.
:13:51. > :13:51.Automated letters were sent because the industry adjudicator
:13:52. > :13:58.The regulator, Ofcom, says it's working with providers and citizens
:13:59. > :14:06.But Dr Lloyd is still worried about others in similar situations.
:14:07. > :14:14.evicted and made homeless, and for a company to use these
:14:15. > :14:23.bullying tactics to extract these iniquitous sums from people who have
:14:24. > :14:26.gone over without realising they could...
:14:27. > :14:33.With the Assembly election just over two weeks away,
:14:34. > :14:35.we're travelling the length and breadth of the country
:14:36. > :14:37.exploring the issues that matter in your community.
:14:38. > :14:39.After starting our tour in Haverfordwest yesterday,
:14:40. > :14:41.today's stop is Llanelli, where we can join Jamie now.
:14:42. > :14:45.We're on the beautiful Loughor Estuary between
:14:46. > :14:51.This area has been in the headlines because of the uncertainty
:14:52. > :14:58.So jobs and employment are very much at the front of people's minds
:14:59. > :15:03.as we get closer to the Assembly election in just over two weeks.
:15:04. > :15:06.Our business correspondent, Brian Meechan, has been to one
:15:07. > :15:12.company to find out how it's training its workforce.
:15:13. > :15:17.At Castell Howell Foods, cut the carcass badly and it
:15:18. > :15:20.Its new butchery facility near Llanelli has been operating
:15:21. > :15:25.Staff are trained here and also study at training centres as part
:15:26. > :15:30.This company's been operating for just over 30 years,
:15:31. > :15:35.and is one of the biggest employers in the area.
:15:36. > :15:38.It now has 600 staff, and sales of over ?94 million a year.
:15:39. > :15:44.When the company started its boning line in 2008, the shortage
:15:45. > :15:50.of skilled butchers meant it recruited from Eastern Europe.
:15:51. > :15:54.Migrant workers make up around 5% of the total workforce.
:15:55. > :15:58.Those butchers are now passing on their skills to a new generation
:15:59. > :16:02.of young people, like 19-year-old apprentice Dewi Davies.
:16:03. > :16:06.When I left school at 16 I thought, "I'll become a butcher now,
:16:07. > :16:09.nice good trade, and I can go anywhere with it," and I started
:16:10. > :16:11.working here down in Carmarthen, then came up here to
:16:12. > :16:16.Well, just developed my skills as a butcher, really.
:16:17. > :16:19.Middle managers also attend leadership courses at
:16:20. > :16:24.Companies have to when sure that workers are trained
:16:25. > :16:29.continuously from director level to the shop floor.
:16:30. > :16:33.Castell Howell is now setting up a butchery academy
:16:34. > :16:37.It started with an assessment in literacy and numeracy, so that
:16:38. > :16:40.would give you the foundation to progress to be NVQ level two,
:16:41. > :16:47.So the classroom training is supplemented by on-the-block
:16:48. > :16:50.training, so we get the best of both worlds.
:16:51. > :16:53.Skills are in short supply across the country.
:16:54. > :16:56.Around third of vacancies in Wales are described as hard to fill.
:16:57. > :17:01.But at 31%, it's a bit lower than the UK average of 33%.
:17:02. > :17:03.Staff training is also increasing, but there are still skills shortages
:17:04. > :17:05.in writing and understanding instructions and with
:17:06. > :17:12.Wales performs better on computer literacy
:17:13. > :17:15.and IT than other parts of the UK, though.
:17:16. > :17:18.But many small businesses argued that it's easier
:17:19. > :17:21.for the bigger companies to absorb the cost of training.
:17:22. > :17:26.If we train a percentage of our workforce, then the time
:17:27. > :17:32.of the shop floor would be no different to a smaller business.
:17:33. > :17:35.If we train a percentage of our workforce, then the time off
:17:36. > :17:37.the shop floor would be no different to a smaller business.
:17:38. > :17:40.However, we'd like to see it as an investment in the staff.
:17:41. > :17:43.Larger firms need a conveyor belt of talent to keep the business
:17:44. > :17:46.going, but smaller ones can find it more difficult to commit the time
:17:47. > :17:48.and money needed to provide workers with more skills, especially
:17:49. > :17:51.when they may not be able to keep them afterwards.
:17:52. > :17:54.In the end, both will be looking to see how the parties are offering
:17:55. > :17:57.to help them do this in the next Assembly.
:17:58. > :18:10.Apprenticeships are of course the lifeblood of all businesses in
:18:11. > :18:13.Wales. That's right, businesses across Wales will tell you skills
:18:14. > :18:18.are one of the biggest issues they face in terms of trying to grow
:18:19. > :18:21.their businesses. That is the message from business groups. They
:18:22. > :18:26.have been lobbying the parties ahead of this election. In apprenticeships
:18:27. > :18:31.Labour have said they will create 100,000, Plaid Cymru 50,000, tens of
:18:32. > :18:34.thousands for the Liberal Democrats, thousands by the Conservatives. Ukip
:18:35. > :18:46.said they want vocational college training with businesses, which
:18:47. > :18:50.shows how central it is. I would say that Wales has a good reputation for
:18:51. > :18:53.apprenticeships in terms of quality. England have gone to the numbers
:18:54. > :18:55.game and perhaps not have the same quality. We have been understandably
:18:56. > :18:57.preoccupied with big business in this neck of the woods, Tata
:18:58. > :19:02.dominating for so long, but what have the political parties said
:19:03. > :19:08.about help for small businesses Mark Keller essentially all, certainly
:19:09. > :19:12.Labour, Plaid Cymru, the Lib Dem 's, have all said cutting business rates
:19:13. > :19:16.for the smallest companies will be helpful. That may have also talked
:19:17. > :19:22.about a development bank which small businesses were looking for, extra
:19:23. > :19:26.access finance after banks stopped lending. Thank you very much. We are
:19:27. > :19:28.spending the next two weeks travelling across Wales to find out
:19:29. > :19:33.about the issues that matter to you ahead of the Welsh
:19:34. > :19:44.election on the 5th of May, just over two weeks away. We have been
:19:45. > :19:49.have a food -- Haverfordwest, tonight in Llanelli, and tomorrow we
:19:50. > :19:52.will be in Machynlleth, looking at a job -- finding a job in all Wales.
:19:53. > :19:54.Here is Jennifer Jones with the rest of the day 's news.
:19:55. > :19:58.Two-time world triathlon champion Helen Jenkins says she's excited
:19:59. > :20:00.about moving on from four years of injuries and setbacks
:20:01. > :20:03.as she sets her sights on competing at this summer's Olympics.
:20:04. > :20:06.The Great Britain triathlon team will be confirmed in a few weeks,
:20:07. > :20:08.but after a gold medal in Australia recently, the 32-year-old from
:20:09. > :20:11.Bridgend is confident of her place, as Iwan Griffiths reports.
:20:12. > :20:16.Those moments when the alarm clock goes off at 5am and you're, like...
:20:17. > :20:18.But those 5am starts, hours on end in the water,
:20:19. > :20:23.on two wheels and on the road, set Helen apart when she put
:20:24. > :20:26.together a perfect race in the Australian leg
:20:27. > :20:34.Gold in the Gold Coast at exactly the right time for
:20:35. > :20:39.It's yet to be confirmed, but Jenkins is now confident she'll
:20:40. > :20:44.be on the plane to compete in her third Games.
:20:45. > :20:46.I didn't really believe it could happen, I was just focusing
:20:47. > :20:49.on just doing the best I could, I knew training had gone well
:20:50. > :20:53.and that's all I'd focused on, so after the race, it's been a bit
:20:54. > :20:56.of a shock to actually incorporate Rio into my consciousness.
:20:57. > :20:58.The two-time world champion is currently leading
:20:59. > :21:03.Helen Jenkins is back to her best after what's been
:21:04. > :21:10.It's not nice seeing your wife going to bed crying, waking up crying.
:21:11. > :21:13.We've got commitments to the federation, to
:21:14. > :21:16.sponsors, to deliver on what they are investing in,
:21:17. > :21:19.and fortunately now she has delivered on it, but it's not nice -
:21:20. > :21:22.it's not a great position to be in when you're working hard
:21:23. > :21:25.for something and your body just won't let you do it.
:21:26. > :21:27.Helen has a genetic problem with her back.
:21:28. > :21:30.It leads to fitness issues other athletes don't have to deal with.
:21:31. > :21:31.But recent injuries and disappointments mean
:21:32. > :21:36.the 32-year-old is laid back about her goals in Rio.
:21:37. > :21:40.I'm going to go and see what happens and enjoy it, and, yeah...
:21:41. > :21:43.If I came away with a medal, great, but if I didn't,
:21:44. > :21:45.I'm really happy with what I've achieved, so...
:21:46. > :21:48.For the Jenkinses, husband and wife, it's time for the perfect team
:21:49. > :21:55.Cardiff City manager Russell Slade says he's well aware
:21:56. > :21:59.of the importance of tonight's Championship match at Brentford.
:22:00. > :22:02.His side are five points adrift of Sheffield Wednesay
:22:03. > :22:05.in the final play-off position with four games remaining.
:22:06. > :22:08.Meanwhile, Newport County, who can guarantee League 2
:22:09. > :22:10.survival with a win, are up against Oxford
:22:11. > :22:16.There's just one Welshman remaining at the Snooker World Championship
:22:17. > :22:18.in Sheffield after Ryan Day was knocked out.
:22:19. > :22:22.He lost ten frames to three against four-time winner John Higgins.
:22:23. > :22:26.Mark Williams' second-round match on Friday will be against either
:22:27. > :22:32.The sun was shining in Llanelli this evening -
:22:33. > :22:34.I wonder how it's looking for the rest of us?
:22:35. > :22:45.Thank you. Most of us are enjoying fine evening sunshine tonight and we
:22:46. > :22:49.can look forward to another glorious day tomorrow. It will be another
:22:50. > :22:53.chilly start tomorrow morning but at least there is sunshine to help
:22:54. > :22:56.temperatures recover as the day goes on. Tonight, Fairweather cloud
:22:57. > :23:01.across the south tending to clear, most of us should see starry skies
:23:02. > :23:07.tonight and with light when maybe frost forming, also missed and fog
:23:08. > :23:11.into early tomorrow morning. Temperatures around two Celsius. The
:23:12. > :23:22.wind will be light as well. Tomorrow high-pressure in charge of the
:23:23. > :23:24.weather and we can look forward to dry and sunny conditions, a settled
:23:25. > :23:26.day. Low pressure to the south of us, taking charge through Thursday
:23:27. > :23:28.and Friday. Let's enjoy the high-pressure tomorrow! First thing
:23:29. > :23:32.tomorrow morning, for the fresh row -- rush-hour, sunshine and the
:23:33. > :23:36.south-east, and in the north-east the wind is light. A sunny morning
:23:37. > :23:42.for the rush-hour in the north coast, and in North West Wales we
:23:43. > :23:47.could see a breezy start, cold for most of us as well, fine and sunny
:23:48. > :23:50.in mid Wales, parts of Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire,
:23:51. > :23:55.Swansea looking fine for the start of tomorrow as well. As the sunshine
:23:56. > :23:58.gets to work it will be warmer, so perhaps grabbed the sunscreen
:23:59. > :24:03.tomorrow. Lovely blue skies but also the wind picking up along the south
:24:04. > :24:11.coast. That will take the edge of the temperature. Around the coast
:24:12. > :24:14.feeling warm, temperatures 12-16dC, perhaps their weather cloud as we
:24:15. > :24:20.head into the afternoon. With that we could also see the odd shower.
:24:21. > :24:24.Temperatures 12-16dC. A cold night at first but cloud starts to
:24:25. > :24:28.increase from the South as we going to tomorrow night, which was the
:24:29. > :24:32.temperatures dropping to much. We still have clearer skies further
:24:33. > :24:37.north, so low single figures, two or three Celsius weather sky stays
:24:38. > :24:45.clear. Under the cloud, quad-mac- seven. -- 4-7. On Thursday the high
:24:46. > :24:49.pushed away by low pressure, so we would start to see the front
:24:50. > :24:53.approaching and the weather will change a little and we will lose the
:24:54. > :24:57.sunshine as well. First thing on Thursday, yes, a bright start but
:24:58. > :25:02.cloud will increase from the south, like rain or drizzle with that. The
:25:03. > :25:07.best dryer and brighter weather the further north you are. Temperatures
:25:08. > :25:12.not a spy, 11-14dC and the easterly breeze picking up, so a touch cooler
:25:13. > :25:16.than today. As we head into the weekend we will start to drag in
:25:17. > :25:22.colder, at De Gea, so with that, more brightness but it will feel
:25:23. > :25:25.colder as well and we will see the return of frosty nights. Enjoy the
:25:26. > :25:29.sunshine tomorrow, it is getting colder as we head to the weekend.
:25:30. > :25:36.A reminder of our top story tonight. The trial has begun four people
:25:37. > :25:39.forcing two vulnerable men to carry out heavy labour under threat of
:25:40. > :25:43.violence. Cardiff Crown Court heard they slept in sheds and on concrete
:25:44. > :25:45.floors and would be threatened with beating if they refuse to carry out
:25:46. > :25:47.their boss's demands. I'll be back with a quick
:25:48. > :25:50.update at 8:00pm, and more Thanks for watching,
:25:51. > :25:55.have a good evening