:00:00. > :00:07.Details emerge of a possible management buyout of
:00:08. > :00:11.Our Business Correspondent Brian Meechan will have the latest.
:00:12. > :00:13.Accused of forcing vulnerable men to work against their will.
:00:14. > :00:39.BBC Wales understands that the man who has been running Tata Steel's
:00:40. > :00:42.operations in Port Talbot and Llanwern is launching a bid
:00:43. > :00:44.for a management buyout of the company's
:00:45. > :00:48.Tata asked for expressions of interest in its UK businesses
:00:49. > :00:55.Over 6,000 jobs are at risk in Wales unless a buyer can be found.
:00:56. > :00:57.Our Business Correspondent Brian Meechan is here.
:00:58. > :01:12.We believe that Stuart Wilkie, who is one of the lead directors in the
:01:13. > :01:17.UK of Tata, he was at the forefront of the announcement and plan earlier
:01:18. > :01:24.in January for 750 job losses at Tata, mainly Port Talbot, he was the
:01:25. > :01:28.lead directors speaking to the media when Llanwern was mothballed last
:01:29. > :01:32.year, he is an incredibly significant figure and believe he is
:01:33. > :01:36.now in a position to launch a management buyout plan, bringing
:01:37. > :01:42.other people in the company and organisation together to put forward
:01:43. > :01:46.a proposal to take over country-mac's operations in the UK.
:01:47. > :01:57.Country-mac is losing ?1 million per day at Port Talbot. That is still a
:01:58. > :02:03.problem. Difficulties with the pension pot. This is a serious
:02:04. > :02:11.contender but it will need significant financial support. What
:02:12. > :02:14.would this mean for the Welsh sites? Ultimately, someone would come along
:02:15. > :02:17.with experience of running this industry and of these sites in
:02:18. > :02:24.particular and they would take that over. I think what is crucial is I
:02:25. > :02:28.believe the plan would to be remain with a blast furnace and make steel
:02:29. > :02:35.from scratch. The only other buyer has been bat liberty Steel in
:02:36. > :02:40.Newport. It wants to change to recycling steel, an arc furnace.
:02:41. > :02:43.There has been concern about that within the unions about potential
:02:44. > :02:48.job losses although Liberty say they can retrain people. The union said
:02:49. > :02:54.they would welcome any prompt discussion with Stuart Wilkie on any
:02:55. > :02:56.management buyout option, which is significant, they want the UK
:02:57. > :02:59.Government to look into that seriously.
:03:00. > :03:01.The trial has begun of four people accused of forcing two vulnerable
:03:02. > :03:04.men to carry out heavy labour under threat of violence.
:03:05. > :03:06.Cardiff Crown Court heard the men slept in cold sheds
:03:07. > :03:08.and on concrete floors and would be threatened
:03:09. > :03:15.with a beating if they refused to carry out their boss's demands.
:03:16. > :03:18.The jury heard one of them was expected to work
:03:19. > :03:25.Patrick Joseph Connors, now 59, ran a tarmacking business.
:03:26. > :03:30.Today the prosecution said he chose cunstomers who were vulnerable,
:03:31. > :03:33.charged inflated prices and forced two men to work for him
:03:34. > :03:41.When he bought Ton Y Pill Farm on the outskirts of Cardiff,
:03:42. > :03:45.the prosecution say it was derelict and initially the men lived
:03:46. > :03:49.there with no running water and no heat.
:03:50. > :03:51.Such were the conditions they endured over a long period,
:03:52. > :03:56.it was said, one of them tried to escape four times.
:03:57. > :03:59.When he ran away to Pontypridd, he was spotted, forced
:04:00. > :04:05.He was threatened with beating and told when he was gone
:04:06. > :04:09.The other man, it was said today, ran away to Scotland
:04:10. > :04:12.but was picked up in Aberdeen, put in the boot of a car
:04:13. > :04:19.The prosecution said that after this he thought he would never be free.
:04:20. > :04:22.Conditions, say the prosecution, were appalling.
:04:23. > :04:26.For years, the men worked long hours, living in sheds,
:04:27. > :04:31.Ill or injured, they were forced to work, treated like objects
:04:32. > :04:35.which could be abused, it was said.
:04:36. > :04:37.The court heard, when interviewed by police, Patrick Joseph Connors
:04:38. > :04:40.denied any wrongdoing and insisted he had looked after the two men well
:04:41. > :04:48.He has pleaded not guilty to eight counts of assault, four of kidnap
:04:49. > :04:54.All four defendants deny all the charges against them,
:04:55. > :04:57.including one count of forced or compulsory labour.
:04:58. > :05:02.The case is expected to last six weeks.
:05:03. > :05:04.The mobile phone industry needs to be better regulated to stop
:05:05. > :05:09.That's according to Citizens Advice Cymru.
:05:10. > :05:12.The charity also told BBC Wales that action is needed to stop mobile
:05:13. > :05:15.phone companies using what appear to be 'bullying' tactics
:05:16. > :05:20.The regulator, Ofcom, says it's working to
:05:21. > :05:24.Citizens Advice Cymru would like phone companies
:05:25. > :05:29.to put a cap on bills, as credit card companies do.
:05:30. > :05:32.The credit card company will look at how much you can afford to pay
:05:33. > :05:36.and they will set a limit for that credit card.
:05:37. > :05:39.We think that should happen with mobile phones as well,
:05:40. > :05:41.they should look at how much you are able to afford
:05:42. > :05:47.and they should cap that bill then, for example, at ?30 a month.
:05:48. > :05:49.A businessman has been jailed for life after stabbing his mother
:05:50. > :05:52.to death with a carving knife and fork.
:05:53. > :05:55.44-year-old Mark Stephens attacked his mother at their family
:05:56. > :05:58.home in Pencoed, claiming she criticised the way he ran
:05:59. > :06:04.Rita Stephens, who was 67, confronted him about mounting
:06:05. > :06:08.debts after Mr Stephens had been out drinking.
:06:09. > :06:11.An inquest into the death of a mother of two from
:06:12. > :06:13.Merthyr Tydfil has heard she died after after taking drugs
:06:14. > :06:18.Kirsty Hughes, who was 26, collapsed at home after taking
:06:19. > :06:24.Her family told the inquest she had been upset at being called fat,
:06:25. > :06:28.and she hoped the drug would help make her slim.
:06:29. > :06:31.The Welsh Labour leader Carwyn Jones says his party has the ideas
:06:32. > :06:36.Launching its assembly election manifesto at a college
:06:37. > :06:40.in Rhondda Cynon Taff, Labour said that after 17 years it
:06:41. > :06:45.would continue to 'deliver' jobs and investment.
:06:46. > :06:48.We need to build on what we've done, that's true.
:06:49. > :06:50.But what we didn't do in this election was say, "Vote
:06:51. > :06:53.for us because we're a bit better than the rest."
:06:54. > :06:56.We have six pledges that are ambitious,
:06:57. > :07:01.We can't promise any number of pie in the sky ideas because people
:07:02. > :07:05.It's a question of building on what we've done so far and also,
:07:06. > :07:07.of course, looking forward to the next five years.
:07:08. > :07:10.Two-time World Triathlon Champion Helen Jenkins says she's excited
:07:11. > :07:13.about moving on from four years of injuries and setbacks as she now
:07:14. > :07:16.sets her sights on competing at this Summers Olympics.
:07:17. > :07:19.The Great Britain Triathlon team will be confirmed in a few weeks,
:07:20. > :07:22.but after a Gold medal in Australia recently, the 32-year-old from
:07:23. > :07:29.Before the Gold Coast race I wasn't thinking about Rio.
:07:30. > :07:33.I didn't really believe it could happen.
:07:34. > :07:36.I was just focusing on just doing the best I could.
:07:37. > :07:39.I knew training had gone well and that's all I had focused
:07:40. > :07:42.on so after the race it has been a bit of a shock
:07:43. > :07:44.to actually incorporate Rio into my consciousness.
:07:45. > :07:46.I hadn't really considered it that much and now, yeah,
:07:47. > :07:48.I've got to start thinking about it a bit more.
:07:49. > :07:51.And in football tonight, Cardiff lost 2-1 away against
:07:52. > :07:55.Brentford in the Championship and it was a draw for Newport
:07:56. > :08:00.against Oxford United at Rodney Parade.
:08:01. > :08:02.And it's been a lovely day for some today.
:08:03. > :08:08.How's it looking for tomorrow, Behnaz?
:08:09. > :08:15.We can all look forward to some sunshine tomorrow. High-pressure is
:08:16. > :08:19.in charge. A chilly start but plenty of sunshine to compensate through
:08:20. > :08:25.the day. Starry skies and light winds tonight, a touch of frost and
:08:26. > :08:28.the potential for some mist and fog forming tomorrow. High-pressure in
:08:29. > :08:34.charge tomorrow, blocking any weather systems coming in. Make the
:08:35. > :08:38.most of it as it all changes by the end of the week. First thing
:08:39. > :08:43.tomorrow, a chilly start but the sunshine will help temperatures to
:08:44. > :08:50.recover quickly. Breezy long to South coast but feeling warmth in
:08:51. > :09:01.the sunshine. Lovely sunny weather tomorrow, apart from the wind on the
:09:02. > :09:04.south coast taking the edge off. Here in Wales, a lovely afternoon
:09:05. > :09:07.and we will start to see some high-level cloud coming in from the
:09:08. > :09:12.south and it will make the sunshine hazy. A lovely afternoon and
:09:13. > :09:17.temperatures getting up to 16, light winds away from the coast. A fairly
:09:18. > :09:23.quiet nights tomorrow and we will see a bit more cloud from the south
:09:24. > :09:29.so temperatures will be held up. Clear skies, 2-3dC. Light winds into
:09:30. > :09:35.the early hours of Thursday morning. Thursday, a little change in the
:09:36. > :09:41.weather, more cloud but still dry so still an enjoyable day. 12-14dC. On
:09:42. > :09:48.Friday, thicker cloud, a little bit of rain, the wind picks up, and by
:09:49. > :09:51.the weekend turning colder with some wintry showers.
:09:52. > :09:54.We're back with updates in Breakfast from 6.30 tomorrow morning.
:09:55. > :09:57.From all of us on the programme, thanks for watching.