01/05/2016

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:00:00. > :00:13.it's time for the news where you are.

:00:14. > :00:17.Protestors from across Britain have set up camp near the Ffos y Fran

:00:18. > :00:24.The climate change activists have been welcomed by local people

:00:25. > :00:30.who are fighting plans to extend the site.

:00:31. > :00:32.The company which operates the mine, Miller Argent, says it

:00:33. > :00:34.provides well paid jobs and supports the steel industry.

:00:35. > :00:46.And they were and windy mountain, a camp has been set up. A network of

:00:47. > :00:53.activists called reclaim the power, have arrived to call for a ban on

:00:54. > :00:56.opencast mining across Wales. Their presence is welcomed by local

:00:57. > :01:02.campaigners who greeted them at the community centre. Came down

:01:03. > :01:06.yesterday, built an incredible camp up on the hillside. I am not sure

:01:07. > :01:15.how many are here, it feels like a lot. I guess 600. It is one of

:01:16. > :01:22.your's biggest opencast sites. Opened in 2007. The company says it

:01:23. > :01:26.provides well-paid jobs in the area and supports the South Wales steel

:01:27. > :01:32.industry, but for those who oppose opencast, the cost is too high. This

:01:33. > :01:36.is the land which locals say they are fighting to protect. They

:01:37. > :01:40.welcomed the establishment of this camp, which they say they hope will

:01:41. > :01:50.bring public attention to their cause. What you see is basically the

:01:51. > :01:59.only untouched marshland in the upper valley. There is a raised bog.

:02:00. > :02:09.The source of the Valley stream. There will be 70 million cubic

:02:10. > :02:15.tonnes of tip is soil. It will smother and blanket the area. The

:02:16. > :02:19.campus plan to leave on Wednesday. But locals hope it will focus the

:02:20. > :02:21.minds of politicians and the public ahead of the election on Thursday.

:02:22. > :02:24.A suspicious fire which damaged a school classroom in Torfaen

:02:25. > :02:30.South Wales Fire and Rescue Service was called to St David's Junior

:02:31. > :02:32.and Infants school in Cwmbran just after eight o'clock last night.

:02:33. > :02:39.The school is due to reopen on Tuesday.

:02:40. > :02:42.People drinking alcohol or begging in the street in Newport city

:02:43. > :02:46.centre are being targeted by police from today.

:02:47. > :02:48.Anyone who breaches a Public Spaces Protection Order

:02:49. > :02:53.Police and the city council are working together

:02:54. > :02:55.on the initiative, aimed at improving visitors

:02:56. > :03:01.Wales could have 50 vineyards in 20 years time!

:03:02. > :03:04.That's according to one grower who has doubled his operation this

:03:05. > :03:06.week and has just started selling Welsh wine to France.

:03:07. > :03:13.It's been made since Roman times - and now in 17 commercial

:03:14. > :03:18.The one near Monmouth, the latest to expand,

:03:19. > :03:21.planting vines covering the size of seven football pitches.

:03:22. > :03:26.Good drainage, plenty of sun, and not too much rain.

:03:27. > :03:33.20,000 bottles of wine a year from this field alone.

:03:34. > :03:36.It's not cheap, needing ?3 million of investment in land and equipment.

:03:37. > :03:38.But the owners predict a boom in Welsh winemaking.

:03:39. > :03:41.50 vineyards will be operating here in 20 years time.

:03:42. > :03:44.That is based on the growth of the wine industry

:03:45. > :03:47.in the Nova Scotia, for example, the eastern seaboard of

:03:48. > :03:54.You think, surely they cannot grow it to make wine, but the

:03:55. > :03:58.climate is virtually identical to the Welsh climate.

:03:59. > :04:10.This site gets 3,000 visitors each year for wine now sold

:04:11. > :04:14.to perhaps the most demanding of customers of all.

:04:15. > :04:22.A recent order was from Bordeaux in France.

:04:23. > :04:25.More on that story on BBC Wales' Country Focus programme,

:04:26. > :04:27.Sport, and football - with only two games to go Swansea

:04:28. > :04:31.are 13th in the table following a decisive 3 -1

:04:32. > :04:32.victory over Liverpool at the Liberty Stadium.

:04:33. > :04:35.Andre Ayew's second goal sealing the match for the Swans.

:04:36. > :04:37.Let's take a look at the weather ahead of your bank holiday.

:04:38. > :04:41.A mild night, but rain and strong winds spreading south-eastwards

:04:42. > :04:44.Scattered showers and sunny spells by the afternoon.

:04:45. > :04:49.We'll be back in breakfast tomorrow morning from around 6:30am

:04:50. > :04:51.with all the latest news and your bank holiday weather.

:04:52. > :04:53.But for tonight, from the Sunday team at Wales Today,

:04:54. > :05:15.Good evening. There's some rain in the forecast for tonight. There is a

:05:16. > :05:17.warming trend tonight. I would keep watching the forecast if I were you.

:05:18. > :05:19.For the here