:00:00. > :00:08.Climate activists halt work at the UK's largest opencast coal
:00:09. > :00:11.mine at Ffos y Fran in Merthyr Tydfil.
:00:12. > :00:33.There are now two confirmed bidders interested in buying Tata steel.
:00:34. > :00:37.Hundreds of climate activists are holding a protest at the UK's
:00:38. > :00:40.largest opencast coal mine in Merthyr Tydfil.
:00:41. > :00:43.Work at the Ffos-y-Fran site has been halted and police are present.
:00:44. > :00:47.The campaigners are calling for more renewable power and green jobs.
:00:48. > :00:51.One small group has chained themselves to heavy machinery.
:00:52. > :01:04.Our environment correspondent Steffan Messenger reports.
:01:05. > :01:09.As the sun rose over their makeshift camp at Ffos y Fran mine these
:01:10. > :01:11.climate campaigners set off for what they called
:01:12. > :01:16.A smaller group had gone ahead, engine
:01:17. > :01:20.the site and chaining themselves to heavy machinery.
:01:21. > :01:22.Usually, the mine behind me would be a hive of
:01:23. > :01:25.activity, with trucks and JCB is going about their work.
:01:26. > :01:27.As you can see, today, for a few hours at least,
:01:28. > :01:31.Protesters have halted operations here are Ffos y
:01:32. > :01:37.The main entrance was also closed off by demonstrations.
:01:38. > :01:39.It's all in response to plans by the owners
:01:40. > :01:41.for another opencast site in
:01:42. > :01:48.We grew up here, this environment is irreplaceable.
:01:49. > :01:51.If we continue to burn coal that crosses a red line for the climate.
:01:52. > :01:54.We need to keep coal in the ground if we are to avoid catastrophic
:01:55. > :01:58.The future of energy doesn't lie with coal, that lies in
:01:59. > :02:01.green, renewable technology and the jobs that come with it.
:02:02. > :02:04.Ffos y Fran is the UK's largest opencast mine,
:02:05. > :02:06.the size of some 400 football pitches.
:02:07. > :02:09.Its managing director told me it supports jobs in the local
:02:10. > :02:12.community as well as the steel industry in South Wales.
:02:13. > :02:15.Mining coal locally means it doesn't have to be
:02:16. > :02:18.imported from other far-flung destinations, reducing its carbon
:02:19. > :02:25.The project is also one of land reclamation, returning the
:02:26. > :02:28.landscape back to open moorland as coal is extracted.
:02:29. > :02:36.Coal is part and parcel of giving affordable anxious
:02:37. > :02:44.We want a balanced debate between climate change policies,
:02:45. > :02:46.which, you know, we all recognise are important, but affordable
:02:47. > :02:49.generation and supporting our own industries.
:02:50. > :02:51.Those protesting are urging politicians to call time on
:02:52. > :02:53.coal, timing their protest so that it falls days before local and
:02:54. > :03:00.Miller Argent say they support jobs and the local community, they
:03:01. > :03:04.support the wider steel industry, a lot of people
:03:05. > :03:05.will lose they work if
:03:06. > :03:09.Well, the thing is that there is a massive opportunity
:03:10. > :03:14.If we look towards a renewable energy future, improving
:03:15. > :03:17.There are huge amounts of sustainable
:03:18. > :03:23.We could employ those people and use those
:03:24. > :03:33.Tonight the protesters pack their bags after a
:03:34. > :03:36.long weekend in the company of the giant coalmine, the thorny issue
:03:37. > :03:39.about whether opencast sites like this have a future in the UK will be
:03:40. > :03:45.Two brothers who worked as teachers in Gwynedd have been charged
:03:46. > :03:49.with possessing and making indecent images of children.
:03:50. > :03:52.Robyn Wheldon-Williams was a teacher at Ysgol Syr Hugh Owen secondary
:03:53. > :03:58.His brother, Dyfan, was a teacher at Ysgol Y Moelwyn
:03:59. > :04:04.The charges do not relate to their work for the local authority.
:04:05. > :04:08.Both were have been bailed to appear at Caernarfon Magistrates Court.
:04:09. > :04:10.A body has been found in the Menai Straits at Treborth.
:04:11. > :04:13.Police were alerted by a member of the public last night
:04:14. > :04:15.and the body was recovered by the coastguard.
:04:16. > :04:18.The person has not yet been identified and police
:04:19. > :04:26.Two business groups who want to buy TATA steel's UK plants have formally
:04:27. > :04:29.entered the sale by submitting Letters of Intent.
:04:30. > :04:32.One is Liberty House, the commodity group which owns
:04:33. > :04:36.a former steelworks in Newport as well as Uskmouth Power station.
:04:37. > :04:40.The other interested party is a management buyout
:04:41. > :04:42.team called Excalibur, which includes the billionaire
:04:43. > :04:51.The hot strip mill here at Port Talbot has just
:04:52. > :04:56.3.2 million tonnes of steel in the last year.
:04:57. > :04:59.Tata UK's operation supplies 50% of the metal for
:05:00. > :05:05.From BMW and Honda to Tata's own brands of Jaguar and LandRover.
:05:06. > :05:08.Workers here are proud of what they do, and hope
:05:09. > :05:11.their quality and commitment will help them find a buyer for this
:05:12. > :05:15.currently loss-making iron and steel business.
:05:16. > :05:17.Blast Furnace number four here at Port Talbot is one
:05:18. > :05:22.But how many buyers will be prepared to
:05:23. > :05:27.Today, the Liberty group expressed its official interest
:05:28. > :05:31.in buying Tata Steel's remaining UK assets.
:05:32. > :05:34.However, they've always talked about steelmaking from scrap
:05:35. > :05:37.steel and not utilising these blast furnaces.
:05:38. > :05:40.Another letter of interest has also come in from a management employee
:05:41. > :05:47.They say they're confident they can make it profitable.
:05:48. > :05:49.Staff here say whoever buys the plant, they'd be getting
:05:50. > :05:53.They would be buying a fantastic asset.
:05:54. > :05:55.They are buying, obviously, the people as
:05:56. > :05:58.well, who are skilled and proud to work here.
:05:59. > :06:01.But they are buying assets operating at the top of their
:06:02. > :06:07.At the centre of this 13.5 kilometre site,
:06:08. > :06:09.are the remains of 13th century Cistercian monastery.
:06:10. > :06:12.Legend has it, if the wall tumbles, it will bring a curse
:06:13. > :06:22.Hoping to help keep this plant propped up, First Minister Carwyn
:06:23. > :06:25.Jones was at Port Talbot today promising workers he wouldn't stop
:06:26. > :06:29.But, on the frontline, those workers remain apprehensive
:06:30. > :06:34.Workers like Alan Hooper who's been working in the steel industry
:06:35. > :06:43.And I daresay his father worked here as well, probably.
:06:44. > :06:49.For it to close would be probably devastating.
:06:50. > :06:51.Tata Steel has not set a deadline, but says it cannot
:06:52. > :06:55.sustain its losses indefinitely and does not want to prolong uncertainty
:06:56. > :07:04.The government has promised to support any buyer by
:07:05. > :07:08.taking up to a 25% stake in a new business
:07:09. > :07:19.millions of pounds of finance available.
:07:20. > :07:22.More cases of hepatitis A have been confirmed at a school in Caerphilly.
:07:23. > :07:24.There are now six confirmed cases associated with
:07:25. > :07:28.Glyn-Gaer Primary School in Gelligaer, plus two
:07:29. > :07:33.Public Health Wales said, 270 pupils and adults at the school
:07:34. > :07:37.have been vaccinated as a precaution and letters have been sent home
:07:38. > :07:45.A couple from the Vale of Glamorgan who were attacked while on holiday
:07:46. > :07:48.in Thailand have described the assault to a Thai court.
:07:49. > :07:51.Rosemary and Lewis Owen from Wenvoe were hospitalised
:07:52. > :07:57.Six men have been charged with grievous assault.
:07:58. > :08:00.The couple, who are flying home today,won't have to return
:08:01. > :08:07.20 years ago, Llandudno's Pier Pavilion burnt to the ground,
:08:08. > :08:10.two decades on could its site finally be redeveloped?
:08:11. > :08:13.The sea front pavilion once provided a stage for everyone from singing
:08:14. > :08:20.Previous plans for the site stalled, now a new developer has stepped
:08:21. > :08:32.You can imagine the advertising blurb now.
:08:33. > :08:37.You may think how this plot has remained an eyesore for so long.
:08:38. > :08:40.As the battles continue, thick smoke filled the night air.
:08:41. > :08:42.This was how Wales Today reported the fire that destroyed
:08:43. > :08:49.No one who saw the blaze will ever forget it.
:08:50. > :08:53.Within minutes, the building was engulfed.
:08:54. > :08:55.With flames shooting 100 feet into the air, guests
:08:56. > :09:00.and staff were evacuated from the adjacent Grand Hotel.
:09:01. > :09:04.The heat was so intense, cars parked nearby burst into flames.
:09:05. > :09:09.A Victorian gem reduced to nothing more than tangled ironwork.
:09:10. > :09:16.But then you have got to take into consideration the sensitivity
:09:17. > :09:23.This man, Alan Waldron, has bought it and is in the process of putting
:09:24. > :09:30.In Llandudno, there have been some good investment and good players,
:09:31. > :09:34.so the hotel side of it we have left alone.
:09:35. > :09:37.What we're looking at here, because it is a hole in the ground,
:09:38. > :09:42.we are looking at parking, commercial and some residential.
:09:43. > :09:47.That's why I said you've got to look at finances.
:09:48. > :09:50.To be fair to the local authority, they know this is the reason
:09:51. > :09:55.They are talking around ?15 million and hope
:09:56. > :10:00.The pier Pavilion, where Conservative leaders have been
:10:01. > :10:08.Amongst other things it hosted political party conferences.
:10:09. > :10:11.In the 50s, the Prime Minister Winston Churchill spoke there.
:10:12. > :10:14.At the time, of the fire, the building was already in decline.
:10:15. > :10:18.Many in Llandudno remember the old place.
:10:19. > :10:22.Visitors will tell you the state of it now let the resort down.
:10:23. > :10:26.It's a disgrace, because it is so nice around here.
:10:27. > :10:38.Ceri Stonehouse recalls meeting the singer Tommy Steele there.
:10:39. > :10:51.You can't get anything more beautiful than this.
:10:52. > :10:54.Previous ideas involve putting a hotel here.
:10:55. > :11:02.It is also an extremely difficult site to develop.
:11:03. > :11:05.They jealously guard the look of the place.
:11:06. > :11:07.Whatever the developer comes up with will be subject
:11:08. > :11:14.Cricket, and in Canterbury Glamorgan reached a total of 414 in the second
:11:15. > :11:16.innings of their County Championship Match.
:11:17. > :11:21.David Lloyd and Graham Wagg each scored a century.
:11:22. > :11:25.Tomorrow, on the final day of play, Kent will need a further 165 runs.
:11:26. > :11:35.Lovely weather for watching cricket, and the sunshine goes on Derek ?
:11:36. > :11:43.Yes, it's looking promising for the next few days. More sunshine and
:11:44. > :11:48.becoming warmer as well. Temperatures rising above average
:11:49. > :11:54.over the next few days. In fact, some places could end up warmer than
:11:55. > :12:01.parts of Spain over the weekend. 21 services, 17 Fahrenheit. Tonight a
:12:02. > :12:05.dry story, fairly clear skies with temperatures falling away. A chilly
:12:06. > :12:10.end to the mouse, cold enough for ground frost in the rural spots of
:12:11. > :12:15.the countryside. Tomorrow shows a cold front approaching island,
:12:16. > :12:21.through the East high pressure keeps things dry and settled. A nice
:12:22. > :12:26.looking morning tomorrow. Breezy on the clean peninsula but dry and
:12:27. > :12:30.bright with plenty of sunshine. Across the rest of the UK, Scotland
:12:31. > :12:36.and Northern Ireland are cloudy with the few spots of rain. Some of that
:12:37. > :12:40.rain is heavy and windy here. The East stays dry, bright with sunny
:12:41. > :12:47.spells, temperatures up to 18 Celsius. Only 12 in Glasgow. It's
:12:48. > :12:52.looking dry tomorrow afternoon with patchy cloud and some more sunny
:12:53. > :12:58.spells. It's generally warmer than today, cooler in the North West and
:12:59. > :13:01.Coast. Find tomorrow evening, staying dry overnight, once again it
:13:02. > :13:07.will turn a little bit chilly in land with those of the Celsius.
:13:08. > :13:11.Thursday, a fine looking day maybe the odd spot of rain on Anglesey but
:13:12. > :13:15.no more than that. They will be some sunshine and if you cloud, it will
:13:16. > :13:18.stay fine on Friday with hazy sunshine staying warm over the
:13:19. > :13:21.weekend. Increasingly humid though, maybe one or two showers and God
:13:22. > :13:25.rumble of thunder. Thank you, Derek.