:00:00. > :00:00.That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me
:00:00. > :00:08.Talks will get underway tomorrow between Labour and Plaid Cymru -
:00:09. > :00:11.after both party leaders gained equal support
:00:12. > :00:16.from Assembly members to become the next First Minister.
:00:17. > :00:18.Tonight, we're in Blaenau Gwent, asking voters if Carwyn Jones
:00:19. > :00:25.They had the most seats so I think they had a
:00:26. > :00:29.So you are not impressed with the opposition?
:00:30. > :00:35.I think we have got to do something, anyway, in order to shake it up.
:00:36. > :01:00.They've been fighting to save their sixth forms.
:01:01. > :01:02.Now councillors in Pembrokeshire scrap plans to shut
:01:03. > :01:07.We have been fighting this fight for two years.
:01:08. > :01:16.It is incredibly tiring but also incredibly fulfilling.
:01:17. > :01:18.What do we want? Sixth forms.
:01:19. > :01:21.Carving a way out of poverty - a charity says a new approach
:01:22. > :01:23.is changing lives and saving public money.
:01:24. > :01:26.In a country twinned with ours - we're with Welsh charities
:01:27. > :01:36.in Lesotho trying to help those facing starvation after drought.
:01:37. > :01:38.And less than a month to go before the Euros 2016,
:01:39. > :01:41.and the Manic Street Preachers unveiled their anthem
:01:42. > :01:48.When sport and music meet, either it tends to be a disaster
:01:49. > :01:58.and I think we've pulled it off, hopefully.
:01:59. > :02:02.Talks between Labour and Plaid Cymru will get underway tomorrow,
:02:03. > :02:08.following yesterday's tied vote for First Minister.
:02:09. > :02:10.Despite not winning a majority in last week's election,
:02:11. > :02:12.Carwyn Jones was expected to be reappointed to the top job
:02:13. > :02:14.as his party won the most Assembly Members.
:02:15. > :02:19.But Plaid Cymru nominated it's leader Leanne Wood -
:02:20. > :02:22.she won the backing of the Conservatives and Ukip -
:02:23. > :02:27.Our political editor Nick Servini is at the Senedd.
:02:28. > :02:43.A lot of informal chat and talks about talks, but nothing
:02:44. > :02:49.particularly concrete. The truth is, it has been quiet today. A lot of
:02:50. > :02:53.the AMs have been in their constituencies. Some movement from
:02:54. > :02:56.Ukip who said they might support Carwyn Jones in future but when you
:02:57. > :03:02.look at the list of demands, that seems unlikely. We go full circle
:03:03. > :03:09.and we are left with, I think, the only realistic game in town, which
:03:10. > :03:15.is a Labour and Plaid Cymru deal. Talks tomorrow. The lieutenants
:03:16. > :03:20.rather than generals are being sent in, so we are not aware will be from
:03:21. > :03:26.the Plaid Cymru side of things. In terms of town, from Labour at least,
:03:27. > :03:32.a more conciliatory aspect to the talking. Less of the attack - minded
:03:33. > :03:33.criticism, reflected in a chat I had earlier with this labour
:03:34. > :03:34.representative. It was a difficult day for the whole
:03:35. > :03:37.institution yesterday. We recognise we have
:03:38. > :03:38.got responsibilities We think we have got a mandate to
:03:39. > :03:43.form a Government, in Welsh Labour. We also recognise we have a real
:03:44. > :03:46.responsibility for the way in which we work with other parties,
:03:47. > :03:48.because we recognise So we are having conversations and,
:03:49. > :03:54.in fact, we had a conversation today with Plaid Cymru
:03:55. > :04:01.to arrange for talks. These talks should take place
:04:02. > :04:02.tomorrow. And politicans are accusing other
:04:03. > :04:16.parties of not acting That is right. No shortage of
:04:17. > :04:21.politicians slinging mud at each other. It is a week since the actual
:04:22. > :04:27.election and we still don't have a Government. An inevitable question
:04:28. > :04:31.in all of this is, what do the voters think about it? James
:04:32. > :04:36.Williams has spent the day in Ebbw Vale.
:04:37. > :04:44.A town and area built on steel, with an eye on core of political
:04:45. > :04:49.independence. The people Ebbw Vale are not afraid shaking things up. It
:04:50. > :04:56.was a sensational victory at the 2005 general election, as Labour's
:04:57. > :05:03.safest seat in Wales at the time fell to their former AM Peter. The
:05:04. > :05:07.voters around a Ebbw Vale almost delivered another shock result last
:05:08. > :05:10.week. The expectation beforehand was that Labour would walk it but
:05:11. > :05:16.against the odds Plaid Cymru pushed them all the way, slashing Alan
:05:17. > :05:22.Davies's majority from over 9000 votes to a slender 650. Did you
:05:23. > :05:26.vote? No, we're not interested in
:05:27. > :05:31.politics. OK, not interested. And you voted?
:05:32. > :05:36.I voted Plaid Cymru. I voted Labour.
:05:37. > :05:38.Why did you vote for the different parties?
:05:39. > :05:43.To have a change because they have not been in before.
:05:44. > :05:46.You fancied something different? Yes.
:05:47. > :05:50.Gwyneth, have you always voted Labour?
:05:51. > :05:52.I have great faith in the Labour Party.
:05:53. > :05:57.After yesterday's vote, Labour say Plaid Cymru will have to explain to
:05:58. > :06:03.their voters across Wales why they were on the same side as Ukip.
:06:04. > :06:06.Plaid Cymru have got in coalition with the Conservatives.
:06:07. > :06:12.Did you see that? It was disgusting.
:06:13. > :06:15.You did not like that? She said she was not going to
:06:16. > :06:21.collaborate with anybody, didn't she? And she has gone in with them.
:06:22. > :06:24.I do like her. For Plaid Cymru and the opposition
:06:25. > :06:28.parties, it was about sending a message. Labour does not have a
:06:29. > :06:34.majority. I think both parties were damaged by
:06:35. > :06:37.yesterday's events. For Plaid Cymru, there is the claim be supported Ukip
:06:38. > :06:42.and the Conservatives, which they said they would not doing the
:06:43. > :06:44.election. For Labour it was difficult because Carwyn Jones
:06:45. > :06:47.looked out of control and, when you try to take control of the
:06:48. > :06:52.Government, that is a bad place to be.
:06:53. > :06:56.Wales needs a Government. It was not a bad day for democracy,
:06:57. > :07:00.we saw democracy in action, but Wales needs a Government at the
:07:01. > :07:04.moment. A few more days will not harm things too much.
:07:05. > :07:09.How much do these little events in the Senedd register outside of the
:07:10. > :07:12.Cardiff Bay bubble? Did you see what happened in the Assembly yesterday
:07:13. > :07:19.with the First Minister 's vote? Not all of it. It started and I
:07:20. > :07:24.think I went in the other room. I don't know... I'm not that
:07:25. > :07:29.interested. It is early days in the new Assembly
:07:30. > :07:33.and a long time until the next election. But if events of the last
:07:34. > :07:40.few days have set the tone for this term, it is going to be an
:07:41. > :07:41.interesting five years. James Williams reporting from Ebbw
:07:42. > :07:41.Vale. Nick, an interesting
:07:42. > :07:50.day tomorrow as well. That is right and I think the
:07:51. > :07:54.biggest question we are trying to answer is what exactly Plaid Cymru
:07:55. > :07:58.want. In order for them to give their support to Labour, what do
:07:59. > :08:05.they want? On the table from Labour at the moment is an offer to Plaid
:08:06. > :08:07.Cymru to take a formal party and put together any negotiations in new
:08:08. > :08:12.legislation. That will not be good enough for Plaid. They will have to
:08:13. > :08:17.go back to their supporters and party with a real gain as a result
:08:18. > :08:21.of what has happened and all the indications... The only indication
:08:22. > :08:25.so far say that... Leanne Wood says they will not be a pushover. Also
:08:26. > :08:30.possibly voting reform, they want to look at. All should be revealed
:08:31. > :08:32.tomorrow but it could take some time before they reach a concrete
:08:33. > :08:33.agreement. Thank you, Nick.
:08:34. > :08:35.There's much more analysis on our website:
:08:36. > :08:41.An amateur boxer has appeared in court charged with the murder
:08:42. > :08:45.Private Matthew Boyd, from the Royal Gibraltar Regiment,
:08:46. > :08:49.was found unconscious on Lion Street on Sunday morning,
:08:50. > :08:55.23 year old Jake Vallely has been remanded in custody and will appear
:08:56. > :09:01.A GP accused of causing the death of a 12-year-old boy
:09:02. > :09:04.from Blaenau Gwent has admitted adding an entry to his medical
:09:05. > :09:12.Ryan Morse, from Brynithel, died in 2012 from Addison's disease.
:09:13. > :09:14.Cardiff Crown Court heard how Dr Joanne Rudling,
:09:15. > :09:18.seen here in the black coat, admitted failing to note down
:09:19. > :09:21.a phone call with his mother before he died.
:09:22. > :09:24.Dr Rudling and her colleague, Dr Lindsey Thomas, deny manslaughter
:09:25. > :09:32.A representative from Wales will sit on the BBC's new management board.
:09:33. > :09:35.The move was announced in the UK government's plans for the future
:09:36. > :09:40.The existing BBC Trust, which includes a Welsh member,
:09:41. > :09:42.will be abolished at the end of this year.
:09:43. > :09:45.Meanwhile the BBC's director general Tony Hall has committed to spending
:09:46. > :09:48.more on English language programmes in Wales, while objectives will be
:09:49. > :09:50.set to improve the number of Welsh voices heard on programmes broadcast
:09:51. > :10:01.Controversial plans to shake up secondary education in Pembrokeshire
:10:02. > :10:04.Campaigners fighting to save their school sixth forms
:10:05. > :10:07.shouted out applause when councillors decided not
:10:08. > :10:12.What do we want? Sixth form!
:10:13. > :10:15.Where do we want it? School!
:10:16. > :10:17.Their message couldn't have been clearer and this
:10:18. > :10:23.After two years railing against plans to scrap their sixth
:10:24. > :10:28.form, today it was the plans themselves that were scrapped.
:10:29. > :10:32.Pembrokeshire is languishing towards the bottom of the pile
:10:33. > :10:36.The Council say that, of those who do go on to do
:10:37. > :10:39.A-levels, a quarter of them drop out.
:10:40. > :10:42.In a bid to drive up performance, they wanted to merge two failing
:10:43. > :10:47.schools and build a new one minus a sixth form,
:10:48. > :10:51.hiving that off a specialist centre at Pembrokeshire College,
:10:52. > :10:57.which they argue would have offered greater choice.
:10:58. > :10:59.I hoped that councillors would see this as an amazing opportunity,
:11:00. > :11:03.rather than just carry on with the status quo.
:11:04. > :11:05.We are not doing well with education.
:11:06. > :11:08.Our results are incredibly low and we have just
:11:09. > :11:11.proposed that we carry on doing that and nothing new has come out of this
:11:12. > :11:14.whole consultation, which is incredibly sad.
:11:15. > :11:20.Tensions have always run high over these proposals, and there had been
:11:21. > :11:23.fears that time was running out to secure vital funding
:11:24. > :11:28.for a new school, but campaigners say they were right to hold out.
:11:29. > :11:30.Quite frankly, it is better to get it...
:11:31. > :11:34.For the time frame in terms of finances to be tighter,
:11:35. > :11:36.to get it right, rather than for the council to relax
:11:37. > :11:40.It is too big a decision for the next half century
:11:41. > :11:43.and the next generation of students in this town and county.
:11:44. > :11:48.St David's and Fishguard supported these plans and, for them,
:11:49. > :11:51.a new sixth form centre at Pembrokeshire College will go
:11:52. > :11:55.ahead, just not on the scale the council had hoped,
:11:56. > :11:58.and for those in Haverford West, well, it's back
:11:59. > :12:02.What do we want? Sixth form!
:12:03. > :12:04.A GP surgery with almost four thousand patients in Conwy has
:12:05. > :12:06.announced it will be terminating its
:12:07. > :12:11.Betsi Cadwaladr Health Board says it will write to patients
:12:12. > :12:14.of the Llys Meddyg practice to keep them informed of developments.
:12:15. > :12:17.It follows similar moves by GPs in Prestatyn,
:12:18. > :12:23.Also in Conwy, 10,000 households will have their rubbish
:12:24. > :12:27.collected once a month instead of once a fortnight as part
:12:28. > :12:32.Recycling will still be picked up weekly.
:12:33. > :12:38.The money-saving changes are expected to start in July
:12:39. > :12:42.Nearly a quarter of Welsh households live in poverty.
:12:43. > :12:47.At 23%, that's only 2% less than in 1999, despite it
:12:48. > :12:50.being a priority for successive Welsh governments.
:12:51. > :12:57.In more than half of poor families, someone has a job.
:12:58. > :12:59.But the charity, Oxfam Cymru, has been piloting a new way
:13:00. > :13:03.of tackling the issue, which it says changes lives
:13:04. > :13:06.Our economics correspondent, Sarah Dickins,
:13:07. > :13:12.has been to visit Banwen, at the top of the Dulais Valley.
:13:13. > :13:15.This is where the coalfield and the Brecon Beacons meet.
:13:16. > :13:17.Now the industry is largely gone, it is among the poorest
:13:18. > :13:22.Until now, the Welsh Government's approach to tackling poverty has
:13:23. > :13:25.been to focus support on the entire local area.
:13:26. > :13:30.In contrast, Oxfam Cymru's approach concentrates on individuals.
:13:31. > :13:34.I didn't feel confident about anything, and I couldn't,
:13:35. > :13:49.so I felt I was really stuck in a rut.
:13:50. > :13:52.To prove he was trying to find work and get jobseeker's allowance,
:13:53. > :13:56.But he could not use a computer and his benefits were cut.
:13:57. > :13:58.Tim is now part of Oxfam's Building Livelihoods project.
:13:59. > :14:06.It is to improve my confidence and lift myself esteem
:14:07. > :14:08.and the courses like IT, English and maths,
:14:09. > :14:15.This used to be an industrial community - a coal community.
:14:16. > :14:18.Now it is classed as a rural one and the push is to come
:14:19. > :14:21.here for walking and mountain biking.
:14:22. > :14:24.In a similar way, the Oxfam project is not looking at the skills people
:14:25. > :14:27.don't have, but instead trying to look at what they can do
:14:28. > :14:33.The charity says the new approach pays dividends.
:14:34. > :14:35.Just because people live close by, it does not mean
:14:36. > :14:39.Isn't the best way out of poverty jobs?
:14:40. > :14:43.And actually, only about 12 out of 100 people that have been
:14:44. > :14:48.A lot of the people we're working with are long-term unemployed
:14:49. > :14:51.and have a huge number of very complex difficulties.
:14:52. > :14:54.Obviously, work is a good long-term route out of poverty,
:14:55. > :15:01.but we have to get people ready for their journey to work.
:15:02. > :15:04.Also, we need to understand that work in Wales is not as much
:15:05. > :15:06.of a route out of poverty as it once was.
:15:07. > :15:09.More than half of poorer families in Wales are in poverty,
:15:10. > :15:11.despite the fact that someone has a job.
:15:12. > :15:13.Jan moved to Banwen with her disabled husband
:15:14. > :15:20.It left me with major problems, anxiety issues...
:15:21. > :15:26.Having been helped by the Oxfam Cymru project,
:15:27. > :15:29.she now works as a volunteer teaching jewellery
:15:30. > :15:35.To help someone, if they achieve that little thing, and you've
:15:36. > :15:39.been a part of that, it's like, "I did that."
:15:40. > :15:42.The charity claims that, for every ?1 spent on the project,
:15:43. > :16:10.A roll call by the Manic Street Preachers in their anthem for Wales'
:16:11. > :16:15.Eurovision 2016 campaign. Musically it has a feel as if it can
:16:16. > :16:20.be sanguine a terrace. I think that is what you need from one of these
:16:21. > :16:22.kind of songs. -- it can be sung on a terrace.
:16:23. > :16:25.It's been the last day in the job for the man who's been
:16:26. > :16:28.in the driving seat of Admiral insurance for the last 25 years.
:16:29. > :16:31.Henry Engelhardt stands down as chief executive,
:16:32. > :16:34.having taken the company from a start-up - to one of the UK's
:16:35. > :16:37.This morning, our business correspondent,
:16:38. > :16:50.Where would you like me to sign the shirt?
:16:51. > :16:54.Not many departing chief executives get the rock star treatment but not
:16:55. > :16:59.many turn up on their final day to find 2000 workers wearing T-shirts
:17:00. > :17:03.with the boss' face on the front and 22 of his sayings on the back. One
:17:04. > :17:09.of those, if people like what they do they will do it better, has
:17:10. > :17:13.become Admiral's motto and the driving force behind its success.
:17:14. > :17:18.It is about giving people the environment to flourish and use
:17:19. > :17:21.their minds and creativity and intellect, and ingenuity.
:17:22. > :17:24.The company was built from the ground up to its current position,
:17:25. > :17:30.implying many people worldwide, the vast majority in Wales. --
:17:31. > :17:34.employing. From the terrace of the new headquarters building, Henry
:17:35. > :17:37.Engelhardt told me how the city had changed since they came to look at
:17:38. > :17:45.it before setting up the company in 1981.
:17:46. > :17:47.They had a council building. -- 19 91.
:17:48. > :17:53.They took us to the roof terrace and the shops. Appleby businesses and
:17:54. > :17:57.houses and a hotel. We nodded our head and looked out at one vast
:17:58. > :18:01.rubbish tip and now it is incredible. There's restaurants and
:18:02. > :18:08.hotels and businesses, and homes. It is fantastic. People talk about,
:18:09. > :18:13.Navy the Welsh do not have that can do mentality, but I say rubbish. --
:18:14. > :18:19.maybe they do not. It was not all plain sailing.
:18:20. > :18:21.Hopefully it is like that but there are worse struggles. Especially in
:18:22. > :18:25.our early years. What were your highlights for
:18:26. > :18:31.Admiral? When we went public on London stock
:18:32. > :18:36.exchange, every one of us was a shareholder, and it was a big day.
:18:37. > :18:42.What is next we personally? Our foundation will go forward and
:18:43. > :18:47.get bigger every year. We are very keen to support causes here in South
:18:48. > :18:51.Wales and Wales in general, not just south Wales. This is our adopted
:18:52. > :18:56.home and we are pleased to live here and be a part of this community.
:18:57. > :19:00.Henry Engelhardt is not planning on putting his feet up and will still
:19:01. > :19:02.be involved with Admiral that thinks it is time for others to take the
:19:03. > :19:02.helm. A small mountain kingdom in southern
:19:03. > :19:05.Africa, which is twinned with Wales, is facing a crisis that could lead
:19:06. > :19:07.to thousands of people Food emergencies have been declared
:19:08. > :19:12.across Lesotho, as a result of the drought caused
:19:13. > :19:15.by El Nino, a natural warming Now Welsh charities have travelled
:19:16. > :19:19.to the region to help From Lesotho, Garry Owen sent
:19:20. > :19:26.this special report. It's a busy morning here in Maseru
:19:27. > :19:29.city centre and you could argue there are no obvious visible signs
:19:30. > :19:33.of famine here, but if you move out in that direction
:19:34. > :19:37.into the countryside, the effect of the lack of food
:19:38. > :19:46.becomes painfully obvious. The rain never came to Lesotho
:19:47. > :19:49.this summer and it was 80% of the people of Lesotho
:19:50. > :19:58.rely on farming for a living but, as you see, their crops
:19:59. > :20:01.are failing and the situation Water table levels are down
:20:02. > :20:08.and the crops in the One in three people living
:20:09. > :20:12.here will need food aid until next year, according to
:20:13. > :20:15.the United Nations. Dolen Cymru has launched an appeal
:20:16. > :20:23.and has teachers and education experts advising in the remote
:20:24. > :20:29.mountain village of Thaba Tscheka. For many of the children in this
:20:30. > :20:31.school, this porridge - a watery mixture made of maize -
:20:32. > :20:35.is their only meal of the day, Gwenallt Rees from Cardiff has been
:20:36. > :20:41.coming here for over 40 years and set up a clinic ten years ago
:20:42. > :20:44.to help deal with The doctor at the clinic has huge
:20:45. > :21:08.concerns for the future. A state of emergency has been
:21:09. > :21:10.declared, but the fear is that the situation can only get
:21:11. > :21:14.worse, as the winter months set in And you can see more
:21:15. > :21:21.on the Lesotho drought crisis In Football, Cardiff City have held
:21:22. > :21:30.talks with first team coach James Rowberry about
:21:31. > :21:32.the possibility of becoming Slade was removed as manager
:21:33. > :21:37.at the end of the season, after the Bluebirds missed
:21:38. > :21:39.their target of a place There's been more success for Welsh
:21:40. > :21:45.athletes at the Invictus Games for wounded servicemen
:21:46. > :21:48.and women in Florida. Flight Lieutenant Nathan Jones
:21:49. > :21:52.from Colwyn Bay has Earlier the officer who broke his
:21:53. > :21:55.back in a flying accident in Afghanistan had his hopes
:21:56. > :21:58.of a cycling medal dashed He told the BBC he'd had
:21:59. > :22:05.an eventful games so far. It was quite a successful day
:22:06. > :22:08.after my unsuccessful day Tell us about your cuts
:22:09. > :22:13.and bruises there. A couple of war wounds from having
:22:14. > :22:16.a little altercation All you have been through,
:22:17. > :22:20.and the barrier gets you Yeah.
:22:21. > :22:23.The bike, I think, came off worse. It was carbon and it
:22:24. > :22:30.smashed to pieces. With less than a month to go before
:22:31. > :22:33.the start of Euro 2016, the Manic Street Preachers have
:22:34. > :22:35.unveiled their official anthem The song, called Together Stronger,
:22:36. > :22:38.celebrates the team qualifying for its first major football
:22:39. > :22:44.championship in nearly six decades. It's one of a number tracks by Welsh
:22:45. > :22:47.artists that are being released ahead of the championship,
:22:48. > :23:06.as Carwyn Jones now reports. There are regular trade may be
:23:07. > :23:11.political punk music but today the Manics revealed another side to
:23:12. > :23:17.their songwriting. # Let's set the world alight... #.
:23:18. > :23:26.It is a triumphal track designed to be charted from maximum volume from
:23:27. > :23:29.the terraces. The Manics have always been a possessive about sport. But
:23:30. > :23:40.this is a labour of love. In the past, we wanted to support
:23:41. > :23:49.sport, during that Welsh manager, and many successive campaigns, with
:23:50. > :23:54.glorious Billy. When sporting music made, it tends to be either a
:23:55. > :24:04.disaster really go well and I think we have done well hopefully.
:24:05. > :24:06.The manics are not the only artists releasing tunes to coincide with the
:24:07. > :24:11.championship. Singer Chris Phillips releasing tunes to coincide with the
:24:12. > :24:17.from Cardiff wrote this track, Let The Good Times Roll.
:24:18. > :24:23.Originally I wrote it while we were playing Russia in the play-offs. We
:24:24. > :24:29.got knocked out. When we beat Belgium last summer, my friend
:24:30. > :24:35.texted me and said he should release that football song and record it. --
:24:36. > :24:41.that I should. Another song coming our way about
:24:42. > :24:48.football comes from Super Bari Animals. Returning to the studio,
:24:49. > :24:52.they have given us an old song. It is not officially released until
:24:53. > :25:03.tomorrow but we know it is sung entirely in Welsh. -- Super Furry
:25:04. > :25:06.Animals. Sporting anthem is usually are disliked by music critics but
:25:07. > :25:10.why do so many Welsh artists give it a go?
:25:11. > :25:16.It is not like they are jumping on the bandwagon and glory hunters. We
:25:17. > :25:21.know that the Manics and the super Bari animals are writing it because
:25:22. > :25:25.of the songs for the situation ahead.
:25:26. > :25:30.However it goes, at least we will have plenty of anthems to charge
:25:31. > :25:31.from the terraces and victory in the Euros will certainly be music to
:25:32. > :25:33.their ears. Let's get a full
:25:34. > :25:34.weather forecast now. Behnaz, how's it looking?
:25:35. > :25:42.It is not looking and buying and things turned more
:25:43. > :27:34.mild by the middle of next week. A reminder of our top story and
:27:35. > :27:39.talks between Labour and Plaid Cymru will get underway tomorrow after a
:27:40. > :27:40.vote for First Minister was tied between Carwyn Jones and Leanne
:27:41. > :27:41.Wood. We'll have a quick update at 9pm,
:27:42. > :27:46.and more after the BBC News at 10pm. From all of us here,
:27:47. > :27:48.have a good evening.