:00:07. > :00:10.On tonight's programme: With the sun shining in Cardiff Bay,
:00:11. > :00:13.Labour and Plaid Cymru say they're confident they can find a way
:00:14. > :00:16.to appoint a new First Minister next week after a tied vote
:00:17. > :00:20.And we're inside Tata's steel plant in Shotton, where staff
:00:21. > :00:35.say they're optimistic, despite the company being for sale.
:00:36. > :00:40.Not quite white smoke, but Labour and Plaid Cymru say
:00:41. > :00:42.they're confident a First Minister will be appointed next week.
:00:43. > :00:45.It comes after a day of talks over which of their leaders
:00:46. > :00:50.On Wednesday, a vote by Assembly Members
:00:51. > :00:52.ended in a surprise tie between Carwyn Jones
:00:53. > :00:58.Here's our political editor, Nick Servini.
:00:59. > :01:02.There may have been a holiday feel to Cardiff Bay on a relaxed Friday
:01:03. > :01:07.afternoon, but inside one part of the Assembly at least it was far
:01:08. > :01:12.The discussions lasted around four hours.
:01:13. > :01:16.There were no details of what areas were covered and no interviews.
:01:17. > :01:19.All we had to go on was a joint statement and as statements go
:01:20. > :01:23.it was positive and clearly indicated that we can expect
:01:24. > :01:29.It said, "We have had a number of meetings today and they have
:01:30. > :01:33.We are confident we can find a way forward.
:01:34. > :01:37.That will result in the successful nomination First Minister next week.
:01:38. > :01:40.We will continue to work over the weekend and look to resume
:01:41. > :01:46.The nomination of Carwyn Jones as First Minister was supposed
:01:47. > :01:49.to have been a formality but Leanne Wood had the numbers
:01:50. > :01:52.to successfully challenge because the Conservatives
:01:53. > :01:55.and Ukip supported her, while Kirsty Williams
:01:56. > :01:59.from the Liberal Democrats supported Carwyn Jones.
:02:00. > :02:03.This has been a highly effective political ambush by Plaid Cymru.
:02:04. > :02:06.We were supposed to have had Carwyn Jones in place by now
:02:07. > :02:09.as First Minister and a full Labour Cabinet.
:02:10. > :02:14.There is no new government and the best chance of getting one
:02:15. > :02:20.In that sense, Plaid Cymru have put themselves in a much stronger
:02:21. > :02:26.These are not formal coalition talks but Labour and Plaid Cymru did form
:02:27. > :02:30.a coalition nine years ago when the former First
:02:31. > :02:33.Minister Rhodri Morgan and Plaid Cymru's Ieuan Wyn Jones
:02:34. > :02:37.led negotiations that lasted more than two months.
:02:38. > :02:40.The former Plaid Cymru leader outlined how he
:02:41. > :02:46.You needed a top line, which is what you would
:02:47. > :02:49.like to achieve, and then you needed to have a bottom line below
:02:50. > :02:54.My advice for anybody in those negotiations is to understand those
:02:55. > :02:56.constraints and therefore to work within that.
:02:57. > :02:59.Despite all the talk of cross-party deals this week at the Assembly,
:03:00. > :03:06.And if these discussions are successful it would pave the way
:03:07. > :03:13.Alun Michael was Labour's leader after the first Assembly elections.
:03:14. > :03:21.He didn't have a majority either and knows exactly what it's
:03:22. > :03:22.like to have the other parties ganging up on you.
:03:23. > :03:26.When I saw the events in the Senedd this week I had a sense of deja vu.
:03:27. > :03:29.Three parties that could only agree to be oppositional
:03:30. > :03:33.towards the Labour Party and have nothing else in common and nobody
:03:34. > :03:39.But it's a very difficult one to get out of.
:03:40. > :03:41.It's been an extraordinary first week for the Assembly
:03:42. > :04:01.charged with the murder of a soldier in Brecon.
:04:02. > :04:03.Private Matthew Boyd was found unconscious
:04:04. > :04:05.on Lion Street on Sunday morning, and died later in hospital.
:04:06. > :04:08.23-year-old Jake Vallely from Brecon appeared alongside Aaeron Evans,
:04:09. > :04:20.They were remanded in custody, to appear in court again next month.
:04:21. > :04:23.A man from Swansea is recovering after he was attacked with chemicals
:04:24. > :04:26.36-year-old Andrew Davies was on a stag do in Krakow
:04:27. > :04:32.thought to be a cleaning product, at the group.
:04:33. > :04:35.Mr Davies has been treated for third degree burns to his face,
:04:36. > :04:40.The Foreign Office confirmed it's provided assistance to a British man
:04:41. > :04:47.Police are investigating after a jet-skier deliberately tried
:04:48. > :04:50.to ram a pod of dolphins off Tywyn in Gwynedd.
:04:51. > :04:53.North Wales' Rural Crime Unit doesn't believe the man is local
:04:54. > :04:58.and says such behaviour won't be tolerated.
:04:59. > :05:01.Staff at the Tata Steel plant in Shotton say they're
:05:02. > :05:03.optimistic about the future, despite the company being for sale.
:05:04. > :05:07.More than 700 people work at the Deeside factory
:05:08. > :05:10.which processes steel from the Port Talbot plant.
:05:11. > :05:12.Managers say it's a profitable part of the business which is valued
:05:13. > :05:19.Matthew Richards spent the day there.
:05:20. > :05:22.Although it's got a long history, steel making at Shotton
:05:23. > :05:25.is about developing innovations for the future.
:05:26. > :05:28.It sells half a billion tonnes of metal a year,
:05:29. > :05:30.which it coats with zinc to prevent rust and whatever colour
:05:31. > :05:34.Customers from IKEA to the London shard.
:05:35. > :05:36.What it lacks in size compared with Port Talbot,
:05:37. > :05:41.This is a successful arm of the business.
:05:42. > :05:44.It sells most of what it produces into the construction sector
:05:45. > :05:48.and what has made it successful is the way it has been able
:05:49. > :05:51.to differentiate itself from competitors over many years.
:05:52. > :05:56.Around three quarters of what comes out of this plant is differentiated.
:05:57. > :06:00.That means very few of our competitors can produce
:06:01. > :06:05.For workers like April Wilkinson who has been here for 13 years,
:06:06. > :06:08.the day job keeps her mind away from the boardroom discussions.
:06:09. > :06:25.The fact we are running every day, we have got a full order book,
:06:26. > :06:35.He says the knock-on effecst of closing the plant
:06:36. > :06:41.I'm afraid it would kill the local community I would think
:06:42. > :06:43.and that is just going to create other problems further down
:06:44. > :06:46.the line for the Government, unless they try and give some kind
:06:47. > :06:50.Steel has been processed here in Shotton for 120 years
:06:51. > :06:53.and despite the uncertainty over the future, staff say they will be
:06:54. > :07:01.producing a product that's in demand for a long time to come.
:07:02. > :07:03.Boxing and Andrew Selby counts himself as the favourite
:07:04. > :07:06.before his British flyweight title fight
:07:07. > :07:08.in Cardiff's new Ice Arena tomorrow night.
:07:09. > :07:11.His opponent, Louie Norman, was initially over the eight stone
:07:12. > :07:14.limit, but returned and had to strip naked on the scales
:07:15. > :07:19.Selby, the Barry born boxer, is preparing
:07:20. > :07:24.A victory would make it the least number of fights a Welshman
:07:25. > :07:32.A rugby rule book dating back to 1851 has sold
:07:33. > :07:35.Called 'The Laws of Football as Played at Rugby School',
:07:36. > :07:39.it's thought the book belonged to William Henry Waddington,
:07:40. > :07:46.said it's the most valuable book they've ever sold.
:07:47. > :07:48.Well, will the sunshine last into the weekend?
:07:49. > :08:00.They will be sunshine this weekend but a bit of a chill
:08:01. > :08:03.They will be sunshine this weekend tonight and turning cooler as we
:08:04. > :08:06.head into the weekend. The good news is we can look forward to a lot of
:08:07. > :08:11.dry weather, there will be sentient but Chile by night and we could see
:08:12. > :08:15.a touch of crass frost as well. Tonight the cold weather front is
:08:16. > :08:20.slowly sinking southwards and a bit of cloud with it but its stride.
:08:21. > :08:25.Temperatures between five Celsius and 10 Celsius. Tomorrow, we do have
:08:26. > :08:28.that cold weather front clearing and be hounded high-pressure taking
:08:29. > :08:34.charge which will bring a settled day. We drag in cold air from the
:08:35. > :08:38.north and that will take the edge of those temperatures. First thing
:08:39. > :08:42.tomorrow a bit of a chilly start. This engine gets to work and it will
:08:43. > :08:46.feel more pleasant as we head into the afternoon. For the rest of the
:08:47. > :08:52.British Isles, we have a few showers further east but the bulk of the
:08:53. > :08:56.country dry. The best of the dried and bright weather the further south
:08:57. > :09:01.and west you are. A lovely afternoon for Wales tomorrow afternoon. We can
:09:02. > :09:04.look forward to plenty of sunshine. Try and feeling cool compared to
:09:05. > :09:12.last weekend when we saw temperatures get up to 25 Celsius.
:09:13. > :09:18.Wins remaining life. A fairly quiet night. Light winds so we will see a
:09:19. > :09:23.touch of Frost into the early hours of Sunday morning. These are the
:09:24. > :09:27.temperatures in towns and cities. It will get lower than that in the
:09:28. > :09:31.countryside. Then on Sunday a chilly start to our morning and we have
:09:32. > :09:35.more sunshine on offer but by the afternoon we will see a bit of cloud
:09:36. > :09:42.bubbling up. But still plenty of sunshine and it's another dry day.
:09:43. > :09:46.So essentially a dry weekend with temperatures between 11 Celsius and
:09:47. > :09:48.15 Celsius. Maude sunny weather on Monday and a few showers creeping in
:09:49. > :09:51.to parts of Pembrokeshire. Our next update is at
:09:52. > :09:53.5:20pm tomorrow evening. From all of us here,
:09:54. > :09:57.have a good weekend.