18/05/2016

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0:00:06 > 0:00:08Welcome to the programme.

0:00:08 > 0:00:09Tonight's headlines: Welsh Labour's Carwyn Jones

0:00:09 > 0:00:10is reappointed as First Minister.

0:00:10 > 0:00:13There's a deal with Plaid Cymru, who have already fired a warning shot.

0:00:13 > 0:00:15Paul Trollope is the new boss of Cardiff City.

0:00:15 > 0:00:25He has given one simple aim - promotion to the Premier League.

0:00:35 > 0:00:36Good evening.

0:00:36 > 0:00:38After a week of deadlock, it is official.

0:00:38 > 0:00:40Carwyn Jones has been elected Wales' First Minister.

0:00:40 > 0:00:43He has announced a one hundred day plan of action

0:00:43 > 0:00:44for the Welsh Government.

0:00:44 > 0:00:47A deal was struck between Labour and Plaid Cymru, but both parties

0:00:47 > 0:00:48say this is not a coalition.

0:00:48 > 0:00:50Plaids' leader - Leanne Wood - didn't pull any punches,

0:00:50 > 0:00:52accusing Labour of bullying tactics last week.

0:00:52 > 0:01:02Our Political Editor reports.

0:01:04 > 0:01:06A week after it was supposed to have happened, Carwyn Jones

0:01:06 > 0:01:09was officially nominated as First Minister, and it was far

0:01:09 > 0:01:11from being a victory speech after the events of last week,

0:01:11 > 0:01:15when his nomination was effectively blocked by the opposition parties.

0:01:15 > 0:01:18For the fifth time in a row, the Welsh people have asked

0:01:18 > 0:01:20Welsh Labour to form government and they have said proceeds

0:01:20 > 0:01:22but with caution and humility, because we have no majority.

0:01:22 > 0:01:31It was in marked contrast to the tone adopted by Plaid Cymru

0:01:31 > 0:01:35leader Leanne Wood, who wasted no time in going on the attack.

0:01:35 > 0:01:38If that party thinks they're bullying last week will stop

0:01:38 > 0:01:41Plaid Cymru from voting in a similar way in the future to hold

0:01:41 > 0:01:43you to account, then think again.

0:01:43 > 0:01:46I am not sorry for what happened last week and I will do it again

0:01:46 > 0:01:49if I have to make Labour realise that they are running

0:01:49 > 0:01:50a minority government.

0:01:50 > 0:01:53You would be forgiven for thinking that the two parties had not been

0:01:53 > 0:01:56in talks with each other over the past few days to try to break

0:01:56 > 0:01:59the deadlock that had prevented the formation of a new government.

0:01:59 > 0:02:01But that is what has happened and they have agreed

0:02:01 > 0:02:02a plan to work together.

0:02:02 > 0:02:05The deal means the new Labour administration will prioritise,

0:02:05 > 0:02:07among other things, the setting up of a new medical treatment fund

0:02:07 > 0:02:09and will review the way patients are assessed,

0:02:09 > 0:02:12there will also be a plan to increase the nub

0:02:12 > 0:02:14of GPs and the creation of a national

0:02:14 > 0:02:22infrastructure commission.

0:02:22 > 0:02:25there will also be a plan to increase the number

0:02:25 > 0:02:27of GPs and the creation of a national

0:02:27 > 0:02:28infrastructure commission.

0:02:28 > 0:02:30But there was no agreement on some of the subjects that

0:02:30 > 0:02:33split the two parties, such as reform of the voting system

0:02:33 > 0:02:36and proposals for a ?1 billion M4 relief road around Newport.

0:02:36 > 0:02:38What we have done is identified areas of common ground

0:02:38 > 0:02:39between the two parties.

0:02:39 > 0:02:41There are a few areas where that has happened.

0:02:41 > 0:02:48This was looking at particular issues.

0:02:48 > 0:02:50The leader of the Welsh Conservatives said there were still

0:02:50 > 0:02:52many unanswered questions.

0:02:52 > 0:02:53On infrastructure projects, large infrastructure projects,

0:02:53 > 0:02:56it is important that some clarity is brought around the debate

0:02:56 > 0:02:57of the M4 relief road.

0:02:57 > 0:03:00This is an opportunity now for a new government to map out

0:03:00 > 0:03:05and press the green light on what the option is.

0:03:05 > 0:03:07Ukip promised to is shake things up and they certainly proved

0:03:07 > 0:03:10controversial when the leader of the party's group, Neil Hamilton,

0:03:10 > 0:03:12was accused of using sexist language for this description

0:03:12 > 0:03:18of Kirsty Williams and Leanne Wood.

0:03:18 > 0:03:21I am afraid these two ladies have just made themselves political

0:03:21 > 0:03:29concubines in Carwyn Jones' harem.

0:03:29 > 0:03:30What a gruesome prospect that must be.

0:03:30 > 0:03:32Whatever the prospects, the time has finally come

0:03:32 > 0:03:34for the fifth Assembly term to begin.

0:03:34 > 0:03:37The next step is a new cabinet which will be put together

0:03:37 > 0:03:40over the next few days, after Carwyn Jones has been sworn

0:03:40 > 0:03:45in as First Minister.

0:03:45 > 0:03:48Unemployment has continued to fall in Wales and is once again lower

0:03:48 > 0:03:50than the UK average, according to latest

0:03:50 > 0:03:51official figures.

0:03:51 > 0:03:53The rate of unemployment for January to March fell to 4.8%,

0:03:53 > 0:04:03below the UK average of 5.1%.

0:04:11 > 0:04:14The former Police and Crime Commissioner for Dyfed-Powys has

0:04:14 > 0:04:16strongly criticised Carmarthenshire council and some police officers.

0:04:16 > 0:04:17Writing on his personal website, Christopher Salmon -

0:04:17 > 0:04:20who lost the job following an election earlier this month -

0:04:20 > 0:04:22likened the local authority to a Sicilian cartel

0:04:22 > 0:04:23with a bullying nature.

0:04:23 > 0:04:25He also says some police officers need to learn

0:04:25 > 0:04:27they work for the public and not for themselves.

0:04:27 > 0:04:37Carmarthenshire council said it would not respond to the criticisms.

0:04:43 > 0:04:45A "stronger, clearer" devolution settlement for Wales.

0:04:45 > 0:04:47That's the promise from the Queen's Speech,

0:04:47 > 0:04:48at the State Opening of Parliament.

0:04:48 > 0:04:52The Wales Bill is one of 21 new laws promised and one of 16

0:04:52 > 0:04:53which will affect people living in Wales.

0:04:53 > 0:04:54Here is our Parliamentary Correspondent.

0:04:54 > 0:04:58It is something people who live in urban areas take for granted -

0:04:58 > 0:04:59high-speed broadband.

0:04:59 > 0:05:01But for Frank Jordan, and many like him in rural

0:05:01 > 0:05:04areas, it's a dream.

0:05:04 > 0:05:06Frank lives in a hamlet near St Asaph in Denbighshire.

0:05:06 > 0:05:09You can't have a phone on and the laptop or the television

0:05:09 > 0:05:12and the laptop, it has got to be one or the other.

0:05:12 > 0:05:15You also notice at peak times when maybe the children arrive

0:05:15 > 0:05:17from school and more people are using it, the signal

0:05:17 > 0:05:22strength does go down.

0:05:22 > 0:05:25The Queen's Speech promised the right for every household

0:05:25 > 0:05:28to access high-speed broadband.

0:05:28 > 0:05:31This offers so many opportunities to communities in rural Wales

0:05:31 > 0:05:33that sometimes have not had that fast access,

0:05:33 > 0:05:36they will now have access to that which will provide so many

0:05:36 > 0:05:41economic opportunities.

0:05:41 > 0:05:51Some of the new laws announced today sounded a bit familiar.

0:05:57 > 0:05:59Establish a strong and lasting devolution settlement in Wales.

0:05:59 > 0:06:02A strong and lasting settlement is what the government promised last

0:06:02 > 0:06:05year, only to be forced by opponents to rethink its plans.

0:06:05 > 0:06:07The new, revised Wales Bill will offer similar changes.

0:06:07 > 0:06:09More power for the Welsh government and Assembly over

0:06:09 > 0:06:10transport and energy.

0:06:10 > 0:06:13And more say over its own affairs, the right to call itself

0:06:13 > 0:06:18a parliament and allow 16-year-olds the vote.

0:06:18 > 0:06:24But with details yet to emerge, opposition parties are sceptical.

0:06:24 > 0:06:26I don't think there was much mention of Wales in it.

0:06:26 > 0:06:29We heard about the Northern Powerhouse but we have not had any

0:06:29 > 0:06:31dates about the electrification of the railway, nothing

0:06:31 > 0:06:34at all in North Wales, and nothing more about the tidal lagoon.

0:06:34 > 0:06:36These are important infrastructure projects and I would

0:06:36 > 0:06:38like to have a bit more.

0:06:42 > 0:06:43We need equality with Scotland.

0:06:43 > 0:06:46That will be our aim when that Bill is presented.

0:06:46 > 0:06:48But the Wales of the future could look rather different,

0:06:48 > 0:06:50in politics and from space.

0:06:50 > 0:06:53Llandbedr Airfield, near Harlech, is still in the running to be chosen

0:06:53 > 0:06:56as the UK's new spaceport.

0:06:56 > 0:06:59But with a final decision still to be taken, we will have

0:06:59 > 0:07:04to wait a while before blast-off.

0:07:04 > 0:07:06Sport, and Paul Trollope is the new Head Coach

0:07:06 > 0:07:07at Cardiff City Football Club.

0:07:07 > 0:07:09He succeeds Russell Slade who has taken up the post

0:07:09 > 0:07:10of Head of Football.

0:07:10 > 0:07:12The 43-year-old former Wales midfielder says it has

0:07:12 > 0:07:19been his long-time ambition to take the reins at the club.

0:07:19 > 0:07:21Every coach, every manager has their own personal philosophies

0:07:21 > 0:07:24of how they want the game played, what they expect of the players,

0:07:24 > 0:07:27both on and off the pitch, and I will be bringing my

0:07:27 > 0:07:28own thoughts to that.

0:07:28 > 0:07:35There will be fresh blood in the staff as well.

0:07:35 > 0:07:38The National Trust is looking for a tenant farmer to rent

0:07:38 > 0:07:41a ?1 million farm in Llandudno, for the price of just ?1 a year.

0:07:41 > 0:07:45It is offering the keys to its 145 acre site on the Great Orme

0:07:45 > 0:07:55to a farmer who is willing to help preserve its fragile landscape.

0:07:58 > 0:08:03Sunshine and showers today, and the weather remains

0:08:03 > 0:08:04in a changeable mood.

0:08:04 > 0:08:07Dry for a while tomorrow, but there is more rain on the way.

0:08:07 > 0:08:10Most places dry tonight, some clear spells and turning

0:08:10 > 0:08:18quite cool, especcially in the countryside,

0:08:18 > 0:08:19with temperatures falling into single figures.

0:08:19 > 0:08:21Tomorrow's chart shows a frontal system over Ireland

0:08:21 > 0:08:23and that is heading our way.

0:08:23 > 0:08:26Tomorrow morning looks quite nice, dry and bright.

0:08:26 > 0:08:29Some hazy sunshine with cloud spreading from the west.

0:08:29 > 0:08:33Across the rest of the UK, some rain for Northern Ireland,

0:08:33 > 0:08:36and that will spread across much of Scotland during the day

0:08:36 > 0:08:38and eventually into many northern and western parts

0:08:38 > 0:08:47through the afternoon.

0:08:47 > 0:08:49Further south and east, staying dry and bright,

0:08:49 > 0:08:51some hazy sunshine and quite warm.

0:08:51 > 0:08:52Up to 20 Celsius in London.

0:08:52 > 0:08:55Closer to home, the weather will go downhill tomorrow afternoon.

0:08:55 > 0:08:58The cloud lowering, with outbreaks of rain.

0:08:58 > 0:09:01Turning misty too with some hill fog, and the breeze picking up.

0:09:01 > 0:09:03Top temperatures, 14-18 Celsius.

0:09:03 > 0:09:06Tomorrow evening, the rain, mist and drizzle will clear,

0:09:06 > 0:09:09much drier overnight and fairly mild with a southwesterly breeze.

0:09:09 > 0:09:12Friday will bring some reasonable weather.

0:09:12 > 0:09:15Dry and bright for a while, a little sunshine.

0:09:15 > 0:09:21But it looks like more rain will spread from the southwest

0:09:21 > 0:09:22during the afternoon.

0:09:22 > 0:09:23The wind increasing as well.

0:09:23 > 0:09:25The weekend will be changeable.

0:09:25 > 0:09:27Breezy at times, some rain and heavy showers,

0:09:27 > 0:09:30wet and breezy for a time, but not a total washout.

0:09:30 > 0:09:33There should be some drier interlude and some sunshine as well.

0:09:33 > 0:09:37Temperatures nothing special over the weekend,

0:09:37 > 0:09:39but the sun is quite strong at this time of year,

0:09:39 > 0:09:42so when the sun is out it should feel pleasantly warm.

0:09:42 > 0:09:50Goodnight.

0:09:50 > 0:09:51That's all from Wales Today.

0:09:51 > 0:09:54The Wales Report is up next, but from all of us on the programme

0:09:54 > 0:09:55thanks for watching.

0:09:55 > 0:09:57Goodnight.