:00:00. > :00:15.Well Wales today. Billion pounds of EU money waiting to be spent in
:00:16. > :00:20.Wales. Tonight a council boss bags get on with it before it is too
:00:21. > :00:28.late. We want to make sure that money is allocated to us why we are
:00:29. > :00:33.a UK member. We want our fair share. Other headlines. No improvement for
:00:34. > :00:38.patients with mental health issues. One charity tells as it is deeply
:00:39. > :00:44.concerned. And good evening from France, Wales prepared to meet
:00:45. > :00:50.Portugal for a place in the final of Udo 2016. Gareth Bale says Wales
:00:51. > :00:58.play Portugal, not Bale versus Ronaldo. It's not about to players.
:00:59. > :01:05.Everybody knows that, really, it's about two nations. The semifinal, 11
:01:06. > :01:11.million supporters. It is a game and nobody wants to miss. Fans desperate
:01:12. > :01:28.to be here at any cost. Definitely the van. I can get rid of the van.
:01:29. > :01:33.A billion pounds of EU funding for the most deprived parts of Wales
:01:34. > :01:36.has yet to be spent, and the leader of one of our biggest
:01:37. > :01:38.councils says the Welsh Government must allocate it urgently
:01:39. > :01:44.Andrew Morgan, who leads Rhondda Cynon Taff, says the money
:01:45. > :01:47.assigned to Wales for projects up to 2020 could be withdrawn -
:01:48. > :01:59.But some prominent Leave campaigners say -
:02:00. > :02:01.the money should be spent on the right projects -
:02:02. > :02:13.Billions has been spent an EU funded regeneration schemes across Wales.
:02:14. > :02:20.From infrastructure to leisure and education. But time is running out
:02:21. > :02:24.for future spending after Wales, like England, voted to leave. The
:02:25. > :02:28.leader of Rhondda Cynon Taff council says the priority now has to be
:02:29. > :02:31.getting the EU money invested before it is too late.
:02:32. > :02:36.These are schemes which have been worked out in a lot of detail. We
:02:37. > :02:40.are not blocking schemes out of the to waste money. Ultimately, we've
:02:41. > :02:45.only got two years at most to spend this money.
:02:46. > :02:51.Andrew Morgan believes that south Wales valleys towns like Aberdare
:02:52. > :02:53.could benefit from decision is an EU funded regeneration projects,
:02:54. > :02:58.including one planned for this former hotel. In these offices
:02:59. > :03:02.behind me in Merthyr Tydfil are the offices of the Welsh European
:03:03. > :03:06.funding office which is part of the Welsh government. They will have to
:03:07. > :03:12.find something else to do here. But what happens between now and
:03:13. > :03:16.Brexit? Officials will come under pressure to get as much of the
:03:17. > :03:21.remaining funds out of the door as quickly as possible. Nearly a
:03:22. > :03:25.fortnight has passed since the referendum result, but reminders are
:03:26. > :03:30.still here like in Merthyr Tydfil. Ironically, only a few hundred yards
:03:31. > :03:35.where millions were spent in the town. But that was the paradox.
:03:36. > :03:40.Communities that spent most in need were most likely to want to leave.
:03:41. > :03:45.It also happened elsewhere. Swansea voted to leave, yet today Prince
:03:46. > :03:48.Charles officially opened the University's new campus, the most
:03:49. > :03:53.high-profile EU funded project in Wales in recent years. Leave
:03:54. > :03:57.campaigners responded to Andrew Morgan by saying investment like
:03:58. > :04:01.this will not dry up. They say that instead, it will come from
:04:02. > :04:04.Westminster, and be awarded to project that will be more effective
:04:05. > :04:08.in improving economy. After we've left the European Union
:04:09. > :04:12.we will have all the money that currently is being diverted to the
:04:13. > :04:15.EU to spend on projects such as those he is interested in. I don't
:04:16. > :04:18.think you should be rushing to splash the cash.
:04:19. > :04:23.The Welsh government says the money is already being freed up quickly.
:04:24. > :04:28.40% of the EU money that is available has been committed.
:04:29. > :04:32.We are confident that there are projects in the pipeline, good ideas
:04:33. > :04:36.that we will want to find. If we can draw those forward and make them
:04:37. > :04:40.happen earlier then it is in everybody's just to do that.
:04:41. > :04:44.Funding for projects like these will soon be consigned to the history
:04:45. > :04:46.books. But before they go a clear call today to make the most of the
:04:47. > :04:50.Plaid Cymru leader, Leanne Wood, has also been talking about Brexit,
:04:51. > :04:52.calling for the Assembly to approve a plan for Wales.
:04:53. > :04:55.The Welsh Government says it's doing everything it can to strengthen
:04:56. > :04:59.But Ms Wood criticised its response, suggesting a lack of urgency,
:05:00. > :05:01.and says the option of Welsh independence should be considered,
:05:02. > :05:20.Whatever happens now to the future of the UK, it is we, in Wales, who
:05:21. > :05:25.should decide upon our future. If people in Scotland want to leave the
:05:26. > :05:28.UK in order to protect their European Union membership, then an
:05:29. > :05:31.independent Wales should be an option for people here.
:05:32. > :05:33.And Wales has a real opportunity to design "Welsh-specific policies"
:05:34. > :05:36.on farming and the environment now we're leaving the EU.
:05:37. > :05:38.That's according to the Welsh Government's Rural Affairs
:05:39. > :05:40.Secretary, Lesley Griffiths, after she and First Minister,
:05:41. > :05:43.Carwyn Jones, met with industry representatives earlier to discuss
:05:44. > :05:54.the challenges and opportunities presented by the vote.
:05:55. > :06:02.My whole portfolio is awash with EU funding, regulations and policies,
:06:03. > :06:05.legislation. It is an area that is the most holy devolved within the
:06:06. > :06:10.Welsh government so it is important that we get it right for Wales. We
:06:11. > :06:11.know that we can get specific policies, but want to do what is in
:06:12. > :06:16.the best interests of Wales. A mental health charity says it's
:06:17. > :06:19.'extremely concerned' that outcomes for Welsh patients do not appear
:06:20. > :06:21.to have improved over Gofal saysit's annual survey
:06:22. > :06:24.suggests little is being done to check that the treatments
:06:25. > :06:44.for things like depression Euro 2016 first saw her GP about her
:06:45. > :06:48.mental health when she was 18. -- Jayne. Instead of referring here to
:06:49. > :06:52.help her doctor told her it could have been worse, she could have been
:06:53. > :06:57.self harming. The GP came out and said, at least
:06:58. > :07:00.you are not cutting. I think that is just about the worst thing you can
:07:01. > :07:06.say to an anxious, vulnerable 18-year-old. I was going through a
:07:07. > :07:09.mental health crisis, my health deteriorated quite significantly
:07:10. > :07:13.over the following weeks, and I attempted suicide.
:07:14. > :07:18.Back in 2012 a law came into force in Wales to try to improve access to
:07:19. > :07:23.things like therapy and counselling. Ever since this charity has asked
:07:24. > :07:28.800 patients each year about the treatment they are offered. Over one
:07:29. > :07:31.third of people consistently say that if they do get out, it's a B
:07:32. > :07:35.doesn't work. We know that there are many people
:07:36. > :07:40.in health boards who are deeply committed to making this legislation
:07:41. > :07:43.work and improving services. But, at the moment outcomes are not
:07:44. > :07:46.collected consistently across Wales, and while that fails to happen we
:07:47. > :07:52.can't see a true picture of whether this legislation is having an impact
:07:53. > :07:55.or not. It is items we have collected from
:07:56. > :07:58.throughout Europe. Julie works in this museum in
:07:59. > :08:07.Cardiff. She found herself housebound of work for weeks with
:08:08. > :08:11.agoraphobia. In the end, we wait for therapy was too long, she had to pay
:08:12. > :08:13.to go privately. She feels mental health must be looked at
:08:14. > :08:17.differently. If you were diabetic you would go
:08:18. > :08:22.back several times, you'd have somebody coming in, checking your
:08:23. > :08:25.bloods. Somebody should do that for your mental health, saying, I need
:08:26. > :08:28.you to come and see me once a month. I need a progress report. To check
:08:29. > :08:34.up on what's going on. Are you really feeling right? Julie
:08:35. > :08:38.is optimistic about in future now, Jayne has good care from a different
:08:39. > :08:45.GP and other NHS staff. The Welsh government says it is more to do to
:08:46. > :08:49.improve mental health care across Wales. It is bringing in a new
:08:50. > :08:50.computer system to record more data about what is working for people and
:08:51. > :08:52.what is not. A father-to-be and his unborn son
:08:53. > :08:55.were killed by a driver "doing motorway speeds" on a 40 mile
:08:56. > :08:57.an hour limit road, Simon Lewis died on Lamby Way
:08:58. > :09:01.in Cardiff on New Year's Eve. His wife was injured and their son,
:09:02. > :09:04.who was born three days Kyle Kennedy denies causing death
:09:05. > :09:09.by dangerous driving, but admits causing death
:09:10. > :09:12.by careless driving. Thousands of handmade poppies
:09:13. > :09:17.and a replica of the Mametz dragon have gone on display at the Pierhead
:09:18. > :09:21.building in Cardiff Bay, to mark the centenary
:09:22. > :09:23.of the Battle of the Somme. 350 poppies made by a community
:09:24. > :09:26.group in Tonypandy will be sent to Mametz, to be laid on the graves
:09:27. > :09:33.of soldiers from the Rhondda. And tonight former Wales rugby
:09:34. > :09:36.captain, Gareth Thomas, retraces the steps of his ancestors
:09:37. > :09:38.from the Valleys to Mametz Wood, where hundreds
:09:39. > :09:41.of Welsh soldiers died. Wales At The Somme, tonight
:09:42. > :10:02.at 9pm, on BBC One Wales. You are not dreaming. This is really
:10:03. > :10:04.happening. Wales prepared to play in the semifinals. We go live now to
:10:05. > :10:10.France. It's a spectacular setting
:10:11. > :10:12.for a semi final, considered the gastronomic capital of France,
:10:13. > :10:15.a UNESCO World Heritage site - Two nations will go head to head
:10:16. > :10:20.for a place in the final, but the talk today has mostly been
:10:21. > :10:34.about two players in particular. There are few footballers in the
:10:35. > :10:41.world that attract such attention. He is the most expensive beating the
:10:42. > :10:45.record set by his team-mate, Cristiano Ronaldo. Much has been
:10:46. > :10:48.made of their relationship, now more so as they face each other in the
:10:49. > :10:53.semifinal. Of course, he is a fantastic player.
:10:54. > :10:58.Everybody knows what he can do. We've always spoken about what we
:10:59. > :11:02.do, as the team, we don't worry about the opposition. We know a lot
:11:03. > :11:07.of teams we have played have very good individuals, but, for us, it is
:11:08. > :11:11.rugby team and how we form as 18. Why the focus was on Rinaldo at
:11:12. > :11:17.training today it was the absence of another Portuguese star from the
:11:18. > :11:24.Wales camp. Grey centre back, is being rested. Ten one Marco says
:11:25. > :11:31.they are very much still a threat. It is about two nations in the
:11:32. > :11:36.semifinal, a 11 men against 11. They are in the semifinal for a reason.
:11:37. > :11:42.Yes, we are just going to try and rise to the occasion.
:11:43. > :11:45.We will carry on in the same vein. Wales are hoping to recreate the
:11:46. > :11:50.quarterfinal performance that blew away Belgium on Friday. In Swansea
:11:51. > :11:54.they are already attempting to emulate the wonder goal. They are
:11:55. > :11:59.sure Wales can do it again. It was amazing. This was the first
:12:00. > :12:01.time we've got this far. When we saw that goal we knew this was a
:12:02. > :12:07.brilliant moment. I reckon we have a chance of
:12:08. > :12:12.winning. Of course we do have the star player, Bale. And Rinaldo
:12:13. > :12:16.against each other. I think we have a really good chance of winning.
:12:17. > :12:20.I think it's just incredible. It's going to be really tight because it
:12:21. > :12:25.is bailed versus Cristiano Ronaldo. I think we have a good chance of
:12:26. > :12:27.winning that game. The team are confident that they are stronger
:12:28. > :12:29.together. Talking to fans many expected
:12:30. > :12:32.a fortnight in France, now we're entering the 4th week,
:12:33. > :12:34.many have cleared their diaries, exhausted their annual leave,
:12:35. > :12:38.and raided savings accounts Nick Palit now on the fans spending
:12:39. > :13:04.a fortune, determined not to miss History boys, indeed. Wales have
:13:05. > :13:07.done it. With win after win the boys in red theme unstoppable. Each
:13:08. > :13:10.victory means they stay in France a little longer. For fans already
:13:11. > :13:17.their holidays are extended. Boys I know of have literally lost
:13:18. > :13:22.their jobs. I was with a guy the other day and he said he just has to
:13:23. > :13:25.come here. For those back home the euphoria of victory is spurring them
:13:26. > :13:30.on to join their fellow supporters on the other side of the channel, or
:13:31. > :13:33.in some cases, the other side of the world.
:13:34. > :13:36.It is ten o'clock in Melbourne Australia I am just about to get a
:13:37. > :13:41.flight. This man now works in Australian
:13:42. > :13:46.mining, he is spending ?2600 to get to the game against Portugal.
:13:47. > :13:49.I've got to travel down to Lyon. He has promised his partner he will
:13:50. > :13:53.do the ironing for the rest of his life to make up to, but others are
:13:54. > :14:01.making bigger sacrifices. It is an old five plate. I'm looking
:14:02. > :14:06.for a dating hundred for it. Matthew is selling his only means of
:14:07. > :14:10.transport, the Royal Mail engineer has already spent ?2500 following
:14:11. > :14:14.Wales so far but needs extra cash to carry on.
:14:15. > :14:19.I think it's one of those moments that you will save for ever. The
:14:20. > :14:24.memories will last a lifetime. It's been pretty good, yeah. I'm still
:14:25. > :14:29.buzzing. This man is also parking for France
:14:30. > :14:32.again, he has already had a pricey family holiday in Bordeaux that
:14:33. > :14:35.happen to coincide with the start of the tournament.
:14:36. > :14:40.I've got savings that will cover me for the trips, but my mates, he is
:14:41. > :14:45.happy to live in debt for the next few months just to live the dream.
:14:46. > :14:51.But with match tickets in short supply, it is very much a case of
:14:52. > :14:55.buyer beware. Scott's girlfriend bought 40 bits and social media, but
:14:56. > :14:58.it was a scam. They are now trying to recoup the money with an online
:14:59. > :15:03.appeal. It's been a massive expense in the
:15:04. > :15:07.first instance for us to get to France, the tickets, the flights,
:15:08. > :15:11.accommodation. Just the day-to-day expenses as well. It's financially
:15:12. > :15:18.hit as really hard. ?600 is a lot of money to everybody. Don't take me
:15:19. > :15:24.home, they chanted as the Wales European adventure continues. And
:15:25. > :15:28.witnessing this piece of sporting history is an expensive business.
:15:29. > :15:34.Credit card bills and overdrafts may take a long time to clear, but the
:15:35. > :15:40.memories will last a lifetime. While Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo know
:15:41. > :15:43.which other very well Portugal with will be unfamiliar opponents. We
:15:44. > :15:49.have only played them three times. Last time back in 2000, a three nil
:15:50. > :15:55.defeat. You got to go back to 1951 to find the previous game. It seems
:15:56. > :16:00.many of you wanted to be a part of history on Friday night, Wales
:16:01. > :16:06.beating Belgium 31. At one stage more than 1.2 million of you were
:16:07. > :16:10.watching. That has broken all records. The biggest television
:16:11. > :16:19.audience in Wales for a live sporting event. I'm sure that record
:16:20. > :16:23.will be broken in the final. A model yacht found on a beach and repaired
:16:24. > :16:24.by local schoolchildren has been reunited
:16:25. > :16:32.with the American School launched it more than a year ago. The story of
:16:33. > :16:35.the Carolina Dreamer reads like a fairy tale.
:16:36. > :16:41.Once upon a time there was a little boat sent across a big ocean, but it
:16:42. > :16:53.ended up making the world seem a little smaller. The Carolina dreamer
:16:54. > :16:57.was launched in the USA in 2015. 5000 kilometres and nine months
:16:58. > :17:03.later, the tracking signal stopped. It was assumed lost at sea, the GPS
:17:04. > :17:13.signal was last. Leaving the entire class devastated. It was spotted by
:17:14. > :17:19.a family bobbing on the beach. We looked closely and we could see it
:17:20. > :17:24.was a little boat. So I waded in and pulled it out because we were really
:17:25. > :17:29.excited. We thought it was a pilot boat, didn't you? No gold on board,
:17:30. > :17:34.but there was a treasure Trail putting together the puzzle of where
:17:35. > :17:39.it had come from and how to fix it. This school came to the rescue.
:17:40. > :17:44.Contacting pupils in America and carrying out repairs. I'm really
:17:45. > :17:49.excited because I loved it when the boat came. I'm into things with
:17:50. > :17:54.engines answer. Today there was a heartfelt reunion.
:17:55. > :18:00.43 pupils from Wales travelled to the ferry in Fishguard to hand the
:18:01. > :18:05.dreamer back to her American owners. She has impacted all our lives. You
:18:06. > :18:10.can see how emotional we have all got. The friends, the students know
:18:11. > :18:13.each other. Countries have come together. I didn't think it would do
:18:14. > :18:18.what it did, but I think it was supposed to do something special.
:18:19. > :18:22.The little boat will continue, she is to be launched off the Azores to
:18:23. > :18:26.who knows where, but she leaves carrying a Welsh flag on board, a
:18:27. > :18:27.reminder of where she has been, for those she has yet to meet.
:18:28. > :18:32.The weather forecast for sailors and land lubbers, here's Sue.
:18:33. > :18:42.At released this week is looking more settled. Warmer for a time
:18:43. > :18:45.midweek as well. We've got an area of low pressure bringing thick cloud
:18:46. > :18:51.and drizzle which will move out into the North Sea overnight. A more
:18:52. > :18:56.settled day with a brisk wind moving in behind it. Tonight, clear spells,
:18:57. > :19:04.often cloudy with further spots of rain and drizzle at times. Easing
:19:05. > :19:10.with cloud starting to break by the morning. Feeling quite murky
:19:11. > :19:14.overnight. It might be a misty, murky start tomorrow but with that
:19:15. > :19:18.friend clearing things improve the day to leave a dry, bright and
:19:19. > :19:26.breezy afternoon with sunny spells developing later. Top temperature of
:19:27. > :19:30.15 Celsius and 19 degrees in Newport. Those brisk north-westerly
:19:31. > :19:36.winds. Clear spells tomorrow night, still at the odd spot of drizzle
:19:37. > :19:40.around but some clouds too. Slightly cooler than slight at eight to 12
:19:41. > :19:44.Celsius. Mid week we've got an area of high pressure building from the
:19:45. > :19:49.south-west, keeping these Atlantic weather systems at bay for a time,
:19:50. > :19:54.at least. Bringing in war may with a change to a south-westerly
:19:55. > :20:00.direction. Wednesday looks fair with some cloud, sunny spells and warmer
:20:01. > :20:05.south-westerly winds, slightly milder. Temperatures reaching high
:20:06. > :20:11.teens. It is looking fairly settled for the end of the week, maybe a
:20:12. > :20:16.little overcast at times on Thursday but dry and bright. Warmer again by
:20:17. > :20:23.Friday. Finally, today's picture taken by a weather watcher some mist
:20:24. > :20:27.and low cloud over Gower. It is a reminder if you have any photos to
:20:28. > :20:32.tell the weather story you can sign up to become a weather watcher on
:20:33. > :20:39.the website. Thank you, Sue. Our main headlines again. The leader of
:20:40. > :20:43.a council has called for an all guns blazing approach to investing
:20:44. > :20:47.European friends before the UK leaves the European Union. More than
:20:48. > :20:56.?1 billion of EU funding in Wales is yet to be allocated. I will have an
:20:57. > :20:57.update for your DPM. -- at 8pm. Thank you for watching, good
:20:58. > :21:01.evening.