:00:22. > :00:28.Good evening. It has been an incredible journey, an unforgettable
:00:29. > :00:32.summer, but tonight, whales are heading home. They were beaten by
:00:33. > :00:37.Portugal 2-0, who were simply the better side on the night. Within the
:00:38. > :00:41.last few minutes, Gareth Bale has said that the players are
:00:42. > :00:44.disappointed but we are a proud nation, and it seems not a single
:00:45. > :00:47.Wales fan wanted to leave their seats at the full-time whistle. They
:00:48. > :00:54.wanted to play tribute to the players who have lit up this entire
:00:55. > :01:00.tournament. They gathered early to enjoy the French son. As ever, well
:01:01. > :01:09.stands simply making the most of this unforgettable journey, mixing
:01:10. > :01:14.well with the Portuguese fans. Inside the stadium, the singing,
:01:15. > :01:20.possibly a decibel or two louder than the other five Wales Euro
:01:21. > :01:23.matches. On the pitch, there was no love lost, Ashley Williams winning
:01:24. > :01:29.the early battle between captains. If it was billed as a duel between
:01:30. > :01:32.two Real Madrid stars in Ronaldo and Gareth Bale, the Welshman won the
:01:33. > :01:39.earlier exchange, but there were times during the opening 40 minutes
:01:40. > :01:44.when they have some defending to do after a K G4S, it was all square.
:01:45. > :01:50.Then Cristiano joined the party. Higher than any defender, his header
:01:51. > :01:53.dented Welsh hopes. Just a minute later, and those hopes were more or
:01:54. > :02:00.less demolished. Ronaldo in the thick of it. Wales fought bravely
:02:01. > :02:04.but the 2-0 scoreline could have been worse, and so Portugal brought
:02:05. > :02:09.the Euro 2016 experience for Wales to an end, and exactly as they have
:02:10. > :02:12.done over the last four memorable weeks, the supporters were on hand
:02:13. > :02:18.on the final whistle to say thank you. Very proud. Disappointed we did
:02:19. > :02:24.not get through to Sunday, but very proud. We played superbly. If anyone
:02:25. > :02:28.said at the start of the tournament that we would come to the
:02:29. > :02:31.semifinals, we would have taken it. Mixed emotions. A mix-up over the
:02:32. > :02:38.moon that we got here but at the same time, one of those things. It
:02:39. > :02:43.is disappointing but Wales have got really far, so I am kind of happy.
:02:44. > :02:48.Seems to live long in the memory of a nation. From Holywell to Holyhead
:02:49. > :02:51.and Cardiff, fans have travelled to France with hundreds of thousands
:02:52. > :02:56.following this wondrous adventure from home. The journey for Chris
:02:57. > :02:59.Coleman's men may have come to an end in the semifinal in Lyon
:03:00. > :03:06.tonight, but they have created a piece of history, a very special
:03:07. > :03:15.piece of Welsh footballing history. Let's stop now. How do you think we
:03:16. > :03:18.will back this campaign in use to come? With enormous pride. What
:03:19. > :03:22.these players, the staff have achieved in the weeks that we're
:03:23. > :03:25.been out here in France is unforgettable. Not just on the
:03:26. > :03:29.pitch, what they have created back home, a new generation of football
:03:30. > :03:33.fans, hopefully, and hopefully this will just be the beginning. We will
:03:34. > :03:37.give them the respect to be disappointed for the next couple of
:03:38. > :03:40.days and then it is on to the next campaign which is Wales trying to
:03:41. > :03:44.get to the next World Cup. And you look these players very well. What
:03:45. > :03:48.has this tournament meant to them? So much. The supporters here know
:03:49. > :03:51.what is going on back home and they are flooded. They had loved having
:03:52. > :03:58.that sea of red shirts supporting them every step of the way. I am
:03:59. > :04:03.sure, especially with the average age of the squad, that there is more
:04:04. > :04:07.to come. You mentioned the World Cup year. How successful do you think
:04:08. > :04:12.this Wales site can be? Yes, they can grow. We have standout players,
:04:13. > :04:15.we have a good team ethic. They love being together as part of the squad.
:04:16. > :04:19.They will be looking forward to the next time they meet up. There is
:04:20. > :04:24.still more to come. I'm pretty confident of that. And a word about
:04:25. > :04:28.Chris Coleman. He has been through some tough times, but isn't it great
:04:29. > :04:32.to see him achieving now after such a bad spell early on in his
:04:33. > :04:37.managerial career? Yes took it well to get going in this job under very
:04:38. > :04:43.difficult circumstances, but he is a hero. That is what bad manners. The
:04:44. > :04:47.players love him, the fans love him, and he deserves all the plaudits
:04:48. > :04:51.that he will get. Can you pick out one player? I think they have all
:04:52. > :04:54.been excellent. Gareth Bale is the standout, but as a unit they have
:04:55. > :05:01.given us memories that will last forever. Thank you very much. Safe
:05:02. > :05:04.journey home. Well, the fans are making their way to the centre of
:05:05. > :05:14.Leon and Kate Morgan is there for us. There was no huge moment of
:05:15. > :05:17.celebration in this fan zone tonight, after all the night
:05:18. > :05:21.belonged to Portugal. Their fans spent most of the second half
:05:22. > :05:25.celebrating, and by the final whistle, were running around and
:05:26. > :05:31.celebrating. For the Welsh fans, it has been a long and emotional
:05:32. > :05:34.tournament, but ultimately, a huge achievement. Most of them here have
:05:35. > :05:41.waited their lifetimes to witness this, and here they work out in
:05:42. > :05:49.France, very much part it. Gutted. Really, really gutted. The first
:05:50. > :05:53.half was really good. When the goals came, I thought it was a bit
:05:54. > :05:59.disappointing. I think we could have gone on and won again, other than
:06:00. > :06:04.that, but proud, very proud. We are not going to Paris. Who cares? We
:06:05. > :06:08.are going to Cardiff to see the fans back home and be welcomed home as
:06:09. > :06:13.heroes, as they are, all of them. Chris Coleman and the boys are
:06:14. > :06:16.magic. We are so proud that we are here in the semifinals. It is like
:06:17. > :06:22.winning the World Cup. It is fantastic. And that's pretty much
:06:23. > :06:25.sums up this tournament by the Wales fans. They are hugely proud of
:06:26. > :06:29.everything their team have achieved. The fans I've spoken to, none of
:06:30. > :06:33.them regret the crazy or long journeys, the time and the money
:06:34. > :06:37.they've spent to get here, and why would they? They have just watched
:06:38. > :06:40.Wales play the semifinals of Euro 2016. 80 weeks ago, not many of them
:06:41. > :06:42.thought they would say that. Flags here in Lyon will be flying high
:06:43. > :06:43.tonight. senior Welsh Politicians have called
:06:44. > :06:48.for the former Prime Minister, Tony Blair, to face prosecution
:06:49. > :06:50.over the war in Iraq. The Chilcot Inquiry says the UK
:06:51. > :06:54.chose to join the invasion in 2003 before peaceful options
:06:55. > :06:56.for disarming Saddam Hussein had Shadow Welsh Secretary,
:06:57. > :07:01.Paul Flynn, says prosecution should be considered,
:07:02. > :07:05.while Plaid Cymru AM, Adam Price has renewed his call
:07:06. > :07:08.for parliament to impeach Mr Blair. Here's our parliamentary
:07:09. > :07:20.correspondent, David Cornock. 14 young men from Wales who died
:07:21. > :07:26.serving their country in your rock. After an invasion launched according
:07:27. > :07:29.to the Chilcott report on the basis of flawed intelligence. We have
:07:30. > :07:38.concluded that the UK chose to join the invasion of Iraq before the
:07:39. > :07:43.options for peaceful disarmament had been explored. Military action at
:07:44. > :07:47.that time was not a last resort. Overall, more than 200 British
:07:48. > :07:53.citizens died. The instability in the region led to 150,000 more
:07:54. > :07:59.deaths. Among the dead, Lance Corporal Thomas Keys, a military
:08:00. > :08:03.policeman killed four days before his 21st birthday. His father stood
:08:04. > :08:15.for Parliament against Tony Blair and was among the families who
:08:16. > :08:21.gathered today to read the report. The 200 deaths that happened the
:08:22. > :08:28.other day, and also the results of this report mean that my son died in
:08:29. > :08:31.vain. Now we have had the backing of Sir John. Tony Blair said he took
:08:32. > :08:37.responsibility, but insisted the British servicemen had not died in
:08:38. > :08:41.vain. Calls for him to face justice are growing, even among senior
:08:42. > :08:46.Labour MPs. I think there should be serious consideration to him being
:08:47. > :08:52.prosecuted for this. It wasn't clear there should be a case for war. Ten
:08:53. > :08:56.years ago, Plaid Cymru's Adam Price try to impeach Tony Blair and to put
:08:57. > :09:00.him on trial in Parliament. He says today's MPs should try a game. It is
:09:01. > :09:04.only Parliament which is the highest court in the land which can do it.
:09:05. > :09:09.They need to do it. They must do it because actually they were guilty in
:09:10. > :09:14.terms of the original decision. At the time, most MPs supported the
:09:15. > :09:21.invasion. Among them, Tony Blair's special envoy in human rights in
:09:22. > :09:28.Iraq. We did it on the basis of the knowledge that we had. Iraq was in
:09:29. > :09:34.breach of 17 UN resolutions in 2003. Saddam Hussein in 1988 already had
:09:35. > :09:39.killed half a million of his own people. Today's Prime Minister
:09:40. > :09:44.agreed that MPs that were acting on the knowledge in front of them. We
:09:45. > :09:47.have to be frank, those of us who voted for this, that the
:09:48. > :09:52.consequences of what followed have been truly very poor. Most people
:09:53. > :09:57.may have made up their minds about the Iraq wore a long time ago, but
:09:58. > :10:01.the strength of criticism in today's report makes it more likely that
:10:02. > :10:04.Tony Blair's components will now seek new ways to make him
:10:05. > :10:09.accountable for a conflict that became his political legacy.
:10:10. > :10:11.A student has been cleared of a sex attack in Cardiff
:10:12. > :10:15.after the prosecution offered no evidence.
:10:16. > :10:17.23-year-old Khalid Alahmadi had previously been accused of sexually
:10:18. > :10:20.assaulting a young woman in September last year.
:10:21. > :10:24.He'd been due to face a retrial, after a jury failed to reach
:10:25. > :10:26.a verdict in March - but following a hearing
:10:27. > :10:30.at Cardiff Crown Court today - the case has been dropped.
:10:31. > :10:32.Over the past year, the number of complaints made
:10:33. > :10:34.against Welsh NHS bodies to the Public Services Ombudsman
:10:35. > :10:43.has called for stronger leadership to 'turn the curve' of complaints.
:10:44. > :10:45.The Welsh Government says overall patient satisfaction with the NHS
:10:46. > :10:48.in Wales remains extremely high - and says any concerns should be
:10:49. > :10:56.raised as soon as possible so they can be dealt with quickly.
:10:57. > :10:58.We'll return to France in just a moment.
:10:59. > :10:59.First, let's get the weather forecast.
:11:00. > :11:10.It is looking warm and humid over the next few days but not funny at
:11:11. > :11:16.all times. Cloud around and also some patchy rain as well. We do have
:11:17. > :11:19.that rain sneaking into parts, but for the bulk of the country, it is
:11:20. > :11:24.dry and cloudy. We will see some mist and fog forming as well.
:11:25. > :11:29.Temperatures not dropping too much overnight. 12 Celsius. Rather muggy
:11:30. > :11:32.into the early hours of tomorrow morning. High-pressure nearby
:11:33. > :11:36.tomorrow, and also this weaving frontal sinks south and eastwards,
:11:37. > :11:41.bringing light rain and then it will push up back north into the early
:11:42. > :11:45.hours of Friday morning, so tomorrow morning, it is a dry start for much
:11:46. > :11:48.of Wales, but we do have the ring across parts of Anglesey and
:11:49. > :11:53.gradually slowly but surely it will start to push its way south and
:11:54. > :11:56.eastwards. Generally, it is a cloudy story for Thursday. For the rest of
:11:57. > :11:59.the British Isles, we do have the best of the drier and brighter
:12:00. > :12:02.weather in northern parts of Ireland, Scotland, and also
:12:03. > :12:07.south-east England. Here in Wales, we do have a cloudy picture, with
:12:08. > :12:12.that rain making its way south and eastwards. I think something a
:12:13. > :12:17.little bit drier and brighter for North Wales, especially for Wrexham.
:12:18. > :12:21.But we will hang on to the rain further south. Those amateurs
:12:22. > :12:24.getting up to about 19 Celsius, and you will notice the south-westerly
:12:25. > :12:28.winds. The rain will push southwards tomorrow and thanks to the weather
:12:29. > :12:33.front it will push north-eastwards into the early hours of Friday
:12:34. > :12:37.morning. It is another humid night. No lower than 12 Celsius. Winds will
:12:38. > :12:40.be liked. As we head into Friday, that front will clear, and then
:12:41. > :12:44.behind it, and other weather system will push and that will bring more
:12:45. > :12:51.playing with it. Still feeling warm, but you will need to keep the
:12:52. > :12:58.umbrella to hand. Thank you. We will return to Lyon now for the final
:12:59. > :13:02.word tonight. Well, Lucy, no one predicted that Wales would be one
:13:03. > :13:07.step away from the final of Euro 2016. They have come so far in such
:13:08. > :13:10.a short space of time. The players have ensured that this summer will
:13:11. > :13:14.be one that the fans will never forget. From all of us here in
:13:15. > :13:25.France, thank you for your company. Good evening.