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0:00:03 > 0:00:04Welcome to the programme.
0:00:04 > 0:00:07Just last week Pembrokeshire MP Stephen Crabb was a contender
0:00:07 > 0:00:09to lead the Tories.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11Today, he resigned from the cabinet, amid newspaper allegations
0:00:11 > 0:00:14about his private life.
0:00:14 > 0:00:16Hundreds of jobs are lost as a coach company running services
0:00:16 > 0:00:20across north Wales goes bust.
0:00:20 > 0:00:22And they fought to save their school sixth forms,-
0:00:22 > 0:00:25now campaigners are worried Pembrokeshire council
0:00:25 > 0:00:29is back-tracking.
0:00:41 > 0:00:42Good evening.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45The highest profile Welsh MP in the cabinet has resigned.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47Stephen Crabb, who was Work and Pensions Secretary,
0:00:47 > 0:00:51said the decision was 'in the best interests of his family',
0:00:51 > 0:00:54following newspaper allegations about his private life.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57The MP for Preseli Pembrokeshire was one of several contenders
0:00:57 > 0:01:02for the Tory leadership.
0:01:02 > 0:01:06Our parliamentary correspondent David Cornock, reports.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08He was the future once.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10When Stephen Crabb was summoned to Number 10 this lunchtime
0:01:10 > 0:01:13it was expected to be good news.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16Ministers are sacked in private, only those with job offers get to do
0:01:16 > 0:01:20the Downing Street walk.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22He emerged having resigned from the Cabinet, in a statement
0:01:22 > 0:01:27he said that after careful reflection he had told Theresa May
0:01:27 > 0:01:32he wouldn't be in her government, in the best interests of my family.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35Colleagues were sympathetic.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37I am sad that Stephen has resigned.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40He is one of Wales's most talented politicians.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43He brought a lot in his role of Secretary of State
0:01:43 > 0:01:46for Wales, and then Secretary for work and pensions.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48I understand why, but I hope it is Stephen being benched rather
0:01:48 > 0:01:50than taken off the team.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53His decision follows reports that the married father of two had
0:01:53 > 0:01:56sent suggestive text messages to a young woman.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59Behaviour that seems at odds with a leadership bid
0:01:59 > 0:02:02based on his values.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05The blend of qualities that I bring are exactly those that are required
0:02:05 > 0:02:08to get us through the difficult circumstances that we're are in.
0:02:08 > 0:02:12Resilience, optimism, humility, strength.
0:02:12 > 0:02:17Qualities he said he had learned from his mother who single-handedly
0:02:17 > 0:02:20raised him and his brothers in a council house in Haverfordwest.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23Despite finishing fourth of five colleagues thought he ran
0:02:23 > 0:02:27a good leadership campaign.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29In politics there is always a way back.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32To not take a position now, when there is a new government
0:02:32 > 0:02:35carving in, there is a huge amount of change.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37Merging departments and changing, well, of course, there is room
0:02:37 > 0:02:40for everybody to come back and I fully expect Stephen Crabb
0:02:40 > 0:02:43to be back in government, certainly within my period,
0:02:43 > 0:02:45chances are that is only going to be four years.
0:02:45 > 0:02:49Stephen Crabb's departure means there is only one Welsh MP left
0:02:49 > 0:02:53in Theresa May's Cabinet, Alun Cairns was reappointed
0:02:53 > 0:02:58Secretary of Stat for Wales.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01He says is top priorities will include the steel
0:03:01 > 0:03:03industry and devolution.
0:03:03 > 0:03:08David Cornock, BBC Wales Today, Westminster.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11320 people have lost their jobs, and there's been disruption for bus
0:03:11 > 0:03:13passengers across North Wales after a coach company near Wrexham
0:03:13 > 0:03:17went into administration.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21GHA Coaches operated more than 230 vehicles on school-bus routes
0:03:21 > 0:03:25and ran services across North Wales.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27Matthew Richards has this report.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30Hundreds of GHA staff gathered at the company headquarters this
0:03:30 > 0:03:33morning to be told that the company had ceased trading and
0:03:33 > 0:03:35they were out of work.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38As they emerged there was anger, sadness and bewilderment.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40I'm not sure what to do with this.
0:03:40 > 0:03:44I'll give it to you.
0:03:44 > 0:03:45The owners are gutted.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47They worked hard, no matter what people say.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50They were good hard working people and we've lost everything.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53It's really sad.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55We're getting paid last week's wages, but that's it.
0:03:55 > 0:03:59We've got to apply for the rest through the Government, basically.
0:03:59 > 0:04:03GHA coaches, now based in Ruabon, was established in 1990 and had
0:04:03 > 0:04:05grown into a major public transport provider across North Wales carrying
0:04:05 > 0:04:09schoolchildren from Flintshire, Wrexham and Denbighshire
0:04:09 > 0:04:12as well as other passengers into Gwynedd, Conwy,
0:04:12 > 0:04:14Shropshire and Cheshire.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16But administrators say a winding up order was issued
0:04:16 > 0:04:19by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs over unpaid tax, it's
0:04:19 > 0:04:22thought the firm had debts of about ?3 million.
0:04:22 > 0:04:26That's left these passengers in Llangollen stranded at the bus stop.
0:04:26 > 0:04:27This is a very important service.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30The service first thing in the morning to Wrexham is very
0:04:30 > 0:04:32important because there are quite a few people who use
0:04:32 > 0:04:35it to go to work.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37What are you going to do?
0:04:37 > 0:04:38I'm not sure.
0:04:38 > 0:04:39I'll have to start looking...
0:04:39 > 0:04:41I haven't thought that far ahead.
0:04:41 > 0:04:45I really haven't.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47Councils across North East Wales raced to find replacement bus
0:04:47 > 0:04:49services on their school runs, with other passengers
0:04:49 > 0:04:53hoping their journeys will continue under new operators.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56We've got services running through Denbigh, via Ruthin,
0:04:56 > 0:04:58to Corwen and back, a full timetable the whole day.
0:04:58 > 0:05:02They are working on additional services in other
0:05:02 > 0:05:04areas of the county.
0:05:04 > 0:05:05It will take time.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08I hope the public are with us on this and will bare with us
0:05:08 > 0:05:11because it is very difficult.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14The Welsh Government says it's been working to protect the network
0:05:14 > 0:05:17provided by GHA coaches and wants to minimise any adverse effect of
0:05:17 > 0:05:19the company entering administration.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22Just before being appointed the Transport Secretary
0:05:22 > 0:05:25today Chris Grayling said they would try to help.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28One always hopes, when businesses put into administration,
0:05:28 > 0:05:30that it's possible to save it.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32I know that the Department for Work and Pensions,
0:05:32 > 0:05:35and the Business Department, and indeed, the Welsh Office
0:05:35 > 0:05:38will do everything they can to provide appropriate support
0:05:38 > 0:05:40where they are able to do so.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43It's not yet clear what's caused the company's financial predicament
0:05:43 > 0:05:46but some passengers have complained about inconsistencies
0:05:46 > 0:05:49in the service for some time.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51Now they, and the employees, find themselves without
0:05:51 > 0:05:55a service at all.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58BBC Wales understands the leader of Ukip in Wales, Nathan Gill,
0:05:58 > 0:06:02is to stand as a running-mate to Ukip MEP for the North West
0:06:02 > 0:06:05Steven Woolfe, in a bid for the party's leadership.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08A source has said Mr Gill, who is an MEP and an AM,
0:06:08 > 0:06:11is to run as deputy to Mr Woolfe.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14Ukip is looking for a new leader after Nigel Farage announced
0:06:14 > 0:06:18he was stepping-down earlier this month.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20Ukip's Neil Hamilton could have some of his living costs
0:06:20 > 0:06:24paid by the taxpayer, despite not living in Wales.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27Assembly Members can claim more than ?8,000 per year for Cardiff
0:06:27 > 0:06:30accommodation expenses if they live outside South Wales.
0:06:30 > 0:06:35The Assembly's Independent Remuneration Board is considering
0:06:35 > 0:06:40a change to the rules for AMs living in England.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43A third man has been charged with the murder
0:06:43 > 0:06:46of 29-year-old Lynford Brewster, who died of stab wounds last month
0:06:46 > 0:06:49following an incident in the Llanedyrn area of Cardiff.
0:06:49 > 0:06:5223-year-old Jake Whelan from Kidderminster appeared before
0:06:52 > 0:06:55magistrates this morning.
0:06:55 > 0:06:59Two other men also remain in custody charged with the murder.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01Campaigners who fought to save their school sixth forms
0:07:01 > 0:07:04in Pembrokeshire fear the council could be back-tracking,
0:07:04 > 0:07:07after all plans have now gone back to the drawing board.
0:07:07 > 0:07:11The head boy of Tasker Milward school told BBC Wales,
0:07:11 > 0:07:15he's written a letter of complaint to the council, describing the whole
0:07:15 > 0:07:19process as "undemocratic".
0:07:19 > 0:07:23Abigail Neal reports.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25Secondary schooling is a divisive subject in Pembrokeshire,
0:07:25 > 0:07:29with protests outside the council HQ and mud-slinging inside.
0:07:29 > 0:07:35This proud county has deserved better for the last four years.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37You have bled it dry and your legacy will cause us
0:07:37 > 0:07:41problems for years to come.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44Having fought a three year campaign to vote down plans that
0:07:44 > 0:07:47would scrap their sixth forms and centralise A-Level provision,
0:07:47 > 0:07:50it's now back to scratch, and campaigners have now been
0:07:50 > 0:07:55all options are still on the table.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58The county council are trying to askd the same questions
0:07:58 > 0:08:01until the people of Pembrokeshire get fed up and give them
0:08:01 > 0:08:02the answer they want.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04That's really not the way to go about this.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06This is far more important than that.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08Pembrokeshire's now facing an uphill struggle, because the row over
0:08:08 > 0:08:13secondary school reorganisation has now gone on for so long they're
0:08:13 > 0:08:16in danger of missing out on the lion's share of funding
0:08:16 > 0:08:20for 21st century schools, and meanwhile standards
0:08:20 > 0:08:23continue to slip.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26Both secondary schools in the county town of Haverfordwest have been put
0:08:26 > 0:08:30into special measures.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32And across Pembrokeshire GCSE results are below
0:08:32 > 0:08:35the national average, education-wise it's at the bottom
0:08:35 > 0:08:38end of the league table, 16th out of the 22 local
0:08:38 > 0:08:42authorities in Wales.
0:08:42 > 0:08:46Faced with this tough brief, the new member for Education told me
0:08:46 > 0:08:49the council was still committed to the idea of an A-Level centre,
0:08:49 > 0:08:53but wanted to do things differently this time.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56I am very sympathetic with the concerns of
0:08:56 > 0:08:58the Haverfordwest people.
0:08:58 > 0:09:04I am confident, however, that we can address those and,
0:09:04 > 0:09:06particularly those eloquent sixth form people we've heard speaking
0:09:06 > 0:09:11from Sir Thomas Picton, and Tasker Milward.
0:09:11 > 0:09:15Thus, I want to reward them with something they can live with.
0:09:15 > 0:09:19Whatever that is, it won't be voted on until next year, and the council
0:09:19 > 0:09:25here knows education standards can't afford to wait that long.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28The public spending watchdog says a steel-coating company in Swansea
0:09:28 > 0:09:29went into administration despite being given more
0:09:29 > 0:09:34than ?3million worth of financial support by the Welsh Government.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36The government's own review of Kancoat described the company
0:09:36 > 0:09:39as "high risk" with a "weak and inconsistent business plan".
0:09:39 > 0:09:43The Government says it's made "a number of key changes"
0:09:43 > 0:09:50to business support since.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52This report, in itself, the specific say they shouldn't
0:09:52 > 0:09:53have invested in this.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56They have a lot of reasons to say no, and they ignored them.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58I think that needs looking at.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00Business leaders and politicians are calling for a billion pounds
0:10:00 > 0:10:02of rail improvements between North Wales
0:10:02 > 0:10:04and North West England, to help link the region
0:10:04 > 0:10:07with the planned HS2 line.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10They say it would transform the economy of both areas
0:10:10 > 0:10:18and potentially create tens of thousands of new jobs.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20It's about getting time to get to employment centres
0:10:20 > 0:10:22in time to start shifts.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24To start the working day.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27It is about getting to the right places, at the right time,
0:10:27 > 0:10:28at the right speed.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31Currently, if you go to Leeds, that took me, three weeks ago,
0:10:31 > 0:10:34three hours for a 105 mile journey.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37That is slightly faster than a horse!
0:10:37 > 0:10:38That is probably not what we are looking
0:10:38 > 0:10:41for in the 21st-century economy.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44Onto cricket, and Hampshire beat Glamorgan by 25 runs in the T20
0:10:44 > 0:10:47blast at home this evening.
0:10:47 > 0:10:55They won by 167 for 6, compared to Glamorgan's 142 for 7.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57400m hurdler Rhys Williams has appealed against his omission
0:10:57 > 0:11:00from Team GB's athletics squad for the Rio Olympics next month.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02The London 2012 Olympian Williams will find out the results
0:11:02 > 0:11:07of his appeal on Friday.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10Seren Bundy-Davies is the only Welsh member of the team,
0:11:10 > 0:11:14which was announced yesterday.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16Some football news, and after Wales' success
0:11:16 > 0:11:18at the Euro 2016 championship, they're now ranked 11th
0:11:18 > 0:11:22in the latest FIFA world rankings.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24Reaching the semi finals means Wales has jumped 15 places,
0:11:24 > 0:11:31leapfrogging England who are now in 13th place.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33Let's take a look at what the weather has
0:11:33 > 0:11:36in store now, here's Derek.
0:11:36 > 0:11:37Hello, Shwmae.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39Some lovely weather for us today, bet, you guessed it,
0:11:39 > 0:11:41it's not going to last.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44All change again tomorrow, tropical maritime air bringing damp,
0:11:44 > 0:11:47misty weather from the Atlantic.
0:11:47 > 0:11:51At the moment it is dry, but the cloud will increase bringing
0:11:51 > 0:11:55the odd spot of rain for the North and west later in the night with
0:11:55 > 0:11:58temperatures at ten or 13 Celsius.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01All change tomorrow, not as nice as today.
0:12:01 > 0:12:05A bright start in the east, otherwise cloudy with
0:12:05 > 0:12:07patchy rain and drizzle.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10Across the rest of the UK bright and sunny for a while in eastern
0:12:10 > 0:12:14England and London, but clouding over, elsewhere it will be cloudy
0:12:14 > 0:12:17tomorrow with patchy rain and drizzle, most
0:12:17 > 0:12:19of the rain in Scotland.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22Heavy rain in parts of Scotland tomorrow.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25Highs of 18 Celsius in Glasgow.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27In Wales, plenty of cloud, mist and hill fog.
0:12:27 > 0:12:31Spots of drizzle.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34Some places will become dry and it may brighten up in Flintshire
0:12:34 > 0:12:39and the north coast.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43Tomorrow night, further low cloud, missed, spots of drizzle,
0:12:43 > 0:12:47a front will bring heavy rain into the North later
0:12:47 > 0:12:51in the night, heavy rain for the Snowdonia Mountains.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54Then we've got high pressure over France on Saturday,
0:12:54 > 0:12:56but a cold front lighting through the UK.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59That will bring further rain and drizzle on Saturday.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01Feeling quite muggy.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04It should brighten up in the north on Saturday afternoon
0:13:04 > 0:13:07when it will turn fresher.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09Sunday looks like a better day, drier and brighter, maybe a few
0:13:09 > 0:13:13showers in the north and feeling fresher.
0:13:13 > 0:13:18Next week it is looking quite promising, dry and warmer.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21That will be good news for the Royal Welsh Show.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23See you soon.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25That is Wales Today, we're back with updates
0:13:25 > 0:13:27into Breakfast from around 6.25 in the morning.
0:13:27 > 0:13:31From all of us here, goodnight.