:00:00. > :00:14.I'll be back with the late news and sport at quarter past ten -
:00:15. > :00:19.The Welsh government says it's concerned about being
:00:20. > :00:21."frozen out of talks with the European Commission
:00:22. > :00:24.over how EU grant money is being spent here.
:00:25. > :00:27.The Finance Secretary, Mark Drakeford, has written a letter
:00:28. > :00:31.outlining his concerns after commission officials failed
:00:32. > :00:33.to attend a key meeting with Welsh officials in Brussels.
:00:34. > :00:40.EU grant aid has helped pay for all kinds of things in Wales,
:00:41. > :00:42.from colleges, to roads, to this university
:00:43. > :00:48.It has contributed the best part of ?4 billion over
:00:49. > :00:54.The Brexit vote last month means the future of much of that money
:00:55. > :00:56.is uncertain, though promises were made that Wales
:00:57. > :01:00.But now the Welsh government is concerned after EU officials
:01:01. > :01:05.who oversee how the money is spent refused to meet them last week.
:01:06. > :01:07.In a letter to the European Commission, the Finance Secretary,
:01:08. > :01:11.Mark Drakeford, said, any sense that in the short-term
:01:12. > :01:13.we are being frozen out by the European Commission would be
:01:14. > :01:20.It would also send entirely the wrong signal to our partners
:01:21. > :01:23.and stakeholders who have worked tirelessly to make a success of EU
:01:24. > :01:30.In an interview with BBC Wales' Sunday Politics programme,
:01:31. > :01:34.the First Minister said the problem is what is known as Article 50,
:01:35. > :01:38.which begins the process of the UK leaving the European Union.
:01:39. > :01:41.There is no doubt that the commission has decided it is not
:01:42. > :01:43.going to play a part in these meetings from now on.
:01:44. > :01:46.We are in a period at the moment of two sides who are
:01:47. > :01:54.The UK has said it will not trigger Article 50 until there
:01:55. > :01:56.are informal negotiations, and the EU has said there will not
:01:57. > :01:58.be informal negotiations until Article 50 is triggered.
:01:59. > :02:02.At the moment we are at an impasse and over the next few weeks that
:02:03. > :02:05.A spokesman for the commission said they did not want
:02:06. > :02:11.As the UK unpicks its relationship with the European Union,
:02:12. > :02:15.the discussions between officials will be crucial.
:02:16. > :02:18.The Welsh government has a team in Brussels who are trying to secure
:02:19. > :02:21.the best deal for Wales, and that could be vital for
:02:22. > :02:30.Welsh holidaymakers who are due to fly out to Turkey in the coming
:02:31. > :02:32.days have been told to monitor advice from the Foreign
:02:33. > :02:38.And Commonwealth Office following the failed coup yesterday.
:02:39. > :02:40.Cardiff Airport has one flight to Dalaman on Monday and has used
:02:41. > :02:43.social media to remind passengers to check with their airline,
:02:44. > :02:49.British Airways cancelled all its flights to Istanbul today,
:02:50. > :02:51.while other operators are offering customers the chance
:02:52. > :02:59.Campaigners are holding events across Wales ahead of a vote
:03:00. > :03:00.in Parliament on Monday on the replacement of
:03:01. > :03:07.Opponents to Trident manned a street stall in Bangor today, with further
:03:08. > :03:12.events planned on Monday in Aberystwyth and Cardiff.
:03:13. > :03:15.The upgrade is expected to cost tens of billions of pounds, but former
:03:16. > :03:17.Prime Minister David Cameron has previously described it
:03:18. > :03:23.It is a day of protest, throughout the country,
:03:24. > :03:26.to say this is a time when people have really suffered with cuts,
:03:27. > :03:28.with austerity, attacks on all our public services,
:03:29. > :03:31.and they want to spend hundreds of billions of pounds on weapons
:03:32. > :03:43.of mass destruction, which is against human rights law.
:03:44. > :03:46.It is inhumane, and it does not keep us secure.
:03:47. > :03:48.Parents who oppose removing the English language stream
:03:49. > :03:50.at a Carmarthenshire primary school could challenge the plans
:03:51. > :03:55.by making an application for a judicial review.
:03:56. > :03:57.Some parents at Llangennech School object to the council's policy
:03:58. > :04:02.Discussions on the school's future have been deferred until a meeting
:04:03. > :04:06.of the executive board later this month.
:04:07. > :04:09.A plaque has been unveiled in Carmarthen to mark
:04:10. > :04:10.the 50th anniversary of Gwynfor Evans'
:04:11. > :04:15.He won the first parliamentary seat for Plaid Cymru, in 1966,
:04:16. > :04:20.Around 150 people turned up to watch the ceremony
:04:21. > :04:30.An exhibition of works by Roald Dahl's illustrator,
:04:31. > :04:37.Quentin Blake, has opened at National Museum Wales in Cardiff.
:04:38. > :04:40.The drawings include pieces from books such as The Twits,
:04:41. > :04:42.Matilda, and The BFG, as well as Mr Blake's other works.
:04:43. > :04:49.The exhibit is part of the Roald Dahl centenary celebrations.
:04:50. > :04:52.Time to take a quick look at what the weather has in store,
:04:53. > :04:55.and it will be a very mild night with patchy rain and drizzle,
:04:56. > :04:57.as well as extensive low cloud over the hills.
:04:58. > :05:00.Tomorrow morning then cloudy in the west with more patchy drizzle.
:05:01. > :05:02.Cloud will break in the east later, allowing some warm sunshine.
:05:03. > :05:20.We're seeing some of the best and worst of what summer 2016 has too
:05:21. > :05:21.often today, no prizes for guessing