16/07/2016 BBC Wales Today

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The Welsh government says it's concerned about being

"frozen out of talks with the European Commission

over how EU grant money is being spent here.

The Finance Secretary, Mark Drakeford, has written a letter

outlining his concerns after commission officials failed

to attend a key meeting with Welsh officials in Brussels.

EU grant aid has helped pay for all kinds of things in Wales,

from colleges, to roads, to this university

It has contributed the best part of ?4 billion over

The Brexit vote last month means the future of much of that money

is uncertain, though promises were made that Wales

But now the Welsh government is concerned after EU officials

who oversee how the money is spent refused to meet them last week.

In a letter to the European Commission, the Finance Secretary,

Mark Drakeford, said, any sense that in the short-term

we are being frozen out by the European Commission would be

It would also send entirely the wrong signal to our partners

and stakeholders who have worked tirelessly to make a success of EU

In an interview with BBC Wales' Sunday Politics programme,

the First Minister said the problem is what is known as Article 50,

which begins the process of the UK leaving the European Union.

There is no doubt that the commission has decided it is not

going to play a part in these meetings from now on.

We are in a period at the moment of two sides who are

The UK has said it will not trigger Article 50 until there

are informal negotiations, and the EU has said there will not

be informal negotiations until Article 50 is triggered.

At the moment we are at an impasse and over the next few weeks that

A spokesman for the commission said they did not want

As the UK unpicks its relationship with the European Union,

the discussions between officials will be crucial.

The Welsh government has a team in Brussels who are trying to secure

the best deal for Wales, and that could be vital for

Welsh holidaymakers who are due to fly out to Turkey in the coming

days have been told to monitor advice from the Foreign

And Commonwealth Office following the failed coup yesterday.

Cardiff Airport has one flight to Dalaman on Monday and has used

social media to remind passengers to check with their airline,

British Airways cancelled all its flights to Istanbul today,

while other operators are offering customers the chance

Campaigners are holding events across Wales ahead of a vote

in Parliament on Monday on the replacement of

Opponents to Trident manned a street stall in Bangor today, with further

events planned on Monday in Aberystwyth and Cardiff.

The upgrade is expected to cost tens of billions of pounds, but former

Prime Minister David Cameron has previously described it

It is a day of protest, throughout the country,

to say this is a time when people have really suffered with cuts,

with austerity, attacks on all our public services,

and they want to spend hundreds of billions of pounds on weapons

of mass destruction, which is against human rights law.

It is inhumane, and it does not keep us secure.

Parents who oppose removing the English language stream

at a Carmarthenshire primary school could challenge the plans

by making an application for a judicial review.

Some parents at Llangennech School object to the council's policy

Discussions on the school's future have been deferred until a meeting

of the executive board later this month.

A plaque has been unveiled in Carmarthen to mark

the 50th anniversary of Gwynfor Evans'

He won the first parliamentary seat for Plaid Cymru, in 1966,

Around 150 people turned up to watch the ceremony

An exhibition of works by Roald Dahl's illustrator,

Quentin Blake, has opened at National Museum Wales in Cardiff.

The drawings include pieces from books such as The Twits,

Matilda, and The BFG, as well as Mr Blake's other works.

The exhibit is part of the Roald Dahl centenary celebrations.

Time to take a quick look at what the weather has in store,

and it will be a very mild night with patchy rain and drizzle,

as well as extensive low cloud over the hills.

Tomorrow morning then cloudy in the west with more patchy drizzle.

Cloud will break in the east later, allowing some warm sunshine.

We're seeing some of the best and worst of what summer 2016 has too

often today, no prizes for guessing