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0:00:17 > 0:00:20Welsh Labour could separate from the rest of the UK party
0:00:20 > 0:00:22if Jeremy Corbyn remains leader, according to a former
0:00:22 > 0:00:23Welsh Government minister.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25Leighton Andrews said the current Labour leadership election was "very
0:00:25 > 0:00:28serious" for the party.
0:00:28 > 0:00:35But Corbyn supporters have told BBC Wales that party membership
0:00:35 > 0:00:37is high, and say talk of splits is unhelpful.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39Here's our political correspondent, Arwyn Jones.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41Wales has been at the heart of the Labour Party
0:00:41 > 0:00:43throughout its history.
0:00:43 > 0:00:48The party's first leader Keir Hardie represented Merthyr
0:00:48 > 0:00:51and during the '70s and '80s, three leaders in a row represented
0:00:51 > 0:00:53Welsh constituencies - James Callaghan, Michael Foot
0:00:53 > 0:00:54and Neil Kinnock.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56But as the current crisis facing the party continues,
0:00:56 > 0:00:58this former Welsh Government minister says if Jeremy Corbyn
0:00:58 > 0:01:03remains as leader, the party in Wales could go its own way.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05I certainly think it would be an autonomous Welsh Labour Party,
0:01:05 > 0:01:08but it could be a separate Welsh Labour Party and at this point
0:01:08 > 0:01:15I wouldnt rule anything out.
0:01:15 > 0:01:20I think this leadership election is potentially the last
0:01:20 > 0:01:25opportunity for British Labour.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28Labour has lost Scotland, it has gone down to one MP up there.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30England is a different set of circumstances,
0:01:30 > 0:01:35but I do think these times are very serious indeed.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38Mr Andrews knows about the challenge facing Labour - he lost his seat
0:01:38 > 0:01:41in May's election and says Jeremy Corbyn, even though he barely
0:01:41 > 0:01:47appeared here during the campaign, was a vote loser in that election.
0:01:47 > 0:01:56He supports Owen Smith for leader, but this former leader
0:01:57 > 0:01:59of the party in Wales thinks, whatever happens next,
0:01:59 > 0:02:02Labour will find it difficult to remain as a UK-wide party.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04Certainly, a split would be sad and will be difficult,
0:02:04 > 0:02:07because it is more difficult to put things back together again
0:02:07 > 0:02:09when they have been broken than it is to try to maintain
0:02:09 > 0:02:10a unity of purpose.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13Whatever happens in these volatile times, we're going to have to go
0:02:13 > 0:02:15back to the painstaking work of maintaining the unity
0:02:15 > 0:02:18of purpose across every level.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21There is a long summer ahead for the two rivals as they try
0:02:21 > 0:02:28to win votes from the hundreds of thousands of party members
0:02:28 > 0:02:30to become leader, but after the result is declared in September,
0:02:30 > 0:02:35it's not certain if UK Labour will still include Wales.
0:02:35 > 0:02:41Ukip Wales leader Nathan Gill says he will not stand
0:02:41 > 0:02:43down from his MEP role, claiming those making the call
0:02:43 > 0:02:44are doing it out of "malice."
0:02:44 > 0:02:47Mr Gill, who is also now an Assembly Member, has been told
0:02:47 > 0:02:49to stop "double jobbing" by Ukip's German Steve Crowther.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52But Mr Gill says he can do the both jobs and doesn't take
0:02:52 > 0:02:55home two pay packets.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57The Government of Wales Act, section 21, states very clearly that
0:02:57 > 0:03:00I cannot get two salaries.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03I get the same salary that I got when I was just an MEP,
0:03:03 > 0:03:06so it's not costing the taxpayer any more money at all.
0:03:06 > 0:03:10In fact, I'm saving the taxpayer money.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12A North Wales coach company are helping French police
0:03:12 > 0:03:14with their inquiries after one of their buses crashed
0:03:14 > 0:03:16in Eastern France.
0:03:16 > 0:03:1813 teenagers from Cheltenham were injured - two seriously -
0:03:18 > 0:03:20after the coach from Express Motors in Penygroes overturned
0:03:20 > 0:03:21into a ditch yesterday.
0:03:21 > 0:03:28The drivers are being interviewed by police.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32Hundreds of people have gathered to celebrate the anniversary
0:03:32 > 0:03:37of an historic bridge, which has played an important part
0:03:37 > 0:03:38in linking communities in Wales and England
0:03:38 > 0:03:40for 200 years.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43The Grade One listed Chepstow Bridge is the longest iron bridge
0:03:43 > 0:03:45of its age to survive, as Carys Notley reports.
0:03:45 > 0:03:51Connecting two nations for two centuries, spanning 34 metres
0:03:51 > 0:03:56across the River Wye, Chepstow Bridge, a fine art iron
0:03:56 > 0:04:01structure built and designed by engineer John Rastrick in 1816.
0:04:01 > 0:04:02-- five-arch.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05Today, to mark the milestone, a procession, uniting
0:04:05 > 0:04:08how it was first opened two centuries ago.
0:04:08 > 0:04:18Chepstow Bridge is 200 years old today!
0:04:18 > 0:04:24And it's stood the test of time - now grade one listed,
0:04:24 > 0:04:26it's the oldest standing bridge of its kind.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29It's the largest iron arch Road Bridge remaining for the first
0:04:29 > 0:04:3250 years of iron in bridges and so it is incredibly important
0:04:32 > 0:04:35to the world and we have a river that is really strange -
0:04:35 > 0:04:37it flows four times in different directions everywhere
0:04:37 > 0:04:41because of such high tides.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44A bold initiative at the time, the bridge was built
0:04:44 > 0:04:49for less than ?18,000.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51In today's money, that's the equivalent
0:04:51 > 0:04:52of around ?1.2 million.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54It is maintained by two councils.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56For residents, it has been both practical and provided some
0:04:56 > 0:04:57particular memories.
0:04:57 > 0:05:05One day I was coming to the English side and the river
0:05:05 > 0:05:15and it was just red with tomatoes.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18A lorry full of tomatoes had gone completely over the top.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21Until the second bridge opened in the it played a vital
0:05:21 > 0:05:23role in uniting Wales with the west Country.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25The hope is it will continue to bring English and Welsh
0:05:25 > 0:05:27communities together for another 200 years.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29Welsh cyclists Geraint Thomas and Luke Rowe have helped Team Sky
0:05:29 > 0:05:32team mate Chris Froome to victory in this year's Tour de
0:05:32 > 0:05:34France, the first Briton to win three titles.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37Geraint Thomas finished as Sky's second highest place rider, in 15th.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40A quick look at the weather now.
0:05:40 > 0:05:41A quick look at the weather now.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44Rain in the east will die away during the evening, leaving a dry
0:05:44 > 0:05:45night with some clear periods.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47Tomorrow, there will be some sunshine, but also showers,
0:05:47 > 0:05:49possibly heavy at times in the afternoon.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51It will feel fresher - top temperatures, 19 Celsius.
0:05:51 > 0:05:52That's all for now.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55I'll be back with our next update at 10:20pm tonight.
0:05:55 > 0:05:56Join me then if you can.
0:05:56 > 0:05:57Enjoy the rest of your evening.
0:05:57 > 0:06:02Goodbye.