:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to Wales Today. Tonight's headlines:
:00:00. > :00:07.Amina al Jeffrey's father tells the High Court
:00:08. > :00:10.he took her to the Middle East because of her 'reckless' lifestyle
:00:11. > :00:13.but the young woman from Swansea claims she's being held
:00:14. > :00:35.They can't travel, they can't sign a document, the cannot drive their
:00:36. > :00:39.cars. It is a bad scene for women. Amina al Jeffery is pleading with
:00:40. > :00:43.the judge here in London to help her return to the UK but he admitted in
:00:44. > :01:00.court today that his powers are limited.
:01:01. > :01:03.The ambitious plans for The Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon
:01:04. > :01:07.but does Wales have the workforce to make the project a reality?
:01:08. > :01:08.About 100 Tata steelworkers are meeting with unions
:01:09. > :01:15.to discuss their jobs and a way forward for the plant.
:01:16. > :01:19.The market for Welsh lamb and beef could soon reach America.
:01:20. > :01:21.Lifting 20 years of restrictions on imports could be worth tens
:01:22. > :01:26.The greatest show on Earth begins next week.
:01:27. > :01:30.As athletes from around the world arrive in Rio for the Olymic Games,
:01:31. > :01:39.we catch up with the Welsh medal hopefuls.
:01:40. > :01:43.A father accused of taking his daughter from Swansea
:01:44. > :01:46.to Saudi Arabia and imprisoning her without any food or water
:01:47. > :01:52.A court has heard how Mohammed Al-Jeffery took 21-year-old
:01:53. > :01:57.Amina to Jeddah in 2012 to "save her life."
:01:58. > :01:59.Amina says she wants to return to the UK
:02:00. > :02:01.and claims she's being held against her will.
:02:02. > :02:07.From the High Court in London, here's Paul Heaney.
:02:08. > :02:11.Amina al Jeffery as a teenager in school in Swansea.
:02:12. > :02:14.She has dual nationality, both British and Saudi Arabian.
:02:15. > :02:17.Her father says back in 2012, he took her here
:02:18. > :02:21.to the Saudi city of Jedah because she's become reckless.
:02:22. > :02:24.He claims she hadn't been doing well in school
:02:25. > :02:26.and he took her here to save her life.
:02:27. > :02:33.She says she's being held here now against her will and mistreated.
:02:34. > :02:36.Lawyers acting for Miss Al Jeffery want a High Court here in London
:02:37. > :02:40.to order that she be brought back here to Britain or be allowed
:02:41. > :02:43.to speak to her solicitor or the British consolate
:02:44. > :02:48.in Saudi Arabia but the judge here admitted his powers are limited.
:02:49. > :02:50.It doesn't matter what judgment is handed down here,
:02:51. > :02:55.it won't be able to be enforced in Saudi Arabia.
:02:56. > :02:58.Marcus Scott Manderson QC representing Mr Al-Jeffery in court
:02:59. > :03:02.said the father didn't want to discuss Amina's return
:03:03. > :03:04.because of what he'd seen in the media.
:03:05. > :03:07.He also said she was at risk in Britain and the British Government
:03:08. > :03:11.He said Amina was reckless and couldn't help herself
:03:12. > :03:18.The judge said that he was seeking to do what was best for his adult
:03:19. > :03:21.daughter, adding that nobody was trying to be punitive.
:03:22. > :03:25."I want to act collaberataively and cooperatively with him" he said.
:03:26. > :03:28.Mr Scott Manderson QC continued to read out the client's statement,
:03:29. > :03:32.saying it was his decision to bring Amina to Saudi Arabia,
:03:33. > :03:35.she was not focusing on school he said, she was taking drugs,
:03:36. > :03:38.going to clubs and spending time with older men.
:03:39. > :03:42.He finished, "I am certain that if Amina were to return to the UK,
:03:43. > :03:50.my wife would not be able to control her challenging behaviour."
:03:51. > :03:52.This Welsh MP chairs the all-party parliamentary human rights group
:03:53. > :03:54.and has raised concerns about Saudi Arabia's
:03:55. > :04:04.Women can do very little about the agreement
:04:05. > :04:09.They can't travel, they can't sign documents, they cannot drive cars.
:04:10. > :04:12.Everyone knows several attempts by women in Saudi Arabia to drive
:04:13. > :04:17.cars and they've been apprehended and in some places arrested.
:04:18. > :04:33.It is a pretty bad scene for women. At 21 years old, Amina al Jeffery's
:04:34. > :04:37.lawyer says she is a vulnerable adult in need of protection. The
:04:38. > :04:41.judge here is now focused on how best to allow her to speak freely in
:04:42. > :04:44.this rare, internationally significant case.
:04:45. > :04:55.In the last few hours of evidence this afternoon, the barrister for
:04:56. > :05:00.Mohammed Al-Jeffery described this as a titanic battle between a father
:05:01. > :05:03.and legal action being taken against what he feels is best for his
:05:04. > :05:08.daughter. There was some acknowledgement on the father's said
:05:09. > :05:12.that he would let his daughter go to meet the British consulate or a
:05:13. > :05:16.solicitor in Private over in Saudi Arabia but also some concern from
:05:17. > :05:21.her lawyer's perspective that such an agreement might not be kept to.
:05:22. > :05:25.What is the point in filing these orders here in the building behind
:05:26. > :05:28.me when it doesn't seem to be any jurisdiction over Saudi Arabia?
:05:29. > :05:32.There is talk that afternoon about the threat of issuing such an order.
:05:33. > :05:38.If one were to be issued and we don't know whether it will be, a
:05:39. > :05:42.protection order for Amina, it could act as some sort of deterrent to her
:05:43. > :05:46.father. He wouldn't be allowed to come back to the UK are effectively
:05:47. > :05:48.if he broke that order. What is becoming increasingly clear is that
:05:49. > :05:51.there needs to be diplomatic solution to this, not a legal one.
:05:52. > :05:52.Thank you. It would be the first
:05:53. > :05:55.of its kind in the world and would transform
:05:56. > :05:56.part of Swansea Bay. But an independent study says
:05:57. > :05:59.there needs to be far more investment in skills if Wales
:06:00. > :06:01.is to take full economic advantage of the planned
:06:02. > :06:04.?1.3 billion Tidal Lagoon. Altogether, it forecasts
:06:05. > :06:08.the lagoon could bring 2,200 jobs in the five years it
:06:09. > :06:11.would take to build. 1200 of those jobs would
:06:12. > :06:14.be in manufacturing and a further 1000 would
:06:15. > :06:17.be in construction. But researchers estimate Wales
:06:18. > :06:20.only has around half of Our reporter Ben Price
:06:21. > :06:38.is in Swansea this evening. In years to come, it is hoped as we
:06:39. > :06:45.look across Swansea Bay, we will be able to see a 9.5 coulomb metal
:06:46. > :06:49.perimeter of the tidal lagoon. There are many details to be thrashed out,
:06:50. > :06:52.questions to be asked in two of those questions were asked in a
:06:53. > :06:56.report commissioned by the Welsh Government which has been published
:06:57. > :07:00.today. It asked, does Wales have the capacity and the capability to build
:07:01. > :07:05.this tidal lagoon and if it does, what benefits can it bring to the
:07:06. > :07:10.Welsh economy? And ambitious design for the UK's first tidal lagoon.
:07:11. > :07:17.This is how those behind the Swansea Bay project individually final
:07:18. > :07:21.design. Today, more questions as to how achievable it is. A joint
:07:22. > :07:25.independent report commissioned by the Welsh Government highlight the
:07:26. > :07:28.risks as well as the advantages of the proposed scheme. The authors of
:07:29. > :07:33.the report believed on the manufacturing side of the project,
:07:34. > :07:37.Wales is equipped to provide just half of the parts required to build
:07:38. > :07:42.the tidal lagoon. With investment to fill the gaps, it believes that
:07:43. > :07:46.could increase to more than 90%. The potential skills gaps for the
:07:47. > :07:52.project includes plant operators, labourers and those with specialist
:07:53. > :08:03.marine skills. We know that in the next ten
:08:04. > :08:06.years, around 18,000 construction workers are going to reach
:08:07. > :08:09.retirement age. We've also got forecast growth of around 2.9% over
:08:10. > :08:11.the next five years so we will need a lot more workers involved in the
:08:12. > :08:14.construction sector. There aren't enough companies in Wales capable of
:08:15. > :08:18.such things to make the blades of the turbines. But one of the reports
:08:19. > :08:22.other offers believes Swansea Bay tidal lagoon can still be a
:08:23. > :08:26.blueprint for similar projects in the future. The real gains are to be
:08:27. > :08:30.had from the scaling up of the project. If we see Swansea as a
:08:31. > :08:37.pilot, there are three other sites already identified in Wales
:08:38. > :08:43.significantly bigger, 60 turbines in Swansea, 118 Cardiff, 128 in Colwyn
:08:44. > :08:46.Bay. Once we start to develop that scale of operation, that is a very
:08:47. > :08:51.significant conjuration to the economy. Many companies in Wales are
:08:52. > :08:57.itching to get the ball rolling. He is a mechanical engineer. It lost a
:08:58. > :09:01.lot of the business following the closure of an oil refinery. It is
:09:02. > :09:05.now looking to be tidal lagoon project to boost the company once
:09:06. > :09:12.again. We seen the opportunity to sustain about 150 to 200 jobs and
:09:13. > :09:16.creating another 100 additional jobs. We could certainly get back up
:09:17. > :09:23.to 1000 employees which we did have some time ago. This lagoon it will
:09:24. > :09:28.be able to power 120,000 houses for the next 120 years and despite
:09:29. > :09:32.concerns about a shortage of a skilled workforce here in Wales, the
:09:33. > :09:36.company behind this project says it is ready to start work straightaway.
:09:37. > :09:41.We are still focused on starting here in Swansea Bay. Early autumn,
:09:42. > :09:49.next year, at the company, we are ready to go, we are looking to start
:09:50. > :09:52.spending ?1.3 billion in the UK. Swansea Bay tidal lagoon is one of
:09:53. > :09:56.the number of big renewable energy projects waiting for the green light
:09:57. > :10:01.alongside the likes of Hinkley Point nuclear-power station. The question
:10:02. > :10:06.remains as to whether there will be big enough skilled workforce
:10:07. > :10:08.available to them. Of course, the Welsh Government hasn't commented on
:10:09. > :10:12.the report that's been published today but it will be up to the UK
:10:13. > :10:17.Government to decide whether or not the tidal lagoon will get the
:10:18. > :10:20.go-ahead. We expect a decision in the autumn when the report is
:10:21. > :10:23.published on tidal lagoon energy. For now, back to you. Thank you.
:10:24. > :10:25.Further along Swansea Bay in Port Talbot, around
:10:26. > :10:27.100 Tata workers uncertain about their future have
:10:28. > :10:31.The sale of the plant was halted earlier this month, as Tata
:10:32. > :10:34.entered merger talks with the German firm,
:10:35. > :10:39.Unions say they're increasingly frustrated with how
:10:40. > :10:47.Our reporter Cemlyn Davies is at the site.
:10:48. > :10:57.What was the purpose of the night's meeting? The purpose of the meeting
:10:58. > :11:01.held here at Tata's sports and social club was simply to provide
:11:02. > :11:07.some answers to all the questions that still workers here have is the
:11:08. > :11:12.result of the uncertainty that is continuing each year about Tata's
:11:13. > :11:16.future. Those talks are ongoing about a possible merger with a
:11:17. > :11:19.German firm but it seems As many as are of the opinion, say "aye". To
:11:20. > :11:23.the contrary, "no". Is also still considering bids from Welsh
:11:24. > :11:27.companies hoping to purchase its assets, including the Port Talbot.
:11:28. > :11:33.Let's have a quick word with a couple of steelworkers who were in
:11:34. > :11:36.the meeting that is just finished. Mark Davis, from community union,
:11:37. > :11:50.what did tonight 's meeting achieved?
:11:51. > :11:54.The workforce revealed as much as they can about what's going on with
:11:55. > :12:04.the process and there was lots of questions in there. We'll be asking
:12:05. > :12:13.the chairman of Tata and the board to put some guarantees on the table.
:12:14. > :12:17.Lots of questions. Where the all answered? Know, some of them can't
:12:18. > :12:23.answer because the process is still unfolding but we will also be asking
:12:24. > :12:25.commitment that all unions are kept up-to-date with the process and
:12:26. > :12:35.involved in the process as it unfolds. You also work as a
:12:36. > :12:39.steelworker. The rugby training that's going on here, at Tata is
:12:40. > :12:43.hugely important to the community here. How worrying if it for people
:12:44. > :12:53.like you, your family, that there is still this uncertainty? Is the
:12:54. > :12:59.heartbeat of the time, everyone in the town has got someone who stays
:13:00. > :13:03.there. This process has added more uncertainty with a possible merger.
:13:04. > :13:08.What we need is not the completion of the sale are in merger, we need a
:13:09. > :13:14.long-term future, investment in plant and a long-term LAN and an
:13:15. > :13:19.industrial strategy going forward. Are you losing patience with the
:13:20. > :13:25.whole process? A lot of people are, myself. This is been on the table
:13:26. > :13:30.for a long time. We need the Government to Bacchus and we need to
:13:31. > :13:35.be reassured this is going forward with a plan and long-term
:13:36. > :13:39.investment. Thank you very much with your time. Tata said the whole
:13:40. > :13:44.process is ongoing and there are still exploring all possible
:13:45. > :13:48.options. Thank you. The funeral of a soldier who died on a training
:13:49. > :13:55.exercise has taken place in his in Scotland. He was 26 and was a member
:13:56. > :13:56.of the rifles regiment. An investigation is continuing into his
:13:57. > :13:58.death. It's still unclear how many jobs
:13:59. > :14:01.are at risk in Wales after Lloyds Bank announced
:14:02. > :14:03.it was cutting thousands of posts 9000 job losses and the closure
:14:04. > :14:11.of 200 branches in 2014. One of those branches
:14:12. > :14:13.was Hawarden in Flintshire. It closed its doors for the last
:14:14. > :14:16.time this afternoon. A lot of local businesses bank
:14:17. > :14:22.with Lloyds because of It's just becoming
:14:23. > :14:26.a ghost town here. It's like the Post Office
:14:27. > :14:34.closing down. I did a lot of internet
:14:35. > :14:39.banking but it's nothing Plans for 17 kilometres
:14:40. > :14:44.of overhead cables to connect Wind-Farms in Denbighshire
:14:45. > :14:47.to the electricity-grid have been Scottish Power Manweb has been given
:14:48. > :14:53.the go-ahead to put up pylons, running between Clocaenog Forest
:14:54. > :14:55.and the St Asaph sub-station. RWE Innogy has already been granted
:14:56. > :15:00.permission to build a wind farm in Clocaenog and construction
:15:01. > :15:03.could now start as early The company behind a multi-million
:15:04. > :15:09.pound development on the former Sainsbury's site in Newport says
:15:10. > :15:12.it's pulling out of the project. It blames what it calls threats
:15:13. > :15:17.and attacks from 'yobs' as well as delays in
:15:18. > :15:20.the demolition of the site. The Fear Group says it will sell-up
:15:21. > :15:23.and invest in a more welcoming area following a large
:15:24. > :15:26.fire there last night, thought to have been
:15:27. > :15:31.started deliberately. Welsh lamb and beef could be back
:15:32. > :15:33.on the menu in America The US government is considering
:15:34. > :15:39.relaxing import restrictions on British red meat
:15:40. > :15:41.which have been in place Gaining access to the lucrative
:15:42. > :15:47.American market could be worth an estimated ?20 million
:15:48. > :15:50.a year to Welsh farmers. It's as fast moving
:15:51. > :15:58.as any market floor. This is Newcastle Emlyn and today
:15:59. > :16:01.it's sheep and lamb for sale. The price of an average size lamb,
:16:02. > :16:07.roughly ?65 this morning. If America decides to end
:16:08. > :16:10.its 20-year ban on British red meat, these farmers could see demand rise
:16:11. > :16:14.for their produce and as auctioneer Llyr Jones explained to me,
:16:15. > :16:32.what would result in a better price It's another outlet for UK lamb and
:16:33. > :16:36.especially Welsh lamb. We process a high quality of lamb which we can
:16:37. > :16:36.compete with quality throughout the world.
:16:37. > :16:39.It's been nearly two decades now that British red meat has been
:16:40. > :16:42.banned by Americans and was deemed unfit for human consumtion
:16:43. > :16:46.But progress comes after a 1000 page dossier detailing the safety
:16:47. > :16:50.and quality of British beef and lamb was submitted to the US
:16:51. > :16:55.Brexit has left some farmers concerned but this news
:16:56. > :17:08.It's good news. The more markets we've got, the better for the Welsh
:17:09. > :17:13.farmers. We produce excellent quality stuff in Wales. A tremendous
:17:14. > :17:18.opportunity for us to get back on the US market. We used to be very
:17:19. > :17:23.years ago. The domestic market in America is small and the project is
:17:24. > :17:28.seen as low quality compared to the rest of the world. Imported lamb is
:17:29. > :17:31.in demand there. Wales would target a high end of the market and it
:17:32. > :17:36.could be back on the menu by the start of next year. We've done
:17:37. > :17:43.research in the market to see if there is attraction for Welsh lamb.
:17:44. > :17:47.We reckon within an year to 18 months, we could probably return
:17:48. > :17:48.something like ?20 million worth of sales to the industry.
:17:49. > :17:50.Dennis Campbell is an American journalist based in this country.
:17:51. > :17:53.He believes it'll be a tough job to sell Welsh meat to those
:17:54. > :18:02.The branding of lamb will be extraordinarily important because
:18:03. > :18:08.you are relatively unknown. The primary source will be New Zealand
:18:09. > :18:12.lamb and if you are trying to establish LAN from Wales or from
:18:13. > :18:16.Britain, you're going to have to get into the mind of the consumer, if
:18:17. > :18:18.you not in the mind of the consumer, you won't be able to generate any
:18:19. > :18:19.sales. The proposals are under consultation
:18:20. > :18:21.by the US government but if a ban is lifted,
:18:22. > :18:24.lambs could go from pens like this in Newcastle Emlyn to plates
:18:25. > :18:27.in New York. There's plenty more
:18:28. > :18:28.to come before 7pm. As the world's athletes'
:18:29. > :18:31.arrive in Brazil, we'll be catching up with one
:18:32. > :18:36.of Wales' Olympic medal hopefuls. And 150 years after the birth
:18:37. > :18:39.of Beatrix Potter, we'll be hearing how
:18:40. > :18:42.she was inspired by this Denbighshire garden -
:18:43. > :18:54.now owned by her great-great-niece. First let's head to Colwyn Bay,
:18:55. > :18:57.where millions of pounds have been spent to develop
:18:58. > :18:59.the town's waterfront. The first phase of the project
:19:00. > :19:02.is already being seen as a success. Jobs have been created
:19:03. > :19:04.in new businesses, while visitors Work on Phase Two starts next month,
:19:05. > :19:08.but there are questions about why its happening
:19:09. > :19:11.during the tourist season. Even in the rain, you get a sense
:19:12. > :19:18.of the transformation. Anyone who knows Colwyn Bay
:19:19. > :19:21.will tell you what Phase One has delivered and it isn't
:19:22. > :19:25.just the promenade. A couple of years ago,
:19:26. > :19:27.you'd have seen a tangle of The beach is manufactured,
:19:28. > :19:31.created by pumping in sand The result - a reinvention,
:19:32. > :19:37.an attraction for visitors, the creation of businesses
:19:38. > :19:41.and jobs for locals. It's a pretty horrible day and we've
:19:42. > :19:45.had 40 or 50 kids on the water and we at the this time of year
:19:46. > :19:48.probably employ ten staff. And this is simply on the back
:19:49. > :19:51.of the redevelopment? Simply put, we wouldn't be
:19:52. > :19:55.here if it hadn't been for the money that had been spent on Phase One
:19:56. > :19:58.and the redevelopment that's already And now they're about to start
:19:59. > :20:02.on Phase Two - a kilometre-long Here, for example, they'll be
:20:03. > :20:09.raising the height of the road and then reshaping the beach
:20:10. > :20:13.in front of it. There are some artist's impressions
:20:14. > :20:16.that work will start on the 12th of August, right
:20:17. > :20:19.in the middle of the holiday season Colin Jones is a big supporter
:20:20. > :20:26.of the waterfront project, Some of his passing trade don't
:20:27. > :20:32.quite get it either. I do understand why they're
:20:33. > :20:35.going to have to do it. It's going to make a big difference
:20:36. > :20:38.eventually but for the time being, during summer holidays,
:20:39. > :20:44.not good for us. It's going to disrupt,
:20:45. > :20:49.I would imagine the town but if it's going to then be upgraded,
:20:50. > :20:53.then I guess it's good to do. There are criteria that we have
:20:54. > :20:56.to meet in order to spend the money We've worked out if we start this
:20:57. > :21:01.August, it'll impact less on next season and we'll have the finished
:21:02. > :21:06.product for the benefit of all. No gain without little pain then
:21:07. > :21:11.seems to be the mantra. With insistence, it will be
:21:12. > :21:16.worth it in the long run. Now with tonight's
:21:17. > :21:18.sport, here's Tomos. Several Welsh athletes
:21:19. > :21:20.competing for Team GB have started to arrive in Brazil
:21:21. > :21:23.ahead of the Olympic Games, Ahead of the games, we're
:21:24. > :21:27.looking at the medal Natalie Powell from Llanwrtyd Wells
:21:28. > :21:32.says she's aiming to become only the fourth Welsh woman
:21:33. > :21:36.to win Olympic Gold. There are worse places
:21:37. > :21:39.to prepare - Belo Horizonte - This is where most British athletes
:21:40. > :21:45.will spend their time before Swansea's Georgia Davis
:21:46. > :21:51.is already in the pool here, Outnumbering the nine
:21:52. > :22:00.Welshmen for the first time. Another woman hoping to make it
:22:01. > :22:02.big is Natalie Powell. Originally from Wales,
:22:03. > :22:04.obsessed by the Olympics, she's hoping four years
:22:05. > :22:09.of sacrifice will pay off. I just focused everything
:22:10. > :22:11.on it, really. I don't think there's any point
:22:12. > :22:13.doing anything unless you're going to do it 100% cos you'll just
:22:14. > :22:17.look back and regret it in the end, Every area I've tried to do the best
:22:18. > :22:23.I can in and I'll have no regrets whatever happens because I know I've
:22:24. > :22:25.done my best. Natalie won gold at the Commonwealth
:22:26. > :22:29.Games two years ago. That success gave her the confidence
:22:30. > :22:34.to perform on the biggest stage. Team GB bosses say it's
:22:35. > :22:37.the best prepared team ever. This camp has cost ?1.5
:22:38. > :22:41.million and it's been five What we've got here is
:22:42. > :22:45.an outstanding training facility for track and field and athletics,
:22:46. > :22:51.just to name two. What it provides is a number
:22:52. > :22:55.of high-quality environmens for what they're going to find
:22:56. > :22:58.in Rio itself when they go down there in a few days' time now
:22:59. > :23:02.as the countdown is well underway. Athletes from around the world
:23:03. > :23:05.are here for the first Olympics The greatest show on Earth
:23:06. > :23:15.begins next week. Football - he's the youngest ever
:23:16. > :23:18.player to feature for Wales and he's Liverpool's Harry Wilson has signed
:23:19. > :23:22.a new long term deal. The 19-year-old winger -
:23:23. > :23:24.who joined the club at the age of eight -
:23:25. > :23:27.became Wales' youngest ever player by making his senior
:23:28. > :23:29.international debut A win for Glamorgan tonight
:23:30. > :23:37.in the T-20 will mean they'll play their quarterfinal
:23:38. > :23:39.match at home. It's the 150th anniversary
:23:40. > :23:48.of the birth of Beatrix Potter. And although the children's author
:23:49. > :23:50.was most closely associated with the Lake District,
:23:51. > :23:53.she took inspiration from numerous The garden of Gwaen-ynog Hall
:23:54. > :23:57.near Denbigh which was depicted in the Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies
:23:58. > :24:01.will be opened to the public as With its meandering paths
:24:02. > :24:06.and vibrant colours, this classic Victorian garden
:24:07. > :24:10.feeds the imagination. A teenage Beatrix Potter
:24:11. > :24:13.visited her aunt and uncle Now owned and maintained
:24:14. > :24:18.by her descendants, like great great neice Janie Smith,
:24:19. > :24:21.its garden made an impression on the woman who would
:24:22. > :24:23.later immortalise it. It's open to the public
:24:24. > :24:26.by appointment and this week a series of events will mark
:24:27. > :24:29.this special anniversary. Janie Smith can empathise
:24:30. > :24:32.with the struggle of Mr McGregor - the fictional gardener -
:24:33. > :24:34.to maintain order in her Oh, it has to be the Tale
:24:35. > :24:39.of the Flopsy Bunnies. We do have rabbits in
:24:40. > :24:45.the garden from time to time But we usually find where they have
:24:46. > :24:54.come in and we make sure that they go out and don't
:24:55. > :24:58.come back again. Beatrix Potter described this
:24:59. > :25:00.as the prettiest kind of garden and planted a seed in here
:25:01. > :25:03.which blossomed into a wealth of magical stories which are still
:25:04. > :25:06.enthralling children These are now issued
:25:07. > :25:12.as anniversary cards... Colin Antwis, an illustrator
:25:13. > :25:14.from Mold, has been commissioned to recreate some of Beatrix Potter's
:25:15. > :25:18.most famous characters for greetings cards to coincide with the 150th
:25:19. > :25:22.anniversary of her birth. He says her keen interest in anatomy
:25:23. > :25:27.helped to make her images timeless. Her animal characters,
:25:28. > :25:29.unlike a lot of animal characters that people draw,
:25:30. > :25:33.cartoonists and other artists, She might put clothes on them,
:25:34. > :25:38.yes, but she doesn't They're in a landscape that
:25:39. > :25:46.you would find a fox, that you would find a badger,
:25:47. > :25:49.that you would find a duck and that As well as Gwaenynog,
:25:50. > :25:53.a visit to Tenby is also credited with stirring
:25:54. > :25:56.the author's imagination. A century and a half on,
:25:57. > :25:59.we're still happy for her colourful characters to take us on a journey
:26:00. > :26:05.up the garden path. So is the weather forecast
:26:06. > :26:08.going to be kind to our gardens? Plenty of raindrops in Porthmadog
:26:09. > :26:15.this morning but it did The cloud breaking
:26:16. > :26:19.with a little sunshine. Most of the country dry
:26:20. > :26:25.with a couple of showers. Some rain in parts of
:26:26. > :26:31.the north and mid Wales. Here's the picture
:26:32. > :26:34.for 8 in the morning. Outbreaks of rain and drizzle
:26:35. > :26:40.in parts of north and mid Wales The odd shower in places
:26:41. > :26:51.with a few brighter intervals. During the day, the rain in
:26:52. > :26:54.the north will drift further south. Becoming dry and brighter
:26:55. > :27:01.in the north with some sunshine. Top temperatures a humid 18
:27:02. > :27:05.to 20 Celsius but in the north, fresher air
:27:06. > :27:08.will arrive during the afternoon. Sunshine in the afternoon
:27:09. > :27:15.with a high of 17 in Prestatyn. In Bridgend tomorrow,
:27:16. > :27:17.mostly dry and cloudy. Tomorrow evening, spots
:27:18. > :27:25.of rain in will clear. The cloud clearing and
:27:26. > :27:31.a cooler, fresher night. Temperatures in Powys falling as low
:27:32. > :27:33.as seven Celsius with misty patches. Some sunshine, but cloud
:27:34. > :27:37.will develop with a few One or two heavy showers but some
:27:38. > :27:42.places will stay dry. I'll be back at eight
:27:43. > :27:48.and we'll have a full round up of the day's
:27:49. > :27:49.news at 10.30. Until then, from all of us
:27:50. > :27:53.on the programme,