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0:00:04 > 0:00:05Welcome to Wales Today.
0:00:05 > 0:00:06Our top stories tonight: Amina Al-Jeffery's father
0:00:06 > 0:00:09took her from Swansea to Saudi Arabia in 2012.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11Today he told the High Court he did so to save her life.
0:00:11 > 0:00:14The ambitious plans for The Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon -
0:00:14 > 0:00:17but does Wales have the workforce to make the project a reality?
0:00:17 > 0:00:20And 150 years after the birth of Beatrix Potter, we'll be hearing
0:00:20 > 0:00:30how she was inspired by this Denbighshire garden.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44Good evening.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47A father accused of taking his daughter from Swansea
0:00:47 > 0:00:50and imprisoning her in Saudi Arabia says he was trying to help her.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52A court has heard how Mohammed Al-Jeffery took 21-year-old
0:00:52 > 0:00:54Anima Al-Jeffrey to-macro three in 2012 to save her life.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57Anima says she wants to return to the UK and claims
0:00:57 > 0:00:58she is being held against her will.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00Her father disputes the allegations.
0:01:00 > 0:01:10From the High Court in London, here is Paul Heaney.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13Amina Al-Jeffery as a teenager in school in Swansea.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15She has dual nationality, both British and Saudi Arabian.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17Her father says back in 2012, he took her here
0:01:17 > 0:01:23to the Saudi city of Jedah because she's become reckless.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26He claims she hadn't been doing well in school
0:01:26 > 0:01:29and he took her here to save her life.
0:01:29 > 0:01:35She says she's being held here now against her will and mistreated.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38Lawyers acting for Miss Al-Jeffery want a High Court here in London
0:01:38 > 0:01:41to order that she be brought back here to Britain or be allowed
0:01:41 > 0:01:43to speak to her solicitor or the British consolate
0:01:43 > 0:01:47in Saudi Arabia but the judge here admitted his powers are limited.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49It doesn't matter what judgment is handed down here,
0:01:49 > 0:01:58it won't be able to be enforced in Saudi Arabia.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00Marcus Scott Manderson QC representing Mr Al-Jeffery in court
0:02:00 > 0:02:02said the father didn't want to discuss Amina's return
0:02:02 > 0:02:07because of what he'd seen in the media.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10He also said she was at risk in Britain and the British Government
0:02:10 > 0:02:12did nothing to help her.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14He said Amina was reckless and couldn't help herself
0:02:14 > 0:02:16and he had to help her.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20The judge said that he was seeking to do what was best for his adult
0:02:20 > 0:02:25daughter, adding that nobody was trying to be punitive.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27"I want to act collaberataively and cooperatively with him" he said.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30Mr Scott Manderson QC continued to read out the client's statement,
0:02:30 > 0:02:33saying it was his decision to bring Amina to Saudi Arabia,
0:02:33 > 0:02:35she was not focusing on school he said, she was taking drugs,
0:02:35 > 0:02:38going to clubs and spending time with older men.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41He finished, "I am certain that if Amina were to return to the UK,
0:02:41 > 0:02:44my wife would not be able to control her challenging behaviour."
0:02:44 > 0:02:50This Welsh MP chairs the all-party parliamentary human rights group
0:02:50 > 0:02:52and has raised concerns about Saudi Arabia's
0:02:52 > 0:02:57human rights records.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59Women can do very little about the agreement
0:02:59 > 0:03:00of a so-called guardian.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03They can't travel, they can't sign documents, they cannot drive cars.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05Everyone knows several attempts by women in Saudi Arabia to drive
0:03:05 > 0:03:08cars and they've been apprehended and in some places arrested.
0:03:08 > 0:03:09It's a mixture of things.
0:03:09 > 0:03:19It is a pretty bad scene for women.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26At 21 years old, Amina Al-Jeffery's lawyer says she is a vulnerable
0:03:26 > 0:03:27adult in need of protection.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29The judge here is now focused on how best
0:03:29 > 0:03:31to allow her to speak freely in
0:03:31 > 0:03:41this rare, internationally significant case.
0:03:44 > 0:03:48It would be the first of its kind in the world and would transform
0:03:48 > 0:03:49part of Swansea Bay.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51But an independent study says there needs to be far more
0:03:51 > 0:03:54investment in skills if Wales is to take full economic advantage
0:03:54 > 0:03:55of the proposed Tidal Lagoon.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58Altogether, it forecasts the project could bring 2,000, 200 jobs
0:03:58 > 0:04:00in the five years it would take to build.
0:04:00 > 0:04:09Ben Price reports.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12An ambitious design for the UK's first tidal lagoon.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14This is how those behind the Swansea Bay project
0:04:14 > 0:04:15in visits the final design.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18Doubts have been raised as to whether it will look exactly
0:04:18 > 0:04:21like this and today more questions as to how achievable it is.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23A joint independent report commissioned by the Welsh Government
0:04:23 > 0:04:25highlights the risks as well as the advantages
0:04:25 > 0:04:26of the proposed scheme.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28The authors of the report believe on the manufacturing
0:04:28 > 0:04:30side of the project, Wales is equipped to provide just
0:04:30 > 0:04:33half of the parts required to build the tidal lagoon.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35With investment to fill the gaps, it believes in theory that
0:04:35 > 0:04:41could increase to more than 90%.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43The potential skills gap for the project includes plant
0:04:43 > 0:04:45operators, labourers and those with specialist marine skills.
0:04:45 > 0:04:51We know for instance that in the next ten years,
0:04:51 > 0:04:54around 18,000 construction workers are going to reach retirement age.
0:04:54 > 0:05:00We have also got forecast growth of around 2.9% over
0:05:00 > 0:05:01the next five years.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04We will need a lot more workers involved in the construction sector
0:05:04 > 0:05:09and that could cause pinch points.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11The report says there aren't enough companies in Wales currently capable
0:05:11 > 0:05:15of such things as casting or forging steel to make for example the blades
0:05:15 > 0:05:16of the turbines.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18But one of the report's other authors also believes
0:05:18 > 0:05:20Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon can still be a blueprint for similar
0:05:20 > 0:05:21projects in the future.
0:05:21 > 0:05:25I think the real gains are to be had from scaling up of the project
0:05:25 > 0:05:29and if we see Swansea as a pilot, then there are three other sites
0:05:29 > 0:05:30already identified in Wales, significantly bigger.
0:05:30 > 0:05:3216 turbines in Swansea, 108 in Cardiff, 48 in Newport,
0:05:32 > 0:05:34128 in Colwyn Bay.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36Once we start to develop that scale of operation,
0:05:36 > 0:05:45then that is a very significant contribution to the economy.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48There are many companies in Wales itching to get the ball rolling.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51This mechanical engineering company is based in Pembroke Dock.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53It lost a lot of business following the closure
0:05:53 > 0:05:54of the Murco oil refinery.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57It is now looking to the tidal lagoon project to boost
0:05:57 > 0:06:04the company once again.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06We see the opportunity for us that we could certainly sustain
0:06:06 > 0:06:08about 150-200 jobs and probably create approximately another
0:06:08 > 0:06:09100 additional jobs.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11We could certainly get back up to 1000 employees,
0:06:11 > 0:06:19which we did have some time ago.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22It is said this 16 turbine tidal lagoon will be able to power 120,000
0:06:22 > 0:06:24houses for the next 120 years and despite concerns
0:06:24 > 0:06:27about a shortage in the skilled workforce here in Wales,
0:06:27 > 0:06:29the company behind this project says it is ready to start
0:06:29 > 0:06:33work straightaway.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36We are still focused on starting here in Swansea Bay
0:06:36 > 0:06:38early autumn next year, as a company we are ready to go
0:06:38 > 0:06:48and we are looking to start spending ?1.3 billion in the UK.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon is one of a number of big renewable energy
0:06:51 > 0:06:54projects waiting for the green light and as the Hinkley Point
0:06:54 > 0:06:56nuclear power station gets the go-ahead today,
0:06:56 > 0:06:59the challenge now will be to develop a big enough skilled workforce
0:06:59 > 0:07:08in Wales to carry out the work ahead.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10Further along Swansea Bay in Port Talbot, around 100
0:07:10 > 0:07:12Tata workers, uncertain about their future, have been
0:07:12 > 0:07:13meeting with unions.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15The sale of the plant was HALTED earlier this month,
0:07:15 > 0:07:18as TATA entered MERGER-talks with the German firm, ThyssenKrupp.
0:07:18 > 0:07:19Unions say they're increasingly frustrated with how
0:07:19 > 0:07:29the process is being handled.
0:07:29 > 0:07:33We want the company to involve the unions in whatever is the sales
0:07:33 > 0:07:35process or whether it is a joint tie up merger.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37We have a highly skilled and motivated workforce
0:07:37 > 0:07:43in there that deserve closure on this.
0:07:43 > 0:07:47It is still early stages, so there is a long way to go,
0:07:47 > 0:07:50but I am sure the unions will keep everyone in the loop and yes,
0:07:50 > 0:07:52it has been a worthwhile meeting getting together.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54People have aired their opinions, what they think, going forward.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57And we are united going forward and we are going to fight
0:07:57 > 0:08:03to save the future of the steel industry in this country.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06The funeral of a soldier who died on a training exercise in Brecon
0:08:06 > 0:08:08earlier this month has taken place in his home town in
0:08:08 > 0:08:09South-West Scotland.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11Corporal Joshua Hoole, who was 26, was a member
0:08:11 > 0:08:12of the Rifles Regiment.
0:08:12 > 0:08:22The investigation into his death is ongoing.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25The UK Government has approved plans for 17 kilometres of overhead cables
0:08:25 > 0:08:26to connect Wind-Farms in Denbighshire to
0:08:26 > 0:08:27the electricity-grid.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30Scottish Power Manweb has been given the go-ahead to put-up pylons
0:08:30 > 0:08:32between Clocaenog Forest and the St Asaph sub-station.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35RWE Innogy has already been granted permission to build a wind
0:08:35 > 0:08:35farm in Clocaenog.
0:08:35 > 0:08:45Construction could now start as early as next year.
0:08:51 > 0:08:52The Children's Author, Beatrix Potter, is most closely
0:08:52 > 0:08:55associated with the Lake District, but she also took inspiration
0:08:55 > 0:08:56from numerous visits to Wales.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58And on the 150th anniversary of her birth, the garden
0:08:58 > 0:09:01of Gwaenynog Hall near Denbigh, which was depicted in the 'Tale
0:09:01 > 0:09:04of the Flopsy Bunnies', will be opened to the public as part
0:09:04 > 0:09:14of the celebrations.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19A teenage Beatrix Potter visited her aunt and uncle
0:09:19 > 0:09:21at Gwaenynog Hall in the 1890s.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23Now owned and maintained by her descendants, like great
0:09:23 > 0:09:26great neice Janie Smith, its garden made an impression
0:09:26 > 0:09:29on the woman who would later immortalise it.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31It's open to the public by appointment and this week
0:09:31 > 0:09:34a series of events will mark this special anniversary.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36Janie Smith can empathise with the struggle of Mr McGregor -
0:09:36 > 0:09:39the fictional gardener - to maintain order in her
0:09:39 > 0:09:41favourite Potter book.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43Oh, it has to be the Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45It's very close to my heart here.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47We do have rabbits in the garden from time to time
0:09:47 > 0:09:48and they nibble things!
0:09:48 > 0:09:52But we usually find where they have come in and we make sure
0:09:52 > 0:10:01that they go out and don't come back again.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06Beatrix Potter described this as the prettiest kind of garden
0:10:06 > 0:10:09and planted a seed in here which blossomed into a wealth
0:10:09 > 0:10:11of magical stories which are still enthralling children
0:10:11 > 0:10:12all around the world.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14These are now issued as anniversary cards...
0:10:14 > 0:10:16Colin Antwis, an illustrator from Mold, has been commissioned
0:10:16 > 0:10:19to recreate some of Beatrix Potter's most famous characters for greetings
0:10:19 > 0:10:21cards to coincide with the 150th anniversary of her birth.
0:10:21 > 0:10:31He says her keen interest in anatomy helped to make her images timeless.
0:10:31 > 0:10:31Her animal characters, unlike a lot of animal
0:10:33 > 0:10:35characters that people draw, cartoonists and other artists,
0:10:35 > 0:10:37she doesn't try to humanise them.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39She might put clothes on them, yes, but she doesn't
0:10:39 > 0:10:40humanise them in other ways.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43They're in a landscape that you would find a fox,
0:10:43 > 0:10:46that you would find a badger, that you would find a duck and that
0:10:46 > 0:10:52you would find Peter Rabbit.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55As well as Gwaenynog, a visit to Tenby is also
0:10:55 > 0:10:56credited with stirring the author's imagination.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59A century and a half on, we're still happy for her colourful
0:10:59 > 0:11:09characters to take us on a journey up the garden path.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11Glamorgan have made it through to the quarterfinals
0:11:11 > 0:11:13of the Natwest T20 Blast series after a rain affected match
0:11:13 > 0:11:14against Sussex in Hove tonight.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17Sussex were chasing 102 to beat Glamorgan when rain stopped play.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20Glamorgan will finish in the top two in their group after both teams
0:11:20 > 0:11:26picked up a single point.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29Well, let's take a look at what the weather has in store
0:11:29 > 0:11:30for the next few days.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32Derek has the forecast.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34No two days are the same at the moment.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36Rain one day, sunshine the next.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38And we are in for a real mix tomorrow.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40More rain, a few showers, some sunshine in the north.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43For tonight, a lot of cloud, some outbreaks of rain for parts
0:11:43 > 0:11:45of mid and North Wales.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47One or two showers in the South and a mild muggy might.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49Tomorrow morning, again, a lot of cloud.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52Further outbreaks of rain in parts of mid and North Wales,
0:11:52 > 0:11:53with low cloud.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55Southern counties dry, bar the odd shower in places.
0:11:55 > 0:11:56And a few glimpses of sunshine.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59Now, across the rest of the UK, a band of rain lying
0:11:59 > 0:12:01through central areas will slip southwards during the day,
0:12:01 > 0:12:04turning lighter and more patchy as it does though.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06To the south of that, one or two showers with a few
0:12:06 > 0:12:11bright sunny intervals.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13The best of the sunshine tomorrow further north with showers for parts
0:12:13 > 0:12:15of Scotland and Northern Ireland.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17Top temperatures a muggy 23 Celsius in London, fresher in Glasgow.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20In Wales tomorrow afternoon, some patchy rain across Powys
0:12:20 > 0:12:29will spread further south during the afternoon.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31To the north of that, becoming drier and brighter
0:12:31 > 0:12:36with sunshine in Rhyl.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39Temperatures around 20 Celsius, turning fresher in the North.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41Tomorrow evening, spots of rain in the South will clear.
0:12:41 > 0:12:42Dry everywhere overnight.
0:12:42 > 0:12:48Cloud clearing and a fresher night.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50Temperatures in Powys falling as low as seven Celsius.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52On Saturday, a dry start, some sunshine, but
0:12:52 > 0:12:53showers breaking out.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55One or two heavy showers but some places will stay dry.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58And it is a similar story really on Sunday.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00You may catch a shower but on the whole,
0:13:00 > 0:13:01a lot of dry weather.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04Some sunshine, pleasantly warm but watch out for some cool nights
0:13:04 > 0:13:06and it looks like the changeable weather pattern is set
0:13:06 > 0:13:07to continue into August.
0:13:07 > 0:13:16Bye for now.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18And that's all from the late team.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20We'll be back in breakfast tomorrow morning from around 6:30,
0:13:20 > 0:13:23but until then, thanks for watching, diolch am wylio,
0:13:23 > 0:13:28and have a very good night.