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0:00:14 > 0:00:15Welcome to Wales Today.
0:00:15 > 0:00:16Our top stories tonight.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18The group representing manufacturers here says there's been a significant
0:00:18 > 0:00:20drop in confidence since last months' Brexit vote.
0:00:20 > 0:00:23Cardiff brothel owner, Diana Jones, is in prison after seven years
0:00:23 > 0:00:24on the run in Cyprus.
0:00:24 > 0:00:29Now police hope to recover the nearly ?4 million she owes.
0:00:40 > 0:00:41Good evening.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44A month since the vote to leave the European Union -
0:00:44 > 0:00:50manufacturers here say they've seen a significant drop in confidence.
0:00:50 > 0:00:51EEF, the organisation which represents the sector,
0:00:51 > 0:00:54has told this programme it's concerned Brexit may
0:00:54 > 0:00:59affect growth in Wales.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02It comes as Ford, which employs hundreds of workers in Bridgend,
0:01:02 > 0:01:03has reported a fall in profits.
0:01:03 > 0:01:07Here's our Business Correspondent, Brian Meechan.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09M make conveyor belts for businesses from food
0:01:09 > 0:01:12factories to airports.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15It employs 26 people at its Tredegar base.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18Its boss was in favour of leaving the EU and he says far from Brexit
0:01:18 > 0:01:20reducing confidence, he is investing in his factory
0:01:20 > 0:01:23and taking on new staff.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26There is a world out there besides Europe and Europe
0:01:26 > 0:01:31still needs us as a customer.
0:01:31 > 0:01:35If they want us as a customer, they have got to be able to allow us
0:01:35 > 0:01:36to sell our goods to them.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39All this argument that we will lose out, that they will stop selling
0:01:39 > 0:01:44to us, put tariffs up, it is a two-way street.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46In my opinion, we have done the right thing.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49A lot of people will disagree.
0:01:49 > 0:01:53We have had the vote, my argument is to get on with it.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56But representatives of manufacturers in Wales say Brexit is making
0:01:56 > 0:01:58companies think twice about investing in property,
0:01:58 > 0:02:01machines and staff.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03I think they are concerned about all the uncertainty.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06We have seen the uncertainty around steel and the future of steel
0:02:06 > 0:02:08manufacturing in Wales and there is also uncertainty
0:02:08 > 0:02:10about our access to the single market, so there is
0:02:10 > 0:02:13a lot of uncertainty.
0:02:13 > 0:02:14Do I invest here?
0:02:14 > 0:02:17Do I move my facilities offshore?
0:02:17 > 0:02:20Do I reassure some of my supply chain?
0:02:20 > 0:02:22All of that is in the mix with regard to the uncertainty
0:02:22 > 0:02:23businesses are facing right now.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26The EEF's warning that investment in manufacturing is being put
0:02:26 > 0:02:30on hold is also being heard from other sectors of the economy.
0:02:30 > 0:02:37It's clear that the UK is leaving the European Union.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39What is unclear is what our trading relationships will be
0:02:39 > 0:02:44like with Europe and the rest of the world after Brexit.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46Manufacturing is a significant part of the Welsh economy,
0:02:46 > 0:02:50accounting for 18% of the country's output.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53In terms of the UK, it makes up only 6% of output.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56It has also been a growing area.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58The number of jobs in the sector increased by 17%
0:02:58 > 0:03:03between 2010 and 2016.
0:03:03 > 0:03:12Ford is one of the biggest manufacturers in Wales.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14It has just invested ?180 million in its Bridgend plant,
0:03:14 > 0:03:15securing hundreds of jobs.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18There are concerns the new facility only allows it to make a third
0:03:18 > 0:03:21of the number of engines it currently produces and other work
0:03:21 > 0:03:23at the site is coming to an end.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25Ford says it has to consider all its options following
0:03:25 > 0:03:28the decision to leave the EU.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31As we think about the magnitude of the impact, we are going to have
0:03:31 > 0:03:35to look at all parts of the business to make sure we stay on track
0:03:35 > 0:03:38with our 6% to 8% operating margins that we need to deliver.
0:03:38 > 0:03:43How manufacturing manages Brexit will have a major impact on how well
0:03:43 > 0:03:47the Welsh economy as a whole deals with it.
0:03:47 > 0:03:51The UK Government has been asked to give urgent clarification that
0:03:51 > 0:03:54a delay in the new Hinkley Point nuclear power station
0:03:54 > 0:03:56in Somerset won't impact the proposed Wylfa Newydd
0:03:56 > 0:03:58development on Anglesey.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01UK ministers say they'll decide in September whether or not to go
0:04:01 > 0:04:03ahead with Hinkley Point.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06The Welsh Government says its important the delay doesn't
0:04:06 > 0:04:11damage the confidence of investors here.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14Research has shown that young people from poorer backgrounds in Wales
0:04:14 > 0:04:17are almost three times less likely to go to University than students
0:04:17 > 0:04:21from more affluent areas.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23It has prompted claims by the Sutton Trust educational
0:04:23 > 0:04:26charity that there's still a 'deep divide' in higher education
0:04:26 > 0:04:32which means Wales is missing out on a huge amount of talent.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35Police say they still hope to reclaim nearly ?4 million owed
0:04:35 > 0:04:38by a former brothel-owner, who was jailed in May after being
0:04:38 > 0:04:42on the run for seven years.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45When Diana Jones fled to Cyprus in 2008 she became one
0:04:45 > 0:04:49of the biggest targets for officers looking to seize assets.
0:04:49 > 0:04:53Jenny Rees reports.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55The brothel boss in hiding.
0:04:55 > 0:04:59For the last seven years, Diana Jones has been
0:04:59 > 0:05:03living in northern Cyprus, on the run from police.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06The BBC's Week In Week Out programme filmed her in 2008
0:05:06 > 0:05:08as she was sentenced for running a multi-million pound vice ring.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11The following year she was ordered to pay ?2.6 million and given
0:05:11 > 0:05:15a 12-month suspended sentence.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17By then, she'd already fled the country.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20She's now in prison in Staffordshire, arrested
0:05:20 > 0:05:23when she arrived back in the UK, and serving a four-year sentence
0:05:23 > 0:05:27for failing to pay her confiscation order.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30The team charged with recovering that money say that, with interest,
0:05:30 > 0:05:35the total now stands at more than ?3.7 million.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38If the order is not met, it will stay with her for life.
0:05:38 > 0:05:43The confiscation enforcement team will monitor, review and carry out
0:05:43 > 0:05:49investigations on a fairly regular basis to ascertain whether she
0:05:49 > 0:05:52actually has any assets and at that point we'll seek permission
0:05:52 > 0:05:54from the court and get those assets removed from her.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56So you will never stop chasing her?
0:05:56 > 0:05:57No.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00She is one of our upper-end cases.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03She is one of the top four or five investigations we have
0:06:03 > 0:06:05currently ongoing.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07Police said Diana Jones' brothels turned over nearly
0:06:07 > 0:06:10?3 million in six years - a sum that funded her double life
0:06:10 > 0:06:14in the Carmarthenshire countryside.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16Investigators also believe it allowed her a lavish
0:06:16 > 0:06:19lifestyle in northern Cyprus, where there's no formal extradition
0:06:19 > 0:06:23agreement with the UK.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25They'll now visit her at her new home in prison to establish
0:06:25 > 0:06:30what, if anything, she can pay back.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33An 86-year-old man who was hit by a train in Cardiff yesterday
0:06:33 > 0:06:35lunchtime has been arrested in connection with the alleged
0:06:35 > 0:06:36murder of his wife.
0:06:36 > 0:06:40Angus Mayer was struck by a train at Cardiff Central station.
0:06:40 > 0:06:41The body of 85-year-old Margaret
0:06:41 > 0:06:45Mayer was found at an address in the Heath area of the city a few hours
0:06:45 > 0:06:47later.
0:06:47 > 0:06:52Mr Mayer was treated in hospital for minor leg injuries.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55A six-year-old girl has been praised for saving the lives of her mother
0:06:55 > 0:06:58and two of her brothers in a house-fire near
0:06:58 > 0:07:00Pontardawe in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
0:07:00 > 0:07:08Kelsey Davies carried 11-month-old Andrew outside,
0:07:08 > 0:07:11before returning to help her mother and three-year-old brother, Riley.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14Her four-year-old brother, Jack, died at the scene in Alltwen.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16There's a week to go until the opening ceremony
0:07:16 > 0:07:19of the Olympic Games in Rio, and one of Wales' gold-medal
0:07:19 > 0:07:20favourites is Jade Jones.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23The athlete from Flint became Britain's first Olympic Taekwondo
0:07:23 > 0:07:30champion when she won gold in London.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32Four years after her success, she says she's proud
0:07:32 > 0:07:36to have inspired more girls to take-up the sport.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39I've seen the difference just from London, how many girls have got
0:07:39 > 0:07:42into tae kwon do because they've watched it on TV.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45When I started tae kwon do, I think there was only about 4 or 5
0:07:45 > 0:07:50girls in the whole club, whereas now, it is similar,
0:07:50 > 0:07:55there is loads more girls and it is just amazing to see that.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57Time now for a look at the weekend weather forecast.
0:07:57 > 0:08:01Here's Derek Brockway.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03It has felt a bit muggy today but will turn pleasant
0:08:03 > 0:08:04everywhere over the weekend.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07That means some coolish nights for the time of year.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10Some sunshine and also one or two showers, but a lot of dry weather.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13For tonight, it is a dry story.
0:08:13 > 0:08:18Cloud broken, that means the cooler and fresh and night than recently.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21Temperatures in some rural spots dropping as low as eight Celsius,
0:08:21 > 0:08:24maybe a little bit of mist in some places by dawn.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27Tomorrow morning, a dry start, some sunshine and quite pleasant.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30Cloud will build as temperatures rise, maybe the odd shower
0:08:30 > 0:08:33in the west later in the morning.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36Across the rest of the UK, a mixture of cloud, sunny spells
0:08:36 > 0:08:38and scattered showers tomorrow.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40One or two heavy showers in places.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42Having said that, parts of the Midlands, Southern
0:08:42 > 0:08:45and south-east England will remain dry all day.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48Pleasant tomorrow, 24 Celsius in London.
0:08:48 > 0:08:52Quite warm there, 17 Celsius in Belfast.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54In Wales tomorrow afternoon, there will be a few
0:08:54 > 0:08:55showers dotted around.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57One or two heavy ones likely.
0:08:57 > 0:09:02Many places will stay dry and there will be some sunshine,
0:09:02 > 0:09:04especially later in the afternoon.
0:09:04 > 0:09:08Highs of 21 Celsius in Newport, 17 Celsius on the north
0:09:08 > 0:09:11and west coast with a light to moderate breeze.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13Most showers will clear away tomorrow evening,
0:09:13 > 0:09:15just the odd one overnight.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17Otherwise, a dry night and a cool night, as well,
0:09:17 > 0:09:19especially in the countryside.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22More dry weather to come on Sunday, with some sunshine.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24Some cloud, as well, with just one or two
0:09:24 > 0:09:28showers, but again, a lot of places will remain dry.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31If you are heading to the National Eisteddfod in Abergavenny,
0:09:31 > 0:09:34most of the time it will be dry, although I wouldn't rule out
0:09:34 > 0:09:36a shower in the afternoon.
0:09:36 > 0:09:41Temperatures around 19-20dC, so pleasant for walking around.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43The changeable weather is set to continue next week.
0:09:43 > 0:09:48Some dry spells, but unsettled midweek with some rain
0:09:48 > 0:09:50and stronger winds.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53And that's it from the late team.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56We'll be back with all the latest in Wales at 6.35 tomorrow evening.
0:09:56 > 0:09:57In the meantime, thanks for watching, and
0:09:57 > 0:09:58have a great weekend.