:00:00. > :00:00.That's all from the BBC News at Six. Goodbye
:00:00. > :00:10.Why you might be picking up a bigger bill to help pay
:00:11. > :00:25.If we can see where the money is going, that is the other option. The
:00:26. > :00:40.other thing is that we don't see any benefit, I don't want to pay it!
:00:41. > :00:43.Five Ukip Assembly members call for Ukip Wales leader Nathan Gill
:00:44. > :00:50.to resign his seat as an AM if he will not resign as an MEP.
:00:51. > :00:52.Medical help from above - new mums and vulnerable babies
:00:53. > :00:58.will benefit from Wales Air Ambulance's latest bit of equipment.
:00:59. > :01:00.Keeping it local - not quite the butcher,
:01:01. > :01:02.the baker and the candlestick maker, but small businesses could hold
:01:03. > :01:09.And hands off Chris Coleman - the man who masterminded
:01:10. > :01:17.Wales' success at Euro 2016 will not be going to Hull.
:01:18. > :01:21.Looks like you might be picking up a bigger bill to help pay
:01:22. > :01:23.for the increasing cost of your police force.
:01:24. > :01:26.Taxpayers in Gwent are being warned they could be asked to pay more
:01:27. > :01:31.towards the cost of policing, if UK Government cuts continue.
:01:32. > :01:34.The Police and Crime Commissioner, Jeff Cuthbert, says half
:01:35. > :01:37.of the force's budget will need to be raised locally
:01:38. > :01:42.The other Welsh forces say they're in a similar position.
:01:43. > :01:57.On the road with Gwent Police. Two years ago, cars like this were part
:01:58. > :02:02.of a dedicated traffic unit, but with less money, that unit was
:02:03. > :02:07.merged with others. Officers like this are now trained to do more
:02:08. > :02:12.tasks. Public order, raiding properties, as well as road
:02:13. > :02:17.policing. Technology helps as well, a device to help check details and
:02:18. > :02:22.record evidence. It makes you more efficient as the officers can go on
:02:23. > :02:28.patrol and can do the admin without having to come back to work.
:02:29. > :02:34.Households in Gwent paid ?220 on average towards the police know. In
:02:35. > :02:39.five years' time, it could be more like ?270. Take a look at this. The
:02:40. > :02:43.top line is the money Gwent Police gets from the Home Office. It is
:02:44. > :02:48.predicted to continue to fall. The bottom line is the money Gwent
:02:49. > :02:52.Police raises from local people, collected with council tax. The plan
:02:53. > :02:59.is for it to go up, as the other funding goes down to balance the
:03:00. > :03:04.year 2021, it could raise ?59 million, half of the total Gwent
:03:05. > :03:08.Police budget. We would need to so see a sustainable police force in
:03:09. > :03:12.Gwent, there has to be minimum standards delivered, it has to be
:03:13. > :03:16.paid for somehow. If the UK Government continue with austerity
:03:17. > :03:20.and continue to reduce their central grant to us, we have little choice
:03:21. > :03:25.other than the turn to the local population for that input. Again,
:03:26. > :03:30.none of this will happen without explanation and consultation. The
:03:31. > :03:34.other police forces in Wales want to be in a similar position. North
:03:35. > :03:38.Wales Police already raises 50% of its budget from local people via a
:03:39. > :03:43.local tax. Powys police says it is likely to go the same way over the
:03:44. > :03:47.next few years. In South Wales, the Commissioner says he is also being
:03:48. > :03:50.pushed in that direction. Went has already seen the biggest drop in
:03:51. > :03:55.staff numbers of all the forces in Wales and Wigan. Would people in
:03:56. > :04:01.black would be prepared to pay more to keep their service? But, I would
:04:02. > :04:04.go for it, personally. I would be happy for that to come out of my
:04:05. > :04:11.council tax and led the police keep doing it. I you happy to pay more on
:04:12. > :04:18.your council tax? I don't mind. Quite good value? They are doing
:04:19. > :04:23.their job. Pity they couldn't do a little more in this time. Is the
:04:24. > :04:27.price worth paying? I think it is, if we can see where the money is
:04:28. > :04:32.going. The other thing is, if we don't see any benefit, then I don't
:04:33. > :04:36.really want to pay it! At this police station, the show goes on,
:04:37. > :04:38.doing more with less. The Home Office has been asked to comment.
:04:39. > :04:40.Five Ukip Assembly members have called for Ukip Wales leader
:04:41. > :04:42.Nathan Gill to stand down as an Assembly member
:04:43. > :04:46.if he will not resign as a member of the European Parliament.
:04:47. > :04:49.It follows criticism of Mr Gill "double-jobbing".
:04:50. > :04:52.Just before we came on air, I spoke to Nathan Gill and asked him
:04:53. > :05:07.No, and I feel really sorry for the membership of Ukip who fought really
:05:08. > :05:13.hard to get myself and all these other people elected, and here we
:05:14. > :05:17.are in silly season, in August, and a few people for their own political
:05:18. > :05:24.aims disgracing Ukip in front of the media of Wales. You set off while
:05:25. > :05:26.ago that if you won your summer-mac seat, you would stand down as an
:05:27. > :05:32.MEP. What have you changed your mind? I did, but I also said all
:05:33. > :05:36.along I would do it after the referendum. After the referendum,
:05:37. > :05:41.the two people who could replace me as an MEP both decided they did not
:05:42. > :05:47.want to do so. So, stand down and have a bye election that will cost
:05:48. > :05:50.the Welsh taxpayer five Milibands? Stand down and lose the seat to
:05:51. > :05:58.liver-mac? It doesn't make any sense it has also -- to liver-mac? It is
:05:59. > :06:03.also become something of a non-job. So, presumably you will not be
:06:04. > :06:08.taking a full salary? I do not get two Sarries. I am not doing this for
:06:09. > :06:14.financial gain. -- salaries. I am not any better off by being an AM
:06:15. > :06:18.and I was as an MEP. I am doing this because it is the right thing to do.
:06:19. > :06:23.When the people of your constituency elected you, the presumably expected
:06:24. > :06:28.and Assembly member to be working for them one of the time perhaps
:06:29. > :06:35.five days a week. What do you say to them when clearly you are not? But I
:06:36. > :06:40.am. Are you saying I cannot be an AM when I am sitting in Brussels as
:06:41. > :06:45.well? I am saying you cannot be in two places at once. You could use
:06:46. > :06:48.the same argument against the two members of the House of Lords who
:06:49. > :06:54.sit in the summer-mac chamber as well. They cannot be in London and
:06:55. > :06:57.Wales at the same time. But it is possible to do more than one job
:06:58. > :07:02.impossible to serve your constituents extremely well, and
:07:03. > :07:04.that is what I do. So, your message to those Ukip AMs is what? You have
:07:05. > :07:05.picked the wrong fight. Let's talk to our political
:07:06. > :07:07.reporter, James Williams. James, this doesn't show any sign of
:07:08. > :07:19.being resolved amicably. It does not, because it seems that
:07:20. > :07:25.neither side in this debate is willing to blink. Nathan Gill,
:07:26. > :07:31.despite being asked by the Ukip Chairman nationally, the Chairman
:07:32. > :07:34.and Wales, and his fellow is members, to step down, he is
:07:35. > :07:38.unwilling to do so so he faces potential expulsion from the party.
:07:39. > :07:43.Do you get the Ukip ruling committee have given him until Sunday to
:07:44. > :07:47.decide whether he remains and is a member here or a member of the
:07:48. > :07:51.European Parliament in Brussels. They say he cannot do both and
:07:52. > :07:54.remain a member of Ukip. I'm told that he is willing to go the
:07:55. > :07:59.distance on this one, potentially taking the party to court if he is
:08:00. > :08:03.expelled, or even sitting as an independent here in Cardiff Bay and
:08:04. > :08:09.in Brussels. Why is he willing to go to such lengths? Ukip is embarking
:08:10. > :08:13.on a leadership contest. On the one side, there are people who are
:08:14. > :08:18.incredibly loyal to Nigel Farage, who is stepping down from his role.
:08:19. > :08:25.People like Nathan Gill, you could's leader in Wales. On the other side,
:08:26. > :08:30.people such as Neil Hamilton, the group leader in the Assembly. So
:08:31. > :08:32.what is happening here is just one battle in a much wider war for the
:08:33. > :08:33.party's soul. Three nurses who falsified the blood
:08:34. > :08:36.sugar reading of patients have been Rebecca Jones, Lauro Bertulano
:08:37. > :08:41.and Natalie Jones, who worked at the Princess of Wales Hospital
:08:42. > :08:45.in Bridgend, all pleaded guilty The Independent Police Complaints
:08:46. > :08:51.Commission is investigating after a 24-year-old man was left
:08:52. > :08:54.in a critical condition, following the use of
:08:55. > :08:58.a police Taser in Llandudno. North Wales Police responded to
:08:59. > :09:02.a domestic disturbance on Wednesday. The man's being treated in hospital
:09:03. > :09:08.with a serious head injury. A drug which can prevent HIV
:09:09. > :09:11.should be offered in Wales, according to the Welsh
:09:12. > :09:13.Liberal Democrats. It follows a High Court
:09:14. > :09:17.ruling which told NHS England it is responsible for funding
:09:18. > :09:20.pre-exposure prophylaxis. The Welsh Government says it
:09:21. > :09:23.will review the evidence available to develop a position
:09:24. > :09:29.on using it here. Passengers left stranded
:09:30. > :09:32.by the collapse of Wrexham-based GHA Coaches last month have been
:09:33. > :09:35.told they should get some of their services restored
:09:36. > :09:38.by the end of August. But many say there'll be a reduction
:09:39. > :09:42.in the number of available buses. Councillors have been meeting
:09:43. > :09:45.the Infrastructure Minister One of Wrexham's most remote
:09:46. > :09:53.villages, Penley has many residents who rely on the 146 bus service
:09:54. > :09:56.for work, hospital appointments, But the 146 hasn't operated
:09:57. > :10:02.since GHA Coaches went Some have arranged lifts,
:10:03. > :10:07.others ride a bike, but single mum Emma Oulton's life has been
:10:08. > :10:17.turned upside down. I lost my job at the beginning of
:10:18. > :10:22.last week due to the fact there is no transport any more to get me to
:10:23. > :10:26.the Wrexham area. Because of that, the company thought I was
:10:27. > :10:33.unreliable. So I ended up losing my job so I am now unemployed. The
:10:34. > :10:38.village has been effectively cut off since the collapse of GHA Coaches.
:10:39. > :10:41.While the new timetable is being put out to tender, there is no guarantee
:10:42. > :10:43.people here will get anything like the service they had.
:10:44. > :10:44.Flintshire Council says despite a few changes,
:10:45. > :10:46.all service routes have some form of replacement.
:10:47. > :10:48.In Denbighshire, four routes have been withdrawn
:10:49. > :10:54.In Wrexham, eight routes are still be replaced.
:10:55. > :11:01.Whether it was previously serviced by two buses on a full schedule
:11:02. > :11:06.timetable, we are now down to a one bus timetable or a service that has
:11:07. > :11:09.been reduced by over half. The service they are proposing, at the
:11:10. > :11:11.timetable they go with is what they had put on the tender document, is
:11:12. > :11:14.not going to be fit for purpose. Plaid Cymru says the Welsh
:11:15. > :11:16.Government knew that GHA Coaches was in financial trouble months
:11:17. > :11:19.before it went into administration, but didn't give councils
:11:20. > :11:26.adequate time to prepare. For the local authorities to be
:11:27. > :11:31.informed at 4pm on the day the company went into administration is
:11:32. > :11:34.an acceptable. Leaving 250 members of staff in the lurch as well as the
:11:35. > :11:41.thousands of customers. The Welsh Government knew this was coming and
:11:42. > :11:46.they were not ready. Today I have met with members of key local
:11:47. > :11:49.authorities, to discuss how local authorities together with the Welsh
:11:50. > :11:50.Government can respond to the failure of this private sector
:11:51. > :11:53.company. Some drivers have managed
:11:54. > :11:55.to find new work with firms But almost three weeks on,
:11:56. > :11:58.thousands of passengers are still waiting for a bus
:11:59. > :12:01.which may never come. Much more to come
:12:02. > :12:04.before seven o'clock. In demand after delivering
:12:05. > :12:10.success at Euro 2016 - Premier League Hull are told
:12:11. > :12:12.Chris Coleman's not available What a brave man, he led them write
:12:13. > :12:23.to the line. He had to settle for Olympic
:12:24. > :12:25.silver last time round - can rower Chris Bartley go one
:12:26. > :12:31.better in Rio? If we want the Welsh economy to grow
:12:32. > :12:34.after we leave the European Union, more of us need to work
:12:35. > :12:36.where we live. That is the message
:12:37. > :12:39.from the Bevan Foundation. It says more needs to be done
:12:40. > :12:43.to grow local economies. Here is our economics
:12:44. > :12:56.correspondent, Sarah Dickins. Four locally owned businesses
:12:57. > :13:02.working together in Crickhowell. My husband and I set up this smoke were
:13:03. > :13:08.nearly 21 years ago. Ever since, this family business is bought and
:13:09. > :13:13.sold locally. We are using other locals -- local suppliers, buying
:13:14. > :13:18.local sausages and smoking them, we are going to the two villages away
:13:19. > :13:25.and having our preserves made, going to a town away and buying crackers.
:13:26. > :13:29.So, absolutely, we are genuinely interacting business to business in
:13:30. > :13:36.our community. We have the cheese being smoked. That probably has
:13:37. > :13:42.another few hours to go. It is coming along nicely. In this oven,
:13:43. > :13:48.we have a load of salmon and that is all for Oak roasting. Again, that
:13:49. > :13:53.will take about five hours. The employees are local as well. Ryan is
:13:54. > :13:57.one of five local employees the doubles in the run-up to Christmas.
:13:58. > :14:04.Trimming the edges down, then I slice it into a D shape. Then I
:14:05. > :14:10.rebuild it and put it in the packaging, ready to go out. The busy
:14:11. > :14:13.centre of Crickhowell looks like the perfect postcard but many other
:14:14. > :14:18.Welsh market towns have died as big towns and cities have taken over as
:14:19. > :14:22.places to work and shop. Many here argue it is by working together that
:14:23. > :14:26.it has survived. The argument is that if every adult in this area
:14:27. > :14:31.spend ?5 in these shops every week rather than in chains and
:14:32. > :14:38.supermarkets, it would put ?1.4 million into this local economy.
:14:39. > :14:42.Here over the hill, it is not as easy as in Crickhowell. Here, a high
:14:43. > :14:47.proportion of people commute for work and they are more likely to
:14:48. > :14:51.spend money there and here. The suggestion from the Bevan Foundation
:14:52. > :14:54.of trying to grow local organisations and businesses is in
:14:55. > :14:58.sharp contrast to policies are building business parks and
:14:59. > :15:03.communities -- in communities and trying to get jobs there. Doctor
:15:04. > :15:07.Mark Lang has been to define ways of getting money into local communities
:15:08. > :15:14.where traditional industry has gone. Did they believe benefit from this
:15:15. > :15:18.more local approach? Definitely. Both communities still have people
:15:19. > :15:23.living in them who have skills and passion for the future. It doesn't
:15:24. > :15:26.have to be in wealthy communities that this happens. The argument is
:15:27. > :15:30.that if people work in their own communities, they will spend more of
:15:31. > :15:34.their wages there, so the money goes round. This proposal is an attempt
:15:35. > :15:35.to encourage more jobs in a post-Brexit Wales.
:15:36. > :15:38.A group of Assembly members has written to the UK Government,
:15:39. > :15:41.urging them to move forward with plans for a tidal lagoon
:15:42. > :15:44.in Swansea Bay, now that plans for a nuclear power plant
:15:45. > :15:46.at Hinkley Point in Somerset have been delayed.
:15:47. > :15:49.Swansea AMs Rebecca Evans, Julie James and Mike Hedges say
:15:50. > :15:51.the tidal project offers Wales the chance to be world leaders
:15:52. > :15:59.A group of MPs will look at whether Wales needs its own
:16:00. > :16:01.BBC News at Six, according to the chairman
:16:02. > :16:03.of the Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee.
:16:04. > :16:06.It follows a report by the committee which has backed plans
:16:07. > :16:11.for a Scottish version of the BBC One bulletin.
:16:12. > :16:13.The designs for S4C's new Carmarthenshire headquarters
:16:14. > :16:17.have been unveiled at the Eisteddfod in Abergavenny.
:16:18. > :16:19.It'll be built at the University of Wales
:16:20. > :16:24.It'll house around 25 companies and create 98 jobs.
:16:25. > :16:33.75 jobs will be relocated, including 55 S4C posts from Cardiff.
:16:34. > :16:35.Wales Air Ambulance will start using the most advanced
:16:36. > :16:39.flight incubators in the UK later this month.
:16:40. > :16:42.The charity says the new technology will provide an alternative
:16:43. > :16:45.to road ambulance journeys, offering significantly quicker
:16:46. > :16:49.transport of vulnerable babies between hospitals.
:16:50. > :17:01.Our reporter Geraint Thomas has more.
:17:02. > :17:07.The Wales area and alert service was on the established 15 years ago, but
:17:08. > :17:12.now it is one of the busiest in the UK, with its capabilities growing on
:17:13. > :17:17.a yearly basis. This is its fourth and newest helicopter. When it
:17:18. > :17:21.begins its work out in the field later this month, Wales will have
:17:22. > :17:25.the biggest Air Ambulance operation in the UK in proportion to its size,
:17:26. > :17:29.using some of the most advanced technology in Europe. One piece of
:17:30. > :17:35.equipment which is likely to have a big impact is Wales' first fight
:17:36. > :17:39.incubator. It will provide an alternative to long road ambulance
:17:40. > :17:44.journeys, something which could have benefited Oliver, who is almost two
:17:45. > :17:50.years old. In 2014, his mother was rushed from Bangor to hospital in
:17:51. > :17:55.Merseyside, where she gave birth prematurely at 27 weeks. He was
:17:56. > :18:01.transferred in an incubator by road ambulance. When they are that
:18:02. > :18:07.vulnerable and you're not sure what is going to be the outcome, think it
:18:08. > :18:10.is important you get there safely and as quickly as possible and I
:18:11. > :18:18.think an Air Ambulance would be a big benefit to North Wales. This is
:18:19. > :18:25.the government monitors heartrate... At a cost of ?70,000 each, two
:18:26. > :18:29.incubators have been bought by NHS Wales. They were attached to
:18:30. > :18:34.existing equipment, providing warmth and air to seriously ill newborn
:18:35. > :18:40.babies. In this one, we are talking the average time of about 20 and 30
:18:41. > :18:47.minutes. If you consider some of the road -based transport times, in
:18:48. > :18:52.excess of three hours. The Air Ambulance transferred its helicopter
:18:53. > :18:55.and staff to a purpose built facility in Carmarthenshire earlier
:18:56. > :19:00.this year. Success has been used as an example in other parts of the UK.
:19:01. > :19:07.We have a lot of air ambulances in England visiting us to see the base
:19:08. > :19:09.and to ask about how the service is going, particularly interested in
:19:10. > :19:14.the incubator. It is wonderful for them to say that this is probably
:19:15. > :19:18.the best base in the UK. The incubator service will begin this
:19:19. > :19:23.month following training, running as a trial until the end of this year.
:19:24. > :19:27.With some of the most advanced equipment in the UK and Europe, it
:19:28. > :19:30.seems that Wales' Air Ambulance service is rising above the rest.
:19:31. > :19:32.With the sports stories now, here is Tomos.
:19:33. > :19:34.He's staying put - that's the message from
:19:35. > :19:36.the Football Association of Wales after an approach from Hull
:19:37. > :19:39.to speak to national team manager Chris Coleman was rejected.
:19:40. > :19:41.Coleman guided Wales to the semifinals of Euro 2016
:19:42. > :19:43.and Welsh football bosses say they're "fully focused"
:19:44. > :19:48.on the upcoming World Cup qualifying campaign.
:19:49. > :19:53.Our football reporter, Dafydd Pritchard, is here.
:19:54. > :20:01.What is happening behind the scenes? Chris Coleman signed a new two-year
:20:02. > :20:05.contract between -- before Euro 2016 so he is under contract. He says it
:20:06. > :20:10.would be his final campaign in charge of Wales and his stock is at
:20:11. > :20:18.an all-time high after leading Wales to a first-ever major tournament
:20:19. > :20:27.semifinal. So, no wonder that Hull should show an interest in common.
:20:28. > :20:32.The F a W has not given permission for Hull to speak to, and he stays
:20:33. > :20:36.as the Wales manager. So, can Wales fans be confident Chris Coleman will
:20:37. > :20:41.be at the helm at the World Cup qualifiers next month? I think they
:20:42. > :20:44.can. There is a certain feel-good factor about Welsh football at the
:20:45. > :20:48.moment and Chris Coleman did say that although this is likely to be
:20:49. > :20:55.his last campaign with Wales, his next job is likely to be abroad. He
:20:56. > :21:00.sees foreign club management Haseeb -- is his best chance. You imagine
:21:01. > :21:04.that would rule out Hull. They have lost their manager, Steve Bruce,
:21:05. > :21:07.some upheaval at board level, so you would not think it is the most
:21:08. > :21:09.attractive prospect for Chris Coleman right now. Thank you very
:21:10. > :21:10.much. Swansea City midfielder
:21:11. > :21:11.Gylfi Sigurdsson has signed However, those rumours over Wales
:21:12. > :21:16.and Swansea captain Ashley Williams' Williams is being linked
:21:17. > :21:22.with a ?10 million move to Everton. Swansea have already seen three
:21:23. > :21:25.forwards leave this summer, Former player Ian Walsh says
:21:26. > :21:31.the club needs to start spending With the money involved
:21:32. > :21:37.at the top level now, your budget has got to be loosened
:21:38. > :21:41.up a little bit. I think Swansea, behind the scenes,
:21:42. > :21:44.yes, they are not a big club, they've got to watch the budget,
:21:45. > :21:47.but I do feel now that they are playing with the big boys,
:21:48. > :21:50.and if you want to stay with the big boys, you've got to
:21:51. > :21:54.open up that budget. The Welsh Rugby Union is demanding
:21:55. > :21:57.an explanation from four teams after their games at a beach
:21:58. > :22:01.tournament erupted into mass brawls. Ferndale, Porth's A team,
:22:02. > :22:05.Rhigos and Wattstown were all Officials and police officers
:22:06. > :22:10.entered the pitch in Swansea Bad news for rower
:22:11. > :22:17.Graeme Thomas tonight - he's out of the Olympics
:22:18. > :22:19.because of illness. It's believed he's suffering
:22:20. > :22:22.from a virus he contracted Meanwhile, water quality
:22:23. > :22:27.is a serious concern there - rowers are being urged not
:22:28. > :22:30.to enter the water. The build-up to the rowing events
:22:31. > :22:37.in Rio has been overshadowed by concerns over the water quality
:22:38. > :22:41.at the rowing venue. Officials have insisted it will be
:22:42. > :22:44.safe for the athletes, including the two Welsh competitors
:22:45. > :22:50.in Team GB. Victoria Thornley's first experience
:22:51. > :22:54.of the Olympic Games came in London in 2012,
:22:55. > :22:57.when as a member of the women's eight, she finished
:22:58. > :23:01.fifth in the final. The 28-year-old's route
:23:02. > :23:04.to a second Games has Partnered with London gold
:23:05. > :23:09.medallist Katherine Grainger, a disappointing result
:23:10. > :23:11.in the European Championships this year saw them make a bid to be
:23:12. > :23:16.included in the eight team instead. After that failed, they have paired
:23:17. > :23:20.up again in the double scull, meaning the door hasn't closed
:23:21. > :23:25.on their Rio dreams. I think one thing that Wales
:23:26. > :23:28.are very good at is resilience, and we've definitely had
:23:29. > :23:30.to be resilient One thing that rowers are very good
:23:31. > :23:39.at. Once... I think both of us are the
:23:40. > :23:43.kind of people, once we stepped back into that boat,
:23:44. > :23:44.that was it, everything that happened before,
:23:45. > :23:46.that's behind us now, there was no point
:23:47. > :23:48.in dwelling on it. Chris Bartley from Wrexham
:23:49. > :23:51.also competes in However, it was disappointment
:23:52. > :23:54.with a silver medal in the lightweight men's four
:23:55. > :23:56.in London which meant the 32-year-old extended
:23:57. > :23:58.his elite rowing career. In front of the home
:23:59. > :24:00.crowd was pretty painful. I think we all thought we were good
:24:01. > :24:05.enough to win, but things just I think had they gone that way,
:24:06. > :24:11.I might not be here now. And the rowers won't have long
:24:12. > :24:14.to wait, with the action at Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon getting
:24:15. > :24:20.underway on day one of the Games. Before I go, at least one man in
:24:21. > :24:24.Wales is enjoying the wet weather. Gareth Bale has been preparing
:24:25. > :24:28.for the new season here at home. And after scoring, he made quite
:24:29. > :24:37.a splash with his celebration. If I was Bale,
:24:38. > :24:53.I'd stay in sunny Madrid! It is pretty hot across Spain, 37
:24:54. > :24:59.sources in Madrid tomorrow. Less than half that here in Wales! A
:25:00. > :25:04.very wet start to August in South Wales. In Mumbles, over 50
:25:05. > :25:09.millimetres of rain in the last 24 hours. The wettest place in the UK
:25:10. > :25:14.and the most rain in one day was Swansea so far this year. A little
:25:15. > :25:18.more rain to come this evening. Damp and misty in parts of the South and
:25:19. > :25:23.West with lots of low cloud. This will clear away overnight. The North
:25:24. > :25:28.East of the country dry, but from 12 showers later. Quite breezy on the
:25:29. > :25:35.South and West coast, and I'm mild and muggy night, temperatures not
:25:36. > :25:39.falling below 14 to 17. Tomorrow, the chart shows low-pressure close
:25:40. > :25:43.to Northern Ireland, and the isobars are close together, meaning stronger
:25:44. > :25:48.winds, unseasonably bendy, especially in the. The picture for
:25:49. > :25:52.eight o'clock in the morning, breezy on the coast with brisk winds, the
:25:53. > :25:58.good news, it will be generally drier than today, bright in places,
:25:59. > :26:05.Cloud broken with sunshine and better visibility. 12 showers in
:26:06. > :26:08.North Wales. During the day, the wind will increase, becoming strong
:26:09. > :26:14.to gale force in the North West. Some drier weather and sunshine, but
:26:15. > :26:17.watch out for a few sharp showers. Top temperatures of 17 to 20.
:26:18. > :26:24.Feeling fresher than today with lower humidity. For the National
:26:25. > :26:29.Eisteddfod in Abergavenny, drier and brighter than today with some
:26:30. > :26:32.sunshine at times. Breezy in the afternoon and feeling fresher,
:26:33. > :26:37.around 19 Celsius. Tomorrow night, continuing to be blustery with a
:26:38. > :26:43.mixture of clear spells and showers. A windy night with temperatures in
:26:44. > :26:46.the mid teens. Thursday, less windy with some sunshine and scattered
:26:47. > :26:52.showers. Showers heavy in places, maybe some thunder. If you're lucky,
:26:53. > :26:58.you may stray dry. Friday should be the best day of the week, drier and
:26:59. > :27:03.more settled with lighter winds. The weekend, more uncertain. Saturday
:27:04. > :27:07.breezy, maybe some light rain or drizzle. Hopefully, Sunday will
:27:08. > :27:12.improve, becoming dry with some warm sunshine. Meanwhile, a bright and
:27:13. > :27:14.fresh day tomorrow, showers and stronger winds.
:27:15. > :27:21.The headlines again. Tax payers in the Gwent Police force area are
:27:22. > :27:25.being warned they could be asked to pay more towards the cost of
:27:26. > :27:27.policing if UK Government cuts continue.
:27:28. > :27:31.The Police and Crime Commissioner says half of the forced's budget
:27:32. > :27:35.will need to be raised locally in five years' time.
:27:36. > :27:36.The other Welsh forces say they are in a similar position.
:27:37. > :27:38.I'll have an update for you here at eight o'clock and again
:27:39. > :27:41.That's Wales Today, thank you for watching.
:27:42. > :27:47.From all of us on the programme, good evening.