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some places could get a real downpour. England | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
Is Social Care here really at 'Tipping Point?' | :00:00. | :00:08. | |
There are calls for urgent action to avert a crisis before Christmas. | :00:09. | :00:16. | |
What we currently have a dysfunctional system, dysfunctional | :00:17. | :00:23. | |
is the word we would use. We need to ensure that the health and social | :00:24. | :00:25. | |
Also tonight, six months after the collapse of the Didcot | :00:26. | :00:29. | |
Power Station Christopher Huxtable from Swansea is still missing, his | :00:30. | :00:31. | |
I talked to him. It sounds stupid, doesn't it? | :00:32. | :00:42. | |
The Archbishop of Wales announces he's to retire in January. | :00:43. | :00:46. | |
Dr Barry Morgan is the longest serving Archbishop in the Anglican | :00:47. | :00:48. | |
As our Olympic medallist return home Rio prepares for the Paralympics, | :00:49. | :00:54. | |
but one former Gold medallist tells us budget cuts ahead | :00:55. | :00:57. | |
People who are cared for in their own houses | :00:58. | :01:21. | |
and residential homes are facing a "winter of discontent" if urgent | :01:22. | :01:24. | |
action isn't taken to ease funding and recruitment pressures, | :01:25. | :01:27. | |
that's according to the body which represents care-providers here. | :01:28. | :01:40. | |
Matthew Richards has been to meet Mario Kreft, | :01:41. | :01:42. | |
An art and craft session for residents of a nursing | :01:43. | :01:46. | |
Elderly and disabled people here are encouraged | :01:47. | :01:49. | |
to indulge their creative side as part of a wide programme | :01:50. | :01:52. | |
But a senior figure in the care industry says that creative thinking | :01:53. | :01:57. | |
is also urgently needed to stop a catastrophe in the sector this | :01:58. | :01:59. | |
You can only innovate if you're working with partners. | :02:00. | :02:04. | |
Currently, the relationship between the sector, generally | :02:05. | :02:07. | |
speaking, and has boards and local authorities is not where Richard B. | :02:08. | :02:17. | |
And local authorities is not where it should be. | :02:18. | :02:22. | |
We want to see those organisations and regulators | :02:23. | :02:24. | |
led by the Welsh government, trying to make some sense of this. | :02:25. | :02:27. | |
If we don't we going to have real winter of discontent. | :02:28. | :02:29. | |
Mario Kreft says a lack of investment combined with a major | :02:30. | :02:32. | |
increase in the number of over 85s in the next 20 years plus moves | :02:33. | :02:35. | |
to increase pay in line with the so-called living wage | :02:36. | :02:38. | |
is a triple whammy pushing services to a tipping point. | :02:39. | :02:40. | |
Staff at nursing homes like they say they have noticed growing pressures, | :02:41. | :02:43. | |
and they always make sure residents are the last people to suffer. | :02:44. | :02:46. | |
But they say that the current level of Carey is unsustainable | :02:47. | :02:48. | |
Tracy Cuthill runs a care home for people with physical disabilities. | :02:49. | :02:52. | |
She says the comparative underfunding of the social sector | :02:53. | :02:56. | |
compared with the NHS means staff are fighting | :02:57. | :02:58. | |
I had a gentleman in from a hospital two months ago came | :02:59. | :03:03. | |
Now, as far as they were concerned he was going to lie in bed | :03:04. | :03:09. | |
until such time we could get him a wheelchair. | :03:10. | :03:11. | |
Now, that's not our responsibility either, but then, you want | :03:12. | :03:13. | |
It's a basic human rights, but because of waiting lists, | :03:14. | :03:22. | |
You are almost pleading for basic human rights to get out of bed. | :03:23. | :03:30. | |
The Social Services minister wasn't available for interview | :03:31. | :03:32. | |
but the Welsh Government says the sector is neither | :03:33. | :03:34. | |
The majority of adult care homes raised no concerns in a recent | :03:35. | :03:42. | |
report and it says it's investing in both health and | :03:43. | :03:45. | |
But some experts say the system is in a fragile state. | :03:46. | :03:49. | |
The businesses are particularly financially fragile, | :03:50. | :03:51. | |
which means that residents in them are vulnerable | :03:52. | :03:53. | |
If they are slow one payments, the banking and lending institutions | :03:54. | :03:59. | |
could ask for a big financial payment, and they don't bother | :04:00. | :04:02. | |
to find out which business it is they are demanding those from. | :04:03. | :04:07. | |
In those instances older people become commodities in the business | :04:08. | :04:10. | |
model where the profit margins are locked at instead | :04:11. | :04:12. | |
The art class in Wrexham is drawing to a close. | :04:13. | :04:20. | |
It's part of the added value staff are trying to provide for some | :04:21. | :04:23. | |
of the most vulnerable people in society. | :04:24. | :04:27. | |
They warn it could be lost unless the picture improves. | :04:28. | :04:31. | |
I'm joined by Sarah Rochira, the Older People's Commissioner, | :04:32. | :04:34. | |
to pick up on some of the points raised in Matthew's report, | :04:35. | :04:37. | |
Sarah Rochira, some serious concerns raised about the fragility | :04:38. | :04:40. | |
of the care system in that report, should we be concerned | :04:41. | :04:48. | |
I don't think anybody has any doubt about the pressures facing the | :04:49. | :04:56. | |
social care system, financial pressures, recruitment pressures, | :04:57. | :05:00. | |
particularly in terms of nurses, but also care home managers. | :05:01. | :05:04. | |
In parts of Wales we don't have providers and others are struggling, | :05:05. | :05:08. | |
but can't get the support to improve. | :05:09. | :05:11. | |
It is a complex and long-standing issue. | :05:12. | :05:16. | |
Mario said they could be a crisis within the next few months, bet you | :05:17. | :05:22. | |
released a major report two years ago highlighting that standards were | :05:23. | :05:25. | |
slipping in homes, why hasn't the situation been turned around? | :05:26. | :05:31. | |
You are absolutely right. We looked at the quality of life of older | :05:32. | :05:34. | |
people but we talked about the systemic problems we have in Wales, | :05:35. | :05:40. | |
the things the system, the Welsh judgment, local authorities and | :05:41. | :05:43. | |
health will need to change. I understood they were difficult. | :05:44. | :05:47. | |
They've been building for a long time. | :05:48. | :05:51. | |
I sought from them and I pushed into assurances, I told them I knew it | :05:52. | :05:55. | |
would take some time, that I'm going to take a follow-up review in | :05:56. | :05:58. | |
November and I publish that next year. | :05:59. | :06:02. | |
I've been very clear, I know there is a huge amount of work going on in | :06:03. | :06:06. | |
Wales, I've seen that myself. There is a huge amount of action, | :06:07. | :06:11. | |
but ultimately we've got to address the systemic issues. | :06:12. | :06:14. | |
I think there is another issue that we're not talking about in Wales. | :06:15. | :06:18. | |
Action is important. The things that has boards do. But they will come a | :06:19. | :06:22. | |
point when we have to talk about that most Google topic, money. | :06:23. | :06:27. | |
People often say we don't have enough money. | :06:28. | :06:30. | |
The reality is that a price is always paid. The prices paid by Paul | :06:31. | :06:35. | |
care, and it is paid by individuals. The time has come when we had to | :06:36. | :06:40. | |
have a grown-up debate as a society, but a debate led by government about | :06:41. | :06:44. | |
what they are prepared to invest into social care. | :06:45. | :06:48. | |
That is important to the workforce. You talk about investment, it is a | :06:49. | :06:53. | |
complex situation, we heard in the report about staffing and | :06:54. | :06:57. | |
recruitment problems, low morale. Is throwing money going to help? | :06:58. | :07:02. | |
Well, I was very clear when I produced the review it's not all | :07:03. | :07:06. | |
about money. There is much we can do once already doing in Wales in best | :07:07. | :07:10. | |
care homes, that doesn't cost anything. One of the things I did | :07:11. | :07:15. | |
talk about, and focus on, was investment in the workforce. | :07:16. | :07:19. | |
Wherever you find great care, you find great people. We need to invest | :07:20. | :07:23. | |
in those people. We need to pay them are probably with their terms and | :07:24. | :07:27. | |
conditions, we provide opportunities for training and career advancement. | :07:28. | :07:37. | |
Those will come with a cost. I am clear that it is a price not just | :07:38. | :07:41. | |
worth paying, but a price we have to pay if people are not going to | :07:42. | :07:42. | |
suffer in Wales. It's six months since the collapse | :07:43. | :07:43. | |
of Didcot Power Station in Oxfordshire which trapped three | :07:44. | :07:45. | |
workers including Christopher His family have spoken today saying | :07:46. | :07:47. | |
they now need closure. Politicians representing | :07:48. | :07:50. | |
the families of the workers say they're "horrified" by how long it's | :07:51. | :07:52. | |
taking to recover their bodies. Returning to the site with a loved | :07:53. | :08:06. | |
one is still lying. Six months on the body of Christopher Huxtable | :08:07. | :08:09. | |
from Swansea has been trapped under the rubble since Didcot power | :08:10. | :08:15. | |
station collapsed in February. His sister and daughter save the last | :08:16. | :08:19. | |
few months have been torture. It's not nice to think he still out | :08:20. | :08:22. | |
there after six months. They should get him out. | :08:23. | :08:28. | |
I hope they get him out soon. I talked to him I do, through the | :08:29. | :08:33. | |
scrap. It sounds stupid, doesn't it. It's the only thing I can do. I just | :08:34. | :08:42. | |
think it needs to bring closure now. Destruction, devastation, this was | :08:43. | :08:45. | |
the scene at Didcot power station not long after part of the | :08:46. | :08:49. | |
decommission site collapsed in February. It killed for demolition | :08:50. | :08:53. | |
workers. Only one of the bodies has been recovered. Today the mail | :08:54. | :09:00. | |
Didcot says the family should now be allowed to mourn. | :09:01. | :09:04. | |
Six months is an acceptable. They should be allowed to move on. Into | :09:05. | :09:12. | |
mourn, and to... Closure is not the right word. But they should be able | :09:13. | :09:16. | |
to actually just step away from thinking about Didcot and focusing | :09:17. | :09:21. | |
on their own lives and families. Politicians representing the | :09:22. | :09:25. | |
families have also criticised the recovery effort. One Swansea MP told | :09:26. | :09:28. | |
me the time it has taken me shopping. | :09:29. | :09:33. | |
As a family representative I am horrified at how long it has taken. | :09:34. | :09:37. | |
It's just unfair, they have no closure. It's a tragedy. A dreadful | :09:38. | :09:43. | |
tragedy. When I think about Didcot I think about the man and the families | :09:44. | :09:46. | |
of the man left grieving without being able to have closure. | :09:47. | :09:56. | |
Last month the demolition of the remaining section was carried out | :09:57. | :09:59. | |
using explosives. The half demolished Sally was finally fully | :10:00. | :10:03. | |
levelled. The search for the men resumed. But around 20,000 tonnes of | :10:04. | :10:09. | |
material still needs to be sifted through. The company which owns the | :10:10. | :10:13. | |
site has defended the recovery operation, it says part of the | :10:14. | :10:17. | |
structure have proven challenging to remove, but they are working seven | :10:18. | :10:20. | |
days a week and their priority is recovering the man. | :10:21. | :10:24. | |
For the families of those whose body is still a end of the rubble the | :10:25. | :10:28. | |
A 23-year-old man has appeared in Cardiff Crown court accused | :10:29. | :10:31. | |
Police were called to a property in the Llandaff area | :10:32. | :10:34. | |
Jordan Matthews is accused of killing 24-year-old Xi-Xi Bi. | :10:35. | :10:38. | |
He's been remanded in custody until October. | :10:39. | :10:42. | |
The firm behind plans to build a ?120 million holiday village | :10:43. | :10:44. | |
on Anglesey has bought 600 acres of land for the development. | :10:45. | :10:47. | |
Land and Lakes has purchased the site at Holy Island, | :10:48. | :10:50. | |
where they plan to develop 800 lodges and cottages, | :10:51. | :10:52. | |
They also plan to restore buildings on the Penrhos estate. | :10:53. | :10:59. | |
The company claims the new resort will generate hundreds of jobs. | :11:00. | :11:02. | |
The Archbishop of Wales, Dr Barry Morgan, has announced he's | :11:03. | :11:12. | |
to retire next January, on his 70th birthday. | :11:13. | :11:14. | |
He's the longest serving archbishop in the Anglican communion, | :11:15. | :11:16. | |
and has been a strong voice in public and political | :11:17. | :11:18. | |
He supported more powers for the Assembly, but opposed | :11:19. | :11:24. | |
a change in the law around organ donation. | :11:25. | :11:29. | |
He's led the way on big occasions, here in Llandaff Cathedral two years | :11:30. | :11:40. | |
ago, at the Welsh national service marking 100 years since | :11:41. | :11:42. | |
But has been there too, for communities rocked by personal | :11:43. | :11:46. | |
tragedies as at Gleision, when four miners were killed in 2011. | :11:47. | :11:51. | |
Those within the church credit him with holding it together, | :11:52. | :11:53. | |
when topics like women bishops and same sex marriages, | :11:54. | :11:55. | |
But Archbishop Barry Morgan hasn't been afraid to speak out | :11:56. | :12:01. | |
What I'm not in favour of is this bill which presumes that | :12:02. | :12:10. | |
unless you have opted out then your organs can be used | :12:11. | :12:15. | |
What is it about a prosperous country where people have two depend | :12:16. | :12:20. | |
on food banks to get food, in order to feed their families. | :12:21. | :12:24. | |
There was something really wrong here. | :12:25. | :12:26. | |
I think it's been absolutely right for the Archbishop | :12:27. | :12:28. | |
to take a lead in politics, he will be there to | :12:29. | :12:31. | |
He, across the board has spoken for the vulnerable, particularly | :12:32. | :12:36. | |
That has been hugely appreciated by those of us who work | :12:37. | :12:41. | |
But I think it's appropriate for a bishop of a province | :12:42. | :12:46. | |
He will, of course, received rough treatment from some when he has | :12:47. | :12:52. | |
Dr Morgan stands down in January, when he turns 70. | :12:53. | :12:57. | |
Today he thanked those who have supported him over the years, | :12:58. | :13:00. | |
particularly since the death of his wife earlier this year, | :13:01. | :13:04. | |
a loss, he says, he found enormously hard to bear. | :13:05. | :13:10. | |
Still to come on tonight's programme. | :13:11. | :13:13. | |
It's a waterway with 200 years of history, much of the Swansea | :13:14. | :13:16. | |
Now the engineer who carried out the work has returned to help | :13:17. | :13:21. | |
28C, 82F, the highest temperature recorded in Wales so far this month. | :13:22. | :13:31. | |
Ukip hasn't been far from the headlines in recent weeks | :13:32. | :13:45. | |
partly because of the increasingly bitter battle between | :13:46. | :13:47. | |
Assembly Members Neil Hamilton and Nathan Gill. | :13:48. | :13:50. | |
But the party is also now electing a successor to leader Nigel Farage, | :13:51. | :13:54. | |
and it's a race between five relatively low profile candidates. | :13:55. | :13:56. | |
Our political reporter Paul Martin has been looking at what impact | :13:57. | :14:01. | |
Nigel Farage's departure may have on Ukip in Wales. | :14:02. | :14:03. | |
He's been the face of Ukip for the best part of a decade, | :14:04. | :14:14. | |
and become one of Britain's few celebrity politicians. | :14:15. | :14:17. | |
So this is a story about how everyone has behaved | :14:18. | :14:20. | |
I think that's right, Ian. | :14:21. | :14:23. | |
But no Nigel Farage is stepping down as Ukip leader, | :14:24. | :14:29. | |
and the candidates in the running to replace him are not | :14:30. | :14:33. | |
Even to Ukip supporters, let alone voters generally. | :14:34. | :14:38. | |
One of Nigel Farage's strengths was his ability to appeal to two | :14:39. | :14:41. | |
very different parts of the electorate. | :14:42. | :14:44. | |
On the one hand, voters into dishing only conservative areas, | :14:45. | :14:48. | |
And on the other, ex-Labour supporters in former | :14:49. | :15:01. | |
This constituency was one of Ukip's five second-place finishes | :15:02. | :15:05. | |
So will Nigel Farage standing down make Ukip voters hear less likely | :15:06. | :15:09. | |
I think party members would stand for the same things as he did. | :15:10. | :15:16. | |
He got us out of Europe, and I was so glad. | :15:17. | :15:20. | |
Mark Jones is a former Labour member from Merthyr who now | :15:21. | :15:26. | |
He is worried about the party's future once Nigel Farage | :15:27. | :15:32. | |
He was such a brilliant man to the party. | :15:33. | :15:39. | |
Like I said, when I was on holidays, and I found out he'd left I just | :15:40. | :15:44. | |
think that the party is going to go downhill. | :15:45. | :15:48. | |
Ukip's chairman in Wales is worried too. | :15:49. | :15:56. | |
Mainly about the impact of recent infighting. | :15:57. | :15:59. | |
But he thinks Nigel Farage's successor can unite ex-Labour | :16:00. | :16:01. | |
Some of the worries, you know, the working-class Labour | :16:02. | :16:10. | |
voters in Merthyr are no different from those | :16:11. | :16:12. | |
Particularly will as far as immigration is concerned. | :16:13. | :16:16. | |
Concern about taking jobs, British jobs going | :16:17. | :16:18. | |
So really, I can see how the two sides can come together. | :16:19. | :16:25. | |
Ukip as described Wales as a party stronghold after the election | :16:26. | :16:28. | |
It infighting within the party has followed. | :16:29. | :16:35. | |
The question now is whether Ukip can maintain its support in areas | :16:36. | :16:38. | |
Time for tonight's sport, here's Tomos. | :16:39. | :16:47. | |
Welsh members of Team GB touched down at Heathrow airport greeted | :16:48. | :16:49. | |
A record haul of ten medals was won by the Welsh athletes | :16:50. | :16:54. | |
Among the Gold medallists was sailor Hannah Mills, from Dinas Powys, | :16:55. | :17:00. | |
who won the 4-70 class with her partner Saskia Clarke. | :17:01. | :17:06. | |
The preparation and everything culminating in a two-week long | :17:07. | :17:10. | |
Yes, just mentally and physically exhausted and can't | :17:11. | :17:16. | |
I can't wait to go and watch, as a fan. | :17:17. | :17:26. | |
So that's it, is it? | :17:27. | :17:27. | |
Obviously I'm going to miss Saskia, that will factor in what I decide | :17:28. | :17:39. | |
to do but we'll see how the dust settles. | :17:40. | :17:47. | |
In just over a fortnight Rio will host the Paralympics | :17:48. | :17:49. | |
but the financial crisis affecting the games, is a real concern | :17:50. | :17:52. | |
to athletes here and may affect the image of the event. | :17:53. | :17:55. | |
That's the warning tonight from Disability Sport Wales. | :17:56. | :17:57. | |
Most of the 24 Welsh athletes competing for Paralympics GB | :17:58. | :17:59. | |
Organisers have been forced to announce major budget cuts. | :18:00. | :18:17. | |
They won 22 medals last time around in London. Today's Britain's cycling | :18:18. | :18:25. | |
team trained in Newport. At the weekend most will be flying to a | :18:26. | :18:31. | |
training camp in Brazil, heading to a games overshadowed by financial | :18:32. | :18:33. | |
troubles. It's concerning for the athletes and | :18:34. | :18:37. | |
for the image of the games. I know that the IPC are working with the | :18:38. | :18:42. | |
teams they aren't the Government of Brazil to make sure they put on a | :18:43. | :18:47. | |
good show for the athletes. I think the athletes will be fully supported | :18:48. | :18:52. | |
with no cutbacks, hopefully, on the field of play they wouldn't be any | :18:53. | :18:57. | |
issues. The Paralympics budget has been is tailed back. Cuts have been | :18:58. | :19:01. | |
announced including the closure of a park, the second-largest of the four | :19:02. | :19:07. | |
zones used in the Olympics the down workforce will also be downsized. | :19:08. | :19:15. | |
Issues such as repairs at the athletes village, extra security and | :19:16. | :19:19. | |
the treatment of the green water in the aquatic centre have meant that | :19:20. | :19:23. | |
Paralympics friends have been diverted. Sport Wales has set a | :19:24. | :19:28. | |
target of 20 to 30 medals for Welsh athletes over the next two | :19:29. | :19:33. | |
Paralympics. One of the medal hopes took to Twitter this week asking | :19:34. | :19:36. | |
whether these problems would have occurred had the Paralympics been | :19:37. | :19:42. | |
held before the Olympics. Another Paralympic champion from 2012 told | :19:43. | :19:46. | |
me it is disconcerting, but the cutback shouldn't affect the | :19:47. | :19:51. | |
athletes. It is shameful as far as I am concerned. As an ex-athlete I | :19:52. | :19:54. | |
feel that any athlete representing the country, Olympic or Paralympic | :19:55. | :20:01. | |
should be given the same opportunity. Real jinni real have | :20:02. | :20:11. | |
had enough time now to get it right. Organisers said they wanted to | :20:12. | :20:15. | |
welcome the world to the city, but just 12% of tickets have been sold | :20:16. | :20:22. | |
so far. The Beijing and London Paralympics generated huge interest | :20:23. | :20:25. | |
in disability sport and brought a shifting perceptions. The hope is | :20:26. | :20:29. | |
that that momentum will continue in Rio despite the problems | :20:30. | :20:30. | |
behind-the-scenes. Neil Taylor is expected to make his | :20:31. | :20:38. | |
first start of the new season as Swansea city begin their campaign | :20:39. | :20:41. | |
against League 1 side Peterborough tonight. Leo Britton and Kristoffer | :20:42. | :20:47. | |
Nordvelt who has just signed a new contract is also likely to start the | :20:48. | :20:51. | |
second round match. It is live on BBC radio Wales from 7pm. | :20:52. | :20:52. | |
Gareth Bale's agent has denied reports that the Wales international | :20:53. | :20:55. | |
has agreed a new five year contract to extend his stay with Real Madrid. | :20:56. | :20:58. | |
Media reports in Spain had suggested Bale, who scored twice | :20:59. | :21:01. | |
on the opening weekend of the La Liga season | :21:02. | :21:03. | |
He joined the European Champions for a thenWorld record | :21:04. | :21:06. | |
In rugby it has been confirmed that the Aviva Stadium in Dublin will | :21:07. | :21:17. | |
stage the pro 12 final next May. Volunteers are working to restore | :21:18. | :21:26. | |
parts of the historic Swansea Canal that were covered over and built on | :21:27. | :21:31. | |
more than four decades ago. The local canal society and the canal | :21:32. | :21:34. | |
and River trust in Wales are working to reopen stretches of the waterway | :21:35. | :21:38. | |
with the help of the engineer originally tasked with filling it | :21:39. | :21:40. | |
in. And covering 200 years of history. | :21:41. | :21:48. | |
It might not look like much now but beneath the surface is one of 36 | :21:49. | :21:53. | |
blocks which forms the historic canal. In the 1970s this part was | :21:54. | :21:57. | |
covered over with concrete to make way for a council depot. The | :21:58. | :22:01. | |
engineer responsible for managing the work more than 40 years ago has | :22:02. | :22:05. | |
returned to find the lock has survived. | :22:06. | :22:08. | |
When we did it I always wondered if it was going to be dug up, but I | :22:09. | :22:13. | |
never thought that would happen. I'm so pleased to see the canal society | :22:14. | :22:21. | |
doing it. Hopefully, any few years' time it | :22:22. | :22:24. | |
will be back to its former glory? Absolutely. | :22:25. | :22:29. | |
It is going to take some time but having bought the land Swansea Canal | :22:30. | :22:33. | |
Society are working hard to bring Lock seven back to life. | :22:34. | :22:37. | |
When it was built in 1788 the canal was used to transport coal from the | :22:38. | :22:41. | |
upper Swansea Valley to the world-famous copper works on the | :22:42. | :22:45. | |
banks of the river Tawe. As the industry closed down much of the | :22:46. | :22:48. | |
canal was covered over. Part of it fell into disrepair. Over | :22:49. | :22:53. | |
the past 50 years much of this waterway has been filled in. Only | :22:54. | :22:58. | |
six out of 16 miles of it has been accessible, over the past three | :22:59. | :23:02. | |
years more than 25,000 hours have been clocked up by volunteers as | :23:03. | :23:06. | |
they try to restore it to its former glory. | :23:07. | :23:10. | |
Restoration work has ranged from clearing away the overgrown trees | :23:11. | :23:13. | |
and hedges to rebuilding the old canal walls. | :23:14. | :23:18. | |
They are using local stone. The locks we were gone we use the same | :23:19. | :23:22. | |
techniques that were used 200 years ago. We use a light mortar mix which | :23:23. | :23:25. | |
is more forgiving than cement which would crack. We don't want to damage | :23:26. | :23:32. | |
the old bridges and locks. It is absolutely fantastic that we still | :23:33. | :23:35. | |
use the same techniques from 200 years ago. | :23:36. | :23:38. | |
We work closely with a heritage advisor to ensure that all volunteer | :23:39. | :23:43. | |
works are adhered to. We have the waterway recovery group, that is | :23:44. | :23:46. | |
healthier for the last three years and we've had people from all over | :23:47. | :23:50. | |
the world come and join us working on the lock. We've had people from | :23:51. | :23:54. | |
Italy, America, and they are keen to learn about the area. | :23:55. | :23:59. | |
The tranquillity of life on the canal is a far cry from the | :24:00. | :24:03. | |
industrious rooted once was. With big plans to redevelop much of this | :24:04. | :24:07. | |
waterway in the future the Swansea Canal Society hopes it can write a | :24:08. | :24:10. | |
new chapter in its long and important history. Ben Price in | :24:11. | :24:12. | |
Swansea. Well it's been a beautifully sunny | :24:13. | :24:13. | |
day today, is the hot weather going to last, | :24:14. | :24:16. | |
Derek? Not all week. It is a short burst of | :24:17. | :24:24. | |
heat. It won't stay dry all week either. But today has felt like | :24:25. | :24:30. | |
summer again. A lovely day for working on the farm. | :24:31. | :24:32. | |
The sunshine hazy at times with wispy high level cirrus clouds. | :24:33. | :24:34. | |
Temperature wise, Cardiff soared to a humid 28C this afternoon. | :24:35. | :24:37. | |
The highest temperature recorded in Wales so far this month. | :24:38. | :24:42. | |
Parts of the coast cooler, 20C in Aberdaron. | :24:43. | :24:45. | |
So fine and warm for most of us this evening. | :24:46. | :24:48. | |
That cloud will spread across more of the country overnight. | :24:49. | :24:52. | |
A bit misty in places and a mild night. | :24:53. | :24:57. | |
There will be more cloud around but dry. | :24:58. | :25:09. | |
Bright in parts of the south and west with some sunshine. | :25:10. | :25:13. | |
So a mix of cloud and sunshine tomorrow. | :25:14. | :25:18. | |
Generally dry but the odd shower is possible in the afternoon. | :25:19. | :25:21. | |
Temperatures not as high as today but still on the warm side. | :25:22. | :25:27. | |
Fresher in the north and west especially on the coast. | :25:28. | :25:31. | |
Cloudier and not as warm as today but dry. | :25:32. | :25:38. | |
On the North Coast tomorrow dry with sunny spells . | :25:39. | :25:45. | |
Tomorrow evening there is a risk of some rain in the south east. | :25:46. | :25:52. | |
Elsewhere dry apart from the odd shower. | :25:53. | :25:58. | |
On Thursday greater risk of some rain and showers. | :25:59. | :26:01. | |
Heavy and thundery in places but some dry weather as well. | :26:02. | :26:05. | |
And in the west it should brighten-up during the afternoon. | :26:06. | :26:07. | |
Dry with a mix of cloud and sunny spells. | :26:08. | :26:13. | |
Feel pleasantly warm with a light to moderate breeze. | :26:14. | :26:16. | |
Will it stay dry over the bank holiday weekend? | :26:17. | :26:18. | |
High pressure will be in charge on Friday but a front will move | :26:19. | :26:22. | |
And then on Sunday it looks like low pressure will be over us. | :26:23. | :26:28. | |
That means some rain and heavy showers over | :26:29. | :26:30. | |
the weekend but some dry, brighter spells in the mix as well. | :26:31. | :26:38. | |
And a reminder of today's top stories. | :26:39. | :26:39. | |
Welsh athletes were among those who landed at Heathrow today | :26:40. | :26:42. | |
in a specially chartered plane from the Rio Olympics. | :26:43. | :26:44. | |
It's been a record breaking games, with ten medals for Welsh athletes, | :26:45. | :26:47. | |
There is a warning to make that older people in Wales could suffer | :26:48. | :27:04. | |
unless more money is invested in training care staff and making sure | :27:05. | :27:08. | |
they are well paid. Speaking on this programme the older people's | :27:09. | :27:11. | |
commissioner said there needs to be a change in the wake areas provided | :27:12. | :27:15. | |
for people in residential homes and in their own homes. Wherever you | :27:16. | :27:22. | |
find great here you find great people. We need to pay them | :27:23. | :27:28. | |
appropriately give them opportunities for training and | :27:29. | :27:32. | |
career advancement. Those will come with a cast. I'm clear that it is a | :27:33. | :27:37. | |
cost not only worth paying but we have to pay if people aren't going | :27:38. | :27:38. | |
have to pay if people aren't going to suffer in Wales. | :27:39. | :27:42. | |
And that's Wales Today, we'll be back with all the latest | :27:43. | :27:45. |