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But all of their lives have changed since Brexit.

Tonight life here in the aftermath of the Referendum.

For some, it's abuse shouted in the street...

In four decades you have never had anything like that?

This is the best multicultural country that I can think

of in the United Kingdom, especially Wales and Cardiff.

The Coffee importers - and the water exporters -

the Welsh businesses on their experience

How come hundreds of motorists became stranded at

We were stuck in the field, the park and ride field from six

until about midnight to wait for a tractor to come and tow us out

and in the end, the tractor got stuck and we had

Wales aiming to reach another major finals.

The long road to the World Cup in 2018 starts tonight -

Manager Chris Coleman determined to ensure that the Eurors

And when the boat comes in - who'll look out for

the fisherman and the sailors - if the post of Harbour master goes

The number of hate-crimes reported to the police in the weeks before

and after the EU referendum was sixty percent higher

Over 600 incidents were recorded in June and July.

Immigration was at the centre of the Brexit debate,

which became one of the most animated political

Tonight the First Minister is calling on people in Wales

to abandon the abuse and bitterness unleashed in the campaign.

We'll hear from Carwyn Jones in a moment.

First of our series of Special Reports begins with -

how that decision to leave the EU has affected us here in Wales -

The campaigns for and against leaving the European Union

are impassioned, frenetic and some say divisive.

So, more than two months on, how has the vote affected our communities?

For the former deputy mayor of Cardiff, the votes

revealed another darker side to his home of 40 years.

I was talking to one of my friends and we were just talking and one

gentleman coming towards us from the junction stopped

We voted to leave, when are you going to leave?

In four decades you have never had anything like that?

This is the best multicultural country that I can think

of in the United Kingdom, especially Wales and Cardiff.

In Wrexham, community activist Yolande from Portugal says

We did not understand really what was about to happen,

especially when people passed in front of the cafe

and would say out, out, out, you have to go

This is perhaps the most tangible social consequence so far.

In the weeks before and after the June vote,

reports of hate crime in Wales were up 60%, compared

Reports of racially motivated hate crime increased by

It is too early to say if the trend will continue in Wales.

I think what Brexit has done has given greater exposure to hate

crime, key individuals are coming forward and giving examples

where they believe they have been targeted as a consequence of Brexit.

We do expect the trend to have a natural spike in this time

of year but that is not until July, but we saw the spike

started slightly earlier than we would expect.

In Swansea, some women joined this self-defence class over fears

Here, the opposite, it was made clear that Polish people have

In Newport, the repercussions are also being felt,

in this quaint creative corner, where Wales is sold to the world,

Brexit has put a strain on relations, including for this

There are a couple of people who I cannot talk to,

because they voted out, friendships that I have had

with people for a long time and I said I cannot

The owner of this impressive store who has worked all over Europe

in the circus says that many of her friends are now

They are just saying that is it, I do not want to live here any more.

I would rather live anywhere but here.

Those are some of the things that have been said to me.

While the full consequences of Brexit are yet to crystallise,

for some, things here have already changed.

Ripples in society that may or may not grow to become waves.

The First Minister says divisions in Wales since the Brexit

Carwyn Jones who campaigned for Britain to stay in the EU -

says - he acknowledges immigration needs to be tackled -

but repeated his call for access to the single market to be

maintained in the negotiations to leave.

He's been speaking to our political editor Nick Servini.

What do you think people in Wales want to see happen to immigration?

Some people were concerned that they felt that immigrants

Even though most of the jobs are in industries where it is

difficult to recruit locally but that is the way people saw it

It is quite clear to me that unrestricted free

movement of people is not going to be acceptable

through many people in

Of course what we cannot do is then pick the reasons why people

The free movement of Labour you think does have to

I think it is inevitable that things will have to change, but

what cannot change is our ability to sell freely in our biggest

market, if that happens I can only be bad

Think about it sensibly, if you are an investor

would you go somewhere where you can sell freely

in the biggest market or

someone you cannot on the same terms and the same price as?

It does not take a genius to work out where the

investment will go if we do not get free movement of goods and services.

Do you think Wales is still a divided country?

I do not think it will be that way forever.

One of the things that concerns me about the nature of

Is Wales still feeling divided to you?

Quite clearly people voted in different ways in

We have to get away from the bitterness from the

I have never seen anything like the referendum

If that is the way that politics is going in the UK in the

future, the UK will become a very bitterly divided society.

The formation of the new Welsh Government

nearly coincided with the

Brexit vote, to what extent has it changed things and changed your

What we do not know is what money will be

I know people in Wales wanted to leave, but

I do not think people in Wales, voted to be done over financially.

We have to make sure that when people

believed it was their money in the first place,

that money is still on

Do we judge you now on how you handle

Of course people are going to judge us on the

Not just the UK Government and everyone who

I am fully aware of that, a big challenge, we know that, but it is a

challenge we have to face to make sure that the progress we have seen

with unemployment, youth unemployment...those

Questions are being asked about how hundreds of motorists became

stranded in a flooded field at Festival Number 6 in Portmeirion.

Many festival-goers are furious that the car park was opened

Around 160 people were forced to spend the night in

Roger Pinney is in Porthmadog.

Yes, I am at the leisure centre in Porthmadog. It is much quieter but

throughout the day this has been used as a transit site,

festivalgoers have been bustier from their campsite and then bust out

again to the car parks to see if they can move their vehicles. If

not, they can spend the night here and they are expecting 50 or 60

people to do that tonight. Not a disaster,

not a crisis, but hugely inconveniencing. Images like these

will be unwelcome to festival organisers, there is a reputation at

stake here. Then there are images like these, 200 people in Porthmadog

leisure centre. Local people have turned out to serve food and warming

drinks, essentials like toiletries have been donated, but there is

complaint as well. We were stuck in the field and till midnight from six

o'clock waiting for a tractor to bring us out but the tractors were

getting stuck and telling each other out. We stayed overnight and had

some food and then we tried again this morning and after a couple of

hours in the rain, we finally managed to get the car. It is really

disappointing, this is clearly a flood plain. It is really bad.

Others seem more relaxed about it all. They could have planned it a

little bit better, but I do not think there is much they can do if

the weather is really bad. Every festival gets like this, doesn't it?

In its short life, Festival Number six has grown in popularity, it has

become known for the quality of the axe as well as the setting. In

future, organisers are now being urged to think again about the way

they do things. There was a contingency plan, but perhaps that

needed to be a bit firmer and we needed to have that ready to roll

when the weather forecast was perhaps predicting it badly on the

Saturday. Friday was a perfect day and Sunday was OK, it was just the

Saturday. There is something to learn from that. Through much of the

day there has been a flow of festivalgoers to the car park site.

Four drivers have been here to help. We are getting cars start left right

and centre and it has been a hard struggle. We have had a few that

have managed to get themselves off, but it is a lot of hard work.

Tonight some cars remain on the site, these are the most mud bound

and the most difficult to move. They think 300

vehicles are stuck and some of them may be here until Friday. We have

repeatedly passed the organisers of Festival Number six for an interview

and they have repeatedly failed to give us anyone to talk to. Thank

you. A 36 year old man has admitted

murdering his neighbour The body of 65 year

old Christine James was discovered after she missed a flight

to Florida in March. Kris Wade is due to be

sentenced later this month. The mother of a four year old boy

who died in a house fire near Pontardawe in July -

has been arrested on suspicion Jac Davies was rescued

from a bedroom at his home Three of his siblings escaped

unharmed. 28 year old Jennifer Davies,

has been released on bail. South Wales Police says it's

investigating a complaint about the far-right group

"Britain First" after it filmed The force says it has received

a complaint from the Al-Manar Centre in Cathays about the incident

on the 20th August. It followed allegations made

in national newspapers about the Mosque's Imam Shaykh Ali

Hammuda, which he has Manager Chris Coleman

is aiming to guide his side The first qualifying

match is tonight -- Believe it or not it was just two

months ago that Wales were in the semi-finals of the European

Championships. Now they must do it all over again to reach and other

major finals. The long road to the World Cup in Russia in two years'

time starts tonight, between now and then, Wales will play five countries

home and away and they find themselves in an unfamiliar position

because they are top seeds in their group and they will have to finish

top to qualify for the World Cup, finish second and it is the

play-offs. Let us look at their opponents, we have got Austria,

there is also Serbia, Chris Coleman contemplated quitting after losing

heavily against them a few years ago. Then there is the Republic of

Ireland who reached the last 16 of the Euros and then potentially

tricky trips to Georgia, a six-hour flight away but it all starts

tonight here at the Cardiff City Stadium against Moldova and Wales

are the overwhelming favourites. Gareth Bale for Wales! In! Ramsey

onside, Aaron Ramsey with a dank and Wales are in the lead! Sam Vokes!

How do you follow that? That is the challenge facing the manager, Wales

's success in the summer was the standout story of Europe 2016 and

Chris Coleman must maintain that. We once more tournament football and

campaign football and we want make sure that we do what we did in the

last campaign. It is important to acknowledge what we did and it is

important to put that to bed a little bit and use the experience

and move on. 154 places in the rankings are separate Moldova and

their house, so how does their manager plan to bridge that divide?

TRANSLATION: It is good to say we do not care about that. Thank you for

reminding us. The visitors have shocked Wales before, the mid-19 90s

and in only their second qualifier having separated from the Soviet

Union, Moldova surprise them by winning 3-2. The coach joked that he

was too young to remember that and was coy about how his defence would

prepare tonight. Is he familiar with the term park the bus, but does he

expect them to reduce a defensive performance?

TRANSLATION: We are not the best team, maybe we do not even have

buses, but we will probably have a car! Chris Coleman says that his

players are desperate to build on the success of Euro 2016 after

surpassing expectations then, the challenge now is to ensure it is not

a one-off. Team news for you, Sam Vokes as expected starts instead of

Hal Robson Kanu,. We'll bring you all the goals

at 10:30 this evening. Much more to come

before 7 o'clock... Wake up and smell the coffee -

the welsh businesses How has Brexit affected them?

And we're in for a taste of summer this week but how

warm will it get and - Over 600 people have

signed a petition calling on Ceredigion Council

to save the post of Harbour There's concern that the local

authority could cut the post to save money, but campaigners say -

it could threaten the safety The Council insists no firm

proposals have been decided. The busy summer season is winding

down in Aberaeron and the harbour is the focal point for visitors who

flock to this popular Ceredignon resort. For four centuries,

Aberaeron has had a harbourmaster to supervise the general safety of the

port and the current incumbent has a lifetime 's worth of seafaring

experience, but there is concern locally that he could be the last

full-time harbourmaster in Aberaeron. At present there are

harbour masters in Newquay and Aberaeron but there is concern that

the full-time position could be under threat and that has prompted

local people to launch a campaign to save their harbourmaster. Nick

Sawyer is a boat owner and a member of the local yacht club and he set

up an online petition signed by over 600 people now to call on the

council to protect the harbourmaster. The role he says is

vital for Port safety. Both Newquay and Aberystwyth have a lifeboat,

they have lifeguards on the beach and they have a coastguard that is

resident, we do not have any of those. They have breakwaters which

make the water is safe. We do not have a breakwater. So we do get

these rolling waves coming in at high tide when the sea is a bit

rough. Aberaeron is unique in the sense that we have more hazards. The

idea of cutting the number of harbour masters in Kerry Duignan was

first proposed earlier in the year by a firm of consultants employed by

the council to help them save money -- Ceredignon. The local council

said she was surprised that the idea was being refloated. We threw it out

and I remember asking when they came up with the idea to get rid of one

and a half jobs, basically harbourmaster jobs, you explain to

us how you run a harbour? They could not, it is easy to make

these decisions on paper, but the reality is very different. In a

statement, the council said it is operating in a tough financial

climate, but no firm proposals or decisions have been made about the

harbourmaster service in the county or how it could operate in

Aberaeron. The idea is likely to be discussed by committee at the end of

September in what could be a stormy meeting.

Just over two months since the UK voted to leave the European Union -

there have been big POLITICAL changes - but what

The value of the pound is around 13% lower than it was before

the referendum - but otherwise - the economic landscape appears

The horror stories of economic armageddon haven't materialised.

But there is uncertainly about what trade deals can be done.

Our economics correspondent Sarah Dickins has been speaking

to two businesses about life since the Brexit vote.

From South America and Africa to Bridgend fire London docks, 60

tonnes of raw coffee beans a year. Is this copy more expensive now than

before the Brexit vote? About 15% it has gone up, it is a bit higher than

usual, but because it is a big commodity, the second-biggest

commodity in the world, it does go up and down. At this Welsh coffee

company it is all about imports. The weaker pound has cost it money, but

he is used to changing commodity prices and the business is helped by

low interest rates. Most sales are in Wales but around one third of it

is sold in London and that is expanding. People are still

spending with us, they have not cut back, there might be nervousness and

they might not be sure what to expect, but I think it is still

growing. Across the Welsh economy little has changed so far. Generally

orders have not fallen away nor have large numbers of jobs being lost,

CBI Wales reckons it will be another six months before there is

noticeable change in the economy. In the year to last March ?7 billion of

goods were imported into Wales, while exports from Wales amounted to

?12 billion. These are the biggest markets for Welsh goods. In the year

to last March, exports to Qatar and Ethiopia have seen the biggest

growth. It is the detail of future trade deals that will have a

tangible effect on the economy and how businesses decide whether or not

to grow and invest. People here in Cardiff are doing what they can to

make sure that Wales makes the most of future new trading relationships

while at the same time growing and deepening those that they already

have liked with North America. In the meantime, it is Welsh exporters

who are already feeling the impact of a weaker pound. Not a bubbling

mountain stream, but pure water from deep down below Welsh organic

fields, destined for top restaurants around the world. This is the

nucleus of the whole company. Below us is a lot of water and the idea is

that we will withdraw the water from the soil and the depths below, the

water is drawn through these pipe works, which then goes through a

filtration system and is sent to the bottling shed. With international

rivals, its selling point is that it is pure and top chefs say it works

particularly well with food. It is not cheap, it can cost up to ?8 per

bottle and the weaker pound after the Brexit vote makes this company

is water cheaper for buyers overseas, good news because it can

sell more abroad to new overseas distributors who might have been put

off in the past. It is not worried about future trade barriers because

it is already selling and 19 US states with different regulations.

Competitors within Europe or outside the US have seen it as too much

hassle and it is probably not something we will want to do so I do

embrace that aspect about it because it makes us work and think about how

we get around it and if our competitors are finding it too

difficult, it is happy days for us. Two months after the referendum,

that opinion seems to be gaining support, but like it or not, Brexit

will bring challenges and opportunities.

A final word with Our political editor Nick Servini Nick -

politicians will want businesses to feel confident trading

They will. It will really be about the here and now even though there

will be longer term debates about some of the policies and to stick

with Sarah 's example, it depends if you are glass half full or glass

half empty, Carwyn Jones is in America now trying to drum up

support for inward investment projects, speaking to him about the

potential doubts about our future membership of the single market, he

at times sounds as if the glass is half empty and there is a degree of

vulnerability for the Welsh economy. The person who is definitely glass

half full at the moment is the Conservative Welsh Secretary Alun

Cairns and rather than look at the potential pitfalls, very keen to

look at what the opportunities are and what the benefits could be. This

is what he had to say. We want to get to a position where our goods

and services can be sold and traded in Europe. There will be different

terms on that and of course the detail of those terms will emerge,

but we are not going to say absolutely from the outset, this is

what we demand, but we can reassure businesses that the market is our

closest market, it is the biggest market and at the same time, we will

be looking for a new markets elsewhere, because how many times

have we heard the argument, you cannot do that because of European

regulations and rules? As we leave the European Union, we will not be

restricted to those sorts of obligations. You have spoken to many

politicians, what are your overall impressions since the Brexit vote?

It has been an eye opening experience particularly for those on

the Remain side and the kick in the teeth for them is what happened in

so many of the communities that received most in terms of aid and

yet they were the ones who voted in the greatest numbers to leave. Those

on the Leave side feel vindicated and they can at least feel that they

have had a lease of life and will certainly try to hold the UK

Government to account in the negotiations but we are talking

about very high-profile issues, the focus will be intense. Thank you.

More analysis on what next for Wales after Brexit on our website

bbc.co.uk/walesnews - so what next for the weather?

We're still on course for a short burst of summer this week.

26C in places but the heat and humidity won't last long.

Thursday and Friday cooler and fresher and more unsettled

It felt like summer in parts of the north and northeast

Some blue sky in Rhyl with a high of 25C.

A different story, though in the south and west.

Damp and misty in Mountains Ash and only 18C.

Elsewhere low cloud and some drizzle, especially

Temperatures in many places not falling below 17 or 18 Celsius.

Here's the picture for 8 in the morning.

The north coast and NE bright and warm with some sunshine.

During the day, mist and fog patches will lift and a few more places

Having said that, parts of the west will stay grey

Top temperatures 19, 20C in Carmarthenshire.

24 Celsius in Flintshire with a south to south-westerly breeze.

On Wednesday the wind will turn more into the SE bringing drier

And that means more of the country will brighten-up on Wednesday.

The cloud lifting and breaking with some sunshine.

On Thursday a cold front will swing through Wales with low

Cooler and fresher with a few showers.

Friday less windy but breezy with some rain and showers.

Wednesday the warmest day but back to normal later in the week.

I'll have an update at 8, and again after the BBC News at Ten

That's Wales Today, thank you for watching -

from all of us on the programme, good evening.