06/09/2016 BBC Wales Today

Ford Bridgend is to cut the level of investment and halve production

of its new generation of petrol engines.

Tonight, grave concerns from both unions and MPs. What the statement

said is that it will go from 750 jobs to 550. That is our reduction.

They said there will not be redundant. My concern is how that

works. Inspecting damage to cars

towed out of the mud Organisers defend their decision

to park vehicles on a flood plain. They've pulled the

bumper off his car. He got stuck in mud and the bumper

is completely also we are just waiting for someone to pick us up

and we will probably write the car off.

after dominant industries like steel disappear - tonight the call

The future of salmon fishing in some of our rivers could be in doubt.

Experts warn the number of young salmon has reached an all-time low.

And if you Fat today felt warm, tomorrow will be even one and humid.

-- thought. -- warmer and units. They make the engines for some

of our best known cars - but tonight unions say

there are "grave concerns" about the future of the Ford factory

in Bridgend after it emerged the car-maker is halving the number

of engines it's to build there. The company had planned

to make 250,000 of its new generation Dragon engines -

but will now make just 125,000. Ford insists no jobs are to be lost

- but unions say it raises serious questions about the company's long

term commitment to Bridgend. Here's our Business

Correspondent, Brian Meechan It's been operating in Bridgend

since 1980, providing skilled well-paid jobs. But Unite the union

said the plan is now in a very dangerous situation. Ford announced

last year that it would invest ?181 million in the manufacturing of a

new generation of petrol engines at Bridgend. The relatively provided

?15 million to help bring the work to the plant. It has emerged that

Ford have now told word of it all only be investing ?100 million. It

is unclear what that means for the taxpayer money towards the deal.

Ford have given an Ashour and that the jobs will be safeguarded that we

recognise there are is anxiety. -- Shawlands. The Welsh job and

continue to do everything it can and will do to secure jobs for the

long-term. In the 1800 people who work there are amongst the most

skilled and qualified in our economy, so it is essential that

there is a pipeline of new development that can go to that

plan. I don't think the signals to move out of the UK. This is a very

sick Cecil plant. It has been in the Ford group in many years and they

will not want to use that one. -- successful plant. -- lose that one.

In the long term commonly Bridgend plant has two complete. Ford say no

jobs will be lost. They say people will be redeployed at the site but

it's an clear how this would be the case given that other manufacturing

work there is coming to an end and has not yet been replaced. Ford told

workers this move was an applicability. There's so much going

on in automotive at the moment, smaller engines, hybrid engines,

alternative fuel. I think this is the back just saying, hang on a

second, we will give ourselves a little little space air. Yes, we are

making me that as well, yes we will have the same level of jobs but at

the moment, we are just dying to have that number that we got the

might need. The news will concern people across the south Wales

region. What the statement said is that all will go from 750 jobs in

550. That is obviously a reduction. They say the word not be any

redundancies. My concern is how that works. They say it is to do with

distribution but we need confirmation as to how that works.

Unite the union have been clear that there are questions needing

answered. Ford are leading a global marketplace and people are concerned

as to what that means for the Bridgend usual. Did anyone see this

coming? There has been concern for quite some time. I think it has to

be said. They add a latter here sent from the company ultimately to the

workers talking about Howden and has not been as great as they expected

when a medicine as that the 180 LE pounds in the first place. That was

only last year. -- ?180 million. A lot of people welcomed it because it

did give comfort about the future of Ford in Bridgend. It only allowed

for a third of the engines to be made that are currently made there.

They still had to go out and get bomb is this and now we see they're

only getting half the business they once thought. -- get more business.

It has to compete against three other European Ford plans to get the

business in the first place and now it has to do that again. That is why

unions are so concerned about the long-term future. Eat as posted.

Thank you. Now, the rest of the day's news.

The organisers of Festival Number six in Portmeirion have finally

broken their silence to defend their decision to site

a park-and-ride facility on a known flood plain

after hundreds of vehicles became stuck.

Scores of music fans were stranded and had to spend the night

And so it goes on, fewer than 100 cars left on the site now.

Gwynedd Council say they have warned of

flood risk over a number of years and this is what Natural Resources

together makes this area somewhere that is risky when it comes to

But today, the festival organisers said they have been

victims of the weather, not bad planning.

People build houses on

That's not to say that we shouldn't use it.

The use of this has been going on for four

years and it's not a decision that we take lightly.

It's done as part of a multi-agency decision.

We attend safety advisory group meetings.

Over the past few years Festival Number Six has built for

itself a huge reputation but performing line-ups to match these

I didn't think I need a canoe to get my car.

The Festival organisers, well, what an

absolute bunch of incompetent idiots.

They get washed the car off and the driver will but I'm carrying

so pulled in and I'm waiting on the AA now to take the home.

The organisers say they are talking to

Beth Hall has come from Manchester to collect her

He was told it would be a two-day wait to get it out.

We have come back from Manchester, driven

back, and they will be done of his car this morning

You can view much of the car park site has been

I have the organisers will they had an alternative, a

They said they had but it was problematic and had to be

For now, there is more work for the tractors.

The organisers say they will be back next year.

A 57-year-old man from Flint has been charged

with the murder and rape of a

More than 100 leased offices were involved in the investigation. --

police officers. Stephen Anthony Huff

is expected to appear North Wales Police say he wasn't

arrested when the original investigation took

place in the 1970s. A man accused of murdering his

ex-girlfriend has told a jury at Swansea Crown Court

it was she who attacked him. 27-year-old Natasha Bradbury died

in her flat in Haverfordwest in The prosecution claim Luke Jones,

who's 33, beat her to death in a jealous rage after finding out

she had been with another man. But Mr Jones, from Milford Haven,

said Natasha tried to headbutt him. Earlier this year, Cardiff signed

a so-called City Deal to secure a billion pounds for big

infrastructure projects and regeneration in

and around the capital. Now, local authorities

in North Wales want one too - A futuristic view of South Wales

connected by a more integrated transport network of trains

and trams could soon be a reality thanks to a billion

pound investment as part A vision of 2035 has been drawn up

in North Wales which shows that businesses and councils there can

achieve more by joining forces. Businesses have confidence. They can

succeed here. I think that is happening. Not just any enterprise

in Flintshire, which is very successful, but elsewhere we have

big business parks. Also bringing in businesses further west and across

the whole of north Wales. This group of businesses has got together to

compile a wish list, and ultimate shopping list of things in north

Wales needs to put it on a level playing field with places like

Cardiff. It could take many years to get what they want and it won't come

cheap. The main demands are

improving the road Promoting business

growth and innovation - and supporting bigger

firms like Airbus. And increasing the level

of skill among the workforce All this could, the group says,

improve economic output from 12.8 billion pounds to around

20 billion by 2035 creating And there have been calls

for the region to be given more powers to take control

over its affairs. This is a partnership between

Government and local authorities in north Wales because in other parts

of England, they are a phenomenon. We want local authorities in Wales

to work together to make proposals which we are receiving and have

received today. Both will be assessed in the context of what it

brings to the north Wales economy. But some believe the investment

should be the priority. You have to set the agenda in terms

of what you want to achieve and then work back from that in terms of

value will achieve it. Hacking preparatory gulley is the wrong

thing to do and we haven't done that. -- asking for power

straightaway. You have to work out how to get there.

The plan will be discussed by local authorities

in north Wales over the coming weeks before it goes to the Welsh

A company owned by Rhondda Cynon Taf Council has been

criticised by a union, for using what it describes as

Amgen Cymru near Aberdare process waste for local authorities.

The GMB Union says agency workers at the site

are being sent home at short notice and are afraid of speaking out

On strike in the 1960s but are some of those kind of working practices

The GMB union is unhappy with the treatment of

agency staff here at Amgen Cymru, near Aberdare, which processes

I'm hearing of employees turn up to work in this organisation,

working for an hour and are being tapped on the shoulder to be sent

home with no pay because they filled their quota.

It shouldn't happen in a 21st-century.

Rhondda Cynon Taff council set up Amgen Cymru back in

the 1990s but the council pays Amgen for service.

Amgen employ some of its workers through an agency, Smart

That agency also used another company to pay staff in

The union said this is confusing for workers.

It says some were told to pay for replacement

equipment, told to pay for copies of pay slips

insurance payments because they were paid partly in expenses.

The agency which supply staff here said this is

the first it has ever heard of any concerns

It says it has never charged employees for a payslip and only

charges for personal protection equipment if it's repeatedly

The company said it always complies with all the

relevant employment rules and there is no suggestion that it has done

They say they're holding surgeries with

employees at the site to understand their concerns.

They moved from the public sector to the private sector

more creativity perhaps and changes to terms and conditions.

Some of these could be for the benefit of employees

but, at the same time, human labour is one of the biggest costs

Rhondda Cynon Taff council said contracts are a matter for Amgen

as it is a privately run company but the council also said it

received reassurances about the matters the

Newell watching Wales to day from the BBC.

Why the future of salmon fishing in some of our

And can our Paralympic and is smashed attitudes as well as records

when the games begin to roll? -- tomorrow.

Wales has seen its great deal of mines closing and industrial

industries demise. Wales want to try and protect this. There is a

long-term plan to protect poverty. Here is our political correspondence

and Davies. Ronnie closure over coal mines to the loss of 400 jobs when

this oil refinery close in Pembrokeshire. Wales has had its

fair share of economic shocks. To Port Talbot the next with

uncertainty hanging over the huge Tata Steelworks, the offers every

report have this message for the Welsh and UK governments. Port

Talbot is one of the places in the UK which has been knocked off its

lead by globalisation and massive economics. We have got to organise

and what a place like Port Talbot. We call on people in Wales and UK to

work with industry and community to make sure this place does not suffer

as badly as others have. Other places, like Ebbw Vale, it was

sustained by your works until it closed 14 years ago. Mike was an

elocution at the deal works but when work there finished, he started a

career teaching the guitar. It has gone downhill since the work has

gone but it's difficult to blame it all on the closure. The closure of a

big lad like that has multiple knock on effects. Whether financial all

what it is bring back injury means you. The old dear work site has been

redeveloped and the Welsh Government has declared ever there will have an

enterprise zone. Robinson says. The county comes out at the bottom --

problems persist. There is a sense of frustration that, despite the

money stand, it has not made up for the loss of Ebbw Vale's steelworks.

Your mac there was a buzz at one time. Different shops and now it is

pound shops. It was like a community before but now it is gone. It is not

the same. I really think that it will happen in Port Talbot as well.

The Government said it was committed to building a country that works for

everyone, no matter their background. The Welsh dominant sex

education, creating jobs and creating skilled and top priorities

-- -- the Welsh Government say education.

The future of salmon fishing in some of our best loved

Experts say the number of young fish in some rivers has reached

Our reporter Colette Hume is on the banks of the River Usk

Well, Janie, this river behind me, at any angle, they will tell you

that it is one of the best places in salmon fishing. It is one of the

Welsh rivers where the number of young salmon has reached a critical

load. Experts are trying to find out right before it is too late. -- low.

The salmon, the king of the river. But for how long? Now and critically

low levels in what were some of the country but most abundant rivers.

Experts say routine monitoring has suggested that the levels are at an

all-time low. The reason for the decline any numbers is a complete

mystery. There is now a real the decline good half the biodiversity

of our rivers and have an impact on tourism. Wales is seen by many as

one of the best places are salmon fishing in Britain. This is

unprecedented. This reduction in abundance of fish. Of course, these

are the fish which, in three or four years' time, will you be salmon

returning to our rivers to repopulate them and other spot to

some fishermen. We are urging a lot of restraint on anglers at the

moment because the stocks are under pressure throughout. Experts are now

trying to find out why the dogs of young fish have fallen. And stop the

numbers from falling even further. If they can't, the future of salmon

fishing in some of Wales' best loved rivers could be in doubt. Well, the

pressure really is on the experts to find out what is going on. For the

moment at least, it remained an environmental mystery. Thank you.

Tonight's sport now - including all the reaction to Wales'

Wales' football manager Chris Coleman has paid

tribute to Gareth Bale, after the Real Madrid forward scored

twice in last night's 4-0 victory over Moldova -

Bale is now within four goals of Ian Rush's all-time record of 28.

The journey to the World Cup in Russia started with a win

Chris Coleman's men will encounter better sides than

Sam Vokes made the most of his place and Gareth Bale

will break the goal-scoring record held by Ian Rush.

He may know that he's four goalsaway.

He won't think that he has to beat him in this

campaign, he'll just go on and do what he does.

There is every chance that, in my opinion, he can do

Having not scored a competitive international goals in

eight years before his clincher against Belgium in the summer, Sam

Vokes got his second in three games last night.

and I think it helps that they view of the next ones

important that we keep this run going.

While the opposition was

weak, scoring four times is an achievement.

They hadn't managed more than two goals in a game in

The ball blindly played backwards by Moldova.

That's the last thing Moldova want to do and Gareth

A penalty in the dying seconds means the Real Madrid man moves

ahead of Ivar Allchurch and Trevor Ford as Wales'

Wells' next opponents started their campaign

Austria beating Georgia in Tbilisi the 2-1.

Chris Coleman said that our feed result,

Well, the Under-21s are aiming to to get their Euro 2017 finals.

But they are aiming for -- heading for embarrassing defeat. The score

is 1-0 and Luxembourg had a penalty saved.

Tomorrow, the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games will take

place at the Maracana stadium in Rio bringing the curtain up on eleven

26 Welsh athletes have been selected as part of Paralympics GB,

In 2012, Welsh athletes contributed 15 medal to Britain's total of 120.

Aled Sion Davies in the shot putt, Hollie Arnold,

javelin, and Rachel Morris who's switched from

handcycling to rowing are just some of our medal hopes.

Well, the event is a showcase of disability sports

and last time round in London it generated not only unprecedented

levels of interest but a shift in attitudes.

after the most successful paralympics ever, our 2012

Paralympians undeniably raised the profile of disability sport

For members of the Ospreys Wheelchair rugby team

there was undoubtedly a lasting legacy.

It helps people everywhere. It helps except people in wheelchairs more

when you go to the shops or into town. People are aware that we are

disabled people but there is more to us than meets the live. -- VI.

For one of the younger team members, Ky Bishop, who has

celebral palsey the older players are inspiring

It has changed my life. You want to go in the seniors, don't you? Yes.

Why? I watched them play and their amazing. It's great to see people

achieve things everywhere. It makes it more acceptable. People can do

well and it's hard enough as a kit to be accepted.

In the build up to Rio this powerful advert has been watched by millions.

Many here feel its impact shouldn't be lost once the games are over.

Yes, you can get more interest than it is an event on but it's how you

take that interest forward. It's up to national governing bodies to

really work on the programme and on the back of programmes and events to

make sure that the maximum out of people with disabilities can access

the provision. Campaigners agree and want

to see disability issues It's important that the athlete and

what they can achieve, and that helped to inspire others who may

want to become athletes but it helps others in the work, small

communities. While members of Paralympics GB

gear up for these games, they'll not only be challenging

for medals but challenging Tomorrow, we'll be in Rio

for the Paralympics and Edinburgh where it's expected Warren Gatland

will be named Lions coach. Back to tonight and the weather

forecast with Derek. An update with the under 21, it has

finished 1-1. A bit cloudy today

but warm and muggy. Tomorrow will be even one and still

human and we should see more anyway sunshine. -- humid. A dry night in

the west. And where the cloud breaks it may

turn misty with fog patches. Last night was unusually

warm and humid. The temperature in Hawarden,

Flintshire didn't drop Temperatures tonight much higher

than they should be. Tomorrow, the wind will shift

more into the southeast. Drier air from France will reach us

and that means we should more breaks in the cloud

and a bit more sunshine. Here's the picture for

eight in the morning. At this stage most of

the country cloudy. Misty in places first thing but dry

with a light breeze. Sunshine across much of the north

and north-west. Nice in finding all. -- Llandudno.

So a dry day tomorrow and during the day day more

The cloud breaking with some sunshine.

And it will turn out warmer than today.

26C in places and feeling humid with a south-easterly breeze.

The Antiques Road Show will be in Pemborkeshire castle tomorrow.

If you're going along it will be dry and warm.

Tomorrow evening, fine and warm but after midnight a cold front

And that cold front will introduce fresher air from the Atlantic.

So Thursday a little rain first thing will clear.

The rest of the day then mostly dry with sunny spells.

Friday, breezy with a little sunshine but also showers.

On Friday night, an active cold front will move east

I'll have an update for you here at eight o'clock and again

That's Wales Today thank you for watching -

from all of us on the programme, good evening.