:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to Wales Today. Tonight's headlines:
:00:00. > :00:09.Figures obtained by Wales Today show more GP surgeries than ever
:00:10. > :00:16.are closing or being taken over by their Local Health Board.
:00:17. > :00:21.If we are not understood and supported now I think the sad
:00:22. > :00:24.news for patients and communities, it's going to spell the end
:00:25. > :00:28.of what we understand to be the family doctor.
:00:29. > :00:33.So why is the system under so much pressure and how can things change?
:00:34. > :00:54.They targeted Asian families and stole valuable jewellery.
:00:55. > :00:57.An organised crime gang has been jailed for a total
:00:58. > :01:03.They provide some of our most vital services.
:01:04. > :01:06.But councils won't merge for at least another decade,
:01:07. > :01:17.And 50 years after the opening of the first Severn crossing -
:01:18. > :01:22.the dawn of a new economic era for south Wales.
:01:23. > :01:35.By the time the veichles start up it should be 87 hours.
:01:36. > :01:39.More GP surgeries here are either closing or being taken
:01:40. > :01:42.by their local health boards than ever before.
:01:43. > :01:45.And according to figures seen by this programme, which were
:01:46. > :01:48.gathered by the grassroots organisation GP Survival,
:01:49. > :01:53.A sentiment backed by the British Medical Association
:01:54. > :01:55.and the Royal College of GPs in Wales.
:01:56. > :02:04.An empty waiting room at a doctor's surgery is normally a welcome sight
:02:05. > :02:08.GP, Dr Naoko Koto, has been running the Horeb
:02:09. > :02:11.surgery in Treorchy on her own for a year.
:02:12. > :02:17.She is handing back the surgery's contract to the Cwm Taf Local
:02:18. > :02:21.Health Board, her thousands of patients have to find a new GP.
:02:22. > :02:29.Looking after 3,200 patients on my own, I felt I was burning out.
:02:30. > :02:36.It was not sustainable as a long-term option.
:02:37. > :02:39.Difficulties around recruiting new GPs across Wales is
:02:40. > :02:44.I've been working in the Valleys for the last three
:02:45. > :02:49.Last year, locum GP, Sophie Quinney, sent Freedom of Information
:02:50. > :02:54.requests to all seven local health boards in Wales.
:02:55. > :02:58.She wanted to know how many GP surgeries have closed since 2010.
:02:59. > :03:01.She also asked how many had handed back their contract and
:03:02. > :03:04.were now run directly by the health boards.
:03:05. > :03:07.12 months on, she has asked the same questions again and the
:03:08. > :03:11.figures suggest the situation is getting worse.
:03:12. > :03:13.We have seen a catastrophic rise in the number of surgeries that
:03:14. > :03:16.have had to hand back their contracts in recent times.
:03:17. > :03:23.If we are not understood and supported now, I think the sad
:03:24. > :03:26.news for patients and communities, it is going to spell
:03:27. > :03:30.the end of what we understand to be the family doctor.
:03:31. > :03:33.I think it is a terrible loss for a community,
:03:34. > :03:37.people really benefit from knowing their GP and certainly
:03:38. > :03:43.as GPs, we benefit from knowing our patients and seeing that through.
:03:44. > :03:49.In the past year, eight surgeries in North Wales have been taken over
:03:50. > :03:54.In Cwm Taf, five surgeries have given
:03:55. > :04:02.But in Cardiff and Vale, there was some better news.
:04:03. > :04:05.No surgeries have been taken over by the health board
:04:06. > :04:11.Across Wales, 20 GP surgeries had to close or be taken over
:04:12. > :04:15.in just one year compared to 33 in the previous five
:04:16. > :04:19.But the figures suggest proportionally more of the
:04:20. > :04:23.struggling practices are being taken over by the health board rather
:04:24. > :04:28.Things are getting worse but there are solutions out there.
:04:29. > :04:30.The first one is we need an increased share of the
:04:31. > :04:33.NHS budget to be spent where it affects people most, with their
:04:34. > :04:38.We have fallen into historic lows with funding and
:04:39. > :04:40.that needs to change to address this crisis.
:04:41. > :04:46.Whatever happens to solve this problem it will come too
:04:47. > :04:52.She's leaving Horeb and Treorchy to work at another GP surgery.
:04:53. > :04:58.A trend professionals say needs to change and fast.
:04:59. > :05:00.So why is the system under so much pressure
:05:01. > :05:11.Here's the assessment of our health correspondent, Owain Clarke.
:05:12. > :05:17.A slick video trying to address a tricky question. How do you attract
:05:18. > :05:23.new GPs to working Valleys communities like the Rhondda? It is
:05:24. > :05:27.rewarding as a GP, and you make a change to people's lives. There has
:05:28. > :05:34.been a shortage of four years despite sickness rates are among the
:05:35. > :05:38.highest in Britain. This Doctor looks after 8000 patients. There's
:05:39. > :05:43.been a surgery that has closed further up the valley so there are
:05:44. > :05:46.changes that are happening because of the lack of recruitment. We
:05:47. > :05:52.needed to change things to see what we can do to improve things for the
:05:53. > :05:58.patients. Those changes include efforts by local surgeries to work
:05:59. > :06:02.together. They can see patients instead of GPs when it is
:06:03. > :06:06.appropriate. Here come if you need to check on your blood pressure, you
:06:07. > :06:13.can do it yourself. Trying get this part of your RAM into the machine.
:06:14. > :06:18.Trying to get doctors to see that nations they really need to see. My
:06:19. > :06:26.own blood pressure reading isn't something should be worried about.
:06:27. > :06:29.There has talk about increasing and relentless pressure on GPs working
:06:30. > :06:34.in areas like this one. One of the main complaint is that the money
:06:35. > :06:40.spent on GP surgeries in Wales as a percentage of the total had budget
:06:41. > :06:45.has gone down. The demands of an ageing population are greater than
:06:46. > :06:49.ever. GPs are getting older, a quarter in Wales are nearing
:06:50. > :06:53.retirement. Others are packing it in because of the workload and weekend
:06:54. > :06:57.revealed in a civvy due out soon almost half of family doctors said
:06:58. > :07:02.they would not recommend a career general practice. I haven't seen any
:07:03. > :07:06.improvement in the last three years. Things are getting worse and that is
:07:07. > :07:09.what I am hearing from my colleagues across Wales. The doctors union has
:07:10. > :07:16.been warning about this for years. We have an impending recruitment
:07:17. > :07:20.crisis for general practice. Then, Doctor Lewis was secretary of the
:07:21. > :07:24.BMA in Wales. Last year, he was hired by the Welsh Government to
:07:25. > :07:29.work with the GPs to find solutions. Is that a crisis? I don't think
:07:30. > :07:37.there is a crisis within health services in West Country. We have in
:07:38. > :07:46.place the appropriate plans to try to address the huge challenges that
:07:47. > :07:50.I've already alluded to. He does admit that are too few GPs in Wales
:07:51. > :07:55.and changes need to happen faster. More money and GPs alone, he says,
:07:56. > :08:00.will not be enough without weight change. In order to enable the GP to
:08:01. > :08:05.have enough time to see the patient they really need to see, we need to
:08:06. > :08:09.use the range of other health professional services and the other
:08:10. > :08:12.services in general. The question is, how would you make those big
:08:13. > :08:15.changes when GPs say they are struggling each and every day? It'll
:08:16. > :08:17.take more than just a snazzy video. Owain, lots of pressures on GPs
:08:18. > :08:26.being talked about there. Nobody denies that are big
:08:27. > :08:30.challenges here that need to be addressed quickly. The Welsh
:08:31. > :08:35.Government needs to be listening to them. There is a slightly different
:08:36. > :08:40.emphasis about what needs to be done now. The groups representing GPs
:08:41. > :08:43.say, there is a real risk of services collapsing, we need
:08:44. > :08:49.resources pumped in straightaway we can't go on. Richard Lewis in his
:08:50. > :08:54.first interview in the job says, money isn't everything here. Unless
:08:55. > :08:58.we change the way services are delivered, demand will almost always
:08:59. > :09:05.outstrip supply. The model he wants you to think about is the GB as a
:09:06. > :09:09.captain of a team. Some people might say, perfectly reasonable for me to
:09:10. > :09:14.see a nurse if all I need is a test. Other people would say, the GP is
:09:15. > :09:19.the person I trust, that is the person I'd want to see. Remember,
:09:20. > :09:22.almost every part of the health service says it is facing more
:09:23. > :09:31.pressure than ever before. Two weeks ago we talked about intensive care
:09:32. > :09:38.units. GPs would say if they do their job stress, the pressure
:09:39. > :09:39.pressure on the rest of the health system are reduced.
:09:40. > :09:42.An organised crime gang has been jailed for a total of more than 43
:09:43. > :09:44.years following a spate of burglaries across north Wales
:09:45. > :09:48.The men from the traveller community stole items worth
:09:49. > :09:57.This was the moment one of the gang was arrested,
:09:58. > :10:00.part of a co-ordinated series of raids involving more than 100
:10:01. > :10:06.John James Purcell was detained at a travellers site in Wrexham.
:10:07. > :10:09.He and his colleagues carried out a series of burglaries in spring
:10:10. > :10:12.and summer last year in north Wales, the north west of England,
:10:13. > :10:13.and the Midlands targeting predominantly Asian families
:10:14. > :10:18.who were storing high value jewellery at their homes.
:10:19. > :10:20.Often the gold is purer than in Western jewellery.
:10:21. > :10:23.Burglary is a dramatic instance for anybody.
:10:24. > :10:25.The impact of these burglaries was potentially more
:10:26. > :10:27.because of the mess they created and the items
:10:28. > :10:35.That is why it is a priority, any offence burglary is a priority
:10:36. > :10:41.It'll remain a priority to the police.
:10:42. > :10:43.Most of the victims were originally from the Indian subcontinent,
:10:44. > :10:47.Many follow the custom of passing valuable jewellery to their children
:10:48. > :10:49.but these burglaries have caused many to change their ways.
:10:50. > :10:52.Dr Farook Jishi from Wrexham knows some of those who were targeted.
:10:53. > :10:56.Many of these items are handed down generation after generation so they
:10:57. > :11:02.have got a lot of sentimental value in addition to the fact they are
:11:03. > :11:08.gold from the Asian subcontinent which is high carat and people have
:11:09. > :11:15.They hired a safe deposit box or whatever.
:11:16. > :11:21.Three families made up the majority of the gang which was well
:11:22. > :11:23.coordinated and used stolen high performance cars
:11:24. > :11:27.They tried to destroy forensic evidence by using bleach
:11:28. > :11:31.And they donned clothes, hats and even Beatles style wigs
:11:32. > :11:34.from charity shops to disguise themselves.
:11:35. > :11:37.But thanks to information from witnesses and CCTV cameras
:11:38. > :11:41.the gang aged from 17 to 47 was identified and caught.
:11:42. > :11:44.Nine men were jailed for between two and six and a half years.
:11:45. > :11:47.The judge Niclas Parri told them this was professional criminal
:11:48. > :11:51.conduct which left homeowners terrified.
:11:52. > :11:54.A man accused of murdering a schoolgirl from Flintshire 40
:11:55. > :11:56.years ago has appeared at Mold Crown Court.
:11:57. > :12:00.Stephen Hough, who's 57 and from Flint, is charged
:12:01. > :12:03.with the rape, sexual assault and murder of 15-year-old
:12:04. > :12:07.He spoke only to confirm his name via video link.
:12:08. > :12:10.The case was adjourned until December.
:12:11. > :12:13.An inquest has heard how three men died in a head-on collision
:12:14. > :12:16.involving a driver almost twice over the drink-drive alcohol limit.
:12:17. > :12:21.Driver William Ryan, who was 29, and his passenger Ross Dickinson,
:12:22. > :12:24.also known as Jodie, died when his Ford Fiesta collided
:12:25. > :12:29.with a Peugeot near Tal y Bont in the Conwy Valley last October.
:12:30. > :12:32.82-year-old Paul Gardner, who was a passenger
:12:33. > :12:38.A head teacher has defended excluding 72 pupils from regular
:12:39. > :12:43.classes for not complying with uniform rules.
:12:44. > :12:45.Pupils at Denbigh High School were disciplined on the first day
:12:46. > :12:48.of term on Monday for breaches of policy including "the wearing
:12:49. > :12:51.of inappropriate trousers, skirts, and footwear".
:12:52. > :12:54.The school's head says its uniform policy had been outlined
:12:55. > :13:02.Councillors in Powys have called on their cabinet to postpone
:13:03. > :13:04.the closure of two schools in the county.
:13:05. > :13:06.They want to see Llandrindod and Builth schools given
:13:07. > :13:11.There's much uncertainty about the future of education
:13:12. > :13:17.across the county despite the relief for some parents last week
:13:18. > :13:19.that Brecon High school and Gwernyfed were probably
:13:20. > :13:32.Home time at Brecon's Welsh language primary. High school is just across
:13:33. > :13:37.the road but maybe not for these pupils. It plans to close the web
:13:38. > :13:40.stream at the high school go ahead, they will have to travel to Builth
:13:41. > :13:44.Wells. There are mixed emotions here today they could be another
:13:45. > :13:47.consultation. I think it is good they are going to consult again on
:13:48. > :13:54.the Welsh medium as it seems to have been overshadowed by the Gwernyfed.
:13:55. > :13:58.I am curious as to why we're having another consultation. I don't think
:13:59. > :14:06.peopleopinions have changed. It is part of a bigger plan to reshape
:14:07. > :14:11.education. Among those at full council today, Councillor Ratcliffe
:14:12. > :14:15.from Hay on Wye, much cheered by a report which he believes has saved
:14:16. > :14:20.Gwernyfed high school from closure. It goes to show that community is
:14:21. > :14:24.coming together can influence a council. As a local member, we had
:14:25. > :14:28.duly elected and we need to listen to our residents and work with them
:14:29. > :14:35.to come up with plans. More uncertain was this parent from
:14:36. > :14:39.a primary school ten miles away. Even though closure plans here look
:14:40. > :14:44.likely to be abandoned. I went to that school and I have seen my two
:14:45. > :14:49.daughters going to be there. It is hurtful and we have got to keep
:14:50. > :14:53.these rural schools going. There is still a lot to consider,
:14:54. > :14:58.says the cabinet member for education. It is a huge challenge
:14:59. > :15:03.and I think the schools is in emotional topic. Residents but don't
:15:04. > :15:13.want to lose these schools from the communities. In reality, any school
:15:14. > :15:18.under 50 is not viable. The councils across rural Wales, the issue of
:15:19. > :15:21.surplus places has been a key factor in the reorganisation. Today, the
:15:22. > :15:25.Education Minister reiterated her commitment to looking at the issues
:15:26. > :15:31.facing rural schools. This is a priority for me. In the agreements
:15:32. > :15:36.is busy myself at the First Minister, we have agreed to look at
:15:37. > :15:39.effective policies of the sustainability of a rural education.
:15:40. > :15:42.We have said clearly that counts is what the direction of travel is and
:15:43. > :15:46.we will be giving further details and do cause.
:15:47. > :15:51.It could be an important change in policy here in mid Wales. Children
:15:52. > :15:54.in Brecon head for home and those in charge of their education will be
:15:55. > :15:55.heading home as well to rethink what should happen next.
:15:56. > :15:59.50 years after it opened the first Severn crossing has carried hundreds
:16:00. > :16:04.We look at its impact on South Wales.
:16:05. > :16:08.And thousands of people turn out to support the Tour of Britain cycle
:16:09. > :16:18.Councils here won't merge for at least another decade.
:16:19. > :16:22.That's according to Carmarthenshire's leader,
:16:23. > :16:24.who's had assurances that his local authority will remain
:16:25. > :16:29.Plans to reduce the 22 local authorities here to eight or nine
:16:30. > :16:32.were scrapped earlier this year, now it appears the status quo
:16:33. > :16:49.That specific plans reduce in number of councils to single figures we
:16:50. > :16:54.know has gone. What we don't know is that the man in charge of reform,
:16:55. > :16:59.Mark Drakeford, is coming into depleted. We have got the leader of
:17:00. > :17:03.Carmarthenshire Council saying Mr Drakeford told him this week that
:17:04. > :17:07.Carmarthenshire and presumably all the other councils in Wales will
:17:08. > :17:14.remain in place for a decade. This is a story that has not been denied
:17:15. > :17:17.by the government today. It goes too far to say that Mark Drakeford has
:17:18. > :17:21.let the cat out of the bag because we knew the direction in which they
:17:22. > :17:26.were going but we have a stronger sense of what is going to happen. It
:17:27. > :17:30.is likely to be the 22 will survive, they have won the battle to remain
:17:31. > :17:35.in place. We will see a return to regional partnerships. It is called
:17:36. > :17:42.collaborative projects in the jargon. Here is the challenge. Cast
:17:43. > :17:46.your mind back a few years and there was a report called the Williams
:17:47. > :17:50.Commission which is damning about the attempts by local authorities to
:17:51. > :17:54.work together, huge amounts of effort for little gain. Talk of
:17:55. > :17:58.council chief executives spending up to 60% of their time on what is
:17:59. > :18:03.called collaborative projects. The big job and we will find out more
:18:04. > :18:09.when Mark Drakeford gives his speech later in the month, is to try to get
:18:10. > :18:11.all these local authorities working together without creating a
:18:12. > :18:12.bureaucratic monster. Thank you very much.
:18:13. > :18:15.It was designed to usher in a new economic era
:18:16. > :18:18.for South Wales and today marks 50 years since the original
:18:19. > :18:23.It was cutting edge at the time, improving on American designs
:18:24. > :18:26.and is credited with having a profound impact on the economy.
:18:27. > :18:37.Jordan Davies is at the Bridge for us tonight.
:18:38. > :18:45.This is where you would have got the ferry before the bridge was built.
:18:46. > :18:48.From here, it is quite something. In its day it was ground-breaking.
:18:49. > :18:51.Ushering in a new era of bridge building technology. It is still
:18:52. > :18:55.with verse 50 years on. -- with us. To commemorate the first crossing
:18:56. > :18:58.of the Severn bridge I have great It was a moment of
:18:59. > :19:02.national significance and While the Queen became one
:19:03. > :19:06.of the first to cross, reporters spoke to very
:19:07. > :19:11.patient paying passengers. A man from Cardiff
:19:12. > :19:13.was first in the queue. Well, by the time
:19:14. > :19:18.the vehicles start-up How have you managed
:19:19. > :19:23.to pass the time away? I brought plenty of my own
:19:24. > :19:28.entertainment with me. The bridge replaced
:19:29. > :19:35.this, the Ost Ferry. At a squeeze, it
:19:36. > :19:39.could carry 19 cars. Before we went on holiday Mike
:19:40. > :19:42.would take the car with all the cases in and leave it
:19:43. > :19:47.so we would be first or second in That is what most of
:19:48. > :19:51.the locals did, wasn't it? Construction was a high wire act
:19:52. > :19:57.using these catwalks, in took The deck which carries the cars
:19:58. > :20:10.was ground-breaking. It was designed as
:20:11. > :20:11.an aerodynamic foil. The same kind of thing
:20:12. > :20:15.you see on aeroplanes. It is designed to make sure it
:20:16. > :20:18.doesn't flap around and it was Its cost was to be
:20:19. > :20:24.recovered through a toll. Originally, two shillings
:20:25. > :20:27.and sixpence. The tolls are all too
:20:28. > :20:33.familiar for motorists There was a poem written
:20:34. > :20:37.about them at the time. "Two lands at last connected,
:20:38. > :20:41.it crossed the waters wide. "And all the tolls collected
:20:42. > :20:50.on the English side." 50 years on and the bridge has
:20:51. > :20:52.carried hundreds of millions of vehicles and employs a
:20:53. > :20:55.small army of engineers. This, one of the giant
:20:56. > :20:58.concrete anchors. Robin Shaw is a former
:20:59. > :21:04.Welsh Government director of transport and
:21:05. > :21:06.founded the website, What that bridge and bridges do
:21:07. > :21:11.is open up South Wales There are many companies
:21:12. > :21:18.particularly companies that are involved in distribution,
:21:19. > :21:21.that I have no doubt would not be based in South
:21:22. > :21:24.Wales if it weren't for the bridges. It continues to impress
:21:25. > :21:44.half a century on. There are estimates this bridge has
:21:45. > :21:49.been worth tens of billions of pounds to the Welsh economy and this
:21:50. > :21:53.anniversary comes at a poignant time because it coincides with the 50th
:21:54. > :21:57.anniversary of the Aberfan disaster. This bridge made it easy for people
:21:58. > :22:00.to reach that community in the days after that tragedy. It is difficult
:22:01. > :22:03.to imagine a modern Wales without this bridge.
:22:04. > :22:06.The Football Association of Wales' bid for Laura McAllister to join
:22:07. > :22:08.Fifa's ruling council has been halted.
:22:09. > :22:11.A former Wales player and former Chair of Sport Wales,
:22:12. > :22:14.Professor McAllister hoped to become the first Brtiish
:22:15. > :22:20.A regulation, dating back to the 1940s, prevents any home
:22:21. > :22:23.nation having more than one representative on the council.
:22:24. > :22:28.Britain's David Gill is already a vice president.
:22:29. > :22:30.Plenty of Welsh athletes have been in action for Paralympics
:22:31. > :22:32.GB on the first day of the games in Rio.
:22:33. > :22:36.Kyron Duke in the F41 shot put while medal hope Aaron Moores failed
:22:37. > :22:40.to qualify for the final of S14 100 metres backstroke, he'll swim again
:22:41. > :22:51.Rob Davies, Paul Davies and Sara Head also took part
:22:52. > :22:58.The Tour of Britain cycle race has left Wales after its second day
:22:59. > :23:02.Stage five started this morning in Aberdare,
:23:03. > :23:04.where hundreds of people lined the route.
:23:05. > :23:10.Guys, we need to clear this area, please.
:23:11. > :23:13.As the Tour of Britain rolled into Aberdare this morning,
:23:14. > :23:17.on four wheels as well as two, hundreds turned out to see it.
:23:18. > :23:21.And the support from all ages doesn't go unnoticed at the top.
:23:22. > :23:24.They pulled intermediate sprints outside schools so the kids get to
:23:25. > :23:29.The amount of people out on the road and the flags, it
:23:30. > :23:32.Especially for younger people to be able to see big stars
:23:33. > :23:39.I remember watching it when I was younger and being
:23:40. > :23:40.inspired for some it was one of the reasons I started cycling.
:23:41. > :23:44.This is how most of the people in the park usually
:23:45. > :23:46.watch the world's best - on TV.
:23:47. > :23:50.Many, not cycling fans, just wanted to see such a big show
:23:51. > :23:55.You see them on TV and we don't get to see them in our area.
:23:56. > :23:58.It is pretty cool for the Valleys here.
:23:59. > :24:00.We watched the Olympics and my husband
:24:01. > :24:03.keeps banging on about Bradley Wiggins.
:24:04. > :24:06.I live across the road from the park.
:24:07. > :24:10.It is just something you will not see again.
:24:11. > :24:13.The race is not long departed and you might say it is over in a
:24:14. > :24:20.One thing is for sure, this is a big event for the Council and
:24:21. > :24:23.they will want to host it time it time and time again.
:24:24. > :24:33.I know today is the culmination of the investment that
:24:34. > :24:36.has been put in by Rhondda Cynon Taff Council and the Welsh
:24:37. > :24:38.Government, to bring the event here to Rhondda Cynon Taff.
:24:39. > :24:40.It is hotly contested amongst many counties
:24:41. > :24:44.Others may not be so happy to see some of the entourage return.
:24:45. > :24:48.One Welsh cyclist having a close call with the Team Sky coach.
:24:49. > :24:51.They've apologised, calling it unacceptable.
:24:52. > :24:55.The Tour left Wales for Bath today, a 205km ride finished in just hours.
:24:56. > :24:58.Rhondda Cynon Taff Council will be hoping the clear up
:24:59. > :25:17.There is more dry weather to come tomorrow but we have some rain in
:25:18. > :25:22.the forecast. Aberystwyth was the warmest place yesterday, 26 Celsius.
:25:23. > :25:28.Cool and fresh today, only 18 Celsius with a brisk breeze. This
:25:29. > :25:32.evening, we have got a change. Showers will spread across the
:25:33. > :25:37.country. Further scattered showers overnight. My but not as a humid and
:25:38. > :25:42.close as it has been. Quite breezy at the coast. Tomorrow we've got a
:25:43. > :25:46.developing area of low pressure over the Atlantic. That will move
:25:47. > :25:49.bringing in some wet and windy weather to the north and west of the
:25:50. > :25:54.British Isles. Here is depiction of eight o'clock in the morning. Not
:25:55. > :25:58.too bad that the stage. They will be some clouds around but bright in
:25:59. > :26:06.places. Light winds but breezy in the west on the coast. Tomorrow
:26:07. > :26:10.morning, the best part of the day. More dry weather into the afternoon
:26:11. > :26:16.but one or two showers likely in places. Rain will reach the far
:26:17. > :26:22.north and west towards tea-time. The wind increasing true, gale force in
:26:23. > :26:27.the Northwest. Ghosts up to 60 mph. Temperatures little higher than
:26:28. > :26:33.today. The humidity rising. Rain will spill across the whole country
:26:34. > :26:38.in the evening, some of it heavy. By the end of the night, the north and
:26:39. > :26:43.west, most of mid Wales should be dry. The wind falling light. On
:26:44. > :26:47.Saturday, they might be a little rain in the south-east at times but
:26:48. > :26:52.that'll clear. A decent day, dry and bright with a little sunshine.
:26:53. > :26:59.Cooler and fresh again. The BBC Proms in the park is taking part --
:27:00. > :27:06.placing Colwyn Bay. Take a blanket, it will turn cool. Cindy's forecast
:27:07. > :27:12.keeps changing. It's all hinges on this low over the Atlantic. I think
:27:13. > :27:16.a chance of dry weather with increasing winds. I should have a
:27:17. > :27:20.better idea tomorrow. Changeable over the next few days, some dry and
:27:21. > :27:25.bright weather but some rain and wind as well.
:27:26. > :27:29.More GP surgeries here are either closing or being taken
:27:30. > :27:31.by their local health boards than ever before.
:27:32. > :27:33.And according to figures seen by this programme, which were
:27:34. > :27:35.gathered by the grassroots organisation GP Survival,
:27:36. > :27:41.I'll be back with a quick update at 8.00pm and more
:27:42. > :27:58.The stars are out for a glittering night of awards,
:27:59. > :28:04.who've dedicated their lives to helping others...