:00:00. > :00:00.That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me,
:00:00. > :00:14.The Welsh Government promises what it will do for all of us over
:00:15. > :00:16.the next five years - but can it deliver?
:00:17. > :00:19.More childcare, more apprentices, and keep more of your money
:00:20. > :00:27.But what will the Welsh Government cut to pay for all of this?
:00:28. > :00:35.Three fires at three recycling sites - all owned by the same company.
:00:36. > :00:38.This fire's been burning since the early hours of yesterday,
:00:39. > :00:44.and now the firm has pulled plans for another recycling site nearby.
:00:45. > :00:46.Chris Hallet from Cardiff attacked on holiday in Vietnam.
:00:47. > :00:55.Now the massive bill to fly him home.
:00:56. > :00:58.And watch this binman throw one of these two bins in
:00:59. > :01:22.Why waste the money? Asking the taxpayer to pay freeze burns, why do
:01:23. > :01:27.that? It does not make sense. -- for these wheelie bins.
:01:28. > :01:29.More free childcare, more apprenticeships,
:01:30. > :01:32.more money for schools, and keep more of your money
:01:33. > :01:36.They're among the Welsh Government's pledges for what it'll do for us
:01:37. > :01:38.over the next five years, but can it really afford it?
:01:39. > :01:41.The First Minister says the plans will make a tangible difference
:01:42. > :01:46.The opposition says they're lacklustre and lacking in detail.
:01:47. > :01:48.In a moment, the judgment of the people of Port Talbot.
:01:49. > :01:51.First, our Political Editor, Nick Servini, with the lowdown on
:01:52. > :02:06.From the cradle to the grave, that is the purpose of this national
:02:07. > :02:10.Insurance bill. From cradle to the grave was a familiar mantra from
:02:11. > :02:15.governments of old. Help people live healthier lives, make the most of
:02:16. > :02:20.opportunities and give support when they need it. That was echoed by
:02:21. > :02:25.Carwyn Jones today in some of his claims about the programme for
:02:26. > :02:31.government. Is it realistic over the next five years? One thing we know
:02:32. > :02:34.is that it will affect people at different stages in their lives. For
:02:35. > :02:41.families there will be 30 hours of free childcare week available for
:02:42. > :02:44.parents of three and four-year-olds. For those seeking a first job, a
:02:45. > :02:47.minimum of 100,000 apprenticeships have been pledged, but these will
:02:48. > :02:51.also be available at all ages. There will be a new find that the Welsh
:02:52. > :02:55.government says would provide access to new and innovative treatment. And
:02:56. > :03:04.the value of assets elderly people can keep on entering residential
:03:05. > :03:07.care will more than double, to ?50,000. This programme for
:03:08. > :03:09.government gives us what we need to tackle the major challenges that lie
:03:10. > :03:13.ahead, and to make a tangible difference to people's lives that
:03:14. > :03:16.they want to see. It enables us to approach the next five years with
:03:17. > :03:20.confidence, energy and clarity. We have set the ambition and we have
:03:21. > :03:26.set out what we will do to achieve it. And denial, we will get on and
:03:27. > :03:31.deliver. The main opposition Plaid Cymru has been involved in setting
:03:32. > :03:35.some priorities with a deal with Labour. But there was still
:03:36. > :03:39.criticism. We were led to believe you were unveiling a five-year plan
:03:40. > :03:44.to take Wales forward today, and as such I had hoped to learn in greater
:03:45. > :03:49.detail how exactly your government will do just that. However, as was
:03:50. > :03:54.the case with your previous programmes for government, we are
:03:55. > :03:59.offered an exhaustive list of objectives and priorities but very
:04:00. > :04:06.little by way of detail as to how you will achieve them. Also on the
:04:07. > :04:10.list the M4 relief road at Newport, although the controversial decision
:04:11. > :04:16.on the exact route will be made after a public enquiry. Also is the
:04:17. > :04:19.Metro bus and rail project for South East Wales. But the Conservatives
:04:20. > :04:28.and Ukip balls latched onto what they felt was a lack of detail in
:04:29. > :04:32.the programme. It is disheartening to see that they have come up with a
:04:33. > :04:38.document that runs to 15 pages, which includes the front cover. 15
:04:39. > :04:48.pages for five years worth of government. I am sorry to say that
:04:49. > :04:52.he is still miserable about Brexit, because he's still talking about
:04:53. > :04:55.every analysis, and says we should be prepared for a shrinking economy.
:04:56. > :04:59.Nothing could be further from the truth. All the economic figures
:05:00. > :05:07.which have been released since the summer show the economy expanding.
:05:08. > :05:10.In the background to all of this is Brexit. Ministers say it has created
:05:11. > :05:15.a degree of financial uncertainty that means big cuts will have to be
:05:16. > :05:19.made in other programmes in order to fund some of the more expensive
:05:20. > :05:23.items, like the childcare provision. We will not know exactly which until
:05:24. > :05:30.the budget is published in a few weeks. Warm words are well and good
:05:31. > :05:32.but one thing that has not changed over the years is that governments
:05:33. > :05:37.of all descriptions are not judged on the plans, but whether they are
:05:38. > :05:39.delivered. Wane so the politicians have had their say on what the Welsh
:05:40. > :05:53.government plans to do for us over the next five
:05:54. > :05:57.years, but Carwyn Jones says the ideas came
:05:58. > :05:59.from listening to the public. Our Political Correspondent,
:06:00. > :06:00.Daniel Davies, has been to Port Talbot to find out,
:06:01. > :06:07.is this what people at the election Labour said it
:06:08. > :06:10.wanted to help people a long life's journey, I promise that whenever you
:06:11. > :06:15.got to one of the big milestone is the Welsh government would be there
:06:16. > :06:19.to make things easier. So, we took our own journey, and where better to
:06:20. > :06:23.go down here in Port Talbot, given that Labour says its programme is
:06:24. > :06:26.the result of a conversation with the public. What sort of things do
:06:27. > :06:33.you want to see the Welsh government doing? The NHS, obviously, schools.
:06:34. > :06:38.But it's the lack of money from Westminster that is really playing
:06:39. > :06:42.on these councils, they have not got the money these days, they are
:06:43. > :06:47.cutting back everywhere. The roads are filthy, they have not what
:06:48. > :06:51.people to clear them. What about the cost of care for the elderly? Put
:06:52. > :07:01.them in cottage hospitals, care for them, yes, and then you would have
:07:02. > :07:06.more beds. Today was Carwyn Jones's chance to explain how he would turn
:07:07. > :07:11.this, Labour's manifesto, into reality. But he has two problems.
:07:12. > :07:15.First, he does not have a majority of seats so he has to deal with his
:07:16. > :07:19.opponents. And secondly, if the demand for public services grows, so
:07:20. > :07:24.does the pressure on his budget. One of the most expensive policies is
:07:25. > :07:29.the promise of more free childcare. 30 hours a week to help working
:07:30. > :07:34.parents like Damon Darlington. My girlfriend wants to do more work but
:07:35. > :07:38.she cannot get the resources or help with the kids, so it would be a
:07:39. > :07:45.fantastic idea. Any faith in the politicians to deliver? I hope so,
:07:46. > :07:51.but we have not had any hope in the past with them. Wade think tank has
:07:52. > :07:55.said more childcare might not help mothers back into work or alleviate
:07:56. > :07:59.poverty, and ministers have not yet said what they will cut to pay for
:08:00. > :08:03.it. But cuts will be needed to fund things like apprenticeships for
:08:04. > :08:08.people of all ages. Charlotte is training to be a carpenter at
:08:09. > :08:13.college. But it was not easy for her to get a place as an apprentice. I
:08:14. > :08:19.tried last year, but no one was taking me on because I was a girl. I
:08:20. > :08:24.thought that was really wrong and everything, but I start with a
:08:25. > :08:29.building company tomorrow. About apprenticeships, people like me
:08:30. > :08:33.would not get the chance to do it. After 17 years in office, do not
:08:34. > :08:38.expect a radical change in direction from Labour. Instead, it says it
:08:39. > :08:41.wants to keep Wales's momentum going. Opponents say it is all a bit
:08:42. > :08:42.pedestrian. Let's talk to our Political
:08:43. > :08:44.Editor, Nick Servini. Some expensive pledges here -
:08:45. > :08:46.where exactly is the Welsh Government going to find
:08:47. > :08:53.the cash to fund them? Well, the smart money is on cutting
:08:54. > :08:58.what is called anti-poverty schemes, but we will have to wait a few weeks
:08:59. > :09:02.before we know exactly what it is. In a way, today was easy day for the
:09:03. > :09:06.government. Today is the kind of day they set out what they tried to
:09:07. > :09:09.achieve and what they want to do. The difficult they will be next
:09:10. > :09:14.month when they have got to set out what they have to drop in order to
:09:15. > :09:17.achieve their aims and this programme for government, and behind
:09:18. > :09:22.the scenes we are told because of the uncertainty towards Brexit there
:09:23. > :09:28.will not be salami slicing of different budgets, entire programmes
:09:29. > :09:32.will be have to cut because of it. A big day here today. The assembly
:09:33. > :09:35.elections seem a heck of a long time ago, but this is a direct
:09:36. > :09:42.consequence of that, and what is in this programme for government is
:09:43. > :09:45.largely what was then Labour's manifesto. Some on the opposition
:09:46. > :09:47.side said the small size of the document, 15 pages long, and the
:09:48. > :09:50.lack of detail was hugely disappointing. The government
:09:51. > :09:54.insists it is deliverable, and practical. And when all is said and
:09:55. > :09:58.done we will judge this government by all sorts of measures, but this
:09:59. > :10:02.will be one of those right at the front of the queue. Thank you.
:10:03. > :10:04.Fire-fighters have been tackling a blaze of around 6,000 tonnes
:10:05. > :10:06.of woodchip at a recycling plant near Bridgend.
:10:07. > :10:09.It's the third fire at a site owned by South Wales Wood
:10:10. > :10:13.The company says in light of the suspicious circumstances
:10:14. > :10:15.around the fire, it is withdrawing an application for another
:10:16. > :10:27.Our reporter Kate Scott-Williams is at the plant in Coity for us.
:10:28. > :10:29.Well, Jamie, as you can see the smoke is still billowing
:10:30. > :10:44.The smell of the fumes is still choking. Fire officers have been
:10:45. > :10:49.tackling the days all day. They say the cask has been difficult. As for
:10:50. > :10:56.what happens at the recycling plant, any kind of wood gets recycled into
:10:57. > :10:59.woodchipping is. They then get used across industries like the
:11:00. > :11:10.construction industry, or as biomass fuel, but it is not the first time a
:11:11. > :11:16.fire like this has happened. It is absolutely ridiculous.
:11:17. > :11:19.The smoke was blowing from the north last night and for many nearby it
:11:20. > :11:20.meant staying indoors, trying to escape
:11:21. > :11:29.It is really choking, Lakeland plastic is burning. Awful.
:11:30. > :11:34.Absolutely awful. We have had to close all the windows for a start.
:11:35. > :11:39.My husband got out a farm, but that did not make much difference, it
:11:40. > :11:42.just blowing at around. It was seeping through everything. -- my
:11:43. > :11:44.husband got a fan out. It was coming under the door.
:11:45. > :11:47.The water carriers have been ferrying water back and forth
:11:48. > :11:50.the site from local hydrants, they hold around 9,000 litres each,
:11:51. > :11:55.but it has proved a tough job for the teams on site.
:11:56. > :12:00.It is a well-developed fire, and it is deep-seated to using heavy
:12:01. > :12:04.machinery to pull out the woodchip from the fire and damping down to
:12:05. > :12:09.make it safe. There is a lot of heat coming from the fire, and the smoke
:12:10. > :12:13.coming from it. It is arduous working conditions for the crew but
:12:14. > :12:15.we are swapping them every few hours.
:12:16. > :12:18.At the end of last year, a similar fire at the wood recycling
:12:19. > :12:21.centre at Alexandra Docks in Newport burnt over the whole month,
:12:22. > :12:24.and in March it was the Old Llynfi Power station in Maesteg
:12:25. > :12:28.that was affected when 2,000 tonnes of woodchip caught alight.
:12:29. > :12:32.Firefighters have been working around the clock to try to get the
:12:33. > :12:37.blaze under control. But it may be a few days yet before the fire is
:12:38. > :12:43.completely out. With fires previously a the to other sites,
:12:44. > :12:44.local residents are increasingly concerned about plans for yet
:12:45. > :12:47.another plant a few miles away. Those plans have been put on hold
:12:48. > :12:50.this afternoon with news from South Wales Wood Recycling Ltd
:12:51. > :12:53.that in light of the suspicious circumstances surrounding the fire
:12:54. > :12:55.they've decided to withdraw their planning application
:12:56. > :12:59.for the safety of their employees. Local councillor Jeff Tildesley,
:13:00. > :13:01.who had chaired meetings with hundreds of concerned local
:13:02. > :13:03.residents recently, says any further developments of such sites will come
:13:04. > :13:22.up against opposition. These people are wanting a 365 days
:13:23. > :13:25.a year operation. Heavy goods bringing things and taking items
:13:26. > :13:33.away at night. And the woodchip goes on in the daytime. Local residents
:13:34. > :13:37.are concerned on three grounds. Firstly, health grounds. Secondly,
:13:38. > :13:39.noise, and thirdly, traffic. So the end of one application,
:13:40. > :13:42.but the company has said it hopes the community will work with it
:13:43. > :13:44.to help deliver renewable Welsh power to benefit
:13:45. > :13:46.local areas and business. Back in Coity, it may be
:13:47. > :13:49.some time before we know The Fire Service say the priority
:13:50. > :13:57.is obviously getting Only then can the fire investigation
:13:58. > :14:01.team come in to try and establish A spokesperson for South Wales
:14:02. > :14:07.Recycling Ltd says it works closely with Natural Resources Wales,
:14:08. > :14:09.the Fire Service and other agencies to ensure existing
:14:10. > :14:11.and new developments are managed Plans for a specialist vascular unit
:14:12. > :14:23.at Glan Clwyd Hospital in Denbighshire have been approved
:14:24. > :14:27.by health chiefs. The decision comes after some
:14:28. > :14:30.clinicians warned it could put But Betsi Cadwaladr Health Board
:14:31. > :14:35.says the unit will be used for the most complex surgery,
:14:36. > :14:38.and the majority of its vascular services will still be carried out
:14:39. > :14:41.at other hospitals The New Ukip leader Diane James
:14:42. > :14:48.will meet the party's assembly members to try to end
:14:49. > :14:51.the in-fighting that has divided Ukip Wales leader Nathan Gill now
:14:52. > :14:56.sits as an independent AM, while rival Neil Hamilton leads
:14:57. > :15:02.Ukip's assembly group. The condition of the buses operated
:15:03. > :15:04.by a Wrexham coach company was so poor that a wheel flew off
:15:05. > :15:08.one, whilst it was carrying schoolchildren, a public
:15:09. > :15:10.inquiry has heard. The directors of GHA Coaches,
:15:11. > :15:13.which went into administration in July, have been told they may be
:15:14. > :15:15.disqualified from holding It was one of three bus
:15:16. > :15:22.firms to cease trading The Welsh Government has announced
:15:23. > :15:25.plans to improve support The number of buses serving
:15:26. > :15:33.the Tanat Valley in Powys has The local firm which provides
:15:34. > :15:38.the timetable is serving many passengers who simply couldn't
:15:39. > :15:48.do without it. If I didn't have this service I
:15:49. > :15:53.would have to rely on other people taking me, and I think the service
:15:54. > :15:55.is really wonderful. They were going to cut the bus, but so many people
:15:56. > :15:57.complain that they kept it running. But numerous cutbacks to subsidies
:15:58. > :16:09.and increases in outgoings have made Local buses are used by far more of
:16:10. > :16:14.the travelling public than the railways are, for instance. So let
:16:15. > :16:16.us start putting more and more of the budget into helping the local
:16:17. > :16:17.bus services. One firm has admitted neglecting
:16:18. > :16:22.safety to stay in business. At an inquiry in Welshpool today
:16:23. > :16:25.the traffic commissioner for Wales told the directors of Wrexham-based
:16:26. > :16:27.GHA coaches that someone could have been killed when a wheel came
:16:28. > :16:30.off a school bus full It had been 14 weeks since there had
:16:31. > :16:35.been any maintenance on the vehicle. When asked if finances came before
:16:36. > :16:37.safety, one director GHA Coaches went into administration
:16:38. > :16:41.with the loss of 300 jobs in July. A month earlier, Silcox Coaches
:16:42. > :16:44.in Pembrokeshire closed, and a month later Ceredigion's
:16:45. > :16:56.Lewis Coaches collapsed. The limited amount of welcome
:16:57. > :16:59.support we get from the Welsh government, each year there is no
:17:00. > :17:04.continuity of knowing what is going to come the following year, and that
:17:05. > :17:07.is important for investment, investment in new vehicles and on
:17:08. > :17:13.staff, and important for knowing what services you can provide. With
:17:14. > :17:20.the best operators who have survived saying they are feeling the squeeze,
:17:21. > :17:23.a 5-point plan has been announced which it said should make ten
:17:24. > :17:25.sustainable bus services across Wales.
:17:26. > :17:26.The plan is to appoint regional co-ordinators
:17:27. > :17:28.to shower good practice, to liaise with operators
:17:29. > :17:31.and councils to identify vulnerable routes and draw up contingency plans
:17:32. > :17:34.Meanwhile the directors of GHA Coaches now face
:17:35. > :17:35.losing their operator s licence after leaving
:17:36. > :17:47.Watch the binman chuck one of these two bins in the back of bin lorry.
:17:48. > :17:53.And we had a warm, hot spell last week but this week feels more
:17:54. > :18:03.like autumn, with some wet and windy weather on the way.
:18:04. > :18:06.A man from Cardiff is in a serious condition in hospital in Vietnam
:18:07. > :18:10.Chris Hallett was on holiday earlier this month when he was
:18:11. > :18:13.discovered with a fractured scull and his wallet missing.
:18:14. > :18:15.But because he didn't have health insurance,
:18:16. > :18:18.his mother is now desperately trying to raise tens of thousands of pounds
:18:19. > :18:36.33-year-old Chris Hallett was on holiday with his friend when he was
:18:37. > :18:40.found on the pavement next to a cashpoint to weeks ago. He had a
:18:41. > :18:45.fractured scull, both his cheek bones were broken and his wallet was
:18:46. > :18:50.missing. They had to take him to a hospital an hour and a half away.
:18:51. > :18:55.Following surgery for a bleed on the brain, he is now in intensive care.
:18:56. > :18:59.His mother is at work at a hospital in Cardiff. She is desperate to see
:19:00. > :19:06.him but has been advised not to travel to Vietnam. On Friday he
:19:07. > :19:09.opened his eyes, he said his name, Chris, but hasn't spoken since. But
:19:10. > :19:15.he can move his hands, which is really good. There is a Chinese
:19:16. > :19:20.couple going to visit him that he had a meal with, they have contacted
:19:21. > :19:28.us on Facebook to tell us how he's doing. He did not have travel
:19:29. > :19:39.insurance. No, he didn't. Leg what is your situation financially? Very
:19:40. > :19:43.heart. -- hard. Would not how much to get him home, they said hundreds
:19:44. > :19:49.of thousands in a coma, now he is out of the coma we do not know. How
:19:50. > :19:55.do you hope to raise those funds? We have got a page online and the
:19:56. > :19:59.hospital has been helping us to raise funds. We don't know if he
:20:00. > :20:04.will be left with brain damage anything at the moment. We not know.
:20:05. > :20:08.A police investigation is underway to establish what happened to Chris.
:20:09. > :20:10.But so far no witnesses have come forward. In the meantime his family
:20:11. > :20:14.just want him back, in Wales. People in Torfaen have criticised
:20:15. > :20:17.the council's policy of destroying household waste wheelie bins,
:20:18. > :20:18.if they believe residents A man from Abersychan
:20:19. > :20:22.claims his wheelie bin was destroyed by mistake,
:20:23. > :20:28.as do other residents in the area. Torfaen council says additional bins
:20:29. > :20:30.are removed and recycled. Look what happens to the bin
:20:31. > :20:44.on the far right, circled. The rubbish goes in,
:20:45. > :20:46.then the bin goes in after it. This was recorded by
:20:47. > :20:51.Russell Burgess, who believes The second was in fact his
:20:52. > :21:09.neighbour's, which he says I was livid. I was more annoyed as
:21:10. > :21:13.to why would anyone do that, why throw it in the back of the wagon,
:21:14. > :21:14.there was nothing wrong with that? There was no justification for doing
:21:15. > :21:16.that. What a waste of money. Russell claims he was forced
:21:17. > :21:18.to show the waste of money. He says they refused to believe
:21:19. > :21:24.their employees were involved. Torfaen says it's looking
:21:25. > :21:26.into the incident. But this may not be the strangest
:21:27. > :21:31.thing about this saga. Other residents claim their bins
:21:32. > :21:33.have also been mistakenly removed, but haven't been able
:21:34. > :21:35.to film or prove it - so have had to pay
:21:36. > :21:40.?20 for a new one. Torfaen Council says in the five
:21:41. > :21:42.months to August, residents had to pay for nearly
:21:43. > :21:47.200 replacement bins. Clearly bins can go missing
:21:48. > :22:10.for a number of reasons. White crush it, why waste the money?
:22:11. > :22:11.Why ask the taxpayers to pay for these bins? That does not make
:22:12. > :22:13.sense. There's no suggestion this employee
:22:14. > :22:16.did anything unlawful, and this may But residents are wondering
:22:17. > :22:19.whether this may, in part, go some way to explaining other bin
:22:20. > :22:26.disappearances in the area. The Anglesey-based artist
:22:27. > :22:30.Wilf Roberts, famous for his paintings of the island,
:22:31. > :22:33.has died at the age of 75, after being treated
:22:34. > :22:35.for a brain tumour. After teaching art in London,
:22:36. > :22:37.he returned to North Wales in the 1970s, working in local
:22:38. > :22:40.government, before retiring in 1996 His work is displayed
:22:41. > :22:48.across Wales and worldwide. The weather forecast next,
:22:49. > :22:50.and what a difference Last week, temperatures
:22:51. > :23:01.were up in the 20s. 28 Celsius in Porthmadog last
:23:02. > :23:03.Wednesday, but it's back Some blue sky and sunshine
:23:04. > :23:08.in Llanwrtyd today. And dry in Llanrwst
:23:09. > :23:16.with gaps in the cloud. Staying dry with breaks
:23:17. > :23:21.in the cloud, and where the sky remains clear it may turn a bit
:23:22. > :23:24.misty and chilly Temperatures dropping as low
:23:25. > :23:33.as 6 or 7. Tomorrow's chart shows a cold front
:23:34. > :23:36.approaching the west of Ireland At 8am, though, much
:23:37. > :23:42.of the country is dry. Misty in places first thing,
:23:43. > :23:49.but that will lift. Bright in parts of mid and north
:23:50. > :23:57.Wales with light winds. A few showers expected in
:23:58. > :24:10.the afternoon, but not everywhere. Temperatures a shade
:24:11. > :24:14.higher than today. 16 to 20 Celsius, with a south
:24:15. > :24:21.to southwest breeze. In Pembrokeshire tomorrow,
:24:22. > :24:30.mostly cloudy and dry. In Flintshire tomorrow,
:24:31. > :24:35.a lot of cloud with sunny intervals. Maybe a shower in the afternoon,
:24:36. > :24:42.otherwise dry. Tomorrow evening, dry
:24:43. > :24:45.for a while but some showery rain On Thursday, it's the autumn
:24:46. > :24:54.equinox, when the sun crosses the equator and day and night
:24:55. > :24:57.are almost equal. On Thursday, showers
:24:58. > :25:01.in the morning will clear. The rest of the day
:25:02. > :25:04.is then quite nice. Sunny spells and feeling pleasant
:25:05. > :25:09.with a light to moderate breeze. On Friday the odd shower
:25:10. > :25:11.in places, otherwise dry. And that heralds a change
:25:12. > :25:18.for the weekend. Low pressure over the Atlantic
:25:19. > :25:19.will turn things That means a spell of heavy rain
:25:20. > :25:25.and stronger winds over the weekend, although south-east Wales may stay
:25:26. > :25:36.dry until Saturday night. The Welsh government has set out
:25:37. > :25:40.plans for a major expansion of free childcare, moored apprentices and a
:25:41. > :25:43.fund for more treatment in the NHS over the next five years. The First
:25:44. > :25:47.Minister says the programme for government will make a tangible
:25:48. > :25:55.difference to people's lights. Opposition parties criticise what
:25:56. > :25:57.they claimed was a lack of detail in the documents.
:25:58. > :26:00.I'll have an update for you here at 8pm,