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The bird flu outbreak, the chief vet outlines further

restrictions for farmers and poultry owners.

I guess we should not be too is a prized given that we know wild birds

across Great Britain have become infected by this virus.

How will Wales work after Brexit?

paying to be in the single market but outside the EU.

Staying out of the EU has involved compromises for Norway, Carlin Jones

is here to find out whether it is an example Britain should follow.

Elderly people say they were left without toilets, or heating,

tonight the calls for a council to dump one of its

I did not have a toilet, I had to go to my friends to use the toilet.

than we're planting, the warning for the future

And Paul Clement watches Swansea's win against Crystal Palace,

hours after being confirmed as the new head coach.

Restrictions on keeping poultry in Wales have been extended

for another 7 weeks in an effort to stop avian flu from spreading.

It comes after chickens and ducks with bird flu were discovered

at a property in Carmarthenshire earlier this week,

the same strain found in a wild duck in Llanelli last month.

The H5-N8 infection was first found in wild birds,

and is mainly spread by direct contact between

The restrictions mean all poultry have to be kept indoors -

The all-Wales prevention zone will remain in place

Nice to meet you. The process is you have to clean off any gunk on your

Boots in clean water, and then if you could dip them into the

disinfectant that will get rid of any of the virus. Elaine is taking

bio-security very seriously, usually about 100 prize chickens roam free

here, but since the recent case of avian few -- avian flu she has kept

them in makeshift pens and volatiles and the greenhouse and they have to

stay here until the end of February at least. For me until your lifetime

poultry keeper it is devastating, really. It is on par with foot and

mouth. I have lived through two foot and mouth outbreaks in poultry as is

the same. These birds are irreplaceable. They are, a lot of

them, the result of two lifetimes of reading. I can go out and buy

another bunch of birds to replace them or had another bunch. They are

gone. The extension of restrictions on keeping poultry comes after a

case of avian flu was discovered, yesterday a domestic flock of

chickens and ducks have to be culled. A sequel on that protection

zone has been set up around the area as well as the chemical mutter

surveillance on which aims to stop the disease from spreading. The same

strain of bird flu was also discovered if Llanelli before

Christmas, at another turkey farm in Lincolnshire. Infected birds have

arrived in Great Britain, we know that from the findings in Wales

England and Scotland now, and we can control any of that. But what we can

do is everything possible to protect our own domestic flock and bringing

them indoors is the best way to do that. Ian Williams is a poultry farm

and can have up to 200,000 chickens in his sixth sense here. Cameras

were not allowed onto the farm but has to film from a distance as he is

taking every precaution possible to stop avian flu reaching the site. We

are only allowing essential visitors onto the site so we have to have a

few deliveries for the chickens and Solares after doing essential

deliveries like that are allowed on site but no other visitors. It is a

massive risk to me that my livelihood will be affected if I got

avian flu on this farm. Those who keep more than 50 birds are required

to sign up to a poultry register but tonight the Welsh government is

urging those with fewer birds to sign up, too. It is said they should

look out for any symptoms which includes birds not laying eggs or

eating or any swelling on the birds but they have reiterated there is no

risk to human health. This strain of avian flu which we call 85 and eight

has never been reported in a human, there have been no cases in humans

and that is supported by Public Health Wales evidence, however it is

very appealing, highly pathogenic to her birds. That is why it is very

important that we get on top of the disease but in terms of public

health this is of negligible risk. With news tonight that over 1

million ducks will be culled in France over the coming months Elaine

fears. A -- full-scale outbreak could come from across the Channel.

The advice is to disinfect and keep movement to a minimum if you come

into contact with wild birds. Norway isn't in the European Union -

but it has a trading The First Minister Carwyn Jones

has flown to Norway's capital Oslo tonight -

to understand how the EU Our reporter Daniel

Davies is in Oslo. He's been looking at

Norway's relationship Is this how our relationship with

the EU will be after Brexit? It's not a member of

the European Union. But trades freely with Europe

as a member of the single market. It has to pay financially

for that privilege - and must accept the right of EU

citizens to live and work here. It also must accept EU laws -

but has little say Norway's single market agreement

doesn't include fisheries - the country's biggest industry

after oil and gas. They've tried to protect it

from European competition, but it faces pressure,

from countries like Poland. And Carwyn Jones says the same

is true for Wales' economy. Those who want the softest

Brexit possible look Others might think Norway's

relationship with the EU is still too close for Brexit

Britain. Dan, what is the First Minister

hoping to wear? We are used to seeing him overseas

on trade missions trying to encourage foreign businesses to

invest in Wales, this time he said he is here to learn about Bobby's

relationship with the EU, he has meetings lined up with government

ministers, not the Prime Minister or Foreign Minister but junior

ministers to talk about Brexit over the next three days and you'll be

hearing about those compromises that Norway has made and he said that the

single market is vital not just to Norway but to Wales and we should be

making colonisers, two, including an immigration and if people have a job

then they should continue to have the right to work here after Brexit.

In Norway by and large people are happy with that situation but

whether they would be in Wales, that remains to be seen.

And Carwyn Jones has been giving his reaction to the resignation of

Britain's ambassador to the EU. Yes, Ivan Rogers, Carlin Jones said

he met with him last week and that he was completely neutral and that

your point diplomats to be told what you need to know, not what you want

to hear. This follows a row about why Ivan Rogers has had to leave his

job. But Carwyn Jones, I think his visit here though the underlying the

fact that it is more than six months after the referendum of use utility

options for the future and with negotiations due to start it is not

clear what the future holds. A former soldier from

Carmarthenshire has been sentenced after trying to travel to Syria

to fight against Robert Clark from Pembrey

was arrested at Heathrow He's been banned from leaving the UK

for a year, and sentenced to 50 hours of unpaid work for failing

to give officers his mobile phone pin number,

an offence under the Terrorism Act. A development company has pulled out

of Pembroke Dock marina Conygar Investment Company

PLC released its annual report on 4 January,

which looks at its accounts -- the scheme had planning for a

large scheme with cinema and restaurants, company cigarette in

the investment as the cost of building the marina was now too

high. A teacher from Llandudno -

who downloaded indecent images of children has been jailed

for eight months. Mark Haslock, who taught at Ysgol y

Grango near Wrexham, was also ordered to register

as a sex offender for Staff in the sterilisation and x-ray

departments at some hospitals in South Wales are due

to go on strike. The union Unison says the action

will affect non-emergency surgery at Morriston and Singleton

in Swansea, Neath Port Talbot and Princess of Wales in Bridgend

where Caroline evans is tonight. It involves staff from the x ray

departments and from sterilisation and disinfection units,

these are the people who decontaminate

hospitals and equipment. They're taking action claiming

they are being paid less than people doing the same jobs elsewhere

in Wales and they are warning that strike action WILL seriously disrupt

non-emergency surgery. Unison says its been

putting their case since 2014 and the staff are angry

that they have not been listened to, some of them, they say,

are losing nearly ?2,000 pounds some of them, they say,

are losing nearly ?2,000 a year compared with colleagues

in other hospitals. They are keen to say that the board

does value all its staff and has been working with the union

to resolve this. They say a meeting is planned

for early next week to continue those discussions,

but in the meantime they want to reassure patients

that they will be working to ensure that any disruption

is kept to a minimum The earliest date posible for any

such strike action is January 18th. The brother of a murdered private

detective from Llanfrecha near Cwmbran has urged the prime

minister to continue with the second part

of the Leveson Inquiry Daniel Morgan's family believe

he was about to expose police corruption before he was killed 30

years ago, a judge-led panel of experts is currently

looking into his death. Alistair Morgan says a statutory

examination of the links between journalists,

police and private Because a panel does not have

statutory powers it can sip you know what this is, it can't order them to

give evidence or disclose papers. -- it can't subpoena witnesses. I

thought that lesson to would be available as a kind of backstop if

you like. Police watchdogs are investigating

how North Wales Police handled the inquiry into the rape and murder

of fifteen year old Janet Commins

from Flint in 1976. A man was jailed for twelve years

after admitting manslaughter. But in September last year

a different man was charged The search for a missing jogger

from Talgarth near Brecon has been Fifty one year old David Skeen

was last seen going for a run near his home at 9

o'clock yesterday morning. Mountain rescue teams have been

assisting emergency services There are called the night for

Caerphilly council to stop using the company refurbishing its social

housing as residents claim they have been left to live in chaos for

months. The contractor has been accused of residence -- by residents

for poor workmanship with something they have been accused

-- have been left without heating or a toilet. Meet the Tory Roberts and

her mother, who has breathing problems. She needs 24-hour oxygen

at a bungalow. -- Victoria Roberts. She moved out last year to avoid the

dust and destruction of fitting this kitchen. After five weeks and she

said she returned to camp and dust everywhere, electrical work she said

she was not told about, Johnson finished with parts missing. She

claims the freezer and blogs, all this food went to waste. It is the

contract is because the problem. The thing the company should continue

working for the Council? Yum are absolutely not, but that is how they

treat people, -- absolutely not. This is how they treat people. My

mother has been so stressed out throughout this process, and it is

not just my mother that they have treated like that. Neighbours have

similar stories. I had a flight this week, the drainage was not done

properly. Christina is 75 and visually impaired, she said she had

weeks of broken promises but when her kitchen and bathroom were

refurbished and work finally did start... Chaos. They did not have a

toilet, have to go to my friends to use the toilet,... Along with that

for? Over a week. The council uses a number of different contractors. I

went to the council which any statement told me you were concerned

about the complaints being made here and it in turn would make -- would

raise them with the contractor then she as a matter of urgency. It also

pointed out that with thousands of homes being refurbished that the

concerns you are not representative of the majority.

They park all over the place to walk up Pen y fan -

now the national trust wants to charge.

And the gritters are out in many parts of the country.

A sharp frost tonight with temperatures falling as low

The Welsh timber industry which implies more than 11,000 people is

at risk unless more trees are planted, that is according to one of

the UK's largest producers, Clifford Jones. Natural resources Wales

manager Forrest city are confident about the future of the industry.

This is a question as much about what our woodlands are for as it is

for how many trees have been planted. The vast swathes of conifer

forest put the not as wildlife habitats but as an industrial

resource, harvested now for everything from construction to

garden furniture. Clifford Jones yard is where much of this ends up.

This business produces the half-million fence posts every year.

The waste wood, they tell me there is no waste, that the sawdust gets

turned into woodchip for boilers. Here the employee 50 of the 11,000

Welsh timber industry workers. What is happening here is we take the

temper that is going through our line and what we do is be push it

through the machine round there. -- we take the timber. Richard is the

third generation of his family to run the company and he is concerned

that of material is diminishing at a time when demand is rising. Over the

years we have harvested more than we have replaced, and so because of

that it is declining and it is declining at a rapid rate and since

1970s we have not kept up the pace, the amount of stuff we have taken

away, and that is the big issue. To be sure, our woodlands is changing.

Conifer forests are being filled as they mature and large disease has

speeded up the process of cleaning. There has been a policy change, more

native leaves like Coke are being planted. Natural resources Wales to

cover the management of much of the woodland from the old Forestry

Commission. We were hit hard in Wales by the disease in large the

last couple of years and that has meant we have had to sell large

numbers of large trees and as a result of that we have been looking

to plan mixed forests rather than lying on single species which are

more resilient to disease. The Welsh government has plans to create more

woodland but up until now the response from landowners has been

reluctant. But post-Brexit we have an amazing opportunity to introduce

a new land use policy which will encourage landowners including

farmers to plant the right trees in the right place. But at Clifford

Jones they say the broadleaves being planted in this forest are not

suitable to be turned into for example fence posts. Natural

resources Wales say they are confident about the future of Welsh

timber, the industry is not so sure. It's one of Wales' natural wonders -

visited by hundreds of thousand of people every year -

but should you have to pay to park The National Trust think so,

and could charge motorists Just a smattering of the white stuff

on the slopes of Pen Y Fan today. for former Cardiff Devils Ice Hockey

player Jeff Smith. Expanding it would be brilliant

however I think the funding that could be done in a different way,

perhaps with donations. Personally if I came along I would donate every

time I climbed, but I think if you put four or ?5 on a charge and then

it does, it could potentially deter people from coming along.

There are plans to increase the number

They want to avoid this during heavy snow.

I agree that the car park should be enlarged but not sure we should be

charging people ?5 a head. That is what I'm concerned about.

National Trust rangers who work on the mountain say

363,000 people passed through this gate last year - and there are 15

5,000 visited the mountain on Bank Holiday Monday alone.

But is the potential parking cost too steep?

We hope that people are supportive of us and our aim is to ensure

access and realise that the funds raised would be going directly

towards the conservation efforts in the area.

for motorists to park sensibly - here,

The funeral has taken place of the former Welsh Rugby Captain

John Gwilliam who died aged ninety three.

His coffin was brought to the English Methodist Church

in Llanfairfechan topped with the first of his

John Gwilliam is the only man to captain Wales to two Grand Slams

and he also played in the 1953 Welsh win over the All Blacks.

Football and Paul Clement is said to have made a real contribution

to Swansea City's win against Crystal Palace last night -

despite only being confirmed as the new head coach a few

The Swans are now one point away from relegation safety -

After just three wins in 19 games with the new head coach watching

from the stands the pressure was on Swansea's players to perform last

night as they faced fellow strugglers Crystal Palace. That

pressure was eased before half-time as the ever reliable player 's free

kick was met with the death of that is, Alfie -- of remorse and headed

home. Palace press for an equaliser in their efforts were rewarded, this

sublime volley brought the home team level. A draw seemed a likely result

but in the final moments of the game in -- the winner was slotted home.

Despite confirming his appointment to Swansea's new head coach hours

before the game Paul Clement trolled the touchline in the final minutes

making his presence felt. Poking down, he made a real positive

contribution, we met in the first time this afternoon and he came into

the dressing room and told the players prior to the game and also

came down at half-time and then came the rate at the end, and he was

involved in the substitutions as well. It was a crucial three points

for the Swans move off the bottom of the table but remain in a relegation

battle one point away from safety. The reaction of the Swansea players

after the final whistle showed just how much this victory meant and

called -- a confidence builder. Just with the new boss ordered ahead of

the next games against Arsenal. Double Olympic Champion Jade Jones

will take part in Channel 4's 'The Jump' programme -

despite reservations The 23 year old is set to fight

at the Taekwondo World Championships in June -

but says she is aware of the risks involved in the programme,

and will take part. The Winter sports show has a history

of celebrity competitors being forced to pull out

of the competition due to injury. Now, its 25 years to the day

since this happened Mickey Thomas' free-kick for Wrexham

helping them to pull off one of the FA Cup's great upsets

against the then league The winner was scored

by Steve Watkin. Fast-forward a quarter of a century

and players and fans will be coming together at the Racecourse on Friday

for an event to remember The gritters are out in many parts

of the country tonight, Temperatures are dropping this

evening with a sharp frost tonight. A weak cold front has been

moving southwards today, didn't bring much if any rain

but behind it clearer, So after a cloudy morning, the sun

came out in Blaenau Ffestiniog, The sky becoming clear and that

means a widespread frost, Temperatures dipping as low

as minus 5 in places, less cold in Pembrokeshire,

especially on the coast So here's the picture

for 8 in the morning. one or two freezing fog patches

in Powys and Monmouthshire. Temperature in Tenby above freezing

with a breeze off the sea, The sunshine turning hazy

later in the afternoon Temperatures rising above freezing,

2 to 4C in Denbighshire, up to 7C in Pembrokeshire

with a southeasterly breeze The temperature in Treharris rising

to 2C with a light breeze, a high of 5C in Criccieth but below

freezing on the mountains. Tomorrow evening a slight frost

apart from in the west, overnight cloud will increase

everywhere lifting temperatures with some rain in the north and west

late in the night. So high pressure over us tomorrow

but it won't hang around, fronts will move in from

the Atlantic during Friday bringing grey with outbreaks

of rain and drizzle. A little snow for a time

on the mountains but turning milder with low cloud,

mist and fog patches. spots of light rain and drizzle

but some dry weather as well, so tonight the coldest

night of the week. Sunshine tomorrow but

make the most of it. Thank you. And the headlines again.

In Hayley e-mail to colleagues and Sir Ivan Rogers who quit as the UK

ambassador to the EU accused the government of muddled thinking of a

rental plans. But Leave campaigners argue

that those forthright views are precisely the reason Sir Ivan

could no longer be trusted. It has been announced that senior

diplomat Tim barrel will take over the role.

And farmers and poultry owners have been told tonight that restrictions

to stop the spread of bird flu have been extended for another 7 weeks.

It comes after chickens and ducks with the disease were discovered

and culled at a property in Carmarthenshire earlier this week

the same strain was found in a wild duck in Llanelli last

I'll have an update for you here at 8 o'clock and again

That's Wales Today, thank you for watching.

From all of us on the programme, good evening.