:00:08. > :00:08.Welcome to Wales Today. Our top stories:
:00:09. > :00:11.Steel workers, their pension offer and the future of Tata here.
:00:12. > :00:13.Politicians are told to let workers decide -
:00:14. > :00:18.It's great for politicians who sit on the outside and want to make
:00:19. > :00:20.political gain out of this but you're talking about people's
:00:21. > :00:23.lives and the future of an industry we all love.
:00:24. > :00:25.Down the pub for the dementia patients' social gathering.
:00:26. > :00:29.Now a new strategy to listen to patients and their families.
:00:30. > :00:32.I didn't feel that there was a care plan in place.
:00:33. > :00:36.I don't think it was until much later on that those types
:00:37. > :00:42.The death of David James Kingsbury in Old Colwyn.
:00:43. > :00:47.Police arrest three more people on suspicion of murder.
:00:48. > :00:51.As winds start to turn more northerly across Wales,
:00:52. > :00:58.And in tonight's sport: Referees say no more of this...
:00:59. > :01:04.But as stricter punishments for high tackles come into force,
:01:05. > :01:23.will too many yellow cards spoil the game?
:01:24. > :01:27.Politicians are being told not to interfere with Tata workers' vote
:01:28. > :01:31.on whether to accept less generous pensions in return for
:01:32. > :01:36.One of the biggest unions at the site, Unite, was reacting
:01:37. > :01:39.to the Plaid Cymru economy spokesperson, Adam Price, who called
:01:40. > :01:57.Here's our business correspondent Brian Meechan.
:01:58. > :02:04.Tata says it is explaining to the staff what the changes will mean to
:02:05. > :02:09.them. If workers accept the deal, it will allow them to invest an extra
:02:10. > :02:13.billion pounds over ten years in the Port Talbot plant, but only if other
:02:14. > :02:17.savings can be made at the site. Tata has also pledged to keep the
:02:18. > :02:20.two blast furnaces operating for five years and to try to avoid
:02:21. > :02:25.compulsory redundancies over the same period. It is a huge about turn
:02:26. > :02:31.by the company that had planned to sell all its Welsh operations. Adam
:02:32. > :02:35.Price accuses Tata of opportunism and brinkmanship and he is urging
:02:36. > :02:38.workers to renegotiate on pensions. Workers that have contacted me have
:02:39. > :02:43.real concerns about the lack of clarity over the guarantees that
:02:44. > :02:49.have been offered in terms of future employment and investment and also
:02:50. > :02:55.in terms of the current and future deficit in the existing pension
:02:56. > :02:59.scheme. I think those concerns are well founded. But have conditions in
:03:00. > :03:02.the steel industry really improved? Well, the value of steel has risen
:03:03. > :03:04.on the world market. It was $385 per tonne of hot rolled
:03:05. > :03:07.coil last January when Tata announced over a thousand job losses
:03:08. > :03:11.but, by August, when the company put the sale of its Welsh operations
:03:12. > :03:15.on hold, it had gone up to $536 per tonne - an increase
:03:16. > :03:21.of nearly 40%. China had been accused
:03:22. > :03:25.of producing too much steel, driving down the price,
:03:26. > :03:28.but last summer the European Union continued imposing tariffs
:03:29. > :03:33.on foreign imports, with up to 22% levied on cold rolled steel,
:03:34. > :03:37.which is used in cars And the turnaround plan put in place
:03:38. > :03:44.at Port Talbot saw the reported losses of a million pounds a day
:03:45. > :03:49.at the site reduced. Adam Price says this means that
:03:50. > :03:52.situation has been radically transformed from this
:03:53. > :04:02.time last year. The local MP is calling for Adam
:04:03. > :04:07.Price to apologise and withdraw his comments. If it is rejected, I think
:04:08. > :04:12.there is no doubt that the industry will be plunged once again into
:04:13. > :04:19.crisis and I think it is completely unacceptable for a politician to be
:04:20. > :04:23.coming in and saying the things that Mr Price has said. Mark Durnan has
:04:24. > :04:27.worked at Port Talbot for the last 15 years and he says staff should be
:04:28. > :04:31.left to make their own decisions. Each person they will have their own
:04:32. > :04:35.feelings, their own ways of looking at it, depending on age, where you
:04:36. > :04:41.are in your career, there are lots of things you have to weigh up. I am
:04:42. > :04:46.50 odd years of age, I was looking to retire at 55. Unfortunately this
:04:47. > :04:50.is not a political issue so we would like the politicians to keep their
:04:51. > :04:55.opinions to themselves. The union which represents the workers across
:04:56. > :04:58.Tata says it is vital that workers understand the proposals. Tata said
:04:59. > :05:00.it would comment while it is still consulting workers.
:05:01. > :05:02.Brian, there's been a lot of talk about this deal.
:05:03. > :05:04.When do workers at Port Talbot have their say?
:05:05. > :05:11.We are expecting the ballots to go out to workers at the end of January
:05:12. > :05:15.and to have the results by around mid-February. I think one of the
:05:16. > :05:19.issues about this is the level of trust that exists between the
:05:20. > :05:23.workers and Tata. A lot of workers are now questioning just what this
:05:24. > :05:27.investment had been put forward by Tata actually amounts to. And these
:05:28. > :05:30.people have been put through an incredibly difficult year last year.
:05:31. > :05:35.And they are now being asked to make an incredibly tough decision that
:05:36. > :05:39.will hit them financially personally, but may guarantee the
:05:40. > :05:45.future of the Port Talbot site. So it is not an easy solution, it is
:05:46. > :05:49.not straightforward. I think the two questions it raises are, will Tata
:05:50. > :05:53.be likely to come back with a better offer if this is rejected on
:05:54. > :05:57.pensions? And if not and other bidders come in, are they likely to
:05:58. > :06:01.keep the final salary scheme Western Mark thank you.
:06:02. > :06:03.People affected by dementia are being asked for their experiences
:06:04. > :06:05.to help shape Wales' first ever national dementia plan.
:06:06. > :06:08.Dementia, which affects memory and language,
:06:09. > :06:10.is now the leading cause of death in Wales.
:06:11. > :06:13.It's thought between 40,000 to 50,000 people are living
:06:14. > :06:18.And the experts fear this number could rise by 40%
:06:19. > :06:23.Today, the Welsh Government launched a two-month consultation.
:06:24. > :06:27.It says improving the quality of life and care for people who have
:06:28. > :06:30.or are at risk of dementia is a key priority.
:06:31. > :06:51.When was this taken? About 63, so not long before he had his
:06:52. > :06:56.diagnosis. He was diagnosed with dementia when he was 65. He now
:06:57. > :06:59.lives in a specialist facility for people who develop dementia at a
:07:00. > :07:04.younger age but Kath says things were far from easy at the start. At
:07:05. > :07:10.the date of diagnosis, we were just sent home. Therefore, what that
:07:11. > :07:20.meant, as you can imagine, is that for a number of days, we were in
:07:21. > :07:25.utter turmoil. I didn't feel that there was a care plan in place. I
:07:26. > :07:30.don't think it was until much later on that those types of words were
:07:31. > :07:33.used. Now the Welsh government aims to change that. It has worked over
:07:34. > :07:38.the past five years to improve diagnosis rates in particular. But
:07:39. > :07:41.over the next two months, people like Kath and John who are affected
:07:42. > :07:46.by the condition are being asked for their imperious -- experiences to
:07:47. > :07:50.help inform a new dementia strategy for Wales that focuses on a number
:07:51. > :07:54.of keys themes such as diagnosis, helping dementia patients to live
:07:55. > :07:58.well and improve access to specialist care and support,
:07:59. > :08:03.particularly in the community. While more and more people have dementia,
:08:04. > :08:06.no two individuals are exactly the same. Their experiences will be
:08:07. > :08:11.different and the impact will be different as well. But individual
:08:12. > :08:15.understanding is really important and it really is about health and
:08:16. > :08:23.the wider sector joining up around those people. Conwy Council funds a
:08:24. > :08:27.service called Trio provided by a charity which partners people in the
:08:28. > :08:30.early stages of dementia with similar diagnosis. Every week they
:08:31. > :08:38.meet for days out or a catcher over a coffee. We are unique in what we
:08:39. > :08:44.do because we match the people to their needs. Their choices and what
:08:45. > :08:53.they do. So it is individual based and it is individual focused. And
:08:54. > :08:57.they say it is accessed -- exactly the kind of support that helps them
:08:58. > :09:02.lead fuller lives. I would miss it if it wasn't there because my wife
:09:03. > :09:16.takes me out motes of the time. It gives them a break as well. I enjoy
:09:17. > :09:21.coming out once a week on this trip. A lot of places around Colwyn Bay I
:09:22. > :09:24.never knew existed. The project is now being piloted in Denbighshire
:09:25. > :09:27.but the Welsh Local Government Association says the financial
:09:28. > :09:33.pressures on social care budgets are already unsustainable. There are
:09:34. > :09:37.many good things appearing at their presently in terms of local
:09:38. > :09:39.government, particularly in terms of dementia friendly communities, but
:09:40. > :09:43.this will add massive pressures into the system which is already
:09:44. > :09:48.struggling with some of the financial challenges we face. The
:09:49. > :09:52.government's oscillation will close at the end of March. But the debate
:09:53. > :09:53.about how best to care for dementia patients and how much it will cost
:09:54. > :09:56.is sure to continue. Residents in Cwmfelinfach say
:09:57. > :09:58.they're overjoyed that plans for a waste processing plant have
:09:59. > :10:01.been rejected by Local people were concerned that any
:10:02. > :10:06.emissions from the plant may be trapped in the valley
:10:07. > :10:08.because of a weather phenomenon that can hold cloud
:10:09. > :10:11.over the town for days. The local health board said
:10:12. > :10:26.emissions from the plant A blanket of fog over the steep,
:10:27. > :10:30.green Sirhowy Valley. Locals say it can linger for days. And they were
:10:31. > :10:34.concerned that emissions from a planned new waste processing plant
:10:35. > :10:38.to be built here would also be trapped. But today those plans were
:10:39. > :10:44.rejected by the environment body Natural Resources Wales. We all
:10:45. > :10:48.believe that this was in the wrong place and we have been vindicated.
:10:49. > :10:52.They told us that it was not going to be a problem. They told us we
:10:53. > :10:57.were only going to have steam coming out of the chimney and it is not the
:10:58. > :11:01.case, it was going to be nitrogen dioxide. Locals fought from the
:11:02. > :11:06.outset to stop the development, worried about lorries and noise. And
:11:07. > :11:13.this. It's called temperature inversion. Cold air is trapped in
:11:14. > :11:24.the Valley by warm air above. Locals were concerned about the impact that
:11:25. > :11:29.it would have had on their health. They were concerned about the amount
:11:30. > :11:37.of gases that may have been released. Wendy told me about her
:11:38. > :11:42.concerns. I'm asthmatic, I have got two granddaughters, 13 and 14, and I
:11:43. > :11:46.am worried about what they will breathe in while they grow up. On
:11:47. > :11:50.Sundays you can see really plain and it is thick and we don't want it.
:11:51. > :11:54.The plan would have seen thousands of tonnes of waste that would have
:11:55. > :12:00.normally gone to landfill turned to fill. The company behind it says
:12:01. > :12:03.it's extremely disappointed and that no air quality limits would have
:12:04. > :12:07.been breached. They will be appealing as soon as possible. But
:12:08. > :12:12.Natural Resources Wales say they believe the plant could have had a
:12:13. > :12:17.negative impact on people's health. So today a win for these locals and,
:12:18. > :12:19.for now, clean air in their green valley.
:12:20. > :12:22.A body found in the Talgarth area of Powys has been confirmed
:12:23. > :12:28.He was last seen leaving his home for a run last Tuesday morning.
:12:29. > :12:30.Mountain rescue teams, firefighters, police and a drone
:12:31. > :12:37.Staff at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board are being urged to take
:12:38. > :12:42.Three wards have been closed at UHW in Cardiff to prevent the spread
:12:43. > :12:50.less than half of the health board's staff had received the jab.
:12:51. > :12:53.Labour support in Wales has reached new lows,
:12:54. > :12:56.according to an opinion poll by YouGov for ITV Wales
:12:57. > :13:01.It suggests that 31% of people would vote for Labour in Assembly
:13:02. > :13:04.constituency elections - that's down three
:13:05. > :13:08.That's the lowest rating since YouGov's first
:13:09. > :13:14.Both Tory and Plaid Cymru support rose by one point,
:13:15. > :13:24.UKIP are down one to 12% and the Liberal Democrats up two, to 8%.
:13:25. > :13:28.North Wales Police have arrested three more people on suspicion
:13:29. > :13:31.of murder following the death of a man in Old Colwyn last week.
:13:32. > :13:35.A post mortem examination found David James Kingsbury died
:13:36. > :13:39.The police say three men are in custody.
:13:40. > :13:43.A woman who was arrested earlier has been released on bail.
:13:44. > :13:46.Roger Pinney joins us now from Old Colwyn.
:13:47. > :13:56.Roger, the police have issued a fairly lengthy statement.
:13:57. > :14:02.Yes, and they have issued two statements and the most recent,
:14:03. > :14:05.which came out around an hour and a half ago, the police confirmed that
:14:06. > :14:09.the woman who had been arrested earlier in the investigation has now
:14:10. > :14:13.been released on police bail. The police today have described this as
:14:14. > :14:17.a fast moving enquiry in which there have been some significant
:14:18. > :14:24.developments in the last day or so. They say they have now arrested
:14:25. > :14:28.three men, two in their 30s, one in their 50s, on suspicion of murder.
:14:29. > :14:33.They are all said to be from the old Colwyn area. David James Kingsbury
:14:34. > :14:38.died on Thursday evening and the police investigation then involved
:14:39. > :14:41.sealing off much of the centre of old Colwyn. The police say they have
:14:42. > :14:45.acted today because of information which has been brought to them by
:14:46. > :14:51.members of the public. And tonight police are appealing for more
:14:52. > :14:54.information? They are, and they are being specific about the information
:14:55. > :15:00.they are after. They want to speak to anyone who saw a silver two dot
:15:01. > :15:04.Vauxhall Corsa being driven around old Colwyn between 8:30pm and 9pm on
:15:05. > :15:11.Thursday evening and they also want to speak to anyone who was on the
:15:12. > :15:16.number 12 bus in old Colwyn at around the same time. That is
:15:17. > :15:22.between 8:30pm and 9pm on Thursday evening. As I say, the police say
:15:23. > :15:24.this is a fast moving enquiry so I think we should be looking out for
:15:25. > :15:26.some further developments. Much more to come before
:15:27. > :15:28.seven o'clock No more But as stricter punishments for high
:15:29. > :15:32.tackling come into force, will too many yellow cards
:15:33. > :15:34.spoil the game? And that northerly front moving down
:15:35. > :15:40.through Wales means a risk of snow Could Wales become the first part
:15:41. > :15:55.of the UK to introduce an outright ban on parents
:15:56. > :15:57.smacking their children? New powers heading to the Assembly
:15:58. > :15:59.will make it possible. And tonight, the Children's
:16:00. > :16:01.Commissioner has repeated her call More from our political
:16:02. > :16:16.correspondent Daniel Davies. Perhaps once it was taken for
:16:17. > :16:21.granted but attitudes change and now some say the law should change to.
:16:22. > :16:25.Recently there have been repeated calls for the Assembly to ban
:16:26. > :16:31.smacking. Now powers will be devolved here to make that easier.
:16:32. > :16:36.It revolves around what is reasonable. In cases of assault
:16:37. > :16:39.against children there is a defence of reasonable punishment and
:16:40. > :16:43.campaigners want to scrap it. First and foremost, it is a human rights
:16:44. > :16:47.issue. Children should have the right to not be heard in the same
:16:48. > :16:51.way that adults do will stop at the moment, if you hit another addled,
:16:52. > :16:56.there is no defence in the law for why you have hit them. But if a
:16:57. > :16:59.parent hits their child, they can say it was reasonable punishment. I
:17:00. > :17:05.think children should have the same protection from assault as parents
:17:06. > :17:10.do. Two years ago, the Welsh government saw off a call for a ban,
:17:11. > :17:13.saying the time wasn't right. Now ministers want to build cross-party
:17:14. > :17:19.support to outlaw smacking. But just like in the Assembly, there were
:17:20. > :17:24.people for and against a ban at this play centre in Cardiff today.
:17:25. > :17:28.Smacking children years ago, it happened, and I had a smack from mum
:17:29. > :17:33.and dad, but there are so many cases today where it has got out of hand
:17:34. > :17:37.and parents to take it a dark -- too far, maybe it wouldn't be the third
:17:38. > :17:41.worst thing in the world. I wouldn't say a ban because personal choice,
:17:42. > :17:46.but for me, my son, I wouldn't smack him. If he sees other children in
:17:47. > :17:50.the playground being naughty, I don't want him to think it is OK to
:17:51. > :17:53.smack someone if they are bad. Campaigners say they don't expect a
:17:54. > :17:57.wave of parents being prosecuted after a ban. Instead they hope it
:17:58. > :18:00.will send a message about what is deemed acceptable. The Welsh
:18:01. > :18:03.government tried to do something similar when it banned smoking in
:18:04. > :18:07.cars carrying children. Now the children Commissioner hopes
:18:08. > :18:11.ministers will use these powers and put an end to a debate which she
:18:12. > :18:13.says has been going round in circles for years.
:18:14. > :18:19.Days after stricter sanctions were brought-in around
:18:20. > :18:21.high tackles in rugby, referees are spoiling
:18:22. > :18:24.the game and fans could be turned-off the sport.
:18:25. > :18:26.That's the warning tonight from the former Wales
:18:27. > :18:30.It comes after players from the Scarlets, Ospreys
:18:31. > :18:34.and Ulster were shown yellow cards in the Pro12 on the first
:18:35. > :18:35.weekend since tougher punishments came into force.
:18:36. > :18:50.Is that a high tackle? A new year and a new clamp-down on high
:18:51. > :18:55.tackles. It is a high tackle, preventing a possible try. A yellow
:18:56. > :19:00.card and a penalty try. A raft of yellow cards was handed out at the
:19:01. > :19:07.weekend. He has gone again. Where are we going? Now the referees are
:19:08. > :19:13.under scrutiny. Under the new directives, that is high. Is it
:19:14. > :19:18.reckless? It is up to them to referee each incident on its
:19:19. > :19:22.individual merits and then decide but sometimes it just spoils the
:19:23. > :19:26.game. It is a contact sport and people like the big collisions. They
:19:27. > :19:31.have got to be clean and fair and they have got to be kept in the
:19:32. > :19:38.game. But if it's getting too sterile, people aren't going to want
:19:39. > :19:43.to watch. A new tougher approach to reckless and accidental... While the
:19:44. > :19:47.laws of the game haven't changed, the level of punishment players can
:19:48. > :19:54.expect have. The game's governing body says player welfare is their
:19:55. > :19:58.number one concern. One of the most respected referees, Nigel Owens,
:19:59. > :20:01.says a degree of empathy and common sense is needed, but he says there
:20:02. > :20:07.has been a greater clamp-down on reckless tackles some time. I come
:20:08. > :20:11.in to tackle you, if I tackle you here and by hand slips up like this,
:20:12. > :20:15.that has always been a high tackle and a penalty. But if I come in high
:20:16. > :20:19.and I catch you here with force and it goes on to your head, that is
:20:20. > :20:24.going to be a red card. But that was a red card six months ago. But we
:20:25. > :20:28.could be seeing more cards being dished out on the rugby field. Does
:20:29. > :20:34.that increase the pressure on the referee? I'm not quite sure if it
:20:35. > :20:38.is, to be honest with you. What these directives have done is
:20:39. > :20:43.refocusing everybody concerned that we as referees need to be strict
:20:44. > :20:47.with this type of tackle. The changes are aimed at minimising
:20:48. > :20:53.this, the treatment of concussion, which is high on the agenda, and
:20:54. > :20:56.tonight World Rugby says the way George North's latest head injury
:20:57. > :21:01.was handled during a game for Northampton last month was
:21:02. > :21:05.disappointing. Some Pro12 coaches say the changes are making the game
:21:06. > :21:09.impossible to referee. The challenge for those running the game is to
:21:10. > :21:11.make a physical contact sport as safe as possible. Without alienating
:21:12. > :21:13.fans and players. Wales international Liam Williams
:21:14. > :21:16.will join Saracens next summer. The 25-year-old moves
:21:17. > :21:17.to the English Premiership from the Scarlets on a three-year
:21:18. > :21:21.deal at the end of the season. The move could limit his
:21:22. > :21:22.international appearances. The senior selection policy only
:21:23. > :21:24.allows three non-Wales based There's no Welsh interest
:21:25. > :21:31.in the fourth round draw New Swansea City boss Paul Clement
:21:32. > :21:35.lost his first game in charge 2-0 as they crashed out
:21:36. > :21:37.of the competition at Hull. Cardiff City were the last Welsh
:21:38. > :21:40.club to be knocked out, They lost 2-1 to Fulham in front
:21:41. > :21:45.of a crowd of just over 5,000. Manager Neil Warnock said he didn't
:21:46. > :21:48.blame the fans not turning up Not many athletes manage to move
:21:49. > :21:52.successfully from one sport to another but Welsh 100m sprinter
:21:53. > :21:54.Mica Moore is hoping to combine her love for athletics
:21:55. > :21:56.with the huge challenge The 24-year-old from Newport
:21:57. > :22:02.is determined not to pick between her winter and summer
:22:03. > :22:04.sports, insisting her future could include success in both
:22:05. > :22:08.and her dream is to represent Team If you'd asked Mica Moore
:22:09. > :22:28.about the bobsleigh not long ago she would have talked about the 1993
:22:29. > :22:31.film Cool Runnings. She certainly didn't think
:22:32. > :22:34.she would end up the brake woman I don't think I could ever pick
:22:35. > :22:40.between them because they are both so much fun and they are perfect
:22:41. > :22:44.sports alongside each other. One is a summer sport
:22:45. > :22:46.and one is a winter sports As a sprinter, she competed
:22:47. > :22:51.at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games for Wales in the relay,
:22:52. > :22:54.and that led to being asked She was a natural and for someone
:22:55. > :22:59.who doesn't like roller-coasters, travelling at speeds of 125 mph
:23:00. > :23:05.for the first time didn't phase her. I think I got out of the bobsleigh
:23:06. > :23:09.and said, that was so much fun. I must be a little bit bonkers
:23:10. > :23:12.because I wasn't too nervous. I think I rang my dad before
:23:13. > :23:16.for some comforting words and he's my coach so he just manages
:23:17. > :23:20.to calm me down really well. It's been an incredible
:23:21. > :23:23.journey so far. Her dad is amazed at how
:23:24. > :23:26.quickly she has adapted. I couldn't be prouder
:23:27. > :23:29.as a dad, predominantly. And for somebody who is relatively
:23:30. > :23:33.inexperienced in bobsleigh, the accelerated development
:23:34. > :23:36.is really quite incredible actually. Next month she is hoping to get
:23:37. > :23:47.into the GB squad and compete at There's a lot of work I need to do
:23:48. > :23:54.before I can do that and I need to make sure I am running as fast
:23:55. > :23:57.as I can and make sure But it would be a massive
:23:58. > :24:01.dream to compete there. And I'm really excited
:24:02. > :24:03.for the season ahead. If all goes to plan,
:24:04. > :24:07.2018 could be busy. She knows it would be
:24:08. > :24:09.a massive challenge. and a summer representing Wales
:24:10. > :24:15.at the Commonwealth Games. That would be a perfect
:24:16. > :24:20.year, I think. Snow is the big feature of this
:24:21. > :24:31.week's weather charts. The Met Office has issued a yellow
:24:32. > :24:34.warning for wind and snow as parts of Wales and the rest of the UK
:24:35. > :24:38.looks set for an Arctic cold spell. The weather front is different
:24:39. > :24:40.from the one hitting Snow has covered the Greek
:24:41. > :24:43.islands and southern Italy, Temperatures in Russia
:24:44. > :24:46.have plunged to -30. So let's get Sue Charles to flesh
:24:47. > :24:59.out the detail in the forecast. Our weather has been quiet in
:25:00. > :25:03.comparison but there is a change on the way. After a relatively mild but
:25:04. > :25:07.unsettled start of the week, it will turn colder by the end of it with
:25:08. > :25:11.wintry showers possible. The risk of snow for some but a completely
:25:12. > :25:19.different scenario from the bitter easterly winds that brought the cold
:25:20. > :25:24.weather across continental Europe. Later in the week, the air coming
:25:25. > :25:28.from Iceland. And as the fronts moving from the west, they could
:25:29. > :25:34.bring rain, sleet or possibly snow. But tonight, heavy rain and
:25:35. > :25:39.scattered showers will continue on and off. Feeling colder in the
:25:40. > :25:43.strong winds. This front brought today's rain. A brief respite and
:25:44. > :25:49.then another arrives from the west tomorrow. Some dry spells and just a
:25:50. > :25:57.few early showers tomorrow. And then ploughed thickens as the fog pushes
:25:58. > :26:03.through from the West. Our bricks -- outbreaks of rain. Temperatures
:26:04. > :26:07.above average. Tomorrow night, some dry spells, just the odd shower on
:26:08. > :26:18.and off. Some mist and hill fog developing. Still quite cold at six
:26:19. > :26:21.to eight Celsius. The wind starts to turn more north-westerly on
:26:22. > :26:24.Wednesday. The isobars closer together signalling stronger winds
:26:25. > :26:30.making it really feel colder for the end of the week. Wednesday it self,
:26:31. > :26:34.some dry spells, just a few showers, but the Empress is really on these
:26:35. > :26:40.winds. Very strong north-westerly winds could reach gale force along
:26:41. > :26:44.the coast. Highs of eight or 10 Celsius. But the wind chill will
:26:45. > :26:48.make you feel colder. By Thursday we are into the colder air, very
:26:49. > :26:52.blustery. Try and write for many but cold enough that any of these
:26:53. > :26:59.showers could fall as sleet and snow by Thursday.
:27:00. > :27:06.Northern Ireland is in political crisis tonight after the shock
:27:07. > :27:09.resignation of Martin McGuinness. Under the power-sharing agreement,
:27:10. > :27:12.this automatically means that the First Minister Arlene Foster of the
:27:13. > :27:17.Democratic Unionist party, can no longer stay in her role.
:27:18. > :27:21.And politicians are being told not to interfere with Tata workers' vote
:27:22. > :27:27.on whether to accept less generous pensions in exchange for better
:27:28. > :27:29.investment in Port Talbot. Adam Price called for staff to reject the
:27:30. > :27:31.deal. I'll have an update
:27:32. > :27:37.for you here at 8pm and again From all of us on the
:27:38. > :27:41.programme, good evening.