:00:00. > :00:00.across higher ground but perhaps even at lower levels of light
:00:00. > :00:00.dusting to come as well. Winter Our top stories this evening: It's
:00:00. > :00:08.been described as the most ambitious ever plan to transform the NHS
:00:09. > :00:10.in South West Wales The NHS is under huge pressure,
:00:11. > :00:16.not just in south-west And we need to really look
:00:17. > :00:21.at the models of care we deliver. We cannot keep doing it,
:00:22. > :00:28.how we did it 70 years ago. Health bosses say the radical change
:00:29. > :00:31.is essential to tackle the huge We have an exclusive report.
:00:32. > :00:35.Also tonight, are events like Moto GP a step closer to coming
:00:36. > :00:44.to Blaenau Gwent? Circuit of Wales bosses
:00:45. > :00:46.meet their deadline and give the Welsh Government details
:00:47. > :00:56.of the project's backers. Despite major opposition,
:00:57. > :00:57.the High Court decides Dee Valley Water will be taken
:00:58. > :01:00.over by Severn Trent, There's a suggestion prices could
:01:01. > :01:10.rise and we are a community trust. We can't afford any
:01:11. > :01:22.price rises here. Learning how to save lives,
:01:23. > :01:24.but should lessons like these be in tonight's sport, we'll
:01:25. > :01:32.have the latest on the injuries ahead of the Six Nations
:01:33. > :01:34.game against England. This school produced them both,
:01:35. > :01:46.but who should play at number 10? They've been described as some
:01:47. > :01:52.of the most ambitious plans ever made to transform the way healthcare
:01:53. > :01:55.is delivered in South West Wales. Health bosses say a unique
:01:56. > :01:58.collaboration between the two local healthboards and Swansea University
:01:59. > :01:59.will tackle the "huge "Sticking plaster" solutions
:02:00. > :02:03.they say, won't do any more. The far-reaching plans are soon
:02:04. > :02:05.to be submitted to the Welsh Our Health Correspondent, Owain
:02:06. > :02:33.Clarke, has this special report. After 76 years, you could forgive a
:02:34. > :02:38.building for not looking its best but would you want to be cared for
:02:39. > :02:42.year? This part of Morriston Hospital is older than the NHS
:02:43. > :02:45.itself but since then, the hospital has had to grow bit by bit around
:02:46. > :02:50.these wartime corridors. Few could have imagined then the things that
:02:51. > :02:58.happens here now. You can see we have an area of peak pressure. The
:02:59. > :03:02.hospital 's rehabilitation centre, medical staff and engineers worked
:03:03. > :03:06.together to design and build equipment which can help seriously
:03:07. > :03:11.injured patients become mobile. So the NHS and do more than ever before
:03:12. > :03:17.and the need for Kerry 's greater than ever. It means hospitals like
:03:18. > :03:21.this one are often stretched to the very limit. But can the system
:03:22. > :03:25.survive simply by making step-by-step changes? We can't just
:03:26. > :03:29.carry on as we are. We cannot keep tried to do more of the same. We
:03:30. > :03:33.need to change how we go about doing things. The NHS is under huge
:03:34. > :03:39.pressure across the UK. We cannot keep doing how we did it 70 years
:03:40. > :03:44.ago. 50 miles west of Morriston near the coast in Llanelli, could this
:03:45. > :03:50.former industrial site be a glimpse into the future? It is going to
:03:51. > :03:54.create a completely new village. Which the whole world will look at.
:03:55. > :03:59.What is planned is an entire complex designed to keep as many of us out
:04:00. > :04:05.of hospital as possible. Using money that could be unlocked by the
:04:06. > :04:07.Swansea Bay city deal, council money and private investment, new parks, a
:04:08. > :04:14.sports field and a leisure centre will be located here. There will
:04:15. > :04:17.also be the first wellness Hotel. Also a rehabilitation centre,
:04:18. > :04:21.community care hub and accommodation so that so that those that need help
:04:22. > :04:28.can find it closer to home. The whole idea is to put more money into
:04:29. > :04:32.keeping people healthy and educating people about how important it is to
:04:33. > :04:37.look after health. But the NHS would still need to be there when thing
:04:38. > :04:41.goes wrong and under the plans, Swansea East singledom hospital
:04:42. > :04:47.would become a centre of excellence for daycare and diagnostic tests.
:04:48. > :04:51.Morriston Hospital would concentrate on acute care of the sickest
:04:52. > :05:02.patients. Next door, a medical research campus would be built in
:05:03. > :05:07.partnership with the University. It covers a population of 1 million
:05:08. > :05:12.people, 30,000 health care workers. But relatively homogenous stable
:05:13. > :05:18.population is a wonderful living laboratory test bed for innovation.
:05:19. > :05:26.And innovation is essential to solve the current challenges of the health
:05:27. > :05:32.service. So the University can be a conduit between the private sector
:05:33. > :05:38.and the monolith of the NHS. If we were to give you the impression that
:05:39. > :05:44.this is a smooth journey, I think we would be misleading you. This isn't
:05:45. > :05:51.easy. However, the prize is just enormous. But many who live further
:05:52. > :05:53.west than Swansea have long complained of hospitals losing key
:05:54. > :06:02.services to bigger towns and cities but how well far health board say
:06:03. > :06:05.the benefits are likely to be spread across the region. I am not talking
:06:06. > :06:10.about shifting every service in this organisation. We know that we are
:06:11. > :06:15.spending money because we are spending a lot of money, a lot more
:06:16. > :06:20.money, that we've got. On locums. It is no longer about the geography of
:06:21. > :06:25.the place that attracts a young consultant, it is about the ability
:06:26. > :06:29.to have research and development, to be able to be innovative in the way
:06:30. > :06:33.they deliver care models. It has never been done before and we have
:06:34. > :06:39.tried. I had been in the health service 45 years. We have tried. So,
:06:40. > :06:44.will these sixth formers be the ones to help plug the gaps? They are
:06:45. > :06:48.learning first-hand in Morriston what working in the NHS could be
:06:49. > :06:52.like through a Project supported by technology companies. What I have
:06:53. > :06:57.seen has made me more certain that I want to go into it. I want to go to
:06:58. > :07:02.Swansea University and steady their and then move onto the NHS here. The
:07:03. > :07:07.history of the hospital reflects the story of the entire NHS. Gradually
:07:08. > :07:11.adapting to meet the populations needs but facing ever-increasing
:07:12. > :07:12.pressures. The question is, without radical change, for how can that
:07:13. > :07:15.continue? And you can see more on that story
:07:16. > :07:18.from our health correspondent, It's been talked about for seven
:07:19. > :07:25.years, now the developers who wants to build a ?425 million racing track
:07:26. > :07:28.near Ebbw Vale say they'll break But first, they'll have to meet
:07:29. > :07:31.rigorous financial tests set Ministers want assurances
:07:32. > :07:34.that the Circuit of Wales will provide value for money before
:07:35. > :07:37.it'll agree to be the guarantor Here's our Economics
:07:38. > :07:57.Correspondent, Sarah Dickins. This is the vision of what
:07:58. > :08:03.developers hope to bring to the hillside above Ebbw Vale. But this
:08:04. > :08:06.is still the reality. Empty land after years of planning, debate,
:08:07. > :08:13.delays and scrutiny, but after seven years, it might have moved closer.
:08:14. > :08:15.It was back in 2011 that the plans were unveiled. Much needed
:08:16. > :08:20.investment and jobs for Blaenau Gwent. By 2013, the local authority
:08:21. > :08:24.had given planning permission but the next year, questions were raised
:08:25. > :08:28.about how much public money would be tied up. But the developers said
:08:29. > :08:32.they had the private sector backers that they needed. There are also
:08:33. > :08:36.fears about the effect on the environment. That led to a public
:08:37. > :08:39.enquiry into the 15. Then last year it became evident that the circuit
:08:40. > :08:44.of Wales team wanted the Welsh Government to underwrite all of the
:08:45. > :08:47.private funding once the track was operating and Edwina Hart, the then
:08:48. > :08:49.economy minister, said that meant the government would be carrying too
:08:50. > :09:11.much of the risk. So, what did the developers say it
:09:12. > :09:14.will all mean? Well, 1600 people would be employed while the site was
:09:15. > :09:18.being built according to the company. Over the years, there has
:09:19. > :09:23.been talk of 6000 jobs. That would be a very long way down the track
:09:24. > :09:28.and only if industry did set up alongside the circuit. The company
:09:29. > :09:32.target is to attract 750,000 visitors a year from the UK and
:09:33. > :09:36.abroad and they argue it would inject ?50 million into the Welsh
:09:37. > :09:41.economy. Today the economy Secretary Ken Skates made a statement. He told
:09:42. > :09:44.Assembly Members circuit of Wales has given him the information he
:09:45. > :09:47.asked for about financial backers and it is now asking the Welsh
:09:48. > :09:52.Government to underwrite less than half of the private investment. In
:09:53. > :09:57.terms of the due diligence process that will commence on as receiving
:09:58. > :10:03.all of the information, will enable us to begin that process, we expect
:10:04. > :10:08.it to take place and be completed in approximately 4-6 weeks, which is a
:10:09. > :10:13.normal time frame for a project of this scale. Upon which Cabinet will
:10:14. > :10:15.then be able to consider it. All political parties backed the
:10:16. > :10:19.project, so long as the due diligence comes out in its favour.
:10:20. > :10:25.Whilst I do understand the necessity for doing proper due diligence, in a
:10:26. > :10:29.proposal of this kind, this is a transformational project. If it
:10:30. > :10:32.succeeds, it is going to be completed transforming the economy
:10:33. > :10:37.of Wales, certainly in the south-east and mid Wales. Circuit of
:10:38. > :10:40.Wales says it is working with Welsh Government through the scrutiny
:10:41. > :10:43.process and says it is looking forward to is starting to build on
:10:44. > :10:47.the site this spring. But they might end up wishing they had not
:10:48. > :10:50.suggested such a tight timeline. The due diligence could take longer than
:10:51. > :10:53.the expected six weeks and the project could fail the investigation
:10:54. > :10:59.which could then throw out more questions. However the project feels
:11:00. > :11:00.a step closer to becoming a reality than it has for seven years.
:11:01. > :11:02.Our political editor, Nick Servini, is in the Senedd.
:11:03. > :11:05.Nick, are ministers preparing to give this the go ahead?
:11:06. > :11:11.Well, they are certainly daring to make a decision. It is widely
:11:12. > :11:16.considered that this will be the third and final proposal put to them
:11:17. > :11:19.from the circuit of Wales. I think the big problem in the past has been
:11:20. > :11:24.the mismatch between the rhetoric of the developers and the decisions
:11:25. > :11:29.made by the ministers, so the previous two proposals, there have
:11:30. > :11:31.been very bullish comments from the circuit of Wales, only to be
:11:32. > :11:36.rejected from the Welsh Government and I think it is fair to say that
:11:37. > :11:40.mismatch is getting closer now. Ken Skates said in the chamber this was
:11:41. > :11:45.the best of the bids that he had received so far. But that said, the
:11:46. > :11:48.mismatch is still there. If you look at the statements from the circuit
:11:49. > :11:55.of Wales for example today, it really gives an overwhelming
:11:56. > :11:59.impression of dots and... A confirmatory process. Contrast that
:12:00. > :12:03.with the Welsh Government statement which talks about rigorous tests,
:12:04. > :12:07.fundamental questions about whether it would benefit Blaenau Gwent and
:12:08. > :12:11.Wales and even includes a fit and proper person assessment of the
:12:12. > :12:17.directors. That is standard practice for due diligence but it is unusual
:12:18. > :12:19.to name check it in a relatively short government statement.
:12:20. > :12:24.Ministers will have to decide not only on what is being planned but
:12:25. > :12:28.who is behind it as well. How long until a final decision on this? Six
:12:29. > :12:33.weeks in terms of the formal process. It will go to the Welsh
:12:34. > :12:39.Government Cabinet for final approval. There are obvious
:12:40. > :12:43.political sensitivities ease, most notably that this will happen in an
:12:44. > :12:47.economically deprived part of Wales and there is a hope in the local
:12:48. > :12:51.community that this will get the go-ahead. But I think it is there to
:12:52. > :12:59.say that there is now a really serious attempt to address this real
:13:00. > :13:01.problem about the level of Welsh taxpayer underwriting which has
:13:02. > :13:04.really proved such a huge problem in the years that we have seen the
:13:05. > :13:07.development of this project so far. Police investigating the fatal
:13:08. > :13:09.shooting of a man near Pwllheli say he died of a single
:13:10. > :13:12.gunshot wound to the head. 18-year-old Peter Colwell
:13:13. > :13:14.died in a pub car-park in Llanbedrog in the early hours
:13:15. > :13:16.of Sunday morning. Four of his friends were arrested,
:13:17. > :13:19.but have been released on bail. Officers say the results of the post
:13:20. > :13:22.mortem examination will help them Gwent Police are continuing
:13:23. > :13:32.to look for two men as part of the biggest drugs operation
:13:33. > :13:34.in the force's history. Raids were carried out
:13:35. > :13:36.across Newport yesterday in a crackdown on the supply
:13:37. > :13:38.of Class A drugs. 28 people have been arrested
:13:39. > :13:41.so far - in an operation UK ministers responsible
:13:42. > :13:49.for farming have been criticised by the chair
:13:50. > :13:51.of the Assembly's Environment Committee for apparently "refusing
:13:52. > :13:54.to engage" in its Brexit inquiry. It comes after the Environment
:13:55. > :13:56.Secretary, Andrea Leadsom, Rejected an invitation to appear
:13:57. > :13:58.before AMs, while Junior Minister, George Eustice, cancelled
:13:59. > :14:00.at two days' notice. The UK Government says it's
:14:01. > :14:01.in "regular dialogue" 30 primary school children have been
:14:02. > :14:16.treated after they developed a rash while swimming
:14:17. > :14:18.at a pool on Anglesey. Emergency services were called
:14:19. > :14:20.to Plas Arthur Leisure Centre None of the pupils from
:14:21. > :14:23.Ysgol Esceifiog are seriously ill, but the cause of the rash
:14:24. > :14:25.is not known. The centre has re-opened
:14:26. > :14:28.but the pool will stay shut Despite an attempt by some
:14:29. > :14:37.shareholders to block it, an ?84 million takeover
:14:38. > :14:39.of Dee Valley Water looks Staff and local politicians fear
:14:40. > :14:43.that Severn Trent Water will cut A High Court judge rejected
:14:44. > :14:46.an 11-hour challenge At a meeting of Dee Valley
:14:47. > :15:00.shareholders last month, there were protests by those
:15:01. > :15:03.who felt Severn Trent Water would absorb the company,
:15:04. > :15:04.centralising administrative staff and ending the smaller scale
:15:05. > :15:07.personal touches it offers. A Dee Valley Water employee bought
:15:08. > :15:10.450 shares and handed them out to dissenters in an attempt
:15:11. > :15:12.to block the takeover. A high court judge said today
:15:13. > :15:14.rejected what he called It did seem a wonderful
:15:15. > :15:23.opportunity to provide a voice For many years, we have
:15:24. > :15:27.been told we are part of a shareholding democracy,
:15:28. > :15:29.people have been encouraged to buy a small shareholdings
:15:30. > :15:31.but ultimately, they may not be worth that much when it comes
:15:32. > :15:39.to a vote like this. 180 people work
:15:40. > :15:41.for Dee Valley Water. Its bills are on average
:15:42. > :15:43.around 19% cheaper than Among its 230,000 customers is this
:15:44. > :15:46.community run leisure centre. With half a million litres
:15:47. > :15:49.of water in its pool alone, Prices are the main
:15:50. > :16:00.thing for us here. And it is much easier
:16:01. > :16:03.if you have a local office and a local company and Dee Valley
:16:04. > :16:06.have already looked at their charity account to see if they can
:16:07. > :16:09.help us in other ways. So we wouldn't want to
:16:10. > :16:12.lose that connection. But local politicians say
:16:13. > :16:14.they fear the worst. It is a local company,
:16:15. > :16:16.very close to their customers. And now of course, those services,
:16:17. > :16:21.many of them will become more remote, centralised at call centres
:16:22. > :16:24.over the border, so you are bound to lose that personal touch,
:16:25. > :16:27.so all told, I think it is bad news for the local customers, the local
:16:28. > :16:29.staff working there and certainly Severn Trent Water has said it's
:16:30. > :16:37.pleased with the decision. Dee Valley's objecting shareholders
:16:38. > :16:39.have expressed their disappointment This last-minute bid proved
:16:40. > :16:42.fruitless to those hoping to try Barring any appeal, the deal
:16:43. > :16:46.will go through on Friday. It is then up to Severn Trent water
:16:47. > :16:49.to persuade both Dee Valley's customers and staff at the right
:16:50. > :17:01.decision was made. Still to come on the
:17:02. > :17:03.programme before 7pm. These school children in Cardiff
:17:04. > :17:06.are being taught how to save lives. Assembly Members consider
:17:07. > :17:08.whether to make these skills compulsory in all schools.
:17:09. > :17:11.And who would you pick at number ten It's a tough call for pupils
:17:12. > :17:31.at their old school. In around an hour's time,
:17:32. > :17:34.MPs will vote on the legislation that will allow the Prime Minister
:17:35. > :17:37.to trigger of Brexit. The Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn,
:17:38. > :17:39.has ordered his MPs to vote for the Bill during its final stages
:17:40. > :17:42.in the House of Commons. But tonight another Welsh Labour
:17:43. > :17:44.rebel has emerged - the Swansea West MP,
:17:45. > :17:46.Geraint Davies. Seven other Welsh Labour MPs voted
:17:47. > :17:48.against the party line Our parliamentary correspondent,
:17:49. > :18:06.David Cornock, is at Westminster. Well, this is a very significant
:18:07. > :18:12.moment and Brexit after tonight will be just a little bit closer. The
:18:13. > :18:15.bill will overwhelmingly clear the House of Commons, it still has to go
:18:16. > :18:20.to the House of Lords but Theresa May thinks she is on course to
:18:21. > :18:23.trigger Article 50, start those formal divorce talks with European
:18:24. > :18:27.Union, give notice of them at least by the end of next month. She is
:18:28. > :18:32.confident she can do that because Jeremy Corbyn has told Labour MPs to
:18:33. > :18:37.support the triggering of article 50 and the start of those talks. Most
:18:38. > :18:44.Labour MPs will toe the party line but last week around a quarter of
:18:45. > :18:46.them from Wales decided to rebel, including at least one frontbencher
:18:47. > :18:56.and tonight as you say there is another rebel, Geraint Davies of
:18:57. > :19:00.Swansea and there may be others too. And but is a political headache for
:19:01. > :19:05.Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour leader. He now has to embark on a reshuffle and
:19:06. > :19:10.he has to find MPs who have either agreed to toe the line or are
:19:11. > :19:13.prepared to toe the line in future. So a political headache for the
:19:14. > :19:19.Labour Party but good news for Theresa May. David, thank you.
:19:20. > :19:22.A proposal to make lifesaving skills a compulsory part of the school
:19:23. > :19:24.curriculum is being debated by Assembly Members.
:19:25. > :19:26.Conservative Suzy Davies is calling for all children to be
:19:27. > :19:28.trained to perform CPR and to use defibrillators.
:19:29. > :19:31.The move has the backing of St John Ambulance who say many
:19:32. > :19:33.people in Wales wouldn't know what to do in an
:19:34. > :19:49.These blue pills at Birchgrove primary in Cardiff learn life-saving
:19:50. > :19:54.skills in a weekly after-school club. It has been running for four
:19:55. > :20:02.years now and teachers say they have learned vital skills. We look at
:20:03. > :20:04.things like choking, asthma, resuscitation, wounds, bleeding,
:20:05. > :20:08.shocks, they learn how to deal with all those scenarios. Laura has
:20:09. > :20:13.already put what she learned into practice. When we were on holiday,
:20:14. > :20:20.my grandad fell on the step and hit his arm on the glass. There was no
:20:21. > :20:24.class on it so I dressed it. They are taught it to the rhythm of a
:20:25. > :20:32.particular the apt song, staying alive. Every year, around 8000
:20:33. > :20:37.people suffer a cardiac arrest outside of a hospital setting but in
:20:38. > :20:41.Wales, there is only a 3% chance of survival, compared to around 50% in
:20:42. > :20:46.other parts of Europe. There is hope that teaching basic life-saving
:20:47. > :20:50.skills to children can help address those shocking statistics. Suzy
:20:51. > :20:53.Davies wants such training made compulsory and she is the first
:20:54. > :21:04.Assembly Member trying to introduce a law known as aim... Those crucial
:21:05. > :21:07.minutes between being able to restore somebody's blood circulation
:21:08. > :21:16.and an ambulance arriving can literally be the difference between
:21:17. > :21:21.life and death. The move has the backing of St John Ambulance. I
:21:22. > :21:24.started first aid as a car about eight years old. I have done it from
:21:25. > :21:32.a very early age. Everybody else can do it. It is better than doing
:21:33. > :21:35.nothing. A spokesman for the Welsh Government says learners in Wales
:21:36. > :21:42.are able to develop practical procedures as part of personal and
:21:43. > :21:44.social education, which already forms part of the curriculum.
:21:45. > :21:48.Good news for Wales, Taulupe Faletau will be available
:21:49. > :21:51.for the match against England, while wing George North and fly half
:21:52. > :21:53.Dan Biggar will be given time to prove their fitness.
:21:54. > :21:56.If Biggar is ruled out, then Sam Davies, who replaced him
:21:57. > :21:59.during the win in Italy, will be favourite to take over
:22:00. > :22:05.Whoever it is, there'll be one Welsh school bursting with pride.
:22:06. > :22:08.It's always been a big talking point.
:22:09. > :22:13.This year, Dan Biggar and Sam Davies are vying for the jersey.
:22:14. > :22:17.Both play for the Ospreys and both used to live on the same street,
:22:18. > :22:23.Then both were pupils here, Gowerton Comprehensive.
:22:24. > :22:26.Now, both are locked in a personal battle for that number ten jersey.
:22:27. > :22:30.Dan Biggar shone at an early age, captain throughout his teens.
:22:31. > :22:42.Should it be Dan Biggar or should it be Sam Davies?
:22:43. > :22:44.This is the current crop of Gowerton pupils.
:22:45. > :22:53.And as you see, the results, completely unscientific
:22:54. > :22:56.So Dan Biggar has just won it 11 against seven.
:22:57. > :23:02.Because he's a really experienced player and he's a good kicker,
:23:03. > :23:04.like he proved last year in the World Cup.
:23:05. > :23:06.So, I think he'll be good because he played
:23:07. > :23:11.Let's talk to Joe now, he is the number ten in year ten.
:23:12. > :23:18.I think he is a very tactical player and he is good under the high ball.
:23:19. > :23:21.And it could be a risk to play Sambecause it is a big
:23:22. > :23:23.Jacob is Sam Davies' biggest champion.
:23:24. > :23:26.Why do you think he should have his first start against England?
:23:27. > :23:29.We need to keep the generations coming through and if we keep
:23:30. > :23:31.on picking Dan, other players are not going to come
:23:32. > :23:37.Whoever starts, this will be one proud school.
:23:38. > :23:43.We have also got a conveyor belt of talent coming through.
:23:44. > :23:45.We have got other tens, Phil Jones, Matthew Protheroe,
:23:46. > :23:47.just at this school and both have played international
:23:48. > :23:55.The Wales management will decide tomorrow.
:23:56. > :23:57.The defence coach says Saturday's opponents are the in form
:23:58. > :24:02.They have got a very formidable attacking outfit
:24:03. > :24:04.but having said that, we have had the best defence
:24:05. > :24:09.And if we get back to that sort of form, which I think
:24:10. > :24:11.we are slowly getting back to, in defence, we will be
:24:12. > :24:20.The pupils have spoken, a tough call for them,
:24:21. > :24:26.an even tougher call for coach Rob Howley tomorrow.
:24:27. > :24:28.Wales netball captain Suzy Drane says they need more consistency
:24:29. > :24:31.when they take on New Zealand again tonight at Ice Arena Wales after
:24:32. > :24:34.The Silver Ferns are ranked second in the world.
:24:35. > :24:43.Wales are 8th and have never beaten them.
:24:44. > :24:46.After competing at two Olympics, four World Championships and three
:24:47. > :24:48.Commonwealth Games for Wales, Jemma Lowe is retiring
:24:49. > :24:51.The butterfly swimmer was European champion and part of the world
:24:52. > :25:02.record-setting 4X100m mixed medley relay team three years ago.
:25:03. > :25:05.The Cardiff Devils are aiming to book a place in the Challenge Cup
:25:06. > :25:07.final, when they take on Belfast Giants tonight.
:25:08. > :25:09.The Devils trail 5-4 from the 1st leg.
:25:10. > :25:12.If they get through, they'll have home advantage for the final.
:25:13. > :25:15.It will be held at Ice Arena Wales next month.
:25:16. > :25:17.Talking of ice, it's going to turn colder over
:25:18. > :25:29.the next couple of days, Derek.
:25:30. > :25:38.It sure is. Yes, be prepared. We are in for a cold snap. Snow flurries in
:25:39. > :25:43.places. It has been a little cloudy inland Garland today in Denbighshire
:25:44. > :25:46.but nice and sunny in Milford Haven. Milford Haven was the warmest place
:25:47. > :25:52.in the UK today, reaching 11 Celsius. Mind you, tomorrow will be
:25:53. > :25:58.colder and colder still on Friday with an icy wind. Tonight we have
:25:59. > :26:01.the odd light shower in Powys. Otherwise, a dry story. Some cloud
:26:02. > :26:07.around but clear in parts of the North and West and colder than last
:26:08. > :26:12.night. Temperatures dipping too close to freezing or below with a
:26:13. > :26:17.widespread frost. Here is the picture for Thursday morning. A few
:26:18. > :26:22.degrees colder than today. Fairly cloudy in the north-east. Into the
:26:23. > :26:28.south-east, bright and breezy. Should be clear and sunny in
:26:29. > :26:35.Aberystwyth. Sunshine in Dolgellau and Caernarfon. Sunniest in the West
:26:36. > :26:41.tomorrow. Some snow flurries possible but most places dry and
:26:42. > :26:49.colder than today. Top temperature only five Celsius. In Blaenau Gwent
:26:50. > :26:53.tomorrow, cloudy. Dry and bright on Anglesey tomorrow. Sunny spells and
:26:54. > :26:58.chilly, for degrees in Llangefni. Tomorrow night, mostly cloudy. A
:26:59. > :27:04.dusting of snow in places, especially on the hills in the East.
:27:05. > :27:09.Friday's chart shows a big high pressure over Scandinavia and that
:27:10. > :27:13.means easterly winds for the UK. Those wins dragging even colder air
:27:14. > :27:19.from the near continent. Friday the coldest day of the week. Bitterly
:27:20. > :27:24.cold in the win. Snow flurries but not amounted to much. The best of
:27:25. > :27:28.the sunshine in the West. A cold weekend. Some sleet and snow
:27:29. > :27:36.showers. The winds stronger on Sunday, feeling very cold.
:27:37. > :27:40.We'll be back with all the latest in our late bulletin.
:27:41. > :27:45.But until then, from all of us on the programme,