:00:00. > :00:00.plans for children as young as four to be taught about
:00:07. > :00:10.Our headlines this evening: Over 1,000 jobs could go over the next
:00:11. > :00:16.Unions say they'll fight "with all their might".
:00:17. > :00:25.We are not hearing anything from the unions, only these leaked documents.
:00:26. > :00:27.Ford is the biggest company in the area.
:00:28. > :00:29.We assess how job losses would hit the local economy.
:00:30. > :00:32.In this leaked document managers say more contracts are needed to sustain
:00:33. > :00:34.the current workforce, but there's no more
:00:35. > :00:54.And who should be allowed to work here after Brexit?
:00:55. > :00:59.Marsyn from Poland is worried what the future holds for him.
:01:00. > :01:01.Two year old Sol lost his arm when he was a baby.
:01:02. > :01:08.Now he has a new one, designed by his dad.
:01:09. > :01:10.And celebrating a footballing fairytale.
:01:11. > :01:12.The heroes of Euro 2016 immortalised in a new film,
:01:13. > :01:21.given a special St David's Day premiere.
:01:22. > :01:26.Unions say they'll fight against a potential 1,000 jobs
:01:27. > :01:29.losses at the Ford engine plant in Bridgend "with all their might .
:01:30. > :01:33.The plant currently employs 1,760 workers, but a leaked document seen
:01:34. > :01:36.by BBC Wales says this could be cut to 600 if the company's unable
:01:37. > :01:45.The First Minister, Carwyn Jones, said it's not a foregone conclusion
:01:46. > :01:48.that the jobs will go, adding that the Welsh Government
:01:49. > :01:53.will do all it can to prevent major job losses.
:01:54. > :01:55.With the first of our reports tonight, here's our Business
:01:56. > :02:07.Workers arrived for the afternoon shift at Ford Bridgend plant to hear
:02:08. > :02:13.details of what the future could look like just as others left from
:02:14. > :02:18.the morning shift having heard the news from unions. Very
:02:19. > :02:25.disappointing. A lot of people are down. We are not hearing anything
:02:26. > :02:31.from the union, only these leaked documents. What do you think will
:02:32. > :02:36.happen? A lot of men are going to finish. They will keep it to the
:02:37. > :02:41.bare minimum and Ford will run it down and shut the plant. The Ford
:02:42. > :02:49.Bridgend plant opened in 1980 and fought fierce global competition. It
:02:50. > :02:53.currently makes 655,000 engines are you but those contracts are coming
:02:54. > :02:58.to an end and there is only guaranteed work for 125,000 in
:02:59. > :03:03.future. The union says it will continue to fight to win work. I am
:03:04. > :03:08.making a clear call to this company, stop attacking my members and the
:03:09. > :03:12.workers at Bridgend. They are not responsible for what's going on.
:03:13. > :03:17.It's the company under management who have controlled this the many
:03:18. > :03:22.years. Our determination now and we are in the process of consulting
:03:23. > :03:24.with our members about what options we've got, our determination is to
:03:25. > :03:28.make certain we keep this plant open. Ford argues more work will
:03:29. > :03:33.only be one of the plant becomes more efficient. The leaked document
:03:34. > :03:37.says that this plant is underperforming in comparison to
:03:38. > :03:43.other similar sites such as Ford in Dagenham. Over time levels are more
:03:44. > :03:48.than double what they are at Dagenham and that adds 6% of the
:03:49. > :03:51.cost of the engines produced. The company blames absence,
:03:52. > :03:59.nonperformance and unusual work purposes including paying staff
:04:00. > :04:01.allowances they are not entitled to. The First Minister voiced his
:04:02. > :04:05.concerns during a trip to Washington. What has been outlined
:04:06. > :04:12.as the out as the worst case scenario is that if no new projects
:04:13. > :04:18.coming by 2021. We need to make sure Bridgend attracts those new
:04:19. > :04:22.projects. There are calls for the UK Government to do more and the future
:04:23. > :04:27.of Ford in Bridgend came by prime ministers questions. Can I have an
:04:28. > :04:30.assured and is from the Prime Minister that she will arrange for
:04:31. > :04:37.her ministers to meet with Ford and with the union to see what can be
:04:38. > :04:42.done to support Ford to ensure continuity of engine production in
:04:43. > :04:45.the Bridgend plant. We have had dialogue with Ford and we will have
:04:46. > :04:49.regular dialogue with Ford about the ways in which government can help to
:04:50. > :04:52.make sure this success continues. This plant has provided the Bridgend
:04:53. > :04:58.community and beyond with well-paid jobs for almost 40 years. The
:04:59. > :05:00.company, unions and workers have problems that need to be fixed if
:05:01. > :05:04.it's to do the same for 40 more. Ford is the biggest company
:05:05. > :05:06.in the Bridgend area and it's one of the largest
:05:07. > :05:08.manufacturers in Wales. So there's much concern in the town
:05:09. > :05:11.about the impact any job losses Our reporter, James Williams,
:05:12. > :05:26.has spent the day there. Top stories this morning, the Unite
:05:27. > :05:32.union says it expects more than 1100 jobs to be lost in the Ford plant in
:05:33. > :05:38.Bridgend. Breaking news just after break of day. Have you heard the
:05:39. > :05:45.news? There was a rumour a few months ago which is a shame because
:05:46. > :05:51.jobs are so scarce. A friend and I used to come every Friday and we
:05:52. > :05:55.would be down here for three hours, have lunch, they were so many shops
:05:56. > :06:03.to going to but it's not like that today. Have you heard about the news
:06:04. > :06:09.about the Ford plant? Yes, I just read about it in the paper.
:06:10. > :06:17.Concerned? Yes for Bridgend in general. It is a worry. The Ford
:06:18. > :06:22.plant does not dominate the Bridgend skyline in the same way as Tata
:06:23. > :06:24.steel does in Port Talbot but as Bridgend's biggest employer the
:06:25. > :06:29.economic ramifications of significant job losses at the engine
:06:30. > :06:35.plant would cast a very long shadow over this town. It's almost 12 years
:06:36. > :06:41.since the last big blow. 650 jobs lost from Sony factories in the area
:06:42. > :06:45.with the Bridgend plant closing its doors completely. Today, although
:06:46. > :06:52.far from unique to Bridgend, empty shops and empty stores give a sense
:06:53. > :06:57.of the town's economic story. We try our best and we do OK but it could
:06:58. > :07:02.be better. There are empty shops. The council doesn't do enough. And
:07:03. > :07:06.all these jobs going, it will get worse. Are you worried about the
:07:07. > :07:13.impact it will have on your stall? Of course. A thousand jobs is a lot
:07:14. > :07:18.of jobs. How much of a loss to Bridgend would it be if Ford does go
:07:19. > :07:24.ahead and cut all of these jobs? It would be devastating for a lot of
:07:25. > :07:32.people. You need all the jobs you can get. Do you worry about the
:07:33. > :07:36.future for Bridgend? Yes. It is becoming a bit of a ghost town. And
:07:37. > :07:38.if hundreds of jobs to leave in the next few years things are certainly
:07:39. > :07:41.not going to get better. Let's return to Brian
:07:42. > :07:43.Meechan who's at Ford. Brian, a significant
:07:44. > :07:53.day for workers there. It is a big day for workers. For the
:07:54. > :07:58.last 18 months unions have been calling for more information from
:07:59. > :08:02.Ford about what is going to happen when these engines go out and away
:08:03. > :08:06.from production. There has been a real concern about that and it has
:08:07. > :08:12.been building. Today is a very significant step in finding out what
:08:13. > :08:16.the future of Ford Bridgend is going to be. Unions are looking at what
:08:17. > :08:20.happened at Tata steel in terms of the threat to that company and to
:08:21. > :08:25.the workforce there. The unions they were able to mobilise their workers
:08:26. > :08:30.and crucially get public opinion behind the workforce. They hope that
:08:31. > :08:38.ultimately they will be able to do that here. However, Ford is a
:08:39. > :08:45.company that is operating in an environment that is performing well
:08:46. > :08:50.in the UK. But Tata steel, it was the end of an industry if it went
:08:51. > :08:54.under, so I don't think people will cut it in the same way. What happens
:08:55. > :08:59.next? There are five options that are being discussed among the
:09:00. > :09:04.workforce and unions. The unions say they will be led by what workers you
:09:05. > :09:08.think and that could be up to and including strike action if they
:09:09. > :09:13.don't get more information and the potential for more contracts.
:09:14. > :09:16.Staying with manufacturing and Wales has been chosen by GE Aviation
:09:17. > :09:18.to provide maintenance and repairs for the world's largest and most
:09:19. > :09:23.The work will take place at the firm's Nantgarw site,
:09:24. > :09:31.which already employs 1,400 people, with extra jobs likely to come.
:09:32. > :09:34.An inquiry into plans for a ?1 billion M4 relief road
:09:35. > :09:37.around Newport has heard rush hour traffic around the city can
:09:38. > :09:43.The inquiry will consider up to 22 different proposals
:09:44. > :09:46.to ease congestion around the Brynglas Tunnels,
:09:47. > :09:53.including one of the world's longest underground road tunnels.
:09:54. > :09:55.Work has begun to dismantle part of Colwyn Bay's damaged pier.
:09:56. > :09:58.More of the Grade II listed Victoria pier collapsed
:09:59. > :10:01.into the sea last week, following Storm Doris.
:10:02. > :10:08.It's thought the work will take around three weeks.
:10:09. > :10:10.Nearly three-quarters of Welsh voters think only EU citizens
:10:11. > :10:13.with the right skills should live and work in the UK after Brexit.
:10:14. > :10:17.That's according to BBC Cymru Wales' St David's day poll.
:10:18. > :10:20.It found 74% of people think only skilled workers
:10:21. > :10:31.But 19% think nothing should change at all.
:10:32. > :10:35.With some sectors like hospitality and agriculture heavily relying
:10:36. > :10:40.on unskilled European workers, there are concerns for the future.
:10:41. > :10:43.Our political editor, Nick Servini, has spent the day on a dairy farm
:10:44. > :10:51.in Pembrokeshire getting some reaction.
:10:52. > :10:57.It is dirty work milking these cows but someone has to do it and that
:10:58. > :11:03.this farm near Tenby it's the ten Polish workers who do most of it.
:11:04. > :11:07.Among them is this man, 23 old who came here with no formal
:11:08. > :11:13.qualifications or skills to years ago. Do you think it will be more
:11:14. > :11:19.difficult for you in the future to work in the UK? Yes. How do you feel
:11:20. > :11:29.about that? Not good. I don't know what will happen in the next months.
:11:30. > :11:34.Today's poll suggests most people believe the system that allowed him
:11:35. > :11:39.to come here should change. No doubt there will be a change. The owner of
:11:40. > :11:49.the farm also agrees that the changes on its way. But with
:11:50. > :11:51.reservations. How do we marry these two things, the need for foreign
:11:52. > :11:56.workers and the views of the public that want to see the system changed.
:11:57. > :12:02.The public may be need to be at more educated on the needs of us wanting
:12:03. > :12:05.these people. There is no point in saying these people are coming in
:12:06. > :12:11.and taking the jobs of other people because they're not many other
:12:12. > :12:15.people locally on these jobs. If the jobs I hear that other people don't
:12:16. > :12:26.want then why not let some European people come in and take them.
:12:27. > :12:28.Elsewhere in the poll, 57% said the referendum results should be fully
:12:29. > :12:33.respected and that politicians should support the Brexit process
:12:34. > :12:39.even if they voted against it in the referendum. 44% thought Brexit would
:12:40. > :12:43.have a negative impact on the Welsh economy while 33% thought it would
:12:44. > :12:47.be positive and 18% said it would make no difference. These poll
:12:48. > :12:52.results are a reflection of the dire warnings summon people received last
:12:53. > :12:58.year so when it comes to the unrestricted free movement of labour
:12:59. > :13:05.across the EU it appears that opposition is hardening. But at the
:13:06. > :13:08.same time significantly more people who were questioned were concerned
:13:09. > :13:13.about the economic impact of Brexit than those who were positive. We
:13:14. > :13:19.didn't just focus on Brexit in the poll. On Donald Trump's visit to
:13:20. > :13:22.Britain, 60% of Welsh voters believed the UK Government should
:13:23. > :13:27.not withdraw the invite with only 38% wanting to see it withdrawn. The
:13:28. > :13:31.rolling hills of Pembrokeshire seem a long way from the intense to Bates
:13:32. > :13:33.on immigration that these issues will affect all corners of the
:13:34. > :13:36.country. You're watching Wales
:13:37. > :13:38.Today from the BBC. Still to come on the programme:
:13:39. > :13:40.From the football pitch to the silver screen,
:13:41. > :13:43.the film that charts Wales' Euro 2016 journey
:13:44. > :13:51.is premiered in Pontypridd. And this Carmarthenshire
:13:52. > :13:53.parkland is to be restored to its former regency glory,
:13:54. > :14:02.thanks to a ?6 million grant. Two-year-old Sol Ryan from Anglesey
:14:03. > :14:06.lost his arm in an operation just To help him live as full a life
:14:07. > :14:11.as possible, his father Ben designed an innovative prosthetic arm
:14:12. > :14:14.for him, and now hopes other
:14:15. > :14:17.children can benefit too. It's every parent's nightmare,
:14:18. > :14:23.being told your baby needs At just ten days old young Sol Ryan
:14:24. > :14:29.from Anglesey had his left arm amputated just below the elbow
:14:30. > :14:33.after developing a blood clot. But today Sol is playing
:14:34. > :14:38.like any ordinary young toddler after his father,
:14:39. > :14:42.Ben, took the extraordinary step With the help of Bangor University's
:14:43. > :14:52.new innovation lab he was able to use the latest 3-D technology
:14:53. > :14:55.to come up with a ground-breaking new design that can be made
:14:56. > :15:02.in days rather than months. When I started to talk to Ben
:15:03. > :15:06.and he is a likeable person as well, about what he wanted to do and why
:15:07. > :15:10.he wanted to come here I was quite humbled really to be honest
:15:11. > :15:13.and I thought what better way to put this new equipment we have just
:15:14. > :15:17.moved into this building to use Ben has now quit his job
:15:18. > :15:28.as a psychology teacher and set up is known company to develop
:15:29. > :15:34.the arm full-time. Everybody I speak to just shows
:15:35. > :15:45.passion and they can see it coming through from me and
:15:46. > :15:47.the story with Sol. The technology itself
:15:48. > :15:49.is cool as well. 3-D printing, hydraulics,
:15:50. > :15:51.supple components. If you can help someone
:15:52. > :15:53.you are morally obliged to do so and I can't think of a better way
:15:54. > :15:57.of spending my working career than developing and distributing
:15:58. > :15:59.these to the kids that need them. Today Ben and his backers
:16:00. > :16:03.are launching a crowdfunding campaign to raise ?150,000 to win
:16:04. > :16:06.medical approval for the new arms. It will mean children around
:16:07. > :16:08.the world could soon benefit from what the doting dad hopes
:16:09. > :16:11.will be a revolution It's the cinema event football fans
:16:12. > :16:19.have been waiting for. The movie that transforms
:16:20. > :16:21.Gareth Bale and his teammates Tonight, a documentary that
:16:22. > :16:27.immortalises Wales' football fairytale of reaching
:16:28. > :16:31.the semi-finals of Euro 2016 is given its Welsh premiere
:16:32. > :16:37.and Tomos Dafydd is there. It's called Don't Take Me Home
:16:38. > :16:42.after the anthem became popular The film had its London
:16:43. > :16:48.premiere on Monday. Far from the glitz and glamour
:16:49. > :16:50.of Leicester Square, the official premiere is happening
:16:51. > :16:53.here on an industrial park at Nantgarw near
:16:54. > :16:57.Pontypridd on St Davids Day. It charts Wales' remarkable
:16:58. > :17:11.journey at Euro 2016, That first game was talked about for
:17:12. > :17:20.months and you could sense the excite one. I knew we would not get
:17:21. > :17:26.heat. The whole stadium erupted. Gareth Bale! That was the moment we
:17:27. > :17:34.had all been waiting for. Unbelievable! I have never seen a
:17:35. > :17:41.Welsh team play so well. Wales have surely pulled it off. To experience
:17:42. > :17:47.it with Wales was an amazing thing. If you could press pause. The
:17:48. > :17:52.director of the film and the Wales manager Chris Coleman have joined
:17:53. > :17:58.me. Why did you want to make this film? I am a Wales fan and I was out
:17:59. > :18:04.there as a porter and the FAW asked me if I was interested in doing a
:18:05. > :18:08.film. I was in Lanzarote at the time and I wanted to tell the story
:18:09. > :18:13.because we were brilliant in France, found on pitch. There was a saying,
:18:14. > :18:21.together stronger, and everything came together beautifully. We played
:18:22. > :18:25.some scintillating foot tall and of the fan -- off the field the fans
:18:26. > :18:29.embraced it. And it's worth pointing out there is a sombre start of the
:18:30. > :18:34.film reflecting on Gary speed's achievements. Why was it important
:18:35. > :18:42.to include him? I wanted to start with that and treated sensitively.
:18:43. > :18:46.Chris was a childhood friend of Gary 's and what he had to go through an
:18:47. > :18:50.old and tree had to go through was incredible. They talk about the
:18:51. > :18:53.England game in the film and they said it was not difficult because
:18:54. > :18:58.they had been through more difficult times than that. The way they
:18:59. > :19:04.recovered and bonded since is remarkable story. It was great for
:19:05. > :19:09.me to do it. I was brought up a Welsh fan by my father and he is
:19:10. > :19:16.watching now and would like to dedicate the film to him. And is it
:19:17. > :19:24.a fair reflection of last summer? It is spot on. I have done a few
:19:25. > :19:28.interviews since watching it. I am absolutely delighted with it. I
:19:29. > :19:35.think the nation will love it. It's real. There is no icing on it.
:19:36. > :19:44.Exactly what you see is what happened and how it happened. All
:19:45. > :19:48.the reactions. You can get different clips about what happened but to
:19:49. > :19:55.have it all on one film and the way the story is told I thought was
:19:56. > :20:01.perfect. Johnny should be proud of himself because he has nailed it. I
:20:02. > :20:12.wonder whether there will be a sequel in a few years' time. The
:20:13. > :20:16.World Cup in Russia. The game against Republic of Ireland has
:20:17. > :20:21.become a must win game. The game was a must win and the next one is a
:20:22. > :20:25.must win. They are all the same because you are playing for Wales
:20:26. > :20:31.and that is how the identity of this team has grown. It doesn't matter
:20:32. > :20:37.whether we are playing against the Republic of Ireland in a game where
:20:38. > :20:41.we have to get a result. The film is about to start. Thank you both for
:20:42. > :20:44.your time. I'm off to find my seat.
:20:45. > :20:47.The film is released on Friday. Staying with football
:20:48. > :20:51.and the Cardiff City owner Vincent Tan says he's in no rush
:20:52. > :20:54.to sell the club. But the Malaysian businessman
:20:55. > :20:56.says he would listen to offers for the Welsh club,
:20:57. > :20:58.which he took over in 2010. His statement follows a report
:20:59. > :21:01.claiming he was planning to sell his football interests
:21:02. > :21:06.around the world. More than ?6 million will be spent
:21:07. > :21:09.on restoring a 'regency water park' in the grounds
:21:10. > :21:11.of the National Botanic Garden The work, funded by a Lottery grant,
:21:12. > :21:16.is the biggest investment since the garden opened at the turn
:21:17. > :21:20.of the century. These late 18th-century paintings
:21:21. > :21:25.show the dramatic Regency parkland that Sir William Paxton spent three
:21:26. > :21:28.decades creating in the heart The MP and former East India Company
:21:29. > :21:39.man who developed Tenby as a seaside resort built a complex system
:21:40. > :21:44.of interconnecting lakes, Just three lakes survive
:21:45. > :21:49.but that is about to change. It's the largest project
:21:50. > :21:52.since the Garden opened back in 2000 so we will be restoring the lakes
:21:53. > :21:55.around the garden that were first So we will be restoring the lakes,
:21:56. > :22:00.the wears, the cascades that will form a picturesque landscape
:22:01. > :22:09.here for people to come and enjoy. Sir William Paxton bought this
:22:10. > :22:15.estate in 1789 the ?40,000. Restoring this Regency parkland
:22:16. > :22:22.will cost more than ?6 million. Some of the finance has been
:22:23. > :22:25.in place for a couple of years but today the National Lottery Heritage
:22:26. > :22:27.fund has awarded it With this particular investment
:22:28. > :22:33.in the National botanic Gardens, it's going to add to the economy
:22:34. > :22:36.of Carmarthenshire and also to wider Wales and the use
:22:37. > :22:39.of the Gardens in this area It's hoped the restored water
:22:40. > :22:44.gardens will increase visitor But it's an ambitious project
:22:45. > :22:50.and will need around 300 volunteers. What do you think Paxton
:22:51. > :22:53.himself would make of it? I am sure he would be delighted
:22:54. > :22:56.because it would be something that he envisaged all those years
:22:57. > :22:59.ago and it's coming back It took Sir William Paxton three
:23:00. > :23:06.decades to create his masterpiece. The first phase of its restoration
:23:07. > :23:14.should take three years. Events have been held across
:23:15. > :23:18.the country to mark St David's Day. Hundreds of school children
:23:19. > :23:21.took part in parades in Wrexham and Caernarfon,
:23:22. > :23:24.where a pair of enormous dragons named Dewi and Dwynwen have been
:23:25. > :23:27.installed outside the town's castle. Celebrations have also been held
:23:28. > :23:30.at the Senedd in Cardiff, which has been lit up in the colours
:23:31. > :23:39.of the Welsh flag. Let's take get the
:23:40. > :23:41.weather forecast now. The 1st of March, Saint Davids Day,
:23:42. > :23:50.also the start of meteorological spring, but we're not quite done
:23:51. > :23:53.with winter yet with strong winds, outbreaks of rain, even some snow
:23:54. > :24:00.over higher ground overnight. The rain will continue
:24:01. > :24:02.to spread in from the west. As it hits the cold air
:24:03. > :24:05.across North and Mid Wales it will fall as snow for some,
:24:06. > :24:08.mainly on high ground, Dry in the South but
:24:09. > :24:13.increasingly windy. Gale force westerly
:24:14. > :24:16.winds along the coast. Tomorrow, a cold windy start
:24:17. > :24:27.with rain and hill snow clearing further north to leave drier
:24:28. > :24:31.and brighter conditions. Across the UK that weakening
:24:32. > :24:35.band of wintry showers moving from West to East,
:24:36. > :24:38.otherwise drier than recent days and brighter with sunny spells
:24:39. > :24:42.and remaining very blustery and starting to cloud over
:24:43. > :24:49.from the Southwest again later. Highs of 6C in north-east Scotland
:24:50. > :24:52.and 11C in south-east England. Highs of 7C in Gwynedd,
:24:53. > :25:00.10C in Newport. And it deteriorates later Thursday
:25:01. > :25:02.as this occlusion arrives overnight into Friday,
:25:03. > :25:03.bringing further wet So outbreaks of rain on Friday
:25:04. > :25:07.spreading out from the south, moving northwards, heavy bursts
:25:08. > :25:09.at times, brisk winds, And we keep this mobile westerly
:25:10. > :25:15.flow for the end of the week into the weekend with fronts coming
:25:16. > :25:18.in off the Atlantic bringing Strong winds, heavy rain on Friday,
:25:19. > :25:44.some dry spells over the weekend, The main news again. Unions say they
:25:45. > :25:48.will fight against the potential thousand job losses at the Ford
:25:49. > :25:54.engine plant in Bridgend with all their might. A leaked document says
:25:55. > :25:58.the workforce could be kept if the company is unable to bring in any
:25:59. > :26:04.new work to the site. I am making a clear call to this company must stop
:26:05. > :26:07.attacking my members and the workers here at Bridgend, they are not
:26:08. > :26:10.responsible for what's going on. It's the company under management
:26:11. > :26:15.who have controlled this the many years. Our determination now and we
:26:16. > :26:20.are in the process of consulting with our members, our determination
:26:21. > :26:27.is to make certain that we keep this plant open. This is the worst case
:26:28. > :26:32.scenario. What would happen if no further project in by 2021. So we
:26:33. > :26:35.need to work with Ford and the union to make sure Bridgend that attract
:26:36. > :26:38.those new projects to make sure those jobs are kept in Bridgend.
:26:39. > :26:43.I'll be back with a full roundup after the BBC 10:00pm news.