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Tonight's headlines: The Caerphilly Council members | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
who awarded themselves hefty pay rises. | :00:07. | :00:09. | |
Now it's revealed the three year dispute has cost almost ?3 million. | :00:10. | :00:18. | |
It means the cost to every household here in Caerphilly is more than ?30 | :00:19. | :00:21. | |
Riot police out in Newport last year. | :00:22. | :00:26. | |
There was significantly more anti-social behaviour per person | :00:27. | :00:29. | |
The call for more support for children when family breakdowns | :00:30. | :00:35. | |
We took a long time to recognise what we now see as child abuse and | :00:36. | :00:50. | |
this is a severe form of child emotional abuse. | :00:51. | :00:53. | |
We're on the buses to find out how daily journeys could change | :00:54. | :00:56. | |
with the proposed Metro for North East Wales. | :00:57. | :00:58. | |
And the D-Day landings of World War Two. | :00:59. | :01:00. | |
Three veterans from South Wales are awarded France's highest honour. | :01:01. | :01:19. | |
Four years ago, Caerphilly Council suspended three senior staff members | :01:20. | :01:24. | |
after an investigation claimed they'd given themselves pay rises, | :01:25. | :01:26. | |
a move the Wales Audit Office called unlawful. | :01:27. | :01:31. | |
Tonight, it's emerged the cost of suspending them on full pay | :01:32. | :01:33. | |
and legal fees is set to rise to nearly ?2.8 million. | :01:34. | :01:39. | |
Here's our political editor Nick Servini. | :01:40. | :01:51. | |
It's the longest running pay dispute of its kind in Welsh local | :01:52. | :01:57. | |
government at the moment and tonight the course is heading towards the 3 | :01:58. | :02:01. | |
million mark. This story began four years ago when the council's three | :02:02. | :02:06. | |
most senior officers, the Chief Executive Anthony O'Sullivan, his | :02:07. | :02:10. | |
deputy Nigel Barnett and the head of legal services Daniel Perkins, had | :02:11. | :02:15. | |
large pay rises approved in a meeting that was not open to the | :02:16. | :02:18. | |
public. The assistant auditor general for Wales Anthony Barrett | :02:19. | :02:22. | |
decided to investigate and didn't like what he saw. In March 2013 he | :02:23. | :02:27. | |
published a report saying they were inadequacies in the wake Caerphilly | :02:28. | :02:30. | |
council worked out chief officer pay and said it had acted unlawfully. | :02:31. | :02:35. | |
The officers were suspended and charged by police with misconduct in | :02:36. | :02:40. | |
public office. Eventually the case arrived at Bristol Crown Court but | :02:41. | :02:43. | |
not for long. After a two-year investigation a judge dismissed the | :02:44. | :02:48. | |
case saying there wasn't enough evidence for a jury to find the men | :02:49. | :02:53. | |
guilty. The Leader of the Opposition grew but the council says this story | :02:54. | :02:58. | |
has become a doorstep issue. For council taxpayers across the county | :02:59. | :03:03. | |
borough. It has been never-ending and unfortunately there is no end in | :03:04. | :03:08. | |
sight. This could go on until after the election. It is ridiculous that | :03:09. | :03:16. | |
you can get into this situation with costs escalating out of control. One | :03:17. | :03:21. | |
Labour councillor claimed that while it's been a long-running party | :03:22. | :03:24. | |
problem lied Camry cannot wash its hand of the affair either. The | :03:25. | :03:29. | |
deputy leader of Plaid Cymru was on the committee which met in 2012 and | :03:30. | :03:34. | |
he knew about it. If he had said something sooner we could have dealt | :03:35. | :03:39. | |
with it in September 20 12. But you know Labour run this council and | :03:40. | :03:43. | |
Labour will have to face up to most of the responsibility. And Labour | :03:44. | :03:48. | |
apologised to the public in December 20 12. Then it took steps to reduce | :03:49. | :03:52. | |
the amount of pay that was awarded at the time. Caerphilly councillor | :03:53. | :03:56. | |
has now begun its own investigation into the offices and says it was | :03:57. | :04:01. | |
important to note that a portion of the costs were incurred during the | :04:02. | :04:03. | |
police investigation which lasted for two years. During this time the | :04:04. | :04:09. | |
council was advised it was unable to undertake its own proceedings and | :04:10. | :04:14. | |
therefore the timescales have extended beyond the original | :04:15. | :04:19. | |
anticipation. And so the saga surrounding the top three council | :04:20. | :04:20. | |
officials in Caerphilly continues with no immediate end in sight and | :04:21. | :04:23. | |
council elections around the corner. Nick, many people will be surprised | :04:24. | :04:27. | |
at just how long That's right. We are heading into | :04:28. | :04:39. | |
council election season which means we have 22 separate apples and | :04:40. | :04:43. | |
separate dynamics going on right across Wales. But there is nothing | :04:44. | :04:47. | |
quite like this going on anywhere else. To have the three most senior | :04:48. | :04:55. | |
officials now on paid leave for that period of time and a variety of | :04:56. | :05:00. | |
enquiries with the bill getting up to ?3 million. Traditionally | :05:01. | :05:04. | |
internal disciplinary matters particularly in relation to | :05:05. | :05:08. | |
officials does not really have much traction with the public, but when | :05:09. | :05:12. | |
it's costing the equivalent of ?32 for every household it's the kind of | :05:13. | :05:18. | |
thing that gets talked about a lot. That is the problem for the Labour | :05:19. | :05:21. | |
administration running this council. Plaid Cymru was to run this and it | :05:22. | :05:27. | |
will be a top target authority for Plaid Cymru and the election. When | :05:28. | :05:30. | |
Plaid Cymru meets just down the road for their spring conference tomorrow | :05:31. | :05:34. | |
they will be looking to take advantage of it. But in truth no one | :05:35. | :05:40. | |
really comes out particularly well from this and the remarkable thing | :05:41. | :05:45. | |
about it is that it is still not coming to an end. For everyone I | :05:46. | :05:51. | |
have spoken to, no one is expecting it to come to an end soon. | :05:52. | :05:55. | |
There was significantly more anti-social behaviour | :05:56. | :05:57. | |
per person in Gwent last year than the rest of Wales. | :05:58. | :05:59. | |
That's according to a report by the police watchdog. | :06:00. | :06:01. | |
Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary also found | :06:02. | :06:04. | |
Dyfed Powys Police needs to improve when it comes to keeping people | :06:05. | :06:08. | |
But how effective are they at protecting us from crime? | :06:09. | :06:21. | |
Fires started in a busy Newport street. | :06:22. | :06:25. | |
The police watchdog says there was more antisocial behaviour | :06:26. | :06:30. | |
per person in Gwent in the twelve months to March last year | :06:31. | :06:33. | |
I meet residents groups and we encourage them to report areas of | :06:34. | :06:48. | |
crime. I am not too worried about the figures. We want to reduce them | :06:49. | :06:53. | |
of course and we will accept ways of doing it but it is a partnership | :06:54. | :06:54. | |
matter. With this report we're | :06:55. | :06:56. | |
able to produce a simple Its officers sometimes don't | :06:57. | :06:58. | |
have the skills to deal And crucially the force needs | :06:59. | :07:03. | |
to improve its investigations. I accept the report and understand | :07:04. | :07:15. | |
we do have areas for improvement but I am motivated to try and respond to | :07:16. | :07:21. | |
the report and look for areas we can improve and hopefully get to a | :07:22. | :07:24. | |
position where Dyfed-Powys Police has more positive reports in the | :07:25. | :07:26. | |
future. North Wales Police needs to get | :07:27. | :07:28. | |
better at protecting There are also more organised crime | :07:29. | :07:30. | |
groups per person in its area than anywhere else | :07:31. | :07:34. | |
in Wales, influenced Gwent Police is said | :07:35. | :07:35. | |
to have a limited understanding And South Wales Police did well | :07:36. | :07:40. | |
in all of four key categories. Although, it could improve the way | :07:41. | :07:48. | |
cases are handed over. This policing expert says | :07:49. | :07:51. | |
forces are trying to adapt What they have flagged up is a need | :07:52. | :08:07. | |
for an increase in the number of detectives rather than uniformed | :08:08. | :08:12. | |
police officers. When you're talking about child protection, these are | :08:13. | :08:15. | |
complex and difficult cases to tackle. We have seen a decline in | :08:16. | :08:20. | |
the number of detectives in the preservice over the last 15 years. | :08:21. | :08:22. | |
The North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner says he's | :08:23. | :08:24. | |
encouraged by this report, but says there's always | :08:25. | :08:26. | |
Three of the forces were found to be good overall at keeping people safe. | :08:27. | :08:33. | |
South Wales being the best, Dyfed Powys requiring | :08:34. | :08:35. | |
Overall it paints a good picture of policing in Wales, | :08:36. | :08:39. | |
A tribunal has heard allegations that Cardiff councillor | :08:40. | :08:47. | |
and Assembly Member Neil McEvoy made "a threat" against | :08:48. | :08:49. | |
The Adjudication Panel for Wales is considering whether the Plaid Cymru | :08:50. | :08:55. | |
AM for South Wales Central has breached | :08:56. | :08:56. | |
New standards for teachers in Wales have been unveiled | :08:57. | :09:05. | |
Kirsty Williams says the current standards are outdated and no | :09:06. | :09:10. | |
They set out who can be a teacher or headteacher and what is expected | :09:11. | :09:15. | |
The break-up of many relationships can be painful for children | :09:16. | :09:26. | |
but what happens when one parent deliberately turns a child | :09:27. | :09:28. | |
Research suggest thousands of children across Wales | :09:29. | :09:31. | |
are experiencing what's been called Parental Alienation. | :09:32. | :09:34. | |
It's prompted calls for front-line staff here to be given training | :09:35. | :09:38. | |
to help identify cases and for the impact it can | :09:39. | :09:40. | |
When parents go their separate ways it's often the children left in the | :09:41. | :09:56. | |
middle who suffer the most. And the threat of parental alienation say | :09:57. | :10:02. | |
experts is a real one. This is when the behaviour of one parent turns | :10:03. | :10:07. | |
the child against the other. It affects fathers and mothers equally. | :10:08. | :10:11. | |
But it can also put children at risk of serious emotional harm. Stephen | :10:12. | :10:17. | |
is from south Wales, we have hidden his identity to protect his child, | :10:18. | :10:20. | |
for almost a year he has been locked in a to battle with his ex-partner | :10:21. | :10:24. | |
or the contact time with his daughter. Stephen says his | :10:25. | :10:31. | |
daughter's mother has tried to alienate him. It's heartbreaking. I | :10:32. | :10:38. | |
think of my daughter every day. We weren't one of those stayed in the | :10:39. | :10:42. | |
house people we did everything together. When it comes to the | :10:43. | :10:50. | |
birthdays and things she says she can still the days because she has | :10:51. | :10:53. | |
not seen a father. Stephen says false allegations have been made | :10:54. | :10:57. | |
against him. This has meant weeks going without seeing his daughter. | :10:58. | :11:02. | |
It totally turns your life upside down. I ended up suicidal. I am a | :11:03. | :11:09. | |
father and like all the other parents out there fighting to see | :11:10. | :11:13. | |
their children. One expert has told this programme she believes front | :11:14. | :11:16. | |
line staff should be better informed about the part of parental | :11:17. | :11:21. | |
alienation. I think it should be a requirement that the issues of the | :11:22. | :11:27. | |
rental alienation and this complex dynamic which occurs is taught to | :11:28. | :11:31. | |
front line stamp -- staff. This is a severe form of child emotional | :11:32. | :11:39. | |
abuse. It needs to be recognised along with other types of child | :11:40. | :11:43. | |
abuse. In some countries governments legislate against those who choose | :11:44. | :11:47. | |
to alienate a parent. In Mexico parents were guilty of such | :11:48. | :11:52. | |
behaviour are sent to prison. But there are those who don't recognise | :11:53. | :11:55. | |
parental alienation as a form of abuse. In the UK some judges are | :11:56. | :12:00. | |
starting to do so but there is no formal legislation. There are also | :12:01. | :12:05. | |
concerns and legal professionals about the time it can take to | :12:06. | :12:08. | |
complete a report if one parent makes an allegation against the | :12:09. | :12:12. | |
other. If the allegations are unfounded but appear that remains | :12:13. | :12:16. | |
hostile to contact it can be months before a child sees the other parent | :12:17. | :12:21. | |
again. Often I find that cases take over six months to reach the final | :12:22. | :12:26. | |
stage where hearing will resolve the matter. Of course in that period if | :12:27. | :12:30. | |
there has been no contact whatsoever between a child and parent it is | :12:31. | :12:36. | |
absolutely atrocious for the child to re-establish that relationship. | :12:37. | :12:42. | |
Speaking on behalf of the family Court support service in Wales the | :12:43. | :12:46. | |
Welsh Government says it recognises the impact parental separation can | :12:47. | :12:50. | |
have on children and is developing information and advice services | :12:51. | :12:54. | |
appearance. As calls grow for legal recognition of parental alienation | :12:55. | :12:58. | |
for now Stephen like other parents vow not to give up their fight. | :12:59. | :13:02. | |
Still to come: A BBC poll shows television news is still the first | :13:03. | :13:07. | |
place most of us turn to to find out what's going on in the world. | :13:08. | :13:12. | |
One of three World War veterans from South Wales given France's | :13:13. | :13:14. | |
highest honour for their role in the D-Day landings. | :13:15. | :13:29. | |
?50 million has been committed by the Welsh Government | :13:30. | :13:31. | |
for the development of a Metro transport network | :13:32. | :13:33. | |
They say it is vital to grow the economy and sustain links | :13:34. | :13:38. | |
Earlier, our reporter Roger Pinney met the economy secretary Ken Skates | :13:39. | :13:42. | |
in Rhyl and decided to test the existing system by travelling | :13:43. | :13:45. | |
there from his home by public transport. | :13:46. | :13:51. | |
Waiting for the 9.05 and at the bus stop some more regular | :13:52. | :13:54. | |
They are awkward times though, aren't they? | :13:55. | :14:07. | |
Yes, the times don't suit employment. | :14:08. | :14:11. | |
And there already one of the problems of using | :14:12. | :14:17. | |
They are not frequent, they don't always get | :14:18. | :14:24. | |
you where you want when you need to be there. | :14:25. | :14:26. | |
And so to the second leg of my journey by rail | :14:27. | :14:29. | |
from Colwyn Bay along the coast to Rhyl. | :14:30. | :14:31. | |
This is the mainline linking with regular stops | :14:32. | :14:33. | |
in North Wales to the north-west of England and London. | :14:34. | :14:35. | |
And in Rhyl you step off the train straight into a newly | :14:36. | :14:38. | |
The location of the bus station just outside the train | :14:39. | :14:46. | |
What would encourage you to use the trains? | :14:47. | :14:51. | |
If you went to Chester for example, would you drive? | :14:52. | :14:53. | |
Arriva, which operates the rail station, has just | :14:54. | :15:02. | |
The idea is to make links between rail and bus | :15:03. | :15:06. | |
There is even a touch-screen journey planner. | :15:07. | :15:10. | |
They call this rather grandly the Rhyl Interchange. | :15:11. | :15:15. | |
It will be a key hub in the even more grandly named | :15:16. | :15:18. | |
And that conjours up all sorts of images doesn't it. | :15:19. | :15:24. | |
Think Metro and you probably think of the tube or at | :15:25. | :15:30. | |
But that isn't what's planned for north-east Wales. | :15:31. | :15:34. | |
Rather, better integration between existing trains | :15:35. | :15:36. | |
Long-term, an electrified railway with improved cross-border links | :15:37. | :15:45. | |
But isn't calling it a Metro simply windowdressing? | :15:46. | :15:52. | |
This will receive a considerable amount of investment. | :15:53. | :15:57. | |
I have already stated that ?50 billion is going to be used | :15:58. | :16:00. | |
for the first phase of development of the North East Wales Metro. | :16:01. | :16:03. | |
It is a major long-term scheme which will unlock the potential | :16:04. | :16:06. | |
of the economy and meet the expectations of people who wish | :16:07. | :16:09. | |
to use public transport but at the moment find there are too | :16:10. | :16:13. | |
If the problem is to be solved both in terms of collectivity | :16:14. | :16:21. | |
into the Northern Powerhouse, as it's called, and also HS2 | :16:22. | :16:23. | |
when it comes to Crewe, that's the kind of benefit | :16:24. | :16:27. | |
The expenditure is therefore very unlikely to be worth it. | :16:28. | :16:33. | |
In both directions the best part of 50,000 people make | :16:34. | :16:36. | |
the cross-border journey everyday, mostly by car. | :16:37. | :16:39. | |
Whatever you call it, the challenge for public transport | :16:40. | :16:41. | |
Delivering change will cost more than the ?50 | :16:42. | :16:47. | |
Now as you are watching this programme you are probably | :16:48. | :16:56. | |
interested in what's happening across the country and a BBC poll | :16:57. | :16:58. | |
shows television news is still the first place most of us | :16:59. | :17:01. | |
TV is also considered to be the most trustworthy source for stories. | :17:02. | :17:08. | |
But it's facing growing competition online. | :17:09. | :17:10. | |
Our arts and media correspondent Huw Thomas has been | :17:11. | :17:14. | |
The poll for BBC Wales found 33% of us look at websites | :17:15. | :17:21. | |
Television is the most popular source of news, | :17:22. | :17:29. | |
with watching news programmes like this one. | :17:30. | :17:34. | |
But compared to last year it's down 7%. | :17:35. | :17:37. | |
The declining appeal of newspapers is shown with those picking up | :17:38. | :17:40. | |
a paper down 1% since last year and symptomatic of the | :17:41. | :17:44. | |
But finding news sources we can trust means we're still relying | :17:45. | :17:52. | |
on traditional media, rather than the web. | :17:53. | :17:56. | |
An overwhelming 44% of people said television news was the source | :17:57. | :17:59. | |
they trusted the most to tell them the truth about the news. | :18:00. | :18:04. | |
By contrast, just 19% of us trust websites and social media. | :18:05. | :18:08. | |
It's the first time the poll has asked people about trust | :18:09. | :18:12. | |
but the experts say it's an important consideration | :18:13. | :18:17. | |
With the rise of social media everybody's News publisher so | :18:18. | :18:30. | |
everybody shares information but not necessarily that verification | :18:31. | :18:33. | |
processes on the part of that any more so it's really important that | :18:34. | :18:37. | |
you will understand and education is a big part of it. Just because | :18:38. | :18:40. | |
something is said doesn't mean it's true. | :18:41. | :18:42. | |
We've never had so much choice about where we get our news. | :18:43. | :18:45. | |
But it's forcing us to think even harder | :18:46. | :18:47. | |
about where to look, and who to trust. | :18:48. | :18:51. | |
People living in Chirk near Wrexham are considering legal action | :18:52. | :18:53. | |
against a wood panel manufacturer, which they blame for chronic dust | :18:54. | :18:56. | |
The company, Kronospan, says it's committed to reducing | :18:57. | :19:00. | |
the impact of its activities on the environment and local people. | :19:01. | :19:03. | |
Suzanne Newell thinks she spends more time cleaning | :19:04. | :19:10. | |
She lives in Chirk, less than a mile from the wood panel | :19:11. | :19:15. | |
It's been a massive part of the village since 1972 | :19:16. | :19:19. | |
and employs 600 people, but many residents say they're fed | :19:20. | :19:22. | |
up of a fine layer of wood dust landing on every surface | :19:23. | :19:25. | |
It's frustrating that you can't always have your windows open. You | :19:26. | :19:41. | |
clean your windows and you have dust. Everywhere gets test but not | :19:42. | :19:46. | |
like we have it. 71 families have sought | :19:47. | :19:49. | |
legal advice to see Those who have been affected are | :19:50. | :19:58. | |
being urged to attend drop in sessions but by a firm of | :19:59. | :20:03. | |
solicitors. If enough people get in contact legal action will be | :20:04. | :20:05. | |
launched which could force the company to act. | :20:06. | :20:07. | |
Residents know how important the company is to Chirk but want | :20:08. | :20:09. | |
to express their frustration at being shrouded | :20:10. | :20:11. | |
I have come to make a stand because it's about time something was done. | :20:12. | :20:21. | |
Every year is the same. We should make a stand. | :20:22. | :20:23. | |
The lawyers say it may not be necessary to fight | :20:24. | :20:26. | |
In past cases we have been able to work agree a compromise. If we are | :20:27. | :20:38. | |
unable to agree steps will be taken by the site operators and we can | :20:39. | :20:42. | |
apply to the court and ask them to make an injection compelling the | :20:43. | :20:45. | |
site operator to bring the dust nuisance to an end. | :20:46. | :20:48. | |
The company says it meets environmental standards | :20:49. | :20:50. | |
and its emissions are being independently monitored. | :20:51. | :20:51. | |
It also points to improvement work which is about to get underway. | :20:52. | :20:54. | |
We are in the process of investing ?150 million to modernise this site. | :20:55. | :21:04. | |
That is going to bring a number of benefits. Obviously from the local | :21:05. | :21:11. | |
community's point of view it will reduce our impact on them and the | :21:12. | :21:18. | |
environment and also of course we will secure the long-term future of | :21:19. | :21:19. | |
the site. Chirk and Kronospan | :21:20. | :21:21. | |
are inextricably linked. Villagers are hoping | :21:22. | :21:22. | |
the relationship will improve once Two cities from Wales are bidding | :21:23. | :21:24. | |
to become the next UK Swansea joins the list | :21:25. | :21:28. | |
which includes Perth, as well as St David's | :21:29. | :21:32. | |
in Pembrokeshire. Some football news and Gareth Bale | :21:33. | :21:35. | |
has apologised after being sent off last night during Real Madrid's 3-3 | :21:36. | :21:43. | |
draw against Las Palmas. Bale was shown a straight red card | :21:44. | :21:46. | |
for pushing an opponent. A ban for Bale could be good news | :21:47. | :21:49. | |
for Wales ahead of their crucial World Cup qualifier against Ireland | :21:50. | :21:52. | |
later this month. Meanwhile, following an injury, | :21:53. | :21:56. | |
Aaron Ramsey is taking part in full training ahead of Arsenal's game | :21:57. | :21:59. | |
against Liverpool on Saturday. Three World War Two veterans | :22:00. | :22:05. | |
from South Wales have been awarded France's highest honour | :22:06. | :22:08. | |
in recognition of their role Peter Horn, Raymond Simmons | :22:09. | :22:10. | |
and John Price were presented with the Legion d'Honneur | :22:11. | :22:16. | |
at a special ceremony in Cardiff, believed to be the last | :22:17. | :22:18. | |
of its kind in Wales to commemorate their efforts | :22:19. | :22:21. | |
during the D-Day Landings. This is it. They are on the beach. | :22:22. | :22:37. | |
All in all over 150,000 Allied forces would land on the shores of | :22:38. | :22:43. | |
Normandy on D-Day. Amongst them these three, presented today with | :22:44. | :22:47. | |
France's highest honour for their efforts on the 6th of June 1944. I | :22:48. | :22:57. | |
was in the Royal Navy and they were shells going over the top. | :22:58. | :23:02. | |
Originally from Brighton but now living in Caldicot 95-year-old | :23:03. | :23:07. | |
Raymond Simmons joined the Navy at 18. Quinta do his bit for King and | :23:08. | :23:14. | |
country. He certainly did at Normandy. Arguably the pivotal | :23:15. | :23:20. | |
moment in the Second World War. Did it feel like that at the time? No. | :23:21. | :23:29. | |
The 91-year-old from Bridgend is now one of 300 in Wales to have been | :23:30. | :23:35. | |
awarded the Legion d'Honneur. I remember during the night when we | :23:36. | :23:42. | |
were going over there were aircraft in the air, hundreds of aircraft. | :23:43. | :23:47. | |
Was it scary? On occasions, yes. When you are in a situation like | :23:48. | :23:52. | |
that I don't think you have time to think about it. But officials had | :23:53. | :23:55. | |
been thinking about it for some time. Around a year in the planning | :23:56. | :24:01. | |
it remains the largest sea invasion in history. We landed at 6:30am in | :24:02. | :24:09. | |
the morning and the adrenaline was working all the time. I was 23 years | :24:10. | :24:18. | |
of age. 95 years old by now, Peter Horne from Cwmbran served in the | :24:19. | :24:22. | |
Army at the time. What is it mean to you to be honoured today? | :24:23. | :24:28. | |
Marvellous. It brings back so many memories. And today was certainly | :24:29. | :24:36. | |
another day to remember. Time for the weather forecast now. There was | :24:37. | :24:40. | |
some lovely sunshine today. It has been a bright and blustery | :24:41. | :24:49. | |
day for most of us but tomorrow they will be rain at times. It | :24:50. | :24:55. | |
deteriorates tonight. These fronts will bring further wet and windy | :24:56. | :24:58. | |
weather at times. Tonight might start drive but some showers and | :24:59. | :25:02. | |
heavier rain pushing in from the south and west overnight. Southerly | :25:03. | :25:06. | |
winds. Not quite as cold as last night. Tomorrow, driest in the | :25:07. | :25:12. | |
north-east and then out bits of rain. Some heavy bursts at times. | :25:13. | :25:20. | |
That rain more than in north eastwards. Some drier spells in | :25:21. | :25:24. | |
between but remaining overcast the mother of Wales. Tomorrow night the | :25:25. | :25:34. | |
rain continues on and off moving northwards but remaining misty and | :25:35. | :25:39. | |
murky overnight. Not as cold as recent nights. Then we keep this | :25:40. | :25:46. | |
changeable Atlantic influence into the weekend with friends moving in | :25:47. | :25:49. | |
from the west bringing and settled weather at times. Heavier rain on | :25:50. | :25:58. | |
Sunday. A few bright spells early on Saturday and the odd shower. Moving | :25:59. | :26:02. | |
northwards but dry weather in between. Then Sunday might start | :26:03. | :26:09. | |
drive in the north-east but likely to see more heavy rain pushing in | :26:10. | :26:17. | |
from the south-west during the day. Eventually clearing in the | :26:18. | :26:21. | |
afternoon. After a bright and breezy on today, looking more unsettled | :26:22. | :26:26. | |
over the next few days. Some try spells over the weekend with rain at | :26:27. | :26:34. | |
times. Today's picture, snow on the peaks in the Brecon Beacons taken by | :26:35. | :26:36. | |
Rob Davies. That is Wales today. We will have an | :26:37. | :26:51. | |
update at 8pm and more after the BBC News at 10pm. From all of us here, | :26:52. | :26:55. | |
have a good evening. | :26:56. | :26:58. |