:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to Wales Today - our top stories...
:00:00. > :00:00.Flying the flag - Welsh businesses set out
:00:07. > :00:15.what they need from any Brexit deal on the eve of triggering Article 50.
:00:16. > :00:32.We can't afford to get this wrong, it is much too important for Wales.
:00:33. > :00:37.wanted on suspicion of murder, after a disabled man's body
:00:38. > :00:44.A student on work placement at a nursery
:00:45. > :00:48.describes seeing young children being frequently force-fed.
:00:49. > :00:51.The long road to repair - the bill to fix the country's
:00:52. > :01:06.I have to go to a lot of villages that are quite far out and go along
:01:07. > :01:08.a lot of backroads and some of those are in a really bad state.
:01:09. > :01:18.A major shake-up in domestic cricket, a proposed
:01:19. > :01:21.Will it be an opportunity for Glamorgan, or a threat
:01:22. > :01:26.Tomorrow the Prime Minister will trigger Article 50,
:01:27. > :01:28.starting the process of the UK leaving the European Union.
:01:29. > :01:31.As Westminster presses go, there's mounting pressure
:01:32. > :01:33.from government and businesses here for Wales not to be forgotten.
:01:34. > :01:38.In a letter to politicians seen exclusively by BBC Wales,
:01:39. > :01:42.the leading business organisation the CBI says the priority should
:01:43. > :01:45.be making sure ALL nations of the UK remain in the single
:01:46. > :01:48.In a moment, our political editor, Nick Servini.
:01:49. > :01:54.First, our business correspondent, Brian Meechan.
:01:55. > :02:01.The UK Government has already given some idea of what Wales could be
:02:02. > :02:07.facing after leaving the EU. Theresa May met business leaders including
:02:08. > :02:10.the CBI in Swansea last week. On her first trade mission outside Europe
:02:11. > :02:15.she visited India to lay the groundwork for a future deal. Today
:02:16. > :02:22.she has agreed to begin discussions with Qatar to open up the Gulf
:02:23. > :02:29.states to UK products but relations with is Scotland have become
:02:30. > :02:34.strained. The CBI letter to Welsh politicians spells out what business
:02:35. > :02:41.needs from negotiations, including allowing third -- thousands of EU
:02:42. > :02:43.workers to stay here and no trade barriers. A lot of them don't
:02:44. > :02:49.understand what is important for business. They are not that close to
:02:50. > :02:53.business, some are but a lot of them don't understand what we are really
:02:54. > :02:57.concerned about, and we need a launch pad for the rest of this, we
:02:58. > :03:08.need to get this right. The business community wants to make sure that
:03:09. > :03:14.Brexit doesn't lead to the four four countries of the UK go off in
:03:15. > :03:18.different directions. Toilets and cosmetics are being parcelled up
:03:19. > :03:23.here and being sent to shoppers online. Mostly it is across the UK
:03:24. > :03:28.but increasingly other countries are important as well, taking up 15% of
:03:29. > :03:33.the business, with the biggest markets being Germany, France and
:03:34. > :03:39.the US. It is a similar picture for the whole of Wales. 67% of exports
:03:40. > :03:45.from here go to the EU. Germany is that a guest market for Welsh
:03:46. > :03:51.products, taking 24% of exports. -- is the biggest. France is next at
:03:52. > :03:57.16% and the USA takes 13% of what Wales sells abroad. This man is the
:03:58. > :04:04.honorary consul for India in Wales and the bones retail outlets in
:04:05. > :04:07.Cardiff. The growing economy of India is another foreign market
:04:08. > :04:12.Theresa May would like a trade deal with after Brexit but on her visit
:04:13. > :04:17.there it was made clear that the country would want more visas,
:04:18. > :04:20.including for students, in return. There has to be that respect the
:04:21. > :04:27.people before all negotiations and we need to treat people with equity
:04:28. > :04:30.and fairness and unless we do that I think the difficulties will arise
:04:31. > :04:37.and I am sure the markets are wide open, especially the Indian markets,
:04:38. > :04:41.they are looking forward to trading. At this Swansea manufacturer flying
:04:42. > :04:45.the flag for Wales is much easier outside the EU. The boss supports
:04:46. > :04:50.Brexit and believes there is no reason to be anxious. Perhaps
:04:51. > :04:54.channel that banks into something positive and look further afield. I
:04:55. > :05:00.don't think that losing one customer will be the death of us, it just
:05:01. > :05:04.means we have to change. The UK has two years to iron out the details of
:05:05. > :05:10.its future outside the EU once the Prime Minister triggers Article 50
:05:11. > :05:11.tomorrow. What that looks like will depend on the negotiations in that
:05:12. > :05:13.time. The First Minister, Carwyn Jones,
:05:14. > :05:15.says his greatest fear is that farming and economic subsidies
:05:16. > :05:17.will disappear altogether So, Nick, the First Minister ramping
:05:18. > :05:29.up some of the rhetoric around If you take farm subsidies currently
:05:30. > :05:35.coming from Brussels, the presumption is that they will now
:05:36. > :05:39.come from Westminster. Carwyn Jones took the debate further, saying
:05:40. > :05:43.there may not be any subsidies in the future. There is no real
:05:44. > :05:48.foundation him saying that, Theresa May has said there will be a new
:05:49. > :05:54.system introduced, but it is provocative to him to come out and
:05:55. > :05:57.say this. He is latching on to comments from prominent Brexiteers
:05:58. > :06:01.saying the common agricultural policy needs to be made more
:06:02. > :06:06.competitive. It is provocative for him to say this on the eve of
:06:07. > :06:11.triggering Article 50, because subsidies are such a huge part of
:06:12. > :06:16.farm incomes. It may be a glimpse of a critical and outspoken term that
:06:17. > :06:18.the First Minister will take during this negotiation process.
:06:19. > :06:20.And last night we reported about the Welsh Government refusing
:06:21. > :06:23.to bail out four health boards that had failed to balance their books.
:06:24. > :06:30.Today the First Minister indicating he may go further.
:06:31. > :06:38.This is ABMU, Betsi Cadwaladr, Cardiff and Vale, serious financial
:06:39. > :06:42.problems. He was asked what it means the services and he said they would
:06:43. > :06:46.need to balance their books and do it without cutting services and if
:06:47. > :06:49.they can't do that and they will look at the governance arrangements
:06:50. > :06:55.in the same way that they looked at the Scituate -- situation with Betsi
:06:56. > :06:58.Cadwaladr. Betsi Cadwaladr has come under the direct control of the
:06:59. > :07:04.Welsh government for nearly two years so he has raised the
:07:05. > :07:07.possibility, it is just a possibility but the extraordinary
:07:08. > :07:10.prospect of most of the health boards in Wales being centrally
:07:11. > :07:12.controlled by ministers in Cardiff who don't trust the health boards to
:07:13. > :07:16.balance their books. North Wales Police are searching
:07:17. > :07:18.for a 25-year-old man wanted on suspicion of murder,
:07:19. > :07:22.after what's been described as "a callous and brutal attack"
:07:23. > :07:27.on a disabled man in Wrexham. A postmortem examination has found
:07:28. > :07:29.67-year-old Nicholas Anthony Churton Officers have warned the public not
:07:30. > :07:53.to approach Jordan James Lee, A cul-de-sac a few hundred miles
:07:54. > :07:57.from Wrexham town centre. There has been a police presence since the
:07:58. > :08:02.body was discovered. People believe Mr Churton died on Thursday Friday
:08:03. > :08:07.last week. He was 67. Detectives say he was well-known in the Wrexham
:08:08. > :08:12.area. At one stage he ran a wine bar a few miles away. Police say he was
:08:13. > :08:18.vulnerable, he had this ability is. A postmortem suggests he died of a
:08:19. > :08:22.severe head injury. -- he had disabilities. Police say they
:08:23. > :08:26.looking for 25-year-old Jordan James Lee Davidson. Members of the are
:08:27. > :08:32.being urged not to approach him if they spot him but to contact police.
:08:33. > :08:35.We believe somebody in the area knows where Jordan is. We would like
:08:36. > :08:40.to appeal to them to come forward and speak to the police. We want to
:08:41. > :08:44.reassure the public that every possible line of enquiry is being
:08:45. > :08:49.pursued to trace Jordan and we would like to reiterate that he is not to
:08:50. > :08:53.be approached and if he is seen the police are to be contacted
:08:54. > :08:58.immediately. There has been activity elsewhere in this case, homes have
:08:59. > :09:03.been surged in another part of Wrexham and in Colwyn Bay. Two men
:09:04. > :09:07.and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender.
:09:08. > :09:10.A man's changed his plea and admitted attacking a pharmacist
:09:11. > :09:14.Peter Bellett was due to stand trial in Swansea for the attack last
:09:15. > :09:17.wounding Michael Irons at Garnant Pharmacy
:09:18. > :09:19.with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
:09:20. > :09:22.The jail term of Andrew Saunders, who stabbed a couple to death
:09:23. > :09:24.in Cardiff city centre, will not be reviewed
:09:25. > :09:29.Saunders, who murdered Zoe Morgan and Lee Simmons,
:09:30. > :09:31.was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 23
:09:32. > :09:35.The couple were killed in September last year
:09:36. > :09:40.near the Queen Street Matalan store where they worked.
:09:41. > :09:45.A student on a work placement at a nursery in Port Talbot has
:09:46. > :09:48.described seeing young children being frequently force-fed
:09:49. > :09:53.Swansea Crown Court heard the Bright Sparks nursery closed
:09:54. > :09:57.The owner and two members of staff deny causing cruelty.
:09:58. > :09:59.Our reporter Ben Price has been in court.
:10:00. > :10:17.Today the prosecution called on its first witness in this trial. The
:10:18. > :10:24.student and placement at the Bright Sparks nursery in Port Talbot
:10:25. > :10:33.between 2013 and 2015, who claims to have witnessed children suffering
:10:34. > :10:37.acts of cruelty. Bright Sparks cared for up to 90 children from newborns
:10:38. > :10:44.to those between seven and eight years of age. The student told the
:10:45. > :10:47.jury today that on many occasions she saw children being force-fed by
:10:48. > :10:52.certain members of staff and she also recalled on one occasion one of
:10:53. > :10:57.the children being picked up by the wrists and in her words being flung
:10:58. > :11:02.across the room. Asked why she hadn't reported these incidents
:11:03. > :11:05.soon, she said she felt scared and said she was in an environment with
:11:06. > :11:07.trained professionals and she felt out of place doing so.
:11:08. > :11:10.There is no suggestion though, Ben, that any of the children
:11:11. > :11:21.No, but the prosecution argues that some of these children were left
:11:22. > :11:26.traumatised and very distressed by what happened to them. The former
:11:27. > :11:30.owner of the nursery Katie Davis faces a single charge of causing
:11:31. > :11:42.cruelty to a person under the age of 16. The assistant manager faces six
:11:43. > :11:43.counts of the same charge. All of the women denied the charges against
:11:44. > :11:46.them and the trial continues. Flytipping is on the increase,
:11:47. > :11:48.according to Natural They say there were more than 42,000
:11:49. > :11:53.incidents in the last year. They're working with
:11:54. > :11:55.North Wales Police's rural crime Today a builder was fined
:11:56. > :12:01.and ordered to do 100 hours of unpaid work for dumping rubbish
:12:02. > :12:04.on a country road on Anglesey. Oswyn Williams arrived
:12:05. > :12:11.at Mold Crown Court this He runs a construction company
:12:12. > :12:17.called Glyndwr Services. In 2015, a large amount
:12:18. > :12:20.of rubbish was found dumped Two piles of green waste
:12:21. > :12:25.and rubble were in a lay-by, and another pile containing
:12:26. > :12:27.clothing, a tarpaulin and furniture A receipt from a builders' merchants
:12:28. > :12:39.was among the waste, which contained Mr Williams' company details
:12:40. > :12:40.and his name. Another piece of evidence also
:12:41. > :12:42.proved key to his conviction. Oswyn Williams had offered
:12:43. > :12:45.to dispose of a number of pieces of furniture and other
:12:46. > :12:47.items from an office He was eventually traced when a bank
:12:48. > :12:51.paying-in book belonging to the owner of the property
:12:52. > :12:59.was found amid the rubbish. Fly-tipping is a growing problem in
:13:00. > :13:06.Wales, costing the taxpayer more than ?2 million a year to clean up.
:13:07. > :13:19.Councils use everything from CCTV to a shared database to catch people.
:13:20. > :13:26.It effects duty spots, affect the environment, and it seems to be a
:13:27. > :13:28.problem on the increase. -- it affects beauty spots.
:13:29. > :13:30.North Wales Police's rural crime team worked
:13:31. > :13:32.with Natural Resources Wales to investigate the case and say
:13:33. > :13:35.people need to be wary of some of those offering
:13:36. > :13:38.We have a number of incidents now, ongoing
:13:39. > :13:42.cases, really, with Facebook being used to advertise man-in-a-van type
:13:43. > :13:45.of business, and a lot of the members of the public contact these
:13:46. > :13:47.people and, subsequently, their waste just gets
:13:48. > :13:53.Mr Williams escaped a jail sentence, but was fined a total of ?750
:13:54. > :13:56.and ordered to do 100 hours of unpaid community work.
:13:57. > :13:58.Much more to come before 7 o'clock...
:13:59. > :14:02.Working out depression, and why men struggle
:14:03. > :14:06.with talking about it - even though it affects one in ten of us.
:14:07. > :14:12.How a Baptist minister opened his own pub to encourage
:14:13. > :14:22.Crumbling away and in terminal decline - that's the verdict
:14:23. > :14:27.of our roads from the latest survey by the Asphalt Industry Alliance.
:14:28. > :14:29.It claims more than ?590 million would have to be spent
:14:30. > :14:34.to bring our local roads up to a reasonable standard.
:14:35. > :14:36.It suggests one in six are in "poor structural condition",
:14:37. > :14:46.The thud of hitting a pothole, enough to make
:14:47. > :14:51.An ageing road network, increased traffic and wetter winters
:14:52. > :14:54.are all blamed for the problem, according to the latest survey
:14:55. > :15:08.Local authority roads are probably local authorities' principal assets,
:15:09. > :15:12.people need to get to work, children to school, social services rely on
:15:13. > :15:19.it, so it is important that our crumbling roads are maintained.
:15:20. > :15:21.This most recent survey says it would cost just over
:15:22. > :15:23.?590 million to get Wales' roads into a decent state.
:15:24. > :15:29.That's an average of just under ?27 million per council.
:15:30. > :15:32.And last year alone, 141,000 potholes were filled in Wales.
:15:33. > :15:37.The Welsh Local Government Association says that an additional
:15:38. > :15:40.?172 million was invested into Wales' roads
:15:41. > :15:50.And that has meant there are now fewer highways in poor condition
:15:51. > :15:52.as the money was spent on full resurfacing work rather
:15:53. > :15:58.than the "patch and mend" repairs that had been ongoing.
:15:59. > :16:05.In many parts of Europe roads are often in a better condition than our
:16:06. > :16:09.motorways but that is because of tolls. They generate income but it
:16:10. > :16:15.is also claimed it puts people off using them in the first place.
:16:16. > :16:17.Motorists at this service station in Llanrhystud this morning
:16:18. > :16:21.I do not think they are very good at all.
:16:22. > :16:24.I do a lot of travelling with work and all sorts of things,
:16:25. > :16:28.playing golf, and most of the roads that I travel on need some sort of
:16:29. > :16:35.I think definitely they have been getting worse, maybe because of the
:16:36. > :16:39.weather war because the budget is spent elsewhere, and they could be
:16:40. > :16:43.improved, definitely, especially along the little country roads.
:16:44. > :16:48.I have to go to villages that are quite far out, go
:16:49. > :16:51.on lots of backroads and some are in a really bad state.
:16:52. > :16:53.Apart from hundreds of millions needed, it'd also take nearly
:16:54. > :16:57.a decade to bring our roads to a reasonable condition.
:16:58. > :16:59.13% of adults in Wales have received treatment
:17:00. > :17:06.It's an issue which costs the Welsh economy an estimated ?7.2 billion.
:17:07. > :17:09.Now Aaron Corria, who works in a school in Cardiff,
:17:10. > :17:12.has set up his own website after his latest bout of depression
:17:13. > :17:19.He is fit and healthy with a toned physique that
:17:20. > :17:26.He has a nice home and a rewarding job.
:17:27. > :17:28.But despite this seemingly charmed existence Aaron Corria has been
:17:29. > :17:31.In the Christmas holidays things came to a head.
:17:32. > :17:41.I had a very, very low point just after Boxing Day.
:17:42. > :17:44.Luckily my dad was around, he sort of got hold of me
:17:45. > :17:47.and I moved back home for a week, saw the family and got
:17:48. > :17:53.That's the stigma, you don't have to have a certain job
:17:54. > :17:56.Anybody can get it, can get the illness.
:17:57. > :17:58.It's a chemical imbalance in your brain.
:17:59. > :18:00.For Aaron, as well as his medication, regular exercise
:18:01. > :18:01.and training has helped with his physical
:18:02. > :18:09.It gives you a focus, something to release energy,
:18:10. > :18:10.release anxiety, release stress levels, and obviously it
:18:11. > :18:15.That's a chemical in the brain that obviously helps you feel good.
:18:16. > :18:21.The latest figures in Wales show 16% of women have received treatment
:18:22. > :18:23.for mental-health problems but fewer men have received
:18:24. > :18:31.That could be because they are less likely to seek help.
:18:32. > :18:34.Overall it costs our NHS here over ?600 million a year,
:18:35. > :18:37.more than any other service in the Welsh NHS.
:18:38. > :18:39.Aaron believes there's a stigma surrounding mental health
:18:40. > :18:43.which forced him to become secretive about his condition.
:18:44. > :18:46.He says people like him can become withdrawn and are
:18:47. > :18:49.That's what inspired him to set up his own website, Brotectors.
:18:50. > :18:52.It's an online forum and support group for other men
:18:53. > :18:55.I've had hundreds and hundreds of e-mails from people thanking me
:18:56. > :18:59.People seeking help, people asking me how
:19:00. > :19:03.It's been really overwhelming, I'm so surprised, I didn't think it
:19:04. > :19:09.Aaron believes only those who suffered from depression can
:19:10. > :19:16.truly understand it and for him the satisfaction of helping others
:19:17. > :19:19.is also vital treatment to help him battle his own demons.
:19:20. > :19:22.It could be the biggest shake-up to domestic cricket for years -
:19:23. > :19:23.a new Twenty20 competition featuring fewer teams,
:19:24. > :19:29.Glamorgan Cricket Club says it wants one of the franchises
:19:30. > :19:33.But critics fear it could spell the end of county cricket.
:19:34. > :19:35.Tomos Dafydd is at the Swalec Stadium for us - how
:19:36. > :19:52.Glamorgan was founded back in 1888, dominant force in Welsh cricket. Now
:19:53. > :19:56.this new tournament has been proposed, Glamorgan won't be playing
:19:57. > :20:00.in it. Eight new teams will be created, based in cities, we don't
:20:01. > :20:06.know what they will be called or what they will be -- where they will
:20:07. > :20:13.be but Glamorgan is adamant that they will be part. They hope to
:20:14. > :20:20.rival other tournaments overseas such as the IPL in India.
:20:21. > :20:24.Why are they so keen? While Glamorgan won't be playing in
:20:25. > :20:30.this new tournament, they are keen for Cardiff side to be based in the
:20:31. > :20:35.Swalec Stadium. They want to generate more revenue and help grow
:20:36. > :20:39.the game here, get more people playing and watching. For the
:20:40. > :20:46.purists, Test cricket will always be the favourite but it is the T20
:20:47. > :20:50.game, the shortened version, that is the really popular game that will
:20:51. > :20:56.dry audiences to cricket and attract big-money deals. Let's see how it
:20:57. > :21:02.has fared at Glamorgan. If you look at attendances last season, an
:21:03. > :21:13.average of 5000 3020, compares to County Championship over four days,
:21:14. > :21:24.just a few hundred. -- an average of 5004 T20. Glamorgan made an
:21:25. > :21:29.operating loss of ?300,000 last year. One official put it to me
:21:30. > :21:35.today that the more events they host here the better it will be for both
:21:36. > :21:40.-- for Glamorgan's finances. I have been speaking to a former captain
:21:41. > :21:44.and he says it is try to -- time to try something new.
:21:45. > :21:46.You can't fight against the tide, I think.
:21:47. > :21:49.Yeah, I'm a bit of a traditionalist but I enjoy going to
:21:50. > :21:52.Twenty20 and, as I said earlier, you look at the Twenty20
:21:53. > :21:54.competitions around the world and how successful
:21:55. > :21:56.they are, the standard of the cricket being
:21:57. > :22:00.game's just moving on and on, and you see the huge crowds
:22:01. > :22:07.But that's not to say that first-class cricket and Test
:22:08. > :22:23.Glamorgan will set out some plans to Assembly Members trying to get some
:22:24. > :22:29.support so it looks like the new tournament could be on its way by
:22:30. > :22:32.the year 2020. Glamorgan see it as an opportunity but others see it as
:22:33. > :22:33.a threat to the future of county cricket.
:22:34. > :22:36.Pubs and churches are historically seen as places that sit at the heart
:22:37. > :22:40.But now one Baptist Minister has decided to combine the two -
:22:41. > :22:45.Customers are encouraged not to use their mobile phones
:22:46. > :22:47.or computers at St Canna's, with the aim of building
:22:48. > :23:03.As you can see, we've got quite a bit of work still to do.
:23:04. > :23:05.Reverend James Karran is passionate about his faith,
:23:06. > :23:07.building a strong community and real ale, and so St Canna's
:23:08. > :23:09.on the outskirts of Cardiff city centre is born.
:23:10. > :23:12.It is fuelled by Reverend Karran's ideals and faith but the pub
:23:13. > :23:21.The bar is over here, I can show you what we've got going on.
:23:22. > :23:24.St Canna's a sixth-century saint, actually from around the West Wales
:23:25. > :23:27.area but for some reason she had a bit of a following here as well.
:23:28. > :23:30.So we've got the two logos that were designed for us.
:23:31. > :23:34.Pubs and churches not so long ago used to be the two hubs of community
:23:35. > :23:36.in any local community and they're both really struggling
:23:37. > :23:43.People are constantly on social media and for a lot of people it's
:23:44. > :23:53.For my work as a chaplaincy at the University of South Wales
:23:54. > :23:56.we saw this all the time and how younger people especially can
:23:57. > :23:58.become very isolated because they would just spend
:23:59. > :24:03.so much time on their own with their screens.
:24:04. > :24:06.I have toyed with the idea of giving people a reduction
:24:07. > :24:09.in the cost of their pint if you would leave your phone
:24:10. > :24:11.behind the bar but I don't know about that yet.
:24:12. > :24:14.So over here, this is my baby, one of the best things
:24:15. > :24:21.Our piano, or our joanna, as we named her.
:24:22. > :24:24.Hopefully we're going to get lots of people playing this.
:24:25. > :24:29.We don't have any recorded music at the ale house,
:24:30. > :24:32.nothing that distracts from conversation, but we do
:24:33. > :24:34.encourage, if possible, people to play their own music.
:24:35. > :24:39.With a few days to go until the grand opening,
:24:40. > :24:42.it's all hands on deck with final preparations and the hope is once it
:24:43. > :24:45.opens St Canna's will be a pub with a very different
:24:46. > :24:59.It is opening time on the weather service now.
:25:00. > :25:03.We're all going to see some rain at some point
:25:04. > :25:07.But we've seen the last of the frost for a while.
:25:08. > :25:11.Now it was a cold and foggy start in Welshpool this morning.
:25:12. > :25:20.A little sunshine in Llanrwst but cloudier than recently.
:25:21. > :25:22.And not everywhere stayed dry today, with heavy showers
:25:23. > :25:25.This evening and overnight outbreaks of rain and drizzle
:25:26. > :25:31.Some drier spells and a milder night than recently.
:25:32. > :25:35.Lowest temperatures eight to 11 Celsius.
:25:36. > :25:38.Here's the picture for eight in the morning.
:25:39. > :25:54.damp in the west with patches of rain and drizzle.
:25:55. > :25:59.During the day, the rain will become more widespread.
:26:00. > :26:01.Some heavy persistent rain in the afternoon
:26:02. > :26:09.Top temperatures 11 to 15 with a south to south-westerly breeze.
:26:10. > :26:12.dull with outbreaks of rain and drizzle.
:26:13. > :26:14.Some heavy persistent rain in the afternoon.
:26:15. > :26:21.Bright for a while but a little rain in the afternoon.
:26:22. > :26:26.Tomorrow night further showers or longer spells of rain.
:26:27. > :26:31.On Thursday some dry spells but outbreaks of rain as well.
:26:32. > :26:41.Parts of mid, north and west Wales turning wet in the afternoon.
:26:42. > :26:45.The southeast though may brighten up.
:26:46. > :26:49.The reason for the rain, low pressure over the Atlantic
:26:50. > :26:55.with a cold front moving eastwards on Friday.
:26:56. > :26:56.So on Friday more rain, heavy in places.
:26:57. > :26:58.Improving form the west later in the day.
:26:59. > :27:00.Turning drier and brighter with a few showers.
:27:01. > :27:02.On Saturday a mixture of sunshine and showers.
:27:03. > :27:17.Scotland's parliament has voted in favour of second
:27:18. > :27:23.A majority at Holyrood backed Nicola Sturgeon's
:27:24. > :27:25.call for Scotland to have another say, following the vote
:27:26. > :27:29.But the UK government says it'll block a referendum until the Brexit
:27:30. > :27:35.I'll have an update for you here at 8 o'clock and again
:27:36. > :27:39.That's Wales Today, thank you for watching.
:27:40. > :27:45.From all of us on the programme, good evening.