:00:00. > :00:00.European Union after 44 years of membership. That's all from
:00:00. > :00:16.It is the expectation of the government that the devolved
:00:17. > :00:19.administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will see a
:00:20. > :00:20.significant increase in their decision-making power as a result of
:00:21. > :00:22.this process. Wales in line for more powers,
:00:23. > :00:25.but as Article 50 is triggered, criticism of the Prime Minister
:00:26. > :00:27.for failing to involve Wales This is unacceptable
:00:28. > :00:33.and the culmination of a deeply frustrating process
:00:34. > :00:34.in which the devolved administrations have persistently
:00:35. > :00:39.been treated with a lack of respect. From farmers and families to workers
:00:40. > :00:41.and businesses, tonight, with reaction and analysis,
:00:42. > :00:43.we'll look at what this Its vice-chair and chair are sacked
:00:44. > :01:09.by the Welsh Government. I think they have handled it pretty
:01:10. > :01:11.poorly, pretty shockingly, actually. I've had two formal correspondence
:01:12. > :01:13.in the last seven months. It certainly wouldn't happen
:01:14. > :01:21.in normal organisations. Injuries suffered on
:01:22. > :01:23.Pontypridd's 3G pitch. The WRU will now inspect
:01:24. > :01:25.its condition, amid calls for research into the impact
:01:26. > :01:31.of artificial playing fields. And Jackie Kennedy at the funeral
:01:32. > :01:34.of the sixth Lord Harlech. She rejected his marriage proposal,
:01:35. > :01:36.but letters revealing their close On the day the Prime Minister
:01:37. > :01:48.triggered Article 50, starting the process of the UK
:01:49. > :01:50.leaving the European Union, Theresa May has told MPs Brexit
:01:51. > :01:53.will mean a "significant increase" in the Welsh Government's
:01:54. > :01:55.decision-making powers. Mrs May said she would consult
:01:56. > :01:57.on which powers should be transferred from Brussels
:01:58. > :01:59.to Cardiff, but that no powers currently held by devolved
:02:00. > :02:01.governments will be taken We will negotiate as one
:02:02. > :02:13.United Kingdom, taking into account the specific interests of every
:02:14. > :02:16.nation and region of the UK and when it comes to the powers
:02:17. > :02:19.that we will take back from Europe, we will consent fully
:02:20. > :02:21.on which powers should reside in Westminster and which should be
:02:22. > :02:24.passed onto the devolved But, Mr Speaker, no decision
:02:25. > :02:32.currently taken by the devolved administrations will be removed
:02:33. > :02:35.from them and it is the expectation of the government that the devolved
:02:36. > :02:37.administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will see
:02:38. > :02:39.a significant increase in their decision-making power
:02:40. > :02:48.as a result of this process. At the Senedd, the First Minister
:02:49. > :02:50.said it was "deeply regrettable" the Welsh Government was not allowed
:02:51. > :02:53.to contribute to the letter sent by Theresa May,
:02:54. > :03:09.notifying the EU of the UK's If the Prime Minister truly believes
:03:10. > :03:12.in the union and reflecting the wishes of the UK as a whole then she
:03:13. > :03:16.needs to adopt a very different approach. I don't see how the Prime
:03:17. > :03:20.Minister can claim to negotiate on the whole of the UK when she
:03:21. > :03:26.disregards the rights of this Welsh Government to speak up for the
:03:27. > :03:30.people of Wales. We should be under no illusions about today's Article
:03:31. > :03:34.50 notice. It does not fulfil the wishes of the Scottish Government,
:03:35. > :03:39.nor to my mind the Welsh Government. It certainly doesn't satisfy Plaid
:03:40. > :03:45.Cymru. The language from the UK Government is that they have an
:03:46. > :03:48.expectation of a significant increase in devolved powers. Anyone
:03:49. > :03:54.who takes that at face value needs a reality check. I say to the First
:03:55. > :03:59.Minister, do cheer up. This is a great opportunity for us. As well as
:04:00. > :04:03.a challenge. There are challenges and opportunities in life in general
:04:04. > :04:07.but surely the opportunity to strike free-trade agreements with the 85%
:04:08. > :04:12.of the global economy which is outside the European Union, given
:04:13. > :04:13.that the United States clip takes 22% of Welsh export, is there not a
:04:14. > :04:15.great opportunity there? So what will be the key concerns
:04:16. > :04:18.for Wales in the upcoming We're more reliant on EU funding
:04:19. > :04:22.and trade than anywhere else in the UK, so expect both issues
:04:23. > :04:25.to be high on the Welsh So too agriculture, given the sheer
:04:26. > :04:29.number of people who farm in Wales. Our Economics Correspondent,
:04:30. > :04:31.Sarah Dickins, has been to Swansea and the Gower to hear from some
:04:32. > :04:35.of those likely to be most affected And a new dawn for
:04:36. > :04:40.the Welsh economy. Ken and Sian hand
:04:41. > :04:42.rear pedigree pigs. They are among the 84,000 who work
:04:43. > :04:44.in Welsh agriculture. Food and farming is worth ?6 billion
:04:45. > :04:47.per year to our economy, so this Brexit deal will affect
:04:48. > :04:49.many rural livelihoods. Ken thinks it will end
:04:50. > :04:58.cheap pork imports. When you look at the quantity
:04:59. > :05:00.that we bring into the country, We produce in Wales 5%
:05:01. > :05:04.of what we eat in Wales and regulations have gone
:05:05. > :05:07.to the point where we have got high welfare pork in the country
:05:08. > :05:10.and what comes into the country We just need to be able to compete
:05:11. > :05:15.on a level playing field Will Westminster replace the farm
:05:16. > :05:24.payments Wales has had from the European Union worth almost
:05:25. > :05:26.?200 million per year? 90% of Welsh red meat goes
:05:27. > :05:39.to the European Union. A free-trade deal is
:05:40. > :05:43.what Karen John wants. She runs a glass recycling
:05:44. > :05:45.company on Swansea docks. Wales exports more goods
:05:46. > :05:47.to the European Union So, in terms of Brexit,
:05:48. > :05:56.what do you want to get from it? I would love to have tariff
:05:57. > :05:59.free-trade and it is highly unlikely that we are going to get that,
:06:00. > :06:01.I know. But that would be the
:06:02. > :06:03.best outcome for us. Has the relationship you have
:06:04. > :06:05.had with your customers They have said that whereas I would
:06:06. > :06:15.normally get a five - ten year contract,
:06:16. > :06:16.that is impossible 3% of the Welsh workforce comes
:06:17. > :06:31.from other countries in the European Union,
:06:32. > :06:32.a much smaller proportion But for those like Karen,
:06:33. > :06:37.who has four Polish employees, a priority is to learn
:06:38. > :06:44.whether they can stay. They have worked for
:06:45. > :06:48.us for eight years. They have experienced
:06:49. > :06:50.their neighbours treating And if they could stay
:06:51. > :06:56.here, they will. At the other end of the docks is the
:06:57. > :07:02.new Swansea University Bay campus. It cost ?450 million to build,
:07:03. > :07:05.half from European Union funds. Since 2000, Wales has had more
:07:06. > :07:08.than ?5 billion from this pot of cash designed
:07:09. > :07:10.to make us wealthier. But we remain the poorest
:07:11. > :07:12.part of the UK. Dr Ben Evans is developing
:07:13. > :07:14.the Bloodhound supersonic car in Swansea's European Union funded
:07:15. > :07:15.laboratories. He hopes Westminster will replace
:07:16. > :07:17.the funding but it's Without the access to European
:07:18. > :07:30.funding we have had over the last two years, the new campus
:07:31. > :07:32.at the University The research programmes,
:07:33. > :07:34.our collaborations, the European Union has been
:07:35. > :07:36.critical for that. So the thing that I would be
:07:37. > :07:38.asking our British negotiators is to make sure that there
:07:39. > :07:42.are as few barriers to allow me to continue the partnerships
:07:43. > :07:44.I already have in Spain, Despite different views of Brexit,
:07:45. > :07:56.most agree the Welsh economy has been more reliant
:07:57. > :07:57.on the European Union The battle is for a Brexit deal
:07:58. > :08:11.that helps us flourish. The Prime Minister said
:08:12. > :08:13.that her government will 'consult fully' on which powers should reside
:08:14. > :08:15.in Westminster and which But questions remain
:08:16. > :08:19.as to whether Wales' voice will be Our political reporter,
:08:20. > :08:22.James Williams, has been A Welsh composer's work mixing
:08:23. > :08:42.the European classical Revised relationships,
:08:43. > :08:49.new partnerships. The Brexit process
:08:50. > :08:50.changes everything. Wales will be fully engaged,
:08:51. > :08:52.according to the Prime Minister, who says she wants a Brexit that
:08:53. > :08:55.will work for the whole Theresa May knows she faces
:08:56. > :09:05.monumental task, not only in negotiating Brexit but also
:09:06. > :09:08.in trying to keep the UK together. So, in this context,
:09:09. > :09:10.does the voice of Wales, a Brexit supporting nation,
:09:11. > :09:12.fall on deaf ears? Do you trust the UK Government
:09:13. > :09:14.to reflect the Welsh opinion From what I have seen
:09:15. > :09:24.of the Prime Minister, I think they should be
:09:25. > :09:34.reflected, yes, but I don't Four nations but ultimately only
:09:35. > :09:40.one negotiating team. Ministers from Cardiff, Edinburgh,
:09:41. > :09:42.Belfast and Westminster are already engaged in a Brexit Forum
:09:43. > :09:44.but anxieties have been expressed about the effectiveness
:09:45. > :09:46.of the so-called joint ministerial The United Kingdom is not
:09:47. > :09:54.the place it was in 1972 It is a very different place
:09:55. > :09:59.and the four nations that make up the United Kingdom have an equal
:10:00. > :10:01.stake in these negotiations, so we are not bit players,
:10:02. > :10:04.none of the devolved administrations We expect that our voice will be
:10:05. > :10:19.heard throughout the negotiations. But hasn't Wales' voice
:10:20. > :10:21.already been heard? Although the whole country didn't
:10:22. > :10:23.sing from the same hymn sheet, a slight majority of Welsh voters
:10:24. > :10:26.did back Brexit. The form it takes,
:10:27. > :10:31.however, is less clear. I don't know why people
:10:32. > :10:33.call it a hard Brexit, it just seems like a sensible
:10:34. > :10:35.Brexit. They wanted competition, they wanted
:10:36. > :10:39.an end to EU regulations, they wanted an end to EU free
:10:40. > :10:41.migration from anybody in the EU to come here
:10:42. > :10:51.without any sort of control. For the future shape of the country,
:10:52. > :10:54.there could hardly be The Scottish Parliament
:10:55. > :10:58.has called for a second And in Cardiff today,
:10:59. > :11:01.leading Labour politicians held the first meeting of a devolution
:11:02. > :11:04.task force with one principal aim, more powers to the nations,
:11:05. > :11:08.in order to save the UK. This constitutional debate
:11:09. > :11:10.we are having now is not one that we have chosen to have,
:11:11. > :11:13.it is one that has been forced The United Kingdom is leaving
:11:14. > :11:16.the European Union. And the result of that means
:11:17. > :11:19.powers are coming back This isn't a debate
:11:20. > :11:26.we can opt out of. It is happening and
:11:27. > :11:34.it is happening now. But the people of Wales and the UK
:11:35. > :11:38.didn't speak with one Harmonising those differing opinions
:11:39. > :11:41.over the next two years poses Let's go to Westminster now
:11:42. > :12:06.and join our parliamentary Thank you. Historic is a word that
:12:07. > :12:09.is sometimes overused in Welsh politics but today certainly feels
:12:10. > :12:12.like a momentous day for Wales and the UK and the European Union. Let's
:12:13. > :12:17.try and make some sense of it now with someone who was around that
:12:18. > :12:21.Cabinet table with trees in May this morning, Alun Cairns, the Welsh
:12:22. > :12:26.Secretary. Theresa May talks of more powers going to Wales. What powers
:12:27. > :12:30.is she talking about? We have got to recognise a significance of this
:12:31. > :12:34.letter. It talks about a deep and special partnership that we want
:12:35. > :12:40.with the European Union. It also recognises Wales within the letter
:12:41. > :12:43.and that she will be negotiating for the whole of the United Kingdom and
:12:44. > :12:48.of course it is my role to ensure that Wales is represented in those
:12:49. > :12:52.negotiations. Which powers is she talking about? It is meaningless if
:12:53. > :12:56.she won't set out what powers she will get going to Wales. We will
:12:57. > :12:59.have more to say about that tomorrow in the white Paper when that is
:13:00. > :13:03.published but today is about the sort of relationship we want with
:13:04. > :13:08.the European Union, it is about the opportunities it provides for Europe
:13:09. > :13:13.as well as for the UK. For Europe because they can pursue the
:13:14. > :13:16.direction they want to pursue may be without the UK stopping them when we
:13:17. > :13:20.will full members but it is also about the new opportunities for
:13:21. > :13:22.businesses in Wales to look globally, made in too deep the
:13:23. > :13:29.relationships with some of the nations that we have not maybe
:13:30. > :13:33.fostered. Forgive me, it was the Prime Minister who talk about powers
:13:34. > :13:38.and will the money follow the powers? Powers without money again
:13:39. > :13:42.would be meaningless. Again, even if we were remaining members of the
:13:43. > :13:45.European Union, we wouldn't be talking about money post 2020 at
:13:46. > :13:51.this early stage. But what the Chancellor has done is he... The
:13:52. > :13:56.Chancellor has guaranteed that money from the UK Government taxpayer, in
:13:57. > :14:01.addition to that, those projects that will run beyond that time when
:14:02. > :14:03.we have left the European Union will also be guaranteed. The Prime
:14:04. > :14:08.Minister is absolutely delivering on what she said when she went into
:14:09. > :14:10.Downing Street. We are acting on the structure on the Welsh and British
:14:11. > :14:14.people and we have a process in place and we are following it in a
:14:15. > :14:18.calm and measured way to seize those new opportunities. The First
:14:19. > :14:21.Minister says you have treated the Welsh Government with a complete
:14:22. > :14:25.lack of respect from the word go. I am disappointed in that. The Prime
:14:26. > :14:28.Minister has been in Wales three times in the last six weeks. We have
:14:29. > :14:32.been talking about the contents of this letter for many months.
:14:33. > :14:37.Ultimately, the UK Government needs to act in the interests of the whole
:14:38. > :14:38.of the UK and that is what we are doing, specifically with Wales being
:14:39. > :14:42.mentioned. The leader of Ukip in
:14:43. > :14:44.the Welsh Assembly, Neil Hamilton, has apologised after AMs said
:14:45. > :14:47.they heard him say "suicide is an option"
:14:48. > :14:48.while Labour Assembly Member, Eluned Morgan said the triggering
:14:49. > :14:51.of Article 50 was a sad day. After being asked repeatedly by
:14:52. > :14:54.the Presiding Officer to say sorry - Mr Hamilton said he apologised
:14:55. > :14:56.for whatever remark Let's move to other news now,
:14:57. > :15:08.and the chair and vice-chair of Sport Wales have been sacked
:15:09. > :15:11.by the Welsh Government. Paul Thomas and Adele Baumgardt
:15:12. > :15:13.were suspended in November, along with the entire Sport Wales
:15:14. > :15:15.board, following concerns that the organisation had
:15:16. > :15:17.become dysfunctional. Tonight Mr Thomas says he's shocked
:15:18. > :15:39.by how poorly he's been treated. From Olympic and Paralympic gold to
:15:40. > :15:44.training the next generation of athletes. There is no doubting Sport
:15:45. > :15:47.Wales' success in promoting elite and grass-roots sport but over the
:15:48. > :15:51.last six months, there has been turmoil at the top of the
:15:52. > :15:55.organisations which gets over ?20 million of public money every year.
:15:56. > :15:59.Last November, the activities of the entire board were suspended after
:16:00. > :16:04.infighting which led to a vote of no confidence in its chair. A few weeks
:16:05. > :16:09.ago, the other board members were reinstated but the chair and
:16:10. > :16:13.vice-chair remain suspended. Today the Minister overseeing the work of
:16:14. > :16:17.Sport Wales said she decided new leadership was needed for the
:16:18. > :16:19.organisation to move on. Both the chair and the vice-chair have always
:16:20. > :16:25.had the interests of Sport Wales at heart. They have both exhibited
:16:26. > :16:29.considerable energy and dedication over the period of time and I do
:16:30. > :16:33.consider though the need to secure fresh leadership. In a letter to
:16:34. > :16:36.Paul Thomas, the public health minister says your conduct and
:16:37. > :16:40.behaviour is that you adopted which she fought you felt to be necessary
:16:41. > :16:43.change were counter-productive. But Doctor Thomas has hit back at how he
:16:44. > :16:49.has been treated by the Welsh Government. It is really
:16:50. > :16:52.disappointing that they have not backed me at a point of time where
:16:53. > :16:56.really what we need is just change. We need to move it on but I think
:16:57. > :17:01.they have handled it pretty poorly, pretty shocking actually. I have had
:17:02. > :17:03.to formal correspondence in the last seven months and I am shocked by
:17:04. > :17:08.that. But would not happen in business and it would not happen in
:17:09. > :17:11.normal organisations. But the vice-chair, Adele Baumgardt, also
:17:12. > :17:16.sacked today says regrettably the behaviour of Mr Thomas says 's
:17:17. > :17:21.appointment as chairing April 2016 quickly evidence that he was not in
:17:22. > :17:26.her opinion fit to hold senior public office but Paul Thomas has
:17:27. > :17:30.defended his work. Is Sport Wales fit for purpose? It is not. I think
:17:31. > :17:35.the staff are. I think the chief executives that supported and
:17:36. > :17:40.support sport in Wales are. I just think the body itself needs to
:17:41. > :17:44.become more efficient, effective and it needs to become 21st century in
:17:45. > :17:50.the way it leads itself. One of the Ames were Sport Wales is to secure
:17:51. > :17:53.success for swimmers. That work wouldn't tip -- continue with a new
:17:54. > :17:55.chair but many questions remain about what went wrong at the top of
:17:56. > :17:58.Sport Wales. 126 aerospace jobs are under threat
:17:59. > :18:00.in north east Wales. Marshall Aviation Services has said
:18:01. > :18:03.it wants to close down its engineering and maintenance site
:18:04. > :18:05.at Broughton in Flintshire. The company is now to start
:18:06. > :18:07.consulting with unions. A new executive jet roles off
:18:08. > :18:12.the production line at Broughton. Then what is now marshalling
:18:13. > :18:14.the was called Hawker Siddeley, a string of takeovers brought
:18:15. > :18:17.changes of name, the end of production and the shift to small
:18:18. > :18:19.aircraft engineering Now, the company is confined
:18:20. > :18:23.to a corner of a site it shares with Airbus
:18:24. > :18:25.and other aviation businesses. Marshall Aviation Services the small
:18:26. > :18:27.component in the massive aerospace complex at Broughton,
:18:28. > :18:29.dominated of course by Airbus. But these jobs will be
:18:30. > :18:31.missed in this area. They are well paid
:18:32. > :18:33.and highly skilled. The company says the Broughton
:18:34. > :18:35.business has been losing money. It has tried to find
:18:36. > :18:37.a buyer and failed. The Unite union hopes
:18:38. > :18:51.it can still save jobs. The area itself is highly skilled
:18:52. > :18:53.with high employment opportunities and that is why I am hopeful
:18:54. > :19:00.that the number of people on the redundancy notice today
:19:01. > :19:07.will have an opportunity to move There are great opportunities
:19:08. > :19:10.with Airbus and other companies. The investments that we have made
:19:11. > :19:13.from the government are something we hope will enable them
:19:14. > :19:21.into new skilled jobs. These pictures were taken
:19:22. > :19:23.inside the site six years ago. Before Marshall Aviation
:19:24. > :19:25.Services took it over. There have been job
:19:26. > :19:27.losses since then. The company says it is consulting
:19:28. > :19:30.but insists the site will close unless an alternative
:19:31. > :19:39.comes to light. A 25-year-old man has been arrested
:19:40. > :19:41.after a disabled man's body 67-year-old Anthony Churton
:19:42. > :19:45.was found dead at his home North Wales Police says
:19:46. > :19:49.he was a vulnerable Three other people have also been
:19:50. > :19:52.arrested on suspicion A decision on whether to back
:19:53. > :19:59.the ?425 million Circuit of Wales with public money won't be taken
:20:00. > :20:01.until after May's local elections. Developers behind the plans to build
:20:02. > :20:05.a motor racing track near Ebbw Vale want the Welsh Government
:20:06. > :20:07.to guarantee half the cost. But the Economy Secretary,
:20:08. > :20:09.Ken Skates says he's yet to receive BBC Wales understands
:20:10. > :20:22.the Welsh Rugby Union will inspect Pontypridd's Sardis Road pitch
:20:23. > :20:24.tomorrow, following burns suffered by Merthyr RFC players
:20:25. > :20:27.on the artificial 3G surface, during their cup semifinal
:20:28. > :20:28.there on the weekend. There are now calls for more
:20:29. > :20:31.research into the pitches, Merthyr RFC back in training
:20:32. > :20:39.after a painful weekend. Well, most of them, the medical
:20:40. > :20:42.room, or the burns unit, as some of the club have nicknamed
:20:43. > :20:45.it, busier than normal. Coach Lee Jarvis put these photos
:20:46. > :20:47.on Twitter after the club's cup semifinal defeat against RGC 1404
:20:48. > :20:54.at Pontypridd Sardis Road on Sunday. Whenever you land on it,
:20:55. > :20:57.you could feel how hard it was and how dry it was and it was
:20:58. > :21:00.an instant burn on your skin. Whenever you play on the pitch,
:21:01. > :21:03.it hurts your heels, It feels like you are
:21:04. > :21:06.running on tarmac. The club doctor wants rugby's
:21:07. > :21:17.governing bodies to do more research into injuries caused
:21:18. > :21:18.by artificial pitches. We ourselves as a club are learning
:21:19. > :21:21.every week about what pitches are doing to our players
:21:22. > :21:24.and the wider rugby community both locally and the WRU,
:21:25. > :21:26.and the IRB have a responsibility now to help us as doctors,
:21:27. > :21:29.physios and players to understand exactly what these pitches
:21:30. > :21:31.are going to do in the RGC won Sunday's match
:21:32. > :21:35.with this late try. They haven't commented
:21:36. > :21:37.on the injuries but a source at the club say they have no issue
:21:38. > :21:41.with the Sardis Road pitch. BBC Wales understands the WRU
:21:42. > :21:43.will inspect it tomorrow. The game's international
:21:44. > :21:44.governing body, world rugby, says research into artificial
:21:45. > :21:47.pitches will continue but studies indicate the risk of injury is not
:21:48. > :21:49.greater compared to grass. Merthyr officials,
:21:50. > :21:51.who have their own artificial pitch, say there's no hard
:21:52. > :21:53.feelings towards Pontypridd. They play them in the league
:21:54. > :22:13.at home this weekend. Private letters between Lord Harlech
:22:14. > :22:15.and Jackie Kennedy were among items from his family home in Gwynedd
:22:16. > :22:18.auctioned in London today. Mrs Kennedy rejected Lord Harlech's
:22:19. > :22:21.proposal after the death of JFK. Secluded and elegant, Glyn Cywarch
:22:22. > :22:35.has been home to generations The current Lord Harlech,
:22:36. > :22:41.Jassett has decided to fund major renovations here with the sale
:22:42. > :22:44.of many of its contents. Among the hundreds of paintings,
:22:45. > :22:46.vehicles and pieces of furniture was a red dispatch box belonging
:22:47. > :22:48.to Jassett's grandfather, David filled with correspondence
:22:49. > :23:00.to and from the Kennedys. David Ormsby Gore was
:23:01. > :23:02.the British ambassador Already friends with John F Kennedy
:23:03. > :23:06.he worked closely with the president David Ormsby Gore's own wife
:23:07. > :23:38.was killed in a car crash in 1967. Jackie Kennedy flew from the states
:23:39. > :23:41.to London and to North Wales to attend my grandmother 's funeral. I
:23:42. > :23:46.think that was the level of the deep ties. These two couples suddenly
:23:47. > :23:51.became to people who shared a terrible grief and these letters
:23:52. > :23:54.that we have shown an insight into that relationship they had.
:23:55. > :23:57.reveals how Jackie Kennedy rejected her friend's proposal,
:23:58. > :24:00.saying "If ever I can find some healing and some comfort,
:24:01. > :24:03.it has to be with somebody who is not part of all my
:24:04. > :24:10.In the end, she married Aristotle Onassis.
:24:11. > :24:13.The Kennedys left the churchyard obviously moved by the simple
:24:14. > :24:15.service in a Welsh church. She remained close and attended
:24:16. > :24:17.Lord Harlech's funeral But the depth of their feeling would
:24:18. > :24:31.remain private until their letters Let's return to our main story, the
:24:32. > :24:35.triggering of Article 50 and the formal beginning of Britain's
:24:36. > :24:41.departure from the European Union. What is your assessment then of
:24:42. > :24:44.today's events? Hugely symbolic. I think anecdotally, Wales voted to
:24:45. > :24:48.leave, there is a strong sense out there of people wanting the process
:24:49. > :24:51.to get underway and will be very pleased as a result of what they
:24:52. > :24:56.have seen. Nevertheless, real concern that we cannot ignore in
:24:57. > :24:59.areas like agriculture and industrial sectors. Interesting
:25:00. > :25:02.response from the Welsh Government, quite bad-tempered at the start,
:25:03. > :25:06.saying they had been persistently ignored but then after that, if you
:25:07. > :25:11.really look at the substance, looking for a trade free deal, the
:25:12. > :25:14.conciliatory tone of the letter, even saying the Welsh Government
:25:15. > :25:19.will get further powers, I am not sure that the two sides are that far
:25:20. > :25:23.apart. Inevitably, a big part of this will be the intergovernmental
:25:24. > :25:28.relations but really we shouldn't lose sight of the wider picture
:25:29. > :25:32.here, huge questions in Wales on trade, on immigration, and of course
:25:33. > :25:35.the phoney war has come to an end and the real process is about to
:25:36. > :25:36.start. And you can join Nick and Andrew
:25:37. > :25:39.Neil for a special programme, with interviews with Theresa May,
:25:40. > :25:41.Carwyn Jones and other That's in a few minutes,
:25:42. > :25:56.at 7 o'clock, here on BBC 1 Wales. There is more rain and showers on
:25:57. > :25:58.the way but some sunshine in the mix as well. And that goes for the
:25:59. > :26:05.weekend. No Sunshine in Pembrokeshire today. Wet his
:26:06. > :26:09.afternoon near Tenby. Cloudy in Rhuthun in Denbighshire. This
:26:10. > :26:13.evening, this heavy rain will clear away, dry overnight but still a few
:26:14. > :26:18.pockets of rain and showers about which may be heavy in places. A mild
:26:19. > :26:23.night, temperatures staying in double figures. Here is the picture
:26:24. > :26:27.for eight o'clock tomorrow morning. The north coast may be dry and
:26:28. > :26:31.bright. Elsewhere though it is a cloudy picture. There will be patchy
:26:32. > :26:39.rain. Misty in places. Parisi in the West. Top temperature 11 Celsius in
:26:40. > :26:44.Caernarfon. Rain will spread northwards. Some of this rain could
:26:45. > :26:48.be on the heavy side. Most of the country should dry and brighten up
:26:49. > :26:52.through the afternoon. Some hazy sunshine and quite warm. More rain
:26:53. > :26:58.for Pembrokeshire and Anglesey. Temperatures rising as high as 18
:26:59. > :27:03.Celsius. On Anglesey tomorrow, outbreaks of rain. Some of it heavy.
:27:04. > :27:07.In Monmouthshire, dry and bright in the afternoon and warm. Tomorrow
:27:08. > :27:11.evening, much of the country dried grain in the West will spread
:27:12. > :27:18.eastwards overnight. The wind picking up as well. On Friday, rain
:27:19. > :27:22.will clear. Some sunshine and it will turn fresher. As for the
:27:23. > :27:27.weekend, sunshine and April showers on Saturday. Heavy showers in
:27:28. > :27:33.places. Sunday, dry and bright with sunny spells and feeling a little
:27:34. > :27:37.warmer with lighter winds. We will have a quick update at 8pm and more
:27:38. > :27:42.after the BBC News at ten. Good evening.