11/08/2016

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:00:16. > :00:19.Building work on a third bridge connecting Anglesey

:00:20. > :00:23.with the mainland, could start by 2021 if plans to ease traffic

:00:24. > :00:28.The Welsh Government says experts will start looking at routes

:00:29. > :00:37.There are currently two ways to get onto and off Anglesey by car

:00:38. > :00:40.but within a few years there could be another.

:00:41. > :00:43.The A55, which was extended across the island has helped improve

:00:44. > :00:47.journey times but bottlenecks at the Menai and Britannia bridges

:00:48. > :00:52.Those who've spent years campaigning for a new one say it's long overdue.

:00:53. > :00:55.There are delays to the mainland in the morning and from mainland

:00:56. > :01:02.If something seriously goes wrong then it does affect

:01:03. > :01:07.Businesses like Halen Mon, a sea salt company, think the whole

:01:08. > :01:11.island would benefit from a new bridge.

:01:12. > :01:14.At the moment, some people don't think we have any bridges at all.

:01:15. > :01:17.They think we have boats that cross very infrequently, so, you know,

:01:18. > :01:20.if we have a third bridge it will raise the profile of Anglesey.

:01:21. > :01:23.There are those who argue that congestion is only at its worst

:01:24. > :01:27.Meanwhile, some others including businesses think road

:01:28. > :01:30.improvements are vastly overdue but with the Menai and Britannia

:01:31. > :01:34.Crossings already in place, would a third be a bridge too far?

:01:35. > :01:37.Although the island's MP welcomes the progress,

:01:38. > :01:40.he wants all options to be considered.

:01:41. > :01:42.We need to look properly at this, have proper traffic flows

:01:43. > :01:45.and reports, not just for those pinch points but for

:01:46. > :01:50.Let's consult on all the options, that is what I'm saying,

:01:51. > :01:53.we need to improve rail links, other links as well.

:01:54. > :01:55.There were split opinions among motorists in this

:01:56. > :02:00.When I'm shopping there's always a lot of traffic going over

:02:01. > :02:04.the Britannia Bridge so I think it'd be a good idea.

:02:05. > :02:07.I don't think it's bad in comparison to other places.

:02:08. > :02:14.There are critical periods but it flows.

:02:15. > :02:16.The Welsh government says it will explore ways of funding

:02:17. > :02:19.the crossing and hire consultants to select the best location

:02:20. > :02:27.A man has been jailed for eight years for killing an ex-girlfriend

:02:28. > :02:33.51-year-old Andrea Lewis was killed in what the court heard

:02:34. > :02:37.was a violent and protracted attack in January this year.

:02:38. > :02:40.Rhys Hobbs pleaded guilty to manslaughter at Swansea Crown

:02:41. > :02:46.A 19-year-old man from Llanelli has been charged in connection

:02:47. > :02:50.with international computer crimes, blackmail and money laundering.

:02:51. > :02:54.Daniel Mark Kelley has also been charged in connection with an attack

:02:55. > :02:56.on a college computer system, which affected coursework

:02:57. > :03:01.submissions and exam administration at Coleg Sir Gar.

:03:02. > :03:07.He is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court next month.

:03:08. > :03:09.A protestor from Blaenau Gwent has been jailed for ten months

:03:10. > :03:12.for taking part in clashes between far right and anti-racist

:03:13. > :03:19.Police say Lee Finn, from Blaina, travelled to Kent in January to take

:03:20. > :03:22.part in the protest and was caught on camera throwing objects

:03:23. > :03:27.More than 20 people have been sentenced for taking

:03:28. > :03:35.Victoria Thornley from Wrexham has become the first ever Welsh woman

:03:36. > :03:38.to win a rowing medal at the Olympic Games.

:03:39. > :03:41.She took Silver with her partner Katherine Grainger

:03:42. > :03:45.The pair missed out on gold by just half a length

:03:46. > :03:51.After the race Thornley said she'd dreamt of winning an Olympic medal

:03:52. > :03:57.I think it will sink in soon but, amazing.

:03:58. > :04:00.I think we did everything we could in that race and in quite

:04:01. > :04:05.difficult conditions I think we did what we set out to do.

:04:06. > :04:06.Elsewhere in Rio, the Scarlet's James Davies,

:04:07. > :04:09.brother of Wales centre, Jonathan Davies and Sam

:04:10. > :04:12.Cross from Abergavenny, are through to play for the first

:04:13. > :04:15.ever men's gold medal in the rugby sevens.

:04:16. > :04:19.Great Britain will play Fiji, after edging past South Africa 7-5

:04:20. > :04:25.South Africa led 5-0 at the break but Team GB scored a try

:04:26. > :04:34.They'll play Fiji in the final at 11pm tonight.

:04:35. > :04:37.Judo, and Wales' Natalie Powell has been knocked out of the Women's

:04:38. > :04:42.She had been in with a chance of a bronze medal, but will now

:04:43. > :04:44.head home empty handed, after being beaten by

:04:45. > :05:05.Cyclist Elinor Barker helped Great Britain's women's pursuit team set a

:05:06. > :05:10.new world record. The quartet clocked a firm and its .13 seconds

:05:11. > :05:13.in their qualification round. Cricket and Glamorgan are all out

:05:14. > :05:15.90-13, which means they're Yorkshire beat them in the quarter

:05:16. > :05:19.final at St Helen's to go through to Finals Day later

:05:20. > :05:21.in the month. For Glamorgan, the long wait

:05:22. > :05:41.continues to return there, Cardiff city have just lost 1- nil

:05:42. > :05:47.to Bristol roaders in the first round of the E F Al Kut. Stuart

:05:48. > :05:54.O'Keefe went off injured which most Cardiff to finish the game with ten

:05:55. > :05:57.men having made all three substitutions.

:05:58. > :05:59.Let's see what the weather has in store - Derek's

:06:00. > :06:11.It doesn't feel much like summer at the moment but at the start of next

:06:12. > :06:17.week it'll be different story. Like today and mostly dry. At the moment

:06:18. > :06:22.we have some drivel on the hills, otherwise a dry night. The wind

:06:23. > :06:28.easing and the claret clearing after midnight. Fairly mild and those of

:06:29. > :06:33.16 Celsius. There is a chance of seeing a meteor shower around 200

:06:34. > :06:40.shooting stars an hour. Tomorrow morning, fine with plenty of

:06:41. > :06:44.sunshine. A nice start to the day but later in the morning cloud will

:06:45. > :06:50.spread from the West and that may produce some light shallows but most

:06:51. > :06:54.places drive. In the rest of the UK windy in the north tomorrow, heavy

:06:55. > :06:57.rainfall for the West and north-west of Scotland. That will spread

:06:58. > :07:02.further south across Northern Ireland. Ahead of that most places

:07:03. > :07:09.fine and dry. The best of the sunshine in the South East. 25 or 26

:07:10. > :07:18.in London. The bad light shower in the West. Photos tomorrow afternoon

:07:19. > :07:23.a mix of cloud and sunny spells. You may catch a light shower but many

:07:24. > :07:30.places remaining dry. Tomorrow night a cold front will move south east.

:07:31. > :07:36.That will bring the River for it. For Saturday a dull and damp start

:07:37. > :07:42.in the South but this will clear away the coming dry and bright, some

:07:43. > :07:49.sunshine and the odd light shower in the north. A mix of cloud and sunny

:07:50. > :07:51.spells. Monday looks like a lovely day. Learn what with plenty of

:07:52. > :07:56.sunshine and even hotter on Tuesday. Thank you for watching from all

:07:57. > :08:01.of us on the programme, good night.