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Hello. Our top stories: | 0:00:03 | 0:00:04 | |
We're recycling more than ever - | 0:00:04 | 0:00:05 | |
well on the way to hitting ambitious targets. | 0:00:05 | 0:00:09 | |
But why is one area still falling behind and dumping too much waste? | 0:00:09 | 0:00:13 | |
And Hal Robson-Kanu - picked for Wales' first | 0:00:13 | 0:00:16 | |
World Cup Qualifier against Moldova, despite not having a club. | 0:00:16 | 0:00:22 | |
Good evening. | 0:00:36 | 0:00:37 | |
The amount of rubbish we recycle is at its highest-ever level. | 0:00:37 | 0:00:39 | |
We recycle 60% of our waste, with nearly every local authority | 0:00:39 | 0:00:44 | |
here recording an increase. | 0:00:44 | 0:00:45 | |
But in Blaenau Gwent, there was a drop for | 0:00:45 | 0:00:47 | |
the second year running. | 0:00:47 | 0:00:49 | |
The targets are part of an ambitious plan to recycle all rubbish by 2050, | 0:00:49 | 0:00:54 | |
and ensure less gets dumped. | 0:00:54 | 0:00:56 | |
Paul Heaney reports. | 0:00:56 | 0:00:58 | |
Council workers on a mission. | 0:01:00 | 0:01:01 | |
Hello, good morning. | 0:01:01 | 0:01:03 | |
Too many people in Caerphilly were throwing all their | 0:01:03 | 0:01:05 | |
rubbish into one bin. | 0:01:05 | 0:01:07 | |
Only 40% separated their food out for recycling. | 0:01:07 | 0:01:11 | |
What we are trying to achieve here is we are trying to take out | 0:01:11 | 0:01:15 | |
7,000 tonnes of food waste. | 0:01:15 | 0:01:18 | |
The county has improved its recycling rate, | 0:01:18 | 0:01:19 | |
but to improve further, it is knocking on 74,000 doors. | 0:01:19 | 0:01:24 | |
The message - to put leftover food into a plastic caddy like this, | 0:01:24 | 0:01:28 | |
and it will be processed, turned into electricity, rather | 0:01:28 | 0:01:31 | |
than simply buried in the ground. | 0:01:31 | 0:01:33 | |
Stickers, leaflets and chats on the doorstep, all to let people | 0:01:33 | 0:01:37 | |
know just what can be put in the food recycling. | 0:01:37 | 0:01:41 | |
Overall, the recycling rate has increased from 56% last year | 0:01:41 | 0:01:45 | |
to 60% in the year to March 2016. | 0:01:45 | 0:01:48 | |
The figures include anything that does not go to landfill - | 0:01:48 | 0:01:51 | |
bottles, plastic, food waste and even recycled furniture. | 0:01:51 | 0:01:55 | |
Ceredigion has the highest recycle rate in Wales at 60%, | 0:01:55 | 0:01:59 | |
but Blaenau Gwent's rate has fallen for a second year and is now 49%. | 0:01:59 | 0:02:08 | |
-- 68% in Ceredigion. | 0:02:08 | 0:02:13 | |
Blaneau Gwent's is the worst in Wales by some distance. | 0:02:13 | 0:02:15 | |
This is what some people blame - large plastic boxes replacing | 0:02:15 | 0:02:18 | |
the old recycling system in Blaenau Gwent. | 0:02:18 | 0:02:20 | |
One local campaigner says, for those on small terraces | 0:02:20 | 0:02:22 | |
or with steep steps on the sides of the valleys, it is acting | 0:02:22 | 0:02:25 | |
as a disincentive to recycle. | 0:02:25 | 0:02:26 | |
The boxes are too small for families. | 0:02:26 | 0:02:28 | |
They did not try it first. | 0:02:28 | 0:02:29 | |
They did not put it into certain areas in Blaenau Gwent and see | 0:02:29 | 0:02:32 | |
where it worked. | 0:02:32 | 0:02:33 | |
The council are saying, look, this is just a transitional thing. | 0:02:33 | 0:02:36 | |
Give it a few months and you will see that the recycling | 0:02:36 | 0:02:39 | |
rate will go up as people start to get used to this new system. | 0:02:39 | 0:02:42 | |
Well, give us three bags - three different-coloured bags | 0:02:42 | 0:02:44 | |
for cardboard, tins and glass. | 0:02:44 | 0:02:46 | |
It would have been easier. | 0:02:46 | 0:02:47 | |
The Welsh Government says it will decide whether to fine councils | 0:02:47 | 0:02:49 | |
which have missed this year's recycling target when today's | 0:02:49 | 0:02:52 | |
provisional figures are finalised in the autumn. | 0:02:52 | 0:02:53 | |
The First Minister, Carwyn Jones, is said to be "extremely angry" | 0:02:54 | 0:02:57 | |
about claims Jeremy Corbyn supporters are briefing | 0:02:57 | 0:02:58 | |
against Welsh Labour staff. | 0:02:58 | 0:03:01 | |
It's been suggested two employees may lose their jobs if Mr Corbyn | 0:03:01 | 0:03:04 | |
is re-elected because they haven't been supportive enough of him. | 0:03:04 | 0:03:09 | |
The status of Welsh Labour staff is a matter for the Welsh Labour | 0:03:10 | 0:03:13 | |
leader, not for people in London. | 0:03:13 | 0:03:17 | |
The Welsh Labour team has delivered two Welsh Assembly election | 0:03:17 | 0:03:22 | |
victories for Carwyn and he will be, I am sure, curious about | 0:03:22 | 0:03:26 | |
what is being said there. | 0:03:26 | 0:03:32 | |
-- he will be furious. | 0:03:32 | 0:03:33 | |
I think this is absolute nonsense, the idea that there is | 0:03:33 | 0:03:36 | |
some kind of hit list. | 0:03:36 | 0:03:37 | |
Unfortunately, a lot of this leadership contest has been | 0:03:37 | 0:03:39 | |
characterised by attempts on the part of Jeremy's opponents | 0:03:39 | 0:03:41 | |
to suggest that there is an atmosphere of intolerance | 0:03:41 | 0:03:43 | |
and intimidation in the campaign as a result of him | 0:03:43 | 0:03:46 | |
and his supporters. | 0:03:46 | 0:03:47 | |
I do not think that is true at all. | 0:03:47 | 0:03:49 | |
I think anyone that knows anything about Jeremy or has spent any time | 0:03:49 | 0:03:52 | |
with him knows that he hasn't got a vindictive bone in his body. | 0:03:52 | 0:03:55 | |
Staying with Labour - a former watchdog on standards | 0:03:55 | 0:03:57 | |
in public life has claimed the former Economy Minister had | 0:03:57 | 0:04:00 | |
a potential conflict of interest when she approved over ?3 million | 0:04:00 | 0:04:02 | |
of support for a Swansea firm which later went bust. | 0:04:02 | 0:04:05 | |
In 2013 and 14, Edwina Hart decided to support Kancoat, | 0:04:05 | 0:04:07 | |
despite being told it had a "weak" business plan. | 0:04:07 | 0:04:12 | |
Sir Alistair Graham said possible job opportunities | 0:04:12 | 0:04:17 | |
for her constituents meant there was a potential conflict. | 0:04:17 | 0:04:21 | |
The Welsh Government said the support | 0:04:21 | 0:04:23 | |
was "consistent with the Ministerial Code". | 0:04:23 | 0:04:26 | |
Paul Martin reports. | 0:04:26 | 0:04:28 | |
American metal giant Alcoa was a big employer in Swansea for years, | 0:04:29 | 0:04:33 | |
but the company left a decade ago with hundreds of jobs lost. | 0:04:33 | 0:04:38 | |
In 2012, Kancoat tried to revive the production line at Waunarlwydd, | 0:04:38 | 0:04:42 | |
and received more than ?3 million from the Welsh Government in grants | 0:04:42 | 0:04:46 | |
and loans, but it struggled and went bust in 2014. | 0:04:46 | 0:04:51 | |
Last month, a report by the Wales Audit Office found that | 0:04:51 | 0:04:54 | |
Kancoat had previously been turned down by the Welsh Government's | 0:04:54 | 0:04:58 | |
investment bank, Finance Wales, who deemed it too risky. | 0:04:58 | 0:05:03 | |
And the report also said the Welsh Government had continued | 0:05:03 | 0:05:05 | |
to put money into Kancoat despite its own review | 0:05:05 | 0:05:09 | |
describing the business plan as weak and inconsistent. | 0:05:09 | 0:05:13 | |
We now know that decisions to back the firm were taken directly | 0:05:13 | 0:05:17 | |
by the then Economy Minister Edwina Hart. | 0:05:17 | 0:05:21 | |
If Kancoat had been based here in Edwina Hart's Gower constituency, | 0:05:21 | 0:05:25 | |
she would not have been the person to take the decision to back it | 0:05:25 | 0:05:29 | |
because the Government's code of conduct warns against conflicts | 0:05:29 | 0:05:33 | |
between constituency matters and ministerial decisions. | 0:05:33 | 0:05:37 | |
But Kancoat was actually based a short journey away | 0:05:37 | 0:05:41 | |
in the neighbouring Swansea West constituency. | 0:05:41 | 0:05:45 | |
It's around half a mile as the crow flies | 0:05:45 | 0:05:47 | |
or about five minutes in the car. | 0:05:47 | 0:05:49 | |
A former public standards watchdog has told BBC Wales that that close | 0:05:49 | 0:05:54 | |
proximity meant Gower constituents could have benefited | 0:05:54 | 0:05:58 | |
from the investment so there was a potential | 0:05:58 | 0:06:00 | |
conflict of interest. | 0:06:00 | 0:06:02 | |
It's important that ministers can stand above any decision, | 0:06:02 | 0:06:08 | |
and not be conflicted by possibly having a political interest | 0:06:08 | 0:06:14 | |
as an Assembly Member, plus the fact in these circumstances, | 0:06:14 | 0:06:19 | |
as I understand it, the Minister concerned had very strong | 0:06:19 | 0:06:23 | |
advice from civil servants that the application | 0:06:23 | 0:06:26 | |
for public investment was not a strong one at all. | 0:06:26 | 0:06:30 | |
We certainly need to find out, bearing in mind it's | 0:06:30 | 0:06:33 | |
such a borderline case, whether she spoke to | 0:06:33 | 0:06:35 | |
the First Minister about this. | 0:06:35 | 0:06:37 | |
If she had exercised good judgment on that, she certainly | 0:06:37 | 0:06:40 | |
would have done that, and the Welsh Conservatives | 0:06:40 | 0:06:41 | |
are trying to find that out at the moment. | 0:06:41 | 0:06:44 | |
The Welsh Government said this evening it would not be adding | 0:06:44 | 0:06:46 | |
to its earlier statement, where it said Kancoat was not | 0:06:46 | 0:06:49 | |
in the former Economy Minister's constituency and the decision | 0:06:49 | 0:06:52 | |
she took was consistent with the Ministerial Code. | 0:06:52 | 0:06:56 | |
We approached Edwina Hart for comment but she didn't respond. | 0:06:56 | 0:07:00 | |
And tonight it's been confirmed that another company, | 0:07:01 | 0:07:03 | |
which had been given more than ?1.4 million by | 0:07:03 | 0:07:05 | |
the Welsh Government, has gone into administration. | 0:07:05 | 0:07:08 | |
Around 50 people have lost jobs at OysterWorld, | 0:07:08 | 0:07:11 | |
a computer games company based in Treforest, which had debts | 0:07:11 | 0:07:14 | |
of more than ?2 million. | 0:07:14 | 0:07:16 | |
The Welsh Government says figures show the survival rates | 0:07:16 | 0:07:19 | |
of the companies it supports are above the UK average. | 0:07:19 | 0:07:25 | |
Machynlleth Town Councillors have tonight apologised for collecting | 0:07:25 | 0:07:27 | |
money following the murder of April Jones, after a report found | 0:07:27 | 0:07:30 | |
that it was outside its powers. | 0:07:30 | 0:07:34 | |
The council collected more than ?70,000 before handing | 0:07:34 | 0:07:37 | |
it to local causes. | 0:07:37 | 0:07:38 | |
But the auditor, BDO, said the money offered by the public | 0:07:38 | 0:07:42 | |
should have been refused. | 0:07:42 | 0:07:45 | |
Two people have been taken to hospital after a car crashed | 0:07:45 | 0:07:48 | |
into a block of retirement flats in Swansea. | 0:07:48 | 0:07:51 | |
Emergency services were called to Stewart Hall | 0:07:51 | 0:07:53 | |
on Gower Road around lunchtime. | 0:07:53 | 0:07:55 | |
The driver and one of the residents were taken to Morriston Hospital. | 0:07:55 | 0:07:59 | |
A number of residents have been evacuated, due to the damage | 0:07:59 | 0:08:02 | |
caused to the building. | 0:08:02 | 0:08:05 | |
I heard this loud bang - two bangs. | 0:08:05 | 0:08:07 | |
It was like an explosion. | 0:08:07 | 0:08:08 | |
It was shocking. | 0:08:08 | 0:08:11 | |
It took me five seconds to realise something had happened. | 0:08:11 | 0:08:13 | |
I went outside and saw the wall had been smashed in. | 0:08:13 | 0:08:19 | |
The lady next door could not get out of her flat | 0:08:19 | 0:08:22 | |
because the impact had jammed the door tight shut. | 0:08:22 | 0:08:27 | |
Football, and Wales manager Chris Coleman says he's | 0:08:28 | 0:08:31 | |
fully focused on the job, having been approached | 0:08:31 | 0:08:34 | |
by Premier League side - Hull. | 0:08:34 | 0:08:36 | |
Coleman named his squad for the first World Cup Qualifier | 0:08:36 | 0:08:39 | |
against Moldova today. | 0:08:39 | 0:08:41 | |
As expected, Aaron Ramsey's out through injury. | 0:08:41 | 0:08:43 | |
Cardiff City's Emyr Huws is included. | 0:08:43 | 0:08:46 | |
Here's Kate Morgan. | 0:08:46 | 0:08:48 | |
It was good while it lasted, but now the boss has called time | 0:08:50 | 0:08:53 | |
on Wales' Euro 2016 party. | 0:08:53 | 0:08:56 | |
The Euros was great - it was absolutely fantastic. | 0:08:56 | 0:08:58 | |
But it's gone. It's behind us. | 0:08:58 | 0:09:01 | |
It's finished. | 0:09:01 | 0:09:02 | |
As much as I am the same as everybody else, very proud | 0:09:02 | 0:09:07 | |
of Wales and what we achieved, but that is behind us now. | 0:09:07 | 0:09:10 | |
It's what's next. | 0:09:10 | 0:09:11 | |
And this next game, the first game of the campaign - huge. | 0:09:11 | 0:09:16 | |
Aaron Ramsey with a dink! | 0:09:16 | 0:09:20 | |
After a successful summer, there are not many | 0:09:20 | 0:09:22 | |
surprises in the squad. | 0:09:22 | 0:09:23 | |
The almost irrepressible Aaron Ramsey, Chris Coleman's words, | 0:09:23 | 0:09:27 | |
is out with a hamstring problem. | 0:09:27 | 0:09:35 | |
So too is Jonny Williams. | 0:09:35 | 0:09:37 | |
He could be sidelined with an ankle injury for two months. | 0:09:37 | 0:09:40 | |
And Nottingham Forest's David Vaughan is absent | 0:09:40 | 0:09:42 | |
after announcing his retirement from international football. | 0:09:42 | 0:09:43 | |
After just missing out on a seat on the plane to France, Emyr Huws | 0:09:43 | 0:09:47 | |
gets a chance to prove his worth, as do Leicester City's Tom Lawrence | 0:09:47 | 0:09:50 | |
and Newcastle's Paul Dummett. | 0:09:50 | 0:09:51 | |
It's another chance to impress for Hal Robson-Kanu too - | 0:09:51 | 0:09:53 | |
he is still without a club. | 0:09:53 | 0:09:55 | |
The boss would like to see him settled as soon as possible. | 0:09:55 | 0:09:59 | |
What a goal from Hal Robson-Kanu! | 0:09:59 | 0:10:03 | |
Coleman remains settled himself, having signed a new two-year | 0:10:03 | 0:10:06 | |
contract ahead of the Euros. | 0:10:06 | 0:10:08 | |
He said he is committed after Hull City's approach failed. | 0:10:08 | 0:10:12 | |
I am not going to tell a lie, somebody comes and it's | 0:10:12 | 0:10:15 | |
the Premier League, anybody, you look at it sideways, | 0:10:15 | 0:10:19 | |
of course you do, but I am the manager of my country, | 0:10:19 | 0:10:24 | |
I have always said that comes around once if you are lucky, | 0:10:24 | 0:10:27 | |
so when you are doing it, give your best. | 0:10:27 | 0:10:30 | |
The same headquarters, the same manager, but don't be fooled - | 0:10:30 | 0:10:33 | |
things have changed after a successful summer in France. | 0:10:33 | 0:10:36 | |
Chris Coleman said today, at the start of the last qualifying | 0:10:36 | 0:10:39 | |
campaign he was two bad games away from being axed. | 0:10:39 | 0:10:42 | |
Now Wales are the team to beat, expectations are high. | 0:10:42 | 0:10:47 | |
Wales will have to see if they can cope with the pressure in front | 0:10:47 | 0:10:50 | |
of a keen home crowd against Moldova on September 5, | 0:10:50 | 0:10:52 | |
at the very start of what could be a long road to Russia. | 0:10:52 | 0:10:56 | |
Striker Simon Church, who was included in the squad, | 0:10:57 | 0:10:59 | |
will play club football at Dutch side Roda JC. | 0:10:59 | 0:11:03 | |
The 27-year-old left MK Dons for an unspecified fee. | 0:11:03 | 0:11:08 | |
Cricket, and Glamorgan ended day two of their County Championship match | 0:11:08 | 0:11:11 | |
against Sussex on 50-1, 19 runs ahead, | 0:11:11 | 0:11:14 | |
at the Swalec Stadium. | 0:11:14 | 0:11:17 | |
Let's get the weather forecast now. | 0:11:18 | 0:11:19 | |
Here's Derek. | 0:11:19 | 0:11:21 | |
Hello. Noswaith dda. | 0:11:21 | 0:11:22 | |
Good evening. | 0:11:22 | 0:11:23 | |
It's been cooler today. | 0:11:23 | 0:11:24 | |
Cloudy for some of us, too. | 0:11:24 | 0:11:26 | |
Tomorrow will be muggy again and there is a risk | 0:11:26 | 0:11:28 | |
of a few heavy showers. | 0:11:28 | 0:11:29 | |
Now, tonight we could see some rain for a time in the south-east. | 0:11:29 | 0:11:32 | |
Elsewhere, dry, and a muggy night in the south, and a bit cooler | 0:11:32 | 0:11:35 | |
and fresher in the north and west. | 0:11:35 | 0:11:40 | |
Tomorrow morning, much of the country will be dry | 0:11:40 | 0:11:42 | |
with plenty of cloud. | 0:11:42 | 0:11:43 | |
Bright in parts of the west and north-west. | 0:11:43 | 0:11:46 | |
Maybe one or two showers breaking out in the North. | 0:11:46 | 0:11:48 | |
Now, across the rest of the UK, a weather front lying through | 0:11:48 | 0:11:52 | |
England and Wales will trigger some rain | 0:11:52 | 0:11:54 | |
and a few thundery showers, which will spread | 0:11:54 | 0:11:57 | |
north-eastwards during the day. | 0:11:57 | 0:11:59 | |
It should brighten up in south-east England in the afternoon | 0:11:59 | 0:12:02 | |
with some sunshine. | 0:12:02 | 0:12:03 | |
Most of Scotland and Northern Ireland dry tomorrow. | 0:12:03 | 0:12:06 | |
Some sunshine and the odd shower in the west. | 0:12:06 | 0:12:08 | |
Not as hot as today in London but still very warm. | 0:12:08 | 0:12:11 | |
A fresh 18 Celsius in Glasgow. | 0:12:11 | 0:12:14 | |
Closer to home, there will be a few showers dotted | 0:12:14 | 0:12:16 | |
around tomorrow afternoon. | 0:12:16 | 0:12:18 | |
They could be heavy and thundery in places. | 0:12:18 | 0:12:21 | |
Having said that, some parts will stay dry, | 0:12:21 | 0:12:23 | |
especially in the west. | 0:12:23 | 0:12:25 | |
Feeling humid tomorrow, with light winds, at 18-22 Celsius. | 0:12:25 | 0:12:27 | |
Tomorrow evening, any showers will clear away, | 0:12:27 | 0:12:28 | |
leaving a dry night. | 0:12:28 | 0:12:34 | |
The sky will be clearer and there will be a cooler, fresher night. | 0:12:34 | 0:12:37 | |
That takes us into Friday. | 0:12:37 | 0:12:39 | |
It's going to be a nice day. | 0:12:39 | 0:12:41 | |
A few clouds but dry with some lovely sunshine, | 0:12:41 | 0:12:43 | |
feeling pleasantly warm as well, with some light | 0:12:43 | 0:12:45 | |
winds and sea breezes. | 0:12:45 | 0:12:47 | |
What about the bank holiday weekend? | 0:12:47 | 0:12:49 | |
Well, it's rarely straightforward. | 0:12:49 | 0:12:51 | |
Saturday will start dry and bright in the north and west, | 0:12:51 | 0:12:55 | |
but it looks like rain will spread northwards during the day. | 0:12:55 | 0:12:58 | |
Some of that rain could be heavy. | 0:12:58 | 0:13:00 | |
The rain will clear, leaving Sunday with a mixture | 0:13:00 | 0:13:03 | |
of bright spells and showers. | 0:13:03 | 0:13:05 | |
Some of those showers will be heavy and thundery. | 0:13:05 | 0:13:08 | |
So, not great this bank holiday weekend, but not a wash-out either. | 0:13:08 | 0:13:12 | |
See you soon. | 0:13:12 | 0:13:14 | |
We're back in Breakfast from 6:25am. | 0:13:14 | 0:13:17 | |
That's Wales Today. | 0:13:17 | 0:13:21 | |
From all of us here, goodnight. | 0:13:21 | 0:13:25 |