:00:00. > :00:00.investigating the practicalities, join me on BBC Two right now and
:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to Wales Today. Our top stories:
:00:00. > :00:08.Carwyn Jones is told not to undermine Brexit,
:00:09. > :00:12.but the Prime Minister insists Wales' voice will be heard.
:00:13. > :00:14.And Wales forward Gareth Bale is on the short list
:00:15. > :00:35.for the 2016 Ballon d'Or award for the world's best player.
:00:36. > :00:37.Don't undermine Brexit negotiations -
:00:38. > :00:39.the message tonight from the Prime Minister
:00:40. > :00:42.as she met Carwyn Jones and the leaders of
:00:43. > :00:46.After Wales was promised a say in shaping the UK's exit
:00:47. > :00:48.from the European Union, the First Minister described access
:00:49. > :00:51.to the single market for Welsh businesses as a red line.
:00:52. > :01:03.Here's our Parliamentary Correspondent, David Cornock.
:01:04. > :01:07.All the main players arriving in Downing Street.
:01:08. > :01:09.A seat at the table and smiles for the camera
:01:10. > :01:12.from the First Minister and his counterparts
:01:13. > :01:15.from Scotland and Northern Ireland, ready for the first meeting
:01:16. > :01:19.of the so-called Joint Ministerial Council for two years.
:01:20. > :01:23.The stakes are high and confusing in this Brexit game of cards.
:01:24. > :01:27.but the First Minister wanted to stay.
:01:28. > :01:32.but Northern Ireland voted to remain,
:01:33. > :01:34.as did Scotland, where Nicola Sturgeon has talked
:01:35. > :01:38.of holding a second referendum on independence.
:01:39. > :01:44.Theresa May may yet hold most of the aces.
:01:45. > :01:46.The Prime Minister has offered Carwyn Jones a chance to help shape
:01:47. > :01:49.Britain's Brexit strategy, but made it clear that it will be
:01:50. > :01:54.her government that negotiates a UK wide deal.
:01:55. > :01:58.What I want is for us, in determining the UK's position,
:01:59. > :02:01.because it will be the UK that will be negotiating
:02:02. > :02:04.with the European Union our future relationship,
:02:05. > :02:08.that we take into full account and understand properly
:02:09. > :02:12.the impacts and the particular issues that are of concern
:02:13. > :02:17.and that is precisely what we discussed today.
:02:18. > :02:20.It is precisely what we are going to be discussing in detail with them
:02:21. > :02:26.Since the vote to leave the European Union,
:02:27. > :02:29.Carwyn Jones' diary has been full of visits and events
:02:30. > :02:34.He is concerned leaving the European Union could mean
:02:35. > :02:37.new barriers that make it more expensive for Welsh companies
:02:38. > :02:43.The absolute red line is I want to make sure that
:02:44. > :02:45.Welsh manufacturers have full and unfettered access
:02:46. > :02:48.That is by far the most important issue for me.
:02:49. > :02:51.And that is something that to me cannot be negotiated away.
:02:52. > :02:53.How do you get full and unfettered access without agreeing
:02:54. > :02:59.There will need to be a quid pro quo.
:03:00. > :03:01.There are different models that can be adopted, but, yes,
:03:02. > :03:05.there will be a need for compromise in order to make sure
:03:06. > :03:09.that the Welsh economy continues on its upward trend.
:03:10. > :03:14.But the UK Government said setting out red lines now is unhelpful.
:03:15. > :03:16.It is the UK Government that will ultimately make
:03:17. > :03:18.the judgment, but we all want the same thing.
:03:19. > :03:22.Let's look pragmatically, practically and professionally.
:03:23. > :03:25.We want UK business, UK manufacturing sector,
:03:26. > :03:29.UK financial services sector and other sectors to have access
:03:30. > :03:35.We want them to be able to trade as freely as possible -
:03:36. > :03:38.that will be part of our negotiations.
:03:39. > :03:42.Mrs May told the First Minister she wanted a bespoke deal for the UK
:03:43. > :03:47.and there will be more talks involving the Welsh Government
:03:48. > :03:51.before Britain triggers the formal process of leaving next March,
:03:52. > :03:54.but the Prime Minister continues to play her cards
:03:55. > :04:02.Women may be less likely to report rape in the wake of the retrial
:04:03. > :04:05.of former Wales footballer, Ched Evans.
:04:06. > :04:08.That's according to 40 female Labour MPs,
:04:09. > :04:12.who've written to the Attorney General.
:04:13. > :04:15.Mr Evans was found not guilty earlier this month.
:04:16. > :04:18.His appeal relied on evidence given by other sexual partners
:04:19. > :04:26.One of the most high profile court cases of the year -
:04:27. > :04:31.Whilst my innocence has now been established,
:04:32. > :04:34.I wish to make it clear that I wholeheartedly apologise
:04:35. > :04:37.to anyone who might have been affected by the events
:04:38. > :04:43.This retrial was ordered because of new evidence,
:04:44. > :04:46.evidence that more than 40 female Labour MPs now say could put women
:04:47. > :04:55.What we are looking for as a Labour Parliamentary
:04:56. > :04:59.women's committee is an assurance that this is not going to be
:05:00. > :05:03.a retrograde step, that we are not going to find that increasingly
:05:04. > :05:09.we are back in the past where women were put off actually coming forward
:05:10. > :05:12.when they had been raped because they didn't want to go
:05:13. > :05:15.through the trauma of being cross-examined about their previous
:05:16. > :05:21.The woman in the Ched Evans case never directly accused him of rape.
:05:22. > :05:25.She woke up in this hotel in Denbighshire, alone, naked
:05:26. > :05:28.and confused, unable to remember anything.
:05:29. > :05:32.The Crown Prosecution Service argued she was too drunk to consent.
:05:33. > :05:35.Ched Evans was asked about what happened here,
:05:36. > :05:38.about his sexual past with other women.
:05:39. > :05:41.The sexual past of alleged victims, though, cannot normally be
:05:42. > :05:45.it is a rule designed to stop humiliation -
:05:46. > :05:52.Two previous sexual partners came forward with more detail
:05:53. > :05:56.about what happened between them and the same woman.
:05:57. > :05:59.Both men said she used very specific phrases and acted in a very
:06:00. > :06:03.specific way with them, once waking up having
:06:04. > :06:05.not remembered what had happened the night before,
:06:06. > :06:11.Now, that evidence was so similar to the account given by Ched Evans
:06:12. > :06:15.that judges ruled it was in the interests of a fair trial to put
:06:16. > :06:17.all the evidence in front of a jury here at
:06:18. > :06:22.This feminist campaigner set up a fund for the woman
:06:23. > :06:26.She spoke anonymously this morning on the Victoria Derbyshire programme
:06:27. > :06:29.because of threats made to her online.
:06:30. > :06:32.Because of the way it has been amplified in the media,
:06:33. > :06:35.it is going to mean another sharp drop in reporting.
:06:36. > :06:37.Women will be afraid of having their sexual history
:06:38. > :06:40.paraded before a courtroom and in this case,
:06:41. > :06:49.Others say this case has not set a precedent.
:06:50. > :06:53.Judges, in my experience, are very, very restrictive in the way
:06:54. > :07:01.We should encourage people and not put up barriers and hurdles
:07:02. > :07:06.that in practical terms is not there.
:07:07. > :07:08.Mr Evans says everyone involved in the case now has
:07:09. > :07:12.He has disassociated himself from those who have named and abused
:07:13. > :07:22.Dutch authorities have abandoned an attempt to extradite the former
:07:23. > :07:27.The Eggheads star, from Caldicot in Monmouthshire,
:07:28. > :07:30.was detained under a European arrest warrant last month
:07:31. > :07:33.after describing an incident in his autobiography
:07:34. > :07:36.in which he claims he may have killed a man who attacked him
:07:37. > :07:44.Construction will begin on a new neonatal intensive care
:07:45. > :07:47.centre at Glan Clwyd hospital in Bodelwyddan next month,
:07:48. > :07:52.after the Welsh Government invested an extra ?16 million.
:07:53. > :07:54.It will centralise care for very sick and premature
:07:55. > :07:59.It follows protests against plans to downgrade
:08:00. > :08:07.The man in charge of Britain's rail network has told BBC Wales he cannot
:08:08. > :08:09.guarantee the South Wales Mainline will be electrified
:08:10. > :08:16.Sir Peter Hendy, the Chairman of Network Rail, says
:08:17. > :08:20.there is an ambition to complete the work by 2024,
:08:21. > :08:24.but that it was up to the Welsh and UK Government to make a decision
:08:25. > :08:30.It certainly won't be done this side of March 2019,
:08:31. > :08:33.which is when the five-year funding period for the railway
:08:34. > :08:37.Beyond that, it is a matter for the Welsh Government,
:08:38. > :08:42.But the trains will be there, and people's experience will be
:08:43. > :08:44.transformed by those trains, whether the wires are up
:08:45. > :08:50.The Welsh Government says any delay to the electrification
:08:51. > :08:52.is unacceptable, and that the responsibility for funding
:08:53. > :08:57.The UK Government's Department for Transport says ensuring
:08:58. > :09:00.passengers get the improved services they need
:09:01. > :09:07.A former Welsh Parliamentary candidate for Ukip has announced
:09:08. > :09:10.that he wants to stand for the party's leadership.
:09:11. > :09:14.John Rees-Evans is the eighth person to announce
:09:15. > :09:20.Mr Rees-Evans stood as a candidate for Cardiff South and Penarth
:09:21. > :09:26.The other leaders are all offering pretty much the same thing.
:09:27. > :09:30.So, if the membership of Ukip want to see Ukip democratised
:09:31. > :09:34.and they want to see power shifted to the membership, they want to see
:09:35. > :09:37.a reason to invite their friends and family to join Ukip,
:09:38. > :09:40.they want to see us grow, they want to see us equipped
:09:41. > :09:42.to take on the enemy, then I believe
:09:43. > :09:46.Gareth Bale has been named on the short list
:09:47. > :09:48.for the World Footballer of the Year Award,
:09:49. > :09:53.It's the most prestigious prize in football and follows his
:09:54. > :10:09...that Wales' best player finds himself nominated
:10:10. > :10:13.for the Ballon d'Or, an award to celebrate the world's best.
:10:14. > :10:16.Gareth Bale has been nominated before, but he's had
:10:17. > :10:19.another outstanding year, on top of his game,
:10:20. > :10:22.his performances helping Wales to the semifinals of the Euros
:10:23. > :10:26.and his success at Real Madrid, where he won a second
:10:27. > :10:28.Champions League title in three years, meant his place
:10:29. > :10:35.Getting on the list is one thing, but winning it is quite another.
:10:36. > :10:38.It's been dominated over the last few years by Gareth Bale's
:10:39. > :10:41.team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo and Barcelona's Lionel Messi,
:10:42. > :10:45.who won the award last year for a record fifth time.
:10:46. > :10:48.In fact, the last time anyone other than Messi or Ronaldo
:10:49. > :10:55.No Welsh player has ever won the big prize, but back in 1959,
:10:56. > :11:02.The award then was for best player in Europe, and John Charles,
:11:03. > :11:05.the gentle giant, was playing for Juventus, where he would go on
:11:06. > :11:09.to score 108 goals during his five seasons with them.
:11:10. > :11:13.This year's list will also be cut to a top three before the winner
:11:14. > :11:17.will be announced at an awards ceremony in January.
:11:18. > :11:19.There is no doubt it has been another stellar season
:11:20. > :11:22.for Gareth Bale, but the competition against the best in the world
:11:23. > :11:28.Let's see what the weather has in store -
:11:29. > :11:39.Pretty chilly out and about but by the middle of the week, the weather
:11:40. > :11:43.turns much milder. Tomorrow some mist and fog first thing, there
:11:44. > :11:48.could be poor visibility, but also some brightness as well. Tonight,
:11:49. > :11:52.still some rain across the South East, otherwise a lot of dry
:11:53. > :11:58.weather. Clearer skies further North, temperatures down to around
:11:59. > :12:03.four Celsius. Light winds, temperatures eight to ten. Tomorrow,
:12:04. > :12:08.still dragging in easterly winds, so another largely dry day, but still
:12:09. > :12:14.feeling chilly out and about. First thing, we have some lower-level
:12:15. > :12:20.click, mist and fog. -- cloud. The best of the subject further North in
:12:21. > :12:25.Anglesey across to enjoyed some fine autumn sunshine. For the rest of the
:12:26. > :12:28.UK, a few showers running across the South. The best of the sunshine
:12:29. > :12:33.across the central part of Scotland and Northern Ireland. Quite blustery
:12:34. > :12:39.for West Scotland. But temperatures ranging between ten and 15. In Wales
:12:40. > :12:44.tomorrow afternoon, dry weather, but the cloud will start to increase
:12:45. > :12:49.further North. Temperatures 11 to 14. Still feeling chilly tomorrow.
:12:50. > :12:53.Some mist and fog as we head into tomorrow night. Low-level cloud
:12:54. > :12:59.tomorrow night, but still largely dry, the odd isolated coastal shark.
:13:00. > :13:05.But temperatures not as chilly, ranging between eight and about 11.
:13:06. > :13:09.Starting to get that mild air on Wednesday so we can look forward to
:13:10. > :13:13.temperatures creeping up to 15 or 16. Not too bad for the end of
:13:14. > :13:18.October. Some sunny spells to look forward to, a few showers, and as we
:13:19. > :13:20.head into Thursday, a case of blustery conditions but some sunny
:13:21. > :13:20.spells. That's Wales Today.
:13:21. > :13:22.Thank you for watching. From all of us on
:13:23. > :13:27.the programme, goodnight.