25/10/2016 BBC Wales Today

Heathrow's expansion finally gets lift off.

Scotland's landed thousands of aircraft servicing jobs.

And Rowan was born male but identifies as female.

Concern tonight that transgender people are waiting too long

There are claims it'll bring thousands of jobs

and millions of pounds to the Welsh economy.

Many businesses and politicians here say a third runway

But tonight the Welsh government stands accused of supporting

the project without getting anything back in return,

unlike ministers in Scotland, who have secured guaranteed building

Here's our Business Correspondent Brian Meechan.

It is still one of the busiest airports in the world but it has

been slipping behind the competition, as they've expanded

while Heathrow is operating at its limits.

But it is about to get a lot bigger, bringing more people to the

It helps to make sure that businesses from Wales can easily get

We are looking forward to having the Western rail

link, that will mean a rail link directly from Wales into Heathrow,

making it much more convenient and much easier for students,

overseas investors, tourists, to get to Wales

According to the Independent airports commission,

Wales will benefit from the expansion of that London hub.

It estimated that 8400 jobs would be created but that's over the next 35

It could also mean ?6.2 billion in benefits to the economy.

But it can only fully bring international opportunities closer

to Wales if they can get to Heathrow easily.

We have important improvements around rail, I think we

are desperately crying out for the M4 black route

but all of that fits together in order to make Wales a

Cardiff Airport has seen a significant increase in

passenger numbers in the last 12 months.

Madrid announced today shows it continues to attract allies and

Cardiff airport has a target of increasing to 2 million

And to 3 million in the next ten years.

the expansion of Heathrow can help them deliver that grow.

I asked the chairman of Cardiff Airport if he

was worried about losing business to Heathrow.

We will never ever compete with Heathrow but we can offer the

people and passengers of Wales and enhanced service to fly

potentially from Heathrow via Cardiff to

In return for supporting the new runway

in Heathrow, ministers in Edinburgh secured a guarantee that Scottish

companies will get ?200 million worth

of building contracts from the project.

There are questions tonight about the Welsh Government's

Wales is going to gain the consequential as

We should have been asking for solid commitment and massive gains like

the Scottish Government has already done.

Welsh ministers say they are

in ongoing talks with the airport and are discussing the possibility

of securing manufacturing contracts for Welsh companies.

There will be plenty of scrutiny from Wales and

any economic benefits are by no means a done deal.

The National Farmers Union Cymru says the price of milk is up,

but profits are not being passed on to dairy farmers,

The union called for change at the Welsh Dairy Show in Carmarthen.

A message on a wreath placed by Prince Charles on the 50th

anniversary of the Aberfan disaster has been taken.

the village last week, where some of the 144 victims

of the tragedy are buried, but by Sunday his message had gone.

South Wales Police say they're investigating the incident.

There's concern tonight that transgender people are waiting up

A trans person doesn't identify with the gender

they were born with - and many are referred to a gender

The number of young people being referred to specialist

clinics have more than doubled in the last year.

Finding her feet as the person she wants to be.

17, from Penarth in the Vale of Glamorgan.

She's studying circus skills at this college in Bristol and she's happy,

I couldn't go out and make friends because they'd be trying to have

Looking back at it now, I can see that other problems

I was having like depression, anxiety, even just schoolwork,

was actually stemming from me not being able to sort of express

It's been two years since she first approached her GP to be referred

There are none in Wales, so Welsh patients are referred

Yes, in nine months, we are going to be seen

And we are two years on and we still haven't been seen

And I can't tell you how heartbreaking it is, actually.

Abergavenny GP Helen Webberley offers private healthcare

She says it's crucial to get the right treatment

A huge number of children who I see have been to their GP several times,

expressing gender variance but also expressing anxiety, depression

and are put on antidepressants, so we've got young people being put

on drugs for depression when actually the root

cause of the depression isn't being addressed.

The number of young people being referred to gender identity

clinics from Wales has risen from 17 to 40 in the last year

and the numbers are increasing year on year.

Treatments, naturally, will vary for each individual,

and in Wales a mental health assessment is done before

Last week, the Welsh Government allocated ?1 million to be

spent on gender identity and eating disorder clinics.

The leader of Anglesey Council is calling on the developers

of a proposed new nuclear power station on the island to guarantee

Horizon says a consultation on Wylfa Newydd -

which ends at midnight - will be the last one before it

Anglesey Council says its backing of the project has certain

They have got an assessment that only 45% of the operational

Obviously, I am pushing for that to be nearer 100%.

It's very important that the operational workforce comes

Football and Newport drew 2-2 against Barnet at home in League 2.

And in the National League, Dean Keates will be disappointed

after a last minute goal left Wrexham with a 2-2 draw too,

at home to Barrow in his first match in charge.

Let's see what the weather has in store - Derek's

Thanks very much. Well, we have said goodbye to the cold weather for a

while. Pembrokeshire was the warmest place in the country today. 15

Celsius there. Tonight, most places dry. Some mist and fog and not cold.

It Celsius. Tomorrow, mist and fog patches in the self and that will

slowly lift and clear. Most places dry. Plenty of cloud. One to light

showers, but no more than that. Across the rest of the UK, watch out

for fog patches in southern England, particularly along the M4. They will

slowly lift and clear. Patchy rain for Scotland. That was the

south-east into northern England during the day. Behind it,

brightening up across northern Scotland and some blustery showers.

In Wales tomorrow afternoon, not too bad. Try and bright. Some sunshine.

Cloud increasing across the North. Fairly mild. Tomorrow night, cloud

may bring one or two spots of drizzle. Dry and clear in the south.

Some mist and fog patches forming. These will slowly lift on Thursday.

Some bright and sunny intervals and dry. As we look ahead to Friday,

high-pressure over at the south of Britain. That will dominate our

weather as we look ahead to the weekend. So the outlook is mostly

dry and settled. Fairly cloudy and mild. Chilly at night where the sky

does clear and still the risk of mist and fog.

Thank you for watching from all of us on the programme goodnight.