:00:00. > :00:00.earlier this evening. There will be more on that and any
:00:00. > :00:12.Our top stories: Zoe Morgan and Lee Simmons, the young couple
:00:13. > :00:16.stabbed to death on one of Wales' busiest streets.
:00:17. > :00:20.Andrew Saunders pleads guilty to murder.
:00:21. > :00:22.And Plaid Cymru's former leader, Dafydd Elis-Thomas, says he'll
:00:23. > :00:25.support the Labour Welsh Government this term, giving them
:00:26. > :00:43.A 20 year old man has admitted murdering a young couple found
:00:44. > :00:50.stabbed on one of Wales' busiest shopping streets.
:00:51. > :00:52.Zoe Morgan and Lee Simmons - who'd been together
:00:53. > :00:55.just a few months - worked together at the Matalan Store
:00:56. > :00:59.Their bodies were discovered outside the store in September.
:01:00. > :01:01.Andrew Saunders has now pleaded guilty to their murders.
:01:02. > :01:12.It was just before six o'clock in the morning on the 28th of September
:01:13. > :01:18.this year that one of Wales' busiest shopping streets became a major
:01:19. > :01:21.crime scene. It is full of Christmas shoppers now but when police arrived
:01:22. > :01:25.to start their investigation that morning it would have been quiet.
:01:26. > :01:30.The focus on the investigation was this Matalan store. Two workers,
:01:31. > :01:34.young couple who had met there, were stabbed outside on the street. Three
:01:35. > :01:38.hours later at 9am, as shoppers and workers arrived in the city centre,
:01:39. > :01:43.officers arrested Andrew Saunders near Newport. He has now admitted
:01:44. > :01:47.murdering Zoe Morgan and Lee Simmons, who had been in a
:01:48. > :01:50.relationship for a few short months. Zoe worked as a window dresser,
:01:51. > :01:54.having just finished a fashion course at the University of south
:01:55. > :01:59.Wales. Alongside the flowers and gifts left outside the store, Zoe's
:02:00. > :02:03.family paid tribute to her, describing her as a beautiful
:02:04. > :02:07.daughter, sister and my granddaughter and auntie, who had a
:02:08. > :02:11.heart of gold. Lee's friends said the 33-year-old was a genuine and
:02:12. > :02:19.lovely young man who always had a on his face. In the days and weeks
:02:20. > :02:24.after, relatives and friends gathered with vigils in the city to
:02:25. > :02:27.remember the couple. He was very quiet and kept himself to himself.
:02:28. > :02:36.He was a genuine guy who would not hurt a fly. I only saw him last
:02:37. > :02:41.week. A few months ago, I saw that they were in a relationship, which I
:02:42. > :02:47.thought was lovely. She was his Tinkerbell. It was so nice to
:02:48. > :02:52.actually see him happy. This morning at Cardiff Crown Court, and is Li Na
:02:53. > :02:57.Andrew Saunders of no fixed aboard spoke to confirm his name before
:02:58. > :03:00.pleading guilty to both murders. The prosecution says that the judge will
:03:01. > :03:04.now have to watch disturbing CCTV footage before sentencing in the New
:03:05. > :03:05.Year. Three men have been jailed
:03:06. > :03:08.for a total of 6 years following a riot in the centre
:03:09. > :03:10.of Newport, during which fireworks The disturbance, which took
:03:11. > :03:17.place in the Pill area of the city in October,
:03:18. > :03:20.also saw wheelie bins set alight - Grant Cuthbert, Gary Radford
:03:21. > :03:24.and Ahbil Hussain Ahmed all pleaded At least a thousand fish -
:03:25. > :03:33.including salmon and sea trout - have died after the River Teifi
:03:34. > :03:35.was polluted, according Water was discoloured in Ceredigion
:03:36. > :03:38.with environmental officers believing the source of the problem
:03:39. > :03:41.to be an agricultural site Control measures have been put
:03:42. > :03:50.in place to stop any We don't know where the source of
:03:51. > :03:55.the pollution is that we do not know exactly what it is. It is not only
:03:56. > :03:58.the fish kills, we need to look at what the invertebrates and the
:03:59. > :04:04.insects that lives in the river, if we go in the future to reintroduce
:04:05. > :04:09.fish, is the going to be food for them in the future? We just don't
:04:10. > :04:12.know. It is all up in the air but unfortunately, seeing dead fish on
:04:13. > :04:13.the bottom of the river is just heartbreaking.
:04:14. > :04:15.The minority Labour government in the Assembly now has
:04:16. > :04:18.The former leader of Plaid Cymru, Lord Elis-Thomas, who now
:04:19. > :04:21.sits as an independent, has told BBC Wales that he will be
:04:22. > :04:23.supporting the Welsh Government throughout the rest
:04:24. > :04:35.Here's our political editor Nick Servini.
:04:36. > :04:40.After a fractious relationship with polite Cumbrian's current
:04:41. > :04:45.leadership, Lord Elis-Thomas left the party in October, claiming it
:04:46. > :04:49.was not serious about supporting a stable Labour government. -- Plaid
:04:50. > :04:53.Cymru's current leadership. Since then, speck elation he may join the
:04:54. > :04:56.Labour cabinet which has no overall majority and has to rely of the
:04:57. > :05:03.support of other parties to get legislation passed. He has given
:05:04. > :05:06.Welsh Labour the support for the remainder of this Assembly term,
:05:07. > :05:10.saying he will provide the stable majority the government needs to
:05:11. > :05:13.continue to develop devolution and to negotiate a continuing
:05:14. > :05:19.relationship with mainland Europe. The Plaid Cymru leader, Leanne Wood,
:05:20. > :05:23.has a cooperation deal with Labour now. She says that will end if Lord
:05:24. > :05:27.Ellis Thomas is given our job in the government but is now a ministerial
:05:28. > :05:35.job is offered, then the deal at the moment still stands. Plaid Cymru
:05:36. > :05:38.said that the fruits of the deal will be seen tomorrow with the
:05:39. > :05:42.publication of the final version of next year's budget, described as the
:05:43. > :05:45.best scene in Wales this year. It says the future of the deal with
:05:46. > :05:50.Labour will be discussed in the New Year. In the meantime, Lord
:05:51. > :05:53.Elis-Thomas's statement is an early Christmas gift for the First
:05:54. > :05:55.Minister, who can count on extra support without even offering him a
:05:56. > :05:56.job yet. Income tax could be varied in Wales
:05:57. > :05:59.from 2019, following an agreement between the governments
:06:00. > :06:01.here and in Westminster. The transfer of powers will not
:06:02. > :06:03.require a referendum, and would allow the Welsh Government
:06:04. > :06:20.to cut or raise rates by 10 pence It seems impossible to argue against
:06:21. > :06:23.the proposition. A democratic institution that spends money should
:06:24. > :06:28.be some responsibility for raising that money. We have been doing that
:06:29. > :06:32.for the first time and that is a serious set of responsibilities. It
:06:33. > :06:36.could change the nature of the debate. But we can do it in a way
:06:37. > :06:41.that underpins the growing maturity of devolution in Wales. It goes
:06:42. > :06:45.along with the Wales Bill, empowering the Welsh government to
:06:46. > :06:48.legislate on things that matter. I don't want any more constitutional
:06:49. > :06:53.arguments, I don't want any more debates relating to finance. This
:06:54. > :06:57.settled those for the long-term. It is now up to the Welsh government is
:06:58. > :06:59.to be able to respond, and human needs in education, health and so
:07:00. > :07:03.many other important public services.
:07:04. > :07:05.Four prisoners barricaded themselves into a cell in Cardiff prison
:07:06. > :07:07.yesterday in protest at being moved there from Birmingham, following
:07:08. > :07:12.They surrendered after two hours and no one was injured.
:07:13. > :07:14.The Ministry of Justice says - all prisons are being closely
:07:15. > :07:19.Passengers travelling between south Wales and London over Christmas
:07:20. > :07:22.are being urged to plan ahead as Paddington station will be
:07:23. > :07:35.There'll be no services operating to and from the station
:07:36. > :07:37.from Christmas Eve until December 29th as Network Rail
:07:38. > :07:50.The Football Association of Wales has been find more than ?15,000 by p
:07:51. > :07:53.Fifa for displaying poppies in Cardiff City Stadium during the
:07:54. > :07:56.World Cup qualifier against Serbia on Armistice we can't. -- Armistice
:07:57. > :07:57.weekend. Wales opted against players wearing
:07:58. > :08:00.black armbands with the poppy on - instead a mosaic was held up
:08:01. > :08:03.in the stand, and members of the armed forces
:08:04. > :08:05.were pitch-side holding poppies. FIFA says the display of any
:08:06. > :08:07.political symbol is not allowed. Let's see what the weather has
:08:08. > :08:16.in store in the run up to Christmas. Unlikely for most of us. Maybe a
:08:17. > :08:20.little snow on the mountains but no more than that. We are in for a big
:08:21. > :08:24.change. The weather is going to turn more unsettled over the next few
:08:25. > :08:30.days. The jet stream will be ramping up over the Atlantic. For tonight,
:08:31. > :08:34.it is a cloudy picture. Some rain spreading westwards across the
:08:35. > :08:39.country. Also some mist and hill fog. The lowest temperatures around
:08:40. > :08:43.five Celsius. A bit of a murky start for some of us tomorrow morning.
:08:44. > :08:47.Most of the rain on the western side of the country. Towards the east, it
:08:48. > :08:54.will be becoming drier and brighter with a hint of some sunshine. Across
:08:55. > :08:59.the rest of the UK, quite frosty to start for parts of Scotland. During
:09:00. > :09:03.the day, wet and windy weather will spread into western Scotland and
:09:04. > :09:07.Northern Ireland. Meanwhile, much of central and eastern England is dry,
:09:08. > :09:12.and brighter than recently with some sunshine. Looking damp for Cornwall
:09:13. > :09:17.and the west of Devon. Close to home, still a few spots of light
:09:18. > :09:21.rain and drizzle, cloudy skies. But further towards the east, dry and
:09:22. > :09:27.bright with temperatures around 6-9. The breeze is settling. Breezy
:09:28. > :09:31.tomorrow night, and we have some rain coming along as well. That will
:09:32. > :09:35.clear from most places towards the end of the night. For Wednesday,
:09:36. > :09:40.breezy with heavy showers moving through. Becoming dry and brighter
:09:41. > :09:45.on Wednesday afternoon. The wind falling light. Thursday, a decent
:09:46. > :09:52.day, mostly dry with some sunshine. Temperatures around 8 degrees in
:09:53. > :09:53.banner, and for the end of the week, dry start on Friday, 20 wet and
:09:54. > :09:57.windy. -- turning wet and windy. Thank you for watching,
:09:58. > :10:02.from all of us on the programme.