28/12/2016

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:00:10. > :00:16.Swansea City Football Club is yet to appoint a new manager

:00:17. > :00:18.after the Premier League side sacked Bob Bradley last night,

:00:19. > :00:25.The former Wales and Manchester United captain, Ryan Giggs,

:00:26. > :00:26.and Wales' football manager, Chris Coleman are among

:00:27. > :00:35.Despite making history when he was appointed in October,

:00:36. > :00:38.as the first American to manage in the Premier League,

:00:39. > :00:41.under Bob Bradley's tenure, the Swans have had a dire record.

:00:42. > :00:46.They've won just two out of 11 games and conceded 29 goals.

:00:47. > :00:51.After another humiliating defeat to West Ham here on Boxing Day,

:00:52. > :00:55.fans were chanting for Bradley to be sacked with half the Premier League

:00:56. > :01:02.In a statement, chairman Huw Jenkins said, "With the club

:01:03. > :01:06.going through such a tough time, we have to try and find the answers

:01:07. > :01:12.One early favourite to take over as Swansea manager

:01:13. > :01:14.is Ryan Giggs, the former Wales and Manchester United captain,

:01:15. > :01:19.after being interviewed for the job earlier in the season.

:01:20. > :01:22.The question would be, then, whether Ryan Giggs wanted the job,

:01:23. > :01:26.having...really knowing that he was second choice

:01:27. > :01:33.That said, chances of Premier League management are few and far between.

:01:34. > :01:36.Other names in the frame including a number of out-of-work managers,

:01:37. > :01:39.among them, Alan Pardew, who was recently sacked

:01:40. > :01:42.by Crystal Palace, one of the Swans' relegation rivals.

:01:43. > :01:44.42-year-old Gary Rowett was Birmingham manager

:01:45. > :01:47.until earlier this month but impressed many with the job he did

:01:48. > :01:51.And Nigel Pearson, who successfully kept Leicester in the Premier League

:01:52. > :01:55.two seasons ago, when they found themselves in similar circumstances

:01:56. > :01:59.And then there's Wales manager Chris Coleman,

:02:00. > :02:02.a local boy who used to play for the Swans.

:02:03. > :02:04.His stock is high after leading Wales

:02:05. > :02:08.Coaches Alan Curtis and Paul Williams will be

:02:09. > :02:13.in temporary charge for the visit of Bournemouth on New Year's Eve.

:02:14. > :02:16.A 47-year-old man is in a critical condition in hospital

:02:17. > :02:20.after being stabbed yesterday in Hafodyrynys near Pontypool.

:02:21. > :02:24.Two men in their thirties have been arrested on suspicion of attempted

:02:25. > :02:30.Four people working in nail bars in Wales have been arrested

:02:31. > :02:33.on suspicion of immigration offences as part of a UK-wide

:02:34. > :02:39.Investigators targeted more than 280 nail bars as part of the UK

:02:40. > :02:45.The Government said it would identify and help potential

:02:46. > :02:52.The ballot of Tata Steel-workers to decide on whether to accept

:02:53. > :02:56.the company's less-generous pension scheme is expected to

:02:57. > :03:03.It comes after a turbulent year for more than 6,000 staff employed

:03:04. > :03:09.It was a chant that was to become familiar as steelworkers rallied

:03:10. > :03:12.the public to back their campaign to support the industry.

:03:13. > :03:17.Workers were faced with over 1,000 redundancies as part

:03:18. > :03:19.of a survival plan to save Port Talbot.

:03:20. > :03:22.It was said to be losing ?1 million a day.

:03:23. > :03:26.People thought that when that happened, hopefully,

:03:27. > :03:30.for the people that still had jobs, it was going to be a bit of a light

:03:31. > :03:34.But unfortunately, it doesn't necessarily seem to have worked

:03:35. > :03:39.To make production profitable, Tata and the unions demanded tariffs

:03:40. > :03:43.on Chinese steel and cuts to energy costs and business rates.

:03:44. > :03:45.But Tata's board rejected the survival plan, and put

:03:46. > :03:52.That was like sending a tsunami through the plant.

:03:53. > :03:55.The one thing we'd been told up until that point was, it was either

:03:56. > :03:58.we were going to survive or we would end up closing.

:03:59. > :04:01.Nobody expected to be put up for sale.

:04:02. > :04:04.The UK Government agreed to taking a stake of up to 25%,

:04:05. > :04:08.with any interested buyer and the Prime Minister

:04:09. > :04:14.Seven potential buyers came forward, including Liberty Steel

:04:15. > :04:16.and the management buy-out, Team Excalibur.

:04:17. > :04:19.Things started to turn around as steel prices rose and the EU put

:04:20. > :04:27.The company and unions set out its new plan this month -

:04:28. > :04:30.?1 billion investment in Port Talbot over ten years,

:04:31. > :04:34.if savings can be made in the business and a commitment

:04:35. > :04:40.to keep the two blast furnaces for five years but workers must

:04:41. > :04:43.vote to move from the final salary scheme to a much less

:04:44. > :04:47.It sounds very positive and then you read into it a little bit more.

:04:48. > :04:49.And you start worrying a little bit more.

:04:50. > :04:54.People's opinions seem to change on a day-to-day basis,

:04:55. > :04:59.so I don't feel any more secure now than I did back in January.

:05:00. > :05:03.This has been a year of twists and turns for Tata's workers,

:05:04. > :05:08.their families and the communities that surround the sites.

:05:09. > :05:16.And it may very well continue new into the New Year.

:05:17. > :05:19.A look at the weather now. Here's Derek.

:05:20. > :05:23.Most of Wales enjoyed sunshine today but not everywhere.

:05:24. > :05:27.A few places like Newtown in Powys stayed cold and foggy.

:05:28. > :05:30.Tonight, another widespread frost, a warning of fog for some areas,

:05:31. > :05:36.A low of -4 near the border, less cold and cloudy

:05:37. > :05:44.Tomorrow, fog will be slow to lift and clear.

:05:45. > :05:48.Otherwise, some sunshine and dry but cloud will spread

:05:49. > :05:55.For Friday, mostly cloudy, grey and misty in places.

:05:56. > :05:59.A few spots of drizzle, and a similar story too

:06:00. > :06:02.for New Year's Eve - sunshine in short supply,

:06:03. > :06:05.Then it's all change on New Year's Day.

:06:06. > :06:10.That will bring a short spell of rain followed by some sunshine

:06:11. > :06:16.So some cold weather for the start of 2017.

:06:17. > :06:20.Rebecca John will be back with the breakfast

:06:21. > :06:42.But from all of us on the late team, good night.

:06:43. > :06:43.As we have seen today, the weather can be a thing