30/12/2016

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:00:13. > :00:18.The opera singer Bryn Terfel has been awarded a knighthood

:00:19. > :00:20.in the New Year honours list and Wales football manager Chris

:00:21. > :00:24.They are among more than 50 people from Wales to be

:00:25. > :00:35.Bryn Terfel has performed across the world and

:00:36. > :00:39.for his services to music, he is to be knighted.

:00:40. > :00:43.I'm immensely proud to accept this and I think of my family,

:00:44. > :00:49.I think of my sons, I think of my fans,

:00:50. > :00:54.I think of the great British public, and this

:00:55. > :00:57.is hopefully something that I will carry with pride.

:00:58. > :01:02.The man who guided Wales to the semifinals of Euro 2016,

:01:03. > :01:06.football manager Chris Coleman, is among those to receive an OBE.

:01:07. > :01:12.And in a year that saw Team GB bring home a record-breaking haul

:01:13. > :01:15.of medals from the real Olympics, cyclist Elinor Barker from Cardiff

:01:16. > :01:22.Paralympic gold medallist Hollie Arnold gets an MBE

:01:23. > :01:29.So, too, table tennis player Rob Davies from Brecon,

:01:30. > :01:31.who claimed his first Paralympic title in Rio.

:01:32. > :01:34.Community service, too, is recognised.

:01:35. > :01:43.Little and Broad Haven Life Station, has saved the lives of eight people

:01:44. > :01:52.I wasn't quite sure why I'd got a letter from the

:01:53. > :01:54.Cabinet Office on Her Majesty's service.

:01:55. > :01:59.I'm honoured to be getting it for the RNLI.

:02:00. > :02:02.For services to mountain rescue, Huw Jones from Central

:02:03. > :02:04.Beacons Mountain rescue team gets an MBE.

:02:05. > :02:08.In all, more than 50 people from Wales are to receive honours.

:02:09. > :02:10.Two men have been charged with attempted murder,

:02:11. > :02:14.following a stabbing near Pontypool on Tuesday.

:02:15. > :02:16.A 47-year-old man remains in a critical but stable condition

:02:17. > :02:20.in hospital following the incident in the village of Hafodyrynys.

:02:21. > :02:24.The men, both in their 30s, will appear before Newport Crown Court

:02:25. > :02:31.Police say they're still investigating the disappearance

:02:32. > :02:33.of a man from Newbridge in Caerphilly County ? four years

:02:34. > :02:37.Kyle Vaughan's car was found on the side of a dual

:02:38. > :02:41.Police launched a murder inquiry but he has never been found.

:02:42. > :02:45.Eight people have been arrested over the course of the inquiry.

:02:46. > :02:54.It's a year since Wylfa nuclear power station closed down,

:02:55. > :02:57.bringing to an end more than 40 years of electricity generation.

:02:58. > :03:00.Its operators say the decommissioning process

:03:01. > :03:03.is on track, despite some problems with equipment.

:03:04. > :03:06.After two more years, it's expected all of the most

:03:07. > :03:09.radioactive material will have been removed from the site.

:03:10. > :03:17.On its way off-site, another flask of radioactive

:03:18. > :03:21.material, spent fuel cells leaving Wylfa for Sellafield in Cumbria.

:03:22. > :03:29.Ashley White heads up what is called safety case at the plant.

:03:30. > :03:33.Typically, we ship around five of these a week

:03:34. > :03:38.during the defuelling period and have around

:03:39. > :03:40.500 sent off-site before we actually finish defuelling here at Wylfa.

:03:41. > :03:43.As before shutdown, Wylfa is being run from its control room.

:03:44. > :03:46.Now it's the defuelling operation rather than electricity generation

:03:47. > :03:53.But it is out on the floor of the massive reactor room

:03:54. > :03:54.that the real work is being done.

:03:55. > :03:59.Special equipment used to remove spent fuel elements from the

:04:00. > :04:06.They were allowed to cool for 100 days before de-fuelling.

:04:07. > :04:09.They were allowed to cool for 100 days before defuelling.

:04:10. > :04:10.And there have been some problem since.

:04:11. > :04:12.For the shutdown, everything went according to plan,

:04:13. > :04:19.The reliability of the defuelling machinery through the sort of period

:04:20. > :04:21.up to now has not been what we would have liked

:04:22. > :04:23.but we're working our way through that.

:04:24. > :04:26.You can see the dedication of the people on site.

:04:27. > :04:30.A lot of the work has been done on the machines getting them ready.

:04:31. > :04:35.There is also a maintenance schedule to make sure everything is safe

:04:36. > :04:38.on that machine so they are doing a lot of the checks on there before

:04:39. > :04:42.we hand it over from maintenance teams to the operation teams.

:04:43. > :04:46.It is estimated it will be another ten years before enough radioactive

:04:47. > :04:48.material is removed to put Wylfa into what's called

:04:49. > :04:55.another 100 years before the site can be cleared.

:04:56. > :04:59.Over time, the buildings here will reduce in size

:05:00. > :05:02.but it will be a long time before Wylfa disappears

:05:03. > :05:09.Football and the Welsh Premier League champions The New Saints set

:05:10. > :05:12.a new world record tonight for the most consecutive wins

:05:13. > :05:18.in top-flight football with a 2-0 victory at Cefn Druids.

:05:19. > :05:22.TNS now end Ajax's 44-year hold on the record,

:05:23. > :05:31.Let's get the New Year weather - Derek's got the forecast.

:05:32. > :05:36.In Milford Haven in Pembrokeshire, the

:05:37. > :05:42.misty and murky in places, some poor visibility,

:05:43. > :05:45.temperatures generally well above freezing,

:05:46. > :05:47.so we're not expecting any frost.

:05:48. > :05:50.Then, for tomorrow, a grey, misty start in places,

:05:51. > :05:54.generally dry with plenty of cloud but some brighter spells,

:05:55. > :05:58.some sunshine in the north and feeling mild up

:05:59. > :06:00.to 11C with a south-westerly breeze.

:06:01. > :06:04.Then for New Year's Eve night, there is rain on

:06:05. > :06:07.the way, spreading its way southeastwards.

:06:08. > :06:09.Some heavy bursts of rain and a little snow

:06:10. > :06:13.That rain will clear away on New Year's Day, then it will dry

:06:14. > :06:15.and brighten up, some sunshine, but feeling

:06:16. > :06:18.cold with a north wind, a few wintry showers as well.

:06:19. > :06:22.So a change on the way for the start of the New Year.

:06:23. > :06:25.From all of us on the programme, happy New Year.

:06:26. > :06:44.Good evening. Looking ahead to 2017 it looks like we will start off on a

:06:45. > :06:50.cold note. This weather front will move south in the next day or so

:06:51. > :06:51.bringing rain with it, but also much colder air following a lull behind.