02/01/2017 BBC Wales Today

Swansea City Football club has tonight agreed a deal

with Bayern Munich assistant, Paul Clement, to become

The Swans are bottom of the Premier League after sacking

It's understood Clement will be at their game

against Crystal Palace tomorrow before taking charge

Paul Clement will be the third manager to take charge

at the Liberty Stadium just this season.

Tonight the club say they have agreed a two and a half year deal.

This will be his first time at the helm in the Premier League

but he does come with some big names on his CV.

He is leaving Bayern Munich, and has won the Copa del

and a Premier League title with Chelsea.

He was in charge of Derby County last season but was sacked

Supporters hope he is the man who can return the Swans

We have lost our way a little bit in the last 18 months and what Paul

does is he fit that profile of the Brendan Rodgers type.

The 44-year-old was first interviewed for the job

in October along with former Manchester United assistant

Ryan Giggs who was this time the early favourite.

Then the club went with American Bob Bradley.

Paul Clement won't have much to do to beat his record with seven defeat

in 11 games and conceding 29 goals and sacked after just 85 days.

Swansea are currently bottom of the Premier League,

Tomorrow they face Crystal Palace and it will be a chance

for Paul Clement to see exactly what he has taken

on and whether as some pundits say he will have to be a miracle worker

An American woman who's alleged to have travelled thousands of miles

to commit a child sex offence in North Wales has

Christine Lacson Abad, from North Carolina,

is charged with arranging a child sex offence, attempting to groom

a 15-year-old in Wrexham and two more sex offences.

She's been remanded in custody to appear

Three men have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man

with links to Swansea was found dead on Christmas Eve.

Mohammed Abdurezek had multiple stab wounds, when he was found

The annual rise in regulated rail fares has been introduced today

with many passengers across Wales facing average

It follows a period of delays and disruption,

But according to one transport expert, passengers

here are getting a better deal because Arriva Trains Wales ticket

prices have risen by less than the UK average of 2.3%.

The Welsh rail passenger gets a better deal because

has decided its subsidy to Arriva Trains will

whereas in England 70% of the cost of travel,

Plans have been unveiled for a village built from shipping

The scheme is part of the ?300 million

University of Wales Trinity St David development on the SA1 waterfront -

Work starts this week on a ?135 million centre

of excellence for developing new industries at

It's claimed that for every million pounds spent,

It's among a number of investments aimed at growing new skilled

We need to take a very tactical and strategic

We need to invest in improving skills, which is what we are doing

with the new apprenticeship policy which focuses on higher-level

And also in the long-term make sure we have the right strategic approach

through investing in collaboration and innovation and

Tonight's football results and

Cardiff City eased their relegation worries,

with a 1-0 win over Championship play-off contenders Aston Villa.

It means Cardiff climb to 19th in the table -

still three points clear of the bottom three.

Not such a good day for Newport County.

Despite taking the lead they lost 2-1 at Wycombe

Here is the weather. Our cold night ahead. I cold and

frosty start tomorrow. More cloud. Tonight cloud increasing from the

north. There will be some icy patches. Widespread frost forming as

well. High pressure is in charge. But we do have this weather front

bringing cloud through tomorrow. Tomorrow morning there will be frost

and icy stretches. More cloud with the best of the brightness across

South Wales tomorrow. Where we have the cloud we could see the odd

shower. The rest of this week remaining coal. A lot of dry

weather. That is offer no. Goodbye.