:00:07. > :00:12.Our top stories: After one of the biggest railway engineering
:00:13. > :00:15.upgrades in a generation, a warning that we need more
:00:16. > :00:19.Bird flu is confirmed in a domestic flock in Carmarthenshire -
:00:20. > :00:21.a surveillance zone is in place to contain the outbreak.
:00:22. > :00:24.And beavers haven't been seen in our rivers for hundreds of years -
:00:25. > :00:46.A leading transport expert says Cardiff's Central Station urgently
:00:47. > :00:49.needs to expand if it's to cope with predicted demand
:00:50. > :00:52.which could see passenger numbers rise to 23 million a year.
:00:53. > :00:55.Professor Stuart Cole's comments come on the day that the station saw
:00:56. > :00:57.the official opening of a new platform.
:00:58. > :01:06.It was back to work for commuters today after the festive break.
:01:07. > :01:09.The train services themselves were back
:01:10. > :01:11.on track after engineering and signalling works which have caused
:01:12. > :01:17.First day back in work and I've not noticed
:01:18. > :01:25.A little bit late getting back and forth to work over
:01:26. > :01:29.For some passengers the first journey of the
:01:30. > :01:33.New Year terminated at a brand-new platform at Cardiff Central.
:01:34. > :01:35.This is the new platform eight designed to
:01:36. > :01:42.But with commuter numbers set to rise by 6% a year or
:01:43. > :01:48.next decade many are saying at least two new platforms are needed.
:01:49. > :01:50.With huge commercial developments and the
:01:51. > :01:54.construction right on the doorstep of this
:01:55. > :01:55.transport hub thousands will
:01:56. > :01:58.be applied in the shiny new offices and many
:01:59. > :01:59.of those extra workers will
:02:00. > :02:02.At present there are 30 million passengers
:02:03. > :02:10.expected to go through the stage this year.
:02:11. > :02:13.By 2023, that will have risen to 23 million.
:02:14. > :02:15.That rate of growth requires and it banding station.
:02:16. > :02:21.If it not expanded we will get the kind of queueing
:02:22. > :02:24.we have had in the past outside Cardiff Central
:02:25. > :02:35.station and we will have overcrowding on platforms.
:02:36. > :02:38.With room to expand in short supply, he says a
:02:39. > :02:40.redevelopment of this brewery site could provide new
:02:41. > :02:43.Network Rail accept new platforms are needed and are
:02:44. > :02:46.We are working through options and the
:02:47. > :02:53.We don't know numbers of platforms but
:02:54. > :02:55.we have options and we're working closely with
:02:56. > :02:56.the Welsh Government and
:02:57. > :02:58.with our customers to understand what the capacity will be in the
:02:59. > :03:07.For passengers, a more pressing demand is the cost of tickets which
:03:08. > :03:12.rose this week by nearly 2% in Wales.
:03:13. > :03:14.That was less than elsewhere in Britain, but still prompted a
:03:15. > :03:18.We have seen a steady increase in fares year after year
:03:19. > :03:21.All the investment into the railways is
:03:22. > :03:27.The latest improvements in Cardiff will make
:03:28. > :03:30.things easier for the 265,000 passengers that currently use this
:03:31. > :03:36.But the expansion in infrastructure may
:03:37. > :03:38.struggle to keep pace with the expansion in passenger numbers.
:03:39. > :03:40.The UK Government says it is delivering
:03:41. > :03:44.the biggest rail modernisation programme for more than a century.
:03:45. > :03:47.Bird flu has been found in a domestic flock of chickens
:03:48. > :03:53.The H5-N8 strain of Avian flu was discovered in a back
:03:54. > :03:59.It's the same strain found in a wild duck in Llanelli
:04:00. > :04:10.Teleri Glyn Jones reports from Pontyberem.
:04:11. > :04:19.veterinary Officer today announced that the strain of bird flu has been
:04:20. > :04:23.found in a flock of birds here. It was a flock of chickens and ducks
:04:24. > :04:27.being kept in a back garden here in Carmarthenshire. The flock was cold
:04:28. > :04:33.today before confirmation because there was a strong suspicion that
:04:34. > :04:36.the birds were infected. Since then, a three kilometre protection zone
:04:37. > :04:39.and a ten kilometres surveillance zone has been set up in order to
:04:40. > :04:43.stop the spread of the disease. That is the same strain, if you remember,
:04:44. > :04:49.that was found in a wild duck just before Christmas and at a turkey
:04:50. > :04:53.farm in Lincolnshire earlier in December. In terms of advice, they
:04:54. > :04:57.say there is a low risk to public health from the virus itself at the
:04:58. > :05:02.Food Standards Agency has made it clear that there is no risk to food
:05:03. > :05:07.safety. Poultry products and eggs are safe. However, the chief vet has
:05:08. > :05:09.stressed that it is up to bird keepers to be responsible and to
:05:10. > :05:11.practice the very highest I/O security.
:05:12. > :05:13.Organisers of Festival Number 6 in Portmeirion will pay Gwynedd
:05:14. > :05:16.council ?8,000 in reimbursement costs.
:05:17. > :05:21.when the event's car park flooded in September.
:05:22. > :05:24.Council staff worked at Porthmadog leisure centre for two nights,
:05:25. > :05:31.when 200 people took refuge because their cars were stranded.
:05:32. > :05:34.Wrexham council is thought to be the first in the UK to collect
:05:35. > :05:37.more fines for littering than for parking offences.
:05:38. > :05:41.More than 3,000 fixed penalty tickets were issued in the past six
:05:42. > :05:44.months as part of the council's zero tolerance approach to litter.
:05:45. > :05:48.Despite claims from critics that enforcement officers
:05:49. > :05:54.are over-zealous, the authority says the aim is to keep Wrexham tidy.
:05:55. > :05:57.Suggestions that the Labour party's "too weak" to win a majority
:05:58. > :05:59.at the next general election are "utter nonsense" according
:06:00. > :06:07.Jo Stevens was responding to a report by the left-leaning
:06:08. > :06:12.It comes as the incoming chair of Welsh Labour has told BBC Wales
:06:13. > :06:15.the party won't make any headway while Jeremy Corbyn's leader.
:06:16. > :06:26.The Gower constituency was always a rock-solid Labour fortress.
:06:27. > :06:30.The party held the Parliamentary seat
:06:31. > :06:33.for more than 100 years before the Conservatives won it by just 27
:06:34. > :06:40.This is the kind of area Labour will have to
:06:41. > :06:44.take back if it wants to win the next general election.
:06:45. > :06:46.But today's report says the party has no chance
:06:47. > :06:49.of securing a majority in the Commons and it should look
:06:50. > :06:52.instead to govern with the help of other
:06:53. > :07:01.I'm not saying they will never get in power but not in
:07:02. > :07:08.I just don't think he's the right leader.
:07:09. > :07:17.We are well behind in the opinion polls.
:07:18. > :07:24.But the important thing is to realise that it can be
:07:25. > :07:29.What we need to do is not be defeatist.
:07:30. > :07:32.We need to recognise that if we have the right policies and
:07:33. > :07:34.the right attitude and the right enthusiasm we can win the next
:07:35. > :07:40.20 years ago Labour knew all about winning seats.
:07:41. > :07:44.Here is the then leader Tony Blair campaigning
:07:45. > :07:47.in Cardiff, fortnight before his party swept to victory
:07:48. > :07:54.That figure fell to 25 out of 42 years ago.
:07:55. > :08:02.Before Labour's couldn't leader was elected.
:08:03. > :08:04.But can Jeremy Corbyn turn things around?
:08:05. > :08:07.The incoming chair of Welsh Labour told me this report is
:08:08. > :08:10.a fair reflection of the party at UK level and he doesn't think Labour
:08:11. > :08:12.will make any headway and the Jeremy Corbyn.
:08:13. > :08:19.First of all we've got about 33% of the electorate to go for love not
:08:20. > :08:26.That is part of Jeremy Clarkson appeal.
:08:27. > :08:30.Can Labour win an election in the Jeremy
:08:31. > :08:35.The New Year has brought familiar questions and
:08:36. > :08:40.May's local elections will provide another test
:08:41. > :08:47.Intervening in the natural world, or rewilding, is controversial.
:08:48. > :08:53.So should an animal not seen in our rivers for hundreds of years
:08:54. > :08:57.Wildlife experts in Wales are hoping to release ten beavers
:08:58. > :08:59.at an undisclosed location in South Wales this year.
:09:00. > :09:11.From a distance, this looks like ordinary marshland,
:09:12. > :09:14.but on closer inspection, this enclosure is home to
:09:15. > :09:17.It's a small project run in Machynlleth but we
:09:18. > :09:24.could now be a step closer to seeing beavers in the wild here.
:09:25. > :09:26.Wildlife Trust Wales has applied to release
:09:27. > :09:28.ten beavers into the wild at an undisclosed location somewhere in
:09:29. > :09:33.It could happen as soon as this year.
:09:34. > :09:36.We have a breeding pair we hope and they are getting on
:09:37. > :09:45.They are enclosed for now because beavers were not allowed
:09:46. > :09:47.to live in Wales free up until very soon hopefully.
:09:48. > :09:51.We are hoping our kits might be part of the
:09:52. > :09:55.reintroduction programme, which would be fantastic.
:09:56. > :10:00.In Scotland, following a five-year trial,
:10:01. > :10:05.the government has given the species protected status,
:10:06. > :10:15.meaning they are back there for good.
:10:16. > :10:16.In Devo, a couple of pairs established
:10:17. > :10:18.there had their kits last
:10:19. > :10:22.We are getting European beavers and bringing
:10:23. > :10:25.make sure they are held in captivity to make
:10:26. > :10:28.not going to spread any disease and make sure
:10:29. > :10:32.Farmers and anglers have raised concerns
:10:33. > :10:34.beavers damage the landscape and fish migration routes.
:10:35. > :10:36.The original science we were presented with
:10:37. > :10:39.suggested they wouldn't build dams and travel very far but we now know
:10:40. > :10:42.The evidence in Scotland is they can do
:10:43. > :10:47.The species were hunted to extinction here in
:10:48. > :10:50.the 16th century, but a licence for their release in the wild
:10:51. > :10:52.could mark a reversal in fortunes after an
:10:53. > :10:55.Natural Resources Wales said it would have
:10:56. > :10:57.to consider the pact on existing wildlife and land use before making
:10:58. > :11:03.Football and the man tasked with reviving Swansea City
:11:04. > :11:05.watched his new side at Crystal Palace from
:11:06. > :11:11.Paul Clement, the former Bayern Munich assistant manager,
:11:12. > :11:13.has agreed a 2.5 year deal with the Swans who are bottom
:11:14. > :11:30.Scores on the doors weatherwise - Derek's got the forecast.
:11:31. > :11:36.We have gotten high pressure on the way for a Thursday. The this time
:11:37. > :11:41.last night, most places were clear, cold and frosty but there is a
:11:42. > :11:46.different story tonight. It is less cold because there is more cloud.
:11:47. > :11:50.That is big enough for some rain and drizzle, but otherwise dry. Some
:11:51. > :11:54.gaps in the cloud in the south-east. Some ground frost, but generally
:11:55. > :11:57.temperatures staying above freezing. You should not need to scrape the
:11:58. > :12:02.car windscreen tomorrow morning. There will be plenty of cloud
:12:03. > :12:06.around. Spots of light rain drifting southwards through the morning.
:12:07. > :12:11.Should brighten up later on. Across the rest of the UK, a weak cold
:12:12. > :12:14.front will move southwards during the day, taking some light rain and
:12:15. > :12:21.drizzle with it. You find that, blue sky, sunshine and colder air. Windy
:12:22. > :12:25.on the east coast with some showers. Four Celsius in Newcastle. An
:12:26. > :12:28.improving story in Wales tomorrow afternoon. The cloud in the South
:12:29. > :12:33.clearing away, leaving brighter skies and sunshine. Nine Celsius and
:12:34. > :12:39.dropping as that colder ever arrived and it certainly will do tomorrow
:12:40. > :12:43.night. Moderate to hard frost and inverters dropping as low as minus
:12:44. > :12:47.five Celsius. Maybe one or two freezing fog patches as well. The
:12:48. > :12:51.frost and any freezing fog will clear on Thursday, leaving a fine
:12:52. > :12:56.winter date with lots of sunshine. The capture only to Celsius in the
:12:57. > :13:01.afternoon. Up to seven Celsius in Milford Haven with a south easterly
:13:02. > :13:06.breeze. High pressure on Thursday but it will not hang around too
:13:07. > :13:10.long. France will topple in from the Atlantic during Friday. So it is all
:13:11. > :13:15.change on Friday. A dry start but we have got some rain and the way.
:13:16. > :13:19.Temperatures rising so turning milder towards the end of the week
:13:20. > :13:20.with some rain, but before then, some sunshine and more frost. Then
:13:21. > :13:21.she very much. We're back in Breakfast
:13:22. > :13:25.from 6 tomorrow morning. From all of us on the
:13:26. > :13:30.programme, goodnight.