:00:00. > :00:00.us, you can keep up to date throughout the night with the BBC
:00:00. > :00:00.The bird flu outbreak - the chief vet outlines further
:00:07. > :00:10.restrictions for farmers and poultry owners.
:00:11. > :00:14.they were left without toilets or heating.
:00:15. > :00:16.Tonight, calls for a council to dump one
:00:17. > :00:37.Farmers and poultry owners have been told that restrictions to stop
:00:38. > :00:41.the spread of bird flu have been extended for another seven weeks.
:00:42. > :00:45.It means all poultry have to be kept indoors
:00:46. > :00:50.It comes after chickens and ducks with the H5N8 strain of the disease
:00:51. > :00:55.were discovered and culled at a property in Carmarthenshire
:00:56. > :01:00.The same strain was found in a wild duck in Llanelli last month.
:01:01. > :01:09.The process is you have to clean off any gunk on your
:01:10. > :01:11.boots in clean water, just plain water, and then
:01:12. > :01:13.if you could dip them into the
:01:14. > :01:17.disinfectant that will get rid of any of the virus.
:01:18. > :01:19.Elaine Franks is taking bio-security very seriously, usually
:01:20. > :01:23.her 100 prize chickens roam free here, but since the recent case of
:01:24. > :01:29.avian flu, she has kept them in makeshift pens
:01:30. > :01:33.in the greenhouse and they'll have to stay
:01:34. > :01:36.here until the end of February at least.
:01:37. > :01:39.For me as a lifetime poultry keeper, it is pretty devastating,
:01:40. > :01:42.really. It is on par with foot and mouth.
:01:43. > :01:44.I have lived through two foot and mouth outbreaks
:01:45. > :01:48.and for poultry it's the same.
:01:49. > :01:50.These birds are completely irreplaceable.
:01:51. > :01:53.They are, a lot of them, the result of two lifetimes
:01:54. > :01:59.I can't go out and buy another bunch of birds to replace
:02:00. > :02:05.The extension of restrictions on keeping poultry comes after a
:02:06. > :02:12.Yesterday a domestic flock of chickens and ducks
:02:13. > :02:16.A 3km protection zone has been set up around the area
:02:17. > :02:20.as well as a 10km surveillance zone which aims to stop
:02:21. > :02:25.The same strain of bird flu was also discovered just before
:02:26. > :02:29.Christmas, and on a turkey farm in Lincolnshire earlier in December.
:02:30. > :02:33.Infected birds have arrived in Great Britain, we know
:02:34. > :02:36.that from the findings in Wales England and
:02:37. > :02:40.Scotland now, and we can't control any of that.
:02:41. > :02:43.But what we can do is everything possible to protect
:02:44. > :02:46.our own domestic flock and bringing them indoors is the best way to
:02:47. > :02:54.Ian Williams is a poultry farmer and can have up to 200,000 chickens
:02:55. > :02:58.Cameras were not allowed onto the farm today but
:02:59. > :03:01.had to film from a distance as he is taking every
:03:02. > :03:05.precaution possible to stop avian flu reaching the site.
:03:06. > :03:07.We are only allowing essential visitors
:03:08. > :03:10.onto the site so we have to have a few deliveries
:03:11. > :03:14.for the chickens and so lorries that are doing essential
:03:15. > :03:19.deliveries like that are allowed on site but no other visitors.
:03:20. > :03:22.It is a massive risk to me that my livelihood will be affected
:03:23. > :03:28.hugely if I got avian flu on this farm.
:03:29. > :03:30.Those who keep more than 50 birds are required
:03:31. > :03:32.to sign up to a poultry register, but tonight
:03:33. > :03:35.the Welsh government is urging those with fewer
:03:36. > :03:39.It also said they should look out for any symptoms which
:03:40. > :03:42.includes birds not laying eggs or eating and any swelling
:03:43. > :03:47.on the birds, but there is no risk to human health.
:03:48. > :03:50.With news tonight that over a million ducks will be culled in
:03:51. > :03:52.France over the coming months Elaine fears a full-scale
:03:53. > :03:54.outbreak could cross the Channel.
:03:55. > :03:57.The advice is to avoid any contact with wild birds,
:03:58. > :04:02.to disinfect and keep movement to a minimum if you come
:04:03. > :04:05.Failure to do so could have serious consequences
:04:06. > :04:10.A former soldier from Carmarthenshire has been sentenced
:04:11. > :04:12.after trying to travel to Syria to fight against
:04:13. > :04:19.was arrested at Heathrow airport in September.
:04:20. > :04:23.He's been banned from leaving the UK for a year, and sentenced to 50
:04:24. > :04:26.hours of unpaid work for failing to give officers his
:04:27. > :04:33.mobile phone pin number - an offence under the Terrorism Act.
:04:34. > :04:36.Staff in the sterilisation and x-ray departments at some hospitals
:04:37. > :04:40.in South Wales are due to go on strike over a pay dispute.
:04:41. > :04:45.the action will affect non-emergency surgery at Morriston
:04:46. > :04:48.and Singleton in Swansea, Neath Port Talbot and Princess
:04:49. > :04:54.Abertawe Bro Morgannwg Health board says - it values its staff
:04:55. > :05:00.and a meeting is planned early next week to discuss the dispute.
:05:01. > :05:02.A teacher from Llandudno who downloaded indecent images
:05:03. > :05:06.of children has been jailed for eight months.
:05:07. > :05:10.Mark Haslock - who taught at Ysgol y Grango near Wrexham -
:05:11. > :05:12.was also ordered to register as a sex offender for
:05:13. > :05:18.The search for a missing jogger from Talgarth near Brecon has been
:05:19. > :05:22.51-year-old David Skeen was last seen going for
:05:23. > :05:26.a run near his home at nine o'clock yesterday morning.
:05:27. > :05:28.Mountain rescue teams have been assisting emergency services
:05:29. > :05:38.There are calls tonight for Caerphilly Council to stop
:05:39. > :05:40.using the company refurbishing it's social housing
:05:41. > :05:42.as residents claim they've been left to live
:05:43. > :05:45.The contractor, Vinci, is accused by residents
:05:46. > :05:48.of poor workmanship, with some saying - they have been
:05:49. > :05:56.Meet Victoria Roberts and her mother, Dawn, who has
:05:57. > :06:04.She needs 24-hour oxygen here at her bungalow.
:06:05. > :06:06.She moved out last year to avoid the dust and
:06:07. > :06:09.disruption of fitting this new kitchen.
:06:10. > :06:11.After five weeks, she said she returned to dirt and dust
:06:12. > :06:14.everywhere, electrical work she said she was not told
:06:15. > :06:19.about, jobs unfinished or with parts missing.
:06:20. > :06:20.She claims the freezer unplugged, all
:06:21. > :06:25.It is the contracters that have caused the problem.
:06:26. > :06:27.Do you think this company should continue
:06:28. > :06:31.Absolutely not, if that is how they treat people.
:06:32. > :06:35.The amount of stress that it's caused my mother.
:06:36. > :06:39.She's ended up in hospital, be it or not, that that's
:06:40. > :06:42.actually directly linked, but she's been so stressed out
:06:43. > :06:47.It's not just my mother that they've treated like that.
:06:48. > :06:55.I had a flood this week, the drainage was not done properly.
:06:56. > :06:58.Christina is 75 and visually impaired, she said she had
:06:59. > :07:01.weeks of broken promises about when her kitchen
:07:02. > :07:05.refurbished and when work finally did start...
:07:06. > :07:11.I didn't have a toilet, have to go to my friends to
:07:12. > :07:20.The council uses a number of different contractors,
:07:21. > :07:22.but this one was involved in both these cases and others.
:07:23. > :07:27.It referred us to the local authority.
:07:28. > :07:29.I went to the council which in a statement
:07:30. > :07:33.about the complaints being made here and it
:07:34. > :07:38.them with the contractor as a matter of urgency.
:07:39. > :07:41.It also pointed out that with hundreds of
:07:42. > :07:44.homes being refurbished across the country, the concerns
:07:45. > :07:52.here were not representative of the majority of its tenants.
:07:53. > :07:54.A freezing night ahead for many of us.
:07:55. > :08:08.Temperatures are dropping this evening. It is already minus for
:08:09. > :08:17.Celsius. Not quite so-called elsewhere. Elsewhere, the sky is
:08:18. > :08:21.clear, a wide spread frost, one or two freezing fog patches forming. By
:08:22. > :08:26.the end of the night, if you places will be as low as minus six Celsius.
:08:27. > :08:31.Less cold in temperature with a breeze on the coast. A cold and
:08:32. > :08:36.frosty start for much of the country tomorrow morning. 12 freezing fog
:08:37. > :08:40.patches, otherwise a lovely morning, bright and crisp, with lots of
:08:41. > :08:45.winter sunshine. Across the rest of the UK, a similar story with high
:08:46. > :08:50.pressure in charge. That means many places dry, cold, lots of sunshine.
:08:51. > :08:55.Some shoppers on the east coast, cloudier in the west, the odd shower
:08:56. > :09:00.in Cornwall. Breezy in the west and less cold, seven in Belfast. A
:09:01. > :09:05.lovely afternoon in Wales tomorrow, plenty more sunshine, turning he a
:09:06. > :09:09.litre in the afternoon. Thickening cloud in the west, highs of seven
:09:10. > :09:14.Celsius with a south-easterly breeze. Only three Celsius here.
:09:15. > :09:19.Tomorrow evening, a slight frost apart from in the west. Overnight
:09:20. > :09:23.gliding over everywhere, and eventually some rain spreading into
:09:24. > :09:27.the north and west, that will lift tempters. Friday is all change,
:09:28. > :09:31.cloud and outbreaks of rain and drizzle, heavy bursts of rain, the
:09:32. > :09:36.cloud Loring with mist and fog patches and turning milder. Side to
:09:37. > :09:40.side westerly winds. Tonight is the coldest night of the week. Make the
:09:41. > :09:45.most of the sunshine tomorrow. It is all change on Friday. The weekend
:09:46. > :09:47.stays on the mild side. Plenty of cloud, if use spots of rain and
:09:48. > :09:47.drizzle but some dry weather as well.
:09:48. > :09:49.That's Wales Today. Thank you for watching.
:09:50. > :09:59.From all of us on the programme, goodnight.