:00:00. > :00:08.Steel workers, their pension offer and the future of Tata here.
:00:09. > :00:10.Politicians are told, let workers decide -
:00:11. > :00:13.And down the pub for the dementia patients' social gathering.
:00:14. > :00:33.Now a new strategy to listen to patients and their families.
:00:34. > :00:37.Politicians are being told not to interfere with Tata workers' vote
:00:38. > :00:39.on whether to accept less generous pensions in return for
:00:40. > :00:45.One of the biggest unions at the site, Unite, was reacting
:00:46. > :00:48.to the Plaid Cymru economy spokesperson, Adam Price, who called
:00:49. > :00:55.Here's our business correspondent, Brian Meechan.
:00:56. > :01:00.Tata's workers are being asked to accept a much worse pension then
:01:01. > :01:04.they have at the moment but it's better than many other
:01:05. > :01:08.Tata says it's explaining to its staff what the changes
:01:09. > :01:12.They say if workers accept the deal, it will allow them to invest
:01:13. > :01:15.an extra billion pounds over ten years in the Port Talbot plant
:01:16. > :01:18.but only if other savings can be made at the site.
:01:19. > :01:20.Tata's also pledged to keep the two blast furnaces
:01:21. > :01:23.operating for five years and to try and avoid compulsory
:01:24. > :01:30.It's a huge about-turn by the company that had planned
:01:31. > :01:36.Adam Price accuses Tata of opportunism and brinksmanship,
:01:37. > :01:39.and is urging workers to renegotiate on pensions.
:01:40. > :01:43.Workers that have contacted me have real concerns,
:01:44. > :01:49.over the guarantees that have been offered in terms of future
:01:50. > :01:54.employment and investment and also in terms of the current and future -
:01:55. > :01:56.any future deficit in the existing pension scheme and I think those
:01:57. > :02:05.But have conditions in the steel industry really improved?
:02:06. > :02:09.Well, the value of steel has risen on the world market.
:02:10. > :02:15.It was $395 per tonne of hot rolled coil last January,
:02:16. > :02:19.when Tata announced over 1,000 job losses.
:02:20. > :02:22.But by August, when the company put the sale of its Welsh operations
:02:23. > :02:25.on hold, it had gone up to $536 per tonne,
:02:26. > :02:34.China had been accused of producing too much steel,
:02:35. > :02:39.driving down the price but last summer, the European Union
:02:40. > :02:43.continued imposing tariffs on foreign imports, with up to 22%
:02:44. > :02:47.levied on cold rolled steel, which is used in cars
:02:48. > :02:54.And the turnaround plan, put in place at Port Talbot,
:02:55. > :02:57.saw all the reported losses of ?1 million a day
:02:58. > :03:02.Adam Price says this means the situation has been radically
:03:03. > :03:04.transformed from this time last year.
:03:05. > :03:07.Mark Turner has worked at Port Talbot for the last 15 years
:03:08. > :03:11.and he says staff should be left to make their own decisions.
:03:12. > :03:15.Each person there will have their own feelings, their own ways
:03:16. > :03:17.of looking at things, depending on age, depending
:03:18. > :03:21.There's lots of things that people have to weigh up.
:03:22. > :03:25.I was looking to retire, possibly at 55.
:03:26. > :03:26.That's all been thrown up in the air.
:03:27. > :03:28.Unfortunately, this is not a political issue
:03:29. > :03:31.so we'd like the politicians, really, to keep their opinions
:03:32. > :03:35.The steel committee which represents all the unions across Tata says
:03:36. > :03:38.it is vital the workforce fully understands the proposal.
:03:39. > :03:44.Tata says it won't comment while it's still consulting workers.
:03:45. > :03:48.Police have arrested three more people on suspicion of murder,
:03:49. > :03:50.following the death of a man in Old Colwyn last week.
:03:51. > :03:56.A post mortem examination found David James Kingsbury died
:03:57. > :03:59.The police say three men are in custody.
:04:00. > :04:04.A woman who was arrested earlier has been released on bail.
:04:05. > :04:07.A body found in the Talgarth area of Powys has been confirmed as that
:04:08. > :04:10.of the missing jogger, David Skeen.
:04:11. > :04:14.He was last seen leaving his home for a run last Tuesday.
:04:15. > :04:17.Mountain rescue teams, firefighters, police and a drone
:04:18. > :04:24.People affected by dementia are being asked for their experiences,
:04:25. > :04:28.to help shape Wales' first ever national dementia plan.
:04:29. > :04:31.It affects memory and language and is now the leading
:04:32. > :04:36.It's thought between 40,000-50,000 people are living with dementia
:04:37. > :04:39.here and today, the Welsh Government launched a two-month consultation.
:04:40. > :04:51.Kath's husband John was diagnosed with dementia five years ago.
:04:52. > :04:54.John now lives at a specialist facility for people who
:04:55. > :04:58.But Kath says things were far from easy at the start.
:04:59. > :05:08.At the day of diagnosis, we were just sent home.
:05:09. > :05:11.Therefore, what that meant, as you can imagine,
:05:12. > :05:12.is that for a number of
:05:13. > :05:15.I didn't feel that actually, there was
:05:16. > :05:19.I don't think that it was until much later on,
:05:20. > :05:23.Now the Welsh Government aims to change that.
:05:24. > :05:27.It has worked over the past five years to improve diagnosis
:05:28. > :05:29.rates in particular, but over the next two months,
:05:30. > :05:32.people like Kath and John who were affected by the
:05:33. > :05:38.condition are being asked for their experiences to help inform
:05:39. > :05:41.a new dementia strategy for Wales, which focuses on a number of
:05:42. > :05:42.key themes, such as diagnosis, helping dementia
:05:43. > :05:44.patients to live well, and approving access
:05:45. > :05:49.to specialist care and support, particularly in the community.
:05:50. > :05:52.No two individuals are exactly the same.
:05:53. > :05:54.Their experiences about who they are will be different
:05:55. > :05:57.and the impact of the condition will slightly differ with them as well.
:05:58. > :06:01.So that individualised understanding is really
:06:02. > :06:06.important and it really is about health care
:06:07. > :06:08.and the wider third sector joining up around
:06:09. > :06:11.Conwy council funds the service called Trio, provided by
:06:12. > :06:17.It partners people in the early stages of dementia
:06:18. > :06:26.Every week, they meet for days out, or catch up over coffee.
:06:27. > :06:29.We match the people to their needs and
:06:30. > :06:34.their choices of what they do, so it's individual based
:06:35. > :06:41.Because my wife takes me out most of the time so it
:06:42. > :06:44.The project in Conwy is now also being
:06:45. > :06:47.piloted in Denbighshire but the Welsh local government
:06:48. > :06:48.Association says the financial pressures on
:06:49. > :06:54.social care budgets are already unsustainable.
:06:55. > :06:58.There are many good things appearing out there presently
:06:59. > :07:01.in terms of local government, particularly in terms of things
:07:02. > :07:04.like dementia friendly communities, but this
:07:05. > :07:06.will add massive pressures into
:07:07. > :07:08.the system which is already struggling, with some of the
:07:09. > :07:10.financial challenges we currently face.
:07:11. > :07:12.The government's consultation will close at the end of March but
:07:13. > :07:15.the debate about how best to care for dementia patients and how much
:07:16. > :07:26.A wild duck has died from avian flu at an RSPB reserve in Conwy.
:07:27. > :07:30.The teal was found last week in an area that's out of bounds
:07:31. > :07:34.to the public and tests confirm it had the H5N8 strain.
:07:35. > :07:47.The Welsh Government says the latest finding is not unexpected.
:07:48. > :07:55.Please still come to the reserve because risk is infinitesimally
:07:56. > :08:02.small. We ask people if they see a dead bird on the reserve, and most
:08:03. > :08:06.areas are out of bounds anyway, reported to the reserve centre.
:08:07. > :08:07.Labour support in Wales has reached new lows,
:08:08. > :08:10.according to an opinion poll by YouGov, for ITV Wales
:08:11. > :08:14.It suggests that 31% of people would vote for Labour in Assembly
:08:15. > :08:15.constituency elections, that's down three
:08:16. > :08:19.That's the lowest rating since YouGov's first
:08:20. > :08:25.Both Tory and Plaid Cymru support rose by one point to 25%
:08:26. > :08:34.UKIP are down one to 12% and the Liberal Democrats up two, to 8%.
:08:35. > :08:38.Staff at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board are being urged to take
:08:39. > :08:43.Three wards have been closed at the University Hospital of Wales
:08:44. > :08:45.in Cardiff to prevent the spread of further infection.
:08:46. > :08:48.Up to the end of December, less than half of the health board's
:08:49. > :08:56.Residents in a south Wales valley say they're overjoyed that plans
:08:57. > :09:00.for a waste-processing plant have been rejected by
:09:01. > :09:03.They were concerned that any emissions from the plant
:09:04. > :09:06.in Cwmfelinfach may be trapped in the valley, because of a weather
:09:07. > :09:08.phenomenon that can hold cloud over the village for days.
:09:09. > :09:20.A blanket of fog over the steep, green Sirhowy Valley.
:09:21. > :09:23.Locals say it can linger here for days.
:09:24. > :09:27.And they were concerned that any emissions from a planned new waste
:09:28. > :09:29.processing plant to be built here would also be
:09:30. > :09:33.But today, those plans were rejected by the environment body,
:09:34. > :09:48.We will believe that this was in the wrong place and we've been
:09:49. > :09:52.vindicated. They told us that it was not going to be a problem. They told
:09:53. > :09:56.us we would only have steam out of the chimney and it's going to be
:09:57. > :09:56.nitrogen dioxide. We were proved right.
:09:57. > :09:59.Locals fought from the outset to stop the development,
:10:00. > :10:03.And this - it's called temperature inversion.
:10:04. > :10:07.Where cold air is trapped in the valley by warm air above.
:10:08. > :10:12.Locals were worried about the effect the plant may have
:10:13. > :10:18.The Aneurin Bevan Health Board had already raised concerns
:10:19. > :10:21.about the amount of nitrogen dioxide that could be released.
:10:22. > :10:23.It can affect people's breathing and lower their resistance
:10:24. > :10:31.The plant would have turned thousands of tonnes of waste -
:10:32. > :10:35.that would have normally gone to landfill - into fuel.
:10:36. > :10:37.The company behind it, Hazrem Environmental Limited says
:10:38. > :10:39.it's extremely disappointed with the decision and that no air
:10:40. > :10:42.quality limits would have been breached and they will be appealing
:10:43. > :10:54.Natural Resources Wales believe the plant could of had a negative impact
:10:55. > :10:56.on people's health. Rugby, and Wales international
:10:57. > :11:03.Liam Williams will join Saracens next summer from the Scarlets
:11:04. > :11:05.on a three-year deal. It could limit his international
:11:06. > :11:11.appearances, because the senior selection policy only allows three
:11:12. > :11:13.non-Wales-based players Warnings of snow on the
:11:14. > :11:18.way later this week. Sue's got tonight's
:11:19. > :11:28.weather forecast. After the miles and relatively
:11:29. > :11:34.unsettled start to the week, it will turn colder and we've got wintry
:11:35. > :11:39.showers to end the week. Overnight, after today's heavy rain, scattered
:11:40. > :11:45.shadows will continue, Saint dry spells and feeling colder in the
:11:46. > :11:49.winds overnight. This friend brought today's rain a brief respite and
:11:50. > :11:53.then another arise from the West through tomorrow so some dry spells
:11:54. > :11:57.and just a few early showers tomorrow and then the clouds
:11:58. > :12:01.thickens as the French stars to arrive from the West and across the
:12:02. > :12:06.UK, that band of rain, slowly moves eastwards, further east, those North
:12:07. > :12:10.Sea ghosts hanging onto any brightness for longer. Wind is
:12:11. > :12:17.picking up, two, especially across northern Scotland. The rain this
:12:18. > :12:21.clears eastwards across Wales tomorrow afternoon but very
:12:22. > :12:27.blustery, temperatures staying above average at nine Celsius and Wrexham.
:12:28. > :12:32.On Wednesday, some dry spells, a few showers, chance they could be wintry
:12:33. > :12:37.in the hills but also very strong north westerly winds, could reach
:12:38. > :12:43.gale force along the coast. The wind chill will make it feel cooler than
:12:44. > :12:48.this. Those isobars, close together, signalling the strongest winds. They
:12:49. > :12:52.started to feel more north-westerly with cold air from Iceland. Any
:12:53. > :12:57.friends from the West, could bring wintry showers, so by Thursday,
:12:58. > :13:01.we're into that colder air, very blustery, try and bright for many,
:13:02. > :13:08.but cold enough for a warning that any showers could fall with rain,
:13:09. > :13:12.sleet and snow for some. Not like the scenes we've seen across Eastern
:13:13. > :13:17.Europe, just more typical January weather to come for the end of the
:13:18. > :13:19.week. It's unusually mild at the moment, but more typical
:13:20. > :13:26.temperatures and the return of snow for some by the end of the week.
:13:27. > :13:29.From all of us on the programme, good night.