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Tonight's headlines: 2,000 jobs and a strong contribution | :00:00. | :00:08. | |
A review says the world's first tidal lagoon in | :00:09. | :00:11. | |
But there remains concern over the impact it could have on wildlife | :00:12. | :00:16. | |
and funding for the billion pound project needs to be secured. | :00:17. | :00:21. | |
And also tonight, the latest on how much less we could be paying | :00:22. | :00:24. | |
The ?1.3 billion Swansea Bay tidal lagoon should get the go ahead. | :00:25. | :00:47. | |
That's the recommendation from a review commissioned | :00:48. | :00:48. | |
It says it would make a "strong contribution" to the energy supply, | :00:49. | :00:54. | |
In a moment we'll look at the challenges the project | :00:55. | :00:58. | |
still faces before it gets the go ahead, but first our | :00:59. | :01:01. | |
economic correspondent Sarah Dickins looks at just | :01:02. | :01:02. | |
A 10.5 kilometre long causeway forming an 11 kilometre lagoon, | :01:03. | :01:09. | |
producing enough tidal energy to generate power for | :01:10. | :01:12. | |
A designer's vision that is now much more likely to happen. | :01:13. | :01:20. | |
The report from the independent Hendry Review recommends | :01:21. | :01:25. | |
that the Swansea tidal lagoon goes ahead. | :01:26. | :01:28. | |
It said let's start tidal lagoons, let's start with Swansea, | :01:29. | :01:41. | |
As the tides ebb and flow so the lagoon, the world's first | :01:42. | :01:47. | |
marine hydro power station, will generate electricity. | :01:48. | :01:51. | |
There would be 16 turbines using the energy as the tide | :01:52. | :01:54. | |
It would also generate hundreds of Welsh jobs. | :01:55. | :02:00. | |
We have an opportunity now for the UK to use | :02:01. | :02:02. | |
its formidable skills to start a new global industry. | :02:03. | :02:05. | |
To do so in a way that enhances our energy security | :02:06. | :02:11. | |
of supply and helps meet our decarbonisation commitments. | :02:12. | :02:15. | |
And at a cost to the pathfinder that is around the cost of a pint | :02:16. | :02:18. | |
Tidal Lagoon Power has promised that half of the ?1.3 billion cost | :02:19. | :02:24. | |
This Abergavenny company will be the first on-site, | :02:25. | :02:30. | |
carrying out the civil engineering for Swansea tidal lagoon. | :02:31. | :02:33. | |
They expect to have 100 people working on the site. | :02:34. | :02:39. | |
By this project going ahead, that will enable us to keep on expanding, | :02:40. | :02:42. | |
to recruit more local people, to train more local people | :02:43. | :02:45. | |
GE at Rugby have the contract for the turbines. | :02:46. | :02:54. | |
At first they would only be assembled in Wales | :02:55. | :02:57. | |
but Tidal Lagoon Power has already put out a tender to build a new ?22 | :02:58. | :03:00. | |
million turbine manufacturing plant in Swansea docks. | :03:01. | :03:08. | |
We have invested over the last couple of years in new robots | :03:09. | :03:11. | |
and other automated capability to be able to not only deliver | :03:12. | :03:14. | |
the workload that we have today but also to be able to deliver | :03:15. | :03:18. | |
The Swansea project is the first of six in Tidal Lagoon Power's plans. | :03:19. | :03:27. | |
For tidal energy to have a truly transformational effect | :03:28. | :03:34. | |
on our economy then more lagoons need to follow, particularly here | :03:35. | :03:38. | |
That is when the Welsh economy would really feel the difference, | :03:39. | :03:45. | |
not just in terms of jobs, but also businesses that would be | :03:46. | :03:48. | |
Charles Hendry has suggested there should be a pause to see | :03:49. | :03:54. | |
He is also talking about a tidal lagoon authority. | :03:55. | :03:59. | |
All things that could delay that development. | :04:00. | :04:02. | |
The UK Government says it will consider the recommendations | :04:03. | :04:04. | |
The company hopes to start work on site in spring 2018. | :04:05. | :04:11. | |
As well as securing the necessary funds and the backing | :04:12. | :04:14. | |
of the UK Government, the tidal lagoon scheme also needs | :04:15. | :04:16. | |
a so-called marine licence from Natural Resources Wales. | :04:17. | :04:19. | |
After years of discussions there's still no sign of agreement | :04:20. | :04:22. | |
with serious concerns being raised about the lagoon's | :04:23. | :04:24. | |
Our environment correspondent Steffan Messenger now on what's next | :04:25. | :04:30. | |
Swansea Bay is home to a plethora of birds, fish and other wildlife. | :04:31. | :04:37. | |
So what impact would the lagoon have on them? | :04:38. | :04:41. | |
We promote marine ecosystem regeneration with a ten | :04:42. | :04:45. | |
Developers say the effect on nature will be negligible but fishing | :04:46. | :04:49. | |
The lagoon in Swansea will affect the rivers Tawe, Neath and Afan, | :04:50. | :04:57. | |
all of which are important salmon and sea trout rivers and Natural | :04:58. | :05:00. | |
They haven't yet issued a marine licence. | :05:01. | :05:07. | |
Planning permission for the Swansea Bay lagoon | :05:08. | :05:09. | |
was initially granted based on modelling that suggested it | :05:10. | :05:12. | |
But before Christmas Natural Resources Wales | :05:13. | :05:17. | |
revised its predictions, claiming 21% of salmon and 25% | :05:18. | :05:20. | |
of sea trout could be killed each year as they migrate | :05:21. | :05:24. | |
Tidal Lagoon Power say they don't agree with the figures or the way | :05:25. | :05:33. | |
They have submitted new evidence to NRW which could lead to further | :05:34. | :05:37. | |
delay as a fresh consultation on the marine licence | :05:38. | :05:39. | |
The irony here is that this is about green energy and lots of it. | :05:40. | :05:47. | |
If all six lagoons are built and live up to their promise | :05:48. | :05:50. | |
of delivering around 12% of our electricity needs, | :05:51. | :05:52. | |
that could be a significant boost to the UK's efforts to cut carbon | :05:53. | :05:55. | |
emissions and tackle climate change, which is generally agreed | :05:56. | :05:57. | |
to be the greatest threat to nature conservation. | :05:58. | :06:04. | |
Having listened to the environmental arguments, Charles Hendry's report | :06:05. | :06:06. | |
recommends the first lagoon in Swansea is given the go-ahead, | :06:07. | :06:09. | |
so any effect on wildlife can be carefully monitored. | :06:10. | :06:14. | |
Hendry's review indicates that both economically | :06:15. | :06:16. | |
and environmentally in his view, in his team's view, | :06:17. | :06:18. | |
That is a wake-up call to the UK Government | :06:19. | :06:23. | |
They now need to do their work properly to ensure that they | :06:24. | :06:29. | |
Several environmental charities have given the report's conclusions | :06:30. | :06:38. | |
a cautious welcome but they want assurances there will be enough | :06:39. | :06:41. | |
of a pause between building the first lagoon and starting | :06:42. | :06:43. | |
We are recommending that eight years minimum should be the pause | :06:44. | :06:49. | |
because that is the time span of two fish spawning cycles. | :06:50. | :06:51. | |
If you leave less time than that then we really can't monitor | :06:52. | :06:54. | |
Natural Resources Wales says it's working closely with the developers | :06:55. | :07:01. | |
of the proposed Swansea lagoon and other experts to make sure it | :07:02. | :07:04. | |
rigorously and fairly assesses the impact of this | :07:05. | :07:07. | |
Developing new sources of sustainable energy in a way that | :07:08. | :07:13. | |
minimises harm to the environment is a goal, it says, it | :07:14. | :07:15. | |
Tonight's other news now and the tolls on the Severn Crossings | :07:16. | :07:23. | |
could be cut by more than had been expected. | :07:24. | :07:25. | |
From 2018 when the bridges are due to revert to public ownership, | :07:26. | :07:28. | |
under UK Government plans all cars and small vehicles will pay ?3. | :07:29. | :07:31. | |
Here's our political editor Nick Servini. | :07:32. | :07:36. | |
After years in which drivers have been paying off the cost of building | :07:37. | :07:40. | |
the second Severn Crossing with Britain's biggest bridge toll, | :07:41. | :07:43. | |
new details emerge of what will happen when the bill is paid off. | :07:44. | :07:47. | |
We already knew the current ?6.70 charge for cars | :07:48. | :07:49. | |
Now there is confirmation it will come down further to ?3. | :07:50. | :07:53. | |
Small vans will see a particularly big reduction with the current toll | :07:54. | :07:56. | |
of more than ?13 also coming down to ?3. | :07:57. | :08:08. | |
Lorries and cultures will pay ?10 instead of ?20. | :08:09. | :08:11. | |
Tomorrow we will also see the publication of the consultation | :08:12. | :08:16. | |
into whether to bring in a free flow charging system which would use | :08:17. | :08:19. | |
number plate recognition to identify cars and remove the need to stop | :08:20. | :08:23. | |
Drivers would then pay online or by phone and bring to an end | :08:24. | :08:31. | |
the queues which have been a regular feature on the bridges | :08:32. | :08:34. | |
The UK Government says the new tolls will help boost jobs | :08:35. | :08:39. | |
and trade by cutting the cost of doing business. | :08:40. | :08:42. | |
As well as being welcome news for drivers, this is also a tiny | :08:43. | :08:45. | |
reminder that we are approaching a moment of major change to the cost | :08:46. | :08:48. | |
of entering and leaving South Wales by road. | :08:49. | :08:55. | |
A 30-year-old man has appeared in court charged | :08:56. | :08:57. | |
Dean Joseph Cody, of no fixed address, is accused of killing | :08:58. | :09:02. | |
35-year-old David James Kingsbury a week ago. | :09:03. | :09:03. | |
He was remanded in custody to appear at Mold Crown Court tomorrow. | :09:04. | :09:06. | |
Two other men, charged with assisting an offender, | :09:07. | :09:08. | |
A man who cut his throat in the dock at Haverfordwest Magistrates Court | :09:09. | :09:18. | |
Lukasz Robert Pawlowski, who's 33 and lives in Pembroke Dock, | :09:19. | :09:22. | |
has been arrested on suspicion of possession of a blade. | :09:23. | :09:25. | |
He was due to be sentenced for sexual assault yesterday. | :09:26. | :09:31. | |
In an exclusive interview with BBC Wales, the Labour leader, | :09:32. | :09:33. | |
Jeremy Corbyn, has said that allowing the Welsh Government to set | :09:34. | :09:36. | |
its own immigration rules would be "fraught with difficulties". | :09:37. | :09:40. | |
Mr Corbyn says the idea, which is backed by some | :09:41. | :09:42. | |
of his own MPs, would be very difficult to implement. | :09:43. | :09:47. | |
If you set up a Welsh limit on immigration or started the same | :09:48. | :09:51. | |
thing for English regions would you then restrict the movement | :09:52. | :09:54. | |
What would you do if it was a contracting industry, | :09:55. | :10:03. | |
building industry that had a contract to do work | :10:04. | :10:06. | |
Would you say that the European workers couldn't go and work on it? | :10:07. | :10:12. | |
I think it's fraught with difficulties. | :10:13. | :10:15. | |
Some football news and new Swansea City head coach Paul Clement has | :10:16. | :10:18. | |
completed his first signing since taking up the job. | :10:19. | :10:20. | |
The Swans have bought Dutch international | :10:21. | :10:23. | |
They are believed to have paid PSV Eindhoven a fee | :10:24. | :10:28. | |
Gritters and out in force across Wales tonight. | :10:29. | :10:33. | |
Drivers are being warned to prepare for icy conditions on the roads | :10:34. | :10:36. | |
overnight and into the morning as temperatures are expected to drop | :10:37. | :10:38. | |
Snow did fall in some parts of Wales today but caused little disruption. | :10:39. | :10:47. | |
Is ice likely to be the main issue first thing tomorrow? | :10:48. | :10:54. | |
I think so. Those arctic winds have arrived and temperatures are | :10:55. | :11:02. | |
dropping. It is slowing -- slowing in places at the moment. The wintry | :11:03. | :11:08. | |
showers moving southwards across the country. Hail and snow and even | :11:09. | :11:15. | |
thunderstorms in places. Some clear weather overnight with temperatures | :11:16. | :11:18. | |
close to freezing or below. Widespread ice is likely. We do have | :11:19. | :11:24. | |
an Met Office warning in force for snow and ice and a dusting of snow | :11:25. | :11:29. | |
possible almost anywhere. A few centimetres in places but more in | :11:30. | :11:35. | |
upland areas. An icy start tomorrow. A windy one as well with strong to | :11:36. | :11:39. | |
gale force north-westerly winds. The wintry showers about but also some | :11:40. | :11:47. | |
dry and bright weather. Across the rest of the UK sleet and snow in | :11:48. | :11:50. | |
south-east England will clear during the morning and many places then dry | :11:51. | :11:56. | |
and bright with sunshine. A sprinting of wintry showers in | :11:57. | :11:59. | |
Northern Ireland and the North of Scotland and windy especially in the | :12:00. | :12:03. | |
east. Severe gale force winds combining with some large waves | :12:04. | :12:08. | |
could lead to some coastal flooding on the East Coast. The temperature | :12:09. | :12:16. | |
only two Celsius in Glasgow. Close to home there will be a few wintry | :12:17. | :12:21. | |
showers with snow in places tomorrow afternoon and some parts will stay | :12:22. | :12:25. | |
dry. They will be sunshine and temperatures below average and | :12:26. | :12:29. | |
feeling very cold in the wind. Bitterly cold on the cold -- hills | :12:30. | :12:39. | |
and mountains tomorrow. Tomorrow evening, further wintry showers and | :12:40. | :12:43. | |
some clear frosty weather as well. Still breezy with icy patches. Enter | :12:44. | :12:49. | |
Saturday and a few showers. Most of the snow confined to the hills and | :12:50. | :12:55. | |
mountains. Some sunshine as well as rain and less windy and feeling | :12:56. | :12:58. | |
chilly. All change on Sunday. Cloudy with rain and drizzle. Turning | :12:59. | :13:07. | |
milder. In the meantime someone today whether to come over the next | :13:08. | :13:12. | |
few days. Take care if you are travelling and keep warm. | :13:13. | :13:15. | |
We will have the very latest on the weather picture across Wales | :13:16. | :13:17. | |
There will be travel and weather updates too on Radio Wales, | :13:18. | :13:21. | |
That's Wales Today. From all of us here, good night. | :13:22. | :13:32. | |
'Alla I ddeud 'tha chi bod "man flu" yn bodoli. | :13:33. | :13:36. |