:00:00. > :00:07."The only viable way to secure the future."
:00:08. > :00:12.Unions recommend Tata steel workers accept the pension deal on offer.
:00:13. > :00:15.A call for a ban on selling flavours like bubble gum and candyfloss
:00:16. > :00:18.for e-cigarettes that could appeal to children.
:00:19. > :00:22.And his job was to protect the rights of patients in Wales -
:00:23. > :00:40.now questions over why Tony Rucinski was suspended.
:00:41. > :00:43.Unions at Tata Steel have recommended that workers
:00:44. > :00:47.at its plants in Wales accept the company's pension deal.
:00:48. > :00:50.Up until now, the three unions had said the decision was a personal one
:00:51. > :00:56.But tonight, they admitted it was the "only credible and viable
:00:57. > :01:01.A ballot on the offer is expected to go ahead on Monday.
:01:02. > :01:12.After continued uncertainty and disagreement unions have changed
:01:13. > :01:15.their position on a deal which could secure the future of Tata steel
:01:16. > :01:26.Following meetings with Tata all three unions recommend to
:01:27. > :01:28.their members they should accept the deal which would mean
:01:29. > :01:33.In a joint letter to steelworkers unions say they don't
:01:34. > :01:35.take this decision lightly, and that the offer isn't
:01:36. > :01:39.They say while they understand the concerns around the pension scheme
:01:40. > :01:42.it is their view, supported by independent experts, that this is
:01:43. > :01:45.now the only credible and viable way forward to secure the future.
:01:46. > :01:47.The unions previously said they would
:01:48. > :01:51.leave the decision to Tata's 6000 steelworkers, but there was
:01:52. > :01:55.significant unhappiness about the proposal.
:01:56. > :01:57.The BBC understands there has since been clarification
:01:58. > :02:05.Tata did put a deal on the table to give reassurances
:02:06. > :02:07.about their future commitment but it was asking a lot
:02:08. > :02:12.of people close to retirement, workers in their 50s who would have
:02:13. > :02:16.taken a big hit had this deal gone through.
:02:17. > :02:29.I've been pushing, as have others, for Tata to listen to the feedback.
:02:30. > :02:32.Workers still have a choice to ignore the advice of the union
:02:33. > :02:33.representatives and reject the offer.
:02:34. > :02:36.One former steelworker says it's never going to be an easy decision.
:02:37. > :02:40.When they first started in the works,
:02:41. > :02:44.they understood, that is what the pension scheme would be.
:02:45. > :02:46.To move the goalposts after they've worked there,
:02:47. > :02:47.that's what makes it difficult.
:02:48. > :02:50.It's not only the steel industry, but other companies.
:02:51. > :02:51.It's a difficult decision to move the
:02:52. > :02:57.You knew what your future pension was going to be,
:02:58. > :03:02.Ballot papers will be posted to workers on Monday
:03:03. > :03:08.Public health officials have called for a ban on the sale of flavours
:03:09. > :03:13.for e-cigarettes that could appeal to children.
:03:14. > :03:16.They say flavours like bubble gum and candyfloss are an attempt
:03:17. > :03:17.to encourage young people to start vaping.
:03:18. > :03:19.They also want tighter controls over advertising,
:03:20. > :03:22.a register of retailers selling e-cigarettes, and restrictions
:03:23. > :03:30.Starting the advice young, not to smoke.
:03:31. > :03:33.It's hoped these 12 and 13 year olds from Hawthorn High School
:03:34. > :03:37.in Rhondda Cynon Taff will then be peer advocates and spread
:03:38. > :03:40.the message about the health dangers of smoking.
:03:41. > :03:43.But Public Health Wales, who are running these sessions,
:03:44. > :03:46.are now toughening up their message about e-cigarettes too.
:03:47. > :03:49.The concern is they're currently seen as safe,
:03:50. > :03:51.could re-normalise smoking, or could even be a gateway
:03:52. > :03:55.for young people and children to start smoking tobacco.
:03:56. > :04:02.Younger kids want to buy them because they are more attractive.
:04:03. > :04:09.When I walk past in my local town I see them in cool shapes
:04:10. > :04:15.I think they are aimed at young people.
:04:16. > :04:17.Public Health Wales say the nicotine in e-cigarettes is damaging
:04:18. > :04:20.to the adolescent brain, so a no-go for children
:04:21. > :04:24.But for those struggling to give up traditional cigarettes,
:04:25. > :04:29.a 100% switch to vaping would be less harmful.
:04:30. > :04:35.We wouldn't want to see advertising of electronic cigarettes
:04:36. > :04:38.or the production of confectionery-like flavours.
:04:39. > :04:42.You can buy bubble gum, candy floss, jam doughnut flavour,
:04:43. > :04:45.they are only aimed at one audience, and that about recruiting
:04:46. > :04:51.Celtic Vapours in Llansamlet have spent around ?150,000 having
:04:52. > :04:55.30 flavours tested for things like emissions and toxicology to
:04:56. > :05:01.They argue that e-cigarettes can have a huge role to play
:05:02. > :05:04.in helping people quit smoking, but the rules are currently
:05:05. > :05:07.so strict, they're unable to market their products at all.
:05:08. > :05:11.I'd like to be able to market it as the product it is.
:05:12. > :05:15.That's how we should be able to market ourselves.
:05:16. > :05:19.We are not nicotine replacement therapy, we are not smoking,
:05:20. > :05:21.we are an alternative to both and should be able to
:05:22. > :05:31.They attract a broad range of customers at
:05:32. > :05:33.their six stores across south Wales, with the traditional tobacco
:05:34. > :05:37.and menthol flavours by far their best sellers.
:05:38. > :05:39.I was spending about ?200 a month on cigarettes,
:05:40. > :05:43.so the costs and the health implications as well.
:05:44. > :05:46.I've been using it for around six months, I've never smoked,
:05:47. > :05:50.With a cigarette you know what you're going to get,
:05:51. > :05:55.With this you can have a different flavour every time you fill up.
:05:56. > :05:57.The market for e-cigarettes, like the devices themselves, has
:05:58. > :06:03.And research into the health benefits and harms continues.
:06:04. > :06:06.A man from Swansea has appeared before Westminster Magistrates
:06:07. > :06:12.26-year-old Lee Edward Griffiths is accused of having
:06:13. > :06:13.bomb-making manuals, and instructions on
:06:14. > :06:18.He's charged with five counts of possessing information which may
:06:19. > :06:22.be useful to someone who commits, or prepares acts of terrorism.
:06:23. > :06:27.He was remanded in custody to appear at the Old Bailey next month.
:06:28. > :06:30.More inmates killed themselves in Parc Prison in Bridgend
:06:31. > :06:34.and Swansea Prison between 2015 and 16 than in any other year
:06:35. > :06:41.There was a record number of suicides in prisons in England
:06:42. > :06:46.The UK Government says they're investing ?100 million
:06:47. > :06:52.into the prisons estate and hiring 2500 more officers.
:06:53. > :06:55.One of the last major army units based in Wrexham will move
:06:56. > :07:01.The Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Battalion
:07:02. > :07:04.at Hightown Barracks is being relocated.
:07:05. > :07:06.The Army says it'll help staff transfer to alternative
:07:07. > :07:11.But a campaign has been launched following concerns about how
:07:12. > :07:20.We are its family, they are our family.
:07:21. > :07:22.And it's like losing something from...
:07:23. > :07:26.It's been depleted over the years, this, to me,
:07:27. > :07:33.Opposition parties are demanding a full explanation as to why
:07:34. > :07:35.the assembly was not told about the suspension of the man
:07:36. > :07:37.who heads the patients' watchdog - the board
:07:38. > :07:42.The Welsh Conservatives are accusing the Welsh Government of keeping
:07:43. > :07:45.assembly members in the dark about what's happened to Tony
:07:46. > :07:52.I'm passionate about making things happen.
:07:53. > :07:56.That's what I see this new job, the new chief exec has been put
:07:57. > :07:59.into place to make those things happen, to be a much more proactive
:08:00. > :08:05.That's Tony Rucinski on the eve of becoming chief executive
:08:06. > :08:08.of the body that describes itself as the independent
:08:09. > :08:16.But seven months later he was suspended.
:08:17. > :08:19.There was no announcement at the time, and nothing was said
:08:20. > :08:22.publicly on the matter in the 11 months that followed,
:08:23. > :08:26.by the board, the Welsh government, or Tony Rucinski.
:08:27. > :08:29.We still don't know the reason for his suspension.
:08:30. > :08:31.The leader of the Welsh Conservatives wants
:08:32. > :08:35.the Health Secretary to explain why AMs here weren't told the board
:08:36. > :08:41.It's hugely concerning that the chief executive, the most senior
:08:42. > :08:50.official had been suspended for 11 months and there's been nothing put
:08:51. > :08:52.The community health councils relied on
:08:53. > :08:59.The Minister hasn't acted in the best interests,
:09:00. > :09:01.the chair hasn't acted on the best interests
:09:02. > :09:04.We don't know the reason for Tony Rucinski's suspension
:09:05. > :09:08.but sources say there was tension between him
:09:09. > :09:17.I've seen e-mails that show Tony Rucinski
:09:18. > :09:19.raised concerns before his suspension that he was being stopped
:09:20. > :09:23.He suggested the chair may have been influenced by
:09:24. > :09:29.a meeting with a Welsh government minister.
:09:30. > :09:31.Mutale Merril says she doesn't believe the content
:09:32. > :09:39.and can't comment while due processes being followed.
:09:40. > :09:45.It says Tony Rucinski's suspension is an internal matter.
:09:46. > :09:47.11 months and there's no indication of when the problem
:09:48. > :09:51.at the top of the patients watchdog will be resolved.
:09:52. > :09:55.A film-maker inspired by migration and religious persecution has been
:09:56. > :09:58.announced the winner of the coveted Artes Mundi contemporary arts prize
:09:59. > :10:03.John Akomfrah was chosen for his "substantial body
:10:04. > :10:07.of outstanding work" over a number of years, including his latest video
:10:08. > :10:13.Born in Ghana, but now based in London, he says it's important
:10:14. > :10:21.to have arts prizes outside the UK capital.
:10:22. > :10:23.I wouldn't have done this if it was in London.
:10:24. > :10:25.The whole point of being at Artes Mundi is
:10:26. > :10:30.It started here, it's a space which says these questions are
:10:31. > :10:33.important for us and we all come, this isn't my first time,
:10:34. > :10:40.Tomorrow night we'll be catching up with Welsh boxer Lee Selby
:10:41. > :10:43.as he prepares to defend his IBF world featherweight title
:10:44. > :10:49.The 29-year-old from Barry fights Jonathan Victor Barros at the MGM
:10:50. > :10:54.Speaking after his first public work-out, Selby says it's been
:10:55. > :10:58.a dream of his to fight in the Mecca of boxing and he's fully focused
:10:59. > :11:04.They follow me all around the country and the UK.
:11:05. > :11:08.You know, they flew out to Vegas to support me.
:11:09. > :11:15.They come to the pinnacle of the sport, we've worked
:11:16. > :11:23.All we've got to do now is win on Saturday night.
:11:24. > :11:30.Is this cold snap going to ease at all, Derek?
:11:31. > :11:38.Yes, it will turn less cold in the next few days, eventually milder but
:11:39. > :11:45.bitterly cold today for most of us, freezing in Tredegar. Up to seven
:11:46. > :11:51.Celsius on Anglesey and stunning on Snowdonia, lots of blue sky and
:11:52. > :11:55.sunshine. Most places dry tonight, patchy cloud, freezing fog on higher
:11:56. > :12:01.ground, frosty in parts of the North West, stayed above freezing in
:12:02. > :12:06.Pembrokeshire. Tomorrow this fog will let, the odd snow grain mixed
:12:07. > :12:13.in but otherwise dry. It will brighten up, sunshine likely in
:12:14. > :12:16.parts of Gwyneth and Conway. We have a warning of icy patches for
:12:17. > :12:21.south-east England and East Anglia in the morning, the best sunshine in
:12:22. > :12:28.Scotland, elsewhere brighten places but cloud increasing, rain spreading
:12:29. > :12:32.into southern and western countries and temperatures will rise up to
:12:33. > :12:38.nine in Plymouth. Dry for a time in Wales tomorrow but cloud increasing,
:12:39. > :12:44.rain on the way in the afternoon, and misty and murky, part of the
:12:45. > :12:49.North may stay dry until evening and temperatures a few degrees higher
:12:50. > :12:54.than today. Tomorrow evening looks wet but that rain will clear after
:12:55. > :12:59.the night, leaving one to showers, then on Saturday we have some dry
:13:00. > :13:03.weather but showers as well, some heavy with hail and thunder possible
:13:04. > :13:10.and a little snow on hills and mountains. There is a threat of rain
:13:11. > :13:15.on Sunday but some uncertainty. It all hinges on this frontal system
:13:16. > :13:19.which could be further south so turning less cold over the next few
:13:20. > :13:21.days, milder next week but with some wind and rain on the way.
:13:22. > :13:25.We'll be back in Breakfast with updates from around 6:25am tomorrow.