07/03/2017

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:00:00. > 3:59:59Arsenal in Europe. Natalie thank you very much again at the Emirates

:00:00. > :00:00.Stadium. The headlines tonight:

:00:07. > :00:09.Suspended as a councillor - and now from Plaid Cymru

:00:10. > :00:12.in the Assembly - the party investigates Neil McEvoy

:00:13. > :00:14.amid a row over bullying. And a 'surreal moment' -

:00:15. > :00:16.Sir Bryn Terfel on receiving his Plaid Cymru has suspended one

:00:17. > :00:37.of its Assembly members. Neil McEvoy is already serving

:00:38. > :00:41.a one-month suspension from his other role as a councillor

:00:42. > :00:44.in Cardiff, after a panel ruled that a comment he made to a council

:00:45. > :00:52.officer was "bullying behaviour". Mr McEvoy says he hopes to be back

:00:53. > :00:55.in the party's Assembly group soon. Our political correspondent,

:00:56. > :00:58.Daniel Davies, has more. Plaid Cymru Assembly members

:00:59. > :01:02.on their way to their weekly The main topic of conversation,

:01:03. > :01:13.what to do about Neil McEvoy. We are not allowed in to

:01:14. > :01:21.hear what's being said. These group meetings

:01:22. > :01:23.are always held in private. But we do know that he won't

:01:24. > :01:27.get unanimous support. Last week, a tribunal heard

:01:28. > :01:31.in the summer of 2015 he referred That comment came after the eviction

:01:32. > :01:37.of a tenant he'd been supporting, and was deemed to be

:01:38. > :01:40.bullying an official. First this morning, party leader

:01:41. > :01:43.Leanne Wood removed him from her front-bench team, then,

:01:44. > :01:46.after more than an hour and With Neil McEvoy's agreement,

:01:47. > :01:53.the Plaid Cymru group has decided that he should be temporarily

:01:54. > :01:56.suspended from the group whilst agreement is sought on a way forward

:01:57. > :02:04.following recent events. Mr McEvoy's supporters came

:02:05. > :02:06.out for him at Plaid's He is a prominent figure

:02:07. > :02:13.in Cardiff politics, and is poised to lead the campaign

:02:14. > :02:16.there at May's council elections. But today he was asked

:02:17. > :02:19.whether there was pressure I don't think there was pressure,

:02:20. > :02:26.it was more of a discussion, really. It was just the form

:02:27. > :02:31.of words we were working on. Some sticking points either way,

:02:32. > :02:35.but I understand their position, So we've agreed, we both agreed,

:02:36. > :02:40.actually, to temporarily suspend me and, ideally,

:02:41. > :02:50.readmit me in the future. This afternoon, he was back

:02:51. > :02:52.in the Assembly Chamber asking questions, but whether he'll

:02:53. > :02:55.continue doing that as a Plaid AM or as an independent

:02:56. > :02:58.AM remains unresolved. The MP for Wrexham, Ian Lucas,

:02:59. > :03:01.says he's been told experts at the new prison there can help

:03:02. > :03:04.in the battle against Last night on Wales Today,

:03:05. > :03:09.we showed these pictures, taken at Wrexham bus station

:03:10. > :03:11.and posted on social They appear to show

:03:12. > :03:19.people high on drugs. Mr Lucas says there needs

:03:20. > :03:21.to be better co-operation between the police, local council

:03:22. > :03:23.and other agencies. The pictures are shocking,

:03:24. > :03:25.but it's no surprise. This is an issue that's been

:03:26. > :03:28.going on for a considerable I've discussed this personally

:03:29. > :03:34.with the Lord Chancellor and asked her to ask

:03:35. > :03:37.the new prison just outside Wrexham to work

:03:38. > :03:40.with agencies in the town

:03:41. > :03:42.and the local police this horrible problem that is

:03:43. > :03:46.destroying people's lives and our A nurse from Carmarthenshire has

:03:47. > :03:52.been sacked and fined ?650 after accessing more than 3000

:03:53. > :03:54.confidential medical records, 63-year-old Elaine Lewis,

:03:55. > :04:02.from Llansteffan, worked Hywel Dda Health Board says it has

:04:03. > :04:08.introduced measures to improve A group of climbers had to be

:04:09. > :04:14.rescued this morning Members of Llanberis Mountain Rescue

:04:15. > :04:19.team were winched down by helicopter to help the three climbers,

:04:20. > :04:23.who'd got into difficulty on Crib Goch after one man fell

:04:24. > :04:27.and injured his shoulder. Final planning approval has been

:04:28. > :04:32.granted to build a ?10 million holiday village at Folly Farm

:04:33. > :04:34.near Narberth in Pembrokeshire. Visitors will be able to stay

:04:35. > :04:38.alongside the park's exotic attractions in lodges,

:04:39. > :04:43.caravans and tents. The council says it will bring wider

:04:44. > :04:46.economic benefits that will enhance the appeal of the attraction

:04:47. > :04:51.throughout the year. He's regarded as one of the world's

:04:52. > :04:54.greatest bass baritones - Sir Bryn Terfel has been

:04:55. > :04:57.at Buckingham Palace to collect his knighthood from the Queen

:04:58. > :05:01.for services to music. Our arts and media correspondent,

:05:02. > :05:07.Huw Thomas, was at the Palace. Sir Bryn Terfel on stage,

:05:08. > :05:13.an icon of opera and a voice This was his performance at a gala

:05:14. > :05:19.concert in Buckingham Palace last Sir Bryn Terfel Jones,

:05:20. > :05:24.for services to music. Today, he was back in the same

:05:25. > :05:29.glamorous surroundings of the palace ballroom,

:05:30. > :05:31.not to sing this time, but to meet the Queen

:05:32. > :05:34.and from bended knee, to

:05:35. > :05:38.arise Sir Bryn Terfel. Congratulations, can we see

:05:39. > :05:41.the award you got today? Already, I see a knighthood brings

:05:42. > :05:48.a certain significance to what you do in your daily

:05:49. > :05:52.routine as a musician. It helps, I guess,

:05:53. > :05:57.to promote Wales, even And that will propel me

:05:58. > :06:12.forwards to the future. On stage he is an imposing presence,

:06:13. > :06:18.but behind the scenes he's nurtured young talent, funding tuition fees

:06:19. > :06:21.through his foundation and supporting singers with the Sir Bryn

:06:22. > :06:23.Terfel scholarship on the Eisteddfod From the beginning,

:06:24. > :06:30.Sir Bryn Terfel showed exceptional talent,

:06:31. > :06:38.here winning the song prize

:06:39. > :06:40.at the BBC's Cardiff Singer That competition returns this year,

:06:41. > :06:44.and its patron has praised Sir Bryn He's been a great

:06:45. > :06:47.ambassador for Wales He's a wonderful character,

:06:48. > :06:52.glorious voice. He does an amazing

:06:53. > :06:55.job in what he does. From Pantglas to

:06:56. > :06:58.the Palace, Sir Bryn Terfel is one of the world's leading

:06:59. > :07:10.bass baritones and joins a distinguished band of singers

:07:11. > :07:13.knighted for their excellence. The Welsh Rugby Union

:07:14. > :07:15.is cancelling around 200 tickets for Friday's Six Nations match

:07:16. > :07:17.against Ireland because they've been sold on for profit

:07:18. > :07:19.by unofficial providers. The Union says anyone

:07:20. > :07:21.who has bought a ticket from a source other than itself,

:07:22. > :07:24.a Welsh rugby club, Seatwave, Events International

:07:25. > :07:25.or Gullivers Sports Travel should Football, and in the Championship,

:07:26. > :07:34.Cardiff City conceded a late equaliser to draw 1-1

:07:35. > :07:36.against Blackburn Kenneth Zohore put the Bluebirds

:07:37. > :07:42.ahead before half time. Blackburn put pressure

:07:43. > :07:45.on Cardiff in the second half and got their reward late on -

:07:46. > :07:48.Derrick Williams with the goal Let's get the weather

:07:49. > :08:21.forecast for Wales. This system brings rain overnight

:08:22. > :08:25.and has a trailing weather front tomorrow, waving back and forth,

:08:26. > :08:29.bringing more rain, especially further south, before it clear to

:08:30. > :08:35.the south-east. Dry weather tomorrow in the north, but that band of rain

:08:36. > :08:39.lingers across much of south and mid Wales. Across the UK, scattered

:08:40. > :08:42.showers across north and west Scotland. The best of the drier

:08:43. > :08:46.brighter for Northern Ireland and northern England. Further south,

:08:47. > :08:54.that rain moving to the south-east in the milder air here. 13 Celsius

:08:55. > :08:58.in south-east England, eight or nine Celsius in the north of Scotland.

:08:59. > :09:03.The rain clears to the south-east, and a few lingering showers. Some

:09:04. > :09:10.bright spells, especially in the north. South-westerly winds bringing

:09:11. > :09:17.swarm Briton slightly warmer air. Tomorrow night, the drizzle is

:09:18. > :09:23.likely to linger in the south, but drier in the north, with clear

:09:24. > :09:27.spells. We keep the mild south-westerly winds into Thursday.

:09:28. > :09:32.A window of drier weather before another front brings in rain by

:09:33. > :09:38.Thursday night, so not a bad day, Thursday. Mostly dry, often cloudy,

:09:39. > :09:41.but feeling pleasantly mild and warm weather sun breaks through. The

:09:42. > :09:45.changeable weather continues over the next few days. Some rain,

:09:46. > :09:51.brighter spells too, and feeling milder.