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Welcome to Wales Today, our headlines tonight: | 0:00:01 | 0:00:04 | |
Flying the flag - Welsh businesses set out what they need from any | 0:00:04 | 0:00:07 | |
Brexit deal on the eve of triggering Article 50. | 0:00:07 | 0:00:12 | |
Police hunt for Jordan Davidson, wanted on suspicion of murder | 0:00:12 | 0:00:14 | |
after a disabled man's body is found. | 0:00:14 | 0:00:19 | |
And fly-tipping on the increase - | 0:00:19 | 0:00:20 | |
we hear about the new drive to catch those responsible. | 0:00:20 | 0:00:25 | |
Good evening. | 0:00:39 | 0:00:41 | |
Tomorrow, the Prime Minister will start the process of the UK | 0:00:41 | 0:00:44 | |
leaving the European Union, by triggering Article 50. | 0:00:44 | 0:00:48 | |
And there's mounting pressure from Government and businesses here | 0:00:48 | 0:00:50 | |
for Wales not to be forgotten. | 0:00:50 | 0:00:52 | |
In a letter to politicians, seen exclusively by BBC Wales, | 0:00:52 | 0:00:56 | |
the leading business organisation, the CBI, says the priority should be | 0:00:56 | 0:01:00 | |
making sure all nations of the UK remain | 0:01:00 | 0:01:02 | |
in the Single Free Trade Area. | 0:01:02 | 0:01:05 | |
Here's our business correspondent, Brian Meechan. | 0:01:05 | 0:01:10 | |
The UK Government has already given some idea of what Wales could be | 0:01:10 | 0:01:13 | |
facing after leaving the EU. | 0:01:13 | 0:01:16 | |
Theresa May met business leaders, including the CBI, | 0:01:16 | 0:01:18 | |
in Swansea last week. | 0:01:18 | 0:01:21 | |
On her first trade mission outside Europe, she visited India to lay | 0:01:21 | 0:01:23 | |
the groundwork for a future deal. | 0:01:23 | 0:01:27 | |
Today, she has agreed to begin discussions with Qatar to open up | 0:01:27 | 0:01:30 | |
the Gulf states to UK products, but relations with is Scotland | 0:01:30 | 0:01:35 | |
the Gulf states to UK products, but relations with Scotland | 0:01:35 | 0:01:37 | |
have become strained, as it seeks a special deal on Brexit | 0:01:37 | 0:01:40 | |
or says it will move to another independence referendum. | 0:01:40 | 0:01:43 | |
The CBI letter to Welsh politicians spells out what business | 0:01:43 | 0:01:45 | |
needs from negotiations, including allowing thousands of | 0:01:45 | 0:01:48 | |
EU workers to stay here, and no trade barriers, | 0:01:48 | 0:01:51 | |
either through tariffs or new regulations. | 0:01:51 | 0:01:54 | |
A lot of them don't quite understand what is important for business. | 0:01:54 | 0:01:58 | |
They are not that close to business. | 0:01:58 | 0:02:00 | |
Some are, some have very good relationships, but a lot of them, | 0:02:00 | 0:02:03 | |
I don't believe, know what we are really concerned about. | 0:02:03 | 0:02:06 | |
And we need a launch pad for the rest of this century, | 0:02:06 | 0:02:09 | |
we need to get this right. | 0:02:09 | 0:02:11 | |
The business group also wants to make sure that Brexit doesn't | 0:02:11 | 0:02:14 | |
lead to Leave-voting Wales and England and Remain-voting | 0:02:14 | 0:02:16 | |
Scotland and Northern Ireland all going off in separate directions. | 0:02:16 | 0:02:20 | |
In other words, keeping the current UK Single Market intact. | 0:02:20 | 0:02:25 | |
Here at Essentials warehouse in Cardiff, toiletries and cosmetics | 0:02:25 | 0:02:29 | |
are being parcelled up and sent to shoppers online. | 0:02:29 | 0:02:33 | |
Mostly it is across the UK, but increasingly, other | 0:02:33 | 0:02:37 | |
countries are important too, taking up 15% of the business | 0:02:37 | 0:02:42 | |
with the biggest markets being Germany, France and the USA. | 0:02:42 | 0:02:47 | |
It is a similar picture for the whole of Wales. | 0:02:47 | 0:02:49 | |
67% of exports from here go to the EU. | 0:02:49 | 0:02:54 | |
Germany is the biggest market for Welsh products, | 0:02:54 | 0:02:56 | |
taking 24% of exports. | 0:02:56 | 0:03:00 | |
France is next at 16%, and the USA takes 13% | 0:03:00 | 0:03:05 | |
of what Wales sells abroad. | 0:03:05 | 0:03:08 | |
Raj Aggarwal is the Honorary Consul for India in Wales, and he owns | 0:03:08 | 0:03:12 | |
Essentials and cosmetics retail outlets in Cardiff. | 0:03:12 | 0:03:16 | |
The growing economy of India is another foreign market | 0:03:16 | 0:03:19 | |
Theresa May would like a trade deal with after Brexit, but on her visit | 0:03:19 | 0:03:23 | |
there, it was made clear that the country would want | 0:03:23 | 0:03:26 | |
more visas, including for students, in return. | 0:03:26 | 0:03:30 | |
There has to be that respect for people from all nations, | 0:03:30 | 0:03:33 | |
and we need to treat people with equity and fairness, | 0:03:33 | 0:03:38 | |
and unless we do that, I think that difficulties | 0:03:38 | 0:03:42 | |
will arise, and I am sure the markets are wide open, | 0:03:42 | 0:03:46 | |
especially the Indian markets, they are looking forward to trading. | 0:03:46 | 0:03:51 | |
At this Swansea manufacturer, flying the flag for Wales | 0:03:51 | 0:03:53 | |
is much easier outside the EU. | 0:03:53 | 0:03:56 | |
The boss here supports Brexit and believes there is | 0:03:56 | 0:03:58 | |
no reason to be anxious. | 0:03:58 | 0:04:01 | |
Perhaps channel that angst into something positive | 0:04:01 | 0:04:03 | |
and look further afield. | 0:04:03 | 0:04:06 | |
I don't think that losing one customer will be the death of us, | 0:04:06 | 0:04:10 | |
it just means we have to change. | 0:04:10 | 0:04:13 | |
The UK has two years to iron out the details of its future outside | 0:04:13 | 0:04:17 | |
the EU once the Prime Minister triggers Article 50 tomorrow. | 0:04:17 | 0:04:22 | |
What that looks like will depend on how the negotiations | 0:04:22 | 0:04:24 | |
develop in that time. | 0:04:24 | 0:04:27 | |
We'll have all the reaction to the triggering of Article 50 | 0:04:27 | 0:04:30 | |
from Wales in tomorrow's programme at 6.30pm. | 0:04:30 | 0:04:35 | |
The search continues this evening for 25-year-old | 0:04:35 | 0:04:38 | |
Jordan James Lee Davidson, who's wanted on suspicion of murder | 0:04:38 | 0:04:42 | |
after a disabled man was found dead in Wrexham. | 0:04:42 | 0:04:46 | |
A postmortem examination concluded 67-year-old Nicholas Anthony Churton | 0:04:46 | 0:04:50 | |
died of significant head injuries sometime on Thursday or Friday. | 0:04:50 | 0:04:55 | |
Roger Pinney reports. | 0:04:55 | 0:04:58 | |
A cul-de-sac just a few hundred yards away from Wrexham town centre. | 0:04:58 | 0:05:02 | |
The body of Nicholas Anthony Churton was found here yesterday morning. | 0:05:02 | 0:05:06 | |
There has been a police presence since then. | 0:05:06 | 0:05:09 | |
Investigators believe Mr Churton died some time on Thursday | 0:05:09 | 0:05:12 | |
or Friday of last week. | 0:05:12 | 0:05:14 | |
He was 67. | 0:05:14 | 0:05:16 | |
Detectives say Nicholas Churton was well known | 0:05:16 | 0:05:18 | |
around the Wrexham area. | 0:05:18 | 0:05:20 | |
At one stage, he ran a wine bar in Rossett, a few miles away. | 0:05:20 | 0:05:24 | |
The police say he was vulnerable, he had disabilities. | 0:05:24 | 0:05:28 | |
A postmortem examination suggests he died of a severe head injury. | 0:05:28 | 0:05:33 | |
This is the man the police say they are looking for, | 0:05:33 | 0:05:35 | |
25-year-old Jordan James Lee Davidson. | 0:05:35 | 0:05:39 | |
Members of the public are being urged not to | 0:05:39 | 0:05:41 | |
approach him if they spot him, but to contact the police. | 0:05:41 | 0:05:45 | |
We believe that someone in the Wrexham area knows | 0:05:45 | 0:05:48 | |
where Jordan is, and additionally, we would like to appeal to them, | 0:05:48 | 0:05:51 | |
if they are aware of where he is, to come forward | 0:05:51 | 0:05:54 | |
and speak to the police. | 0:05:54 | 0:05:55 | |
We would like to reassure the public that every possible line of enquiry | 0:05:55 | 0:05:58 | |
is being pursued to trace Jordan. | 0:05:58 | 0:06:00 | |
We would also like to reiterate the fact that he is not to be | 0:06:00 | 0:06:03 | |
approached, and if he is seen, contact the police immediately. | 0:06:03 | 0:06:06 | |
There has been police activity elsewhere in this case. | 0:06:06 | 0:06:09 | |
Homes have been searched in another part of Wrexham | 0:06:09 | 0:06:12 | |
and in Old Colwyn near Colwyn Bay. | 0:06:12 | 0:06:14 | |
Two men and a woman have been arrested on suspicion | 0:06:14 | 0:06:17 | |
of assisting an offender. | 0:06:17 | 0:06:21 | |
A student on a work placement at a nursery in Port Talbot has | 0:06:21 | 0:06:24 | |
described seeing young children being frequently force-fed | 0:06:24 | 0:06:26 | |
and "flung" by the wrists by a member of staff. | 0:06:26 | 0:06:29 | |
Swansea Crown Court heard the Bright Sparks nursery | 0:06:29 | 0:06:32 | |
in Taibach closed in 2015 after concerns were raised. | 0:06:32 | 0:06:35 | |
The former owner and two members of staff deny causing cruelty. | 0:06:35 | 0:06:40 | |
The jail term of Andrew Saunders, who stabbed a couple to death | 0:06:40 | 0:06:43 | |
in Cardiff city centre, will not be reviewed | 0:06:43 | 0:06:45 | |
by the Court of Appeal. | 0:06:45 | 0:06:47 | |
Saunders, who murdered Zoe Morgan and Lee Simmons, | 0:06:47 | 0:06:50 | |
was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 23 years and four months. | 0:06:50 | 0:06:54 | |
The couple were killed last September near | 0:06:54 | 0:06:56 | |
the Queen Street Matalan store. | 0:06:56 | 0:06:59 | |
Natural Resources Wales is warning that fly-tipping is on the increase. | 0:06:59 | 0:07:03 | |
They say there were more than 42,000 incidents in the last year. | 0:07:03 | 0:07:07 | |
They're working with North Wales Police's rural crime | 0:07:07 | 0:07:10 | |
team to catch those responsible. | 0:07:10 | 0:07:12 | |
Today a builder was fined and ordered to do 100 hours | 0:07:12 | 0:07:15 | |
of unpaid work for dumping rubbish on a country road on Anglesey. | 0:07:15 | 0:07:19 | |
Matthew Richards reports. | 0:07:19 | 0:07:22 | |
Oswyn Williams arrived at Mold Crown Court | 0:07:22 | 0:07:24 | |
this morning to hear his fate. | 0:07:24 | 0:07:26 | |
He runs a construction company called Glyndwr Services. | 0:07:26 | 0:07:29 | |
In 2015, a large amount of rubbish was found dumped | 0:07:29 | 0:07:31 | |
at Gwalchmai on Anglesey. | 0:07:31 | 0:07:34 | |
Two piles of green waste and rubble were in a lay-by, | 0:07:34 | 0:07:36 | |
and another pile containing clothing, a tarpaulin and furniture | 0:07:36 | 0:07:39 | |
was left in the road. | 0:07:39 | 0:07:41 | |
A receipt from a builders' merchants was among the waste, which contained | 0:07:41 | 0:07:44 | |
Mr Williams' company details and his name. | 0:07:44 | 0:07:47 | |
Another piece of evidence also proved key to his conviction. | 0:07:47 | 0:07:50 | |
Oswyn Williams had offered to dispose of a number of | 0:07:50 | 0:07:52 | |
pieces of furniture and other items from an office | 0:07:52 | 0:07:54 | |
he was renting in Old Colwyn. | 0:07:54 | 0:07:57 | |
He was eventually traced when a bank paying-in book belonging | 0:07:57 | 0:08:01 | |
to the owner of the property was found amid the rubbish. | 0:08:01 | 0:08:03 | |
Fly-tipping is a growing problem in Wales, costing the taxpayer more | 0:08:03 | 0:08:06 | |
than ?2 million a year to clean up. | 0:08:06 | 0:08:09 | |
Councils across the country now use everything | 0:08:09 | 0:08:11 | |
from hidden cameras to a shared database of cases to catch people. | 0:08:11 | 0:08:15 | |
We estimate that about 42,000 tonnes of waste are tipped illegally | 0:08:15 | 0:08:18 | |
in Wales every year. | 0:08:18 | 0:08:21 | |
This is a combination of traders doing it, | 0:08:21 | 0:08:24 | |
to legitimate businesses, and it affects beauty spots, | 0:08:24 | 0:08:26 | |
it affects the environment, and it seems to be a problem | 0:08:26 | 0:08:30 | |
on the increase. | 0:08:30 | 0:08:32 | |
North Wales Police's rural crime team work | 0:08:32 | 0:08:34 | |
with Natural Resources Wales to investigate the problem and say | 0:08:34 | 0:08:37 | |
people need to be wary of some of those offering | 0:08:37 | 0:08:40 | |
waste disposal services. | 0:08:40 | 0:08:42 | |
We have a number of incidents now, ongoing cases, really, | 0:08:42 | 0:08:46 | |
with Facebook being used to advertise man-in-a-van type | 0:08:46 | 0:08:50 | |
business, and a lot of these members of the public contact these people | 0:08:50 | 0:08:55 | |
and, subsequently, their waste just gets dumped in lay-bys. | 0:08:55 | 0:08:59 | |
Oswyn Williams escaped a jail sentence, but was fined a total | 0:08:59 | 0:09:02 | |
of ?750 and ordered to do 100 hours of unpaid work. | 0:09:02 | 0:09:08 | |
Crumbling away - that's the verdict of our roads from the latest survey | 0:09:08 | 0:09:11 | |
by the Asphalt Industry Alliance. | 0:09:11 | 0:09:13 | |
It claims more than ?590 million would have to be spent | 0:09:13 | 0:09:16 | |
to bring our local roads up to a reasonable standard, | 0:09:16 | 0:09:19 | |
and one in six are in "poor structural condition". | 0:09:19 | 0:09:23 | |
Here's Matt Murray. | 0:09:23 | 0:09:26 | |
The thud of hitting a pothole, enough to make | 0:09:26 | 0:09:28 | |
a motorist wince and worry. | 0:09:28 | 0:09:31 | |
An ageing road network, increased traffic and wetter winters | 0:09:31 | 0:09:34 | |
are all blamed for the state of our roads, according | 0:09:34 | 0:09:38 | |
to the latest survey from the Asphalt Industry Alliance. | 0:09:38 | 0:09:41 | |
Local authority roads are probably local authorities' principal assets, | 0:09:41 | 0:09:44 | |
if you think about it. | 0:09:44 | 0:09:46 | |
People need to get to work, children need to get to school, | 0:09:46 | 0:09:49 | |
social services rely on it, so it is important that our | 0:09:49 | 0:09:54 | |
crumbling roads are maintained. | 0:09:54 | 0:09:58 | |
This most recent survey says it would cost just over | 0:09:58 | 0:10:01 | |
?590 million to get Wales' roads into a decent state. | 0:10:01 | 0:10:06 | |
That is an average of just under ?27 million per council. | 0:10:06 | 0:10:11 | |
It also reveals that last year alone, 141,000 potholes | 0:10:11 | 0:10:16 | |
were filled in Wales. | 0:10:16 | 0:10:18 | |
The Welsh Local Government Association say they spent an extra | 0:10:18 | 0:10:21 | |
?172 million on our roads between 2012 and 2015. | 0:10:21 | 0:10:27 | |
That means there are now fewer highways in a poor condition, | 0:10:27 | 0:10:30 | |
as the money was spent on full resurfacing work, like you can see | 0:10:30 | 0:10:34 | |
here in Aberystwyth, rather than pack and mend repairs. | 0:10:34 | 0:10:38 | |
In many parts of Europe, roads are often in a better | 0:10:38 | 0:10:41 | |
condition than our motorways, but that is because of tolls. | 0:10:41 | 0:10:45 | |
It generates income from maintenance, but it is also | 0:10:45 | 0:10:47 | |
claimed it puts people off using them in the first place. | 0:10:47 | 0:10:51 | |
While motorists at this service station believe roads in Wales | 0:10:51 | 0:10:54 | |
are of poorer quality. | 0:10:54 | 0:10:57 | |
They have been getting worse, I think it is maybe to do | 0:10:57 | 0:11:00 | |
with the weather, or I think the budget is spent elsewhere. | 0:11:00 | 0:11:03 | |
I have to go to a lot of villages that are sort of quite far out, | 0:11:03 | 0:11:07 | |
go on a lot of back roads, and some of those are | 0:11:07 | 0:11:10 | |
in a really bad state. | 0:11:10 | 0:11:11 | |
But it is not just hundreds of millions of pounds | 0:11:11 | 0:11:13 | |
needed, it is also time. | 0:11:13 | 0:11:15 | |
And this report says it would take nearly a decade to make our roads | 0:11:15 | 0:11:18 | |
a reasonable standard. | 0:11:18 | 0:11:22 | |
Let's see what the weather has in store - | 0:11:22 | 0:11:24 | |
Derek's got tonight's forecast. | 0:11:24 | 0:11:26 | |
Hello. | 0:11:26 | 0:11:27 | |
We have seen the last of the really nice weather for a while, | 0:11:27 | 0:11:31 | |
we are all going to see some rain at some point over | 0:11:31 | 0:11:33 | |
the next few days. | 0:11:33 | 0:11:34 | |
But we have seen the last of the frost for a while. | 0:11:34 | 0:11:37 | |
The nights are going to be much milder. | 0:11:37 | 0:11:42 | |
And that goes for tonight, cloud will keep temperatures well up. | 0:11:42 | 0:11:45 | |
Further outbreaks of rain and drizzle at times. | 0:11:45 | 0:11:47 | |
Some mist and hill fog. | 0:11:47 | 0:11:48 | |
Lowest temperatures only eight to 10 Celsius. | 0:11:48 | 0:11:50 | |
A bit of a damp start tomorrow morning. | 0:11:50 | 0:11:53 | |
Some drier spells developing, it may brighten up in Wrexham for a while, | 0:11:53 | 0:11:56 | |
and most of the rain in the North West, | 0:11:56 | 0:11:58 | |
on the Snowdonia Mountains. | 0:11:58 | 0:12:06 | |
Across the rest of the UK, rain and drizzle will spread | 0:12:06 | 0:12:09 | |
northeastwards during the day. | 0:12:09 | 0:12:10 | |
Some heavy rain on the hills in the West. | 0:12:10 | 0:12:12 | |
Further south-east, dry in London, some bright spells, temperatures up | 0:12:12 | 0:12:14 | |
to 15 or 16 Celsius. | 0:12:14 | 0:12:16 | |
And the far North East of Scotland should stay dry. | 0:12:16 | 0:12:18 | |
In Wales tomorrow afternoon, cloudy with the of rain. | 0:12:18 | 0:12:25 | |
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-- with | 0:12:26 | 0:12:26 | |
-- with outbreaks | 0:12:26 | 0:12:26 | |
-- with outbreaks of | 0:12:26 | 0:12:26 | |
-- with outbreaks of rain. | 0:12:26 | 0:12:27 | |
Some heavy and persistent rain in Carmarthenshire and Snowdonia. | 0:12:27 | 0:12:30 | |
Not wet everywhere, though. | 0:12:30 | 0:12:31 | |
The far South and South East will be drier. | 0:12:31 | 0:12:33 | |
Temperatures above average. | 0:12:33 | 0:12:34 | |
Tomorrow night, further showers or longer spells | 0:12:34 | 0:12:35 | |
of rain, heavy in places. | 0:12:35 | 0:12:37 | |
And a very mild night, temperatures in double figures. | 0:12:37 | 0:12:40 | |
On Thursday, some dry spells, but as you can see, | 0:12:40 | 0:12:43 | |
further outbreaks of rain. | 0:12:43 | 0:12:45 | |
Turning wet in parts of Mid, West and North Wales in the afternoon. | 0:12:45 | 0:12:49 | |
Meanwhile, the South East could dry and brighten up with temperatures | 0:12:49 | 0:12:52 | |
popping up to 16 or 17 Celsius. | 0:12:52 | 0:12:56 | |
On Friday, more rain to come, heavy in places. | 0:12:56 | 0:12:59 | |
But it should improve later in the day, turning | 0:12:59 | 0:13:02 | |
drier and brighter. | 0:13:02 | 0:13:04 | |
A few showers. | 0:13:04 | 0:13:06 | |
As for the weekend, sunshine and April showers on Saturday. | 0:13:06 | 0:13:10 | |
But Sunday should be more settled and drier, | 0:13:10 | 0:13:12 | |
thanks to a ridge of high pressure. | 0:13:12 | 0:13:15 | |
See you soon. | 0:13:15 | 0:13:19 | |
That's Wales Today. | 0:13:19 | 0:13:21 | |
From all of us on the programme, goodnight. | 0:13:21 | 0:13:24 |