:00:00. > :00:00.That's it from us. They will be continuing coverage throughout the
:00:00. > :00:00.night on Tonight's headlines:
:00:00. > :00:08.On the campaign trail. The First Minister says Labour has
:00:09. > :00:10.a 'mountain to climb' Cardiff University will become
:00:11. > :00:15.one of the UK's major And an inquest hears a tumble dryer
:00:16. > :00:21.should "not be ruled out" as the cause of a flat fire
:00:22. > :00:39.which killed two men. The First Minister, Carwyn Jones,
:00:40. > :00:43.has admitted that Labour has 'a mountain to climb'
:00:44. > :00:45.in the general election. Speaking for the first time
:00:46. > :00:48.since the snap election was called, he also said it was an opportunity
:00:49. > :00:51.for the UK leader Jeremy But with the party languishing
:00:52. > :00:55.in the polls, how much pressure Our political editor
:00:56. > :01:01.Nick Servini reports from one of Labour's heartland areas,
:01:02. > :01:05.Merthyr Tydfil. High-profile politicians
:01:06. > :01:10.are back out on the step. And at times it's going to get quite
:01:11. > :01:15.uncomfortable for them, as the First Minister found out
:01:16. > :01:21.in his home patch of Bridgend. And you haven't stood
:01:22. > :01:26.by your constituency. The majority of people
:01:27. > :01:32.voted for Brexit. The Welsh Labour leader of course
:01:33. > :01:35.won't be ending up in the Number Ten Can you honestly see
:01:36. > :01:43.Jeremy Corbyn as Prime Minister? I think he has to prove himself,
:01:44. > :01:50.there's no question about that. People haven't seen him
:01:51. > :01:52.in an election campaign. He is somebody who is passionate,
:01:53. > :01:57.he is somebody who is This is, despite the apparent lead
:01:58. > :02:04.in the opinion polls, an election Jeremy Corbyn insists it's not
:02:05. > :02:08.a foregone conclusion but Labour is lagging in the polls which has
:02:09. > :02:10.led some to predict The party currently
:02:11. > :02:14.has 25 out of the 40 Constituencies like Bridgend,
:02:15. > :02:23.Cardiff Central, Newport West, Anglesey and a number in north-east
:02:24. > :02:27.Wales could come under pressure. If they lose six they go down
:02:28. > :02:33.to less than half the seats in Wales and that hasn't happened
:02:34. > :02:36.for a very long time. What that means is it will take much
:02:37. > :02:39.longer to rebuild because I think there will be an inevitability
:02:40. > :02:42.as usual with the political cycles. This isn't the end of
:02:43. > :02:45.the Labour Party but it will take a lot longer to get back to where it
:02:46. > :02:48.used to be. Merthyr Tydfil says
:02:49. > :02:53.it has a big heart. A big problem for Labour in places
:02:54. > :02:56.like this is that they supported Brexit in contrast to virtually
:02:57. > :03:01.all of the party's leaders. No one realistically expects anyone
:03:02. > :03:06.other than Labour to win here. This is Labour heartland
:03:07. > :03:08.territory, isn't it? Surely it's safe for
:03:09. > :03:11.Labour here isn't it? Labour says it does support leaving
:03:12. > :03:17.the EU and recognises the result. It's all a bit watery
:03:18. > :03:20.though, isn't it? I'm Labour, always been Labour
:03:21. > :03:23.and I will not change my mind. If everyone was in the same frame
:03:24. > :03:26.of mind as me perhaps They will vote Labour
:03:27. > :03:35.if they had a donkey I think they have lost a few voters
:03:36. > :03:39.to Ukip and potentially Even in Merthyr.
:03:40. > :03:49.Stranger things have happened. So over the next seven weeks expect
:03:50. > :03:52.Theresa May to talk a lot about taking us out of the EU
:03:53. > :03:56.and controlling our borders. Expect Jeremy Corbyn to talk a lot
:03:57. > :03:59.about anto-austerity and taking The question is, in a place
:04:00. > :04:05.like Merthyr which voted to leave remember, has Corbyn's class-based
:04:06. > :04:09.rhetoric which has gone down so well over the years been overtaken
:04:10. > :04:15.by the new language of Brexit? All of the parties will come under
:04:16. > :04:20.intense focus in a frenetic few weeks but in Wales inevitably that
:04:21. > :04:25.means the dominant force, Labour, Cardiff University has been chosen
:04:26. > :04:34.as one of the major centres The ?13 million centre
:04:35. > :04:39.in the capital will be a significant section of the UK's
:04:40. > :04:43.new Dementia Research Institute, The other towels were
:04:44. > :04:50.outside, weren't they? From preparing a meal
:04:51. > :04:52.to doing the laundry, 54-year-old Karen Kitch
:04:53. > :04:55.from Llanhari in Rhondda Cynon Taff gets a helping hand with daily tasks
:04:56. > :04:59.from her personal assistant, Three years ago, she was told
:05:00. > :05:04.by her doctor that she had He couldn't tell me how long before
:05:05. > :05:11.I was in the final part How it was going to be
:05:12. > :05:16.through the process. He said it was an
:05:17. > :05:18.individual disease. And have you noticed
:05:19. > :05:19.that the condition is My children say that
:05:20. > :05:25.over the last 12 months I think that I'm OK,
:05:26. > :05:30.but they say that I have Cardiff University has already
:05:31. > :05:35.gained international recognition for its dementia research,
:05:36. > :05:38.but today's announcement means academics here can
:05:39. > :05:44.take their research a step further. The is to aim find new ways
:05:45. > :05:47.to diagnose, treat, prevent and care for people with dementia and build
:05:48. > :05:51.on the work which is already taking Initially, the University
:05:52. > :05:57.will receive ?13 million to become a UK Dementia Research Institute
:05:58. > :06:01.Centre. And the centre is set to become
:06:02. > :06:04.the biggest investment Wales has ever received first scientific study
:06:05. > :06:09.into the disease. With the potential to be awarded
:06:10. > :06:13.a further ?70 million in research And up to 60 scientific researchers
:06:14. > :06:22.will be employed in Cardiff by 2022. This happened to cancer
:06:23. > :06:27.research about 20 years ago, where a lot more investment was put
:06:28. > :06:29.in and sustained. And now we are reaping
:06:30. > :06:33.the benefits in terms And we needed this large
:06:34. > :06:42.injection of funds. Back in her home, Karen
:06:43. > :06:45.welcomes the news. It's really needed, because I don't
:06:46. > :06:50.think it will be for my time, but it will be for my children,
:06:51. > :06:53.my grandchildren, because possibly they could have dementia
:06:54. > :06:57.when they are older. And if by that time they could find
:06:58. > :07:01.a cure, that would make me happy. The recruitment process will now
:07:02. > :07:04.begin at the centre as the fight Police investigating a sexual
:07:05. > :07:12.assault on a woman in Barry are appealing for a man,
:07:13. > :07:14.who gave her a lift in his The woman had been out
:07:15. > :07:20.in the Park Crescent area It's believed a man in a silver
:07:21. > :07:24.Lexus offered her a lift. He's described as white,
:07:25. > :07:27.aged 50 to 60, with white hair and was wearing orange
:07:28. > :07:33.workmen style trousers. Waiting times for patients
:07:34. > :07:34.in Accident and Emergency units Just under 81% of patients were seen
:07:35. > :07:40.in less than four hours. The target of 95%
:07:41. > :07:43.has never been met. NHS Wales is still behind
:07:44. > :07:47.on waiting-time targets for patients to start cancer treatment,
:07:48. > :07:50.but there was a slight improvement in ambulance response times
:07:51. > :07:58.to life-critical calls. A tumble dryer at a flat
:07:59. > :08:01.in Llanrwst, where two men died in a fire, couldn't be ruled out
:08:02. > :08:04.as its cause, despite a lack An expert, hired by the manufacturer
:08:05. > :08:10.Whirlpool, has been presenting his findings at an inquest
:08:11. > :08:13.into the deaths of Bernard Hender One of the key questions surrounding
:08:14. > :08:24.the fire at this flat in the centre of Llanrwst is whether a tumble
:08:25. > :08:27.dryer was to blame. Seen on the left of these pictures,
:08:28. > :08:31.taken just days after the tragedy, it's the focus of the inquest
:08:32. > :08:34.into two men who died there. 39-year-old Douglas McTavish,
:08:35. > :08:37.who ran a local bistro, and 19-year-old Bernard Hender,
:08:38. > :08:40.who worked there as a chef, were unable to escape the thick
:08:41. > :08:42.smoke and flames which tore through the property
:08:43. > :08:46.in October 2014. Mr Hender's partner
:08:47. > :08:48.Garry Lloyd Jones was able to crawl out of the building but,
:08:49. > :08:51.suffered from severe He said yesterday that he woke up
:08:52. > :08:57.in a smoke filled bedroom, before seeing flames coming
:08:58. > :08:59.from the drum of the tumble dryer, though it had been swtiched off
:09:00. > :09:03.with the door open the night Today, a member of the Insitute
:09:04. > :09:06.of Fire Engineers presented his Appointed by the manufacturer
:09:07. > :09:10.Whirlpool, he said there was no compelling evidence that the blaze
:09:11. > :09:13.started in the dryer, The company's former product safety
:09:14. > :09:18.director said between 2009 and 2014, there had been 28 reports of fires
:09:19. > :09:21.where the same type of door switch was implicated
:09:22. > :09:24.or couldn't be ruled out. But given that its dryers
:09:25. > :09:27.complete one billion cycles every 12 days,
:09:28. > :09:29.it hadn't triggered The inquest is expected to enter
:09:30. > :09:38.a third and final day tomorrow. UKIP have been campaigning
:09:39. > :09:40.for the local elections on the streets of Cardiff today,
:09:41. > :09:42.saying it offers a breath It says councils are under pressure
:09:43. > :09:47.because of immigration and also The party is fielding 80 candidates
:09:48. > :09:52.in 14 authorities in Wales in the local elections,
:09:53. > :09:56.on May the 4th. We have our scheme to prioritise
:09:57. > :10:00.people in terms of housing needs. We want to reduce fat cat
:10:01. > :10:04.salaries for councillors In particular we want to return
:10:05. > :10:10.to the old committee system and get away from the cabinet system
:10:11. > :10:13.of local government that we've And the money saved,
:10:14. > :10:19.we can put into front-line services. A charity is calling
:10:20. > :10:21.for a respite centre for patients It would be the first
:10:22. > :10:26.of its kind in Wales. Kidney Wales is staging a walk
:10:27. > :10:29.around the country in 30 days, to help raise ?4 million
:10:30. > :10:31.for the centre. It would allow patients
:10:32. > :10:33.to continue treatment, while they enjoy a holiday
:10:34. > :10:36.with loved ones. 10,000 people in Wales live
:10:37. > :10:41.with kidney disease. It's going to be a form
:10:42. > :10:45.of respite care centre. Lots of families can't go on holiday
:10:46. > :10:48.because they are tied to a dialysis machine and we are going to put
:10:49. > :10:51.together a wellness centre The former Wales manager
:10:52. > :11:01.and midfielder Gary Speed will be inducted into
:11:02. > :11:03.the National Football Speed, who made 536 Premier League
:11:04. > :11:10.appearances, is being honoured The former Wales captain,
:11:11. > :11:15.who died in 2011, will be inducted Time for the weather forecast now.
:11:16. > :11:33.What do you have for us Derek? I did it sure. Cloud, sunshine and
:11:34. > :11:43.frost and a cold snap on the way. We have not had much rain this month so
:11:44. > :11:48.far and we're not expecting much if any rain over the next few days.
:11:49. > :11:51.It's a dry story tonight. Clear in parts of the South but cloud will
:11:52. > :11:59.spread down from the North overnight. Temperatures holding up.
:12:00. > :12:03.Fairly cloudy tomorrow morning. Bright in a few places and dry. Just
:12:04. > :12:08.the odd spot of light rain in the North. Across the rest of the UK we
:12:09. > :12:13.have called front line through Scotland which will bring some rain
:12:14. > :12:16.with it. Tending to fragment as it moves south during the day.
:12:17. > :12:25.Brightening up behind that cold front. For the south of the UK
:12:26. > :12:27.mostly dried -- tomorrow. The best of the sojourn in Devon and
:12:28. > :12:32.Cornwall. In Wales tomorrow afternoon the odd light shower in
:12:33. > :12:36.parts of mid and North Wales but otherwise it's looking dry and
:12:37. > :12:42.bright. The best of the sunshine in the south and south-west.
:12:43. > :12:44.Temperatures up to 16 Celsius. Some sunshine in the south tomorrow
:12:45. > :12:50.evening then overnight cloud increasing and a few splashes of
:12:51. > :12:53.rain in the north and north-east. On Saturday cloudy for a while and the
:12:54. > :13:01.odd spots of rain but no more than that. Brightening up with some
:13:02. > :13:05.sunshine. Gardeners watch out on Saturday night, it's going to be
:13:06. > :13:13.quite cold with a widespread grass frost. Sunday is largely dry with
:13:14. > :13:16.summer sunshine. Next week, called a heading our way from the Arctic
:13:17. > :13:20.bringing some showers and some of those will be wintry. So cold snap
:13:21. > :13:22.next week. We'll have updates in Breakfast
:13:23. > :13:36.tomorrow but that is Wales Today. I think I love you. I love you too.
:13:37. > :13:40.Let's move in together.