:00:00. > :00:00.Here, on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.
:00:00. > :00:07.Tonight's headlines: Theresa May campaigning in Wales,
:00:08. > :00:10.in Labour's heartlands, with a plea to support her
:00:11. > :00:15.or face what she called a coalition of chaos.
:00:16. > :00:17.Plaid Cymru's leader, Leanne Wood, launches her party's
:00:18. > :00:23.She says Labour is too weak to stand up for Wales.
:00:24. > :00:26.And the drugs gang accused of the murder of one
:00:27. > :00:51.The Prime Minister has called on voters to abandon their tribal
:00:52. > :00:54.loyalty to the Labour Party as she made her first visit to Wales
:00:55. > :00:58.In a speech to supporters in the Conservative target seat
:00:59. > :01:02.of Bridgend, Theresa May claimed every single vote would strengthen
:01:03. > :01:07.Our political editor Nick Servini was there.
:01:08. > :01:11.Ladies and gentlemen, please give the warmest
:01:12. > :01:13.of welcomes, the loudest cheers for the Prime Minister
:01:14. > :01:19.The Conservatives are trying to keep a lid on their excitement,
:01:20. > :01:22.but the noise and smiles for Theresa May in Bridgend
:01:23. > :01:30.I'm really pleased to be able to be here in Wales,
:01:31. > :01:33.and to say to Wales, how important Wales
:01:34. > :01:39.is to me, because Wales is important to our country.
:01:40. > :01:46.Wales could also become important for the Conservative Party if it
:01:47. > :01:48.sees a big improvement in its fortunes, as was suggested
:01:49. > :01:52.Theresa May's visits to Labour consistencies in Newport
:01:53. > :01:56.and Bridgend is a statement of intent that the party is looking
:01:57. > :02:05.In a speech to activists she insisted time and again that
:02:06. > :02:13.every single vote counted, as she looked on in her hand
:02:14. > :02:20.every single vote counted, as she looked to strengthen her hand
:02:21. > :02:22.in Brexit negotiations, which she claimed was under threat.
:02:23. > :02:25.What we see from other parties is that they want
:02:26. > :02:28.They've shown that they are willing to do anything to disrupt
:02:29. > :02:30.the Brexit negotiations and stop us from leading
:02:31. > :02:37.Remember the polls were wrong in 2015.
:02:38. > :02:39.They were wrong in the referendum last year.
:02:40. > :02:42.Jeremy Corbyn has said he was a 200 to one outsider
:02:43. > :02:52.for the leadership in 2015, look where that one went.
:02:53. > :02:54.This was a message to the Conservative party faithful.
:02:55. > :02:57.But there was a wider message as well for Labour voters to look
:02:58. > :02:59.again at their tribal loyalty to their party.
:03:00. > :03:02.But, you know, the Tories may think things are going reasonably well,
:03:03. > :03:05.but this is a huge job, in which many Tory party
:03:06. > :03:18.There hasn't been a Tory MP and Bridgend since the days
:03:19. > :03:20.There hasn't been a Tory MP in Bridgend since the days
:03:21. > :03:23.We still don't know who their candidate will be.
:03:24. > :03:35.Theresa May was just around the corner giving a speech,
:03:36. > :03:37.do you think the Conservatives can win Bridgend?
:03:38. > :03:40.People really don't want to be in Europe anymore.
:03:41. > :03:45.I think that will be the thing everything hinges on in the end.
:03:46. > :03:51.Can the Conservatives win in Bridgend?
:03:52. > :03:55.To me there is no Labour Party anymore.
:03:56. > :04:05.I think I've noticed a lot of people are turning Tory.
:04:06. > :04:10.She's a woman, she's a little bit like Margaret Thatcher.
:04:11. > :04:12.Bridgend is the Assembly seat of the Welsh Labour
:04:13. > :04:15.leader Carwyn Jones, who was asked about the Tories
:04:16. > :04:38.I am not going to turn up in Maidenhead any time soon!
:04:39. > :04:41.What's important is that people see the Tories for what they are.
:04:42. > :04:43.Their idea is to say nothing and do something.
:04:44. > :04:46.We want Labour MPs who will stand up from Wales and not
:04:47. > :04:50.Stunt or not, the Prime Minister went to a steel company in Newport.
:04:51. > :04:53.These are the early skirmishes of what would be a short
:04:54. > :04:57.But the heavy lifting for all the parties is still to come.
:04:58. > :05:01.And tomorrow on Radio Wales a full interview with the Prime Minister.
:05:02. > :05:03.Theresa May speaking to Good Morning Wales ust after 8.00am.
:05:04. > :05:05.Theresa May speaking to Good Morning Wales just after 8.00am.
:05:06. > :05:08.Plaid Cymru's leader was in Bangor to launch her party's
:05:09. > :05:11.Leanne Wood claimed Theresa May's Conservatives
:05:12. > :05:13.would damage Wales and that Labour was too weak and divided
:05:14. > :05:24.Fresh snow on the mountain in Plaid Cymru's heartlands.
:05:25. > :05:26.And just across the Menai Strait, Anglesey, Ynys Mon,
:05:27. > :05:33.And geography is important to Plaid Cymru at UK general
:05:34. > :05:35.elections they've never really managed to break out
:05:36. > :05:45.While the official opposition in Westminster is divided
:05:46. > :05:49.and riven with infighting, Plaid Cymru's message in this
:05:50. > :05:53.Brexit, and specifically what type of Brexit, is the backdrop
:05:54. > :06:03.Plaid Cymru's slogan is Defending Wales.
:06:04. > :06:05.Leanne Wood, the party's leader, insists the country
:06:06. > :06:11.It's vitally important now that Wales has strong voices
:06:12. > :06:13.in Westminster to defend our people and very nation from
:06:14. > :06:17.Why can't Labour do that, they would be better placed
:06:18. > :06:20.than you, at most you only have a handful of MPs, don't you?
:06:21. > :06:24.Well, since June we've heard more talk of Gibraltar
:06:25. > :06:26.than we've heard about Wales, Labour MPs have failed
:06:27. > :06:29.to stand up for Wales, failed to put forward the Welsh
:06:30. > :06:33.national interest in this crucial time in our history.
:06:34. > :06:36.It's down to Plaid Cymru to be that voice for Wales.
:06:37. > :06:40.They are not able to form the opposition that is needed now.
:06:41. > :06:43.Plaid Cymru always find UK elections more difficult to fight
:06:44. > :06:48.Their leader, candidates and party members will spend the next
:06:49. > :06:53.six weeks telling us that they are relevant,
:06:54. > :07:00.they can make a difference, and they will stand up for Wales.
:07:01. > :07:03.To do that they are evoking the threat of Conservatives past
:07:04. > :07:07.as a way of attacking what they see as a weakening Labour vote now.
:07:08. > :07:10.This is what a Leanne Wood told the BBC's Daily Politics.
:07:11. > :07:12.People in Wales would do well to remember the Tory's record.
:07:13. > :07:15.I grew up in the valleys, in the 1980s, when Margaret Thatcher
:07:16. > :07:18.was Prime Minister and she decimated the coal industry.
:07:19. > :07:21.It's a direct pitch for disenchanted Labour voters, they've done that
:07:22. > :07:32.But this election is being fought in unique circumstances.
:07:33. > :07:37.Workers at the Ford factory in Bridgend will be balloted
:07:38. > :07:38.for industrial action, amid uncertainty over
:07:39. > :07:41.the plant's future that's according to the Unite Union.
:07:42. > :07:43.It was revealed earlier this year that the plant could be downsized
:07:44. > :07:49.Ford has called the ballot premature and said it remained committed
:07:50. > :07:53.to on-going constructive dialogue with unions.
:07:54. > :07:56.A former Powys primary school teacher has admitted a string
:07:57. > :08:00.of historical sex offences against young girls.
:08:01. > :08:05.Swansea Crown Court heard that Gordon Fleming from Oswestry,
:08:06. > :08:07.seen here at a previous court appearance, abused two dozen
:08:08. > :08:12.He pleaded guilty to 24 counts of indecently sexually assaulting
:08:13. > :08:21.A Rhyl drug dealer was murdered by a rival gang in revenge
:08:22. > :08:23.for an earlier attack a court has heard.
:08:24. > :08:25.Mark Mason was stabbed more than 20 times in a supermarket
:08:26. > :08:36.Three men from Liverpool deny his murder.
:08:37. > :08:44.It was early evening on October 27th when a black BMW followed
:08:45. > :08:47.Four men began attacking the van's occupants.
:08:48. > :08:49.48-year-old father of two Mark Mason was fatally stabbed
:08:50. > :08:52.over 20 times as he sat in the passenger seat.
:08:53. > :08:54.Two other men were stabbed in the leg whilst fleeing vehicle.
:08:55. > :08:57.The jury was told that a man named Jake Melia had already pleaded
:08:58. > :09:00.guilty to the murder and two counts of wounding.
:09:01. > :09:02.But that the three men in the dock were also responsible.
:09:03. > :09:05.31-year-old Anthony Baines, Mark Ennis, whose 30 and 20-year-old
:09:06. > :09:11.James Davies are alleged to be members of a Liverpool gang
:09:12. > :09:13.called the Pensarn Crew, supplying heroin and crack
:09:14. > :09:17.It's claimed they murdered Mark Mason in retaliation
:09:18. > :09:26.for confronting two of the gang earlier that day wearing a balaclava
:09:27. > :09:28.and wielding a machete near Marine Lake in Rhyl.
:09:29. > :09:30.It alleged Jake Melia and James Davies armed themselves
:09:31. > :09:32.with kitchen knives, and contacted Anthony Baines
:09:33. > :09:35.and Mark Ennis who travelled from Liverpool to Rhyl to look
:09:36. > :09:38.The prosecution say it matters not which defendants
:09:39. > :09:39.attacked which victims, each bears equal responsibility
:09:40. > :09:42.for the murder of Mark Mason and the unlawful wounding
:09:43. > :09:45.The men deny the charges on the case continues.
:09:46. > :09:48.Martin Richards, BBC Wales Today, Mold Crown Court.
:09:49. > :09:50.Football, and Wales have been drawn against England
:09:51. > :09:58.They're joined in Group 1 by Russia, Kazakhstan and Bosnia HerzegoVina.
:09:59. > :10:00.The finals will be held in France in June 2019.
:10:01. > :10:04.Only the group winners are guaranteed a place at the world cup.
:10:05. > :10:07.England ranked fourth in the world rankings
:10:08. > :10:19.There will be some players on the pitch for
:10:20. > :10:22.England who I have played with, and have many interesting memories
:10:23. > :10:26.It will be an interesting challenge for the group
:10:27. > :10:32.A new look route means the UK's biggest road cycling event won't be
:10:33. > :10:34.riding through North and Mid Wales this year, but the event
:10:35. > :10:39.The final stage of the Tour of Britain will start in Worcester
:10:40. > :10:42.and pass through Monmouthshire and Newport, before finishing
:10:43. > :10:47.It's the first time, for a number of years,
:10:48. > :10:55.that the Tour of Britain has finished outside London.
:10:56. > :10:58.This year it will finish on the streets of Cardiff.
:10:59. > :11:00.The final stage is special, because it boils down
:11:01. > :11:07.All of the atmosphere and all of the action.
:11:08. > :11:09.Everything will be leading to Cardiff on September 10th.
:11:10. > :11:11.It's going to be be big for the city.
:11:12. > :11:14.It's almost May and there's been snow today in some parts.
:11:15. > :11:21.It will turn milder later this week but at the moment it is more like
:11:22. > :11:25.winter. We have had snow on the mountains today and if you are our
:11:26. > :11:30.garden now watch out for the frost tonight. A few showers around
:11:31. > :11:35.tonight. Wintry in places. Most places will become dry and clear
:11:36. > :11:40.overnight. Temperatures in mid Wales fall below freezing, with Frost. A
:11:41. > :11:46.cold start tomorrow but much of the country bright and crisp with lots
:11:47. > :11:50.of spring sunshine. A few showers in the West. Across the west of the new
:11:51. > :12:03.K -- the rest of the UK sunshine and showers sums it up. Most
:12:04. > :12:07.showers in England, at the blazes with hail thunder possible and sleet
:12:08. > :12:09.and snow. Fewer showers in the West. The North West of Scotland clouds
:12:10. > :12:12.over with patchy rain. The wind eases and temperatures are on the
:12:13. > :12:14.cold side. 9 degrees in Norwich. A few showers in Wales tomorrow
:12:15. > :12:18.afternoon, mainly in the south. It is looking dry with plenty of
:12:19. > :12:21.sunshine in the north and west. Temperatures on the cold side but
:12:22. > :12:26.out of the breeze and in the sunshine it should feel OK.
:12:27. > :12:31.Beautiful in Snowdonia tomorrow with the Arctic air in place and
:12:32. > :12:38.fantastic visibility. 7 degrees in Llanberis. Lots of sunshine. It will
:12:39. > :12:41.turn cold again with a wild frost and after midnight the cloud will
:12:42. > :12:45.increase and spots of rain in the north and breast. On Thursday a
:12:46. > :12:48.bright start in the south-east to clouds over with spots of rain
:12:49. > :12:54.spreading to the south. Dry weather in the afternoon as well.
:12:55. > :12:58.Temperatures begin to rise a few degrees. That trend continues on
:12:59. > :13:02.Friday with a milder day and a few showers around, otherwise a lot of
:13:03. > :13:07.dry weather and sunshine in places and temperatures back into double
:13:08. > :13:11.figures. Temperatures begin to rise later this week and on the bank
:13:12. > :13:15.holiday weekend, Saturday, it is likely to be dry and warm as well.
:13:16. > :13:20.The signs are we may see some rain on Sunday. Thank you very much.
:13:21. > :13:23.Good Morning Wales on BBC Radio Wales with the Prime Minister just
:13:24. > :13:41.From all of us on the programme, goodnight.
:13:42. > :13:43.I've got some good news. Did you hear?
:13:44. > :13:48.What are you talking about? What? What?