28/08/2016 BBC Wales Today

We are back with the late news at 10.

Voters here would turn down devolution if a referendum

on the existence of the Welsh Assembly was held now -

that's according to the leader of the Welsh Conservatives.

Andrew RT Davies insists he supports devolution but claims

the Assembly and the Welsh Government have failed

Here's our Political Correspondent, Arwyn Jones.

The end of the road for these runners this morning in the shadow

of the Assembly building in Cardiff Bay.

It is fair to say devolution is

Since it was created in 1999 there's been another referendum to

give this place more powers and opinion polls

Some of the runners here who support devolution said more work

was still needed to convince the voters.

There's a lack of understanding and communication as

to the relevance of the Welsh Assembly government in

And people have a general mistrust of politicians and the

With politics it is well, sort of, they'll do it.

We will just carry on

I think if they let people know enough

about politics... because it affects everybody.

Andrew RT Davies was the only party leader in Wales to

He said that vote gives the political

establishment here such a kicking that support for the Assembly and

the Welsh government can no longer be taken for granted and that

a referendum to create an Assembly would not be won.

We've seen with the EU referendum that there is a strong

antiestablishment vein running through the voters'

The further away from Cardiff you go the less

warm the embrace given to the Assembly.

Particularly in North Wales and in West Wales for example.

It is for politicians to raise their game

and promote the virtues of what

the National Assembly does for the people of Wales and indeed

actually redefine how decision-making is

The Assembly was created by the tiniest of margins nearly 20

The Welsh government says the public will judge its success on how

policies help their lives but that it won't take

The last BHS store in Wales has closed today, in Swansea.

The company had six stores here - including in Carmarthen,

Cardiff Bay, Newport, Wrexham and Llandudno.

Hundreds of jobs have been lost in Wales -

but the staff in Swansea decided to go out on a high -

You'd be forgiven for thinking it's Christmas but staff

here are trying to bring some cheer to the store on its final day of

55 people work in Swansea including single mum, Dawn.

I've been here ten years and I'm absolutely

Absolutely loved every minute of working here.

Today, she is say goodbye along with the

hundreds of shoppers who came to a pick up a bargain and make one

last visit to a store that's been here for generations.

The other Welsh shops in Carmarthen, Cardiff Bay, Newport,

Wrexham and Llandudno have already closed after the retailer was put

For our age group we don't get many choices.

There will be more going to go, isn't there?

It's all down to outlets outside the city, that's

But despite the uncertainty over the future of

their pensions, the store manager told me 80% of his staff have found

Lots of the retailers on the high Street have been very

They've managed to secure vacancies for our staff and

the staff that work here, you know, yes, of course I'm biased but my

They are fabulous and the good to be a credit

to other people with the go to work for.

A couple of weeks ago I had my first interview in ten years

Tonight when the doors are closed and the stock cleared the

staff are holding their Christmas party.

It marks the end of an era for them, for the city and for

A football match in Gwynedd was abandoned yesterday afternoon

after an alleged violent clash between players.

Police and the ambulance service were called to the game

between Llanllyfni and Prestatyn Sports.

A Llanllyfni player was taken to hospital, and a Prestatyn Sports

Cardiff Met missed out on a place in the UEFA Women's Champions League

knock-out stages after an 8-0 defeat by Bray-the-Blick.

The Icelandic side, who qualified as Group Three winners,

raced into a 6-0 half-time lead, two more goals came in the second half.

Quite a slow start which I think was careless really.

We've had quite a lot of injuries and I think that

But I think the second half we did ourselves really

We pulled it back and to only concede two goals, I think, really

Swansea manager Francesco Guidolin says current

champions Leicester deserved yesterday's 2-1 win

Leroy Fer's late goal coming too late to turn the game for the Swans

And with Chelsea, Manchester City, Liverpool and Arsenal

among their next five matches, their manager has called

Let's take a quick look at the weather forecast.

And after a fine end to the day it will be a dry night

Feeling fresher though with lows overnight of 12C.

Tomorrow morning, any early mist or fog will clear quickly leaving

We'll be back straight after the ten o'clock news.

Good evening. The weather is slowly heading in the right direction this