0:00:01 > 0:00:01There's more throughout the evening on the BBC News Channel,
0:00:12 > 0:00:13Good evening.
0:00:13 > 0:00:18The Education Secretary, Kirsty Williams, says she plans
0:00:18 > 0:00:21to double spending on a scheme, to help the poorest three-
0:00:21 > 0:00:23and four-year-olds in Wales.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26She unveiled the plans in her speech to the Liberal Democrat conference
0:00:26 > 0:00:28in Brighton, from where our Parliamentary Correspondent,
0:00:28 > 0:00:30David Cornock reports.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33She may be the last Lib Dem left in the Assembly,
0:00:33 > 0:00:35but as Education Secretary, Kirsty Williams is determined
0:00:35 > 0:00:38to show her party can still be a force in government.
0:00:38 > 0:00:42She told delegates here her priority in the job, helping three
0:00:42 > 0:00:47and four-year-olds from poor backgrounds, crowns,
0:00:47 > 0:00:48through a grant currently worth ?300 per child.
0:00:48 > 0:00:52I'm announcing that it is my intention to double the early
0:00:52 > 0:00:55years pupil premium.
0:00:55 > 0:01:05Concentrating extra resources on our very youngest pupils,
0:01:07 > 0:01:14because it is our mission that every child deserves a fair start in life.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16She also ruled out the return of the grammar school,
0:01:16 > 0:01:19another key difference between governments
0:01:19 > 0:01:21in Wales and England.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24But with only one AM and a single MP, the Lib Dems know that
0:01:24 > 0:01:29political recovery in Wales is still some way off.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33The man who replaced Kirsty Williams as the party's Welsh leader says
0:01:33 > 0:01:36the answer lies in talking to other parties.
0:01:36 > 0:01:41At this point in time, with boundary changes
0:01:41 > 0:01:43which massively support and encourage the Conservative Party
0:01:43 > 0:01:46electorate in the future, I think there is a case
0:01:46 > 0:01:48for politicians to be talking what I would loosely describe
0:01:48 > 0:01:50as progressive politicians to be talking about issues
0:01:50 > 0:01:53of common interest.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56Without closer co-operation between parties on the centre
0:01:56 > 0:01:59and the left, he fears the Conservatives will be in power
0:01:59 > 0:02:03at Westminster for a long time.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06The Welsh Secretary, Alun Cairns, has told BBC Wales
0:02:06 > 0:02:08that the Prime Minster will make the final decision on Brexit.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11It follows recent comments from the First Minister,
0:02:11 > 0:02:15Carwyn Jones, that all the devolved Parliaments and Assemblies should
0:02:15 > 0:02:18agree any deal the UK Government comes to.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20I'm not going to call for a veto.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23What I have said is that I think it's right that all four
0:02:23 > 0:02:25parliaments should ratify, agree, to any deal the UK
0:02:25 > 0:02:27Government comes to.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29It wouldn't be right for UK Government to negotiate in terms
0:02:29 > 0:02:32of farming and fisheries when they have no role in farming
0:02:32 > 0:02:35and fisheries in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38Ultimately, it will be the Cabinet that will make a decision and
0:02:38 > 0:02:40ultimately it's the Prime Minister.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43So I'm a voice around the Cabinet.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46The Prime Minister's tasked me to look after Wales's interests.
0:02:46 > 0:02:53We will come to a view that serves the whole of the United Kingdom
0:02:53 > 0:02:56and it's my job to make sure that Wales is absolutely at the centre
0:02:56 > 0:02:57of those discussions.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00On the second day of the biggest arts event ever held in Cardiff,
0:03:00 > 0:03:03thousands of people have been enjoying a giant picnic in the park,
0:03:03 > 0:03:04wearing their pyjamas.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07It's all part of the centenary celebrations for Roald Dahl,
0:03:07 > 0:03:10who was born in the capital 100 years ago.
0:03:10 > 0:03:14Yesterday, there was some criticism about crowd control but organisers
0:03:14 > 0:03:19say no-one was ever in danger.
0:03:19 > 0:03:24There was about half an hour in the middle of the day
0:03:24 > 0:03:27where we actually had to intervene to ensure public safety.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29There was no threat but today's much easier to control.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32It is very contained.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35Today, we're in the park for a pyjama picnic and we'll see
0:03:35 > 0:03:38some of the conclusions of the stories we were telling
0:03:38 > 0:03:41yesterday, with the Fantastic Mr Fox and James And His Giant Peach,
0:03:41 > 0:03:48which is currently over there somewhere.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51As the Paralympic Games draw to a close, Welsh athletes have
0:03:51 > 0:03:53contributed seven medals to Great Britain's record haul.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55The latest came courtesy of Cardiff's Phil Pratt, who helped
0:03:55 > 0:03:58the GB Men's Wheelchair Basketball team clinch bronze.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02And a homecoming celebration for all the Welsh Olympians
0:04:02 > 0:04:06and Paralympians has been announced, as Steffan Messenger reports.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10'Great Britain secured themselves the bronze medal.'
0:04:10 > 0:04:13After a tense match against Turkey, taken into overtime, it was a great
0:04:13 > 0:04:15end to the games for Britain's wheelchair basketball players.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17Amongst them, Cardiff's Phil Pratt, the first Welshman to make
0:04:17 > 0:04:27the Paralympic team in over 20 years.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30It was a sports day for young people, organised
0:04:30 > 0:04:32by Disability Sport Wales, that first got him hooked.
0:04:32 > 0:04:38Now he's a Paralympic bronze medicinemedallist.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40Now he's a Paralympic bronze medallist.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43For me, I want to motivate and inspire other people going up,
0:04:43 > 0:04:45cos for me, there weren't any wheelchair basketball players
0:04:45 > 0:04:48from Wales who had made it, so hopefully, I can be
0:04:48 > 0:04:49the first one.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51There will be other players breaking through and hopefully,
0:04:51 > 0:04:54there will be more people in my shoes in years to come.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56Welsh athletes have added seven medals to Britain's
0:04:56 > 0:04:59tally in the Rio games - half the figure won at London 2012
0:04:59 > 0:05:01but there were more goals and promising performances
0:05:01 > 0:05:03from young competitors across a broader range of sports.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05With the Olympics, too, it's been a golden few
0:05:05 > 0:05:08months of sporting action.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11Last night, crowds gathered in Flint to welcome their local hero home -
0:05:11 > 0:05:13double Olympic tae kwon do champion Jay Jones overwhelmed
0:05:13 > 0:05:16by the support.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19There is sure to be plenty of cheering, too, at the official
0:05:19 > 0:05:21homecoming celebration for Welsh Olympians
0:05:21 > 0:05:23and Paralympians.
0:05:23 > 0:05:27It's set outside the Senedd in Cardiff Bay on Thursday
0:05:27 > 0:05:32the 29th of September.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34Football, and after a bad day yesterday for the Welsh sides,
0:05:34 > 0:05:36that theme continued today, with Swansea losing 1-0
0:05:36 > 0:05:37away to Southampton.
0:05:37 > 0:05:41They haven't won in the Premier League since their opening day
0:05:41 > 0:05:43victory over Burnley.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46Quick look at the weather, and patchy rain will spread
0:05:46 > 0:05:48in from the west tonight, but by morning that should clear,
0:05:48 > 0:05:51leaving a largely fine, bright day, with sunny spells.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53Highs of 18C.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55We're back with another update at 10.20pm.
0:05:55 > 0:05:56That's Wales Today.
0:05:56 > 0:05:57Have a lovely evening.
0:05:57 > 0:05:58Bye bye.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10that, until later, to enjoy the rest of your evening. Goodbye.