:00:10. > :00:13.A huge programme of engineering work over the Christmas period
:00:14. > :00:16.is underway, with rail services disrupted across south Wales.
:00:17. > :00:20.A ?300 million re-signalling upgrade means there'll be no trains
:00:21. > :00:22.between Cardiff and Newport and restricted services
:00:23. > :00:40.The final dash to get home to family in time for Christmas. But for some,
:00:41. > :00:46.making journeys over the festive period will be harder. It is because
:00:47. > :00:54.this Christmas the biggest rail upgrades ever taken on gets under
:00:55. > :00:56.way. ?300 billion is being spent on modernising our railways. It
:00:57. > :01:01.includes resignalling work across the whole of South East Wales. The
:01:02. > :01:08.message, passengers hoping to travel to and from stations need to check
:01:09. > :01:11.before making the journey. Services started thinning outcomes
:01:12. > :01:14.experienced evening, and from 10pm tonight there will be no trains
:01:15. > :01:19.between Cardiff Central, Bridgend and the valleys. After that, there
:01:20. > :01:22.will be major disruption to services. Trains not running between
:01:23. > :01:26.Cardiff Central and Newport from much of the Christmas period. Travel
:01:27. > :01:30.between Bridgend and Newport will also be disrupted. And there will be
:01:31. > :01:36.disruption in the valleys. From today until the 2nd of January. But
:01:37. > :01:40.the place and bus services will run across all affected stations. For
:01:41. > :01:46.those travelling to and from London, Paddington Station is closed six
:01:47. > :01:50.days. Trains going to and from Ealing Broadway instead. Our son is
:01:51. > :01:53.going back on New Year's Day, and we found out he has to get a bus from
:01:54. > :01:58.Bridgend Newport which will make his journey up to London quite
:01:59. > :02:05.disruptive. I expected a disruption in the Christmas period, but you
:02:06. > :02:09.still want to get from a to B. Was distressing for those who need to
:02:10. > :02:15.travel, where operators and experts say Christmas is the best time of
:02:16. > :02:18.year to do a much-needed upgrade. There are fewer people using the
:02:19. > :02:23.trains and therefore best billions of role. The signalling system in
:02:24. > :02:27.Cardiff and south-east Wales was last rebuilt in the 1960s. We are
:02:28. > :02:33.now having a brand-new signalling systems which will also cope with
:02:34. > :02:36.the electric trains. They say the signalling work will make services
:02:37. > :02:40.more robust, whilst Network Rail say an army of staff will be working
:02:41. > :02:43.around the clock over the festive period, all to deliver a better
:02:44. > :02:44.railway. Is Parking fines have cost drivers
:02:45. > :02:47.in Wales almost ?21 million over Welsh councils have given out
:02:48. > :02:51.over 600,000 tickets, according to figures obtained by BBC
:02:52. > :02:53.Wales. The Strand in Swansea
:02:54. > :02:55.was Wales' most fined street, Promoting places of worship
:02:56. > :03:04.to tourists could boost the Welsh The Welsh Government say
:03:05. > :03:15.600,000 people visit Wales' religious sites every year,
:03:16. > :03:18.and its faith tourism action plan Swansea East AM, Mike Hedges,
:03:19. > :03:29.says Wales' rich religious we need to bring to wrists to Wales
:03:30. > :03:33.to see some of the Greek chapels we have got here. The Tabernacle is the
:03:34. > :03:37.classic sample other wonderful chapel which isn't visited enough
:03:38. > :03:38.people coming from abroad. Rugby, and George North's head
:03:39. > :03:40.injury earlier this month "isn't a good image for the game",
:03:41. > :03:43.according to the Chairman of the It comes after the governing body,
:03:44. > :03:47.World Rugby, said it wants more information about the way
:03:48. > :03:49.Northampton handled the situation, after a review found North should
:03:50. > :03:52.not have played on after a knock Swansea City Boss Bob Bradley has
:03:53. > :03:58.admitted there are vulnerabilities in the team's defence,
:03:59. > :04:01.ahead of their Boxing Day game Ten games into his tenure,
:04:02. > :04:06.Bradley's position has come under He says England striker Andy Carroll
:04:07. > :04:23.will be the main threat. We have got to do a very good job to
:04:24. > :04:26.make sure that our central defenders are aware when he drifts away. We
:04:27. > :04:31.don't want to lead that responsibility always with the
:04:32. > :04:33.outside guys. Tactically, we got to get that part right.
:04:34. > :04:35.And now for a look at the weather forecast.
:04:36. > :04:38.Tonight it will feel chilly in the wind, with patchy rain.
:04:39. > :04:40.Christmas Day will be rather cloudy and windy, but mild.
:04:41. > :04:43.There'll be some bright spells and heavy rain will arrive later
:04:44. > :04:47.A top temperature of 13 degrees Celsius.
:04:48. > :05:19.Hello. Nice and toasty both inside and out. It even struggling to snow
:05:20. > :05:20.across the Scottish