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Good evening. | 0:00:14 | 0:00:16 | |
Estate agents in Monmouthshire say they're seeing a big increase | 0:00:16 | 0:00:18 | |
in the number of people from England buying property in the area. | 0:00:18 | 0:00:21 | |
They say it's partly because of the promise to cut | 0:00:21 | 0:00:24 | |
the Severn Bridge tolls which have risen today by 10 pence - to ?6.70. | 0:00:24 | 0:00:29 | |
The UK government says it will halve the fees in 2018 when the bridges | 0:00:29 | 0:00:32 | |
come back into public ownership. | 0:00:32 | 0:00:35 | |
Paul Heaney reports. | 0:00:35 | 0:00:39 | |
To commemorate the first crossing of the Severn Bridge, | 0:00:39 | 0:00:41 | |
I have great pleasure in unveiling this plaque. | 0:00:41 | 0:00:46 | |
Popular since the first bridge was opened | 0:00:46 | 0:00:47 | |
by the Queen in 1966. | 0:00:47 | 0:00:50 | |
Less popular - the charge to use either of the two Severn | 0:00:50 | 0:00:54 | |
crossings when travelling from England into Wales. | 0:00:54 | 0:00:57 | |
Especially if you live or work near the border, | 0:00:57 | 0:01:00 | |
like here in Chepstow. | 0:01:00 | 0:01:02 | |
I commute over to Bristol every day. | 0:01:02 | 0:01:04 | |
And my partner does so we are paying sort of ?13 a day | 0:01:04 | 0:01:07 | |
to get to and from work. | 0:01:07 | 0:01:09 | |
I train over in Portishead two nights a week. | 0:01:09 | 0:01:12 | |
It becomes a struggle to get back and forth because of the prices. | 0:01:12 | 0:01:16 | |
So as house prices in places like Bristol rise sharply, | 0:01:16 | 0:01:19 | |
the UK Government says it's going to half the tolls | 0:01:19 | 0:01:21 | |
for the bridges in 2018. | 0:01:21 | 0:01:25 | |
Estate agents say that combination is resulting | 0:01:25 | 0:01:29 | |
in more sales in Chepstow, Caldicot and here in Magor, | 0:01:29 | 0:01:32 | |
to buyers based in England. | 0:01:32 | 0:01:38 | |
About 70 to 80% of all buyers recently have been | 0:01:38 | 0:01:41 | |
from over the bridge. | 0:01:41 | 0:01:42 | |
And of course with the bridge coming down in price, people are assuming | 0:01:42 | 0:01:45 | |
that they are going to be able to work over the bridge | 0:01:45 | 0:01:48 | |
and save a lot of money. | 0:01:48 | 0:01:49 | |
The Chamber of Commerce in Chepstow says people moving into the area | 0:01:49 | 0:01:52 | |
could be great for business. | 0:01:52 | 0:01:53 | |
But it also says there's also a challenge. | 0:01:53 | 0:01:56 | |
Cheaper tolls might make it more likely that people to go to Bristol | 0:01:56 | 0:01:59 | |
and Cribs Causeway shopping centre across the water too. | 0:01:59 | 0:02:03 | |
The traders should wake up a little bit and start thinking about working | 0:02:03 | 0:02:06 | |
together more to do something in the town, to make sure | 0:02:06 | 0:02:10 | |
that we are attractive, more attractive than we are at | 0:02:10 | 0:02:12 | |
the moment, say. | 0:02:12 | 0:02:15 | |
Because with the Cribs Cauesway going to expand, it will be | 0:02:15 | 0:02:17 | |
a temptation for people to leave the town and go over there. | 0:02:17 | 0:02:20 | |
We really need to keep people in the town. | 0:02:20 | 0:02:24 | |
The Welsh government says it wants control over the bridge tolls. | 0:02:24 | 0:02:28 | |
The UK government says it has no plans to hand it over | 0:02:28 | 0:02:30 | |
but will confirm more details about lowering | 0:02:30 | 0:02:33 | |
their cost in due course. | 0:02:33 | 0:02:43 | |
A man has been arrested in Llanberis following the suspicious death | 0:02:46 | 0:02:48 | |
of a 70-year-old man in Maes Padarn. | 0:02:48 | 0:02:50 | |
North Wales Police say they're not looking for anyone else | 0:02:50 | 0:02:52 | |
in connection with the incident - which happened at around | 0:02:52 | 0:02:55 | |
3 o'clock this morning. | 0:02:55 | 0:02:56 | |
They are currently awaiting the results | 0:02:56 | 0:02:57 | |
of a post-mortem examination. | 0:02:57 | 0:03:00 | |
In today's rugby derbies, | 0:03:00 | 0:03:01 | |
the Scarlets completed the season's Pro12 double | 0:03:01 | 0:03:03 | |
over the Cardiff Blues, in a compelling match in Llanelli. | 0:03:03 | 0:03:05 | |
A try by Willis Halaholo wasn't enough to turn things | 0:03:05 | 0:03:08 | |
around for the visitors. | 0:03:08 | 0:03:09 | |
The final score 15-10 to the Scarlets. | 0:03:09 | 0:03:10 | |
At Rodney Parade, the Ospreys continued their winning streak, | 0:03:10 | 0:03:13 | |
beating the Newport Gwent Dragons by 10-0. | 0:03:13 | 0:03:14 | |
Justin Tipuric opened the scoring in the first half, | 0:03:14 | 0:03:16 | |
with the only try of the game. | 0:03:16 | 0:03:24 | |
In football - as Swansea City look set to appoint the club's third | 0:03:24 | 0:03:27 | |
manager this season - the Supporters' Trust | 0:03:27 | 0:03:29 | |
say they're happy with the choice of Paul Clement. | 0:03:29 | 0:03:31 | |
It's believed the former Derby boss and current Bayern Munich | 0:03:31 | 0:03:34 | |
assistant-manager has been in talks with the Premiership club | 0:03:34 | 0:03:36 | |
over the last 48 hours. | 0:03:36 | 0:03:37 | |
The American, Bob Bradley, was sacked on Tuesday. | 0:03:37 | 0:03:39 | |
It's understood an official announcement may come | 0:03:39 | 0:03:41 | |
as soon as tomorrow. | 0:03:41 | 0:03:46 | |
As a 21% shareholder we have been kept fully involved | 0:03:46 | 0:03:49 | |
in the selection process. | 0:03:49 | 0:03:52 | |
Paul has a very good pedigree, albeit inexperience as a manager. | 0:03:52 | 0:03:55 | |
But his pedigree is something that we welcome. | 0:03:55 | 0:03:57 | |
We think he will be well-placed to keep us in this league. | 0:03:57 | 0:04:00 | |
But if that fails, we think he is the man to mount | 0:04:00 | 0:04:05 | |
a promotion challenge that is needed next season. | 0:04:05 | 0:04:12 | |
Thousands of people in Wales got 2017 off to a chilly start | 0:04:12 | 0:04:15 | |
with a New Year's Day swim in the sea. | 0:04:15 | 0:04:17 | |
Nearly 2,000 swimmers braved the waves at this charitable event | 0:04:17 | 0:04:19 | |
in Saundersfoot in Pembrokeshire. | 0:04:19 | 0:04:22 | |
Other events were held around the Welsh coast with up | 0:04:22 | 0:04:24 | |
to 500 swimmers at events in Barry and Abersoch. | 0:04:24 | 0:04:26 | |
But organisers cancelled a dip at Morfa Nefyn | 0:04:26 | 0:04:29 | |
in Gwynedd due to high winds - that's now been | 0:04:29 | 0:04:31 | |
re-arranged for Easter. | 0:04:31 | 0:04:37 | |
A look at the weather forecast, and overnight, skies will become | 0:04:37 | 0:04:39 | |
largely clear and dry. | 0:04:39 | 0:04:40 | |
It'll be much colder than recent nights, with a widespread frost. | 0:04:40 | 0:04:43 | |
Tomorrow - staying mostly dry with some sunshine. | 0:04:43 | 0:04:45 | |
The winds lighter than today, and it'll continue to feel cold. | 0:04:45 | 0:04:47 | |
Top temperature 6 Celsius. | 0:04:47 | 0:04:52 | |
That's Wales Today. | 0:04:52 | 0:04:53 | |
We're back tomorrow afternoon at ten past one. | 0:04:53 | 0:04:55 | |
From all of us on the late team, nos da, goodnight. | 0:04:55 | 0:05:00 | |
We will be back tomorrow. | 0:05:02 | 0:05:02 | |
We will be back tomorrow. Happy | 0:05:02 | 0:05:03 | |
We will be back tomorrow. Happy New | 0:05:03 | 0:05:03 |