:00:00. > :00:12.It has to be that man, the coach, Eddie Jones, about to win the Six
:00:13. > :00:16.Flights between Cardiff and Anglesey have been grounded after the airline
:00:17. > :00:18.running the service - Citywing - went into liquidation.
:00:19. > :00:20.The airline had been receiving a subsidy of more
:00:21. > :00:23.than a million pounds a year from the Welsh government.
:00:24. > :00:37.Next month marks 10 years ince the service was launched.
:00:38. > :00:41.It has been turbulent with a number of different operators taking
:00:42. > :00:44.it on and three years ago an assembly committee said taxpayers
:00:45. > :00:46.with value for Citywing is it this doctor lives
:00:47. > :00:47.in Cardiff but works in
:00:48. > :01:02.The thought of having to travel five hours on a train
:01:03. > :01:06.instead of the 40 minute flight and having to do
:01:07. > :01:07.week and the expense, because the
:01:08. > :01:15.flights were so cheap, will affect how often
:01:16. > :01:32.Citywing says difficulties arose after its contract was suspended by
:01:33. > :01:36.the aviation authority after an incident on despite an annual Welsh
:01:37. > :01:40.government subsidy of ?1.2 million, one transport expert says it will
:01:41. > :01:44.not be easy to find another operator. The chances of finding
:01:45. > :01:47.another company are not encouraging. There will be somebody out there who
:01:48. > :01:54.is able to operate the service but they will look to see what Citywing
:01:55. > :02:00.and why there were problems with and then try to the Conservatives have
:02:01. > :02:03.criticised the amount of money given to run the flights saying it would
:02:04. > :02:10.have been better spent on bus routes. The Welsh government says it
:02:11. > :02:16.is working to minimise disruption but of the North- south
:02:17. > :02:18.The leader of the Welsh liberal democrats says May's local elections
:02:19. > :02:21.elections are "critical" for the future of the party.
:02:22. > :02:23.Mark Williams - who's also the MP for Ceredigion -
:02:24. > :02:29.was speaking at the party's Welsh Spring Conference in Swansea.
:02:30. > :02:34.as the party faithful arrived, the question to answer was how to learn
:02:35. > :02:41.lessons from recent heavy election defeats. With just one MP in Wales
:02:42. > :02:44.and a single assembly member in it's easy to write off the Liberal
:02:45. > :02:51.Democrats as a political force. You only need to go back a few years to
:02:52. > :02:54.a time when the party was in Cardiff, Swansea, Wrexham and
:02:55. > :02:55.Newport, and the message has come very clearly from this conference
:02:56. > :03:05.that the fightback The party's leader in Wales says
:03:06. > :03:08.losing 4 AMs last year he thinks the Lib Dems need to build
:03:09. > :03:10.on their councillors. These elections are
:03:11. > :03:13.critically important for the communities in which they are
:03:14. > :03:15.fighting but for the unashamedly fighting to gain more Liberal
:03:16. > :03:17.Democrat councillors across the The party's lone assembly
:03:18. > :03:22.member is also the Education Secretary
:03:23. > :03:24.in Labour's Welsh government. She said that after Brexit
:03:25. > :03:30.the Liberal Democrats had to show leadership
:03:31. > :03:32.on tolerance and fairness, It rests on achieving
:03:33. > :03:40.more than the other parties put together and we are
:03:41. > :03:43.still very much the party of education, raising standards,
:03:44. > :03:45.reducing the attainment gap and producing an education system
:03:46. > :03:47.that is the source of national pride The membership know
:03:48. > :04:01.they have to regain people's trust and votes but seem
:04:02. > :04:03.up for the fight. a lot of areaslike Cardiff
:04:04. > :04:05.where we are campaigning. We have got a very strong
:04:06. > :04:08.and proud history in terms of The party leaders say
:04:09. > :04:12.the Liberal Democrats are so they will be hoping that may's
:04:13. > :04:18.local Football and in the Premier League -
:04:19. > :04:23.Swansea City were beaten 2-1 Elsewhere, in the Championship,
:04:24. > :04:25.Cardiff City drew Bottom of the table Newport County
:04:26. > :04:29.beat Crewe in League Two. While there was defeat for Wrexham
:04:30. > :04:36.in the National League. Onto rugby and Wales' women
:04:37. > :04:39.suffered their third defeat They were beaten 12-7
:04:40. > :04:47.by Ireland at the Arms Park. A quick look at the weather,
:04:48. > :04:50.and tomorrow after a bright start for many, it'll quickly turn cloudy
:04:51. > :04:52.with some outbreaks However, it'll turn drier
:04:53. > :04:55.and brighter from the west later, There's a full forecast
:04:56. > :04:58.coming up next. That's Wales Today -
:04:59. > :05:20.enjoy your evening. Good evening. Some of us managed to
:05:21. > :05:23.get some decent weather today, not everybody but some of us. Lovely
:05:24. > :05:24.picture from a weather