0:00:00 > 0:00:00That's it.
0:00:14 > 0:00:16Good evening.
0:00:16 > 0:00:19On the hottest day of the year so far, Fire Services across Wales
0:00:19 > 0:00:23are warning of the dangers of deliberately lit grassfires.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26Last night and today South Wales Fire Rescue Service
0:00:26 > 0:00:28crews have been tackling fires that have damaged tens of
0:00:28 > 0:00:30square miles of land.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32Rhiannon Wilkins has spent the day with a fire-crew
0:00:32 > 0:00:34in the Brecon Beacons.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37A grass fire in the heart of the Brecon Beacons
0:00:37 > 0:00:41measuring ten kilometers.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44Firefighters Craig Hope and John Jenkins have been
0:00:44 > 0:00:53overseeing how to tackle it from noon today.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56The best thing to do now would be to get the helicopter here, get up
0:00:56 > 0:00:59and have a look at the whole area and then make a plan.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02It's one of around 70 grass fires in the last few weeks
0:01:02 > 0:01:05the South Wales Fire and Rescue Service has had to deal with.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08I guess it's just the front we can see, so could it actually
0:01:08 > 0:01:10potentially go a lot further back?
0:01:10 > 0:01:13That's the actual back of the fire, if you look at the way
0:01:13 > 0:01:14the wind is blowing.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17So there is a front to this fire, which is way over in the distance
0:01:17 > 0:01:19and we cannot actually see it from here.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22Yesterday you say you were tackling one just over here.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24Yeah, just over on the ridge over there you can see.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27That was approximately 200 hectares of grass and vegetation and we put
0:01:27 > 0:01:30that out yesterday evening just before it got dark and now we've got
0:01:30 > 0:01:33another ignition as you can see on the other side.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36Because we are in the Brecon Beacons, which is a high area
0:01:36 > 0:01:38in itself, so we can't get high enough, that's why
0:01:38 > 0:01:40we need a helicopter.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43Could you ask the duty manager if I could have the helicopter
0:01:43 > 0:01:45to come to a grid reference, please?
0:01:45 > 0:01:48As well as a helicopter, crews were deployed to different
0:01:48 > 0:01:51vantage points with concerns the blaze could spread to Pen y Fan,
0:01:51 > 0:01:53packed with hundreds of walkers on the hottest
0:01:53 > 0:01:59day of the year so far.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01The Fire Service are confident they have this blaze under control
0:02:01 > 0:02:04but with many grass fire started deliberately, time spent
0:02:04 > 0:02:10on the mountain could be time spent elsewhere.
0:02:10 > 0:02:14Tributes have been paid to a 66-year-old woman
0:02:14 > 0:02:17who was killed after being struck by a transit van on the M4
0:02:17 > 0:02:21near Cardiff yesterday.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24Patricia Joyce Connors' family have described her as a loving mum,
0:02:24 > 0:02:25grandmother and great-grandmother.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27South Wales Police have confirmed she was struck
0:02:27 > 0:02:31as she tried to save her dog.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35More than 13,000 people have been caught speeding on the M4 around
0:02:35 > 0:02:39Newport since a variable speed limit was introduced six months ago.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41An average of 84 motorists a day were caught breaking the limit
0:02:41 > 0:02:45between Coldra and Tredegar Park.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47A Welsh Government Spokesperson said it's encouraging that compliance
0:02:47 > 0:02:54with the speed limits continues to improve.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56Going for a haircut can be a relaxing experience,
0:02:56 > 0:02:59but for a child with autism having a haircut can be
0:02:59 > 0:03:01painful and stressful.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04Well, a barber from Britton Ferry, James Williams - otherwise
0:03:04 > 0:03:09known as Jim the Trim - has developed a unique technique
0:03:09 > 0:03:11where he will cut a child's hair lying on the floor,
0:03:11 > 0:03:15sitting on window sills or even in the car.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17As part of an autism awareness event this weekend,
0:03:17 > 0:03:21James and 11 other barbers will cut the hair of 60 children with autism.
0:03:21 > 0:03:27They like to keep themselves busy.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30Your job within that is to keep them occupied
0:03:30 > 0:03:31using something like an iPad, playing with toys.
0:03:31 > 0:03:35Finding out what they relate to best and that's how I
0:03:35 > 0:03:38have learned to give them the freedom and that's why it works.
0:03:38 > 0:03:45Some football scores for you now - and trouble for Swansea City
0:03:45 > 0:03:47after losing 1-0 to West Ham this afternoon.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50The Swans are now in the bottom three of the table with only six
0:03:50 > 0:03:52games left to secure their Premier League survival.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55Better news for Cardiff City, they fought back from behind to end
0:03:55 > 0:03:57Brentford's winning-run in the Championship with a 2-1 win.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59Newport County are second from bottom of League two
0:03:59 > 0:04:02after losing 1-0 in Exeter.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04And frustration for Wrexham losing away to Bromley,
0:04:04 > 0:04:08the final score there 3-4.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11Rugby, and in the Pro-12, Newport Gwent Dragons lost
0:04:11 > 0:04:14away to Zebre by 29-14.
0:04:14 > 0:04:18Disappointment also for the Ospreys with a last minute Leinster
0:04:18 > 0:04:22drop-goal securing the Irish side a 20-18 victory.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25The Scarlets face Treviso later - kick off is at 7:35pm.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28Cricket, and not the start Glamorgan had hoped for taking a thumping
0:04:28 > 0:04:31in their opening Division Two game.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33They're all out this evening for 187.
0:04:33 > 0:04:39Northants winning by an innings and 22 runs.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42It reached 20.3 Celcius in Trawsgoed in Ceredigion earlier,
0:04:42 > 0:04:45the hottest temperature in Wales so far this year so let's take
0:04:45 > 0:04:46a look at the forecast.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48Clear skies overnight, with the chance of mist,
0:04:48 > 0:04:52fog and frost patches by dawn.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55Tomorrow morning, sunny spells for most at first though patchy
0:04:55 > 0:04:57cloud will spill in from the west during the afternoon.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00Highs around 17 Celsius.
0:05:00 > 0:05:01We'll be back at 6:50pm tomorrow evening.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04Until then, from all of us on the weekend team,
0:05:04 > 0:05:06hwyl fawr, bye-bye.