tomos morgan, thank you.nto what caused an explosion at a waste water treatment works near bristol yesterday, that killed four people. three of those who died worked for the site's operator wessex water. from avonmouth, john maguire reports. one day on from the explosion in the force of the blast is all too evident. twisted metal and the roof of the silo turned back. people working in the area described hearing a loud boom up to a mile away. the warehouses and businesses that occupy the industrial area next to the m5, witnesses say windows rattled and it felt like buildings shook. we thought everything was going to fall on us. people started coming out from the warehouses, saying, look over there. all of a sudden, people were running. in a message, wessex water, the company who runs the waste processing plant, said we are absolutely devastated that the tragic incident at our site has resulted in fourfatalities. the gmb union that represents workers on site say this is a terrible tragedy. sadly this tragedy is

tomos morgan, bbc news, cardiff. the headlines on bbc news..." — the eu's chief negotiator will remain in london in order to continue negotiations as the first consignments of the pfizer—biontech jab arrive in the uk, vaccinations are due vaccinations are due to begin next week. tough covid restrictions come into force in wales in the next hour — with a big impact on pubs and restaurants. a woman with paranoid schizophrenia who killed a seven—year—old in a park has been cleared of murder. emilyjones was stabbed as she played in queen's park, bolton, in march. eltiona skana, who's 30, had admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. skana, had been on trial at manchester minshull street crown court after pleading not guilty to murder. 0ur correspondent andy gill is at manchester minshull street crown court for us. first of all just tell us a little more about the background to this case. this is a highly tragic and shocking case. it happened on mother's day this year. seven—year—old emilyjones was playing as you said in quee

we'll be hearing from our scotland correspondent james cook in glasgow, our wales correspondent tomos morgann cardiff, but first here's our ireland correspondent emma vardy. just think back, the brexit process was so seismic for the island of ireland, because it threw up all of those questions over what to do about the irish land border and it reminded everyone of the troubled history of this place. but now many of the issues which once seemed unresolvable, there are now agreements on. and northern ireland enters this new era where doing trade here will be different from the rest of the uk, those special arrangements in order to keep that irish land border invisible. now, the trade deal has been welcomed here, it is likely to make some of those special arrangements for northern ireland easier to carry out in future and it will bring great relief in the irish republic, where many people's livelihoods, particularly in the food industry, depended on there being a deal for the future of trade between our two islands. well, most of the reaction in scotland so far has focused on fish and chips — o

tomos morgan, bbc news, cardiff.a post—brexit trade deal are at a "very difficult stage" — the eu's chief negotiator will remain in london in order to continue negotiations. as the first consignments of the pfizer—biontec jab arrive in the uk — coronavirus vaccinations are due to start next week. tough covid restrictions come into force in wales in a few hours time — with a big impact on pubs and restaurants. investigations are continuing into what caused an explosion at a wastewater treatment works near bristol yesterday, that killed four people. three of those who died worked for the site's operator, wessex water. the company says it is devastated by the incident. from avonmouth, john maguire reports. one day on from the explosion in the force of the blast is all too evident. twisted metal and the roof of the silo turned back. people working in the area described hearing a loud boom up to a mile away. at the warehouses and businesses that occupy the industrial area next to the m5, witnesses say windows rattled and

we'll be hearing from our scotland correspondent james cook in glasgow, our wales correspondent tomos morgann cardiff, but first, here's our ireland correspondent emma va rdy from stormont. just think back, the brexit process was so seismic for the island of ireland, because it threw up all those questions over what to do about the irish land border and it reminded everyone of the troubled history of this place. but now many of the issues which once seemed unresolvable, there are now agreements on. and northern ireland enters this new era where doing trade here will be different from the rest of the uk, those special arrangements in order to keep the irish land border invisible. now, the trade deal has been welcomed here, it is likely to make some of those special arrangements for northern ireland easier to carry out in future and it will bring great relief in the irish republic, where many people's livelihoods, particularly in the food industry, depended on there being a deal for the future of trade between our two islands. well, most of the reaction in scotland so far has focused on fish a

we'll be hearing from our scotland correspondent james cook in glasgow, our wales correspondent tomos morgann cardiff, but first, here's our ireland correspondent emma va rdy. just think back, the brexit process was so seismic for the island of ireland, because it threw up all those questions over what to do about the irish land border and it reminded everyone of the troubled history of this place. but now many of the issues which once seemed unresolvable, there are now agreements on. and northern ireland enters this new era where doing trade here will be different from the rest of the uk, those special arrangements in order to keep the irish land border invisible. now, the trade deal has been welcomed here, it is likely to make some of those special arrangements for northern ireland easier to carry out in future and it will bring great relief in the irish republic, where many people's livelihoods, particularly in the food industry, depended on there being a deal for the future of trade between our two islands. well, most of the reaction in scotland so far has focused on fish and chips — or,

we'll hear about the situation from james shaw in glasgow and chris page at stormont — but first tomos morganr us. mark drakeford mark dra keford has just mark drakeford has just given his press c0 nfe re nce mark drakeford has just given his press conference today which focused mainly on the new strain of the virus. the situation in wales is that the transmission rate has surged since the fabric that ended at the start of november, we are now at the start of november, we are now atan at the start of november, we are now at an average around 600 per 100,000 cases in wales and they decided on saturday to enforce a lockdown in wales which will last until, they will look at it every three weeks and that means all shops are closed, people can't mix butjust on christmas day, two households and one household of one. this afternoon the first minister and the deputy chief medical officer said they thought the new strain was behind the surge in cases in wales, they said the nhs is stretched to the limit with bigger numbers than ever with covid across beds across wales. and a picture in scotland, nicol

we'll be hearing from our scotland correspondentjames cook in glasgow, our wales correspondent tomos morgandent emma vardy from stormont. just think back — the brexit process was so seismic for the island of ireland, because it threw up all of those questions over what to do about the irish land border and it reminded everyone of the troubled history of this place. but now many of the issues which once seemed unresolvable, there are now agreements on. and northern ireland enters this new era where doing trade here will be different from the rest of the uk, those special arrangements in order to keep that irish land border invisible. now, the trade deal has been welcomed here, it is likely to make some of those special arrangements for northern ireland easier to carry out in future and it will bring great relief in the irish republic, where many people's livelihoods, particularly in the food industry, depended on there being a deal for the future of trade between our two islands. well, most of the reaction in scotland so far has focused on fish and chips — or, to be precise, seed potatoes. t

tomos morgan reports. just four weeks of pouring a pint again since the lockdown in wales, the taps will have to be closed again. as from this evening, restaurants and bars across wales will have to close at 6pm and alcohol won't be allowed to be sold in any venue for at least another three weeks. the decision by the welsh labour government has sparked a furious response by those in the industry, such as the boss of wales's biggest brewery, brains, which has decided to close more than 100 of its pubs. a big company grant has been proposed, it will cover about one day of operating costs. so, of course we are grateful for it, but it does not make enough of a difference. we are going to have to close all of our managed pubs from friday, at six o'clock, because we will lose less money being closed than by being open. this is terrible news for our employees, terrible news for our customers and we are really fearful that we won't be open again before christmas. although it will still be sold in shops, the impact

our wales correspondent tomos morgan spoke to tommy heaney, chef and owner of heaney‘s restaurant inrestaurant in cardiff city centre. and last night was its final evening open, as new restrictions come into force in wales from 6pm this evening. so from 6pm this evening, hospitality across wales will have to close at six and no alcohol will be able to be served in places like this restau ra nt, until those restrictions are reviewed on the 17th of december. i am joined by chef and owner, tom heaney. tommy, just tell us, how much of an impact as it is going to have on your business? first of all, closing at 6pm is not having that night trade, but also now not being able to sell alcohol in your establishment? yeah, massively. you know, just to throw rough figures at you, i mean, 60% of what we do is food and the other a0% is wet sales. but also, excluding the sunday, 80% of what we do is after 6pm, so it is going to have a massive impact. what are your plans then, now, up until these restrictions are reviewed? obviously shorter opening hours, but also curtailing the days you are open as

tomos morgan is cardiff for us this morning. mas plans, but the welsh government feels it has had to bring it in quicker. it came into force on saturday evening because the welsh government and the health minister here said that this new strain of coronavirus is seeded across the whole of wales as well, with transmission rates higher than any of the other four nations of the uk, so of the other four nations of the uk, so they felt they had to put stricter measures in place. there are errors in the south—west valleys for the transmission rates as above 1000 per 100,000, so there is real concern there. three of the seven welsh health boards have cut nonessential surgeries. critical ca re nonessential surgeries. critical care wards nonessential surgeries. critical ca re wards across nonessential surgeries. critical care wards across wales are busier now than they have ever been throughout this pandemic, so there is real concern and something has to be done to alleviate the strain on the nhs, because there will be a surge over the ne

our correspondent tomos morgan is in cardiff.elp the welsh tablet service coming just after the first minister said that the nhs was under more strain on ever, stretched to its limit with the amount of people who we re limit with the amount of people who were ill with coronavirus in wales. 2300 hospitalised, receiving treatment. it comes on the day that wales has recorded 4000 deaths of people who have died of coronavirus. the case rate in wales, the average, over 600 per 100,000. there are now over 600 per 100,000. there are now over 100 to 100,000, which is why the government put wales into a lockdown before christmas. they say that they've confirmed that it was almost entirely down to the decision that this new strain, 28% of tests they were getting back were positive that this strain and realistically, up that this strain and realistically, up to 60% had contracted the disease with this new strain, nhs workers themselves with illness. it really needed the army to coming to help the nhs, which, as the welsh government had said