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And the Desert Island and the team are doing so well at the moment that the other teams might as well not show up ireland and their team. Sarah keith lucas has all the weather. Sarah. The strong winds have moved away but we have lots of wintry weather on the cards with snowfall and ice and i will bring you all those details in halfan i will bring you all those details in half an hour. Some day their prince will come but crowds gathering in cardiff for prince harry and his bride to be Meghan Markle will have to wait a bit longer because the royals train is running an hour late. Hello, everyone. This is afternoon live. Im simon mccoy. The french president , Emmanuel Macron, is in the uk for a summit with theresa may and its an important one for both countries. The leaders will be concentrating on what could be a crucial relationship once britain leaves the eu. They already have Strong Security links, underlined today by the first ever meeting of the quint, the heads of all five british and french spy agencies, both domestic and foreign. Its happening at Sandhurst Military Academy and thats quite deliberate, to underline the military strength and ties between britain and france. But a closer bilateral relationship has costs. Our political correspondent, iain watson, reports. This area near calais was, until recently, known as thejungle, a makeshift camp of economic migrants and genuine refugees. It was cleared by the french authorities in 2016 but it is estimated that around 700 migrants are still in the area. Even before the brexit referendum, the British Government paid an extra 20 Million Euros to help with policing costs. Today the Prime Minister will agree to pay even more but some of her mps are wary. Its their problem as much as it is ours and it should not be a situation where we keep funding france every time they demand more cash. This young, modernising european leader signed an agreement in 2003 essentially moving British Border controls onto french soil. Before becoming president , this young, modernising european politician suggested scrapping the agreement if britain were to leave the eu. He has changed his mind but at a price. The British Government will make £a4. 5 million available to strengthen security at the border. There will be more robust fencing, enhanced cctv and infrared Detection Technology at calais and other border points. A former conservative leader says its money well spent. Securing our borders has a huge benefit to us, making sure that security is right and sharing that burdened with france, that is already established principle. This extra 40, im now assured, is absolutely about improving that to a much bigger degree. But some of his colleagues are concerned that the government will also agree to take more migrants as part of the deal to keep border controls in france. The most important thing is that we dont agree to take more migrants from calais because what will happen is that would simply encourage more people to take dangerous journeys across europe, threaten a newjungle, there would be a boon for people traffickers. But the summit is not just about immigration. Theresa may will symbolise her commitment to European Security beyond brexit by agreeing to send troop carrying helicopters to help the french in the fight against islamists in mali. Brexit is not formally on the agenda at this summit but the elephant in the room will be stomping around pretty loudly. With france said to be taking a potentially hard line in the forthcoming trade talks, the personal relationship between the british Prime Minister and the french president could prove vital. Macron has a very close relationship with angela merkel, he does not have that kind of friendship with may but he is happy to deal with her and i can tell you most eu leaders would rather have theresa may than some of the alternatives. Her best card is actually the defence relationship. If she says to him, look, how can you have a really close defence and security relationship if youre screwing us on the future economic relationship . The entente was cordiale when they met in france but there will now need to be a closer relationship as trade talks loom. Iain watson, bbc news. In a moment will take to our Diplomatic Correspondent paul adams first to vicki young who is at sandhurst. This is going to be a crucial relationship in the coming months and years . It is and were hearing a lot about the practicalities of the arrangement about calais which has been going on for some time and that has nothing to do with our membership of the eu but it was interesting that Emmanuel Macron said before he became president that he was willing to rip up that agreement, not what he is saying now but he has clearly got some more cash from the uk. The response of the government here is that this is not just us the government here is that this is notjust us and the over more money to country but is benefiting people here by having a tighter border, and the best way to deal with this, to try to top that passage of illegal migration across the channel. There are practical arrangement that will be talked about including more defence cooperation and helicopters being sent to help the french in mali but it is about more than that and of course although brexit has not been talked about in the run up to this, that is the backdrop, it is about how britain continues it bilateral relationships when it leaves the eu and the one with france is crucial also two big military powers, this huge trade between them, £77 billion a year, all of that means these two countries, which are often described as being in a love hate relationship, they will have to depend on each other. Britain is trying to say that we are leaving the eu, but not leaving europe. Things like security cooperation, the terror attacks that both countries have suffered in the last couple of years, means that that kind of cooperation must and will continue when we have left the eu. No surprise we are here at sandhurst, this military backdrop, and we are expecting the president and we are expecting the president and the Prime Minister to arrive just before 3pm. They will inspect the armed forces and have meetings ata the armed forces and have meetings at a press conference later when we will see exactly what they have been doing and may the outline of what their relationship might be going into the future. Thank you, we will go back to you later but first to paul adams. As far as the french are concerned, they want quite a lot in return for this improving relationship . They do. The situation here in calais remains untenable. It is still a magnet for migrants, not quite in the same numbers as was the case a couple of years ago but we still think it is anything in the region of 700 migrants in this area and they all want to cross the channel. That is why part of calais had been turned into a fortress in the past few years. A lot of that with british money that has put up fences and barbed wire and surveillance cameras and the rest of it to try to secure the routes across. The port here was the first place to be fortified, then the eurotunnel approaches which were very attractive at some point to the migrants but it has all been sealed to the point where it is pretty difficult and extremely dangerous for migrants to attempt that crossing. The french say that it has obviously done at a cost in terms of the additional policing required with hundreds of Police Officers on permanent duty in this area and the simple cost of all the infrastructure that has been required. The people here day that the town has paid an economic price and it was speculative that mr macron would try to solicit british money to try to revitalise the local economy but i think any suggestion that would have been rebuffed by the british. But calais will remain a problem for the foreseeable future and potentially will be one of mr macrons brexit card in the process of the negotiations. Thank you very much, paul. We will return to vicki young a little later as well. We can speak our security correspondent, frank gardner. People may be surprised at how close the security ties are between britain and france. I think the way that people in whitehall and paris are seeing this is that there is brexit on one hand, with all the difficult trade and financial and customs negotiations that are still to come, and then there is security. The people at working level want the security relationship to be effectively ring fenced from all of the disagreements and perhaps unpleasa ntness fenced from all of the disagreements and perhaps unpleasantness over brexit. The reason is that the Terror Threat facing europe, all European Countries, is so big, so ongoing and so dangerous that they cannot afford to take risks, it is not something they can use as a political football. A few hours ago there was the first ever meeting of something called the quint which i had never heard of before, presumably from the latin. The five heads of the intelligence agencies, mi5, mi6 and gchq from the british site and the two french agencies, the equivalence of mi5 and mi6. They all met together in a secure location and shared what they think are the main concerns. A lot of it is about isis and the ongoing propaganda, the flow of insightful material on the internet, some about returning jihadists, what to do with people who come out of raqqa. It is not the main framework for sharing intelligence, that remains something called ctg, the counterterrorist group, but this is the first time in britain and france have got together in the same room, these chiefs. You can see what is in it for france because gchq and other organisations here are very useful internationally, but if the british have a Good Relationship with france it gives them and in to europe which is presumably something that is under threat of bit with brexit . little but i think people have been alarmist about this. Britain will have to lead europol, for example, the European Police agency, but nobody i have spoken to on either side of the channel thinks we will be denied access to this vital terrorism list. There is something on the schengen Information System which is eight shared list so if a suspected terrorist forces the border between germany and belgium, it gets flagged up and passed to other countries and there is no suggestion britain will be left out of that because it is counter productive and the European Countries know they need the expertise of british agencies. Britain has something called jtac which is thejoint britain has something called jtac which is the joint terrorism analysis centre, a fusion cell with about 100 men and women sitting transporting intelligence, military intercept and everything and they are constantly assess the ongoing threat to british citizens around the world. That is a model that other countries are looking at and thinking they could use it for a double in belgium where they have two different languages, six Different Police forces and it is not always that efficient. Thank you very much. Severe gales have been causing disruption across much of the uk with gusts of around 80 Miles Per Hour. Nearly 60,000 homes have lost power in east anglia and south east england, and there have been reports of fallen trees on or near roads in lincolnshire, norfolk and gloucestershire. Train lines in the east of england have been blocked by fallen trees. Damage to overhead electric wires is causing problems for Train Services in the midlands. Tom burridge reports. Gales overnight, so plenty of clearing up in large parts of the country this morning. Here in surrey, trees halting trains between portsmouth and london. Trains also going nowhere in norwich. It was a familiar problem. And imagine the end section of your roof blown down while you sleep. Thats what happened here in coventry. Not an explosion, just the force of the wind, and family left with the aftermath. It was scary at first, frightening at first, we just wanted to get everybody out of the house. Now we can see the damage and nobody is hurt, it is upsetting it will cost a lot. Scenes like this in london, familiar elsewhere. Winds of more than 70 mph. Luckily no reports so far that anyone was seriously injured but peoples property not so lucky. I heard the window smash, fully thought somebody was trying to break into the house. I walked into the living room and a Christmas Tree had been blown into my window and broke it. Different weather, still making travel difficult in the north of england and scotland. But conditions today, milder and sometimes stunning. 0n the m71; in south lanarkshire, a different story from the chaos earlier in the week. The damage caused by the gales further south is extensive. A wolf like this escaped after offence was blown down at a sanctuary in berkshire. And this gives you the idea of the power of the wind last night in suffolk. A play centre now without much of its roof. Ican drink i can drink you the latest news on the wolf which has been recaptured. The escape this morning and there is a picture of him having been reca ptu red a picture of him having been recaptured and back on a leash. He a p pa re ntly recaptured and back on a leash. He apparently travelled about eight miles after escaping. And there is a tweet from Thames Valley police who have thanked everybody in the community for their patience and understanding. That concern in berkshire on the escaped wolf is now a thing of the past. Youre watching afternoon live, these are our headlines. As the french president arrives here, a uk pledge of more than £40 million to boost Border Security at the channel. Gusts of more than 80mph bring more travel disruption across the country. In berkshire a wolf was on the loose after its fence blew down in the storm. Its now been recaptured. And england would be a head coach has joked that the ireland team is so has joked that the ireland team is so good that the other countries might as well not show up jens nielsen eight uncapped players in his squad for the championship. He has named. Johanna konta is staying positive despite a shock defeat in the australian open. And Arsene Wenger said he expects Alexis Sanchez to depart for Manchester United in the next couple of days with Henrikh Mkhitaryan moving to north london as part of the deal. I will have more on those stories just after half past. We are all waiting for prince harry and Meghan Markle to arrive in cardiff. It is 2001 people waiting for them because Sarah Campbell is there as well but how late is their train . Everybody is loving my headline that one day the prince will come points failure at didcot parkway, something commuters may be familiar with and Meghan Markle is 110w familiar with and Meghan Markle is now familiar with it. It is running about an hour later. I think it is pulling into cardiff Central Station as we speak so they should be here shortly because it is just a short distance from there to hear at the castle. They said they could make Available Space for 2000 people but i dont think theyre right that many, maybe in the hundreds rather than the thousands and it has somewhat dissipated because people might have come in their lunch hour and that has now finished so it is 110w and that has now finished so it is now dwindled and it is also really cold. But this is their third official visit as a couple since theyre in engagement was announced at the end of november and they are due to come here to the castle and they will go inside and be given a taste of welsh culture and heritage so they will be meeting some of the countrys famous sportsman and also eating welsh cheese and welsh cakes and hearing an all male welsh choir and hearing an all male welsh choir and some poetry. Before they do that, the plan is that they will spend around 20 minutes meeting the crowd who have been here waiting since about 730 in the morning, some of them. They are then going to travel to another area of the city toa travel to another area of the city to a Community Leisure centre which is running a project which is helping young people, disadvantaged young people participate in sport. Ideas that we know that prince harry is very interested in, helping young people with activities. In terms of the timings, this train delay has thrown everything out of the window so we have to wait and see when they arrive, how long they stay and when they leave. Welcome to britain, Meghan Markle what is your best guess . At about 2 30pm so not long now. Fingers crossed they will be here shortly. In the distance i can see the dignitaries arriving on the lord mayor of cardiff and the lord lieutenant so that would suggest something is in the offing shortly but we will keep you posted. We will be back to you when it happens, thank you. And some breaking news, we are hearing the government is setting up a task force involving business and unions to support those firms and workers effected by the carillion collapse. Lloyds bank has already said it will provide £50 million of support to Small Businesses who are struggling after the failure of carillion. They were among the banks that stopped backing them after the government refused to ensure its debts and the government had asked banks for assurances they would help those affected by the collapse. But the government has announced it is setting up a task force to help businesses and workers effected but more on that later. Hospital consultants in wales are warning that Patient Safety in accident and emergency units is being compromised to an unacceptable degree. 46 doctors thats most of the emergency Medicine Consultants in wales have signed a letter to the first minister, carwynjones, outlining their concerns. It comes as figures published this morning show the lowest level of a e performance in wales since march 2016. Sian lloyd reports. Recess is full, trolley bays are full. 8 30am, and staff at this hospital in swansea discuss the challenges ahead in a e. Patient waiting time targets are being missed at emergency units across wales, and today more than three quarters of all consultants in emergency medicine here have written to the first minister, warning that the system is at breaking point. There is good evidence that in a crowded Emergency Department that patients have their treatment delayed, and that can make their illness more protracted. And ultimately it can make peoples lives be at risk. So, yes, people may die because of the pressures we are facing. The latest monthly performance figures show that in december 78. 9 of a e patients in wales were dealt with within the four hour target. A drop in performance compared to the 80. 4 figure achieved last year. The target in wales is that 95 of patients should leave the Emergency Department in under four hours. The Welsh Government says that this december was the busiest on record. It recognises the challenges faced by staff and says its invested an extra £60 million to help people working in emergency units like this one deliver their services. The challenge is, when those spikes of unpredictable pressure have come in, we havent had enough flex within our system to cope with those as quickly as we want to. So of course we have to learn, and i take responsibility. Hospitals have been coming up with new ways of dealing with busy times. And in swansea, its all hands on deck to reduce delays. Are you being looked after . Donna day has swapped her officejob with the health board to help out on the wards. The tasks she can carry out will free up nurses time. They are so rushed off their feet. Ive noticed that itsjust nice to spend time with patients. Sometimesjust sitting there and Holding Hands with the patient is good for them and good for us. There are still ambulances waiting outside the hospital, but the scheme is seeing results. People are being moved through the emergency unit here more quickly. But challenges remain, with a spike in the number of flu cases, the medical team fear that things will get worse before they get better. Sian lloyd, bbc news, swansea. And picking up on that point about flu, were hearing the uk is in the grip of its worst flu season for seven grip of its worst flu season for seve n yea rs grip of its worst flu season for seven years according to figures just released for the rates have risen in every part of the uk. The number of people going to gps in england with flu has risen by nearly 70 england with flu has risen by nearly 7096 in england with flu has risen by nearly 70 in the past week. These are figures that take into account records until last sunday. Wales, scotla nd records until last sunday. Wales, scotland and Northern Ireland have also seen increases and hospitals are seeing high rates of admissions. According to the big as the last time there was this much flu circulating was in on the 10 11 201011 circulating was in on the 10 11 2010 11 when swine flu came back. Those figures underlining the pressure increasing on a daily basis on the nhs. And if you want to find out how your local Hospital Service is performing, go to the bbcs nhs tracker page on the website. You just need to put in your postcode. The governments spending watchdog says taxpayers owe private companies almost £200 billion for deals set up under private finance initiatives. Pfi schemes mean private companies build and maintain schools, hospitals and other projects, in return for an annual payment. The National Audit office has found that annual charges linked to the schemes have reached more than £10 billion. 0ur assistant political editor, norman smith, is in westminster. We are all going to be facing a great big bill as a result of pfi because basically its like getting new hospitals and schools built and paid for through a mortgage. You can add your new hospital now but you will be paying over 25 years or so with interest attached and bear in mind successive governments have backed the idea but significantly, the National Audit office say that some schools have cost 40 more as a result of being built through pfi rather than through the Public Sector, one hospital cost 70 more, and this has been seized on by Jeremy Corbyn because he has pledged to end pfi and nationalise existing pfi contracts. This plays to his agenda. And all this comes in the wa ke agenda. And all this comes in the wake of the collapse of carillion which has also played to mr corbyns argument about ensuring that Public Services are provided by the Public Sector and not private contractors. And sometimes in politics you kind of need the wind behind you and at the moment mr corbyn seems to be enjoying a couple of helpful gussets to push his argument about the advantages of the Public Sector over the private sector helpful gusts. The Northern Ireland secretary has announced that talks to restore the devolved government at stormont are to resume next week. Karen bradley, who was appointed last week, made the announcement alongside the irish deputy Prime Minister simon coveney. Power sharing between the democratic unionists and sinn fein collapsed more than a year ago. Lets have a look at the weather and it is windy. We have had the strongest of the winds with gusts of up to 83 mph in norfolk last night. They have brought down trees, but the strongest have eased away. We can look at what is happening, the low pressure, that is the storm that bought the windy conditions and it has shifted into the netherlands and germany also you remember that picture of a tree, this is north west germany. Similar scenes to what we have seen. But they have now eased into other parts of europe. Looking at that map, there is Something Else heading our way . More wintry weather, the showers falling as snow and sleet across many northern and western parts of the country so we are not out of it yet. Things staying very wintry in the next couple of days. This is how things are looking, a mix of rain at low levels but sleet and snow over the hills of Northern Ireland, scotla nd the hills of Northern Ireland, scotland and Northern England. Further south, the snow is confined to the highest ground in parts of wales, some rain and hail at low level is. Brighter skies in the southern and eastern parts. This evening, we will see the snow levels lowering which means we will have sleet and snow even in low lying areas in western scotland, Northern Ireland, perhaps some in the north west of england and by tomorrow morning the main hazard will be some icy conditions with further snow in northern and North Western parts. Tomorrow pretty similarto North Western parts. Tomorrow pretty similar to debate with some wintry sunshine, especially in eastern scotland, eastern, central and southern england. Further snow showers, heavy and persistent at times, across Northern Ireland and scotla nd times, across Northern Ireland and scotland so several more centimetres coming in the next 24 hours. A bit ofa coming in the next 24 hours. A bit of a change looking to the weekend, another front is approaching from the south west but before it gets there, a ridge of High Pressure which will quieten things down on saturday. Largely dry, some rain in the south first thing and a few showers in the north of scotland but like to winds, more sunshine. Still pretty chilly, and on sunday the next front will arrive overnight and as it sweeps in on saturday night it will bump into the cold air we have and we will see another spell of potentially heavy snow in parts of scotland, Northern England as well. It will turn back to rain because we have a change in the wind direction with milder air coming have a change in the wind direction with milderaircoming in have a change in the wind direction with milder air coming in from the south west and those temperatures back into double figures for many of us back into double figures for many of us in the latter part of sunday. Wet and windy, not quite as windy and wet as we have seen, but a weekend of two halves. Saturday looks the better day, mostly dry with some wintry sunshine also things turning milder on sunday but also wet and windy weather on the way. The uk has agreed to spend nearly forty five Million Pounds to beef up Border Security at channel ports. The deal will be announced at a summit meeting between theresa may and president Emmanuel Macron this afternoon. Strong winds of more than 80 Miles Per Hour have been causing disruption across the uk with tens of thousands of people without power in east anglia. Hospital consultants in wales have written to the first minister, carwynjones, warning that Patient Safety in welsh a e units is being compromised to an unacceptable degree. Royal well wishers have gathered at Cardiff Castle ready to greet prince harry and his fiancee Meghan Markle on their First Official visit to wales. They are about to arrive. There we go. Sarah campbell is our correspondent, whos monitoring this arrival. Sarah, much excitement . Indeed. Much excitement here in cardiff. 0f course, their third official visit asa course, their third official visit as a royal couple. They said in the first interview, that they wanted to spend the time between their engagement and their wedding in may, getting around as much as possible. So this is their First Official trip to wales. As you say, much excitement here in cardiff. Slightly u nfortu nate excitement here in cardiff. Slightly unfortunate that their train was delayed. So they are about an hour late. There are some pretty cold people but still excited people, here to see them. This is slightly out of my vision for where i am but the first line up, they are meeting the first line up, they are meeting the great and the good here in wales, met by the lord lieutenant of south glamorgan. The lord mayor of cardiff. And of course the right honourable carwyn jones, the firmino. Meeting the dignitaries first but the main hand sha ke dignitaries first but the main hand shake and walk about, which was due to last 20 minutes, under the original plans but we will see what whether that will last as long. But lots of people are waiting to see them here. There are lots of local schoolchildren who have come here. There are local people. Also a few americans that i have chatted to in the crowds who have travelled to see them. So lots to be said. Just maybing their way. I can just see meghan from where i am. The crowd here, they are about 400 to 500. It is fluctuating as their arrival was delayed but here they are now meeting the crowds. This is Meghan Markles third time she has done a walk about. That was the first was on december the 1st. It is fairto the first was on december the 1st. It is fair to say that everyone back then have been very impressed with her ability to meet and to greet the crowds. Looking like she has done it many times before. Of course, her background is as an actress. An actress in the tv show, suits. But as was said in the interview, earlier, that even though that was the case, she is a private person. She did not do these kind of events often, so it has been a learning curve for her. 0ne curve for her. One of the schoolchildren, one of the School Parties i was talking to earlier, they wanted to say how beautiful she was when they met her. They wanted to chat with her. Of course, lots of people want to see a close up of that ring that they will have seen in photographs. But will wa nt to have seen in photographs. But will want to see a close up for themselves. There are members of the public on the one side where they are. 0n the other side there have been schoolchildren who have been waiting for a very long time. Getting rather chilly, waiting to see prince harry and megan markle. There is a group of 62 year 6s. They are doing a project for world war ii. He they did not make the trip to see the royal couple but this was an extra treat. They wanted to ask meghan what he makes of cardiff. The walk about should last about 20 minutes. They will then go inside the gothic building here at Cardiff Castle and this trip is about giving them a taste of wales. A taste of the heritage and the during of wales. Inside they will be meeting some well known sports men and women. The former welsh rugby international, richard parkes. And scott quinnel. Jonathan ford. Becky james, richard parkes. And scott quinnel. Jonathan ford. Beckyjames, the 200 metre sprinter. And christian malcolm. Would you believe it has been dry for the last few hours and only now it has just started to rain. And it would not be a royal visit without mentioning what she is wearing but the coat is by stella mccartney. And the trousers are a welsh brand, stuart denim. So a little local attire there. The last time round she wore a sweater from a very well known high street brand which immediately sold out. Lets see if the same happens with the outfit she is wearing today. Yes, the website crashed . Yes, the website crashed, yes. It is the meghan effect. The duchess of cambridge also has the same effect when she wears some outfits. Now there are two on the scene so, the designers and the high Street Stores are more than happy when they turn up are more than happy when they turn up with their clothes on. She has a handbag. And there we go, the schoolchildren very excited to see meghan. Lots of them from primary schools, some secondary schools but mostly primary schools. I cant hear what she is saying but i dont know if you can two ;f. , egatftwo c iii. At isnt at isnt she . She at isnt she . She is new co mforta ble new comfortable dealing crowds. Many people would find this quite daunting . Very comfortable. You will remember the first appearance she did in nottingham. It was a surprise that the moment she got out of the car there, bearing in mind this was her first royal walk about, as a soon to be member of the royal family, which as you say, you would expect some to find daunting but she was off. And back in nottingham it was clear that she was happy to go to the other side. She was happy to talk to people. To shake peoples hands and to be on her own and to do it herself. So shes clear got a lot of confidence when it comes to this. You will know, you will have seen harry at these things, he has a natural affinity with the members of the public. He does this very well. He has clearly found somebody who does it equally well. So as a team, people have said, they make a very, very good team. Sarah, i have to explain. People may wonder why we are not a lwa ys people may wonder why we are not always on them. But there are two lots of cameras. We are showing a picture of the crowds. Clearly they will come into shot, as soon as everybody sees them they pick up their phones. Members of the royal family have said, that they never get to see peoples faces but a bank of cameras. That is true. Remember the shot taken at sandringham at christmas. The perfect shot. You can understand why people are more keen to get their cameras out. But it is the way of the world that people wish to ca ptu re the world that people wish to capture them on cameras. They are often capture them on cameras. They are ofte n ha p py capture them on cameras. They are often happy to take part in selfies, it is exciting for the crowd. There is a real mix in the crowd here. There were literally people here. There were literally people here on their lunch break. But now a later lunch there are some who have travelled from far afield. And then from cardiff. 0ne lady desperate to speak to them, she camped out at harrys fathers wedding. And also at kat, e and william as wedding and is waiting to find out if she should campfor is waiting to find out if she should camp for harry and meghans wedding. There are a couple of ladies who have brought their king charles spaniel. He has been wearing a veil all day saying bride to be. The strange gifts that one is given as a member of the royal family there area member of the royal family there are a lot of daffodils to be given. A lot of plaques to be given. So many more traditional gifts as well, you will be pleased to hear. Its a very difficultjob to talk over pictures when, frankly, all we are showing at the moment is crowds. Soi are showing at the moment is crowds. So i take my hat off to you. Im hoping that they are about to appear in our shot. But looking. Hopefully. Go on, sarah. Iwas going to say, you should be able to see meghan about now. Can you see her . No. She is in a dark coat. I know what she looks like but we cant see her. There is nothing i can do. I can draw you a picture and put it in front of the lens if that helps. The problem with these things, behind the scenes there are lots of different camera crews from lots of different camera crews from lots of different places and we are in a fixed pen. Ican fixed pen. I can see harry sarah great. Good. Now we have something to talk about again. So, meeting the people of cardiff. And they were proud that this is the place that they have chosen for the third official visit. They want to travel around the uk. 0ne expects it is wales today but one would expect that scotland and Northern Ireland will be next. They have visited nottingham already. They were in brixton a couple of weeks ago. Lots of excited people that they visited at a Railway Station there. And this is about getting a taste of welsh culture and heritage. They havent had much time to put this together for harry and meghan. The visit was announced about ten days ago. But they have managed to pull together some of the great and the good sports men and women. The 0lympic cyclist becky james is inside. There is a welsh choir, of course they will be looking at stonemasons and apprentices and to get a taste of welsh cheese and welsh cakes. So, more pictures for harry. Meghana so, more pictures for harry. Meghan a little further behind. It will be interesting to see how long they keep the walk through going for. It will i dont envy you, i have to say. You dont envy me . you are absolutely right. Well, can i tell you a little bit about Cardiff Castle . Well, can i tell you a little bit about Cardiff Castle . |j well, can i tell you a little bit about Cardiff Castle . I think we are going to leave it there. We have shots of meghan and the crowd. We have seen harry in the crowd. We have seen harry in the crowd. We have exhausted your knowledge of the days itinary. Ican knowledge of the days itinary. I can tell you so much more but lets leave you waiting. I will give you something to wait and come back for. That is very kind of you, sarah. Ican that is very kind of you, sarah. I can almost hear the relief, 140 milesway. We willjoin you later on. Ina milesway. We willjoin you later on. In a moment all of the Business News with rachel. But first the head lines here. The uk has agreed to spend nearly £45 Million Pounds to beef up Border Security at channel ports. Strong winds of more than 80 Miles Per Hour have been causing disruption across the uk with tens of thousands of people without power in east anglia. In berkshire a wolf was on the loose after its fence was blown down in the storm. It has now been recaptured. Airbus. The european manufacturer, airbus, has secured a new order for its a380 super jumbos, easing concerns about the future of the Worlds Largest passenger plane. The Emirates Airline will buy up to thirty six a380s, costing 16 billion dollars. Airbus had said it would halt production of the model unless it secured another order from emirates. Lloyds bank has said it will provide £50m to support its Small Business lloyds bank has said it will provide £50 million to support its Small Business customers who are struggling following the failure of carillion. Small businesses customers that were in the firms supply chain can apply to have fees on overdrafts waived, orfor loan repayment holidays. Meanwhile, Nationwide Building Society has said it will take in house around 250 jobs previously performed by carillion, mainly cleaners and maintenance workers. Financing projects like schools and hospitals privately costs taxpayers billions of pounds more than Public Sector alternatives, thats according to parliaments spending watchdog. Thats according to parliaments spending watchdog. The National Audit Office Report suggests a group of schools cost 40 more to build and a hospital 70 more to construct, than if they were financed by government borrowing. The treasury said pfi contracts ensured risk was borne by the private sector. The average uk family spent £554 pounds a week in the year to march 2017 thats about £20 a week more than in the previous year. Figures from the 0ns look at how much we spend on everything from housing, clothes and food to recreation and restaurants transport took the biggest chunk of cash costing families about £80 a week. Now, ewe are going to talk about Loyalty Cards . We are. Do you have any . No. Is that a decision you made as you dont like the idea of them . is that a decision you made as you dont like the idea of them . I think that at one stage, the bank told me to rip up about every card i have do they work . Tesco announced that they were making changes to the value of the rewards that you can get from the Loyalty Cards. There was an outcry. It worked that there would be £2. 50 of tesco vouchers, you could multiply to £10 worth of vouchers to eat out in a restaurant. There would be other chains but lots of customers were annoyed, tesco said that they would change it but give you untiljune to get four times the vouchers until then. But, is the day of Loyalty Cards and supermarket vouchers past . Is it time to move on now that the consumers shop differently . We are going to ask kevin pratt. The spent to encourage the customers to be loyal. But that is not how the customers work . No. We have seen the demise of the weekly shop and the huge out of town supermarkets falling out of favour. People are now shopping in Convenience Stores on the high street which are popping up on the high street which are popping up and doing several shops a week instead of the big one on a saturday ora instead of the big one on a saturday or a sunday. So there is more choice where to do the shopping so they are not loyal to one particular retailer. Do the loyalty schemes work . If we look at some of the growing retailers like aldi, lidl, they have no reward scheme, yet the customers flock to their shops . Customers have a choice, going through a loyalty scheme which provides a reward for the loyalty or shop based on the price. Some prefer the lower prices on the shelves and spending less at the check out, sacrificing a loyalty bonus that could have come their way had they gone to a different supermarket. Loyalty does not always reward. When it comes to other things we buy like insurance or energy bills, staying loyal ca n insurance or energy bills, staying loyal can do you out of pocket . Insurance or energy bills, staying loyal can do you out of pocket7m can. It can be detrimental to stay with the same energy firm year on year or the same Insurance Company year or the same Insurance Company year on year, the prices increase. But at renewal time, if you shop around you can often get a cheaper price. Insurance companies especially, they reserve the best prices for the new customers so offer you a discounted price. So the trick is to make yourself a new customer every year and move around so you always get the best value for money. Kevin pratt, thank you very much. Apple are going to pay a massive tax bill to bring cash home . It is looking like apple can pay about £37 billion in order to bring money back to the states. Apple have about 220 billion outside of america. Donald trump is keen for them to bring the money back, to invest it and create jobs. It has worked . It has worked. He says it is happening . They changed the laws, if they had tried to bring the money back a few months ago, there would be a charge, the Corporate Tax rate. But it changed from 33 to 21 . It no longer applies to money brought back on shore. There is a one off fee. We dont know how much apple is bringing back but if they were to bring it all back, this fee, it could only amount to 15 . Lets cross to samira. Donald trump wa nted lets cross to samira. Donald trump wanted the Big Companies to bring the money back. He made the changes, his plan seems to be working . Snow absolutely. This has been a complaint that apple has had for a long time. Just to put an emphasis about how much cash they are leaving overseas, it is 94 of apples cash flow is housed overseas. So the fact that they pay only 15 tax rate one time hit on the money is really good. The idea is that from the trumped a men instation, is to bring the money back and then they would spend it here in the united states. Again, on the face of it seems that is what apple are doing. But looking closely at the numbers it seems that the amount of money that apple is spending here, domestically in the united states, it is similar to what they said they would spend. So whether or not this is as a result of this one time tax, or if this is really just of this one time tax, or if this is reallyjust spending of this one time tax, or if this is really just spending that of this one time tax, or if this is reallyjust spending that they can loop into the same press release, as m, loop into the same press release, as in, oh, well, great, this Corporate Tax rate was good for us. Samira hussain in new york. Thank you. Someone has tweeted me had to scrape snow and ice off the wind screen. Used my supermarket loyalty ca rd screen. Used my supermarket loyalty card but only got 10 off i love it do keep tweeting it does cheer us it do keep tweeting it does cheer us up now the markets . The ftse is down slightly. The dax and the cac is up. Doing well from the increased figures that we have seen. I will bring you more in an hour. Thank you very much. Modern slavery. The co op has been helping to show that a newjob can meana helping to show that a newjob can mean a new life. More than a dozen businesses are meeting in westminster to discuss how people can get involved. Before my life, it was very bad. I didnt have a chance for a future. Now it is very nice. Its great. Im very happy. Peter is a survivor of modern slavery. 0ne peter is a survivor of modern slavery. One of 12 to have been placed in safe, secure work by the co op. Like thousands before him, peter came from romania for a new life. I was looking for a job. And to be happy . Yes. But 12 hour days were spent cold and wet working in a car wash without pgy wet working in a car wash without pay. He was held a prisoner, only allowed out to open fake bank accou nts allowed out to open fake Bank Accounts for his captors. Were you scared of these men . Very scared. It is very droushgs these people. Very aggressive. They would tell you that they would kill you. His room was closely guarded but peter escaped when the gang got drunk. Now i remember this. Your heart beats faster remembering . Yes. From living in a safe houses to a safejob. Here at from living in a safe houses to a safe job. Here at the co op they are offering the survivors a new start. When they go into the workplace it is only the store manager who knows that they are a modern slave victim, orjust the line manager, it is confident shall. What are the challenges that you faced to ensure this works . They may not have a drivers licence, a bank account, formal things, so we have adapted hr policies to deal with that. In our communities, now, there is an estimated 13,000 modern slaves, and because they often disappear, that number could be much higher. When survivors escape or are discovered they are often deeply traumatised. Suffering from panic attacks or to be terrified of the police. Sometimes the trust is so eroded they are suspicious of any support on offer. It makes the scale of the challenge greater. Today this charity alongside the co op is meeting with a dozen businesses, hoping to help more survivors. As consumers we love hearing when a business, when a corporation, when they have a heart. This is going to help so many survivors. People who have been the most vulnerable, the most exploited. This is setting them up most exploited. This is setting them upfora brand new most exploited. This is setting them up for a brand new start. Why do you like the job . What do you like . I like it, there are nice people. The manager is great. I love myjob. Peter is a man excited about his future. Hes about to take his girlfriend on holiday. The basic freedom that now means the world. Now here at sandhurst, there is borisjohnson now here at sandhurst, there is Boris Johnson and the now here at sandhurst, there is borisjohnson and the defence secretary, waiting for the arrival of the french president , Emmanuel Macron. An opportunity for him to meet theresa may to underline their enduring tie, despite britains impending withdrawal from the eu. Enduring tie, despite britains impending withdrawalfrom the eu. So a fairly relaxed moment there. Waiting for the arrival of the french president. That seems the theme with the vip visits. There is am bur are youed as well. There is amber rudd as well. We will take you back there, vicki young is our chief political correspondent, she will talk us through that. Now lets catch up with the weather with sarah keith lucas. The afternoon, the cold theme is set to continue but not as wild and as windy. Here is a scene from north yorkshire. Showing the extent of the lying snow. We are set to see more snow. The main pressure system clearing from the east, that brought the heavy rain and snow and strong winds. We are now left with a north westerly flow. Bringing sunshine and scattered showers. This evening and tonight the showers will be falling as sleet and snow down to the lower levels over the western half 6 scotland and Northern Ireland. So here we are likely to see difficult driving conditions on friday morning with a risk of ice and temperatures below freezing for many of us on friday morning. So, 58a m many of us on friday morning. So, 58am on friday morning and lots of heavy snow showers in western scotland. Drier and brighter for the east of scotland. The sleet and the snow packing in over Northern Ireland to the north west of england. In the south, the showers will be fouling as snow only on top of the hills. Rain at low levels. Clear and dry for the east, towards the south west of england and wales, a mix of rain, sleet and the south west of england and wales, a mix of rain, sleetand hill the south west of england and wales, a mix of rain, sleet and hill snow showers. A fair bit of sunshine on the cards between the showers over the cards between the showers over the central and the east of the country. Likely to be seeing a lot of drier weather. Temperatures on friday, two to seven celsius but feeling colder with the wind chill and the cold north westerly breeze. Through friday night to saturday, a small ridge of High Pressure for a time building. There is a with weather front on saturday, in the south and the west there could be rain. But for much of the day, saturday is looking a pretty decent day. Chilly but sunshine on offer. Saturday to sunday, the next area of low pressure moving in from the atlantic. A spell of rain, perhaps snow in the north of the country on the leading edge of the system. Breezy but not as windy as the conditions we have seen recently and the temperatures turning milder with the temperatures turning milder with the arrival of the rain. The weekend, saturday, mostly dry with sunshine but turning wet and blustery on sunday. Goodbye for now. Hello, youre watching afternoon live. Today at 3. A cross channel deal to stop migrants crossing the channel. As the french president arrives here a uk pledge of more than £40 million to boost Border Security. First, the snow now, the gales. Gusts of more than 80mph bring more travel disruption across the country. The number of people visiting their doctor with flu has gone up by more than 150 since the start of the year. Prince harry and Meghan Markle arrive in cardiff crowds waited patiently to catch a glimpse of the royal couple, despite them being an hour late. Coming up on afternoon live, all the sport. Eddiejones has named eight uncapped players in his squad, and immediately the mind games have begun, as he calls ireland the team to beat in the upcoming six nations. More later in the hour. And with the weather, sarah keith lucas. We have got more snow and ice in the forecast, i will have the weather in about half an hour. Were going to take you to send hirst now, because as you can see, theresa may has arrived at the start of this official visit by president macron of france. He, as you can see, walking alongside her. And the official welcome gets under way. As weve been reporting, theresa may expected to pledge tens of millions of pounds to strengthen britains border controls in france, as she hosts this summit. 0fficials saying that the nearly £45 million cash injection will go towards new fencing, cctv and Detection Technology at calais and other ports. Dressed for a cold they. The significance of this happening at the Royal Military academy at sandhurst, to underline the military ties between france and britain. A relationship that will become increasingly important after britain leaves the eu. Lets go silent for the National Anthems. Present arms the National Anthem of france so, the traditional inspection of the troops. We can now speak to vicki