the place up again. for those businesses and homes affected, it will be just devastating. we see clwb y bont which only just recently reopened, suffering floods again. and i think the concern is, where is the emergency plan? how can we be assured that everything possible is being done to protect homes and businesses? in cardiff, the council have also warned of high water levels and the river ely, leaving the nearby trail unpassable. problems, too, further west the river towy burst its banks, causing scenes like this in llangattock. a large number of buses and train services have all been impacted by the stormy weather and homes across wales have been left without power. a yellow weather warning remains in place for most of wales until five this evening. but once again, people in pontypridd are counting the cost. in the us, california is bracing for another round of deadly storms, as the extreme weather that has battered the state moves north. at least 17 people have died after
editor. nine out of ten teachers voted to support strike action but turnout in england or wales was 42% and does not meet the legal threshold for strike action to take place. our education editor has more. timer;r strike action to take place. our education editor has more. they now have to reach education editor has more. they now have to reach a education editor has more. they now have to reach a threshold education editor has more. they now have to reach a threshold of - education editor has more. they now have to reach a threshold of getting l have to reach a threshold of getting 50% of the people eligible to vote in any ballot. and in addition to that, they ve then got to get a very high number in favour of the action. what the this organisation has done is get a strong response from the members who voted, voting in favour of either action short of a strike or a strike. remember, these are classroom teachers was up only 42%
with nicola sturgeon would be to ignore her and he she did just that. there was no meeting between the two during her 49 days as prime minister. rishi sunak and nicola sturgeon have met before. they will be meeting this evening for what is billed as a private talks. there is symbolism to look at and the tone which already feels a slightly different. i think we have two grown ups in the room and whilst they have political differences i think both are aware that the two governments have to work together on substantive issues. let’s governments have to work together on substantive issues. substantive issues. let s talk about those issues- substantive issues. let s talk about those issues. what substantive issues. let s talk about those issues. what about substantive issues. let s talk about those issues. what about the - substantive issues. let s talk about l those issues. what about the content of these talks with them or what you think they will be talking about? i think they w
south wales fire and rescue says the worst flooding is in porth and pontypridd. bbc wales today s stephen fairclough reports. this was the devastating scene in peterston super ely in the vale of glamorgan. cars left abandoned, almost submerged in floods, the aftermath of another night of heavy, persistent rain. it was a similar story on the a470 near pontypridd on the morning commute. high water levels in the river taff causing disruption in the town, and feeling the full impact, not for the first time, since february 2020, partially reopened, we fully reopened in november. and now, as you say, barely three months and it s flooding again. it s nowhere near as bad as it was, but it will take us a couple of days, at least a weekend to clear
and nurses say they have been calling strike action, with no deal on pay in sight, it is possible that dispute could run through the winter, another pressure on a health service already struggling to cope. another pressure on a health service earlierjim spoke to downing street about the ambulance response times and he told us their response. downing street spokesman this morning saying that those ambulance response times we were talking about in that report are obviously unacceptable. they point out the huge pressure on the nhs following the pandemic. they say these pressures are notjust in england, you can see it in wales, scotland and northern ireland, and in other countries. they say that this is now the prime minister, rishi sunak s, his top, one of his top priorities to improve performance in the nhs. sot you can check on the situation with waiting times at your local hospital service using the bbc s nhs winter tracker. that s at bbc.co.uk