Engineering students' hands-on aircraft maintenance

The British Airways chairman is to open a £3.3m extension to a university's aerospace centre later.

It is hoped the University of South Wales' development will further strengthen the industry in Wales, which employs more than 23,000 people.

Engineering students in Treforest, Rhondda Cynon Taff, will get a chance to work on a military jet inside a new hangar, repair aircraft and use an aircraft simulator.

Keith Williams will meet the first graduates from a partnership with BA.

Luke Jones, 22, from Tredegar, Blaenau Gwent, told BBC Wales economics correspondent Sarah Dickins the practical skills have been invaluable.