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Welcome to Wales Today. Tonight's headlines:

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A lorry burning in a tunnel on the M4. Significant damage to the main

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artery into South Wales. There could be days of disruption. Tens

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Our other headlines tonight: People claiming benefits. New

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figures suggest tens of thousands will be told, "you're fit to work."

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The end of elite rugby league in Wales. The Crusaders stun their

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players and fans by pulling out. We begin a celebration of our

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national parks in Pembrokeshire, the only one in Britain that's

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largely by the coast. And setting her sights on London

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2012. Helen Warnes has her eye on Good evening. It's been a day of

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huge disruption on the roads of South East Wales, after a lorry

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fire in the Brynglas Tunnels. It broke out during this morning's

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rush hour, causing severe delays, with people taking hours to drive

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just a few miles. This was the scale of the problem. The A48 M out

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of Cardiff was closed for much of the day, as was part of the M4, in

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both directions around Newport. The motorway has reopened tonight, but

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the drivers still face delays, as the westbound Brynglas tunnel could

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be closed for days. Here's Nick We have just received these

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pictures from our cameraman, who has filmed inside the Brynglas

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tunnel in the past hour. You can see the extent of the damage. The

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temperature got so high, the tarmac melted.

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This was the immediate aftermath of the lorry fire. Phil Taylor from

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Chepstow filmed this on his mobile phone, after reversing his car out

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of the tunnel. He says the lorry was well alight, the tunnel quickly

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filling up with thick black smoke. There was a series of loud bangs,

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which fire crews say were tyres exploding. The motorway was closed

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immediately, the tailbacks immense in both directions. I have moved

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about half-a-mile in 40 minutes. is gridlock here at rush hour.

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For many regular motorists on this stretch of the M4 between Newport

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and Cardiff, there must have been a sense of deja-vu, a simple accident

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having massive repercussions for the travelling public. At one point,

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Traffic Wales say the tailback stretched up to nine miles along

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the M4. And those diverted off the motorway fared little better.

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policeman directed me to come this way. The roundabout is completely

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blocked. I do not know which way to go! We have been here about an hour

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now. We have ended up driving round demand Newport, getting diverted

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further and further. We have kind of given up. We came off the

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motorway as we were instructed by the police. There is no instruction

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where to go. When the Brynglas Tunnel opened in

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1967, it was designed to ease traffic congestion around Newport.

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Nearly half a century on, the tunnel itself has become a

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pinchpoint for commuter traffic to the Capital as four lanes become

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two. Problems here have serious implications, as demonstrated this

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morning, and will lead to renewed calls for an M4 relief road. We are

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very vulnerable in terms of the tunnels in Newport. Whilst there

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has been improvements in terms of the flow of traffic, it is still a

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gateway to Wales. Whenever this happens, the perception it gives of

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Wales I do not think is a good one. You are not trained to build a new

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road overnight, but there must be other ways in which you can deal

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with a crisis. It is now approaching 12 o'clock. Neddie four

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hours since their problems began. - - nearly four hours since the

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problems began. My journey took over two hours, to travel three

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miles. And the situation won't improve

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quickly. The Transport Minister admitting one tunnel could be

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closed for some considerable time. The fire has now been completely

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extinguished and engineers are assessing any structural damage.

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Tonight, the M4 has re-opened, though the westbound Brynglas

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tunnel remains closed. A contraflow through the Eastbound tunnel is in

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operation. Lengthy delays are expected.

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New figures suggest there'll be dramatic reductions in the number

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of people in Wales able to claim the replacement to Incapacity

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Benefit, which is in the process of being phased out. Wales has one of

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the highest proportion of people claiming sickness benefit in the UK,

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at more than 180,000. All of those people are undergoing tests, and

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early estimates suggest that as many four in ten could be judged

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capable to work. Let's talk to Nick Servini.

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Dramatic changes are ahead. Where have these figures come from?

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critical thing to remember is that Incapacity Benefit is being phased

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out, and been replaced by something called the employment and support

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allowance. There are huge figures in Wales of people claiming

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incapacity benefit, around 180,000. Those existing claimants will

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undergo a medical test to see what new benefit they will be entitled

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to. They have only just started, they began in the spring, and are

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being rolled out now. We do not know exactly how they are going,

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but we know that is 2008, across the UK, all new claimants have

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undergone of those test. The figures show that 39 % of the

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people who went through those tests were deemed to be capable of

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working. If those figures are reflected in the figures in Wales,

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where 180,000 people are on benefits, we're talking about

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70,000 people in Wales will be told that they are fit for work. As part

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of that, if these figures at reflected in Wales, only about

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13,000 people will actually have a legitimate claim for some kind of

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long-term benefit, because they are not capable of working. I should

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stress these are early estimates, but dramatic change is never less.

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The Prime Minister has been in Caerphilly today talking about this.

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Yes. He was at one of those centres that people will prove to to try to

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get a job, to get back into the workplace. He told us that he

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believed these changes are long overdue. Far too long in this

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country, we have let people on welfare for year after year, when

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those people with help could work. We are producing a much better

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system, where we put people through their paces and say, if you can

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work, you should work. There has been some criticism of these tests.

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Yes. The freshest criticism came this morning from a select

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committee of MPs which said the attempt by the government were

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laudable, but these tests had contributed to a sense of mistrust

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a monster some vulnerable groups. This report said they were

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concerned about the levels of appeals. A lot of people are

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appealing against decisions of this test. About 40 % of them are

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successful. Thank you very much. A full meeting of the Welsh Cabinet

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took place in North Wales for the first time today. It marks the

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first anniversary of staff moving into new Government offices at

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Llandudno Junction. Later, on a visit to Caernarfon, the First

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Minister Carwyn Jones announced a �15 million scheme to support young

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people across North West Wales who are risk of falling out of school

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or further education. A man has been arrested in

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connection with a fire at a disused tyre factory which burned for more

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than three weeks. The warehouse in the Fforestfach Industrial Estate

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of Swansea contained 5,000 tonnes of shredded tyres. The cause of the

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fire is still under investigation. Wales will be without an elite

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rugby league side following the shock news that Crusaders have

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withdrawn their application to play in Super League next season. The

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decision follows a review of the club's finances and leaves staff

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and players concerned for their future. Matthew Richards is at the

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club's ground in Wrexham. Thanks. This all began as an

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experiment to transplant rugby league from South to North Wales,

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but despite some high profile signings it hasn't been a smooth

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transition. The club's chief executive is facing fans at a

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meeting now to explain why it looks like that experiment has failed.

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They want answers. Supporters arriving in the past 90 minutes to

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hear why the club they love won't be continuing at the highest levels.

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We know we are bottom of the leak, but we thought as a new club, we

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would get a licence for another three years. This morning, I

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thought we would win. We watched it on Sky and it was like execution by

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live television. This was the Crusaders three years

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ago, in their high profile move to Wrexham from Bridgend. But apart

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from reaching the play-offs last year, they've spent much of their

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time languishing at the bottom of the table and went into

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administration. Keen to support a club branching out in a new

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location, the Rugby Football League had backed the Crusaders' attempts

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to encourage younger players to participate in the sport. The

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future looked secure until this morning's announcement that it

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couldn't afford to go on. At the end of the day, we have found it is

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not sustainable going forward. To be fair to the game and the clubs

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involved, to take a place that we may not be able to carry on through

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the years ahead, that would be unfair. Many are disappointed that

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after such a promising start, things have ended so badly. What is

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sad is that they had created a very positive impact. They did a lot of

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street would be with kids, there Street engage and was good.

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Players are reeling. Gareth Thomas has garnered much of the headlines

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since his move north. He'd signed on for the next season. And Keith

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Senior recently joined the club from Leeds Rhinos only to learn he

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may have to find work elsewhere. There's no news yet on how the

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Crusaders will emerge from this crisis, or what impact it will have

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on the future of rugby league in North Wales.

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What has the chief executive been saying to fans? He set out why this

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process has happened. Fans wanted to know why this was happening now.

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He was pointing out that back in April, when they applied for

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permission to join the Super League, they forecast a much better

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financial position, but said they could not really go ahead with the

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next season and find themselves halfway through and risk not been

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able to pay their debts. What happens next? There are around five

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games left of the season, including a home game here in August. Fans

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are happy that there has been a legacy of rugby league in this area,

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which was not here before. They want to make sure that links with

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young people continue, even if a Super League rugby League is not go

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to happen here. They say they need to find out whether it pans --

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whether the fans and players want to play in lower leagues. Thank you

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Much more to come before 7 o'clock, including all of tonight's sport.

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Making a comeback from injury - Tom The new director of BBC Cymru Wales

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has been announced. Rhodri Talfan Davies will take up the post in

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September. He began his career as a regional television news producer

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and reporter, and has recently been taking a leading role in the BBC's

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digital and interactive services. Earlier he told me his priority

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would be to protect the services that matter most to the audience as

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the BBC tries to makes savings of 20%.

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I think that viewers will want to know that the services they value

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the most will be protected. Undoubtedly, there are going to be

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some tough choices to make, but at the heart of that thinking,

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certainly be thinking we have been doing over recent months, is how to

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protect that which matters most to audiences. That will be at the

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heart of whatever decisions we come up with.

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If you are protecting programmes, presumably you will cut managers?

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We will look hard at all costs. Audiences would expect us to do

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that. The BBC has a strong story in terms of making savings of

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efficiency over the last four or five years but there is probably

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more we can do and we are looking hard at that at a moment.

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It's National Parks Week. Over the next three days we'll be reporting

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from Wales' three National Parks. Tomorrow, we'll be visiting

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Snowdonia. Then on Thursday, we'll be travelling south to the Brecon

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Beacons. But tonight, we report from Pembrokeshire, home to the

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only largely coastal national park in the UK. Matt Murray has been

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From the wild hills to the extensive would land. Pembrokeshire

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Coast National Park covers 240 square miles. It is this

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breathtaking coastline which is the main attraction. It is unique in

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Britain as the only national park that is predominately coastal. That

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makes it the busiest can National Park in Wales for activities. I

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headed out with a park ranger. The world is your oyster. We have

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the greatest coastline in Britain. There are water activities and rock

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climbing. The important thing is these activities work hand in hand

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with the wildlife which exists on the coastline?

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We have some of the most diverse to the wildlife in the world. It has

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to be carefully managed. The marine wildlife is spectacular

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along this coast line, from Europe's largest population of

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bottle-nosed dolphins at Cardigan Bay to Pembrokeshire's grey seals.

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The offshore islands are home to thousands of seabirds. The National

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Parks research into its wildlife is always ongoing, so they can manage

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the area and activities. This summer, canoeists are being asked

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to look out for otters. You can actually spot otters here?

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Absolutely. There is tons of food they can search for here. It is

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clean and fresh. We failed to spot any otters but we

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headed back to the shore to meet eight marine conservationist. We

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found areas were the mammals had recently been.

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This is a good site for otters. They tend to follow the stream down

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until they can get to DEC. They will mark their territory by

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spraying it. I have just found one here. There we have something left

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by the otters. You can see they have been spending time in the seat

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from the droppings. Some survey we have done, we found that they

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actually used the whole of the coastline.

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It is not just the otters and other wildlife using the coastline in its

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entirety. Thousands of tourist will flock here this summer and it will

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be down to the national park to make sure everyone and everything

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gets the most out of these beautiful surroundings. We had

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hoped to be live in Pembrokeshire this evening. We've had some

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technical difficulties with that, but fingers crossed we will be live

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in Snowdonia tomorrow. A dozen puppies are 'recovering

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well' after being dumped by the roadside in a recycling box near

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Swansea. The five-week-old Staffordshire bull terrier cross

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pups were crammed into a tub at Penllergaer. The badly dehydrated

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puppies were found the next day and said to be too weak to climb out of

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the bin. They were taken to the city's RSPCA animal centre. All are

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expected to survive. Football, and Cardiff City continue

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their build-up to the new season tonight with a friendly against

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Yeovil Town. Earlier, they completed the signing of Scottish

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international Kenny Miller from Bursaspor and, subject to football

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league clearance, French striker Rudi Gestarde. Meanwhile, BBC Wales

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understands that Swansea City are close to agreeing a fee for

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Rugby and former Dragons coach Paul Turner is back in work. He's joined

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former Blues boss Dai Young at the English Premiership side Wasps.

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Turner, who left Rodney Parade in March, will become the club's

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attack and skills coach. Tomorrow will mark one year to go

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until the opening ceremony of the London Olympics, which means the

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clock is ticking for Welsh sportsmen and -women who want to

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qualify for the Games. All this week, we're meeting five Welsh

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athletes with dreams of competing in 2012. Tonight Tomos Dafydd meets

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Cwmbran rifle shooter Helen Warnes. Meet one of our best shooters.

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Helen Warnes's target is on a Olympic glory at London 2012.

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This is my event rifle. That is my target down fair. That black dot

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there is the target I will wane -- I will aim at. That is represented

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on this screen. For me to gain represent -- for me to gain maximum

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points, I need to hit this tiny dot in the centre. It is actually one

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millimetre wide. From 10 metres, your target is one

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millimetre wide? Yes.

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It requires hours of training each week to be this good. Helen has

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ditched University and is aiming for the 2012 Olympics.

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It is amazing. Any person's dream. For that to come true, it is one of

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those once-in-a-lifetime experiences. A her preparation has

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not been without setbacks after an illness earlier in the year.

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I got food poisoning in Australia. I was really ill and was in

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hospital there and I had to come home early so I couldn't compete in

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Korea. The road to recovery was long.

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With this session, we are going to have a look at your lens. It is

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slightly out of alignment. With hers since she started seven

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years ago is her coach. He says that reaching London will be tough.

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There is one place available in the squad and Helen will have to

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outperform her counterparts in London, who get more funding than

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her. She won the British championship as

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an end to -- as an under 21-year- old. She showed a lot of potential

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then. She has been to three of the four World Cups for Great Britain

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and is in line for the Olympics next year. With a bit of luck, we

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will see her home and dry. Rifle shooting isn't cheap. This

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kit costs more than �5,000, 1,500 pounds goes on ammunition alone

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every year. For extra cash, Helen swaps bullets

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for the bar. She pulls pints at the local pub.

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It doesn't get as much publicity and sponsorship as cycling or

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athletics. It is a lot harder for me as an individual to get more

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funding and sponsorship. Working somewhere like here helps me get

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that money to pay for things like ammunition and other equipment,

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because there is so much equipment. One of my rivals is worth �2,000.

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The other is worth �1,000. I also have a full body kit.

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The Olympic dream is inexpensive one?

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Deri. It could all be worth it, should

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she make it into Team GB. The first Olympic Games for Helen will be

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next year. Well one man who's already tasted

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Olympic success is Wrexham rower Tom James. He won gold in Beijing

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and is now working hard to do the same in London, despite having

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surgery to treat a bad back. Our reporter Ashleigh Crowter caught up

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with Tom at one of rowing's showpiece events, the Henley Royal

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Regatta. The Henley Royal Regatta is one of

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the most prestigious events in the British sporting summer. It is as

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important to roaming as Wimbledon is to tennis. The social side plays

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a big part here but there is more to Henley than sipping champagne by

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the riverside. The rowing is fiercely competitive. This weekend,

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Tom James and his crew are desperate to win. It's been four

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years since Tom James climbed into a boat at rowing's summer festival

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on the Thames. And it's a huge relief to be back. Because just a

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few months ago, Tom James was wondering whether he could ever

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reach the heights again after a serious back injury.

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It has been a nice surprise because I have had a miserable year. I was

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sitting around with doctors and physiotherapists. Training on your

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own is depressing. It was one thing staying fit for the sake of staying

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fit. Hard work. In fact, his comeback was so good

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and his training times so impressive that Tom forced his way

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back in Great Britain's iconic coxless four, breaking in to an

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established crew just like he did in the run-up to Beijing.

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Everybody knows that it is based on performance. Everybody has the same

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chance and he took his chance. He is a very experienced guide. He had

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a very tough time, fighting his way back into the team. I think he

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knows how it feels to win at races. He is an Olympic champion and so

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far I am quite happy with how it is going so far.

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Tom James made a name for himself in Beijing. His coxless four

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produced one of the great moments of the Games to win the sport's

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Blue Riband event, maintaining Great Britain's incredible record

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of winning that race at the last four Olympics. One year out from

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the London Games, Tom and three new team-mates are already favourites

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to keep the run going, beating Australia and the USA at Henley,

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and breaking the course record on the same stretch of water where the

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1948 Olympic rowing regatta was held.

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It is quite satisfying, being back in a good vote with a good bunch of

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guys, having fun. Not taking it too seriously, although obviously, it

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is a big deal. We are preparing for the Olympics. Everything is a

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stepping stone for the Olympics. Quite how Tom and his team-mates

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will handle that extra pressure remains to be seen, although if

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their performance at Henley is anything to go by, he remains one

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of Wales' best hopes for a gold medal this time next year.

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Let's get the weather now with Sue, Plenty of sunny spells on the way

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tomorrow. That's all thanks to an area of reasonably high pressure

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over the UK which is keeping things fine and settled at least for a

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couple of days before this weather system heads our way. This

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afternoon will be dry with plenty of sunshine, especially in the west,

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and only small amounts of cloud. Feeling warm with light and

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variable winds. Cooler on the coast with a sea breeze. Up to 23 Celsius

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in Cardiff and Newport. This evening it's staying dry with clear

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spells overnight, especially further west. Winds remain light so

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we could see a few mist patches forming with temperatures falling

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no lower than 9 Celsius overnight. Tomorrow, a fine start to the day.

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Some long sunny spells through the morning. Another largely dry one

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with a bit more cloud developing by the afternoon further east. It will

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feel warm again as winds staying quite light. Again cooler on the

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coast - 19 Celsius along Cardigan Bay - up to 24 in parts of Powys,

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75 degrees Fahrenheit, just above the July average. But late

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Wednesday into Thursday a front pushes in from the northwest so

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mostly cloudy through Thursday morning with some outbreaks of rain

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spreading south-eastwards, but improving from the west later in

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the day. So fine for the next couple of days. It will be breezier.

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Some rain on Thursday. Friday cloudier, looking a bit mixed. And

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improving story heading into the weekend. Finally today's picture is

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from Ray Worsnop, a glorious sunset taken over the Rhyl coastline last

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It's approaching seven o'clock - the main news again from the BBC.

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It's been a day of huge disruption on the roads of southeast Wales

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after a lorry fire in the Brynglas tunnels. It broke out during this

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morning's rush hour, the heat so intense it melted the tarmac.

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Tonight the M4 has reopened but the westbound tunnel remains closed as

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engineers assess the damage. Growth in the UK economy has slowed

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in the past three months with official figures estimating it was

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up by just 0.2% on the start of the year. The Office for National

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Statistics said the figures were heavily influenced by a number of

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one-off factors, such as the extra bank holiday for the Royal wedding.

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