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Welcome to Wales Today. Tonight's headlines:

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Fans' tributes to Mike Dye, a devoted Cardiff City and Wales

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supporter. He died following a reported assault before last

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night's match at Wembley. To lose your life at a football match like

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this is awful. Fans have been coming here all day

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leaving flowers and flags and their own personal tributes. Tonight

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 290 seconds

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police are still questioning six The channel is about to appoint a

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permanent chief executive. Remind us what this report was. S4C's

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problems are pretty well documented. There was a lot of criticism of the

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management of the Channel. They lost their chief executive, the

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chair of the authority, and in an attempt to bring things back to an

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even keel, the authorities asked an academic to write a report for them

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spelling out what was going wrong and what they needed to change. He

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is deputy director of the University of Wales's global

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academy. The report was leaked to the Western Mail. It said the

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channel needed to tackle the culture of fear and suspicion. The

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university has launched an investigation into the leak. A

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member of staff has been suspended, not the author, I should make clear.

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But S4C were not simply an acute with the Lea, they were unhappy

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with the content. There was a face- to-face meeting at the Eisteddfod

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in Wrexham. The temporary chief executive of S4C was there. He is

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also on the Council of the University of Wales. The Vice

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Chancellor of the university was there. It was made clear they were

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unhappy with the contempt. I will read out for you a part of a S4C's

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statement. No pressure has been brought to bear on Mr Turner by

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S4C2 issue any kind of public statement or in any way to dilute

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the report. That is what S4C says. And the timing is difficult.

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tears, because in the next fortnight, they will be appointing

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a new chief executive so they don't want this turbines now. I should

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also say the University of Wales say they do not comment on matters

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between themselves and their clients.

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The Wales Audit Office has written to Pembrokeshire council telling

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them it will hold a special investigation into their affairs.

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It follows a response to two critical reports on its child

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protection policies. The Office says it highlighted weaknesses in

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the council's corporate governance. It says they were of such a scale

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and significance there is a risk the castle is failing to comply

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with legal requirements. One of the three men wrongly

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convicted of murdering Lynett White has described his life since as a

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nightmare. Stephen Miller broke down in tears as he told a jury in

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Swansea how he felt when he discovered his girlfriend had been

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killed. He said he always co- operated with police later charged

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him with her murder. Eight former police officers deny conspiracy to

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pervert the course of justice. The NHS in Wales has been given the

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go-ahead to use private hospitals to use -- cut waiting times for

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orthopaedic surgery. The Welsh government says local health boards

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should explore all possible ways of meeting targets. The previous

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government without the use of the private sector in the NHS.

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A father whose daughter was killed in a road accident in which three

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other teenagers died has successfully sued the driver of the

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cart for psychiatric injury. Terry Jones says he has lived a life of

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hell since 16-year-old daughter was killed in a crash on a mountain

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road near Ebbw Vale in 2006. They were described as firm friends.

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They were 15 and 16 years old. They were at school together in Ebbw

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Vale up. One cold November night in 2006, on a mountain road high above

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the town, the car they were travelling in left the road and

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crashed, killing them all. Craig Renshaw was at the wheel. He

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survived and in 2007 was convicted of careless driving. In the years

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since his daughter's death, Terry Jones says his family has struggled

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to cope. If you come across something which is a trigger to the

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death of Louise, for instance, something special, you will break

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down. I suppose it is so hurtful in your mind, with this post-traumatic

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stress disorder, that when these triggers are pressed, that is all

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you really do is die. In June, his case against Craig Bramshaw reached

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court. A psychiatrist told the hearing he was suffering from post-

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traumatic stress disorder. Now a judge has awarded him a �25,000 in

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damages. That is what the case was all about, getting that post-

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traumatic stress disorder recognised by the court, by someone

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important like that, because we have been told this is nothing new.

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The just buried grief. solicitors now has 28 days to

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It is a race against time. Staff at an RSPCA centre are working to save

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the lives of hundreds of seabirds. The birds, mainly Manx Shearwater,

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are being treated at it wildlife centre. Staff hope to release them

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into the wild soon. It may look painful, but this is

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tough love for birds who would have no chance of survival on their own.

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Stormy seas in west Wales, and RSPCA volunteers are literally

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pulling the young seabirds from the water. They have attempted their

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annual migration to South America, but were battered by a strong winds,

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and in the end were too exhausted to fly. So they were boxed up,

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nearly 250 of them, and sent the RSPCA's rescue centre in Somerset.

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Today, they will all be individually weighed and hand fed

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false stop they do not feed in captivity. They are all tube fed.

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What are their chances of survival? It should be really good. These are

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strong birds, and we have not found any with horrendous injuries. So

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they should be OK. This is quite a logistical operation, but I know

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you have seen this before. We have. It is at large numbers, but we are

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used to it. It is now a matter of building up the bird's strength

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before they can set free. Farmers, families and 3,000 sheep

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were out in force for the opening a new light stock market. For more

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than a century, this village has held a fortnightly Sheba March. The

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Newmarket promises to usher in a The first visitors to the new

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livestock market at Crymych had very little to say for themselves,

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but for everyone else it was the talk of the village. It was only

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when the trailers pulled up and the pens filled up that the size of the

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site could really be appreciated. It's twice as big as the old market

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- fit for the 21st century. It is a first class sheep Centre. It is an

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excellent facility. It is an excellent building. It is brilliant.

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The market has been a feature of life in the village for more than a

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century. Back in 1908, local farmers and businessmen founded the

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Market Hall Company with the aim of building a hall large enough to

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host a market. And this was the building they came up with. Before

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long it had moved to a bigger site and the reason that's now empty is

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because it's been sold to the council to make room for a health

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centre. That sale paved the way for the construction of this brand new

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market just north of the village. The market company which has been

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in existence for 100 years was set up by local farmers who put money

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in as shareholders to help the trade within the agriculture

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industry at that time. We still feel that is important both for the

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company and the village. And at official opening today, there were

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plenty of people who agreed. It is a good time at the moment. I think

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we forget that prices are good, exports are increasing, we have got

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opportunities to look for new markets and build for what is for

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Wales and essential industry. the cheers died down, there was

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business to be done. It's hoped this new market will continue to

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attract farmers from Pembrokeshire and beyond, and even the sheep seem

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pleased at that. 63,000 households in South Wales

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will be offered personalised travel advice in a bid to cut the number

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of cars used for short journeys like the school run. It's the start

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of a �4 million scheme by the Welsh Government to reduce the number of

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cars on our roads by at least 10%. People living in Cardiff and

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Penarth will be the first to try out the scheme, which will then be

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rolled out across Wales. This is one way we believe we can

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encourage people to use different modes of transport. A healthier way,

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a quicker way and a more sustainable way of travelling

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across Wales. But there are concerns that public

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transport may not be suitable for every family and every journey.

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These parents said they had no choice but to take the car.

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Where I live, there is a bus route, but not to hear. It is a three-mile

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journey so there is no public transport until later on in the

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morning. My boy would be late for school so I have to use the car.

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75 years ago tomorrow, these three men set fire to an aerodrome at

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Penyberth near Pwllheli. They were angry that the feelings of some

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local people against plans to build a Bombing School were ignored. It's

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now seen as one of the most important events in recent Welsh

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history and an important milestone in the development of Plaid Cymru.

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Rhodri Lewis has more. These fields near Pwllheli are best

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known today as the location of the huge music and watersports festival

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Wakestock, but 75 years ago they were close to the site of a much

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more controversial activity. This BBC Wales drama shows what happened

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when the Government decided to establish a Bombing School for the

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RAF at Penyberth. Three men, DJ Williams, Lewis Valentine and

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Saunders Lewis, were so angry that ministers in London had set up the

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aerodrome in the teeth of local hostility that on September 8th

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1936, they burned it to the ground. The three were tried at Caernarfon

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but when the jury failed to reach a verdict they were tried again at

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the Old Bailey in London and jailed for nine months. Historians say

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Penyberth was a major step in the development of Plaid Cymru.

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membership of Plaid Cymru was a very small. It was under 3,000 in

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1936. It grew by over 1,000 in the wake of the bombing School episode.

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Several new brushes were set up. -- branches. Though the three were

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revered by many for what they did, speaking in 1960, Saunders Lewis

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said he felt the campaign had Stanley Jones from Nefyn was 13-

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years-old in 1936. He says many people in the area wanted the

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bombing school because it would bring jobs. There has been

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unemployment for years and years. They welcomed it. But the others

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were educated people really. They could foresee what was going to

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happen. Today, the site is a caravan park, but there is a simple

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memorial on the gate. Wales has changed substantially in three

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quarters of a century. But the memory of the three men who took a

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stand still lives on. Sport now, and as we've already

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heard, Wales' match against England was overshadowed by the death of

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fan Mike Dye last night. After the game, manager Gary Speed said he

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was proud of his team despite the 1-0 defeat at Wembley. Wales did

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create opportunities to earn at least a draw, the best chance

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falling to Robert Earnshaw, who should have equalised with this

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attempt. Nine times out of 10 you take them

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away. It is just one of those things. You have got to pick your

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head up and carry on. Like I said, the bigger picture is making those

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chances. I am glad I got that chance and I will take it again

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every single day. Hopefully things will come along and we will get

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better and better. We are scoring loads of goals instead of relying

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on the one chance. National sporting hero Dai Greene

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is back in Wales with his gold medal after that incredible race at

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the World Athletics Championships. The Llanelli hurdler's going to

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take a break later this month before starting his preparations to

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win an Olympic gold - the only major medal he doesn't currently

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own. He's been speaking to our sports reporter Ashleigh Crowter.

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Brilliant to see you. What has your life be like since you arrived back

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as a world champion? I have had a lot more phone calls and text

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messages than usual. A lot of people saying well done. It has not

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sunk in yet and I'm sure it will go on for a few weeks more. Before the

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race, you said you were the man to beat. We do you get this self-

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confidence from? It comes from the fact that they do everything in my

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power to be in the best physical shape for a competition. I trained

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really hard. Last year gave me a lot of confidence. The knock backs

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I have had in the past has made me mentally stronger. And I have got

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good people around me who keep me grounded. It is important not to

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get carried away and believe your own hype. But my confidence comes

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from hard work. If I did not do the hard work, I would not be saying

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these things. For inevitably, the focus will now switch to next year

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and I guess you could say you are probably one race away from being

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the greatest Welsh athlete of all time. I have one every competition

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apart from the Olympics so that is all I need to complete the set. In

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a few weeks I will start back in training and it is going to be the

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biggest competition of my career to date. A Home Olympics is going to

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be huge, there will be so much support there, and I am desperate

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for that gold medal. I can say I have achieved everything in the

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sport then. You carry the hopes of a nation with you in South Africa -

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- South Korea. How does it feel to have a 3 million people watching

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your every move now? It is great. I loved all the messages I had. It is

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great getting all that recognition for all the hard work I have done

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over the years. When you see people saying they were almost in tears at

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the end watching the race, it is great to be that person that brings

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them so much happiness. It is great for the nation of Wales and I am

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just very proud to be Welsh and representing the country, bringing

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home medals. It is not get any better.

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The Rugby World Cup kicks off on Friday in New Zealand. Wales' first

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match is on Sunday against South Africa, with fly half Stephen Jones

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set to miss out because of injury. That means Warren Gatland will need

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to choose between James Hook and Rhys Priestland for the number ten

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jersey when he names his team to face the world champions on Friday.

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It has been unfortunate for Stephen Jones with what has happened over

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the summer, but James Hook is one of our best players and some of the

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stuff he can do, you look at him in training and you have got to say,

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that is special. I don't know how the coaches are going to make their

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decisions on selection so I have got to do my best in training and

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see what they think. Glamorgan's cricketers didn't

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manage to bowl a single ball in their match with Middlesex because

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of heavy showers in Cardiff. Derek, do we all still need to keep our

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I think so. Usually when the children go back to school the

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weather improves but it is going to remain unsettled this week. At the

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weather station in Mid Wales, over 120 mm of rain has fallen over the

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past few days. A few rivers remain swollen. Tonight will bring more

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cloud, and breaks of rain and drizzle, particularly for Mid-Wales,

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the West. The strongest winds bond exposed coast. Tomorrow's chart

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shows low pressure over the Atlantic. That is pushing a warm

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front towards us. But these will bring some rain and in today's

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moist and humid air. Tomorrow morning, for the South, a form --

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fairly cloudy skies. Quite breezy to on the coast. It is a similar

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story through Powys. However, parts of North Wales may start of tried,

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at least for a time, with a fresh breeze. A good deal of cloud

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tomorrow. Limited brightness. Rain and drizzle on and off. The rain

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may become more widespread and heavy later on in the afternoon.

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The wind lighter than today with a top temperature of 90 degrees

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Celsius. In Carmarthenshire, some rain at times. Tomorrow evening,

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rain will spread north-east words followed by damp, murky and humid

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conditions. Friday will be a drier day on the whole. Low cloud, missed

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and hill fog with spots of drizzle, but hopefully brighter skies for

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North Wales. The weekend looks a very changeable indeed. Some heavy

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rain, blustery showers, strong to gale force winds as well, but I can

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promise you some sunshine. Next week we have got the remains of

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Hurricane Katia to deal with. She will be over the mid-Atlantic on a

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Sunday. We are not sure the exact track she will take at the moment

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so it is worth taking a close eye on the forecast. Our picture today

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is of a stormy sea. It will not be as rough as that tomorrow but there

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Well, it's autumn, the nights are closing in, it must be time for the

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return of Strictly Come Dancing. Three Welsh celebrities are putting

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on their sequins this year. Robbie Savage, Russell Grant and Alex

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Jones are all taking part. Rebecca John reports.

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They may dress down in training, but this weekend there won't be a

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tracksuit in sight for the launch of the ninth series of Strictly

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Come Dancing. The line up was announced on The One Show last

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night. I feel so nervous and so sec. We have only had two days of

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practice and my arms are raking. She might be nervous but Alex Jones

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will be hoping to do as well as her co-presenter Matt Baker who was

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last year's runner up. Also slipping on his dancing shoes will

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be the former Wales footballer Robbie Savage. I am not a very good

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dancer. I know a lot of football fans don't like me. I dithered and

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the idea that and I decided to do it. Robbie Savage follows in the

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fancy footsteps of a line of Welsh sportsmen. Colin Jackson won the

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Christmas special. But Joe Calzaghe and Gavin Henson had mixed fortunes

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on the show. Not known for his athleticism, the astrologer Russell

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Grant is likely to make a big impression this series. Not enough

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pulling. As you can see, I have got a bit of glitter in my training top.

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When in Rome. The glitter ball will start spinning at 6:10pm this

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Saturday. A reminder of our main headline

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tonight. A Wales football supporter died after reportedly being

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attacked outside Wembley Stadium last night. The 44-year-old

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suffered head injuries and a cardiac arrest. Tonight, tributes

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have been left at Cardiff City stadium. Murder squad detectives

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