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Hello and welcome to the programme. Here are the headlines: An

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employment here has raised its highest level in nearly 20 years.

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New dad Michael Hill has not had a full-time job since leaving college.

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I miss having something to do. I do not wake up and say, I have to go

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Also tonight: after admitting inciting violent disorder on

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Facebook during the riots in England, Amman are sentenced to

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four years in prison. By a Dragon's Den star is embroiled

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in a row with a cancer survivor over her gym membership.

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I am a very disappointing that at man of his standing could behave in

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such a vindictive and petty way. The ground-breaking medical

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technology that is helping diabetes sufferers live with their condition.

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And the National Trust needs is its �1 million target two by a snowed

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only a farm. Unemployment in Wales has risen to

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its highest level in nearly 20 years. From the three months to the

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end of September it stood at 137,000, the rise of a 14,000 on

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the quarter. The unemployment rate is at 9.3%, 1% above the UK figure.

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20-year-old Michael Hill has not had a permanent job since leaving

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college two years ago. More than one-fifth of people his age who are

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looking for work are currently unemployed. Michael has a story

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that is becoming more common. Every time you see a job advertised,

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and go to ask, you think, I have a chance. Then you get an interview,

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and you think, great. But then you get the rejection letter and you

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get the rejection letter and you think, great, back to the start.

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The unemployment rate in Wales, at 9.3%, is higher than the UK average.

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But areas like the North East of England are faring worse.

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Jobseeker's here told us what it is like trying to find work.

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We are doing training courses and things like that and there is still

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nothing. If you are older, and you do not

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have much experience, they would much rather the younger kids, and

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pay the minimum wage, where they could not get away with it with me.

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I have to earn a living, and there are no jobs open here.

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Where are the job losses coming from? There has been a dip in

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confidence in the private sector. Company insolvencies are still

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lower than many expected, but there are still problems for some. Take

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this hotel, which was owned by Lord Ashley's family, and has gone into

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administration. This five-star hotel in Pembrokeshire has also

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gone into administration. Both are still open as normal but the owner

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of this one said the value of the property had plummeted, and as a

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result further support from the bank was not available to him.

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You have to look at the economic situation at the moment. The value

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of buildings generally is very depressed as a result. Obviously,

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the banks are in a position where they collateral does not

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necessarily match up to what they expected, some years ago. That is

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putting a terrible onus on everybody.

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It is tough but there are opportunities. These two men are

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among those who have turned things around.

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This man was made redundant 1.5 years ago from a printing business.

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He had always been a part-time karate instructor, but now he has

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made his hobby at full-time business.

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The bottom line is, when there is nothing else to do, you have to

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take another step forward. It is more important now than ever.

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This 21-year-old was without a job and Tom Willis for many years

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before he launched his own T-shirt business in Swansea. -- homeless.

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I have a lot of ideas for some Christmas things, and it is a good

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start, I think. Positive for some but overall,

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these figures are nothing but negative and they will pile the

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pressure on to politicians to focus more on the economy.

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Should readers -- should we be surprised by these figures?

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They have taken a lot of people by surprise, the speed with which they

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are happening. At the height of the recession, we saw figures like this.

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And it can be quite erratic. We are not seeing the big factory closures

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that we saw back in 2008. I have been speaking to some accountants

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in Wales and there has clearly been at depot in confidence. The

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Institute of Directors today said that companies are firing and not

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hiring. It is obvious that the private sector is not recruiting in

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the way that people would have hoped and when combined with what

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we are seeing in the public sector, and the job less -- job losses

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there, it is no surprise. What can be done?

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The biggest announcement today was from the Welsh government, making

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funds available for loans and grants for companies. That will go

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down well with business groups. It is old fashioned business support

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that they will like. But Wales is not isolated from the other

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problems. Manufacturers in the past year have benefited from exporting

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goods to be eurozone. The crisis there could damage that. It is all

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about business confidence and we are tied to the rest of the world.

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Thank you very much. A 25-year-old man from Cardiff has been sentenced

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to four years in prison after pleading guilty to inciting

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violence on Facebook during the riots in England earlier this year.

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The judge says the sentence should act as a warning to others.

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What exactly did he do? 25-year-old trainee Council set up

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a Facebook page in the midst of the rub -- the worst riots in England

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for more than a generation. Millions of pounds of damage was

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caused and hundreds of people were arrested. The violence which began

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in London spread to Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester and Liverpool.

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Much of the violence was orchestrated on Facebook. Jamie

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Counsel's website advocated riots in Cardiff. His followers talked

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about targets, including a department store and an electrical

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store. Four years is a long sentence.

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Should we be surprised by that? Four years for setting up a fierce

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book page -- a Facebook page is a lot. But remember the context.

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People were dying, millions of pounds of damage was caused. The

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government at Westminster wanted to send a strong message that this

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will not be tolerated. Other people convicted of round England have had

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the same type of prison sentences. Four years is a long sentence but

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as the judge said, it will act as a strong message to anyone else

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thinking of trying to incite this type of disorder.

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Aberystwyth is to get a �2.5 million facelift. The Welsh

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government money will be spent on improving access to the town's bus

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and train stations. Work will begin next week. The Government has

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identified Aberystwyth as one of seven so-called regeneration areas

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throughout Wales. Three people have been jailed after

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a plot to stage a sham marriage in Cardiff. Asif Hussain was arrested

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at Cardiff registrar's office as he was about to marry Valerie Farkas.

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The woman acting as their interpreter was also jailed for six

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months. Teachers are not able to do their

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jobs properly due to political interference from the it --

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education minister. That is the warning from Wales'' biggest

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teachers' union. To much fanfare, the foundation

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face was set up by the last Welsh government in 2008. It is a new

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teaching method where young children learn through play. The

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aim is to transform education here. Three years on, a new element has

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been introduced. Every child entering primary school are asked a

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series of questions. Can they stand on one light for two second? The

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assessment has been strongly criticised.

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This woman is our member of the NUT executive and claims that teachers

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at her school had been unable to teach for several weeks due to be

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added workload of carrying out these assessments and writing

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reports. They cannot give proper interaction

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with the children, because they have to set one to one and go

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through some tick boxes on their very first weekend schools. We have

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concerns the teacher is not teaching and they are just

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assessing the child. The rest of the class is being taken on by

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classroom assistants. The Welsh government has noticed --

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noted the concerns of the NUT. It also said it would be reviewing the

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way assessments have worked so far. It also added they have received a

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positive feedback from teachers and head teachers. Another teaching

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union has criticised the assessment as a cumbersome recording process

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which does not fit with the curriculum. The government insists

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it was not be introduced without consultation.

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Howard diabetes patients in need of a transplant are being helped with

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the latest medical technology. And conservation work can now begin.

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The National Trust reaches its �1 billion target two by a snowed on

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the a farm. -- a Snowdonia a farm.

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A woman recovering from cancer says she is shocked after being banned

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from her local health club which is owned by Duncan Bannatyne. Bronwen

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Davies took the club to court after they refused to reimburse some gym

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membership paid while she was ill. She won her case but then received

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a letter saying she was not welcome. Recovering from the cancer that

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almost killed her, Bronwen Davies would like nothing more than to go

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for a swim at her local health club. She had been a member since 2004

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but after a dispute over �160, she has been told she cannot.

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I was a member of that club for many years and I am now deprived of

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that membership. I feel I am being punished for having been held, and

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for having tried to exercise my legal rights.

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She took the club, which is owned by Duncan Bannatyne, to court and

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won. When she wrote to him asking if she could rejoin, she got this

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I am really disappointed that a man of his standing, and a club, a

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national club, can be paid in such a vindictive and petty way.

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Today, Duncan Bannatyne hit back on Twitter. Among his responses to

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follow words, he says, the woman is a persistent liar. We banned her

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for being disruptive to other members. What can I do?

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A spokesman for the company said that what he says on Twitter is up

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Bronwen Davies says she has never been disruptive and she finds these

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Commons disgusting. She would still like to swim there twice a week to

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help her recover her strength. Scientists working on research into

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Type 1 Diabetes hope to have a commercially viable artificial

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pancreas within a decade. It is hoped the automated insulin pump

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will help prevent the devastating, -- complications of the disease.

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Craig Dee has been living with Type 1 Diabetes for decades. He was

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first diagnosed at the age of 21. It has given her numerous health

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problems from his eyes to his feet. He has had a new kidney and a

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pancreas transplant. The biggest problem at the moment are my feet.

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I hate to think I might lose a limb, but it is a possibility. The

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pancreas, I had it for about 10 months although I did not depend on

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insulin, I was still dependent on tablets, it never kept me supported.

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It broke down completely and I was back on insulin. The computer does

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a similar thing to the body. There is new hope for people like to lead

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with scientists on the way to developing an artificial pancreas.

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This doctor became interested in diabetes research when he worked in

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Cardiff. Now he is based at the Addenbrokes Hospital in Cambridge

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and his work on an artificial pancreas has reached an advanced

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age. How does it work? A real time sensor attached to the patient's

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body measures glucose levels. Those readings are sent to a computer

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with a programme specific to the patient works out the insulin dose.

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This is then relayed to the insulin pump. This dispenses the correct

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amount of insulin every 15 minutes. If the system works as we would

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like it should reduce the complications associated with Type

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1 Diabetes, kidney problems, I disease problems. It is not only

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providing comfort but also improving the outcome for patients

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with Type 1 Diabetes. Kim Birch is currently undergoing trials. She

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has had Type 1 Diabetes for 20 years and says the artificial

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pancreas would change her life. would be amazing because she could

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live with diabetes without the ups and downs and also knowing that you

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might expect a normal longevity of life. You do not with complications.

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Trials have shown the artificial pancreas has been successful in

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regulating the amount of sugar in the blood of Type 1 Diabetes

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patients. If successful, the system could be commercially available

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within the next five - 10 years. Researchers at the engineering

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Department at Swansea University are developing a hi-tech diabetes

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monitor which would send a text message to a doctor, relative or

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friend to warn them if blood-sugar levels are dangerously low. It can

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happen when they are asleep and they might not wake up because

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their brain can shut down because of low blood glucose level. With

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the monitor we're hoping to alert their next of kin. The Micro needle

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trip would be placed in the skin and is a painless way off

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monitoring sugar levels and the blood. The challenge will be to

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make them at an affordable price. Researchers say they could save the

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NHS billions of pounds, more importantly they could save lives.

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On my personal quest to control my diabetes, my diet and exercise

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regime has continued with some success. Mealtimes a far healthier

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affair, my wife takes great care to make sure I do not give in to

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temptation. I am trying to reduce my intake of carbohydrates, so it

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is lean meat and vegetables. It is hard when someone next to me has a

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plate of chips! Continuing with the regular exercise, I think I am on

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track to reduce my weight, control my blood sugar and ultimately

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control my diabetes. Find out in a special report in December whether

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the six months of hard work have been worth it.

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Rugby: Wells defence caught Shaun Edwards has signed his new contract

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which will keep him with Wales for the next four years. Warren Gatland

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has confirmed that Shane Williams will be starting in the

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international against Australia next month.

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Paralympic coach Anthony Hughes has been named Sport Wales Coach of the

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Year. He was instrumental in developing the sport was Academy

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and producing a number of elite athletes including Nathan Stephens.

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He said today's award had come as a complete surprise. I am very rarely

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speechless. I did not expect that. It was next to gain the award for

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what I do because I can go across the world to Dubai and they know

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about Wales. The know about our academy system and our community

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programme. Some of the best in the world.

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Tomorrow night, we will be catching up with the Swansea City manager

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Brendan Rogers. His side have impressed in their first season in

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the Premier League and a tenth in the table. This the 10th is the

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small matter of a visit from champions Manchester United.

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will be a wonderful occasion for the city and the football club

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because they thoroughly deserve it. They have had a lot of hard times

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here. These are days they can only dream of. Lots of people do not get

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the chance to do a job they laugh and I am very fortunate I get to do

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that and share it with people I feel connected to.

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In March, at the National Trust launched a bid to raise �1 million

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to build a farm in Snowdonia. Eight months later the campaign has

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reached its target and the trust says it will now buy the 600 acres

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at Llyndy Isaf. As winter approaches, there are

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less water than traffic in Snowdonia. Trying to keep the say

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they are as natural as possible is one of the reasons why they wanted

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to raise �1 million to buy the land and preferred environmental work.

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It is hard to believe that commercial development was a threat

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to this farm. Now that we have raised the �1 million we needed to

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in order to purchase the farm, we can be confident development will

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not happen. It took six weeks for the trust to raise �500,000 and

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another six months to raise the rest. Matthew Brace came to the

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official launch last March. We have made it. Thank you to so many of

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you who dug so deep and supported our campaign to save Llyndy Isaf.

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The 600 acre Llyndy Isaf is about to start a new chapter. It is a

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good thing for everybody concerned. It is not going to be an easy job.

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To go from here for the last time. We have been here for 35 years.

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This is what we see every day when we get up. If the National Trust is

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an important landowner, but there are many farmers concerned about

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people being too concerned about the environment. The focus is

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totally on environmental at the moment. There is not a plan within

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the assembly for food production. The population is going to increase

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their to - 40 %, more food is going to be required in the next 20 years,

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we're going to get it? According to the National Trust, buying Llyndy

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Isaf is about maintaining traditional agriculture. Other

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landowners are questioning whether farming is more about conservation

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these days than actually producing It was a dull and chilly day for

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most of us. There is a change on the way. It

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has been called for most of us It is going to turn milder over the

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next few days. Sunshine for you tomorrow, but we have some rain to

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deal with before that. Rain moving northwards in the next few hours.

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Spreading across the whole country in the next few hours. Try and

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clear whether following behind. It will be mild or on the coast. Low

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pressure bringing wet and windy weather to Ireland and that is with

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-- heading her way. A much better start tomorrow. There will be clear

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skies and it will not be too cold. Much drier and brighter. We will

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all see some sunshine, but during the afternoon you will notice the

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cloud increasing, bringing some rain in to Pembrokeshire. The wind

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will become strong in the west and The rain will be heaviest in

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Snowdonia, drier in the north-east and towards the border. It will be

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a mild night but be easy. Friday, spots of rain and drizzle. A little

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sunshine hopefully for Children In Your money helps to support

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thousands of disabled young people across Wales en Children In Need.

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Tonight, we need a young man with autism who has been given the best

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possible start. There are thousands of young people

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in Wales with learning disabilities. Young people like Earl are being

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given the opportunity to try activities that can help them with

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their confidence. These are people were capable of achieving a lot

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with the right support. He finds it extremely difficult to communicate

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with people. And generally to express his feelings. Let me see

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what you have learned. confidence has gone out of the roof.

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He has, long way. Even if he did not become successful, it is

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something he is enjoying. You sound pretty proud. I am speechless.

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would like to try to get into the Olympics. I think you can do it.

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All the best. It is your generosity that is making a difference. Please

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give as much as you can. Thank you. I hope you can join us on Friday.

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The headlines: unemployment in Wales has risen to its highest

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