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Hello and welcome to the programme. Here are the headlines: An | :00:05. | :00:11. | |
employment here has raised its highest level in nearly 20 years. | :00:11. | :00:16. | |
New dad Michael Hill has not had a full-time job since leaving college. | :00:16. | :00:21. | |
I miss having something to do. I do not wake up and say, I have to go | :00:21. | :00:31. | |
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Also tonight: after admitting inciting violent disorder on | :00:42. | :00:46. | |
Facebook during the riots in England, Amman are sentenced to | :00:46. | :00:52. | |
four years in prison. By a Dragon's Den star is embroiled | :00:52. | :00:58. | |
in a row with a cancer survivor over her gym membership. | :00:58. | :01:02. | |
I am a very disappointing that at man of his standing could behave in | :01:02. | :01:08. | |
such a vindictive and petty way. The ground-breaking medical | :01:08. | :01:13. | |
technology that is helping diabetes sufferers live with their condition. | :01:13. | :01:18. | |
And the National Trust needs is its �1 million target two by a snowed | :01:18. | :01:26. | |
only a farm. Unemployment in Wales has risen to | :01:26. | :01:31. | |
its highest level in nearly 20 years. From the three months to the | :01:31. | :01:38. | |
end of September it stood at 137,000, the rise of a 14,000 on | :01:38. | :01:47. | |
the quarter. The unemployment rate is at 9.3%, 1% above the UK figure. | :01:47. | :01:51. | |
20-year-old Michael Hill has not had a permanent job since leaving | :01:51. | :01:56. | |
college two years ago. More than one-fifth of people his age who are | :01:56. | :02:01. | |
looking for work are currently unemployed. Michael has a story | :02:01. | :02:08. | |
that is becoming more common. Every time you see a job advertised, | :02:08. | :02:14. | |
and go to ask, you think, I have a chance. Then you get an interview, | :02:14. | :02:19. | |
and you think, great. But then you get the rejection letter and you | :02:19. | :02:24. | |
get the rejection letter and you think, great, back to the start. | :02:24. | :02:31. | |
The unemployment rate in Wales, at 9.3%, is higher than the UK average. | :02:31. | :02:36. | |
But areas like the North East of England are faring worse. | :02:36. | :02:41. | |
Jobseeker's here told us what it is like trying to find work. | :02:41. | :02:45. | |
We are doing training courses and things like that and there is still | :02:45. | :02:49. | |
nothing. If you are older, and you do not | :02:49. | :02:55. | |
have much experience, they would much rather the younger kids, and | :02:55. | :03:03. | |
pay the minimum wage, where they could not get away with it with me. | :03:03. | :03:09. | |
I have to earn a living, and there are no jobs open here. | :03:09. | :03:14. | |
Where are the job losses coming from? There has been a dip in | :03:14. | :03:18. | |
confidence in the private sector. Company insolvencies are still | :03:18. | :03:24. | |
lower than many expected, but there are still problems for some. Take | :03:24. | :03:30. | |
this hotel, which was owned by Lord Ashley's family, and has gone into | :03:30. | :03:36. | |
administration. This five-star hotel in Pembrokeshire has also | :03:36. | :03:40. | |
gone into administration. Both are still open as normal but the owner | :03:40. | :03:45. | |
of this one said the value of the property had plummeted, and as a | :03:45. | :03:49. | |
result further support from the bank was not available to him. | :03:49. | :03:55. | |
You have to look at the economic situation at the moment. The value | :03:55. | :04:01. | |
of buildings generally is very depressed as a result. Obviously, | :04:01. | :04:05. | |
the banks are in a position where they collateral does not | :04:05. | :04:10. | |
necessarily match up to what they expected, some years ago. That is | :04:10. | :04:16. | |
putting a terrible onus on everybody. | :04:16. | :04:20. | |
It is tough but there are opportunities. These two men are | :04:20. | :04:27. | |
among those who have turned things around. | :04:27. | :04:31. | |
This man was made redundant 1.5 years ago from a printing business. | :04:31. | :04:36. | |
He had always been a part-time karate instructor, but now he has | :04:37. | :04:44. | |
made his hobby at full-time business. | :04:45. | :04:50. | |
The bottom line is, when there is nothing else to do, you have to | :04:50. | :04:58. | |
take another step forward. It is more important now than ever. | :04:58. | :05:02. | |
This 21-year-old was without a job and Tom Willis for many years | :05:02. | :05:10. | |
before he launched his own T-shirt business in Swansea. -- homeless. | :05:10. | :05:15. | |
I have a lot of ideas for some Christmas things, and it is a good | :05:15. | :05:19. | |
start, I think. Positive for some but overall, | :05:19. | :05:23. | |
these figures are nothing but negative and they will pile the | :05:23. | :05:28. | |
pressure on to politicians to focus more on the economy. | :05:28. | :05:32. | |
Should readers -- should we be surprised by these figures? | :05:32. | :05:36. | |
They have taken a lot of people by surprise, the speed with which they | :05:36. | :05:42. | |
are happening. At the height of the recession, we saw figures like this. | :05:42. | :05:47. | |
And it can be quite erratic. We are not seeing the big factory closures | :05:47. | :05:52. | |
that we saw back in 2008. I have been speaking to some accountants | :05:53. | :05:58. | |
in Wales and there has clearly been at depot in confidence. The | :05:58. | :06:03. | |
Institute of Directors today said that companies are firing and not | :06:03. | :06:07. | |
hiring. It is obvious that the private sector is not recruiting in | :06:07. | :06:11. | |
the way that people would have hoped and when combined with what | :06:11. | :06:15. | |
we are seeing in the public sector, and the job less -- job losses | :06:15. | :06:22. | |
there, it is no surprise. What can be done? | :06:22. | :06:27. | |
The biggest announcement today was from the Welsh government, making | :06:27. | :06:32. | |
funds available for loans and grants for companies. That will go | :06:32. | :06:37. | |
down well with business groups. It is old fashioned business support | :06:37. | :06:42. | |
that they will like. But Wales is not isolated from the other | :06:42. | :06:47. | |
problems. Manufacturers in the past year have benefited from exporting | :06:47. | :06:53. | |
goods to be eurozone. The crisis there could damage that. It is all | :06:53. | :06:56. | |
about business confidence and we are tied to the rest of the world. | :06:56. | :07:02. | |
Thank you very much. A 25-year-old man from Cardiff has been sentenced | :07:02. | :07:07. | |
to four years in prison after pleading guilty to inciting | :07:07. | :07:11. | |
violence on Facebook during the riots in England earlier this year. | :07:11. | :07:17. | |
The judge says the sentence should act as a warning to others. | :07:17. | :07:24. | |
What exactly did he do? 25-year-old trainee Council set up | :07:24. | :07:29. | |
a Facebook page in the midst of the rub -- the worst riots in England | :07:29. | :07:34. | |
for more than a generation. Millions of pounds of damage was | :07:34. | :07:39. | |
caused and hundreds of people were arrested. The violence which began | :07:39. | :07:44. | |
in London spread to Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester and Liverpool. | :07:44. | :07:52. | |
Much of the violence was orchestrated on Facebook. Jamie | :07:52. | :07:57. | |
Counsel's website advocated riots in Cardiff. His followers talked | :07:57. | :08:02. | |
about targets, including a department store and an electrical | :08:02. | :08:06. | |
store. Four years is a long sentence. | :08:06. | :08:11. | |
Should we be surprised by that? Four years for setting up a fierce | :08:12. | :08:20. | |
book page -- a Facebook page is a lot. But remember the context. | :08:20. | :08:25. | |
People were dying, millions of pounds of damage was caused. The | :08:25. | :08:28. | |
government at Westminster wanted to send a strong message that this | :08:28. | :08:34. | |
will not be tolerated. Other people convicted of round England have had | :08:34. | :08:40. | |
the same type of prison sentences. Four years is a long sentence but | :08:40. | :08:44. | |
as the judge said, it will act as a strong message to anyone else | :08:44. | :08:49. | |
thinking of trying to incite this type of disorder. | :08:49. | :08:54. | |
Aberystwyth is to get a �2.5 million facelift. The Welsh | :08:54. | :08:59. | |
government money will be spent on improving access to the town's bus | :08:59. | :09:05. | |
and train stations. Work will begin next week. The Government has | :09:05. | :09:10. | |
identified Aberystwyth as one of seven so-called regeneration areas | :09:10. | :09:13. | |
throughout Wales. Three people have been jailed after | :09:14. | :09:19. | |
a plot to stage a sham marriage in Cardiff. Asif Hussain was arrested | :09:19. | :09:28. | |
at Cardiff registrar's office as he was about to marry Valerie Farkas. | :09:28. | :09:33. | |
The woman acting as their interpreter was also jailed for six | :09:33. | :09:36. | |
months. Teachers are not able to do their | :09:36. | :09:41. | |
jobs properly due to political interference from the it -- | :09:41. | :09:47. | |
education minister. That is the warning from Wales'' biggest | :09:47. | :09:57. | |
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teachers' union. To much fanfare, the foundation | :09:57. | :10:04. | |
face was set up by the last Welsh government in 2008. It is a new | :10:04. | :10:08. | |
teaching method where young children learn through play. The | :10:08. | :10:14. | |
aim is to transform education here. Three years on, a new element has | :10:14. | :10:19. | |
been introduced. Every child entering primary school are asked a | :10:19. | :10:25. | |
series of questions. Can they stand on one light for two second? The | :10:25. | :10:30. | |
assessment has been strongly criticised. | :10:30. | :10:35. | |
This woman is our member of the NUT executive and claims that teachers | :10:35. | :10:40. | |
at her school had been unable to teach for several weeks due to be | :10:40. | :10:43. | |
added workload of carrying out these assessments and writing | :10:43. | :10:46. | |
reports. They cannot give proper interaction | :10:46. | :10:51. | |
with the children, because they have to set one to one and go | :10:51. | :10:56. | |
through some tick boxes on their very first weekend schools. We have | :10:56. | :11:02. | |
concerns the teacher is not teaching and they are just | :11:02. | :11:07. | |
assessing the child. The rest of the class is being taken on by | :11:07. | :11:12. | |
classroom assistants. The Welsh government has noticed -- | :11:12. | :11:16. | |
noted the concerns of the NUT. It also said it would be reviewing the | :11:16. | :11:21. | |
way assessments have worked so far. It also added they have received a | :11:21. | :11:27. | |
positive feedback from teachers and head teachers. Another teaching | :11:27. | :11:31. | |
union has criticised the assessment as a cumbersome recording process | :11:31. | :11:39. | |
which does not fit with the curriculum. The government insists | :11:39. | :11:43. | |
it was not be introduced without consultation. | :11:43. | :11:47. | |
Howard diabetes patients in need of a transplant are being helped with | :11:47. | :11:52. | |
the latest medical technology. And conservation work can now begin. | :11:52. | :11:57. | |
The National Trust reaches its �1 billion target two by a snowed on | :11:57. | :12:03. | |
the a farm. -- a Snowdonia a farm. | :12:03. | :12:07. | |
A woman recovering from cancer says she is shocked after being banned | :12:08. | :12:13. | |
from her local health club which is owned by Duncan Bannatyne. Bronwen | :12:13. | :12:18. | |
Davies took the club to court after they refused to reimburse some gym | :12:18. | :12:23. | |
membership paid while she was ill. She won her case but then received | :12:23. | :12:28. | |
a letter saying she was not welcome. Recovering from the cancer that | :12:28. | :12:33. | |
almost killed her, Bronwen Davies would like nothing more than to go | :12:33. | :12:38. | |
for a swim at her local health club. She had been a member since 2004 | :12:38. | :12:47. | |
but after a dispute over �160, she has been told she cannot. | :12:47. | :12:55. | |
I was a member of that club for many years and I am now deprived of | :12:55. | :13:00. | |
that membership. I feel I am being punished for having been held, and | :13:00. | :13:06. | |
for having tried to exercise my legal rights. | :13:06. | :13:12. | |
She took the club, which is owned by Duncan Bannatyne, to court and | :13:12. | :13:16. | |
won. When she wrote to him asking if she could rejoin, she got this | :13:16. | :13:26. | |
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I am really disappointed that a man of his standing, and a club, a | :13:37. | :13:45. | |
national club, can be paid in such a vindictive and petty way. | :13:45. | :13:51. | |
Today, Duncan Bannatyne hit back on Twitter. Among his responses to | :13:51. | :13:56. | |
follow words, he says, the woman is a persistent liar. We banned her | :13:56. | :14:02. | |
for being disruptive to other members. What can I do? | :14:02. | :14:06. | |
A spokesman for the company said that what he says on Twitter is up | :14:06. | :14:16. | |
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Bronwen Davies says she has never been disruptive and she finds these | :14:33. | :14:39. | |
Commons disgusting. She would still like to swim there twice a week to | :14:39. | :14:46. | |
help her recover her strength. Scientists working on research into | :14:46. | :14:49. | |
Type 1 Diabetes hope to have a commercially viable artificial | :14:49. | :14:53. | |
pancreas within a decade. It is hoped the automated insulin pump | :14:53. | :15:03. | |
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will help prevent the devastating, -- complications of the disease. | :15:05. | :15:10. | |
Craig Dee has been living with Type 1 Diabetes for decades. He was | :15:10. | :15:16. | |
first diagnosed at the age of 21. It has given her numerous health | :15:16. | :15:20. | |
problems from his eyes to his feet. He has had a new kidney and a | :15:21. | :15:25. | |
pancreas transplant. The biggest problem at the moment are my feet. | :15:25. | :15:33. | |
I hate to think I might lose a limb, but it is a possibility. The | :15:33. | :15:38. | |
pancreas, I had it for about 10 months although I did not depend on | :15:38. | :15:47. | |
insulin, I was still dependent on tablets, it never kept me supported. | :15:47. | :15:54. | |
It broke down completely and I was back on insulin. The computer does | :15:54. | :15:59. | |
a similar thing to the body. There is new hope for people like to lead | :15:59. | :16:04. | |
with scientists on the way to developing an artificial pancreas. | :16:04. | :16:08. | |
This doctor became interested in diabetes research when he worked in | :16:08. | :16:13. | |
Cardiff. Now he is based at the Addenbrokes Hospital in Cambridge | :16:13. | :16:16. | |
and his work on an artificial pancreas has reached an advanced | :16:16. | :16:23. | |
age. How does it work? A real time sensor attached to the patient's | :16:23. | :16:28. | |
body measures glucose levels. Those readings are sent to a computer | :16:28. | :16:32. | |
with a programme specific to the patient works out the insulin dose. | :16:32. | :16:37. | |
This is then relayed to the insulin pump. This dispenses the correct | :16:37. | :16:42. | |
amount of insulin every 15 minutes. If the system works as we would | :16:42. | :16:46. | |
like it should reduce the complications associated with Type | :16:46. | :16:53. | |
1 Diabetes, kidney problems, I disease problems. It is not only | :16:53. | :16:58. | |
providing comfort but also improving the outcome for patients | :16:58. | :17:05. | |
with Type 1 Diabetes. Kim Birch is currently undergoing trials. She | :17:05. | :17:10. | |
has had Type 1 Diabetes for 20 years and says the artificial | :17:10. | :17:14. | |
pancreas would change her life. would be amazing because she could | :17:14. | :17:19. | |
live with diabetes without the ups and downs and also knowing that you | :17:19. | :17:27. | |
might expect a normal longevity of life. You do not with complications. | :17:27. | :17:30. | |
Trials have shown the artificial pancreas has been successful in | :17:30. | :17:34. | |
regulating the amount of sugar in the blood of Type 1 Diabetes | :17:34. | :17:41. | |
patients. If successful, the system could be commercially available | :17:41. | :17:49. | |
within the next five - 10 years. Researchers at the engineering | :17:49. | :17:51. | |
Department at Swansea University are developing a hi-tech diabetes | :17:51. | :17:55. | |
monitor which would send a text message to a doctor, relative or | :17:55. | :18:02. | |
friend to warn them if blood-sugar levels are dangerously low. It can | :18:03. | :18:07. | |
happen when they are asleep and they might not wake up because | :18:07. | :18:12. | |
their brain can shut down because of low blood glucose level. With | :18:12. | :18:18. | |
the monitor we're hoping to alert their next of kin. The Micro needle | :18:18. | :18:22. | |
trip would be placed in the skin and is a painless way off | :18:22. | :18:26. | |
monitoring sugar levels and the blood. The challenge will be to | :18:26. | :18:30. | |
make them at an affordable price. Researchers say they could save the | :18:30. | :18:36. | |
NHS billions of pounds, more importantly they could save lives. | :18:36. | :18:40. | |
On my personal quest to control my diabetes, my diet and exercise | :18:40. | :18:46. | |
regime has continued with some success. Mealtimes a far healthier | :18:46. | :18:50. | |
affair, my wife takes great care to make sure I do not give in to | :18:50. | :18:57. | |
temptation. I am trying to reduce my intake of carbohydrates, so it | :18:57. | :19:02. | |
is lean meat and vegetables. It is hard when someone next to me has a | :19:02. | :19:09. | |
plate of chips! Continuing with the regular exercise, I think I am on | :19:09. | :19:14. | |
track to reduce my weight, control my blood sugar and ultimately | :19:14. | :19:19. | |
control my diabetes. Find out in a special report in December whether | :19:19. | :19:25. | |
the six months of hard work have been worth it. | :19:25. | :19:29. | |
Rugby: Wells defence caught Shaun Edwards has signed his new contract | :19:29. | :19:34. | |
which will keep him with Wales for the next four years. Warren Gatland | :19:34. | :19:38. | |
has confirmed that Shane Williams will be starting in the | :19:38. | :19:42. | |
international against Australia next month. | :19:42. | :19:46. | |
Paralympic coach Anthony Hughes has been named Sport Wales Coach of the | :19:46. | :19:51. | |
Year. He was instrumental in developing the sport was Academy | :19:51. | :19:58. | |
and producing a number of elite athletes including Nathan Stephens. | :19:58. | :20:05. | |
He said today's award had come as a complete surprise. I am very rarely | :20:05. | :20:11. | |
speechless. I did not expect that. It was next to gain the award for | :20:11. | :20:16. | |
what I do because I can go across the world to Dubai and they know | :20:16. | :20:23. | |
about Wales. The know about our academy system and our community | :20:23. | :20:27. | |
programme. Some of the best in the world. | :20:27. | :20:32. | |
Tomorrow night, we will be catching up with the Swansea City manager | :20:32. | :20:36. | |
Brendan Rogers. His side have impressed in their first season in | :20:36. | :20:40. | |
the Premier League and a tenth in the table. This the 10th is the | :20:40. | :20:46. | |
small matter of a visit from champions Manchester United. | :20:46. | :20:49. | |
will be a wonderful occasion for the city and the football club | :20:49. | :20:53. | |
because they thoroughly deserve it. They have had a lot of hard times | :20:54. | :20:58. | |
here. These are days they can only dream of. Lots of people do not get | :20:58. | :21:02. | |
the chance to do a job they laugh and I am very fortunate I get to do | :21:02. | :21:10. | |
that and share it with people I feel connected to. | :21:10. | :21:15. | |
In March, at the National Trust launched a bid to raise �1 million | :21:15. | :21:19. | |
to build a farm in Snowdonia. Eight months later the campaign has | :21:19. | :21:24. | |
reached its target and the trust says it will now buy the 600 acres | :21:24. | :21:31. | |
at Llyndy Isaf. As winter approaches, there are | :21:31. | :21:34. | |
less water than traffic in Snowdonia. Trying to keep the say | :21:34. | :21:38. | |
they are as natural as possible is one of the reasons why they wanted | :21:38. | :21:43. | |
to raise �1 million to buy the land and preferred environmental work. | :21:43. | :21:47. | |
It is hard to believe that commercial development was a threat | :21:47. | :21:51. | |
to this farm. Now that we have raised the �1 million we needed to | :21:51. | :21:57. | |
in order to purchase the farm, we can be confident development will | :21:57. | :22:04. | |
not happen. It took six weeks for the trust to raise �500,000 and | :22:04. | :22:08. | |
another six months to raise the rest. Matthew Brace came to the | :22:08. | :22:16. | |
official launch last March. We have made it. Thank you to so many of | :22:16. | :22:24. | |
you who dug so deep and supported our campaign to save Llyndy Isaf. | :22:24. | :22:29. | |
The 600 acre Llyndy Isaf is about to start a new chapter. It is a | :22:29. | :22:35. | |
good thing for everybody concerned. It is not going to be an easy job. | :22:36. | :22:40. | |
To go from here for the last time. We have been here for 35 years. | :22:41. | :22:46. | |
This is what we see every day when we get up. If the National Trust is | :22:47. | :22:53. | |
an important landowner, but there are many farmers concerned about | :22:53. | :22:59. | |
people being too concerned about the environment. The focus is | :22:59. | :23:03. | |
totally on environmental at the moment. There is not a plan within | :23:03. | :23:10. | |
the assembly for food production. The population is going to increase | :23:10. | :23:14. | |
their to - 40 %, more food is going to be required in the next 20 years, | :23:14. | :23:19. | |
we're going to get it? According to the National Trust, buying Llyndy | :23:19. | :23:26. | |
Isaf is about maintaining traditional agriculture. Other | :23:26. | :23:30. | |
landowners are questioning whether farming is more about conservation | :23:30. | :23:40. | |
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these days than actually producing It was a dull and chilly day for | :23:42. | :23:48. | |
most of us. There is a change on the way. It | :23:48. | :23:58. | |
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has been called for most of us It is going to turn milder over the | :24:03. | :24:07. | |
next few days. Sunshine for you tomorrow, but we have some rain to | :24:07. | :24:14. | |
deal with before that. Rain moving northwards in the next few hours. | :24:14. | :24:19. | |
Spreading across the whole country in the next few hours. Try and | :24:19. | :24:29. | |
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clear whether following behind. It will be mild or on the coast. Low | :24:31. | :24:35. | |
pressure bringing wet and windy weather to Ireland and that is with | :24:35. | :24:45. | |
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-- heading her way. A much better start tomorrow. There will be clear | :24:46. | :24:54. | |
skies and it will not be too cold. Much drier and brighter. We will | :24:54. | :24:58. | |
all see some sunshine, but during the afternoon you will notice the | :24:58. | :25:08. | |
cloud increasing, bringing some rain in to Pembrokeshire. The wind | :25:08. | :25:18. | |
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will become strong in the west and The rain will be heaviest in | :25:34. | :25:38. | |
Snowdonia, drier in the north-east and towards the border. It will be | :25:38. | :25:45. | |
a mild night but be easy. Friday, spots of rain and drizzle. A little | :25:45. | :25:55. | |
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sunshine hopefully for Children In Your money helps to support | :26:00. | :26:05. | |
thousands of disabled young people across Wales en Children In Need. | :26:05. | :26:09. | |
Tonight, we need a young man with autism who has been given the best | :26:09. | :26:13. | |
possible start. There are thousands of young people | :26:13. | :26:17. | |
in Wales with learning disabilities. Young people like Earl are being | :26:17. | :26:21. | |
given the opportunity to try activities that can help them with | :26:21. | :26:27. | |
their confidence. These are people were capable of achieving a lot | :26:27. | :26:31. | |
with the right support. He finds it extremely difficult to communicate | :26:32. | :26:38. | |
with people. And generally to express his feelings. Let me see | :26:38. | :26:45. | |
what you have learned. confidence has gone out of the roof. | :26:45. | :26:52. | |
He has, long way. Even if he did not become successful, it is | :26:52. | :27:02. | |
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something he is enjoying. You sound pretty proud. I am speechless. | :27:02. | :27:07. | |
would like to try to get into the Olympics. I think you can do it. | :27:07. | :27:14. | |
All the best. It is your generosity that is making a difference. Please | :27:14. | :27:24. | |
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give as much as you can. Thank you. I hope you can join us on Friday. | :27:24. | :27:28. | |
The headlines: unemployment in Wales has risen to its highest | :27:28. | :27:34. |