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Welcome to Wales Today. Tonight's top story:

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A train crash in Carmarthenshire - the driver of a hay lorry on a

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level crossing is arrested. We have the exclusive pictures on board.

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The first carriage was OK but the Our other headlines tonight: Dave

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Powell is recovering but one in three of us will get cancer.

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Tonight a plan to tackle the disease.

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Who stole the Christmas turkey? Thousands of pounds worth of meat

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taken from this butchers. The jaw to the gate.

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The fossils believed to be more than 450 million years old that

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could rewrite the history books. And a dismal weekend for welsh

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rugby - four defeats and the Good evening. A train crash in

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Carmarthenshire on a level crossing - tonight the driver of a lorry

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involved in the accident has been arrested. Seven people suffered

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minor injuries when the train hit the cab of the lorry near Whitland.

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Police say the 48-year-old man from Llanboidy has been detained on

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suspicion of endangering safety. We are at the scene tonight. Police

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have a light does a little bit closer and hopefully we will be

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able to see the extent of the damage. It is amazing that we are

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only talking about a few cuts and bruises. The trainer, which was

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travelling from Milford Haven it to Manchester Piccadilly, crashed into

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a lorry which was stuck on a level crossing. This might -- despite

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smashing up the front of it, it managed to stay on the track and

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ultimately saved lives. It is not what you expect to see

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when you train stops. Moments after the collision, a passenger up

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recorded this footage. Through the window you can make out a lorry cab

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On the Tracks. That is what the train hit. I heard a big bang. I

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thought that something had happened. The track is covered in he, thrown

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from the trail of the lorry was towing. One passenger told us that

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driver was not inside at the time. For the lorry was stuck in the

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middle and the driver left the lorry to get out of the way. The

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train hit the lorry and as it was raining I think that it was

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dramatic. Pass injures it looked shaken the yet relieved. --

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passengers. Five people were taken to hospital suffering from cuts and

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bruises and shock. A lady behind me had split the bridge of her nose.

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She was not concussed. She went through the carriage, everyone else

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was fine and the emergency services arrived. Police say it was

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incredibly lucky the train did not a real. It has pushed the front cap

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of the train up the line. We will look look at that and see what has

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happened. In all, 15 services have been affected today because of the

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crash. The stretch of line has been replaced by buses. The company says

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it an emergency it the 20 bill will operate tomorrow boss our

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investigation and repairs will be carried out. Back in 1994, several

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people were injured here when a train at Het IGC be at the same

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spot. You can probably see some people

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behind me, these are the engineers. We are told they will be working

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throughout the night to restore services. In the meantime,

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passengers are advised to check with Network Rail because there

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will be a revised timetable. The latest as it stands is that the

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driver of the lorry has been arrested and Network Rail say there

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will be a detailed investigation with the British Transport Police.

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Initial indications show that the level crossing was working properly

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at the time of the crash. A man is in a critical condition

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after an accident involving a bus on one of the main roads into

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Swansea. The pedestrian had to be rescued from underneath the bus by

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fire crews. Ten passengers were treated for shock. The accident

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happened this morning on Fabian Way - the road was closed for three

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hours. A new five year plan has been

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announced, aimed at improving treatment for patients with cancer.

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The Welsh government says it's putting responsibility on our seven

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local health boards to plan and deliver high quality, modern cancer

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services. Patients will also be asked to rate their treatment.

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Rebecca John reports. Two patients with very different

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experiences of our most common cancers, breast and prostate. Dave

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Powell From Barry has every reason to celebrate this Christmas after

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being given the all-clear. Five years ago, he was diagnosed with

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early-stage prostate cancer. He fought for nine months to have

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treatment paid for on the NHS. It involves implanting radioactive

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seeds in the prostate gland. He had to go to Leeds as the treatment was

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only available in England at the time. To have another battle going

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on just to get the tea -- the treatment for the cancer you have

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been told you have got, is a necessary. Especially when it is

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available to cancer sufferers the other side of the bridge. Sybil

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Fowler is a marketing consultant who was diagnosed with breast

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cancer in May. She had her last session of breast cancer --

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chemotherapy last week. She cannot fault her treatment. I think it was

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exceptional. I was allocated a dedicated nurse who was with me

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throughout. She stills runt - that she still rings me up. Today, the

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Welsh Government it published a five-year plan for the NHS in Wales

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called together against cancer. It There are no big headline

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initiatives here, no radical change. It is about continuing with those

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rather boring improvements that are actually quite necessary. It is

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about getting services that are currently in place to do better.

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Lifestyle choices have a huge impact on rates of cancer. This

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plan puts responsibility of local health boards to support people to

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reduce their risks of developing cancer in the first place. There

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was a recent study by Cancer Research UK which suggested that

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there are four key areas in cancer prevention. Smoking, obesity, lack

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of exercise, and alcohol. If they could be attended to, that would be

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good. The Welsh Government wants to retain at cancer rates comparable

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to that lowest in Europe. One of the biggest challenges will be

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encouraging people to change their own behaviour.

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Police are becoming increasingly concerned tonight over a missing

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teenager. Amid -- major search is underway.

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In the air, a police helicopter making low passes over the card and

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Park Hotel and Golf Club. The police underwater team has been

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involved as well. It is your between Wrexham and Chester that

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the search for Hayden Evans is centred. He had been with workmates

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enjoying a Christmas get together. He left the hotel at -- after

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midnight on Friday. Nothing has been seen or heard of him since.

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Police say they know what the hell of people living nearby. If you

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live in the surrounds of card and Park, even if you are a mile or two

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miles away, could you have a look in your garage or out house, just

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in case we have a lot -- a young man there who has been injured.

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Today, the focus is on the Hotel's extensive grounds. This has not

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been the easiest area to search. There are lakes and thick

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underground at -- undergrowth and the weather dropped below say it --

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below zero. Heat and Evan's disappearance is said to be out of

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Before 7 o'clock, at the factory floor that is turned into a health

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centre. And to the war of words over music.

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Our songs sung in Welsh worth less than in English?

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First, Thousands of pounds worth of meat

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has been stolen from a butchers in Porth. More than 60 orders now have

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to be replaced to make sure customers have their turkeys in

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time for Christmas day. Kate Morgan reports.

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These empty shelves should be sure it -- full of Christmas turkeys.

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But she did when the owners opened, they discovered it had been

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ransacked. I got up about 438 this morning. As I drove then, before I

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unlocked the gate, I notice that the door was opened. It feels as if

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all the time that we have spent here, it was just for nothing. We

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have only been in the business six months, it is really hard. It is

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really hard to see someone destroy your business. More than 60 orders

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of Turkey, beef and Ham have been stolen, worth more than 200 --

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�2,000. But for the family, the biggest loss is that children's

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presents they had stored up stairs. Horrified. Everything we had to

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give our little boy is to give a good Christmas, they have just

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taken. There is nothing left for them. Tonight police are warning

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people in the area not to buy any meat if they are uncertain where it

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came from. My concern is what has happened to this meat since it was

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stolen. We do not know how it has been handled and we urge people not

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to buy this meat from anybody. family say they will now work

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round-the-clock to replace their customer's orders in time for

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Christmas dinner. Scientists say a collection of

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fossils are more than 450 million years old. Scientists have spent

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more than seven years to it analysed the specimens, which were

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found in a disused quarry. Their research suggests that the fossils

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date at a time where the air was partially under water. -- be area

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was partially under water. What are we looking at here?

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The types of fossils which these researchers have recorded include

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squid it like animals, animals that resemble an enemy's, and also an

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number of fossils and just as well. The important thing about these

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organisms as the -- is that they are made of soft tissue, no hard

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parts. To actually find the remains of these soft body to organisms

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preserved in rocks his old as this As your article said, the area was

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under water and the period. These discoveries add to our

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understanding of how diverse the marine communities were that

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occupied the seabed at this time. That is an important discovery in

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its own right. What is additionally important his other new techniques

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researchers have used to discover these fossils. They have used X-

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rays and CT scans, these are techniques people will be familiar

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within hospitals, to actually look at internal or organisms. Here

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researchers have used them to look inside solid blocks of rock and to

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look and visualise the fossils present in the rocks. That is very

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important. The use of these new technologies is increasing in the

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world of Cailean otology and there is almost a Pandora's box of new

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discoveries being made. Using these days of Rees, -- using these

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techniques, there is potential to yield other discoveries in other

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areas of Wales. Fascinating stuff. Thank you.

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Hundreds of workers across Carmarthenshire are being offered

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screening to tackle growing levels of diabetes and heart disease. A

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collaboration between the local health board and Tata Steel.

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Throughout the year, we've brought you a series from our reporter Nick

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Palit, who's been diagnosed with diabetes and been trying to reverse

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his condition. Tonight he takes a look at this pioneering project.

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Since I started my series looking at the problem of diabetes in Wales,

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I've spoken to patients young and old, who have type 1 or type 2

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diabetes and everyone has had their own story to tell. I've heard from

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scientists across the country who are hoping one day to find a cure.

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But the old adage that prevention is better than cure has been

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adopted in Carmarthenhire. Here they believe that health-screening

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of at risk groups will be key to tackling this health crisis. At the

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Tata Tin plate works at Trostre, the 400 steel workers have been

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involved in a groundbreaking trial to try and detect diabetes and

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heart problems before the diseases take a hold.

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I am just checking your pulse, making sure it is nice and steady.

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Every worker in Carmarthenshire over the age of 40 that works for

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either Tata or the Hwyel Dda Health Board is being offered health

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screening in an initiative known as Prosiect Sir Gar.

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We measure their weight, height and waist circumference. We can do

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their cholesterol and diabetes blood check as well. We feed it

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into the computer and give them a percentage of their risk of

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developing cardiovascular diabetes over the coming 10 years. One man

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to benefit from the scheme so far has been 59-year-old Haydn Beynon.

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Since I've started modifying the way I eat, the amount of exercise I

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take, this has been going on since January and I have lost �28. I've

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had cheques up in the occupational health department and my risk of

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cardiovascular disease and diabetes has dropped by six or 7%. It has

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been a huge difference to my work life and my home life.

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The health board chose Tata Steel for the scheme because they have

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trained occupational health staff and a large workforce.

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We have a very active workforce, as you would expect in the heavy

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industry. We have about 400 and we screened about 250 so far. Out of

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those, six or 7% had the opportunity to have some positive

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intervention and the opportunity to change their lifestyles and bring

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the risk factors down. If workplace schemes like this

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pilot project in Carmarthenshire were more widespread, experts

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believe it would pay dividends both in improving health and protecting

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shrinking health budgets. Treating diabetes and its complications is

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already costing the Welsh NHS around �500 million a year and if

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the current trend continues it's expected that over 250,000 people

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Maria Ann O'Brien from Quakers Yard knows only too well what

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consequences diabetes can have. She's learning to walk again after

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suffering the trauma of an amputation. What started as an

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insignificant cut on her toe grew to an ulcerated infection.

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That said that I could go in and out of hospital for the rest of my

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life or have an amputation. I didn't have to think about it. I

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knew that if I didn't have it done, I would either carry on as I am,

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get worse and die. Did you ever believed it would come

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to something so severe as losing a leg?

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No. The father. You don't. You think, diabetes, you control it

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through diet and everything else. Over the last six months I've been

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trying to control my own diabetes through diet and exercise. Later

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this week is my final weigh-in and my doctor tells me whether my hard

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work has succeeded in reversing my diabetes.

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Nick will be back with his results this Friday, and we'll hear from

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the Health Minister on what government can do to tackle

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diabetes. Is music sung in Welsh worth less

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than music sung in English? That's the dispute at the heart of a three

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day strike by musicians. They've described their royalties from BBC

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A strike with a difference on Radio Cymru today. There was just as much

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music as usual, but most of it came from live performances recorded by

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the BBC rather than from CDs. The reason? Some Welsh language

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composers and producers had asked the station not to broadcast their

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songs because they're not happy with the amount of royalties

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they're paid. Every year the BBC pays a sum of money to the

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Performing Rights Society for the music played on its networks. That

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money is distributed by the PRS according to a formula. A song

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played on Radio Wales attracts 95 pence a minute for its composer and

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producer, but one on Radio Cymru would only get 59 pence a minute.

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What's more, once public performances such as in pubs are

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taken into account, the difference is even more marked. That artist

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will receive �150 from the PRS for a three minute song, but their

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Welsh language equivalent would only get �5.75.

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We have re-evaluated how we look at music in Wales and previously, we

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weren't as accurate as we should have been. That change has meant

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that certain music and certain people's repertoire is receiving

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less royalties. Musicians and producers like Hywel

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Wigley say the whole industry in Wales is under threat as they can't

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afford to continue producing and composing music at these rates.

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I think they will have to look at the amount of money if they put to

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Radio Cymru and bring it up to a level which would make this

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industry sustainable. At present, it is not sustainable.

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The BBC says it's doing all it can to ensure Welsh language musicians

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get the royalties they deserve. We do have sympathy with the

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musicians because we need to see that they can thrive and they can

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produce new music so we do have sympathy and that is where we have

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changed and amended our prayer list today. We have to put our listeners

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first as a station and that is why we will continue to play their

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music tomorrow and Wednesday. sides plan to meet in the new year

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to discuss this issue, but the PRS says it would be difficult to alter

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the formula and subsidise Welsh language music. That would mean

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taking money away from the rest of its members.

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Good evening. Time for tonight's sport. And I wonder what Wales'

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regional rugby coaches want for Christmas? Bumper crowds over the

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festive period would certainly help to try and lift the gloom that's

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descended in recent days. Some pundits say the regional game is on

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a knife-edge as more top players are attracted away from Wales by

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big money offers. And the mood of pessimism wasn't helped by a

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weekend of defeats in the Heineken So much for festive cheer. It has

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been a miserable week for the Welsh regions with players leaving and

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more expected to go. Also fears over the size of crowds. Four

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defeats in Europe over the weekend seemed to capture the mood. The

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Ospreys, of Dundee Welsh -- the best Welsh side in the Heineken Cup,

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are all but out after suffering a defeat.

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I think the reality is hitting home. We have lost a lot of players and

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people departing to France. They have lost some of the call for

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words in Alun Wyn Jones as well. They have been a little bit

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depleted. It shows the level of the competition.

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The Blues and the Scarlets can still make the last eight, with the

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Blues are best placed. They top Pool Two and are hopeful of winning

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their last matches in January to secured a quarter-final spot. It is

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a tougher asked for the Scarlets after losing two former champions

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Munster in Limerick. Llanelli did secured a losing bonus point which

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could prove to be crucial. They hope to gain -- to gain maximum

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points in their final two games. In Ireland, the crowd also provided a

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sharp contrast. Crowds there are booming while the Ospreys played

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their match in front of less than 7,000. It has been a similar story

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at the other three regions. It is about creating an atmosphere.

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The crowd and players rub off on each other. It is a catch 22

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situation. Ultimately, people will go a long if they feel they will be

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entertained for the day. The Dragons are also in grave

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danger of failing to make the quarter-finals in the Amlin

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Challenge Cup after losing to Exeter. They will need to win their

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remaining games and hope a rival slipped up if they are to progress.

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Football and Swansea City have a busy time with four games in the

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next 12 days. First to Goodison Park on Wednesday, still looking

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for their first win away from home. They earned a point at Newcastle at

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the weekend. While in the Championship, Cardiff City will

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welcome a break of nine days after they went down 3-2 to Middlesbrough.

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For Swansea manager, the search for the first away win goes on.

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I really believe that we can do very well at this level. I think we

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have shone throughout. Our home form is incredible but we need to

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be better away from home. We have demonstrated we can be but we just

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need to be consistent. I am still dreaming of a white

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I know some of you will be disappointed but I think we've seen

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the last of the snow and frost for a while. It's turned milder today

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and that's the story for the next few days. Milder with more rain on

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the way. Mind you, I can promise some dry weather as well. That

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should please Sue Jones from Pontyclun who is celebrating her

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50th birthday! So here comes the mild air as shown by the yellow and

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orange colours. Covering the whole of Britain and Ireland by Wednesday.

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In fact on Wednesday we could temperatures rising as high as 12

:25:28.:25:31.

Celsius. A few degrees above the seasonal average. This evening a

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dry start and the south should stay dry overnight. However a little

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rain is likely in mid Wales and the north. Not as cold as recent nights.

:25:37.:25:40.

Temperatures staying above freezing. So tomorrow morning I wouldn't rule

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out the odd shower in the north otherwise a dry start for most of

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us. Some patchy low cloud. Breezy on the west coast but not too cold.

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Temperatures in Cardigan eight Celsius. So, plenty of dry weather

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tomorrow. Bright for a time. A little sunshine but later in the

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morning and during the afternoon cloud will increase with some rain

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reaching the west by dusk. The wind easing with top temperatures around

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eight Celsius which is about average. Tomorrow evening rain will

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spread across the whole country. Mist and hill fog as well. The rain

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easing later in the night. Wednesday mostly cloudy. The odd

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spot of light rain or drizzle otherwise dry and very mild. 12

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Celsius in Wrexham. Thursday mild with moist south-westerly winds

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bringing plenty of cloud. Thereafter a cold front will bring

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some rain on Friday followed by brighter, slightly colder weather

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and a few showers. Last year of course snow and ice caused major

:26:32.:26:35.

travel problems during the Christmas holiday but that won't be

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the case this year. At the moment, a green rather than white Christmas

:26:39.:26:42.

looks much more likely. Christmas Day itself should be largely dry,

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breezy and not too cold. I'm sure some of you will be relieved to

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hear that. Time now for the children's

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pictures. The first an angel by Lily Smith from Clydach Vale. The

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next a snowman by Llewelyn John Parry from Pwllheli. And finally

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Santa and his reindeer by Lucy Hill from Maesteg. Thanks, Lucy. I hope

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you have a lovely Christmas. Less than a week to go until the big

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And the main news again from the BBC.

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The driver of a lorry, hit by a train on a level crossing, has been

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arrested on suspicion of endangering safety. Some passengers

:27:12.:27:15.

were injured in the crash near Whitland this morning. And on

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tomorrow night's programme: Welsh black beef is one of our most

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prestigious brands. We'll be reporting on concerns that other

:27:21.:27:24.

beef is being passed off as Welsh black on menus, with premium prices

:27:24.:27:27.

charged for something that just isn't the real thing.

:27:27.:27:30.

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