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Welcome to Wales Today. Tonight's headlines:

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The Welsh football fan attacked outside Wembley - his killer is

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jailed for three years. His family says he was an ideal role model to

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Also tonight: The integrity of the exam system

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under scrutiny - details of questions could have been revealed

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to teachers. An investigation is launched after

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a man is found dead from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning - his two

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sons are in hospital. Could the Eisteddfod be heading to

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a new home on Royal Welsh Showground to help balance the

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And odds-on favourite to be Christmas Number 1 - we'll be

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talking to the composer behind the A man's been jailed for three years

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for causing the death of a Wales football fan outside Wembley

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Stadium. Michael Dye, from Cardiff, died from a head injury before the

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England versus Wales Euro 2012 qualifier in September. Ian Mytton

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pleaded guilty to his manslaughter. Today, Mike Dye's widow said part

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of her had died alongside him. Cemlyn Davies reports from the Old

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Bailey in London. Mike Dye's widow was at the Old

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Bailey today to see the man responsible for her husband's death

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sentence. Mike Dye was a popular Cardiff City supporter. Flowers and

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tributes were left for the 44-year- old outside the club's ground after

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news of his death broke. He had been to London to watch Wales take

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on England. But he never made it to his seat. Just before kick-off, he

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was punched to the floor outside the stadium. He was taken to

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hospital but was pronounced dead shortly afterwards. Three days

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after the incident, Ian Mytton went to the police voluntarily. He later

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pleaded guilty to manslaughter. In court today he wept as he was

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sentenced to three years in prison. We respect the decision of the

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courts but it does not take away from the consequences of Ian

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Mytton's actions and the catastrophic effect it has had. Our

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thoughts are with them. It is his actions which has led him receiving

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the custodial sentence today. sentence read out in court, she

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said, since I lost my wonderful husband, my world has been crushed.

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It has been a living hell. The defence said its clients remorse

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for what he did and the suffering he caused the family is real,

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genuine and heartfelt. His Honour, Judge Anthony Morris QC said this

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case on any view is a tragedy. Most of all for family and friends of

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Mike Dye who have lost a husband, a brother, a father and a friend. It

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is also a tragedy for you and your family. Ian Mytton will spend at

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least 18 months in prison and he has been banned from attending any

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football matches for six years. A GCSE exam has been postponed

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because details of questions could have been revealed to teachers. The

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Welsh Education Minister, Leighton Andrews, has told the WJEC exam

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board to re-write the Information Technology paper planned for

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January. It comes after two examiners were suspended after the

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Daily Telegraph said it had filmed them telling teachers at a seminar

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which exam questions to expect. The two history examiners have denied

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breaching any rules or guidelines. Our Political Correspondent Tomos

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Livingstone is outside the WJEC offices for us this evening.

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This all follows from that secret filming that we have been seeing

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from the Daily Telegraph, the newspaper had an undercover

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reporter at a seminar in London where history examiners and

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teachers were talking about exam questions that might come up in the

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future. You can hear words like cheating been used and jokes about

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being told off by their regulator. To port macro examiners have been

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suspended and they have had a chance to explain themselves to a

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committee of MPs. WJEC then conducted an investigation and a

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new problem has come to light in a completely different subject,

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information technology. But the central problem is the same. It is

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teachers and examiners getting together to discuss exam questions

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in advance. But the Welsh Education Minister has said this investigate

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-- information technology paper has got to be rewritten. We have acted

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swiftly to protect the integrity of the examination system in Wales.

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This has affected one subject. We ensured yesterday that the WJEC

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undertook to postpone the January exam so that it can be sat probably

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by all others in March. He was keen to stress that swift access --

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action has been taken but the Conservatives are saying there are

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still questions to be answered by the WJEC about the checks and

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balances they have to make sure this sort of thing does not happen

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in future. Having to revise over Christmas is

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bad enough without this uncertainty. How many pupils are affected?

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Some 450. The WJEC are stressing that only 1.75 % of the marks

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available in this subject are affected. The problem for the WJEC

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is that the regulators go through hours of secret for Sage and the

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Warriors there will be more problems in the new year when that

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process is over. A pensioner found beaten to death

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at his home in Cambridge has been named as retired Welsh farmer

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Llywellyn Thomas. He was 76. His body was discovered on Sunday. It's

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thought he was the victim of a burglary. His car had been stolen

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and was later found abandoned. Mr Thomas had farmed in the Cefn

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Cribwr and Margam areas of South Wales and had been living in

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Cambridgeshire for about ten years. It is a strong possibility that the

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offenders may have entered his house with a few to stealing

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valuables inside but instead ended up bludgeoning him to death. I

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believe that the person or people responsible for such an horrific

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attack are unlikely to have kept it to them sums -- themselves.

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The former county coroner for Carmarthenshire has been arrested

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for alleged financial irregularities at his solicitors'

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practice. 76-year-old John Owen had been under investigation by the

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Solicitors Regulation Authority. Mr Owen resigned as the coroner back

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in September. He's been bailed while inquiries continue.

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Proposals to change hospital services across West Wales have

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been published, which could see emergency care, maternity and

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cancer services being moved. They include downgrading the Accident

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and Emergency Unit at Llanelli's Prince Philip Hospital. Hywel Dda

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Health Board say plans will go to consultation in the New Year.

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First Minister Carwyn Jones and his Scottish counterpart, Alex Salmond,

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have requested an urgent meeting with the Prime Minister over his

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decision to veto treaty changes designed to save the euro. In a

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letter, the First Ministers have called on David Cameron to discuss

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the full implications of his actions.

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Householders are being urged to make sure gas appliances and flues

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are properly serviced following the death of a 63-year-old man at his

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home near Pontypridd. His two adult sons are being treated for

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suspected carbon monoxide poisoning after the incident at the family

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home in Llantwit Fardre last night. Nick Palit reports.

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The alarm was raised just after nine o'clock last night when a

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family friend calling at this house on the Crown Hill estate could get

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no answer. With help from neighbours, they went inside and

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made the shocking discovery. The 63-year-old man who lived here was

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dead, his two sons, both in their 30s, unconscious. They're being

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treated in hospital for suspected carbon monoxide poisoning. One is

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in a critical condition, the other is said to be stable. Police say

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there are no suspicious circumstances and they are caught

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in an investigation with the fire service to find out exactly what

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happened in this house. This morning, fire officers in breathing

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apparatus checked the house for carbon monoxide and, to reassure

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neighbours, adjoining properties were also tested. For one local

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councillor, the tragedy was particularly poignant. My own

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brother and sister in law two years ago nearly died from this. Their

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daughter managed to break into the house and get the air Troop --

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through. British Gas say a simple carbon monoxide alarm like this can

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save lives. They also recommend routine maintenance of appliances.

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Carbon monoxide is known as a silent killer. You can't see it,

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you can't taste it and you can't smell it. We recommend people get

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their gas appliances checked every year either by one of our British

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Gas engineers or ACAS says Engineer. -- ACAS safe. As the Fire Service

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investigation continues, police say the Health and Safety Executive has

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also been informed about the incident.

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You're watching Wales Today. Still ahead tonight:

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To Tweet, or not to Tweet? Referee Nigel Owens criticised for chatting

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with players on the social networking site. And we'll be

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chatting to one military wife The developers say it brings the

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prospect of hundreds of jobs to a deprived area. Earlier this year,

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we told you about plans to build a holiday and leisure complex near

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Holyhead. Now there's concern the project threatens Penrhos Coastal

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Park - an area of green space at the edge of the town. A campaign

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has been set-up to save it. Here's Roger Pinney.

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Faez Sisters are delivering cards around Holyhead. Not an unusual

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sight at this time of year but this has a message. And it is not to do

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with Christmas. Do you know anything about the development that

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is happening at Penrhos Coastal Park? This is what they are

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concerned about. The Penrhos Coastal Park just outside Holyhead.

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It is popular with families and dog walkers. The site is maintained by

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Anglesey Aluminium and as part of that's closure, it is selling on to

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a company who want to build a holiday complex here. The sisters

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say that threatens the park. believe a lot of the tourism jobs

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on this island are based on its unspoiled landscape. Penrhos

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Coastal Park contributes greatly to the area of outstanding natural

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beauty. We believe that if we do get, if at a park is destroyed, it

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could put jobs at risk. There is opposition, I understand that. It

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is a lovely place to be. But we have got to look to the future as

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well and that is the important part. When Anglesey Aluminium stopped

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production two years ago, 400 jobs were lost. The development plan is

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part of a strategy to improve employment prospects in the area.

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There may be petitions against the project but there is another one in

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favour. Land and lakes insist it has had positive feedback on the

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scheme. The company says it takes local opinion very seriously.

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Wrexham MP Ian Lucas has welcomed a High Court ruling that cuts to the

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solar panel feed-in tariff were legally flawed. The UK Government

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reduced the tariff by half last week to end what it claimed were

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overly generous payments to homeowners who had the panels

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fitted. Mr Lucas' constituency includes the Sharp solar panel

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Should the National Eisteddfod stop travelling around Wales every year

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to save money? The leading economist Gerry Holtham says the

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festival should be based at the Royal Welsh Show Ground in

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Llanelwedd every other year to help balance the books.

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The National Eisteddfod has visited the Royal Welsh Show Ground once

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back in 1993. The National Eisteddfod has visited

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the Royal Welsh Showground once back in 1993. Staff worked around

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the clock for eight days to prepare the field after the Royal Welsh

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finished. Now the suggestion is it should come here every other year.

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The reason is money. This year's eisteddfod in Wrexham lost �90,000

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while last year's at Ebbw Vale lost �47,000. Gerry Holtham is best

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known as the man the Welsh government asked to look at how

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Wales should be funded in future. He reported back to ministers last

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year. He says the Eisteddfod has few options in the current climate.

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I think it would have to cut back on current activities but it --

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because it has grown but it is spending beyond its means. It would

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have to slim down. The National Eisteddfod alternates its visits

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between North and South Wales and has spread itself widely of the

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last 20 years. It says sharing a site to be difficult as its needs

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are different to the Royal Welsh while regular National Eisteddfod

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goers say travelling is an important part of the festival.

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then in an eight if you go to the Royal Welsh Show and then you are

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expected to go back a week later, you can't.

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The National Eisteddfod gets around half a million pounds from the

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Welsh Government every year. With public finances tight, it will need

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to look at it accounts carefully to see how it can be run more

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efficiently. This week we bring you the stories

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of Welsh expats caught up in the earthquake and tsunami that

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devastated Japan in March this here. Our reporter Maxine Hughes was one

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of the first BBC journalists to cover the disaster. Caught up in

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the chaos was Maxine's sister and her partner who are both from Conwy

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but have set up home in northern Japan.

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Here we are in northern Japan, it is an hour from the epicentre of

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the earthquake. It is also just about 100 kilometres from the for

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cushy man nuclear plant. This is one of the places we reported from

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in March and it is where my sister Laura alerts. Laura and her partner

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have lived here for the past three years. They both work as English

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teachers. When the earthquake happened I managed to reach her

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fire Skype and check to see if she was OK. About 30 miles away from

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where she was, this was happening. An hour later, Laura was live on

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BBC News talking about the events. We are run the third floor so we

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felt a huge shake and everybody was evacuated. I work in the downtown

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area of the city so people were evacuated and were on the streets

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and all the electricity and gas and water had been turned off. The next

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day, a BBC team arrived here where we made our base. From there we

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moved down and Laura and her partner came with us. Nine months

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later we are making the same trip. A round of the year was that bake

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lorry. There was Airbus everywhere. It is evident how strong the

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tsunami was. We were glad we were with a were friends when it

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happened and glad we were here to be with everybody else DUP as the

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nuclear crisis worsened, Laura and Sean were forced to take advice and

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the British Embassy and leave Japan. We didn't want to leave so when it

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came to the point where and we had to leap we felt guilty and really

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sad. We did not know what was going to happen because things change so

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quickly. I understand what was going on but I was just so sad.

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They feel as if here is a second home. But they had to go. When they

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were back in Wales more Ramshorn raise money for the Red Cross

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earthquake Appeal. -- aura and Sean. We were quite surprised how much

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people were willing to give. were able to talk about personal

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experiences in Japan. They could meet people that had been to those

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areas and it was much more real. Two weeks later they returned to

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Japan. Life here seems almost back to normal. But it is a different

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story just that the coast where the relief work will continue for years.

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For Laura and Sean it is time to re-establish life here. For them

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and beat people of Japan nothing will ever be the same.

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Football - Swansea City will be trying to get their first away win

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in the Premier League when they face Everton at Goodison Park

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tonight. It's their firs of four games in the next 12 days. Manager

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Brendan Rodgers says he hopes his team can build after securing their

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third point of the season at the weekend.

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The Premier League is a difficult lead to get a win in any way.

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Certainly Forest we have consistency both as individuals and

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as the team. I am confident we can pick up not just one win but a

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number. Rugby - Ospreys Director of

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Coaching Scott Johnson has attacked referee Nigel Owens for chatting

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with players on Twitter. Scott Johnson says the referee will lose

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the respect of players on the field by joking with them on the social

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networking side. Nigel Owens is not short of things

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to say to the players on the field. Keep it up, is that clear? It is

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his contact with some of them on social networking sites that has a

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riled Scott Johnson. Nigel Owens is due to refereed both of the Ospreys

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games over Christmas. The first is against the Scarlets. Scott Johnson

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says it is inappropriate when to be joking with the players on a public

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forum before an important game. apologised for a forward pass their

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gaze the Scarlets to us on Facebook. He is bantering with the opposition

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players this week. It is not appropriate behaviour for hours --

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our sport. He's supposed to be in a position of authority and men to

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beat leading the way of what the standing is in our game. I can't

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let kids do that. Nigel Owens is a celebrity in Wales and reflected in

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that part -- fact that hundreds following on to tear. He will be

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keeping an eye on the players on the match. Nigel Owens didn't want

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to respond publicly today but his manager says he was not aware of

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any remarks by the referee there could be considered derogatory. If

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complaints were made the union would look into it. The first derby

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of the holidays is on Friday night when the Blues face the Dragons.

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The Blues players were doing their bit to attract a big crowd. Ms

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matters haven't played in the stadium it is only a third full.

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the Arms Park they had the Cardiff crowd. A would not mind going if

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the prices were cheaper. Adding the boys are doing the best to get the

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supporters in. We could do with a better season. The debut of Gavin

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Henson on Friday night will help the Blues shift some tickets. He is

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likely to start the game possibly it fall back after missing the

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whole season to date with injuries. I am grateful to the Cardiff Blues

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for giving me a chance. I will be going all out all season and to get

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another contract with you -- with them. A Cardiff Blues will name

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their team tomorrow. The battle for the Christmas number

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one is hotting up with the Military Wives choir outselling the rest of

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The single Wherever You Are was composed by the Anglesey born

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composer Paul Mealor. He is in our Wrexham studio now. We're also

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pleased to be joined by one of the military wives who is on the single,

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Nicky Scott. She is originally from Gwynedd and is in our studio in

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Barnstaple in Devon this evening. You are out selling the X Factor

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Act. Our lives have been turned over. For people who have not

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followed acquired this year, it has been an amazing journey. You sign

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in the Albert Hall. That was unbelievable, such an honour to

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stand among although soldiers and brave people. The highlight of all

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of it so far worse the poppies falling. Paul, not a bad year for

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you I've ever stop your music was performed at the Royal Wedding and

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now this. It has been an unbelievable year. Last year, if I

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had talked about one of the things I could have hoped for, even as I

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would not have dreamt of it. It is a dream come true. The single has

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had royal approval, I hear. heard yesterday that her Royal

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Highness the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have backed it. We are

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pleased about that. You have made good friends a long day's journey.

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Most definitely. We have made lots of friends but more in particular

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without the help of Paul this would not have been possible. It has just

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come together. Thank you both. All the best for Sunday.

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To someone else who is always in fine voice, here's Derek with the

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I am not going to sing the weather forecast! And would not want to put

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our viewers off their T. Temperatures have hit a high note

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today. In front share, the temperature was that 14 degrees

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Celsius. -- Flintshire. We have had it warm in the past. In 1972 the

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thermometer reached 18 degrees Celsius in North Wales. We're not

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going to beat that. It is going to stay mild for the next 24 hours.

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What about tonight? We have a few breaks in the clouds with spots of

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drizzle. There will be so mist and health or with low as temperatures

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only nine degrees Celsius. Tomorrow is the shortest day of the year,

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the winter solstice and that means the days was that to get longer. By

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Boxing Day we will have an extra minute of daylight. I can't promise

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Morse and signed tomorrow. Most of the country covered in cloud. A

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great start to the day. One a two spot of drizzle but feeling mild

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with temperatures in Carmarthen, 10 degrees Celsius. Plenty of cloud

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again tomorrow, dampen a few places but otherwise drive. If you're a

:25:08.:25:18.
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kid might brighten up. -- if you are lucky. On Friday that is a

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change on the way, a cold front will bring a spell of heavy rain

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followed by brighter weather is will turn colder with a few showers.

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On Friday night coming to Saturday, a brief cold snap with a touch of

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frost especially in Powys and Monmouthshire. Christmas Eve will

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start of dry and cold. During the day cloud will increase and we will

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see some rain. The wind picking up making it feel quite cold. On

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Christmas Day, no snow, a little rain is possible mainly in the west

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and north-west. The south and east may stay dry-eyed. Temperatures

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above freezing. Deals possible and the West and through the AVC. The

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weather not festive this Christmas but at least you should be able to

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get from A to B without too many problems. That is the latest

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forecast. It is time now for three I hope you have a lovely Christmas

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as well. The headlines from the BBC. The England and Chelsea football

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captain John Terry is to be charged with racially abusing a fellow

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player. He denies he was racist. The GCSE exam has been postponed

:26:57.:27:02.

because details of questions could have been revealed to teachers. The

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Education Minister has told the WJC to rewrite the paper. A man has

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been jailed for three years for causing the death of a Wales

:27:11.:27:15.

football fan outside Wembley Stadium. Michael Dye died from a

:27:15.:27:20.

head injury before the England- Wales game in September. Ian Mytton

:27:20.:27:26.

pleaded guilty to manslaughter. If you want to get in touch, you can

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