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Welcome to Wales Today. Tonight's headlines: | :00:02. | :00:05. | |
The Welsh football fan attacked outside Wembley - his killer is | :00:05. | :00:09. | |
jailed for three years. His family says he was an ideal role model to | :00:09. | :00:19. | |
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Also tonight: The integrity of the exam system | :00:27. | :00:30. | |
under scrutiny - details of questions could have been revealed | :00:30. | :00:35. | |
to teachers. An investigation is launched after | :00:36. | :00:39. | |
a man is found dead from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning - his two | :00:39. | :00:42. | |
sons are in hospital. Could the Eisteddfod be heading to | :00:42. | :00:45. | |
a new home on Royal Welsh Showground to help balance the | :00:45. | :00:53. | |
And odds-on favourite to be Christmas Number 1 - we'll be | :00:53. | :01:03. | |
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talking to the composer behind the A man's been jailed for three years | :01:07. | :01:10. | |
for causing the death of a Wales football fan outside Wembley | :01:10. | :01:14. | |
Stadium. Michael Dye, from Cardiff, died from a head injury before the | :01:14. | :01:17. | |
England versus Wales Euro 2012 qualifier in September. Ian Mytton | :01:18. | :01:21. | |
pleaded guilty to his manslaughter. Today, Mike Dye's widow said part | :01:21. | :01:24. | |
of her had died alongside him. Cemlyn Davies reports from the Old | :01:24. | :01:33. | |
Bailey in London. Mike Dye's widow was at the Old | :01:33. | :01:37. | |
Bailey today to see the man responsible for her husband's death | :01:37. | :01:43. | |
sentence. Mike Dye was a popular Cardiff City supporter. Flowers and | :01:43. | :01:47. | |
tributes were left for the 44-year- old outside the club's ground after | :01:48. | :01:52. | |
news of his death broke. He had been to London to watch Wales take | :01:52. | :02:00. | |
on England. But he never made it to his seat. Just before kick-off, he | :02:00. | :02:04. | |
was punched to the floor outside the stadium. He was taken to | :02:04. | :02:09. | |
hospital but was pronounced dead shortly afterwards. Three days | :02:09. | :02:13. | |
after the incident, Ian Mytton went to the police voluntarily. He later | :02:13. | :02:18. | |
pleaded guilty to manslaughter. In court today he wept as he was | :02:18. | :02:23. | |
sentenced to three years in prison. We respect the decision of the | :02:23. | :02:27. | |
courts but it does not take away from the consequences of Ian | :02:27. | :02:33. | |
Mytton's actions and the catastrophic effect it has had. Our | :02:33. | :02:41. | |
thoughts are with them. It is his actions which has led him receiving | :02:41. | :02:47. | |
the custodial sentence today. sentence read out in court, she | :02:47. | :02:51. | |
said, since I lost my wonderful husband, my world has been crushed. | :02:51. | :02:59. | |
It has been a living hell. The defence said its clients remorse | :02:59. | :03:03. | |
for what he did and the suffering he caused the family is real, | :03:03. | :03:09. | |
genuine and heartfelt. His Honour, Judge Anthony Morris QC said this | :03:09. | :03:16. | |
case on any view is a tragedy. Most of all for family and friends of | :03:16. | :03:20. | |
Mike Dye who have lost a husband, a brother, a father and a friend. It | :03:21. | :03:26. | |
is also a tragedy for you and your family. Ian Mytton will spend at | :03:26. | :03:29. | |
least 18 months in prison and he has been banned from attending any | :03:29. | :03:34. | |
football matches for six years. A GCSE exam has been postponed | :03:34. | :03:38. | |
because details of questions could have been revealed to teachers. The | :03:38. | :03:40. | |
Welsh Education Minister, Leighton Andrews, has told the WJEC exam | :03:40. | :03:42. | |
board to re-write the Information Technology paper planned for | :03:42. | :03:48. | |
January. It comes after two examiners were suspended after the | :03:48. | :03:51. | |
Daily Telegraph said it had filmed them telling teachers at a seminar | :03:51. | :03:56. | |
which exam questions to expect. The two history examiners have denied | :03:56. | :03:59. | |
breaching any rules or guidelines. Our Political Correspondent Tomos | :03:59. | :04:09. | |
Livingstone is outside the WJEC offices for us this evening. | :04:09. | :04:13. | |
This all follows from that secret filming that we have been seeing | :04:13. | :04:16. | |
from the Daily Telegraph, the newspaper had an undercover | :04:16. | :04:20. | |
reporter at a seminar in London where history examiners and | :04:20. | :04:24. | |
teachers were talking about exam questions that might come up in the | :04:24. | :04:27. | |
future. You can hear words like cheating been used and jokes about | :04:27. | :04:32. | |
being told off by their regulator. To port macro examiners have been | :04:32. | :04:36. | |
suspended and they have had a chance to explain themselves to a | :04:36. | :04:40. | |
committee of MPs. WJEC then conducted an investigation and a | :04:40. | :04:44. | |
new problem has come to light in a completely different subject, | :04:44. | :04:48. | |
information technology. But the central problem is the same. It is | :04:48. | :04:51. | |
teachers and examiners getting together to discuss exam questions | :04:51. | :04:57. | |
in advance. But the Welsh Education Minister has said this investigate | :04:57. | :05:02. | |
-- information technology paper has got to be rewritten. We have acted | :05:02. | :05:06. | |
swiftly to protect the integrity of the examination system in Wales. | :05:06. | :05:13. | |
This has affected one subject. We ensured yesterday that the WJEC | :05:13. | :05:17. | |
undertook to postpone the January exam so that it can be sat probably | :05:17. | :05:24. | |
by all others in March. He was keen to stress that swift access -- | :05:24. | :05:26. | |
action has been taken but the Conservatives are saying there are | :05:26. | :05:30. | |
still questions to be answered by the WJEC about the checks and | :05:30. | :05:33. | |
balances they have to make sure this sort of thing does not happen | :05:33. | :05:37. | |
in future. Having to revise over Christmas is | :05:37. | :05:44. | |
bad enough without this uncertainty. How many pupils are affected? | :05:44. | :05:53. | |
Some 450. The WJEC are stressing that only 1.75 % of the marks | :05:53. | :05:57. | |
available in this subject are affected. The problem for the WJEC | :05:57. | :06:02. | |
is that the regulators go through hours of secret for Sage and the | :06:02. | :06:04. | |
Warriors there will be more problems in the new year when that | :06:04. | :06:10. | |
process is over. A pensioner found beaten to death | :06:10. | :06:13. | |
at his home in Cambridge has been named as retired Welsh farmer | :06:13. | :06:17. | |
Llywellyn Thomas. He was 76. His body was discovered on Sunday. It's | :06:17. | :06:20. | |
thought he was the victim of a burglary. His car had been stolen | :06:20. | :06:23. | |
and was later found abandoned. Mr Thomas had farmed in the Cefn | :06:23. | :06:26. | |
Cribwr and Margam areas of South Wales and had been living in | :06:26. | :06:33. | |
Cambridgeshire for about ten years. It is a strong possibility that the | :06:33. | :06:36. | |
offenders may have entered his house with a few to stealing | :06:36. | :06:42. | |
valuables inside but instead ended up bludgeoning him to death. I | :06:42. | :06:46. | |
believe that the person or people responsible for such an horrific | :06:46. | :06:51. | |
attack are unlikely to have kept it to them sums -- themselves. | :06:51. | :06:53. | |
The former county coroner for Carmarthenshire has been arrested | :06:53. | :06:55. | |
for alleged financial irregularities at his solicitors' | :06:55. | :06:58. | |
practice. 76-year-old John Owen had been under investigation by the | :06:58. | :07:01. | |
Solicitors Regulation Authority. Mr Owen resigned as the coroner back | :07:01. | :07:05. | |
in September. He's been bailed while inquiries continue. | :07:05. | :07:07. | |
Proposals to change hospital services across West Wales have | :07:07. | :07:09. | |
been published, which could see emergency care, maternity and | :07:09. | :07:14. | |
cancer services being moved. They include downgrading the Accident | :07:14. | :07:18. | |
and Emergency Unit at Llanelli's Prince Philip Hospital. Hywel Dda | :07:18. | :07:23. | |
Health Board say plans will go to consultation in the New Year. | :07:23. | :07:26. | |
First Minister Carwyn Jones and his Scottish counterpart, Alex Salmond, | :07:26. | :07:29. | |
have requested an urgent meeting with the Prime Minister over his | :07:29. | :07:34. | |
decision to veto treaty changes designed to save the euro. In a | :07:34. | :07:37. | |
letter, the First Ministers have called on David Cameron to discuss | :07:37. | :07:45. | |
the full implications of his actions. | :07:45. | :07:47. | |
Householders are being urged to make sure gas appliances and flues | :07:48. | :07:50. | |
are properly serviced following the death of a 63-year-old man at his | :07:51. | :07:54. | |
home near Pontypridd. His two adult sons are being treated for | :07:54. | :07:56. | |
suspected carbon monoxide poisoning after the incident at the family | :07:56. | :08:01. | |
home in Llantwit Fardre last night. Nick Palit reports. | :08:01. | :08:04. | |
The alarm was raised just after nine o'clock last night when a | :08:04. | :08:07. | |
family friend calling at this house on the Crown Hill estate could get | :08:07. | :08:11. | |
no answer. With help from neighbours, they went inside and | :08:11. | :08:15. | |
made the shocking discovery. The 63-year-old man who lived here was | :08:15. | :08:20. | |
dead, his two sons, both in their 30s, unconscious. They're being | :08:21. | :08:24. | |
treated in hospital for suspected carbon monoxide poisoning. One is | :08:24. | :08:33. | |
in a critical condition, the other is said to be stable. Police say | :08:33. | :08:36. | |
there are no suspicious circumstances and they are caught | :08:36. | :08:39. | |
in an investigation with the fire service to find out exactly what | :08:39. | :08:42. | |
happened in this house. This morning, fire officers in breathing | :08:42. | :08:45. | |
apparatus checked the house for carbon monoxide and, to reassure | :08:45. | :08:55. | |
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neighbours, adjoining properties were also tested. For one local | :09:01. | :09:07. | |
councillor, the tragedy was particularly poignant. My own | :09:07. | :09:11. | |
brother and sister in law two years ago nearly died from this. Their | :09:11. | :09:15. | |
daughter managed to break into the house and get the air Troop -- | :09:15. | :09:22. | |
through. British Gas say a simple carbon monoxide alarm like this can | :09:23. | :09:32. | |
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save lives. They also recommend routine maintenance of appliances. | :09:33. | :09:37. | |
Carbon monoxide is known as a silent killer. You can't see it, | :09:37. | :09:42. | |
you can't taste it and you can't smell it. We recommend people get | :09:42. | :09:45. | |
their gas appliances checked every year either by one of our British | :09:45. | :09:54. | |
Gas engineers or ACAS says Engineer. -- ACAS safe. As the Fire Service | :09:55. | :09:57. | |
investigation continues, police say the Health and Safety Executive has | :09:57. | :09:58. | |
also been informed about the incident. | :09:59. | :10:00. | |
You're watching Wales Today. Still ahead tonight: | :10:00. | :10:03. | |
To Tweet, or not to Tweet? Referee Nigel Owens criticised for chatting | :10:03. | :10:06. | |
with players on the social networking site. And we'll be | :10:06. | :10:16. | |
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chatting to one military wife The developers say it brings the | :10:18. | :10:22. | |
prospect of hundreds of jobs to a deprived area. Earlier this year, | :10:22. | :10:25. | |
we told you about plans to build a holiday and leisure complex near | :10:25. | :10:28. | |
Holyhead. Now there's concern the project threatens Penrhos Coastal | :10:29. | :10:33. | |
Park - an area of green space at the edge of the town. A campaign | :10:33. | :10:42. | |
has been set-up to save it. Here's Roger Pinney. | :10:42. | :10:48. | |
Faez Sisters are delivering cards around Holyhead. Not an unusual | :10:48. | :10:54. | |
sight at this time of year but this has a message. And it is not to do | :10:54. | :10:58. | |
with Christmas. Do you know anything about the development that | :10:58. | :11:03. | |
is happening at Penrhos Coastal Park? This is what they are | :11:03. | :11:07. | |
concerned about. The Penrhos Coastal Park just outside Holyhead. | :11:07. | :11:13. | |
It is popular with families and dog walkers. The site is maintained by | :11:13. | :11:17. | |
Anglesey Aluminium and as part of that's closure, it is selling on to | :11:17. | :11:21. | |
a company who want to build a holiday complex here. The sisters | :11:21. | :11:26. | |
say that threatens the park. believe a lot of the tourism jobs | :11:26. | :11:31. | |
on this island are based on its unspoiled landscape. Penrhos | :11:31. | :11:36. | |
Coastal Park contributes greatly to the area of outstanding natural | :11:36. | :11:44. | |
beauty. We believe that if we do get, if at a park is destroyed, it | :11:44. | :11:50. | |
could put jobs at risk. There is opposition, I understand that. It | :11:50. | :11:54. | |
is a lovely place to be. But we have got to look to the future as | :11:54. | :12:01. | |
well and that is the important part. When Anglesey Aluminium stopped | :12:01. | :12:06. | |
production two years ago, 400 jobs were lost. The development plan is | :12:06. | :12:10. | |
part of a strategy to improve employment prospects in the area. | :12:10. | :12:14. | |
There may be petitions against the project but there is another one in | :12:14. | :12:18. | |
favour. Land and lakes insist it has had positive feedback on the | :12:18. | :12:24. | |
scheme. The company says it takes local opinion very seriously. | :12:24. | :12:28. | |
Wrexham MP Ian Lucas has welcomed a High Court ruling that cuts to the | :12:28. | :12:30. | |
solar panel feed-in tariff were legally flawed. The UK Government | :12:30. | :12:33. | |
reduced the tariff by half last week to end what it claimed were | :12:33. | :12:35. | |
overly generous payments to homeowners who had the panels | :12:35. | :12:39. | |
fitted. Mr Lucas' constituency includes the Sharp solar panel | :12:39. | :12:45. | |
Should the National Eisteddfod stop travelling around Wales every year | :12:45. | :12:49. | |
to save money? The leading economist Gerry Holtham says the | :12:49. | :12:51. | |
festival should be based at the Royal Welsh Show Ground in | :12:51. | :13:00. | |
Llanelwedd every other year to help balance the books. | :13:00. | :13:07. | |
The National Eisteddfod has visited the Royal Welsh Show Ground once | :13:07. | :13:10. | |
back in 1993. The National Eisteddfod has visited | :13:10. | :13:12. | |
the Royal Welsh Showground once back in 1993. Staff worked around | :13:13. | :13:16. | |
the clock for eight days to prepare the field after the Royal Welsh | :13:16. | :13:19. | |
finished. Now the suggestion is it should come here every other year. | :13:19. | :13:21. | |
The reason is money. This year's eisteddfod in Wrexham lost �90,000 | :13:22. | :13:25. | |
while last year's at Ebbw Vale lost �47,000. Gerry Holtham is best | :13:25. | :13:27. | |
known as the man the Welsh government asked to look at how | :13:28. | :13:30. | |
Wales should be funded in future. He reported back to ministers last | :13:31. | :13:38. | |
year. He says the Eisteddfod has few options in the current climate. | :13:38. | :13:42. | |
I think it would have to cut back on current activities but it -- | :13:42. | :13:47. | |
because it has grown but it is spending beyond its means. It would | :13:47. | :13:51. | |
have to slim down. The National Eisteddfod alternates its visits | :13:51. | :13:54. | |
between North and South Wales and has spread itself widely of the | :13:54. | :13:58. | |
last 20 years. It says sharing a site to be difficult as its needs | :13:58. | :14:00. | |
are different to the Royal Welsh while regular National Eisteddfod | :14:00. | :14:10. | |
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goers say travelling is an important part of the festival. | :14:13. | :14:18. | |
then in an eight if you go to the Royal Welsh Show and then you are | :14:18. | :14:20. | |
expected to go back a week later, you can't. | :14:20. | :14:23. | |
The National Eisteddfod gets around half a million pounds from the | :14:23. | :14:27. | |
Welsh Government every year. With public finances tight, it will need | :14:27. | :14:31. | |
to look at it accounts carefully to see how it can be run more | :14:31. | :14:33. | |
efficiently. This week we bring you the stories | :14:33. | :14:35. | |
of Welsh expats caught up in the earthquake and tsunami that | :14:35. | :14:38. | |
devastated Japan in March this here. Our reporter Maxine Hughes was one | :14:38. | :14:41. | |
of the first BBC journalists to cover the disaster. Caught up in | :14:41. | :14:45. | |
the chaos was Maxine's sister and her partner who are both from Conwy | :14:45. | :14:52. | |
but have set up home in northern Japan. | :14:52. | :14:56. | |
Here we are in northern Japan, it is an hour from the epicentre of | :14:56. | :15:03. | |
the earthquake. It is also just about 100 kilometres from the for | :15:03. | :15:08. | |
cushy man nuclear plant. This is one of the places we reported from | :15:09. | :15:15. | |
in March and it is where my sister Laura alerts. Laura and her partner | :15:15. | :15:19. | |
have lived here for the past three years. They both work as English | :15:19. | :15:26. | |
teachers. When the earthquake happened I managed to reach her | :15:26. | :15:34. | |
fire Skype and check to see if she was OK. About 30 miles away from | :15:34. | :15:41. | |
where she was, this was happening. An hour later, Laura was live on | :15:41. | :15:46. | |
BBC News talking about the events. We are run the third floor so we | :15:46. | :15:52. | |
felt a huge shake and everybody was evacuated. I work in the downtown | :15:52. | :15:56. | |
area of the city so people were evacuated and were on the streets | :15:56. | :16:01. | |
and all the electricity and gas and water had been turned off. The next | :16:01. | :16:07. | |
day, a BBC team arrived here where we made our base. From there we | :16:07. | :16:15. | |
moved down and Laura and her partner came with us. Nine months | :16:15. | :16:21. | |
later we are making the same trip. A round of the year was that bake | :16:21. | :16:31. | |
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lorry. There was Airbus everywhere. It is evident how strong the | :16:37. | :16:44. | |
tsunami was. We were glad we were with a were friends when it | :16:44. | :16:49. | |
happened and glad we were here to be with everybody else DUP as the | :16:49. | :16:54. | |
nuclear crisis worsened, Laura and Sean were forced to take advice and | :16:54. | :17:00. | |
the British Embassy and leave Japan. We didn't want to leave so when it | :17:00. | :17:05. | |
came to the point where and we had to leap we felt guilty and really | :17:05. | :17:10. | |
sad. We did not know what was going to happen because things change so | :17:10. | :17:15. | |
quickly. I understand what was going on but I was just so sad. | :17:15. | :17:22. | |
They feel as if here is a second home. But they had to go. When they | :17:22. | :17:26. | |
were back in Wales more Ramshorn raise money for the Red Cross | :17:26. | :17:32. | |
earthquake Appeal. -- aura and Sean. We were quite surprised how much | :17:32. | :17:37. | |
people were willing to give. were able to talk about personal | :17:37. | :17:43. | |
experiences in Japan. They could meet people that had been to those | :17:43. | :17:50. | |
areas and it was much more real. Two weeks later they returned to | :17:50. | :17:58. | |
Japan. Life here seems almost back to normal. But it is a different | :17:58. | :18:03. | |
story just that the coast where the relief work will continue for years. | :18:03. | :18:08. | |
For Laura and Sean it is time to re-establish life here. For them | :18:08. | :18:12. | |
and beat people of Japan nothing will ever be the same. | :18:12. | :18:15. | |
Football - Swansea City will be trying to get their first away win | :18:15. | :18:18. | |
in the Premier League when they face Everton at Goodison Park | :18:18. | :18:22. | |
tonight. It's their firs of four games in the next 12 days. Manager | :18:22. | :18:25. | |
Brendan Rodgers says he hopes his team can build after securing their | :18:25. | :18:32. | |
third point of the season at the weekend. | :18:32. | :18:36. | |
The Premier League is a difficult lead to get a win in any way. | :18:36. | :18:41. | |
Certainly Forest we have consistency both as individuals and | :18:41. | :18:47. | |
as the team. I am confident we can pick up not just one win but a | :18:47. | :18:50. | |
number. Rugby - Ospreys Director of | :18:50. | :18:52. | |
Coaching Scott Johnson has attacked referee Nigel Owens for chatting | :18:52. | :18:55. | |
with players on Twitter. Scott Johnson says the referee will lose | :18:55. | :18:58. | |
the respect of players on the field by joking with them on the social | :18:58. | :19:07. | |
networking side. Nigel Owens is not short of things | :19:07. | :19:13. | |
to say to the players on the field. Keep it up, is that clear? It is | :19:13. | :19:18. | |
his contact with some of them on social networking sites that has a | :19:18. | :19:23. | |
riled Scott Johnson. Nigel Owens is due to refereed both of the Ospreys | :19:23. | :19:28. | |
games over Christmas. The first is against the Scarlets. Scott Johnson | :19:28. | :19:32. | |
says it is inappropriate when to be joking with the players on a public | :19:32. | :19:40. | |
forum before an important game. apologised for a forward pass their | :19:40. | :19:44. | |
gaze the Scarlets to us on Facebook. He is bantering with the opposition | :19:44. | :19:48. | |
players this week. It is not appropriate behaviour for hours -- | :19:48. | :19:53. | |
our sport. He's supposed to be in a position of authority and men to | :19:53. | :20:00. | |
beat leading the way of what the standing is in our game. I can't | :20:00. | :20:07. | |
let kids do that. Nigel Owens is a celebrity in Wales and reflected in | :20:07. | :20:13. | |
that part -- fact that hundreds following on to tear. He will be | :20:13. | :20:18. | |
keeping an eye on the players on the match. Nigel Owens didn't want | :20:18. | :20:21. | |
to respond publicly today but his manager says he was not aware of | :20:21. | :20:25. | |
any remarks by the referee there could be considered derogatory. If | :20:25. | :20:30. | |
complaints were made the union would look into it. The first derby | :20:30. | :20:33. | |
of the holidays is on Friday night when the Blues face the Dragons. | :20:33. | :20:39. | |
The Blues players were doing their bit to attract a big crowd. Ms | :20:39. | :20:44. | |
matters haven't played in the stadium it is only a third full. | :20:44. | :20:53. | |
the Arms Park they had the Cardiff crowd. A would not mind going if | :20:53. | :20:57. | |
the prices were cheaper. Adding the boys are doing the best to get the | :20:57. | :21:01. | |
supporters in. We could do with a better season. The debut of Gavin | :21:01. | :21:05. | |
Henson on Friday night will help the Blues shift some tickets. He is | :21:05. | :21:08. | |
likely to start the game possibly it fall back after missing the | :21:08. | :21:12. | |
whole season to date with injuries. I am grateful to the Cardiff Blues | :21:12. | :21:20. | |
for giving me a chance. I will be going all out all season and to get | :21:20. | :21:23. | |
another contract with you -- with them. A Cardiff Blues will name | :21:23. | :21:26. | |
their team tomorrow. The battle for the Christmas number | :21:26. | :21:29. | |
one is hotting up with the Military Wives choir outselling the rest of | :21:29. | :21:39. | |
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The single Wherever You Are was composed by the Anglesey born | :21:55. | :22:04. | |
composer Paul Mealor. He is in our Wrexham studio now. We're also | :22:04. | :22:08. | |
pleased to be joined by one of the military wives who is on the single, | :22:08. | :22:11. | |
Nicky Scott. She is originally from Gwynedd and is in our studio in | :22:11. | :22:20. | |
Barnstaple in Devon this evening. You are out selling the X Factor | :22:20. | :22:27. | |
Act. Our lives have been turned over. For people who have not | :22:27. | :22:32. | |
followed acquired this year, it has been an amazing journey. You sign | :22:32. | :22:37. | |
in the Albert Hall. That was unbelievable, such an honour to | :22:37. | :22:45. | |
stand among although soldiers and brave people. The highlight of all | :22:45. | :22:53. | |
of it so far worse the poppies falling. Paul, not a bad year for | :22:53. | :22:56. | |
you I've ever stop your music was performed at the Royal Wedding and | :22:56. | :23:01. | |
now this. It has been an unbelievable year. Last year, if I | :23:01. | :23:05. | |
had talked about one of the things I could have hoped for, even as I | :23:05. | :23:10. | |
would not have dreamt of it. It is a dream come true. The single has | :23:10. | :23:15. | |
had royal approval, I hear. heard yesterday that her Royal | :23:15. | :23:18. | |
Highness the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have backed it. We are | :23:18. | :23:25. | |
pleased about that. You have made good friends a long day's journey. | :23:25. | :23:31. | |
Most definitely. We have made lots of friends but more in particular | :23:31. | :23:37. | |
without the help of Paul this would not have been possible. It has just | :23:37. | :23:43. | |
come together. Thank you both. All the best for Sunday. | :23:43. | :23:46. | |
To someone else who is always in fine voice, here's Derek with the | :23:47. | :23:56. | |
I am not going to sing the weather forecast! And would not want to put | :23:56. | :24:00. | |
our viewers off their T. Temperatures have hit a high note | :24:00. | :24:04. | |
today. In front share, the temperature was that 14 degrees | :24:04. | :24:14. | |
Celsius. -- Flintshire. We have had it warm in the past. In 1972 the | :24:14. | :24:18. | |
thermometer reached 18 degrees Celsius in North Wales. We're not | :24:18. | :24:23. | |
going to beat that. It is going to stay mild for the next 24 hours. | :24:23. | :24:28. | |
What about tonight? We have a few breaks in the clouds with spots of | :24:28. | :24:32. | |
drizzle. There will be so mist and health or with low as temperatures | :24:32. | :24:38. | |
only nine degrees Celsius. Tomorrow is the shortest day of the year, | :24:38. | :24:42. | |
the winter solstice and that means the days was that to get longer. By | :24:42. | :24:50. | |
Boxing Day we will have an extra minute of daylight. I can't promise | :24:50. | :24:54. | |
Morse and signed tomorrow. Most of the country covered in cloud. A | :24:54. | :24:59. | |
great start to the day. One a two spot of drizzle but feeling mild | :24:59. | :25:03. | |
with temperatures in Carmarthen, 10 degrees Celsius. Plenty of cloud | :25:03. | :25:08. | |
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 | :25:19. | :25:23. | |
change on the way, a cold front will bring a spell of heavy rain | :25:23. | :25:27. | |
followed by brighter weather is will turn colder with a few showers. | :25:27. | :25:32. | |
On Friday night coming to Saturday, a brief cold snap with a touch of | :25:32. | :25:36. | |
frost especially in Powys and Monmouthshire. Christmas Eve will | :25:36. | :25:41. | |
start of dry and cold. During the day cloud will increase and we will | :25:41. | :25:46. | |
see some rain. The wind picking up making it feel quite cold. On | :25:46. | :25:51. | |
Christmas Day, no snow, a little rain is possible mainly in the west | :25:51. | :25:55. | |
and north-west. The south and east may stay dry-eyed. Temperatures | :25:55. | :26:03. | |
above freezing. Deals possible and the West and through the AVC. The | :26:03. | :26:07. | |
weather not festive this Christmas but at least you should be able to | :26:08. | :26:16. | |
get from A to B without too many problems. That is the latest | :26:16. | :26:26. | |
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forecast. It is time now for three I hope you have a lovely Christmas | :26:38. | :26:48. | |
as well. The headlines from the BBC. The England and Chelsea football | :26:48. | :26:51. | |
captain John Terry is to be charged with racially abusing a fellow | :26:51. | :26:57. | |
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 | :27:02. | :27:08. | |
Education Minister has told the WJC to rewrite the paper. A man has | :27:08. | :27:11. | |
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 | :27:26. | :27:33. |