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Welcome to Wales Today. Our top story: He wants an Islamic state in

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Britain but the leader of a Muslim group at the centre of a police

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raid denies any connection with terrorism.

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No links with Muslims Against Crusades. No links with other

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terrorist organizations. Rather, we are organisation that studies and

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teachers Islam and we propagated to Our other headlines tonight:

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A pensioner found dead in this village in Carmarthenshire - a

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murder inquiry is underway. Also tonight - this is not a

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relaunch and we ARE delivering for Wales - the First Minister forced

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to defend Labour's record. And do we have enough bobbies on

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the beat? North Wales Police reviews its cutbacks.

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Good evening. In tonight's sport - Cardiff City look to overturn a 1-0

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deficit to book their place in the League Cup final at Wembley.

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And we look back at the good old days as Bangor City begins a new

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Good evening. The leader of a Muslim group which had its meeting

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raided by counter-terrorism officers last week says he wants an

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Islamic state in Britain. But Abu Hajar told Wales Today his group is

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NOT extremist and is not linked to Abu Hajar is the leader of a Muslim

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group called Supporters of Tawheed. He's been running study classes at

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a community hall in Cardiff every week for more than a year. Then

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last week it was raided. It was completely and called for.

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The police could have conducted themselves in it a different manner

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by approaching as beforehand. They know who we are. I've had meetings

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with them before in the last few months. They know we conduct these

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classes as they are open to the public.

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Mr Hajar says his group, the Supporters of Tawheed, is a

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peaceful organisation. Its website says changing society cannot be

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done via military force rather through debate instead, but it goes

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on to say it's working toward the establishment of Islam on state

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level" and that "it is only a matter of time until Islam will

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dominate the whole world. Mr Hajar says every Muslim should support

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him. Would you consider that to be an extreme view?

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Not necessarily. Just like socialist would like to see

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socialism. At the end of the day, we live in a dapper aquatic state.

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Did I have freedom of expression? - - in a democratic states. If people

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have a problem with the beliefs and be used I carry, that means they

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have a problem with democracy and freedom.

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Counter terrorism officers believe the group may be linked to this

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extremist organisation, Muslims Against Crusades, which is banned.

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Seen here on a march in London, it's on a Home Office watch list,

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and being a member is a criminal offence.

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The action we took was motivated by a real concern in the communities

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of Cardiff, the Muslim communities in particular. We've had great

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support from Cardiff County Council in doing that. We took the steps we

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took with the local community. Other Muslim groups and community

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leaders have distanced themselves from the Supporters of Tawheed.

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These people are not true Muslims. They are giving a truly bad name to

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Islam for the religions, which is going to affect every Muslim in

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Wales, in the UK and around the world. The group is now banned from

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meeting in council run premises including the hall where the raid

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happened, but says its work promoting Islam will continue.

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Three men have been arrested after the body of a 67-year-old woman was

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discovered in a Carmarthenshire village. Irene Lawless was found at

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her home on the Bryndilice Estate in Llanllwni yesterday. A 26-year-

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old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder, and two others

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aged 20 and 30 on suspicion of assisting an offender. Our reporter

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There is still very much a police presence here. Just behind me, you

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might see officers and scenes of crime investigators at the home of

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67-year-old Irene Lawless. The police tape is still blocking the

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cul-de-sac and the forensic tent is still in the garden. A 26-year-old

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man has been arrested on suspicion of murder. Two other men have also

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been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender, aged 20 and

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30. I've been here this afternoon and I've been following the police

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investigation. 67-year-old Irene Lawless lived alone here. The alarm

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was raised yesterday afternoon by friends concerned that they hadn't

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seen her. We have arrested three male

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suspects in connection with this inquiry. One of which has been

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arrested on suspicion of murder and two of which have been a suit --

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arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender. We would like to thank

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the local community in Carmarthenshire for their

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assistance to date and would appeal if anyone has any information,

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could they contact Dyfed Powys Police.

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Irene Lawless was well liked and a popular member of this

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Carmarthenshire community. It is a quiet community, there is

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no bother or anything here. It is a shock, a real shock.

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I first heard of the incident last night. Shocking news, to be honest.

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The whole community is in shock. The site is very quiet. It is a

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rural community. Everyone knows each other. She has been living in

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this house for about 20 years. Well-loved in the community. It is

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just a shock, to be honest. We can't understand what's happened

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and I want to express my deepest sympathy for family, friends and

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neighbours who have lived next to her for many years.

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Late this afternoon, the body was taken away. A Home Office

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pathologist is continuing the investigation.

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Dyfed Powys Police have been supporting and liaising with the

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family but they said they are keen to speak to anyone who has got any

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information about what might have happened. They are looking for

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witnesses or anyone with any information about what happened

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over the last few days. A man in North Wales has been

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speaking to a reporter about the journey he took to take his sick

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wife to the Dignitas clinic in Switzerland.

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I was confident that nothing would happen. But I wouldn't be

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prosecuted. Even if I'd known I would be prosecuted, I would have

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done it anyway. For somebody who was more vulnerable than I, a

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little old lady taking her husband, or somebody taking their child,

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their youngster there, it would be awful to wait 18 months to find out

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if they would be prosecuted or not. Although I was quite pleased with

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the weight the police handled it, I think the whole process could have

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been shorter. The only thing that I would like is the opportunity to do

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that in this country, rather than have to go to Switzerland or

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Holland or whatever. I am quite certain that a lot of those who go

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to Switzerland would decide to live for longer and even a not take

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their own lives if they could have that opportunity at home. It was

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difficult because I knew what was in store for her. It was a loser

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lose situation. If I didn't go away with her, she would have gone

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herself. She will be determined lady. It was all very surreal until

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she died. Even taking the drink was not real until she died and then,

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to leave that place by myself, and then to catch the aeroplane by

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myself, was very upsetting and to arrive in a cold house back in

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Wales was very upsetting. That was the worst part.

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Test drilling for gas in the Vale of Glamorgan is to be the subject

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of a public inquiry The Vale council rejected an application by

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Bridgend-based Coastal Oil and Gas for exploratory drilling for shale

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gas at Llandow last year. The company appealed, now an inquiry

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will be held in May. A former matron at a nursing home

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in Gwynedd cleared of manslaughter after an elderly patient choked on

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his food eight years ago has been struck off the nursing register for

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lying about her qualifications. Avola Almond, formerly Avola

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Humphreys, falsely claimed to be qualified as a state registered

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nurse and had continued to work at the Bodawen Nursing home while she

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was unregistered. The Nursing and Midwifery Council said she'd put

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patients safety at risk. The First Minister Carwyn Jones has

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hit back at criticism from opposition parties that his

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government isn't making a difference to peoples lives. Eight

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months on from the Assembly elections, the Labour leader claims

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significant progress has already May last year and Carwyn Jones had

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plenty to celebrate. Welsh Labour had won enough seats in the

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Assembly elections to form a government, with Mr Jones as First

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Minister. The opposition parties say Labour put their feet up and

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haven't done much since. Today, Mr Jones gathered the media at party

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HQ for bacon sandwiches and morning coffee. It was time, you said, to

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hit back. We've been saying to people that we

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have the ideas. We have a detailed manifesto and we are implementing

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promises, taking them forward for the people of Wales. The other

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parties are empty. Yes, they criticised, that's because they

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have nothing to offer themselves. Labour is pressing ahead with

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extending GP opening hours, putting more community officers on the beat

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and spending more on schools. In the Assembly, more reforms were

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announced today. Those who use social services will have more

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control about the care they get and there are plans for one agency to

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run adoption services. But that isn't enough for the opposition

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parties for his top I don't think they know the meaning of the word

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delivery. And a Welsh Labour, we become the

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poorest part of the UK. The health service is having �75 million taken

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out of it. That is not delivering, that is robbing the people of Wales.

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Labour say today doesn't -- today's event wasn't a relaunch. The First

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Minister hopes that by turning the focus back on to policy, he can

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regain the initiative and prove he hasn't run out of energy or ideas.

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Welsh MP David Davies has likened the UK to the Titanic, saying it's

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now just a question of how long it takes to sink. The chairman of the

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Welsh affairs committee was taking evidence from a commission set up

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to examine the possibility of devolving more powers to Wales. He

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told its chairman Paul Silk the commission should issue its report

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calling for further devolution now, and save taxpayers the �1 million

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cost. We'll be live at the Scottish

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Parliament tomorrow night. They will be discussing independence.

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Here's our Political Editor Betsan Powys.

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Tomorrow, Alex Salmond will set out his plans for a referendum on

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independence for Scotland. His plans, but what might they mean for

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us in Wales? I will have the latest from the Scottish Parliament on

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tomorrow night's programme. 90-years-old and still going strong,

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the Urdd, Wales' largest children's organisation sets out its plans for

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a new generation. And a new home for Bangor City football club as

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citizens take up residence at this stadium by the sea.

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Are there enough police covering rural North Wales? The Police

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Federation, which represents officers, has told BBC Wales that

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some areas aren't getting the policing they'd expect following a

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reorganisation last year. North Wales Police are reviewing the

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changes. Chris Dearden has the story.

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The new system back in May last year. These are the men and women

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who respond when you dial the emergency services. Eight months

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ago, North Wales police changed the way they work in an attempt to save

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�15 million over four years. Emergency response officers are now

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based in nine key police stations around the north of Wales. Police

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call them hubs but in some areas, it has led to concern that officers

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are spread two-tiered -- too thinly. On some weekends over the past

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three or four months, they have been fewer than three police

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officers on duty for the whole of the old county of Meirionnydd. Just

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imagine if a public order occurrence certainly happened, what

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would happen? There would be absolute and a key.

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This is one place where people have also expressed concern. What do

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people in the town think of the service they are getting from the

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police? Reasonable, as far as the normal

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run of things is concerned. Excellent. Can't fault them.

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They are never where you want them to be. They will be elsewhere there

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when there is something going on here.

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Those aren't the only worries. The Police Federation that the rent

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officers from those on the beat up to chief inspectors.

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The problems tend to be when the arrest of offenders, the

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prosecution of offenders, they are the areas we start to see gaps

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appearing. The Police Federation is also

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worried that cuts are have left officers spending too much time on

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paperwork. It says the new system hasn't been a complete disaster and

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others agree. What I will say is that there seems

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to be no evidence on the ground that the policing service has

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deteriorated as a result of the changes implemented last May.

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When it comes to emergency calls, officers' representatives say the

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police are still getting there on time. The force is currently

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looking at its new system and do to make an announcement on changes

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He died trying to rescue his friend. Now it's emerged Lewis Darroch's

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name is being put forward for a posthumous bravery award. An

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inquest was held today into his death and that of Callum MacKay.

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They both drowned in a tragedy on the coast of Anglesey last summer.

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The coroner recorded verdicts of accidental death. Roger Pinney

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reports. This speech on Anglesey is where

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the two young men died. Callum Mackay, the inquest heard he was

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determined to go swimming despite stormy seas and the efforts of

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friends to dissuade him. And Lewis Darroch, he dived in to try and

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save Callum Mackay, only to save his life as well. At the hearing,

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the families were told that Lewis Darroch's selfless act of heroism

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has prompted his name to be put forward for a posthumous bravery

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award. We just want to pay a huge tribute to Lewis Darroch for his

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unstinting bravery and not even considering his own safety but just

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going in and trying to rescue our son. He has been put forward for a

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posthumous bravery awards. Is that justified? Absolutely. The tragedy

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led to a major search. The two young men had gone to the day with

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friends. Karen macro climbed into the surf from rocks. He's won

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comfortably to begin with but got into trouble trying to climb out.

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Lewis Darroch went in after him but could not get out either. The

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coroner said that at times we should recognise acts of bravery.

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Lewis Darroch dived into the sea he to rescue his friend. He did not

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consider his own safety, he said. It's 90 years since Sir Ifan ab

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Owen Edwards called on Wales' children to join a brand new

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organisation - the Urdd. To celebrate that birthday, it's

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launched ambitious targets for the next ten years to get thousands

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more children along to eisteddfodau. For 90 years, the Urdd has given

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the children of Wales and beyond an opportunity to socialise, travel

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Things have come a long way since Sir Ifan ab Owen Edwards

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established the Urdd. He was concerned children weren't using

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Welsh any more. 90 years on, and the movement's membership has

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reached 50,000. It also runs three residential centres, including this

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one in Cardigan Bay. It's quiet here today but, on Friday, a

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special birthday party will be held here in Llangrannog, where the

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First Minister will join members of Sir Ifan's family to mark the

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occasion. But as well as giving cause for celebration, this

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birthday has also given the Urdd an opportunity to look forward and,

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today, the movement has revealed its hopes and aims for the next 10

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years. During that time it wants the number of children competing in

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their local Urdd eisteddfod to increase by 10,000. It also hopes

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to see visitors to the National Urdd Eisteddfod pass the 100,000

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mark and to double the number of young sports volunteers. It is not

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overly ambitious. Everybody is very busy these days, especially parents.

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However, the children are the future. I don't have time to

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volunteer more. Perhaps when the children are older but not at the

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moment. It has always been an ambitious organisation and these

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challenge -- targets are set to challenge us as an organisation but

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also to make sure we respond to the needs and aspirations of young

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people. 90 years after Sir Ifan first called on the country's

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children join his brand new movement, the Urdd hopes its new

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goals will help keep the flag flying for many more birthdays to

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come. Cardiff City stand on the brink of

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another Wembley final tonight. The second leg of their Carling Cup

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semi-final kicks off in an hour and Ashleigh Crowter is pitch-side for

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us tonight. Good evening. Cardiff City are

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looking to reach their third Wembley final in four years here

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tonight. They'll have to overturn a 1-0 deficit against Crystal Palace

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if they're to reach the Carling Cup final. They've never done that

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before. The Crystal Palace manager Dougie Freedman's been doing his

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best to wind up Cardiff, saying they'll be scared stiff because

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they've lost so many big play-off matches in recent seasons. Here's

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what Malky Mackay had to say in response.

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I look after my own club. It is not my style to talk about the history

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of other clubs. I have got enough going on here at the club to be

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dealing with. Needless to say, part of the team talk is done.

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I am joined by the former England defender Martin Keown. Does Dougie

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Freedman have a point? Will be Cardiff fans and players be

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terrified because of the disappointment they have had?

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not relevant because this group of players is brand new and a brand

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new manager. If I heard those comments, I would be really fired

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up. He has been resting his players. Cardiff are going after promotion

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as well and they will be used of that the big games. I expect

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Cardiff to be winners and go through. Cardiff are one goal down.

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When you come into a second leg with a deficit, how do you approach

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it? You have got to go for it but to do not want to concede. To

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Crystal Palace sit-in and draw Cardiff City in? I think this

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stadium will be rocking tonight. I have been here a few times this

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season already and the fans have been superbly. Cardiff, I feel, are

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looking good. There is a lot of pressure on the team but they have

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got the better players. They know what they need to do. They need to

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get back on level terms are first and it could well go to extra time

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at. Thank you very much. You can see the game live on BBC Two

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tonight. The programme starts at 7:30pm.

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There are a few matches of interest elsewhere. Top-of-the table Wrexham

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face Forest Green in the Conference. While Newport County are playing in

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the second round of the FA Trophy at Worksop.

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It is also a very special night for one of our Welsh Premier clubs.

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Thanks, Ash. Bangor City are preparing to kick their first ball

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in a new home after moving from their Farrar Road ground to the

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Nantporth Stadium on the banks of the Menai Strait. A new era starts

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tonight, but let's look back at the history of Bangor's former home.

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Farrar Road. For almost a hundred years, the venue where a tiny club

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took on some footballing giants. AC Napoli lost 2-0 here in the

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European Cup Winners Cup in 1962. The same year saw a packed crowd

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getting carried away as Bangor beat Wrexham in the Welsh Cup. Bangor

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City responded by attacking again. The ensuing years saw 11

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appearances in European competitions for the club, though

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the ground was too small to host them. After an emotional final game

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last December, Bangor City looked forward to a bigger ground which

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they hope will meet UEFA requirements. We still have one

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last bridge to cross. We still need some funding to a fair shot at the

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seating on the far side and behind the goal to bring the stadium ever

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to the 1,500 seats to meet the requirements. Hopefully we will

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achieve that funding soon. millionaire had expressed an

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interest in buying the club a few years ago after studying in the

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city. The old ground is being demolished to make way for a

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supermarket. Farrar Road may have shut up shop, but Nantporth could

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well provide many more memories. Bangor City are playing tonight. I

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am joined by the club secretary. How are you feeling? Stressed, to

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be honest. It has been a long time coming but the facilities are first

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class. It is a credit to the League. A pig that you must go to Watkin

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Jones who built this Forest. -- a lot of credit must go. It must be

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great for the players arriving tonight. We had training here on

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Saturday. You come down tonight and the lights are on and it is very

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exciting. I have been involved with the players and they are really up

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for the game. But the officials and players are also excited. Both sets

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of teams are really excited about this game. You have only been here

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one day and you have already attracted big names. Yes, we have

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had a number of big names helping has arranged this friendly. We have

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got Wigan Athletic at home up. The last game at Wigan played in non-

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League football was Wigan Athletic against Bangor City. Perfect. Thank

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you very much. Let's get the weather forecast now.

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A big change in the weather today. The reason for the rain - a warm

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front which moved eastwards across Britain. That has introduced milder

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and moister air from the Atlantic. In Colwyn Bay today, the

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temperature reached 11 degrees Celsius. Four degrees above the

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average. And football fans won't need too many layers in Cardiff

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this evening. The temperature around 10 degrees Celsius with some

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drizzle. Elsewhere tonight, cloudy and damp. Mist and hill fog as well.

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Drier in the northeast and along the border with temperatures well

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above freezing. Tomorrow's chart shows a cold front approaching

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Ireland. Ahead of that, mild south- westerly winds. Tomorrow is St.

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Dwynwen's Day. Dwynwen is the patron saint of Welsh lovers. If

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you're planning a romantic stroll tomorrow, I can't promise much, if

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any, sunshine. Cloudy and windy on Ynys Llanddwyn tomorrow morning and

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that goes for the rest of the country. A little rain and drizzle

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in the south and west. Some mist and hill fog as well. However, the

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east and northeast will be dry with temperatures in Bala around seven

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degrees Celsius. Not a brilliant day tomorrow but some places will

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fair better than others. The north coast, Flintshire, Monmouthshire

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and the Marches will be drier and brighter with the odd glimpse of

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sunshine. Top temperatures around 10 or 11 degrees Celsius and breezy.

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The south-westerly wind strengthening during the afternoon.

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Up to gale force in the north-west with gusts over 50mph on Anglesey.

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Tomorrow evening, a cold front will bring a spell of heavy rain and

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gusty winds, followed by clearer weather and showers. Temperatures

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dropping with a risk of icy patches. Thursday colder and showery. Some

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of the showers heavy with hail and sleet. Snow on the hills and

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mountains. Friday will be drier and brighter. More in the way of

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sunshine. The wind easing as well. At the moment, Saturday looks dry.

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Some sunshine, frost and a few fog patches. Our picture is from Jim

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Trance. Porthkerry Park in Barry. A great place for a picnic.

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The main news again from the BBC: One of the UK's eight oil

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refineries has gone bust, prompting fears that it could lead to a

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disruption in fuel supplies. More than 800 jobs at the plant in

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Coryton, Essex, are now at risk. You can find us on Facebook and

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