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Welcome to Wales Today. Following a momentous weekend for Welsh rugby,

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we're live from the steps of the Senedd in Cardiff Bay - with the

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Grand Slam winning team! Tonight - a moment to cherish. The

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team led by Sam Warburton are all here to celebrate their winning

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weekend. They've been gathering all afternoon - there's a red army here

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tonight - thousands have come to show their support. A third Grand

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Slam in eight years - young and old celebrated as a nation came

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together. The fireworks, music, all the boys screaming their heads off.

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One of the best feelings I have had Good evening - welcome to Wales

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Today - your timing is perfect - you're just in time to revel in

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celebrating the Grand Slam all over again. We're live here tonight on

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the steps of the Senedd. The Welsh rugby team have just left a

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reception held by the first minister Carwyn Jones and they are

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here on the steps in front of the Assembly building in front of

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thousands of fans - many of whom have been waiting for hours to see

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What we have here is a great team, a great captain, a great coach and

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a great credit to Wales. It gives me a very great pleasure to present

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the Six Nations trophy 2012 took the Triple Crown and champions, at

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to the Grand Slam champions, to the 201216 nations champions, our boys,

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I did not think they could quite believe this saying. There are all

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covered in confetti, but it is worth it. Some of these bands have

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been camping out since lunchtime, desperate to get the best seats and

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now what a treat. The team back in Das, it has been a great weekend

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and many of them have not wanted to stop partying. You might just enjoy

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this. It is our thousands of people across the country had been feeling

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all weekend. The Grand Slam celebrations shown no sign of

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fizzling out just yet. It is amazing. We loved it. Mother and

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daughter. This is my grandson, it is his first of many. Wales

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produced a performance of which the nation can be proud. It was not

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always pretty, but the men were ruthless Inst seizing the day. Alex

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Cuthbert's try will be replayed for years to come. Captain Sam

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Warburton will also be feeling the effects for weeks. He could only

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lift the trophy with one arm as his other shoulder was injured. He is

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now more optimistic he will be available for this summer's Test

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matches insist area. He will have another scan tomorrow. No one will

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begrudge can and the players a few days to relax and enjoy their

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success. They can went badly, they can win by creating, they can win

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by a paying docket suffer up front, dominating the opposition. All of

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these youngsters, 75 % of there team, are probably some way off the

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best. The with assistant coach expected to stand in for the Wales

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coach, as they take defend their title. The Welsh Rugby Union are

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hoping the Grand Slam will have an impact that lasts for years. Some

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of these pupils were at the game. The rest watch it on television and

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their role I'm mad about the sport. There are all developing very

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nicely. Boys and girls. I like passing. I like tackling. Support

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play. It is no surprise that Cardiff's pubs and hotels are

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having to restock today. Jubilant fans drank the bars tried.

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Saturday, the Welsh came out in full force and it was a sea of raid.

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It was pretty mad. Saturday morning, they were roll-up at the crack of

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dawn. Breakfast, really good atmosphere, a lot of singing. They

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went to the match and came back again very busy. The bar was born

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Dijk. Fantastic, very busy weekend for us. It seems the players have

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not stop party event did gave at the Senedd, they will receive the

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acclaim of the nation after the historic Grand Slam victory.

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The mind to people who have turned up tonight, we cannot think them

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enough. Were you expecting a welcome like this? I did not know

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what to expect. In 48 hours from lifting the Grand Slam, how do you

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look back on it? It is unbelievable, to be honest. A lot of hard work

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has gone in over the last two months. It is an amazing feeling.

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What have you been doing for the past 48 hours, besides coming down

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to earth? We have had a few beers. I think they were allowed. How are

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your stitches? I can see we're hearing well. It is worth it.

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is the summer tour. What next for Wales? How far can this thing go?

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Her next big target is to get a couple of wins in the southern

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hemisphere. That is a big challenge for us. Finally, what is your

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message to the fans tonight? Out think you very much, we really

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appreciated. You're going to have a team photo. You look smart, you

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have clear the confetti of. These fans have been amazing on day and

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as you can tell, they are very noisy tonight. Our reporter it is

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among them. Not everyone was lucky enough to have a ticket to see the

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match at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday. For many of these people

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in the crowd, this is the first time to see their Grand Slam

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hearers in the flesh. Let's have a word with a few of them now. Where

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have you come from today? How long have you been here for question

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that since 3 o'clock. It is brilliant. This is a big thing, so

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many people here. Why does it mean so much to people? It is a

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wonderful atmosphere, a wonderful scene and a thing we have a lot to

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look forward to in the future. did not get to see any gains, but

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watch them on the television. Did you still feel part do something

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special? Yes, and I am very proud to be Welsh. It is lovely to see

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you. Why did you decide to come so far? The boys have done us all

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proud and I could not get to any of the matches this year, but as came

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down to see them all, absolutely fantastic. Sum up what it seemed

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mean to you. I have had so many years watching them in the 70s and

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80s, the 90s, when we did not have such a good team, but these boys, I

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think their best is yet to come. Just a word with some of the

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children. You look fantastic. What is your name? How special is this

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tonight? Why did you decide to come and see this today? Because I like

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rugby. Who is your favourite player from the Grand Slam. Leigh have

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penny. What you like about him? just love them. It is great to see

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all, have a fantastic evening. The crowd are really excited. They are

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enjoying the national anthem. Sam for Britain is here. Heidi

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describe this? It is amazing. Listen to them. It is amazing. I do

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not think anyone expected this, to be honest. The fans have been

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brilliant through the lolled championship. How are you injuries?

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The first scan was inconclusive, but I will see the specialist and

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see what he says tomorrow. How do you sum up being a Grand Slam

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winning captain? I do not know how to explain it. I never thought it

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was going to happen, so will that there is only a small and besiege

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his list of Grand Slam Kempton's. We know the fans her passionate and

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many of them have come out today, at many of them since early this

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afternoon. I can see you're getting so much from it. They were people

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out here hours and hours a goal. I could not believe it. I think it is

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good making do this for the public and show our appreciation, because

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we do believe we have the greatest fans and the world and it makes a

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massive difference. There is no better place to be. They were

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saying that the era of the 1970s is absolutely fantastic, but they were

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coming to an end of there careers. The players are so young in his

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current Welsh side. How far can you go? I think it is impossible to say.

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Pictures are different, the game is different. They were let Ince in

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their own right. It is early days now. This year has been pretty

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successful for us, but we hope to do more in the future. There is a

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trophy for you to let's go over there. If you're not in a shot, I

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would get into trouble. Thank you very much. Everybody is a bit

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chocked up and emotional here. More on the celebrations later, but now

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let's go back to the newsroom for A journalist from Carmarthen who

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was arrested in Libya accused of spying is due back in Britain

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tonight. Gareth Montgomery-Johnson will be met by his family at

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Heathrow in the next hour. He had been working for an Iranian news

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channel when he was arrested with a colleague last month. His sister

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says she is relieved she will soon be reunited with her brother.

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I had a phone call from him last night and he had just got into the

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British embassy. He said they were OK, they were expecting to come

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home today. I feel as though I can relax a little bit. I am anxious to

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get him home. That is it, job is done.

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More than 60 people in the Porthmadog area are being offered

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the MMR vaccination after a health worker was identified as being

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infectious while on duty. outbreak of the virus in the area

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linked to the local secondary school has now reached 42 cases.

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The Bronmeirion Surgery in Penrhyndeudraeth was the base for

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the health worker. All those it -- who came in contact to the health

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worker have been offered a vaccine. They are now 42 cases in this area.

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It isn't just in this area where measles is on the rise, it is

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happening across Wales and England. In the first 10 weeks of last year

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there were 353 notified cases, this year they have been for a friend

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and 94. An increase of 60%. But this is a disease they had hoped we

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had seen the back of. One of the on this his parents were urged to

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vaccinate against. In the 1970s, the number protected from the --

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measles was rising. But then in the late 90s came the unfounded scare

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over the MMR jab, vaccination rates plummeted. We have seen small

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measles outbreaks across the country both in England and Wales,

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partly in the age group of 10-14, which her children that may have

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missed out on vaccination as babies and as pre-school children because

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of adverse publicity at the time. Most, although not all, and linked

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to the secondary school. The majority have not had their MMR jab.

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As far as younger children are concerned it seems worries about it

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have passed. Both my children have had the MMR jab so I'm not

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particularly worried. Health officials say the MMR jab is so

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important it is never too late to get one.

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A student at Swansea University has admitted posting racially offensive

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messages about the player, Fabrice Muamba, on Twitter. Liam Stacey,

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who is 21 and from Pontypridd, was arrested after his comments about

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the Bolton footballer, who collapsed during a match on

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Saturday, were reported by other Twitter users. He will be sentenced

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next week. A 33-year-old woman has been

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arrested on suspicion of murder after a man's body was discovered

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at a house in Swansea. The body was found at a home in the Brynmill

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area of the city at just after 6 o'clock this morning. South Wales

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Police say they're not looking for anyone else in connection with the

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incident. The chief medical officer wants us to be more honest about

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how many alcohol we consume. The campaign highlights the long-term

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health risks including cancer and heart disease.

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The names of some of the 600 people chosen to carry the Olympic torch

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around Wales have been announced. The torch will spend six days here.

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More than 80 towns, villages and cities will see a glimpse of the

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flame as it makes its way around There is not long to go until the

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Olympic torch comes close to where you live. Now we know who will have

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the honour of carrying it. No Stringer to the limelight, Samantha

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Hunt won �100,000 on a television game show. She gave half of the

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money to good causes in can you and now she has been rewarded for her

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charity work. I am nervous. What if I drop it? When I applied, I was

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half aware of it but it did not know I was going to win that amount

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of money. Ken Bennett was picked for his services to Welsh athletics.

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When a record is said he helps decide it is official. This is the

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pinnacle of being involved in some way with the Olympic Games. I am

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very excited about it. Getting a bit emotional about it?! The toss

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goes to mammoth and then to Cardiff before reaching Swansea. It will

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head a long at the coast of west Wales, at Aberystwyth before

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reaching Bangor. Today it has been concerned -- confirmed the RNLI

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will be getting involved. It will leave Wales to Chester before

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returning for its final journey on Wednesday 30th May. He is to go

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through Wrexham and leaving via Welshpool. James Lusted will run

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one of the roots. He was nominated by somebody he met while watching

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the Beijing Olympics. It is fantastic the flame is coming up to

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North Wales. Usually these big things happen in South Wales all in

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London. The torch is here for six days on the organisers are hoping

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thousands were commands to see it. -- come out to see it.

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If you want to find out if the torch is going your way, go to our

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website for a detailed route. Let's get back to the Grand Slam party in

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the Cardiff Bay now. Welcome back. Roger Lewis and

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Warren Gatland meet me now. They are desperate for a glass of

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champagne. Does confetti cannons made you jump. I was even warned

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about his but I got certain shock! The pliers were -- players were all

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laughing behind me if it's not what does this mean to your squad of

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players? They have achieved so much or does it mean to you? We are very

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lucky, we are very privileged, we do things we are loved doing. It is

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humbling to come out tonight and realise the game means a loss to a

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lot of people. We have put smiles on faces on Saturday. You are

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making his coaching job looking -- looked pretty easy. Did you dream

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of moments like this? I can to anywhere Roger Lewis came down to

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see me in 2007, if he said I would be coating well as I thought no way.

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Never worked and I have thought I would has spent the last four years

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in Wales but it has been a privilege and delight. I have made

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some great friends. In the minds meet of the passion back in New

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Zealand. I am so glad I made a decision to come here was that we

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are glad you made a decision to come here as well! Summed this up

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for us. I have got to say thank you to this man. We have the best rugby

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coach in the world. I hope we have got a nice coat to the British

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Lions as well. He has created an extraordinary environment to an

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extraordinary group of men. The other face of the new Wales. They

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are innovative, creative, they can tough it out. Here we are at this

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iconic set in with his Gloria's deal with these fabulous people.

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His his family, this is what makes Welsh rugby in Wales so special.

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Delilah is about to be sung at any minute! Wedd you go next with this

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Welsh side?S where do you go for. We shouldered the responsibility of

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going into the World Cup as favourites. Players had to dig

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deeper and come from behind. They showed an enormous amount of

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strength. France didn't play a lot of rugby on Saturday. They were

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waiting for us to make mistakes the stock I thought the game management

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and control was brilliant. We should get the boys are to sing

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this because this is one of our songs! We had a little choir out in

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New Zealand while we were practising. For who is the best and

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worst singer. I am probably the worst. Leigh Halfpenny is not bad.

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He came out of his cell. Alun-Wyn Jones. Lou Reed is outstanding.

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have become the envy of the world. Everyone in Wales should shed his

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moment. We should walk tall and what proud. For everybody should

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share this moment that has been created by this group of players.

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We are in a very good place indeed the stuff are you going to put your

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feet up put in the next few weeks? I am going to newsy leant over

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Easter. I have had my family here. My daughter is in university and

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flew in on Friday and flew back yesterday. You thoroughly deserve a

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glass of champagne. Thank you very much for your time. It has been

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lovely today, perfect planning. One thing that has been incredible is

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the weather. I love your time. This is beautiful. It does not get

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The sky is clear as well. There is plenty more to celebrate on the

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weather front this week. It is looking dry and settled thanks to

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high pressure, cloud a man's world vary from day today. I can promise

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you some sunshine, above average temperatures. It is clear here at

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the moment but generally it will turn cloudy across the country. If

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you spot a drizzle. Not as cold as last night, I am not expecting any

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frost. Tomorrow's chart shows high price over France and nannies moist

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winds for Britain. Tomorrow, the spring equinox, not as nice as

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today for a start there will be some low cloud and a few spots of

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drizzle. Dry tomorrow and in places as well try. We sell seasons and

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selling parts of the north and east. -- we shall. Top temperatures

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typically 10-13 Celsius. The weather for us for a few places

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familiar to some of the Welsh players. It is looking dry in Neath

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and Pontypridd. Temperatures in Bangor rising to 13. Cloudy in

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Carmarthen. It is looking quite mild across Wales tomorrow.

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Tomorrow night, it will be dry and cloudy with some low cloud, mist

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and Hill fog. The outlet for the rest of the week is basically dry

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with plenty of cloud. -- the outlook. The outlook is bright for

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the Welsh team and across the whole Many of us are still emotionally

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drained after the weekend and we had such a great response from you

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on the poem written by the Welsh Rugby Union's writer-in-residence,

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Owen Sheers. Thanks for watching. There are moments in history when a

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nation becomes a stadium. When a population leans from sofas, pub

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stools in village halls to watch. Or strain to listen in cars at the

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sides of roads or in tractor cabs, stilled in silent fields. There are

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moments when the many, through the few, become one. A faithful but

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demanding tribe fed by the past, hungry for a win but also more, for

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beauty as well as strength. For art as well as war. But romance,

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history, fervour and the privilege of watchers only. For the men who

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must do, who must carry this burden, fuelled by the colour of their

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jersey, they can be no past or future but only now. For them,

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those 80 minutes will be in every living present composed of the

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angle of their runs, or the learned set piece which like a trigger will

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fire their line to light the match. It will be the focus practiced

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their bodies have learned on the training pitch. The thousands of

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hours of solitary pain, the sacrifice which has led them, and

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them alone, to this. A nation watching. Sharing a pulse as the

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clock counts up to the final whistle and then in an instant, now

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becomes then. The moment, whichever way it falls, cast for ever and

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