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weekend. That's all from us. Now the news

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where you are. Welcome to Wales Today. Our top

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story. Baffled by energy bills. Why many of

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us don't understand gas and electricity costs. The boss of one

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of Wales' biggest energy providers tells MPs price hikes are not his

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fault. 85% of the ingredients of that girl are outside our control.

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We've hit the streets to talk to you the customer to see how your coping

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with spiralling energy costs. One small country, two energy companies

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with a virtual monopoly. What's the solution to cutting bills?

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Our other headlines. Are you being filmed or followed?

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Employers using undercover surveillance to track your every

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move. Surviving a stroke. We're making

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progress but a long way to go to catch up with Europe's best.

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Road rage, why Welsh police forces aren't fining drivers like this. You

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talk to me like that again and I would up that at the nose. Is that

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clear? Good evening. Many of us just don't

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understand our gas and electricity bills and there needs to be more

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transparency. That's according the group Consumer Future in Wales. It

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comes as MPs have been quizzing energy bosses about their price

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increases. Four of the big six companies have put bills up by an

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average of 9.1%. Here's our Economics Correspondent Sarah

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Dickins. The energy market has changed in the last ten years

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without many others really knowing. This is one of the new smaller firms

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selling electricity to anyone who wants to sell -- sign up. It works

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and a different model. It is owned by the man who set it up. We use

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this model of hills into males. The use the money to build new windmills

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every year. This energy independence gives us an independent from the

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world price for fossil fuel. It has 80,000 customers across the UK. It

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is freezing bills until April for the pits as if it rises then, it'll

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be at half the rate of the big six. This is the heart of the call

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centre. They have been selling electricity to award in for ten

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years. I have noticed since they froze their prices last month, in a

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bar people signing up has doubled. The big six supply 98% of

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electricity in the can to put up for them are foreign-owned. S S E has

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around 1 million customer accounts in Wales. They have announced rises

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of 8.2% from mid November. Bosses have been justifying price rises

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before MPs today. I went the interpretation of whether you

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thought the premise that meant green levies or social justice as well

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because Mac it is inherently contradictory. We wish to have the

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security of supply at a time when revenues and supplies are decreasing

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full stop we want to make is lower for that you cannot deliver all of

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those. While customers do not have two stay with the company that

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traditionally provided the area, many do. I have been a loyal

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customer for a number of years and I thought it was time to look around

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for a cheaper deal. I went online and within 20 minutes I found an

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alternative supplier in ScottishPower. They verified they

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could save me ?600 a year. It is difficult to compare prices because

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that is such a range. It is a need for greater transparency. Consumers

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do not understand when they hear the wholesale price will affect their

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bills and they see that the prices increased by more than that. The

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proper regulation to force the big six to invest in new infrastructure

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at the expense of some profit and some dividend should be done because

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it is vital in the interest of our country that we have an energy

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industry that serves our purposes and not the purpose of foreign

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owners. The debate will continue long after the MPs have finished as

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we all try to keep bills down. How will we all cope with these

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bills? As we've heard, one of those questioning the big energy company

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bosses today was the MP for Anglesey, Albert Owen. Roger Pinney

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has been to Amlwch in his constituency to see how people there

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will manage. It is an energy rich place with wind farms and a nuclear

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power station. Not that that is reflected in people 's bills. On the

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Anglesey coast. Hardly a day goes by without another of those energy

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price shock stories. With them the message of doom and gloom.

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Businesses will go bust we are told. Some people have to choose between

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heat and food. But is that really the case? Whatever the rights and

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wrongs of electricity and gas price rises, I found plenty of people

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today willing to talk about them. Gareth Parry has been running a shop

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for the past seven years. What can you do to reduce costs? I have had

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to reduce the number of fridges and freezers in order to save. It is

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getting tough. Does threaten your existence as a business? It does.

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Anglesey lost its major employer a decade ago put up the boot to their

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best to get by. There are a significant and have retired the oil

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will stop they go to a special centre in the town. Thoughts are

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turning to the cost of keeping warm. I have to use my gas central heating

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full stop I will be more careful. Will you change the way you use

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energy? I will try. If you are not warm and well fed, you are asking

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for trouble especially as it get a little bit older. I heard from

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Tracey Cooper in a town centre Cathy. The cafe is struggling to

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make ends meet and so is she. I lost my husband last year. The

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electricity goes up and up. I you really facing the decision of heat

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or food? Yes, I think everybody who is trying to keep their houses warm

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in this economy is facing the same problem. The bills still have to be

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paid. Police are appealing for information

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about a Pembrokeshire man missing in London. 23-year-old Gianni Sonvico,

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who is originally from Goodwick, works as a barrister in the city. He

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was last seen at 11.00pm on Friday night in the Tower Hill area. Police

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say his disappearance is completely out of character.

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A jockey has been accused of indecently assaulting teenage girls

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who hero worshipped him at the stables. Stephen Cashmore, who is 49

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and from Swansea, appeared at Cardiff Crown Court accused of three

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counts of indecency with a child and four of indecent assault against

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three different victims between 1988 and 1991. He denies the charges.

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Around 26 Blockbuster stores in Wales are to stay open while a new

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buyer is found for the company. It's after it went into administration

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for the second time this year. The DVD and games rental chain

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originally collapsed in January after losing business to online

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firms streaming films over the internet. 264 stores around the UK

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are due to stay open for the period. How would you feel about your

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employer secretly following you? BBC Wales has found that at least five

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local authorities in Wales say they have used private investigators to

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track staff or would consider doing so in future. Our Gwent Valleys

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Reporter Paul Heaney has the story. Kim worked as a teacher for a number

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of years. She says when she was signed off work with stress she was

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secretly followed by a surveillance company commissioned by the council.

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The think of these agents note doing the way I walked, but I was saying,

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the expression on my face and way I was going. That is really

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threatening. It is almost violating. She only found out about it by

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asking for all the information the council held about her. The report

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claims you were housebound. Basic note says work-related stress. That

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is nothing about being housebound. I fear they have pounced on that as an

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excuse to watch me and baby to prove I was not housebound. We asked other

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local authorities in Wales to see if they used similar tactics. Another

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four councillors said it was used in exceptional circumstances. Other

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councils did not answer our request. I asked to speak to someone from cut

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Caerphilly Council. I was told nobody was available for interview

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but that the council no longer has this kind of thing. It is not

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illegal for councils to use these kind of tactics and some say it can

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be useful if that is evidence of serious fraud. But some Civil

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Liberties campaigners say allowing councils this power is a bad idea.

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It also highlights the dangers of how these powers can be misused and

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how we need to keep under review how councils are authorising and

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operating these powers which were intended for serious crimes. Kim and

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her husband say there experience should make councils think more

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carefully in future. Stroke care in Wales has made huge

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strides but could still be significantly improved. An annual

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Welsh Government report into the state of stroke services shows that

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death rates still lag behind other European nations. It comes on the

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day a new ?11-million rehabilitation centre for stroke patients was

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officially opened in Cardiff. Every year in Wales, about 11,000 people

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have strokes and in this centre they expect to see 400 people this year.

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That is people like Colin who is having physiotherapy here. If I can

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just interrupt you, you have been having physiotherapy, how has this

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centre benefited Eucharist Mac benefited you? -- benefited you? It

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has given me the confidence and I can carry on walking. I did have

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speech problems. Quite a lot. Most of the young ladies did not have a

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clue if I was Welsh, Scottish, English or African! Good luck. Over

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here is one of the consultants. Can I just ask you, I you disappointed

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with the fact the government says we still have a long wait to go? We

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have seen some considerable improvement in the/ service.

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Mortality has gone down or stop -- has gone down. There are/unit at

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every health board. What improvements would elect as he made?

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-- would you like to see made? This is a pioneering treatment. There are

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other things that can be developed such as early support. This is a

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service where a therapy team in the community can discharge a patient

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from the service and also research as well which is something we need

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to develop upon. They tell me the ultimate dream here is to have an

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Institute of medicine here. They are very happy they have this centre.

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Caroline Evans was there. Much more to come before seven

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o'clock. Many motorists resorting to road rage, why Welsh police forces

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aren't fining drivers like this. You talk to me like that again and I

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will run that pipe at the nose. Is that clear?

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They say it is a victory for people power. Campaigners fighting to save

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two Catholic secondary schools in Denbighshire have won a temporary

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reprieve after the council scrapped plans to merge them. St Brigid's in

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Denbigh and Blessed Edward Jones in Rhyl were due to become one school

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spread over two sites. But there are still plans to create a new faith

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school to replace them. Making themselves heard at a different kind

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of assembly, the pupils of St Brigid's Catholic school were

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determined to get their message to Denbighshire council.

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A video on YouTube showed what could be lost if the school closed and

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hundreds gathered for a prayer vigil. They wanted to avoid being

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merged with Rhyl's blessed Edward Jones Catholic school and sharing

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both sites. Those prayers have been answered. We are really pleased they

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have listened to the voice of the parents and not to go ahead with

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phase one. With phase two, we still believe we have a fantastic school

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which is successful and we also have another school which is growing and

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succeeding. We should invest in both schools rather than closing

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successful schools and building something new. That new school would

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be built at a new location by 2018. It would replace the existing faith

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schools and also serve Anglican and Catholic pupils who are currently

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without places. There are questions on whether to small schools are

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sustainable. The provision of one new faith one is one which will give

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quality education facilities. There are mixed feelings about the

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alternative proposal. There has to be change at some stage but we do

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not see that means we lose this school. It will be a big change and

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everyone is fearful of change. We know it will be at wonderful

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opportunity for our students. Parents had faith that the council

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would listen to their protests. There's concern that Welsh police

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forces are not implementing new fines aimed at tackling aggressive

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behaviour on the roads like tailgating and lane hogging, despite

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being given the power to do so three months ago. It comes as a poll for

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BBC Wales's Week in Week Out programme found 51% of people had

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been victims of road rage. Tim Rogers reports. This college student

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is so used to being intimidated by angry drivers he records most of his

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journeys on a head camera. He challenges a driver who has kept in

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front of him on a road. You are putting other people in danger. He

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carries on thinking no more about it. But the driver has other ideas.

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He comes after him. He overtook me and pulled quite sharply in front of

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me and then slammed on his brakes. When he got out of the car and

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approached me, I thought you would hit me. Talk to me like that again

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and I would love that pipe up your nose. Is it clear? I will drip that

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helmet off your head. -- I will drip that helmet of your head. Earlier in

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the year legislation was passed against tailgating and lane hogging.

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It is all very well having a good idea and it's about the idea behind

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this initiative. The government is right to create this possibility of

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early intervention to try to improve behaviour on the roads but this

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Government does not seem to be -- pay any regard to the cost of doing

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that work. The Home Office admits police budgets have been cut in

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difficult circumstances. He was police forces say the delay its just

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administrative. The driver was cautioned but refused to apologise

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for his behaviour. More on this story on Week in Week

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Out here on BBC One Wales at 10.35 tonight.

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Going to the movies isn't normally a part of life in school but for some

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pupils it will be, at least for the next two weeks. More than 7,000

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young people across Wales are taking part in the country's first ever

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National Youth Film Festival. The event, funded by the British Film

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Institute, hopes to inspire the next generation of movie makers, as well

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as teaching skills, like numeracy and literacy all through the medium

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of cinema. Carwyn Jones reports. These children could be the

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animators of the future. At this workshop in Caerphilly they're

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learning how to make short films using the using same frame by frame

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techniques that are used by the makers of Wallace and Gromit. We

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take lots of different pictures and then we take it that turn it into

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one big movie. When it is all finished, it looks as if it is just

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moving along. The workshop is all about having fun, but amid all the

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modelling clay and cut out characters there's some serious

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learning going on. These children have had to write and develop their

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own stories, get to grips with IT equipment, and even perform mental

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arithmetic. They have been learning mathematical skills because there

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are 25 frames in one second of animation. They learned that this

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morning by having to draw out up to 25 pictures just to make their name

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stay on-screen for one second. This animation class is just one of a

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host of events linked to the UK's first ever National Youth Film

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Festival. In Wales, more than seven thousand young people aged between

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five and 19 will take part in workshops and film screenings. There

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will be 59 of those spread across 20 venues up and down the country. A

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lot of the themes are linked to the curriculum. It is an opportunity for

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them to expand their knowledge. In Bridgend, school children were

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transported back to Victorian London with a screening of the classic

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musical Oliver. Fancy dress was the order of the day but as the lights

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came up there was work to be done. Oliver is a film about and you can

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put young home word into that. The children had to write a page long

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review of the film, exploring themes like history and language. It's all

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about using cinema as a subtle tool for learning. In a film, that is a

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lot of focus and you can translate that into the classroom. The

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National Youth Film Festival runs until the eighth of November. It's

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backed by the British Film Institute, which is investing

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?26-million into film education in Wales and the rest of the UK over

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the next four years. The aim is to put creativity at the heart of the

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curriculum and get children animated about learning.

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Rugby and Mike Phillips's former coach, Lyn Jones, said, the scrum

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half should retire if he can't improve his discipline. Phillips,

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who was training today with Wales, intends to take legal action against

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French club Bayonne after he was dismissed for allegedly turning up

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to a training session drunk. But Jones said, the Lions player still

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has a future. He needs to get his discipline and he has potentially

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three or four years left in the professional game at this standard.

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If his motivation matches up with his expectation then he has a

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beautiful sub if not, it is best that he retires.

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Despite the slow start to his Real Madrid career, the world's most

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expensive footballer Gareth Bale has been named on the short list for the

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prestigious FIFA World Player of the Year award. The Wales and Real

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Madrid star faces strong competition from the likes of team-mate

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Christiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, who's won the award for the last

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four years. The Ballon D'or prize is awarded in January.

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Not sure the weather's going to win any awards, Derek?

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It's been a case of dodging the showers today. Some lovely sunshine

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as well with a few rainbows. Mind you, the weather remains in a

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changeable mood. I can promise some dry, bright weather tomorrow but it

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won't stay dry all day! This evening plenty of dry and clear weather with

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a few scattered showers. Some showers likely in parts of the south

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and west later in the night. The wind easing and a chilly night.

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Temperatures inland falling as low as three Celsius with a grass frost.

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Milder on windward coasts. Tomorrow's charts shows low pressure

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near Iceland. A cold front over Ireland and that's heading our way.

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So here's the picture for eight in the morning. A chilly start but most

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of the country dry and bright. Some sunshine but not everywhere. Parts

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of the south and west cloudy with one or two showers and breezy on the

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coast. Now the dry weather won't last. Rain will cross the Irish Sea

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and spread across the whole of Wales during the afternoon. Top

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temperatures 11 to 14 Celsius. The wind increasing as well. Strong to

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gale force on exposed coasts and hills in the south and west. Gusts

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45 to 50mph. In Rhonnda Cynon Taf tomorrow, make the most of the dry

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weather. Rain is expected in the afternoon. The wind picking-up as

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well with a high of 11 Celsius in Ferndale. Tomorrow evening rain will

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clear. The wind easing as well. Scattered showers later in the

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night. Thursday breezy. Some dry, bright weather but showers as well.

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Heavy in places. On Friday there is a risk of some rain, especially in

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the south. The north may stay dry. As for the weekend, disturbed. Windy

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with some blustery rain and heavy showers. Strong to gale force winds

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as well. Temperatures around average for October and feeling chilly in

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the wind. Our picture tonight shows or colours and Ammanford. -- in

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Ammanford. The headlines again.

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There's been criticism of a six-figure pay-out to the former

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head of children's services at the council where Baby Peter Connelly

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died after months of abuse. Sharon Shoesmith is thought to be in line

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to receive hundreds of thousands of pounds after her dismissal was ruled

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to be unfair. The maximum sentence for dog owners

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whose pet is involved in a fatal attack is to be increased from two

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to 14 years. Ministers in Westminster are also going to close

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a loophole which prevents prosecution where the attack takes

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place at home or on private property.

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We'll have an update for you here at eight o'clock and I'll be abck after

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the BBC News at ten. That's Wales Today, thank you for watching.

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