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Welcome to Wales Today. Our top story.

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The Welsh NHS and Labour's management of it provokes a furious

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row. First Minister Carwyn Jones criticises the Labour MP Ann Clwyd

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over her attacks on the health service. She has produced nothing

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but anonymous comments. We don't know where they are from. We don't

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know whether they are correct or not. They can't be investigated.

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As the spotlight falls again on Labour and its management of the

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NHS, a damning new report says the health watchdog isn't up to the job.

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Our other headlines tonight. Paying for railway electrification -

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the head on collision between Wales and Westminster on who's picking up

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the bill. A massive increase in dog attacks

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over the last ten years. Six months before their referendum,

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I've been to Scotland to find out why independence is on the agenda

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there but not here. And back at work - Newport's former

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Rowecord steel site lands 120 new jobs.

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Good evening. The Welsh NHS and Labour's management of it provoked a

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furious row today. The First Minister unleashed a scathing attack

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on an MP from his own party after her criticisms of the state of the

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health service. Carwyn Jones said Ann Clwyd, the MP for the Cynon

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Valley, had produced no evidence and no facts. Tonight, Ms Clwyd said she

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would rather the Assembly concentrate on resolving the

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problems in the NHS than attacking her personally. James Williams

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reports. She is on a mission to improve the

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NHS. It all started after she raised concerns about the treatment her

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late husband received in the University Hospital of Wales in

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Cardiff where she says he was treated like a battery hen. There

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are increasing complaints about nurses who failed to show care and

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compassion. It led her to carry out a review of NHS complaints in

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England on David Cameron's request but she found hundreds of families

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from Wales also got in touch. She has spoken about her concerns both

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publicly and privately to Welsh Labour colleagues in private --

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Cardiff Bay. She says she expressed them in a letter to Carwyn Jones but

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that they remain unanswered. Yesterday she took to an article in

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The Times newspaper and said the Welsh NHS is facing a crisis. She

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said the waiting times RA warning sign of the problems within the

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Welsh NHS. It was a question put to the first Minister this afternoon.

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Why will you not agree to meet with myself, meet with Ann Clwyd and

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actually get to the bottom of the serious concerns which you clearly

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dismiss, which is based on evidence and fact. You are in denial and it

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is the patients and clinicians of Wales that are suffering. Ann Clwyd

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has produced no evidence and no facts. I have asked her, the

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Minister for health has asked her. She has provided nothing but

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anonymous comments. We don't know whether they are correct, they can't

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be investigated. We have asked her to produce the evidence to back up

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her claims. I have done it to in prison and in writing, she has not

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done it. Bush on the matter, his criticism turned personal. I am

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afraid she has based her allegations on the way her husband was treated.

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She has refused for the report to be made public. It is important for

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people who make a judgement on what happened for that to be made public

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but that is a matter for others. Damning stuff from the Welsh Labour

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leader, what comfortable batting away Conservative criticism than

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more from his own side. James is at the Senedd. What has Ann

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Clwyd had to say in response? We have received a statement from Ann

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Clwyd in which she says she has given considerable information to

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the first Minister and the Health Minister, that she has met with both

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of them, Carwyn Jones and Mark Drakeford, and that she has given a

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summary of the responses she received to the enquiry into the

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English NHS and into the Welsh NHS. She says, I am upset by the

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irrelevant and casual reference to my husband's case in political and

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professional circles. My complaint is still underway and has not yet

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been resolved. She says, my husband's case on its own is far

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less important than the hundreds of letters she has received. She says

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she would rather the assembly concentrate on solving the current

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crisis in the NHS than attacking her. Explosive stuff from Ann Clwyd

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in response. To attack so strongly and boys separately and personally a

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colleague in the Welsh Labour Party, a stall ward of Welsh Labour, has

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raised more than a few eyebrows in Cardiff Bay. One of the criticisms

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has been about the health watchdog and you have found out that they are

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about to be criticised by the assembly. The health watchdog is the

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body tasked with ensuring the safety and quality of the NHS. The Health

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and Social Care Committee has undertaken a review of its work and

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a report is going to be released on Friday and ended the committee says

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it did not receive the it wanted to hear and that it has undermined its

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ability to establish itself as an authoritative regulator. Damning

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stuff to come on Friday following today's events.

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In the last four days, South Wales Fire Service say they've dealt with

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115 fires and all but three were arson. They say lives are being put

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at risk and resources wasted. The latest fire, which stretched six

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miles near Merthyr Tydfil, has now burnt out. More than 20 firefighters

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dealing with that fire had to withdraw to safety because of the

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risk to their lives. Caroline Evans reports.

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Six miles wide, this fire was so fierce, fire crews had to retreat

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last night, fearing for their safety and leaving the fire to burn itself

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out. Today, we went back with them to see the damage ourselves. You can

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see the extent of the fire and the area it covered is quite large. One

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of the biggest problems we had was access to the area. While our

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resources are here, they can't be elsewhere. Over the weekend, fire

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crews were called to 69 grass fires across South Wales which was started

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deliberately. 38 of those were on Sunday alone and yesterday they were

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another 32. Fanned by the wind, the fire spread quickly. Further down

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the mountain, these houses were under a cloud of smoke as the --

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flames at away at the hillside behind. It could have come down,

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burnt the field, coming to the back of the garden. It could have been

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worse than what it was. Every year we get a fire down by there.

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Shockingly, the majority of these fires could be avoided. This month

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alone, they have been 211 deliberate fires in the South Wales area. Mid

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and West Wales say they have tackled 66 fires. And 11 have been started

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deliberately in North Wales. Starting again at this time of year

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is the early spring period when the conditions are wet and a foot, you

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have got dead vegetation dry on the surface, combining that with holiday

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periods, the Easter break period, when you have got youngsters who

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have more free time. Every year, firefighters go into schools to tell

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children about the risks and costs of setting fires. This year's

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campaign is due to start next week in south Wales but with 78% all

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fires in south Wales started the literally, there is a long way to go

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to stamp out the problem. -- deliberately.

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Who should pay for upgrading the railway in the South Wales valleys?

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The First Minister Carwyn Jones today repeated his claim that it's

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the UK government's responsibility. But Conservative opposition

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politicians say a deal was agreed over a year ago to pay for it with

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the money the Welsh government gives to train operators. So who's right

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and what do commuters make of it? Paul Heaney has been to Rhumney to

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find out. Ethnic railways. We are told it will

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mean better services across the south Wales valleys by 2024. --

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electric railways. I know we need these investments in Wales. It is

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this government which is putting their money into the electrification

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of the railway line up to Swansea and the Valley Lines. That was then

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but now the UK government is saying Wales should pay the electrification

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bill. The response from the Secretary of State was bordering on

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the hysterical. Opposition politicians insist a deal was done

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between the two governments over who pays what over a year ago. The first

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Minister has been less than economical with the truth today.

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They need to sit down and realise what their responsibilities are and

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consult with the UK government and move forward for the benefit of the

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people of Wales. It is people who get on and off the train at stations

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like this one that are likely to be the biggest beneficiaries of

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electrification. That is because their journey time will come down by

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around 15 minutes. What do they make of the latest political row about

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who pays for the upgrade of these lines and replacing these trains?

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Around 150 people work at this medical supplies facility. Some

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workers commute year by train and say Petrovic is needed as soon as

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possible. Their journeys would be quicker, more reliable. I can't

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afford to be late. It is a very long commute from Swansea. I think they

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should be some medium where they agreed to pay half and half and get

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it done. I think they should stop arguing about it and get it sorted.

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Around 190,000 journeys start or end here every year. Electrification

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could greatly benefit passengers here but who should pay for those

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benefits is still up for debate. Plans to shut Junction 41 of the M4

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at Port Talbot in a trial to see if it improves traffic flow have been

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confirmed. The closure will start this summer. It's predicted it'll

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increase the capacity of the M4 by 11% westbound and 2% eastbound.

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Dog attacks have increased in Wales by 80% over the last ten years.

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Research by BBC Wales also suggests growing concern about unregulated

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breeding and the online trade in fashionable breeds like huskies. Tim

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Rogers reports. It's another day in Morriston

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Hospital A The head of the department here, lead consultant

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Andy MacNabb, says that he's regularly treating two to three dog

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bites a week. Very severe dog bites may require many hours in hospital.

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Across Wales there were 407 emergency admissions last year - an

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80% increase compared with the figures ten years ago. There are

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some nine million dogs in the UK, and rescue centres in Wales say they

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are inundated with abandoned or unwanted dogs. They blame

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irresponsibly breeders selling fashionable status dogs on the

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internet. Week In Week Out wanted to find out how easy it was to get hold

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of dogs like huskies and what appear to be pit bull types. We phoned 20

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people who were advertising powerful and fashionable status dogs like

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huskies and some that had the appearance of pitbulls because we

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wanted to know what questions they would ask us as potential buyers.

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None of them asked if we had children and when our researcher

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pointed out she lived in a small flat with no garden and a newborn

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baby, only six expressed concern about the accomodation and just

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three said they wouldn't sell her the dog because of her

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circumstances. Worryingly, four were happy to sell what could potentially

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be classed as illegal pit bull types as defined by the Dangerous Dogs

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Act. One person who fell foul of that law is Andrew Roberts from

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Bridgend. He bought what he thought was a Staffordshire bull terrier

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crossed with a labrador. But his dog has been seized under the Dangerous

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Dogs Act as an illegal pit bull type. If he'd advertised him as a

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pit bull then I wouldn't have bought him, I wouldn't have gone down to

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see him. There wouldn't be an issue. I wouldn't have gone down. But I

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thought, what is the problem between a staff and a lab then because they

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are both fantastic with children. Last year, Wales was set to bring in

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new rules that would look at better control for all breeds of dogs. But

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plans were shelved in favour of working with Westminster on a law

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for England and Wales. I'm concerned about the impact it will have on the

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community. Where are the real teeth in this legislation? The teeth in

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the legislation are the regulations that we are currently working on.

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That law was passed last week. Alun Davies says he will now consider if

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further legislation is needed in Wales.

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Much more on that story on Week In Week Out this evening at 10.35pm

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here on BBC One Wales. Much more to come before seven

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o'clock. Back in business - a corner of

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Newport that is now Saudi Arabia's - the former Rowecord steel site lands

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120 new jobs. It's exactly six months until

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Scotland votes on whether to break away from the UK. But why is

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independence on the agenda there, when it's barely on the radar here

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in Wales? I've been to Motherwell, a very Welsh sort of Scottish town, to

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find out. It is tower blocks rather than

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terraced houses that dominate Motherwell's skyline. If you had to

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choose one town in Scotland that shared so much with Wales, it would

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be displaced. Coal and steel was once the only game in town. This is

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like Ebbw Vale with skyscrapers. There is not much left of this, is

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there? British Steel leaves the community and the British is pulled

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out of Motherwell, isn't it? It change the landscape and it changed

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the political landscape in a way. In the last 20 years, people of

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Motherwell don't consider themselves British any more, they consider

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themselves Scottish. That is a profound change. Two countries, a

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shared industrial past, but only Scotland pondering independence. Why

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isn't Wales? I think there is a number of reasons for that. One of

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the reasons is the survival of a number of the institutions that have

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been around for a long time. The skeleton of an independent country.

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The economic possibilities seem greater in Scotland. And the

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politics, frankly. The SNP has spent a long time constructing itself as a

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clear alternative to the Labour Party and this was very much part of

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Alex Salmond's plan. It was about showing competence first and then

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taking the Scottish people towards independence. But don't think that

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everyone here wants independence. This is a bastion of unionism to.

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What happens the day after the referendum and it is a Yes vote?

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If, God forbid, it does happen, I wouldn't be in this country. You

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would leave Scotland? Yes. What is it you dislike so much about

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nationalism and the SNP? We have got to stand united. You divide the

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countries and we become nothing. We have got to remain united.

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Communities are divided on how to vote and so our families. Jennifer

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is part of Scotland's future, part of a BBC group of teenagers called

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Generation 2014. I think it will surprise a lot of families in Wales

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that you have the responsibility at the age of 16 for deciding the

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future of your country. Have you had a job yet? I have not had a job. You

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have never paid tax. It is a huge responsibility. It is. I have got to

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think what I will be like in future because I will have a job in future

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and I will pay taxes. At the moment it is not affecting me but possibly

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it is a different influence. In five years time, I am going to have to

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pay tax. Our decision could potentially influence how that

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works. Families are the same the world over but there is something

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different about Scotland can pay to Wales. It is this, this country has

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oil and a great potential and wealth of that. That has been an important

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part of the economic argument for independence. But there is more than

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that. There is a sense of confidence here, a sense of swagger. There is

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no sense of deference to the English neighbours. Whatever Scotland

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decides, nothing will ever be quite the same again. England, Scotland or

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Wales. We will be back in Motherwell very soon.

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If Scotland does vote Yes, what will it mean for Wales? Our political

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editor Nick Servini joined the crowds at Saturday's Six Nations

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match between Scotland and Wales to find out.

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This is a special fixture. One that has delivered some dazzling rugby

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and sensational tries in its time. It would be a miracle if he could.

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He may well get there. But on the streets of Cardiff it is

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a special occasion too. A chance to meet friends old and new and more

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often than not Cherie joke at the expense of our mutual neighbour.

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Wales and Scotland have very little to do with each other. This is the

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only time of the year with the relationship is that it is most

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visible and celebrated and it is a great example of the social union

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that Alex Salmond says will not disappear even if Scotland vote yes

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in the referendum. But there will be plenty more that would change. For a

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start, we would lose the so-called Celtic voice in Westminster. The

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passion a chance for the non-English interest. And the former first

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Minister Rhodri Morgan fears politicians in that parliament will

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start -- Taras with the same rush as the Scots as trouble. An English

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backlash, that is the main danger. You could say, Wales will be

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rewarded for not having caused this instability in the British

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constitutional settlement. But the alternative view to that is, it will

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be a curse on all you can -- Celts. Whether it is a curse or a blessing

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depends on the reaction from England. Will they drum up a better

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financial summer -- settlement for Wales if Scotland go their own way?

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There is an idea that evolution here goes hand-in-hand with Scotland.

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Whatever happens, Wales will be riding on the code hills of Scotland

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in politics but I can't see any scenario where Wales does not emerge

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with more powers. Yards away is a great Welsh landmark, Cardiff

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Castle, developed by a great Welsh -- Scott. If Wales was really able

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to get its messaging out about how it sees the future, there is an

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opportunity perhaps to say, here is what we would do, here is our

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position, and therefore some of those companies trying to make

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investment decisions for the long-term, if there is uncertainty

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in Scotland, perhaps there is an opportunity. There is no doubt that

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our old acquaintances the Scots will be back here in two years but by

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then they may have chosen to walk away from the union. If that

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happens, it will not just be Scotland that changes for ever,

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Wales could do. It's a huge boost for the Newport

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economy. A Saudi Arabian company is opening a steelworks on the former

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Rowecord site in Newport, creating 120 jobs with the prospect of more

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to come. Its products will be exported across the globe. Here's

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our business correspondent Brian Meechan.

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Back to work. The former Rowecord site collapsed almost a year ago.

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The company had built the roof for the Olympic aquatic Centre in

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London. Some former employees have been taken on by AIC. There is a big

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skill set in the Newport area so hopefully we will see some of the

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old talent back. The chief executive says there is an upturn in the

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market and are bidding for various construction jobs including

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stadiums. The decision of a global company to choose Newport as it is

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only based in Europe is a significant investment. We have a

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very strong balance sheet so we were able to fund this. But it is a vote

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of confidence in the skill levels. I think it is a really important

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statement for Wales. We often hear about the skills shortages in Wales

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but in this case a highly skilled workforce was what attracted the

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company. AIC also intends to exported products made here so there

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is still a place for top of the range of manufacturing in the global

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market. It says markets abroad are potentially developing and we in

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Wales manufacture great things. What we need are more companies with

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insight and some finance behind them. Newport has had bad news

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recently with jobs at risk at this bakery. More than 120 jobs could go

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at a steelworks in Newport. AIC believes it can offer job

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opportunities. While most businesses have suffered during this long and

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deep economic downturn, the steel industry in particular has faced a

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tough time. This news today is not just a glimmer of hope for this city

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but also for the industry as a whole.

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Well, it's been feeling spring-like, but the weather's about to change.

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Here's Sue with the forecast. We've had a relatively mild start to

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the month. This time last year, we were in the middle of the coldest

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march for 50 years. Snow in the Brecon Beacons and across much of

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North Wales. It will turn a bit colder by the end of the week.

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Tomorrow's the last of the mostly mild and breezy days. This evening,

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generally dry with variable cloud and some clear spells. Remaining

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windy with gales possible along the coast and on high ground. A mild

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night though. A fairly mild start tomorrow and largely dry. 14 Celsius

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in Flintshire and Wrexham. Late Wednesday and into Thursday, a

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developing area of low pressure in the Atlantic begins to spread across

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the UK, bringing the first significant rain for a couple of

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weeks and stronger winds. Thursday might start dry but that band of

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heavy rain will push southwards through the day. Winds could reach

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gale force along the coast. The rain eventually clearing later in the

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day. And it's a cold front pushing through on Thursday so a colder air

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mass following behind it for the end of the week. A much fresher feel

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Friday with brisk winds, often cloudy with sunny spells and

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scattered showers. Temperatures back in single figures for most of Wales.

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Then we're in for a chilly weekend with sunny spells and showers. Those

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showers could turn wintry on Saturday with snow in the mountains.

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Probably more settled on Sunday with the return of overnight frosts.

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It's coming up to seven o'clock. Tonight's headlines from the BBC.

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Russia's president Vladimir Putin has dismissed criticism from the

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West and formally taken Crimea from Ukraine and into the Russian

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Federation. And the Welsh NHS and Labour's

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management of it provoked a furious row today. The First Minister

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unleashed a scathing attack on an MP from his own party after her

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criticisms of the state of the health service. Carwyn Jones said

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Ann Clwyd, the MP for the Cynon Valley, had produced no evidence and

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no facts. Tonight, Ms Clwyd said she would rather the Assembly

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concentrate on resolving the problems in the NHS than attacking

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her personally. We'll have an update for you here at

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8.00pm and again after the BBC news at 10.00pm. That's Wales Today.

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Thank you for watching. From all of us on the programme, good evening.

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