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16/04/2014

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acquitted last week of murdering PC Blakelock. Here on One we can now

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Good evening. Unemployment has fallen again in Wales but there are

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concerns to make that the jobs being taken are low paid, offering to few

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hours. According to latest figures, 102,000 people are out of work. That

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is 6000 fewer than the last quarter. Here is our business correspondent.

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Wrexham has a higher rate of employment than of the UK and Welsh

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averages, but when it comes to pay, it is similar to the rest of Wales.

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Workers earn around ?4000 a year less than the average person in the

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UK. It has been a tough few months for the Wrexham economy. 230 people

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lost their jobs in October whilst 60 positions were created at the

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Village bakery in the same month. December saw another blow with news

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at over 600 jobs would go at the electron ex-manufacturer Shark. At

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was followed by 140 under threat at Kellogg's. -- the electronics

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manufacturer Shark. Local people and Wrexham see job losses affect the

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whole town. Lisa Howard manages a nursery and Wrexham. We're lucky

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that of the parents work and a place that closes down because it would

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impact us. It is seeking new staff including this woman who studied

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Jessica. The competition for jobs is tough. Enough so they had fully

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qualified teachers applying for a minimum wage jobs. When this

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opportunity has come up, I have been given an opportunity of a lifetime.

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I had to snap it up because there is nothing around. I am pretty

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grateful. Unions have also raised objections to people being offered

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zero hours contracts where they are not guaranteed what and

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underemployment with people have jobs but do not get as many hours as

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they want or need. Lots of employers talk about the need for flexibility.

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If you get a new contract coming in that requires 100% more product next

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week or next month compared to what you did last month, you need to

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increase your workforce very rapidly. And you might need to DT

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sit close that might not be sustained work going forward. --

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Deke is it. Wrexham has traditionally been reliant on

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manufacturing. But it is now usually cheaper to make goods abroad. If

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manufacturers here cannot be the cheapest, they have to be the best

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to reach those consumers who do not mind paying a bit more for quality.

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The Wrexham -based Moneypenny in voice 350 people providing telephone

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services for businesses. If you try and remain as you have always been,

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you will probably die, weather and die. The economies that have

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benefited access that changes will happen and they roll with it. This

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new recruit is one of those who has changed careers. Have the strength

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and belief in yourself to do it. The belief that no matter how long you

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have been working in one clear, you can completely change and still be

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successful. -- one career. Both the due care and Welsh governments

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welcomed the figures and claimed their policies drove the figures.

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But everyone accepts that as a long way to go. A major business park

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near Bridgend which is home to Sony has been brought by the Welsh

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Government to attract new businesses and jobs. Several other signs on to

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a companies are located in the park which is just alongside the M4. It

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has been sold for ?12.3 million. The number of people in Wales who

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had emergency help from food banks has more than doubled in the last 12

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months. Last year, almost 80,000 people here were helped. This comes

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as Welsh this it's -- Welsh bishops joined church leaders to speak out

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with the level of hunger in the UK. They have just had another call

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about a referral to the food bank, a woman who has three children to

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feed. It is an emergency. They have been many evidences of late. The

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last six months, this food bank has held more than 300 and people -- 350

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people. Across Wales, almost 80,000 received food, more than double the

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figure for the previous 12 months. All people in need, and here they

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say it is very often a very short term need. The majority of clients

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do not come back more than once. You might come back once, twice, until

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the problem is sorted. -- they might come back. It is not a long-term

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situation. We do not want to encourage a dependency culture.

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James Hobson works as a food bank volunteer and recently he has had to

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look for help himself. I claimed for benefits eight weeks ago under five

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-- and I have had one payment. Six weeks, I have had no payment

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whatsoever. I have suffered depression and had to come back

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here. I had to use the food bank. If you speak to those who run food

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banks, the watch you keep hearing is crisis. Many people, any financial

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cushion they had, has disappeared. A problem strikes when even buy

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essentials becomes impossible. At this cathedral, they run another of

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the 35 food banks now open in Wales. Here they find many do return for

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help time and again. The biggest cause welfare changes. The Bishop is

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among those speaking out today. We need to look at why there are so

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many who are dependent on others. We need to look at the way the welfare

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system is running and how zero hours contracts work. There are lots of

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things feeding into the crisis. That word crisis again, a crisis for

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those in need, certainly, although the UK Government questions today's

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figures, it points to studies that suggest the numbers needing help

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falling. A businessmen who died in hospital

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following a routine operation would probably have survived had not been

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for a breach of duty, the inquest has heard. Malcolm Green passed away

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in 2012. The Health Board has already apologised to his family and

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says an investigation has been carried out.

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A fire at a recycling plant on the outskirts of Cardiff last month is

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being treated as arson. The blaze went on for more than five days

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after more than 2000 tonnes of plastic -- plastic and wood were set

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alight. The number of tourists visiting Wales from the rest of the

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UK is on the rise, according to a major new survey. Figures from last

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year show that nearly 10 million people travel to Wales despite a dip

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in the number of trips across the UK as a whole.

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With former Snooker World Champion Mark Williams and former runner up

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Matthew Stevens failing to qualify for the World Championships. In

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tomorrow's programme we'll be looking at the decline in the sport

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which Wales was once a world leader in. We will have more on

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we have enjoyed glorious sunshine this week but our luck runs out

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tomorrow. Some light rain and drizzle but no more than that. Try

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tonight, " and to come and go. Not quite so cold as recent nights. The

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lowest temperature is for Celsius. Tomorrow, a bright start. Sunshine

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in the south-east but generally much cloudier than today. Spots of light

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rain and drizzle dying out as they move south-east. Across the rest of

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the UK, sunshine south and south-east of England tomorrow.

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Further north, much cloudier and some spots of light in and drizzle,

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no more.... Brightening up in Scotland, with blustery showers. One

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in London, much cooler and fresher in Glasgow. Wales, tomorrow

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afternoon, it should be dry. Plenty of cloud, more than today, but it

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will brighten up. Cooler, too, was that westerly breeze. -- with a. The

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cloud will clear tomorrow night and it will be a widespread ground frost

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in the countryside. The chart for Good Friday shows high pressure in

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the UK and that means try and settled weather. The forecast for

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Friday is good. Dry with sunny spells, patchy cloud and a light

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breeze. More fine weather on Saturday and Sunday, some clouds, 12

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degrees with an easterly breeze. For Sunday, dry start. Bright in the

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West but then it looks like rain will spread across the country. The

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winds will pick up as well, making it feel cold. Good Friday on

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Saturday the best days of the Easter holiday weekend. Looks like

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Tollymore unsettled on Sunday -- unsettled on Sunday and Monday.

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We're back on Breakfast from six o'clock tomorrow. Good night.

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