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a first look at the papers over on the BBC News Channel.

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But now It's emerged tonight that ten

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members of staff have been suspended and police are investigating,

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following the death of an elderly The 88-year-old died at

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Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil after being

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transferred from Ysbyty Cwm Cynon with serious injuries, that are

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being treated as unexplained. The elderly lady was a patient here

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at Ysbyty Cwm Cynon in Mountain Ash. The injury was discovered as part

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of routine patient care last Five from the night shift before

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and five from that day. Cwm Taf University Health Board say

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those suspensions are precautionary. The 88-year-old woman was

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transferred to Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil

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where she died earlier today. In a statement,

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the Health Board says it initiated a "multi agency strategy meeting to

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consider the circumstances It adds that staff on duty

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at the time are in the process of being interviewed to assist the

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investigation and that the family South Wales Police say there is no

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confirmed link between the 88-year-old woman's

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injuries and her death. Four people are assisting them with

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their enquiries and a post mortem The politicians are divided over

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the last Queen's Speech before the General election, but

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there are big changes on the way. Older people will be given more

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freedom to spend their pension savings and plans to give the Welsh

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Government more powers are on track. Here's our Parliamentary

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Correspondent David Cornock. Back to schoolfor Mark Williams

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in Aberystwyth. This time just

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a short visit to find out what books It was his past classroom experience

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that persuaded him the law needed changing so parents and carers who

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neglect their children emotionally face the same penalties

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as those who physically abuse them. It's about dealing with the most

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serious cases of child neglect. Instances when the police would be

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going to a household, can see the cases of a emotional neglect

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which could lead to physical abuse and sexual abuse but are powerless

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to make those interventions. It's about dealing with serious

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cases of child abuse that Something which the legislation

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currently is not fit for purpose. The change to the child neglect law

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was one of 11 new bills outlined In Wales,

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we've got used to having to pay for Now England is to follow suit

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from the autumn of next year. But

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the scheme here will be different. And small shops and takeaways,

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for example, will be exempt Besides the new laws,

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there was the expected confirmation My ministers will continue with

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legislation giving the National Assembly for Wales

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and Welsh ministers more power over But overall,

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critics were underwhelmed. I know some of my colleagues have

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talked about this being a zombie I'm not sure you measure

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the success of the government by how many bills it passes, but these

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aren't bills that are equal to the Future pensioners will see

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the biggest changes Ministers hope giving workers

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more control of their pension pot A lot of bills are not

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specifically Welsh but nevertheless The pension bills

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in particular are very, very important to Wales and I think there

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will be a lot of Welsh pensioners or people who are approaching

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retirement who will welcome them. The government is also promising

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a new law to allow voters to throw out MPs between elections,

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which may also encourage MPs to A miner at the Gleision colliery,

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told his boss everything was all right moments before an inrush

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of water killed him and three of Malcolm Fyfield, who was

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the manager at the Swansea Valley pit, told a jury that Philip Hill

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assured him all the necessary checks had been completed before explosives

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were fired in the coal face. Malcolm Fyfield

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and the mine operators, Benefits, pensions and tax credits

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make up more of our incomes in Wales The research from the Office

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of National Statistics also suggests people here have had the

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second largest rise in the UK in the An 84-year-old shopkeeper forced

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armed robbers to flee empty handed when he challenged them

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as they tried to raid his shop Dennis Trounce, who's been running

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the business for a quarter of a century, pushed the masked men

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back out through the door. I've just heard

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about your little fracas. Joking aside,

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the so called fracas was, in fact, an armed robbery until 84-year-old

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Dennis Trounce put a stop to it. Of course customers today were

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keen to know the details. They were pretty amateur kids,

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I think. They just came in all hooded up

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and masked and things like that. It was on Sunday at nine

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in the evening when two masked men One

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of them climbed over the counter. In the CCTV footage, you can see

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he had a knife in his hand. The other chap, more sensibly,

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came through the door. So I said, "Yes, of course,

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certainly," rather sarcastically. Because he didn't have a knife

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in his hand. When he was trying to open the

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till he needed both hands and so he He went back in his pockets

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to find his knife, you know. It's not the first time

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he's tackled robbers. The policeman said,

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"Don't wrestle with teenagers, sir." But he says really it's not

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a question of being a hero. He wanted to defuse the situation

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and that's what he did. They were rank amateurs

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and they ought to pick another job. Football,

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and Wales gave the Netherlands a pre-World Cup test tonight,

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despite losing 2-0 in Amsterdam. An under-strengthened Wales

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frustrated the Dutch for large parts of the game but

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the home side proved too strong. Youngsters like George Williams

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making an impact. Wales prepare for September's

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European qualifying campaign. And finally,

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London Welsh have been promoted back to the English Aviva Premiership

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tonight after beating Bristol. The Welsh side took

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a 19-point advantage with them into the play-off second leg and

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held on tonight to win by a point. Derek's here with the latest

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forecast now. Hi, Derek. A big improvement compared to today.

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It felt more like November than June with depressed temperatures but good

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news tomorrow will be much drier, sunnier and warmer. Tonight, few

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showers around, little rain in places in the North. Otherwise dry

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and clear and a cool night this time of year. Temperatures falling as low

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as six Celsius. Tomorrow's chart shows low pressure over the North

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Sea. And low pressure over the Atlantic so tomorrow morning, much

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better than today. Some cloud in the north, spots of rain the first thing

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otherwise dry and bright with broken clouds and some sunshine. Across the

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UK, most of the rain will be in Scotland tomorrow. Some heavy rain

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in the East of Scotland. A few spots of rain for Northern England into

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East Anglia, further south and west, dry apart from the odd shower

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and some lovely sunshine. At higher 20s Celsius in London. A nice

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afternoon in Wales tomorrow. Maybe one or two showers in the Brecon

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Beacons. Otherwise, it's looking dry with lovely sunshine. Warmer than

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today with a light to moderate breeze. Find tomorrow evening.

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Overnight, dry with high cloud from the south. A temperature in the Vale

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dropping to six Celsius. Some hazy sunshine. Warmer in the south-east.

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Highs of 20 Celsius on the Cardigan Bay coastline. 68 Fahrenheit.

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Turning humid on Friday night into Saturday. A risk of heavy rain and a

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few thunderstorms that these will clear followed by brighter skies and

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scattered showers. Sunday, a fresher day with a mixture of sunshine, few

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showers and a south-westerly breeze. Temperatures around 17 Celsius, so

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topsy-turvy but much drier tomorrow with some sunshine.

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The Wales Report is next here on BBC One Wales.

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We're back tomorrow morning in Breakfast from 6am.

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For now, from all of us on the team, goodnight.

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