18/06/2014 BBC Wales Today


18/06/2014

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He's been on assignment with the London Mayor, Boris Johnson.

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18 month old Holly is still in a serious condition

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in hospital tonight after a crash which killed her

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mother and three other members of her extended family at an accident

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Holly, from Llanidloes, was a passenger in a car when it

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collided with a tanker on the A44 close to Llangurig yesterday.

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These pictures show the aftermath of a crash with

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Amid the wreckage, rescue teams found 18-month-old Holly.

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She was airlifted to the University Hospital of Wales in

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Cardiff, where she is in a serious condition, her father by her side.

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Emergency crews including two air ambulances racec to the crash site

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from all directions once the call was made from a nearby farm at about

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The lady knocked my door, asking to use the telephone and if I

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could please ring for the emergency services, because there was a very,

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very bad accident down the road about one mile from here.

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Which I did, of course, straight away.

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This evening, police are still trying to piece

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They want anyone who can help to come forward.

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The collision involving a silver Ford Focus, a tanker, and

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a white Ford transit van occurred at 2.55pm in the afternoon.

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The Ford Focus was travelling east on the A44, the transit van was

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travelling in the same direction behind it, and the tanker was

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Our thoughts and sympathies are with the families

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The next of kin are being kept informed, and are being supported

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The stretch of the A44 near Aberystwyth was closed

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for several hours, before reopening early this morning.

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It was identified in the European Road Safety Report last October

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as the highest risk road in Wales, and one of the worst in Britain.

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Winding corners and few safe overtaking spots make

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It is now claimed four more lives, despite calls from the Welsh

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government to do more to improve safety on the road.

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There has never been enough fatalities.

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How many fatalities do you want, before they deal with it?

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I should imagine one fatality is enough.

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The four victims have been named as 47-year-old Martin Pugh,

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his partner's parents, John Kehoe, who was 72,

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65-year-old Margaret Kehoe, as well as his knees, 28-year-old Ali Hind.

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Friends and neighbours have been shattered

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I tried to deal with it all night, but I don't think I slept

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because Martin was so good, he was such a good neighbour.

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We are a very close community and the thought

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of four people being taken just like that overnight is a great blow.

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We all feel it, because we care for each other and we are very close.

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Both publicly and behind the closed doors

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of the quiet street which was home to three of the four victims, people

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are offering their condolences and whatever comfort they can.

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Though saddened, few are surprised that he A44 has

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To get more Welsh students into top universities like Oxford

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and Cambridge a network of hubs should be set up.

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That's the finding of a report, which showed that Welsh students

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are less likely to get a place than their peers

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Here's our education correspondent, Arwyn Jones.

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They are as well-known for the boat race on as they are

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Oxford and Cambridge's reputation for

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outstanding teaching and research mean only the very best get in.

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But fewer pupils from Wales are excepted than

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In 2008, just under 400 pupils from Wales applied for Oxford,

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But last year, whereas the numbers applying had

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It means that around 17% of Welsh pupils who tried got in.

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Today, this man, an Oxford graduate and Welsh MP,

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said we need more support for our most talented pupils.

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He wants to see 12 hubs across Wales that will coax them to help get

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Bring them together, and they will realise there are

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And that the issue of getting that peer group together

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is hugely important in overcoming the lack of aspiration

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and perhaps more importantly the lack of self-confidence that we

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Thomas Challinor from Wrexham knows all about that self-confidence.

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He has just finished his 2nd year studying biology

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at Oxford, and also goes to schools to tell pupils it is not

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But, looking back, he remembers how overwhelming it can

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At the very initial time point, it was very daunting.

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It wasn't until I actually sat down and did the research that I

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realised, financially I can afford it, yes I do know I meet

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the entry requirements, and the course is actually...

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It does look great for me, and then I felt a lot better about it.

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So how exactly would the 12 hubs work?

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These pupils from already benefit from a similar scheme that has

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Once a week we all meet up and then we will practice

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for mock interviews, and we look over people's statements.

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We have to learn how to think critically and not just learn

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It is a completely different style of thinking,

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But how easy will it be to replicate that scheme across Wales?

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You have also got tutors who, in the college,

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are fundamentally delivering A-levels and nothing else.

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They know the curriculum, they know the examining boards, they

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know the admissions tutors, so I think you do need a critical view.

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The education minister says work should begin wihtout ndelay on

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a pilot project to set up the new hubs, and while Oxford and Cambridge

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are clearly not the be-all and end-all, giving our brightest pupils

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the best chance to study at top adversities is seen as a way

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The Welsh Ambulance Service says it's investigating its response to a

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fire in Carmarthen on Sunday, after which a three-year-old girl died.

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Dyfed Powys Police confirmed that Angel Jade Smith was taken to

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Glangwili Hospital in a police vehicle.

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She was later transferred to the University Hospital of Wales,

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where she died, a year to the day since her baby

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Their mother, Alice Smith, is still in a serious condition in hospital.

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Hundreds of people have held a protest outside the Senedd,

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against plans to change specialist baby care at Withybush Hospital.

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The unit, at the hospital in Haverfordwest, would close

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Hywel Dda health board and the Welsh government say, the changes would

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Cricket and Glamorgan have beaten Kent on the final day of their

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The home side triumphed by an innings and 11 runs, with Kent

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Rugby and South Africa have made two pack changes for Saturday's

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Warren Gatland will name HIS side tomorrow.

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Changes are expected following Saturday's 38-16 first test defeat.

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Scrum-half Mike Phillips has admitted he could be dropped, and

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It was a humid one across Wales today. Normally one of the wettest

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places in Wales, was today one of the warmest. 20 Celsius, but it will

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be a lot cooler tomorrow. If we look at the map, we see that they

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showrooms will die away tomorrow. It will turn misty and places. Low

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cloud over the Irish Sea, rolling into Wales. In other mild night.

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Temperatures of 15 Celsius. For tomorrow, high pressure over the

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Atlantic, but a weak cold front will move southwards, bringing that fresh

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air, so we weak start -- a fresh start for some. But it will brighten

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up across the UK, as it moves southwards. We will see some spots

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of drizzle across the East Coast, and thick cloud here, but otherwise

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dry with sunny spells. North-easterly winds intruder is

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that fresh error. Where parts of Scotland hit 27 Celsius, the South

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of England is still holding onto the warmer air. Similar across Wales. A

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fresher feel in the north and west. South East-West hanging on to the

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higher temperatures. Friday looks dry, with some cloud, but sunshine

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breaking through as well. The highest editors in the South East,

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cooler on the North, with a breeze of the sea. High pressure still in

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control and the weekend is looking dry with a mixture of cloud and

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sunny spells. Warmest in the south, a little cooler in the north and

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west, with more fine and settled weather for next week. You can get

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more detail on the website. What's the future

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for Welsh farming and is the role of the Children's Commissioner

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for Wales fit for purpose? Huw Edwards has the Wales Report

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next tonight. We're back in Breakfast

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from 6.00am tomorrow morning. That's Wales Today thank you

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for watching from all of us,

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