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after just two hours, with each side blaming the other.

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That's all from the BBC News They believe their elderly relatives

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were neglected in care homes Tonight they appeal to

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others to come forward. It is very upsetting to have two

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keep really eating it, but it is the only way that the truth will come

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out. -- to keep remembering it. Also tonight - the legal challenge

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aiming to put the brakes on plans Jason Hamer lost millions after

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being mis-sold financial products The call for more protection

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for others like him. The last of our defending champions

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bows out of the Commonwealth Games. Heartbreak for bantamweight

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Sean McGoldrick - he loses on points after his fight is

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stopped following a clash of heads. And what has Scotland got out

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of these Games? Is it

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a model Wales could follow one day? If people think Glasgow is full of

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gangsters and crime, look around. A review set up to stop neglect in

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care homes across Wales will only be able to do its job if more people

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come forward to give evidence. That's the message this evening

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from the relatives of elderly people, allegedly neglected

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in homes across the Gwent area. The Welsh Government set up

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the independent inquiry after the biggest ever police investigation

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into neglect collapsed last year. You may find some of these details

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distressing. The bottom of her back was eaten

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away with a pressure sore. How could that have happened.

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This person describes the alleged neglect her mother and others

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suffered at the care home. She only discovered the true extent of her

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mother's injuries years after she died. Police spent seven years

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amassing evidence at a cost of ?11 million. Charges were brought

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against a Dr that ran two of the care homes, but he suffered brain

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damage and could not stand trial. This person also looked into abuse

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at care homes. This is not about apportioning

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blame. It is not about compensation. But we need to continue this

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campaign. We do not want this to happen to any other families.

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This person says people must have known that her relative was

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softening in a care home before she died. She says that this review is

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the last chance to make amends. There are people that knew. They

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have not come forward. Neglect is alleged to have taken

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place more recently also. BBC Wales told the story of a person

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at a nursing home earlier this year. The lot will soon change to make it

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easier to prosecute managers and owners of care homes.

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Regulation is not good enough. The care standards Inspectorate needs

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the support of local central Government. These families still

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feel guilty. They could not stop their loved ones suffering.

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They have fought for this review, but they are still frustrated.

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Legal advice said that not everything concerning the

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investigation should be disclosed. Only eight out of the 100 families

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affected are speaking to the review at the moment. Many of them are too

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upset to go through the painful details of what happens to their

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loved ones. The message is, if anybody knows of

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bad practice they should come forward.

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You have seen some of the interim findings of the review.

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If an authority identifies a home that is feeling they have to give

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careful consideration to what happens to the people in that home.

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There is a worry that there is a lack of capacity in the system. This

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review comes to an end at the end of this calendar year.

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A driver, who killed his sister and her fiance in a car crash,

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20-year-old Corey Davies was over the drink-drive limit

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when he overtook a bus while travelling from Gilfach Goch

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Raquel Davies and Lee Jenkins died instantly leaving

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Davies, who's from Porth in the Rhondda, admitted two counts

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This was a tragic case and I hope the sentence is warning to others

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not to and drive. I want to thank the officers that came forward to

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help us. I hope that both families can have closure.

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A Swansea family has lost its bid to prevent a health board

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moving their autistic daughter to a specialist unit in Brighton.

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Claire Dyer, who's 20, will have to leave the Swansea

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facility she's lived at since April 2012 after Abertawe Bro Morgannwg

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University Health Board's decision was upheld by a judge today.

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The health board says it can't comment about individual cases,

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but makes every effort to arrange placements as close

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as possible to a patient?s home, but it's not always possible.

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Education services at Rhondda Cynon Taf Council will no longer have to

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be monitored by inspectors after the schools watchdog, Estyn, said

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they'd made significant improvements over the past two years.

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Schools' standards and attendance are now around the Welsh average.

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The Welsh Government announced plans to build a relief road around the

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M4. Today an environmental group has said it will proceed with a judicial

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review unless the Welsh Government begins the consultation process. The

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Welsh minister remains committed to the project.

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Gridlock on the M4. It is described by the Prime Minister as a food --

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as a fruit on the windpipe of the economy.

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Last September ministers considered plans with the roots looked at in

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detail. Two weeks ago the big need on one of the roots. It was a

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controversial decision. A fourth option was not part of the

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consultation. Although we understand that was considered, Friends of the

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Earth questions the legality of not including it in the consultation.

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This is an option that should have been considered by the Welsh

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Government. They have not done their work thoroughly enough. We are

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asking them to reconsider. In a letter sent to the Welsh

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Government today the environmental group sees questions remain about

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why sufficient account was not given to environmental concerns. They say

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that the total cost remains uncertain.

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Defending the decision at the time of the announcements the transport

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minister said she expected a legal challenge. I am sure that there will

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be a legal challenge. But you tell me which major infrastructure

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project is not subject to a challenge? The Welsh Government

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remains committed to a project whose wheels are already in motion.

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There are concerns for the welfare of child asylum seekers arriving in

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Wales without a Guardian. On average 30 asylum seekers arrive every

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year. The Home Office says it works with Bollettieri associations. Bat

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with voluntary associations. The union, Unison,

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has joined calls for Powys council's deputy leader to resign

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after she used racially offensive Myfanwy Alexander was

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"severely reprimanded" for using the N-word in a debate

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about cross-border health services. The law needs to change to protect

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businesses here that were mis-sold That's according to the Federation

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of Small Businesses. It says

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the compensation scheme that is supposed to help them is failing and

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the relationship between them and the banks needs a complete overhaul

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to avoid any future problems. Our business correspondent,

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Brian Meechan, has more. Jason Hamer was made bankrupt after

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losing millions of pounds. He had been sold financial products by his

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bank. He advised me that I need to take this out to safeguard. Then I

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was basically find. This was the base of his haulage firm. It is not

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just a personal loss. 60 employees were made unemployed.

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He also owns this will tail but she lost. -- owned this whole tale. He

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also owned ten properties which were rented out.

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Under pressure from MPs banks set up a compensation scheme for business

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people affected. Critics say it is feeling and there are calls for

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changes in the law. Whether you are an individual trader

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or a mighty Corporation the law treats you the same. We want a

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special measures to be put in place for small businesses. The Welsh

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economy was particularly vulnerable to this misselling. 95% of all firms

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in Wales are micro-businesses. That means they employ less than ten

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people. Banks see there is no need to change

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the law. The industry has two Green belt confidence. -- the industry has

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two rebuild confidence. Jason Hamer says he will continue to

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fight for justice. Much more to come

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before seven o'clock: The faces of the First World War -

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captured by a Welsh artist - And some heavy rain through tonight

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and tomorrow with a risk The Commonwealth Games in Glasgow

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heads into its final weekend, but there are still plenty

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of medals up for grabs. Let's cross to Claire

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on the banks of the river Clyde. Day nine and a big evening ahead

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for some of our boxers. At the start of the day,

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Wales knew they were guaranteed The question is could they

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become silver or even gold? Two of our fighters have already

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been in action, among them defending He though, had to settle for bronze,

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after his bout ended He was aiming to become the first

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Welsh boxer to win two gold medals at the Commonwealth Games. Sean

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McGoldrick started slowly against his opponents from Northern Ireland.

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He improved in the second. But fate was stopped twice. His opponent was

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bleeding, caused by a clash of heads. The boat was ended and the

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Welsh boxer lost on points. Disappointment for Sean McGoldrick.

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He will not have an opportunity to defend his Commonwealth Games title.

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People have to settle for the bronze medal.

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It is a shame. That is boxing. I started a bit slow. I may be

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respected him too much. Attention turned to Nathan Barley.

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He progressed on technical knockouts. -- attention turned to

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Thorley. He was satisfied with a bronze at

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his first Commonwealth Games. It is my first major tournament. It is a

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medal. It is boxing. It happens. Three other Welsh boxers are hoping

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for better than bronze. One price has already made her study, becoming

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the first Welsh woman to compete in the ring at the Commonwealth Games.

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She faces 8/2 test against two-time world champion from Canada. -- faces

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a difficult test. I can tell you that Sean

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McGoldrick's appeal has been declined. The defending champion has

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to settle for bronze. Welsh gymnasts are having a great

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Commonwealth Games. I felt so honoured to be part of the

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team. I did not expect to get a medal. I just wanted to enjoy it.

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The final curtain comes down on Games on Sunday night.

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Many nations, like Wales, have been watching closely to see

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how Scotland have organised and managed the games.

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The question is - what legacy will be left here

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after we all pack up and go home and is Wales in a position to host

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Ashleigh Crowter has spent the day on the streets of Glasgow

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Glasgow is a city with a spring in its step. It had already taken

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bigwigs forward before hosting the Commonwealth Games. What the last

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fortnight has done has shorn of its self-confidence to the rest of the

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world. 100,000 overseas visitors have come here. The global TV

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audience is 1.5 billion. People think Glasgow is full of gangsters

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and crying. Look around. It has brought a lot into the economy. This

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is what Glasgow people are like. It has been a 30 year challenge from

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Glasgow to shed its image problem of an auld industrial city blighted by

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poverty, crime and sectarianism. Bat an auld industrial city. Nobody

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is seeing the social problems have gone away.

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Glasgow has reinvented itself. More people are now employed intruders

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and hospitality than at the height of shipbuilding. It is an

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extraordinary change for the city. -- employed in tourism and

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hospitality. It has been a boom time for businesses. One hotel is

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organising street parties. They expect their business to be

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transformed in the longer term. The reputation we have built out

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duelling this time, all the social media, has definitely built as app.

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We will still be getting more traffic. It cost more than ?500

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million to stage the games. 80% of that came from the Scottish

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Government. It is the sort of figure that for now has stopped the Welsh

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Government throwing its support behind a possible bid for Cardiff in

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the future. But there have been discussions. We have been open about

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that for quite some time. Commonwealth officials have also

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said they would not rule out a joint bid involving Cardiff, Swansea and

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Newport. The majority of venues in Glasgow

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were already being used by the public. There is a feel-good factor

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here. But wheels was to bid for the

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Commonwealth Games they would have two week at the risks and benefits

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for themselves. -- if Wales was to bid for the Commonwealth Games.

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So let's have a look at the medal counter for Team Wales.

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Adding today's two bronze in the boxing and one in

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Four golds, ten silvers and now 17 bronze.

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Remember there are still more medals still to come in the boxing.

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It leaves Wales 11th overall in the standings - just behind Kenya.

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So, the end of the Games approaching.

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On Sunday a chance for cyclist Geraint Thomas to win another

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We'll be here over the weekend keeping you posted on all of that.

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For now that's all from us here in Glasgow.

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Monday marks 100 years since the outbreak of the First World War.

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And across the country, events will be held to remember

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our fallen soldiers and the impact war had on life in Wales.

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The Lights Out project will include tributes by artists.

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In Bangor, the faces of soldiers and civilians will be projected

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It's been created by artist, Bedwyr Williams.

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The faces of dozens of men slowly dissolve from one to the next.

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No caps or badges to identify them, just their faces photographed

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as they went to war, some never to return.

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This film will be projected from the Memorial Arch onto

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the neighbouring Pontio Centre next Monday night to mark the centenary

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For the artist who created it, it's about seeing the humanity

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By concentrating on the face only, that is the part of the image that

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the loved ones would have missed when that person was away. You do

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not think about medals or U. You think about the face that you said

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goodbye to at the railway station. The images

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which have been chosen come from the extensive archive at the National

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Library of Wales in Aberystwyth. The photographs are being digitised

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as part of a major project to make It is a fairly rich resource. There

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is a mass of information about individuals and families. You can

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chase your family history. We are familiar with memorials that

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list names of those who dies. This artwork aims to put faces to names.

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Three other Lights Out events will take place in Belfast,

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Edinburgh and London with artists presenting their taken on the

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To look at this from the perspective of an artist gets as a different

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view. This is the human face of conflict.

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Homes and businesses are being encouraged to turn their lights

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Bedwyr Williams hopes his art will shed some light on those who

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And on Monday, a national service of remembrance

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will be held at Llandaff Cathedral, marking the beginning of the war.

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Jamie will be there bringing you coverage

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of all the commemorative events taking place around Wales including

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That's Wales Today on Monday from 6.30.

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Here is the weather. We have got wet weather for a Saturday. By Sunday it

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will be drier and brighter. Tonight there are showers ahead. Overnight a

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band of heavy rain making its way up from the Southwest. The Met office

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has issued a yellow warning. Potential for localised flooding.

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First thing tomorrow morning it is a cloudy start. The rain is making its

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way northwards. Rain will continue to fall across parts of the North

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and West. It will feel cooler and fresher tomorrow. Tomorrow night the

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rainbow continue to fall across parts of the North and West. By

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Sunday morning we can look forward to drier conditions. It. Be fairly

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mild. Sunday is the better day of the weekend. There will be some

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sunshine, but it will be big easy. Monday is looking good. Just the odd

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isolated shower possible. By Tuesday there will be the return of Thunder

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the showers. The main news again. Families who

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believe their relatives were neglected in care homes are

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appealing to others to come forward with more evidence.

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Friends of the Earth is threatening legal action against the Welsh

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Government's plans to build a relief road around the M4.

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I will have an update after BBC News at ten. That is all for now.

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Goodbye.

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