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Welcome to Wales Today from Llandaff Cathedral.

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The First Minister Carwyn Jones joins other political leaders

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in tribute to the Welsh fallen of the First World War.

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Nobody knew how many lives could be lost but we have to remember and

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understand how it all started in order to avoid it happening again.

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This evening last minute rehearsals are taking place before tonight's

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We'll be travelling across the country to learn how

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Wales dealt with the outbreak of war 100 years ago.

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Also tonight - the family of pensioner, Arthur

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Jones, who went missing six weeks ago while walking on Crete, are told

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It is deeply upsetting and a big shock to receive some news but

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comforting to know he was doing something he enjoyed.

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The first ever lifetime sports ban for this father of five boxers after

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And confusion on day one of the temporary closures on this M4

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It's aimed at cutting congestion at Port Talbot -

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Good evening and welcome to Llandaff Cathedral.

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Last minute rehearsals are taking place now before tonight's

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National Service of Commemoration marking the beginning of the First

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The declaration of war came at 11 o'clock in the evening and

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for an hour tonight, lights will be put out in public buildings

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By the end of the war in 1918 around 40,000 soldiers from Wales had died.

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Inside the cathedral, a rehearsal and they they will not be a

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celebration but commemoration. The thoughts here will turn to the Welsh

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who marched off to war a century ago. A time to reflect on past and

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to pray peace now. Earlier, the First Minister was in Glasgow where

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he joined the Prince of Wales and political leaders. It is a day to

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remember. Nobody knew what would happen and how many lives would be

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lost and it is important that we remember those who died and

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understand how it all started in order to avoid it happening again.

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It is a service of thanking God that we live in a country where ever it

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is possible to have freedom and for people to say what their -- they

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like. There is a note of repentance because to be involved in war is

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always to be involved in sin and therefore it is right that we should

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repent of our part in that and also to dedicate ourselves to fight for

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peace. Reminders of the great War and horrors all around us in cities

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and towns and villages across Wales. War memorials stand in

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testament to a terrible loss. Tens of thousands from Wales never came

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home and the sacrifice is not lost on succeeding generations. We need

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to remember things that have happened in the past. My father

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volunteered. He was wounded, gassed and he lived until he was 57. It

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means a lot to me. Susan has travelled from her home in Spain to

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join the commemorations. We didn't know a lot about him. They told us

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he had died and was buried in Belgium. 1918, he died, towards the

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end of the war. He was 23. There was a set of brothers that we didn't

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know about and we found out all sorts of things about the family. On

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August 14 -- August the 4th, 1914, people lined the streets. Few would

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imagine the slaughter that was to come. Slowly changing the faces of

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those that went to war and they will be projected onto a wall in Bangla

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tonight. This is one of dozens of events taking place across Wales.

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Tonight, between ten and 11, we are all being asked to switch off our

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lights to mark the moment war was declared. In Denbighshire, there

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would be a torchlit walk. There will be a vigil for peace in Carmarthen.

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Candles will light a procession through the streets of Newtown.

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There are 200 events in Wales and there are hundreds in the UK. It is

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a time for reflection of what the loss is worth 100 years ago and

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continue today. What they endured is also unimaginable and they are not

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forgotten. Roger is with me now. There are 350 people coming from all

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walks of Welsh life. The Royal family will be represented by the

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Duke and Duchess of Gloucester. Carwyn Jones will be here and will

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read from a poem. The service does two things. It deals with the events

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of 100 years ago but also deals with the here and now and there will be a

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message of peace and goodwill for today presented by representatives

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of the Welsh league of youth. This is one of those events that really

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we have to look ahead to. The focus will come towards the end of the

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service when there will be a period of silence, the cathedral will be

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lit by a single candle and at 11 o'clock, the moment that war was

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declared, a Bell will toll out across the city.

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This is the first of a few events that will span over many years.

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At the moment, exhibitions opening in village halls, museums and

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galleries throughout Wales but it is also affecting individual farmers.

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People are looking at their own family history and the roles that

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they played in the First World War. Next week the focus for Wales will

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turn to Flanders and Belgium with the new Welsh memorial that will be

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dedicated and unveiled. I can faintly hear the musicians

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tuning up in the cathedral behind me. Our reporters have been combing

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the archives to find the remarkable stories of communities across Wales

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from 100 years ago. First, back to the studio.

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Tests are being carried out on a body found on Crete, to

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establish if it's that of missing Denbigh pensioner, Arthur Jones.

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The 73-year-old was last seen six weeks ago, after telling relatives

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Former soldier Arthur Jones regularly took off on energetic solo

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He told his family in a postcard that he was off to

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explore the hills around Chania on Crete shortly after arriving.

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But after leaving the hotel on 19th June hadn't been seen again.

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A man's body has been discovered under a tree near the resort.

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Tests are being carried out to establish if it's that

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The body of a man was found sitting under a tree. The theory we had was

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that he had gone out for a walk and had suffered some medical episode

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and might have been seeking shade. We were informed that a body has

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been found believed to be that of my father, Arthur Jones. It is deeply

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upsetting and a big shock to finally receive some news but comforting to

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know that he was doing something he enjoyed.

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Arthur Jones' disappearance prompted a major social media campaign.

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People from across the world posted pictures to highlight the search

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and the Prime Minister was asked to do more to help.

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A mountain rescue expert and two police missing persons

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specialists from North Wales went to Crete to offer their expertise.

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The global effort to find Arthur may have reached a tragic conclusion but

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his family want to pay tribute to all those who did their bit to help.

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The father of five boxers from Risca, near Newport, has been

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banned for life from all sport after admitting supplying steroids.

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Philip Tinklin is the first person to be given

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His 20-year-old daughter, Sophie Tinklin,

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who's a Welsh Amateur champion boxer has been given a four year ban.

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Philip Tinklin has been involved in boxing in south-east Wales for years

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but today he is beginning a lifetime ban from all sport for supplying

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steroids. His daughter, Sophie, a Welsh woman's champion last year has

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been banned for four years. Today, UK anti-doping described their

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enterprise as a family business. The panel doesn't and out lifetime

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sanctions for nothing and they chose to see this as a significant network

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which is exactly how we pitched it to them and as a result, we have a

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lifetime ban. It wasn't just a kitchen table operation, it was a

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significant steroid network. 3000 tablets similar to this were found

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at his house. Earlier this year he pleaded guilty at Cardiff Crown

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Court to one count of supplying anabolic steroids. Philip Tinklin

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drove and accompanied all five of his children to boxing competitions

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and to training including here. He wasn't registered coach but was

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considered so involved in there that he fell -- fell into anti-doping

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rules. It is something against our own anti-doping policy and if that

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is the case, the band is well-deserved. Philip Tinklin's case

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follows the man handed to Dean, who was banned. BBC Wales has tried to

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speak to Philip Tinklin but hasn't been able to get a response. A

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Cottage in Powys will be knocked down. It is where April Jones was

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murdered by Mr Bridger in 2012. They say the house has been a constant

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reminder and the demolition would be a huge weight of the family's minds.

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A convicted drug trafficker from Swansea, who's been on the run

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for more than three years, will appear before an extradition court

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in South Africa next month, after being arrested in Johannesburg.

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Fugitive, Martin Evans, was apprehended by Interpol

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at the weekend, in a joint operation with the National Crime Agency.

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He ran a multi-million pound cocaine operation and an Ostrich farming

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scam which conned Welsh investors out of nearly ?1 million.

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The controversial twice-a-day closure of a slip road on the M4

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For the next eight months, Junction 41 of the westbound

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motorway will close for two hours on weekday mornings and evenings

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But local businesses are concerned it could harm the town's economy.

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Traffic running smoothly around Port Talbot but it can be

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bumper-to-bumper. A new skink started today to control the flow of

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traffic onto the motorway but not everyone has read the signs. This is

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the scene that will greets drivers as they try to join the M4 between

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me hours of seven in the morning and nine and 4pm until 6pm in the

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evening. The Welsh government road back in the face of opposition. Shop

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owners like Steve are concerned about the impact on local

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businesses. We have gone through the toughest recession I have ever known

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and we could do without any hindrance at the moment. As we told

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regularly come big green shoots are there but if you are going to stop

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people coming to Port Talbot, these will cause us concerns. He is not

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alone. 23,000 people signed petitions calling for a rethink of

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the scheme and local politicians are also concerned. I understand the

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congestion issues but I would like to see the average speed cameras put

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in first to see if that will do the flow of traffic better in the first

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instance. Others think the junction should be closed completely.

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Disjunction is not able to take the capacity. It is slowing traffic down

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and they should not have been built this way at all. The Welsh

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government say it will decide the future at the end of the trial

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period, a period that may take some drivers some time to get used to.

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Europe's largest cultural festival, the National Eisteddfod,

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It costs more than ?3 million to stage, and this year,

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it's benefiting from an extra ?90,000, in a bid to help the event

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Things are winding down now after a busy day. You can see a few buses

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have pulled up to take visitors away. Thousands have spent the day

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here making the most of the warm weather and enjoying the fierce

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competition in the pavilion. The aim now is for Eisteddfod to develop and

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modernise so even more people are tempted to come along and enjoy

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everything that this travelling festival has two offer. There was a

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warm welcome for the thousands of people who came through the

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Eisteddfod gates to enjoy a Europe's largest cultural festival.

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The roots go back 800 years, preserving that history and

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tradition whilst also putting on a show for the 21st-century is a

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delicate balancing act. Two years ago, the Welsh government set up a

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task force to look at ways of modernising Eisteddfod. Top of the

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recommendations was that it continues to travel throughout

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Wales, bring economic and cultural benefits to communities across the

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country. In 2010, the festival was worth ?7 million to the economy when

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it was held in Ebbw Vale. A travelling Eisteddfod can present

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challenges. Fundraising in the area is one. That hasn't been a problem

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this year. The local organising committee were set a target of

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?320,000. It has raised more than ?400,000. Residents gathered for the

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launch of a book marking 70 years since Eisteddfod visited the

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community. Here, they have done their bit to swell the coppers. It

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is important so we pass on the traditions and the Welsh culture to

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our children and to our children's children. We have to keep our

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traditions going. As an ex-Welsh teacher, it is an extremely

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important. Of the recommendations for modernising the festival include

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appointing a new artistic director, looking at the competitions and

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looking at a digital strategy. The Welsh government has given

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Eisteddfod ?90,000 to help implement the changes. What did you make of

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the recommendations? I was pleased with them. I am a little bit tired

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of the word, modernisation. What it needs to do and what it has been

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doing is trying to adapt the festival to cater for the needs of

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today's customers. How well the Guto Dafydd's organisers will do that is

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how many visit in the future. The main prize on offer today was the

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Crown, ordered for the best poem written on free verse.

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The winner was 24-year-old Guto Dafydd from Pwllheli in north Wales.

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32 poets entered the competition but the judges said in the end their

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Tomorrow we'll find out if anyone's won the Daniel Owen

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That's it from the maes for this evening.

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And you can keep up to date with all the events, online.

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There's live coverage of all the action from the pavilion,

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with English commentary, as well as results, video highlights

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We can return now to Llandaff Cathedral and to Jamie Owen.

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War was declared 100 years ago today.

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Our reporters have been leafing through local papers,

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rummaging in the archives to find out how the people in our towns

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The everyday, the ordinary, the piece, on about to be shattered.

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Wales was at war. Army reserves raced to the local headwaters to

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report for duty and here in left -- in an athlete, young man like Tom

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Jeffries rushed to sign up and become soldiers, much to his mum's

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distress. When I told her I was starting the Army, she started to

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cry. When Mr Bell left for Plymouth, his wife was said to be so

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distraught, she fell apart on the platform moving bystanders to tears

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and she wasn't the only one troubled by the war.

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In Rhondda, every pitch was closed. The miners had refused a request to

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cut short a holiday and returned to work to supply the Navy with extra

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coal. They said they had taken no part in encouraging war but

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attitudes soon changed. One of the leaders signed up on August four.

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Such was his zeal for the war that the army kept him here as a

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recruitment sergeant. Within a month, 3000 men had signed up. The

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entire band enlisted together. Only 24 hours earlier, thousands of

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day-trippers were enjoying a brass band, edition here on Barry Island

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but now guns and searchlights from this spot swept the channel looking

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for German ships and they spotted one. The Navy gave chase. Along the

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coast in this area, there was an order that landlord John Jones

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should hand over his horse to the Army. He was having none of it and

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yelled and through the papers out of the window and landed himself a

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fine. Most were supportive of the war effort. 40 women used to make

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clothes for injured soldiers to wear in hospital. At this hospital, the

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Royal Gwent, Lydia Richard limited. -- Lillian Richards enlisted. Mr

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Price went back on his word and 4000 people gathered outside a shop, some

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of them throwing stones because he increased the price of bread. Police

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had to be called to con the crowds. Money was an issue also. Some

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tourists cancelled their holiday. Foreign visitors were no longer

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welcome here. A German was arrested in his digs will stop a tent up on

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the great hill. Armed guards had shot at a man, a spy perhaps,

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looking at the reservoir. There was also news that Cardiff RFC had

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cancelled all the fixtures. The national game was on hold as players

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moved to other fields in far-away places. It will be over by

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Christmas, some said. This had a better hunch about what lay ahead.

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At present, nothing short of a miracle can prevent the destruction

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of the greater part of Europe. Our reporters on how communities across

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Wales received the news of the outbreak of the First World War 100

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years ago. Chris Williams has written extensively on this period.

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Take us back to the wails of 100 years ago. What was it like? It was

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strong and had a great deal of optimism looking to the future. A

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co-production was at a record high and you had important Welsh

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politicians and government. Howdy society change? Society doesn't

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change as fast as that. What changes is Wales before the war had been a

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liberal voting country. By the 1920s, it was voting Labour and the

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Liberal party is a shadow of its former self. Wales on the eve of the

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First World War was a nonconformist nation, the nonconformist churches

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were in a strong position and a great deal of doubt about Christian

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faith and the position of the Welsh churches as a consequence of the

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conflict. We think of Wales as a confident country. This was a con --

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confident country. A Welsh Prime Minister who would win the First

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World War. David Lloyd should -- David Lloyd ends up Prime Minister

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of great Britain, the first Welshman to be Prime Minister. Wales plays a

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great part in the war. The Welsh division is raised in 1915, the

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Welsh Guards are formed and there is a sense in which way -- Wales

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contributes to the war effort as an equal partner. How should we

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remember this night 100 years ago? We should remember it with

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sombreness because this was the beginning of an enormous conflict

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that would encapsulates the entire country and change Wales forever. It

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is a glorious evening here. Now for the weather forecast.

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It is a dry and sunny evening across most of Wales. It is not dry

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everywhere. There has been a few showers around. This evening, any

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remaining showers will die away leaving a dry and clear night, a

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fume mist patches and later on tonight, there's one or two showers

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and family turn up in some areas. -- few mist patches. We have a pleasant

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start for the north and east, dry and bright with some sunshine. As we

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travel further south and west, it is more cloudy with some showers that

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may be on the heavy side. During the day, these showers will spread

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eastwards across the country and they could be heavy in places. The

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showers are hit and miss with some -- hit and miss with some wet

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patches around. Temperatures around 21 Celsius. If you are heading to

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Eisteddfod tomorrow, showers are likely. However, it should brighten

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up late in the afternoon. Tomorrow evening, we have a few scattered

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showers and then rain will spread across the country overnight. It is

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generally ten millimetres. Wednesday will start off wet but the rain will

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clear the way eastwards. We have brighter weather following with some

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sunshine. Thursday is more settled and most places are dry.

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Temperatures around 18 Celsius. Changeable weather this week and

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some rain and showers but some fine and sunny weather as well.

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That's commemorative service begins at Llandaff Cathedral and you can

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watch it and listen on TV and radio. Good night.

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