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A drug trafficker and fraudster from Swansea, who's been on the run for

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years, will be extradited to the UK after being caught in South Africa.

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Martin Evans, was jailed eight years ago but later absconded from prison.

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Back in the 90s Evans had conned investors in a south Wales ostrich

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He was one of the UKs most wanted criminals.

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After three years on the run and a global operation to find him

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Martin Evans walked into court and into the glare of the cameras .

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He was arrested in Johannesburg earlier this month - officers

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swooped while he was getting out of his car at a housing complex.

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But his life as a criminal goes back two decades

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when he set up this Ostrich farm in Dunvant near Swansea.

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He started the business after his double-glazing firm

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He promised investors big profits, but instead conned them out

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Before he came to trial, the former young Welsh businessman

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It was there that he masterminded a multi-million-pound drugs

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He was eventually caught in the United States and sentenced

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But then during a weekend release from prison in 2011 he disappeared.

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He went on the run for three years sparking an international

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Evans will remain in jail there until the Justice Minister agrees

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He told the court he won't be appealing the decision.

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The Welsh Government could get hundreds of millions of pounds

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in top up payments under a pledge announced by the Liberal Democrats.

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The party claims that if it forms part

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of a coalition after the general election it would try to address

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concerns over the Barnett Formula - which is the way that Westminster

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Here's our Political Editor Nick Servini.

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It calculates how much money the Welsh Government has to spend

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The Barnett formula has been with us since the 1970s

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but a report five years ago said it was leaving Wales short-changed

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The First Minister has laid out his route map about the way Wales should

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Sensitivity over the way Westminster funds Scotland in the run up to

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the referendum has meant the many calls to reform Barnett in

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If there's a repeat of 2010 after next year's general election

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and the Lib Dems form a coalition at Westminster they

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claim it'll be a priority for the party in any coalition talks.

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I see this commitment in the manifesto as key. It recognises that

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Wales is poorly funded and proposes what we can do about it.

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key to us about taking

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There are still plenty of hurdles but there could be big implications

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You have got to sell it to the English public that anybody

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underfunded gets a top up but somebody who is overfunded does not

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pay anything back. Nice work if you can get it that I do not know how

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that will play. There could be big implications if it happens.

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The first minister Carwyn Jones says the lack of what he calls fair

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funding from London is the main reason why he doesn't want Welsh

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Government ministers here in Cardiff to have any control over income tax.

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If there is a more generous settlement then it

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could open the door for ministers here to have control of some

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The funding of devolved governments is being thrown into focus

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by the Scottish referendum - this is the first pledge on it

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by any of the parties ahead of the general election - expect there

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Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth has been appointed as a Government Whip

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The former Welsh Conservative leader's duties Duties will include

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managing the UK Government's legislative programme in the Lords.

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Nick Bourne is one of five Wales-based members

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A coroner's inquiry into the death of Arthur Jones, who died

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during a walking holiday in Crete has been opened and adjourned.

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The 73 year old from Denbigh went missing on the

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Today's hearing was told it still isn't known what caused

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his death but anything criminal had been ruled out.

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The organisers of a long distance endurance race

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had to cut short a kayaking leg after competitors encountered strong

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The event is a six hundred kilometre race through Wales involving kayaks,

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After leaving Caernarfon to paddle to Llanfairfechan competitors were

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forced to come ashore in Bangor and complete the journey by road.

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The owner of Murco has reached an agreement to

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sell the company's filling stations to for ?200 million.

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The news comes less than a fortnight after Murphy Oil

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revealed it was also selling the Murco refinery in Milford Haven

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A new company coming at it now in the form of motor fuel will put its

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own business model on to the garage and that business model provides

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users with more services than just filling up a tank, and yields on the

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convenience stores and that sort of thing that exists in many of these

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garages already. Gareth Bale has been training

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tonight back home in Wales with his Real Madrid team-mates ahead of

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the UEFA Super Cup match tomorrow. The game at the Cardiff City Stadium

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will see Real - the European Champions - face Sevilla - who won

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the Europa League last season. It is great to be back home but the

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most important thing is to win the game and be prepared, it is a title

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we want to win. Yes, we need to focus on that and not too much on

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anything else. We need to work hard as a team and hopefully we will get

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the trophy. Meanwhile - Dutch side Utrecht have

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confirmed they have reported Swansea City to FIFA over

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the transfer of their former player They claim they are due 30 percent

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of the fee the Swans received for the goalkeeper - an agreement

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Utrecht say was struck when they Swansea City say

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the transfer was conducted properly Now for the weather. Not to summary

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more showers on the way. -- summary. Heavy showers continue to feed in to

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the Bristol Channel. Breezy on the coast, lighter winds inland. We have

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a few flood warnings in force as well. That is due to the combination

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of high tides and onshore winds. Low pressure tomorrow near Shetland,

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that is the remains of the horror came -- how hurricane. Across the

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rest of the UK, more rain to come in Scotland to morrow. Turning Shara

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Read through the day with the rain heavy in western Scotland. England,

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Wales and Northern Ireland, a mixture of sunshine and showers.

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They could be heavy with thunder. Only 14 Celsius in Glasgow. A more

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respectable 21 Celsius. In Wales, a mixture of sunshine and showers.

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Again, some heavy showers and the risk of thunder. If you are lucky,

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you will get away with a dry afternoon. Gusty winds through the

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showers. At the Anglesey show, a dry morning, sunny spells and breezy.

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Breezy on Wednesday as well with a mixture of sunshine and showers.

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Highest temperatures in Monmouthshire at 20 Celsius. Still

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quite easy. Into Thursday, further showers but hopefully drier and

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brighter on Friday with more in the way of sunshine. Derek, thank you.

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