17/08/2014 BBC Wales Today

to his Olympic and Commonwealth titles. There were three relay gold

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A weekend of Welsh World War I commemorations in Flanders has ended

tonight with a choir singing at the Last Post ceremony

Earlier, hundreds from Wales attended a service at the grave

of the poet Hedd Wyn, who was one of hundreds of Welsh

soldiers killed on the first day of the Battle of Paschendale in 1917.

The tenor Rhys Meirion singing an old Welsh hymn.

In the swelling crowd at the Menin Gate tonight, so many Welsh faces.

On the memorial are named more than 50,000

This has been a weekend of special significant for Wales in Flanders.

A weekend which has seen the unveiling of

Unveiled by the Welsh First Minister, Carwyn Jones,

and his Flemish counterpart, it looks out now across ground

which was once a battlefield where the Welsh fought and died.

The new Welsh memorial is the product of four years of fundraising

But looking at this now, I'm just flabbergasted that we've

Everybody else thinks it's magnificent.

This memorial is for everybody who contributed at that time.

It's our national war memorial in this part of the world.

Many of the more than 1,000 who attended the unveiling were

The memorial is the first for Wales in Flanders and commemorates all

those men and women who took part in the First World War.

I thought it was absolutely wonderful.

Very moving, but a brilliant, brilliant day.

I wouldn't have missed it for the world.

Earlier today, hundreds attended a service at the

grave of the poet Hedd Wyn and in honouring him, they were honouring

I've been moved so many times in this particular Artillery Wood.

Every time you come through that arch way, it moves you,

This evening in Ypres a unique weekend of Welsh

commemoration in Flanders has been brought to a close.

Urgent action is needed to attract more nurses to work

in care homes across Wales, according to a campaign group.

Care Forum Wales say a shortage of nurses is at risk of becoming

a crisis after it emerged two homes in the Bridgend area are to close

The Welsh Government said it would work to ensure the care

and safety of residents in the homes that are closing.

A four-year-old boy has been rescued from Swansea Marina after a man,

who was eating at a nearby restaurant, saw him fall in.

The local man jumped into the water to save

the child yesterday evening after he wandered away from his mother.

Paramedics then took the youngster to Morriston Hospital for checks.

Doctors say a Welsh rally co-driver, injured in a crash

which killed his team-mate, is in a comfortable condition in hospital.

Dai Roberts, from Carmarthen, was airlifted to hospital in Belfast

Driver Timothy Cathcart was killed in the crash.

Dai Robert's brother, Gareth, was killed while competing in a rally

and on Day Three of their County Championship match against Essex,

They need another 111 runs, with two wickets remaining,

Here's Sara Thornton with the forecast.

A windy day today. That wind will remain a constant in our weather for

the next couple of days. It will make us feel cool at times.

Temperatures in double figures tomorrow. Cooler in the countryside.

That wind will be persisting. Showers first thing. They will clear

to the south and east. It will improve as we go through the

afternoon 16-17 Celsius. We will run the risk of showers at times and

chilly nights too. We'll have all

the latest with updates from 6.00am A northerly wind is never a welcome

visitor across the shores of the UK. And particularly