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Welcome to Wales Today. Tonight's headlines.

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Steel fencing, diversions and road closures -

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The officer in charge says the security operation will be one

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People here in Cardiff are having to get used to disruption on the roads.

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We're told armed police will be on the streets to protect the VIPs

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This builder says he went bust, after being mis-sold

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30 people who have been with us since 19 96 have been told it is no

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longer a job for them. Welsh scientists make

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a cancer breakthrough. Hopes a new test may be used

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to help detect the disease. After 11 years with the Ospreys,

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Wales prop Adam Jones signs And an historic carnival which once

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drew thousands of people is making Almost 10,000 police officers

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will be working on one of the largest security operations

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in British history when the NATO The officer in charge says that

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the security to protect the 150 dignitaries, which include the

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President of the United States, is He also said that disruption to

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commuters in Cardiff will be unavoidable as miles

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of security fencing is being put up It's ten feet high and runs

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for eight miles. This steel fence is just part of

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the plan to keep NATO VIPs safe at The resort's new look has arrived

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on the streets of Cardiff too, protecting heads

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of state who will be wined Police say this is

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"uncharted territory". Never before will

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so many armed officers have been Some people may see armed patrols,

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but they will not be out in a way that makes people feel uneasy or a

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lamb 's people, it is very much in the background but it is there if we

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needed. The venue is being used are right in the heart of the city

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centre, which has unfortunately meant that we have to one lane out,

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but three lanes open. We have to maintain the traffic flow as best we

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can. But with security comes to structure and. A lot of people do

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not realise what is going on, and the first sign of it is when they

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are here. The people working in town have got the message, but there are

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still a lot of people coming in who do not know about it. We have had

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letters from the council saying there should be a lockdown, all

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sorts of things could happen. In the long run it could do us some

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favours, but in the short term I am just going to hold my breath and see

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how it goes, and go from there. Cardiff council had this advice

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for commuters and tourists We are asking people to try out

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public transport, this is We are asking people to try out

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opportunity to do it. But if you can avoid the traffic in the central

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zones, please do so, work at home or take the day off and spend it with

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the family. In two weeks, VIPs will be here for the NATO summit. More

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the family. In two weeks, VIPs will than 60 heads of state

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the family. In two weeks, VIPs will government. What are they doing here

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and elsewhere to cope with it? The resort's kitchens - one area

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where there's no room for error. We have the media, and the staff,

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2500 meals per day. Security has never been tighter. We did a foreign

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visitors event in 2005, and the Ryder Cup as security challenges,

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but this is by far much bigger, as you would well expect it to be.

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The hosts are confident things will runs smoothly here.

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The question is, what disruption awaits the

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surrounding areas on September the 4th, when NATO comes to Newport?

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Well, many of the evening events for the world leaders will be held

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in Cardiff, and the operation to construct the security fences is

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Any disruption to the traffic this evening, Paul?

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It is looking a lot better than it was yesterday, mostly because of the

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building of this sends. It runs from near the top of North Road, one of

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the main roads into Cardiff, all the way to Cardiff Castle and around. It

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essentially provides a layer of security for the delegates around

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two of the venues they will be dining in on the 4th of December, a

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reminder that although the NATO summit is based in Newport, it has

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repercussions across South East Wales. What else do we know about

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what is happening? We know that police officers from across Wales

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will be among the police officers here. They are talking about it

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being uncharted territory because of the sheer number of delegates, heads

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of state and VIPs they have to protect. Many officers will be

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armed, and they are stressing this will be done in a careful manner.

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They also warned that they will be facilitating peaceful protest, but

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anyone trying to scale dispenses to cause disruption will be arrested.

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Hotels from Swindon to Swansea have been booked up to accommodate

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everyone for the summit, but police say that despite their best efforts,

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some disruption over the coming weeks is inevitable.

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A Flintshire builder is seeking legal action against the Royal Bank

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It comes after his company was forced into liquidation when he was

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allegedly mis-sold a loan, guaranteed by the UK government.

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Clive May from Mold claims that the bank maintained he would only

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have to repay part of the debt if his business failed, with

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There now are calls for a review of the Enterprise Finance Guarantee

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It's back to the drawing board for Clive May after his 25-year-old

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construction firm with a ?2.2 million annual turnover collapsed.

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He was offered a loan by Natwest bank - part of the RBS group.

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It was an Enterprise Finance Guarantee, which

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the British Banking Association says is designed to give a guarantee to

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The UK government would act as a guarantor for 75% of the loan.

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It says the bank has to try to recover money

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from the business before it can claim on the government guarantee.

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The bank withdrew his loan offer shortly after,

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but cash flow problems forced the company into liquidation.

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Whilst companies believe they have a guarantee in place, it is not there.

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The banks will always try to recover all companies from a company or

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directors personally. You would only be liable for 25%, which is what I

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believed. Clive May had a number of

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high-profile contracts, including work on the Welsh Governments

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Llandudno Junction headquarters. But he was forced to lay

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off 30 staff and is slowly starting to rebuild

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his company and his reputation. When companies find themselves in

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difficulty, they have to pay 100% back, not what they had originally

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been told. It's not clear how widespread

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the problem is, but the Serious Fraud Office is considering

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if there's enough evidence to launch an investigation and there

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are calls for a review of the way The scheme is supposed to be about

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helping companies but in this case it has been the completely opposite.

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It has been mis-sold, which is a responsibility for the Department of

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business sponsoring the scheme, but also a responsibility for the bank.

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RBS has refused to comment for legal reasons but the BBA says the

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system is transparent and audited to make sure rules are followed.

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This may not be a mis-selling scandal on the scale of payment

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protection insurance, but if more businesses have also been forced

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to close as a result of how they were sold EFG it would be another

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A minibus driver hit and killed a cyclist while looking

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at photographs on his mobile phone, Cardiff Crown Court has heard.

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Andrzej Wojcicki, from Blackwood, was reported to have been looking

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at pictures of vintage sports cars, when he knocked Owain James off

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He denies causing death by dangerous driving in July last year.

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A spokesperson for Swansea University has apologised

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A-level student saw his results on their website several days before he

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Thousands of students or there is on Monday, -- on Thursday,

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but the student saw his last Monday, after logging into the

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last Thursday, but the student saw his last Monday, after logging into

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The University insists it was a single error

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A solar farm could be created on a sheep farm in the Gwynedd

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The project at Boduan, near Pwllheli on the Llyn peninsula,

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is to be explained to residents at an open evening.

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Lightsource said it hopes to generate enough energy to power

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2,800 homes with the 39,000-panel solar farm on 50

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It is being described as a breakthrough in the treatment

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Scientists from Wales have developed the first

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definitive test that can predict the survival of leukemia patients, and

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Now the findings could lead the way for patients with other

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forms of cancer to receive medical intervention

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these chromosomes in the human body. They are repeating sections of DNA.

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The role is to prevent our chromosomes from getting tangled up

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and malfunctioning. They length is crucial, if they are along the

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protect our body, but if they are shortly could lead to the spread of

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cancer. On this screen are cancer cells with very short chromosomes,

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and they are changing and evolving. The sales are dying, while the tiny

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cells have survived. The big one at the top is mutating, and made iron

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left, and if it lives it may go on to form an aggressive cancer. -- it

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mate died, and it made live. This laboratory can offer a definitive

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prognosis regarding an aggressive form of cancer, and if the patient

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needs urgent treatment. That can affect the patient directly, because

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if they have a good prognosis they do not need to worry so much about

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the disease, but if they have a poor prognosis they can prepare for the

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potential outcome of the disease. That means patients like this man

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will no longer have to face an uncertain future and the

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psychological effects that come with it. He was diagnosed with this type

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of leukaemia four years ago, and he still remembers that diagnosis. In

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the beginning it is traumatic. Anyone diagnosed with a life

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limiting disorder called leukaemia brings fear. And fear and

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confusion, it is a very difficult time. Now that scientists understand

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the basic way that the tumours are formed, it is hoped this will pave

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the way for treating other forms of cancer.

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Still to come in the programme this evening.

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It has been a bumper day of medals here, I will have all the details

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later. And

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the community getting ready to bring back the carnival that celebrates

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its music and cultural diversity. Women managers earn thousands

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of pounds a year less than their male counterparts, according

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to figures out today from The situation in Wales is better

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than in other parts of Britain, but women still earn on average ?4,000

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less year than men. Leslie now works for herself. She

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started in retail, but she said she felt underpaid and undervalued.

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There were some days that I would work from seven in the morning until

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seven in the evening, that is when I was promoted from sales assistant to

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supervisor. And it was worth 15p more per hour of my time. She is not

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alone. Survey found what it describes as a picture. On average,

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women managers earn around ?26,000 in year. Men are around 30,000.

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Organisations are beginning to tackle the gap when they see it, but

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there is still so much apathy and ignorance out there. Most people are

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not aware that the gap exists otherwise they would not be

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tolerating it. But because they do not know there is a difference

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between what they are being paid, they cannot tackle the issue. The

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searchers found that the gap is smaller the younger you are, which

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suggests things could be improving. But the fact that the gap is widest

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between people between 45 and 60 suggests it is because women take

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time off to have children. Here, they work with organisations to try

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to redress the balance. If we have to make real change, we have to go

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back to what is the cause of this? It is that different view of what is

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right for boys and girls, then what is right for men and women, what is

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expected of us in society? Leslie says her experience left her

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undervaluing herself. I said, if you want to make a living from this, you

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have to put up your prices, there is no justice here. The industry I

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worked for was female dominated, so my prices started so low, competing

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against women undervaluing their work. You end up in a loophole that

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is difficult to get out of. Now she is on track to making what she

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believes is the living she deserves. After 11 years at the Ospreys,

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the Wales and Lions prop Adam Jones because of the ongoing dispute

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between the WRU and the regions. Apparently this was not a hoax, he

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has officially signed for them, it was confirmed. It was instigated by

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his new coach, who has only been here for a week, and he was

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surprised that a player of his calibre had been left it in the

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wilderness. He got onto Warren Gatland, and within 48 hours, the

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deal had been struck. It is a mouthwatering prospect for blues

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fans because it reunites the Lions front role from 2009. What about the

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ospreys? He has been made 11 years, and all the indications seemed to be

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that is where he would return to. I have spoken to Adam Johnson self

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over the past few weeks, to the coach and the chief executive, who

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all seemed quietly confident that once this argument was resolved, he

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would call back to his old region, but obviously that has not been the

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case. They've released but obviously that has not been the

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worded statement saying they were disappointed with the decision he

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has made, and stressed they offered him two unconditional contract

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offers, as opposed to the third one, conditional on a new participation

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agreement being signed. The negotiations are still ongoing and

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we have talked in recent weeks about a strong sense of unity that has

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been forged between the four regions. Some people will think that

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the blues will have stolen him from under the noses of the ospreys, and

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the new season is only three weeks away. This may have stirred up some

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resentment. Thank you. There's been success for Welsh

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athletes, on day one of the IPC European Athletics Championships

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in Swansea, with two bronze medals. Laura Sugar, a former international

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hockey player, got a bronze Gold went to

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the Dutch athlete Marlow Van Rhine. And the third bronze went to Jordan

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Howe in the men's 100m T35 final. I knew it would be really tough. A

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lot of people have I knew it would be really tough. A

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this year, so I knew I just had to hang on. I thought, I might have got

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it. Expectations to perform. The time was not as great it is I wanted

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it to be, but I was in a headwind. -- not as great as I wanted.

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And the third bronze went to Jordan Howe in the men's 100m T35 final.

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Thank you. This has been a brilliant start to the championship. Rhys

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Jones is receiving his bronze medal on the podium. A lot of happy faces.

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Lots of Welsh flags as well. It is just the start of the championships,

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with 11 Welsh competitors here, who are doing really well so far. One

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man who knows all about the successes John Morgan. This is just

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the start. It has been a fantastic start for the championships. We have

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seen some real strength in terms of sprinters and four bronze medals. We

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have so much more to come. My voice has gone, I am so excited. There

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have been some great performances. Yes, we have a lot of kids coming

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through the Academy process. We will see a lot more medals this week. And

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there are big names still to come. It is going to be a brilliant week.

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One women who knows exact date how great this can be is Jordan's mum.

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You must be so proud, bronze medallist. I am ecstatic, over the

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moon for him. He is really happy. Looking forward to the 200 metres. I

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spoke to him earlier. He is very proud to be here in Swansea. Yes, he

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said if he won a medal, he wanted the Welsh flag, so make sure you

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bring one. So we made sure he had the flag so he could wave it. These

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four bronze medals are just the start here. Competitions go on until

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Saturday, so there are plenty more events to enjoy.

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Football, and there's a visit from Wigan for

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Cardiff City in the Championship this evening, while Newport County

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Meanwhile, still no news from Swansea City.

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They're waiting to complete the signing for Argentina international

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The Napoli centre-back is expected to make a ?7 million move.

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An historic carnival, which once drew thousands of people to Cardiff

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each year, is making a comeback after an absence of 16 years.

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to rival more famous festivals such as St Paul's and Notting Hill.

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celebrating the rich musical history and diverse culture of the area.

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For over... August 1998 saw the final parade. Betty Campbell was

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once a counsellor here and has fond memories of the annual --. -- the

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annual carnival. It was wonderful, memories of the annual --. -- the

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the music was blaring. Now with the committee of people hoping

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the music was blaring. Now with the recreate the memories, recognition

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of the history is also underway. By the start of the First World War,

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of the history is also underway. By people from over 50 different

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countries had made this place the home. Men were working in the docks

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and the industries around them. That a mix of cultures has made Butetown

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a melting pot of cultures and at for more than a century. A local singer

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grew up performing in the carnival. This year he has been working hard

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to bring it back. There will be a stage there, featuring local bands,

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and there will be a strong Butetown connection. The specific thing for

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this year is to work on the diversity and cohesion that there

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used to be in this community. The area is often characterised by

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negative attributes, so we wanted to have people talking about something

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more positive and constructive. The people have a world-class music

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festival on their doorstep, and the millennium Centre is working with

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the community to make the carnival a successful stop they will provide

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two stages. The heritage of Tiger Bay, no Butetown, is diverse, so it

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makes perfect sense that an organisation wants to showcase the

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best that Wales has still offer, among them Butetown residents. It

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has been 16 years since the chainsaw sites like these. It is all the new

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carnival will go from strength to strength.

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It doesn't feel like summer at the moment.

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Pleasant enough when the sun's out, but with a cool breeze.

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Over the next few days it's going to stay on the cool side with

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a mixture of sunny spells, scattered showers and chilly nights.

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The radar shows today's showers spreading southwards.

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Heavy in places, but a few places stayed dry.

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Pembrokeshire the driest part of Wales today.

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More dry, clear weather overnight, although a few showers will turn up

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Temperature inland falling as low as 5 Celsius.

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11 degrees on the north and west coasts.

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Tomorrow's chart shows low pressure over Scandinavia.

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High pressure over the Atlantic, and that means cool north-westerly

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Some sunshine but not dry everywhere.

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So a mixture of sunny spells and scattered showers tomorrow.

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Not as many showers as today, though.

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Temperatures like today - nothing special.

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14 to 17 Celsius, but if you can tuck yourself away in a corner out

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of the breeze and in the sunshine it will feel quite pleasant.

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If you're heading to the Pembrokeshire Show tomorrow,

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not that warm but a good chance it will stay dry with sunny spells.

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Into Thursday, and some dry weather and sunshine,

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Temperatures only 14 to 16 Celsius, with a breeze.

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Sunshine and scattered showers on Friday.

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The Bank Holiday weekend will bring some fine weather and sunshine,

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thanks to a ridge of high pressure, but it won't last.

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Looks like you'll need an umbrella handy on Bank Holiday Monday.

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Almost 10,000 police officers will be working on one

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of the largest security operations in British history when the NATO

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The officer in charge said that disruption to commuters in Cardiff

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will be unavoidable, as miles of security fencing is being put up

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And builder Clive May from Mold says he went bust,

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after being mis-sold a loan - guaranteed by the UK Government.

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Now he's taking the Royal bank of Scotland to court and there are

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calls for a review of the Enterprise Finance Guarantee scheme.

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We'll have an update at 8pm and more after the BBC News at Ten.

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