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Sonia Powell died while waiting in a queue of ambulances outside

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Her family says the system let her down.

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She at least deserve to be in a bed. Nobody deserves to die outside a

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hospital. It comes as the Health Minister Mark

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Drakeford admits the NHS It seemed

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like a golden opportunity - but an illegal pyramid scheme left victims

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thousands of pounds out of pocket. It makes you really angry that there

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are people out there who would do this to ordinary people who work

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hard. After less than nine months

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in charge, Cardiff City confirms that manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

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has left the club. The golf is underway probably for

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the last time here, but our home-grown golf star is here to try

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to win back it. The family

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of a 73-year-old woman who died in the back of an ambulance outside

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Morriston hospital in Swansea say they've been let down by a health

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system that's struggling to cope. Sonia Powell died before

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a bed could be found for her. Today the Health Minster admitted

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the Welsh NHS is Our health correspondent

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Owain Clarke reports: These scenes are more common eight

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midwinter then mid-September, but worrying at any time. There were

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scores of ambulances here outside of the hospital and in one of them,

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Sonia Powell, mother of five and grandmother of 14, died. She had

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been transferred from a nearby hospital after a heart attack. But

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no bed could be found for her. The doctor was in there and he was

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facing my aunt and my aunt said to him, she's gone, she's died. I'm

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sorry... They turned to Dan and they checked her and they said, yes, she

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was dead, she was gone. It was the worst feeling ever because she at

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least deserve to be in a bed. Nobody deserves to die outside a hospital.

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The Ambulance Services have launched an investigation but insist that

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Sonia Powell was assessed by a doctor three minutes after the

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ambulance arrived. They said a doctor also stayed with her until

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her death a half-hour later. That family argued that simply wasn't the

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case. Nobody came to see my mum until four minutes before she passed

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away. Are you certain about that? A certain. I was standing there. We

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were all standing there. Yesterday, the British medical Association in

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Wales wanted the whole NHS should be warned that they could be in

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meltdown. All of the reports about these concerns about safety for

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patients highlight not listening to doctors, not listening to nurses,

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and that has resulted in patient harm. This is a growing list of

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organisations calling for an independent inquiry into the state

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of the Welsh NHS. The government says that isn't needed because it

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has enough safeguards to warn when something is wrong. But the health

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minister admits there is a huge strain on the NHS. It is a system

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under pressure. The age of austerity is a real. The demand goes up and

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our ability to meet the demand with our resources is compromised with

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the budget cuts that we face. The big picture story however is of a

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resilient service. Before Sonia Powell's to death, this family was

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already grieving. Her sister died of cancer just hours earlier. They

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blame funding cuts. Things get cut back in hospitals all the time and

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the ambulance drivers that were with my grandmother, they said they

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couldn't do anymore for her. They were so good with her. The impact is

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plain to see of an emergency service that, at least yesterday, couldn't

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cope. Six women have been convicted

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of operating a "pyramid" scheme in which thousands of investors

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in South Wales lost money. Investigators say more than ?20

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million was invested by around 10,000 people across South East

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Wales and the South West of England. What happened here five years

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ago is barely talked about now. People have said it has been

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brushed under the carpet. But the effect here and

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in other towns has bitten a deep. Run mainly from people's homes

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at meetings like this, the scheme It's invite only and it's people

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introducing friends and family... But it cost those same friends

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and family thousands - for some I went in a house, I can't remember

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where it is specifically, The lady said to us,

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if you want to ask questions to get But I just gave her this ?3000 in a

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little brown envelope and that went and was put in a dish for that

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person then to have that night. Starting with one person at the top,

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they bring in two friends, who then recruit two friends and

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they in turn recruit two friends. The eight at the bottom each pay

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?3000 to the one at the top. That person gets more than ?24,000,

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but if the people at the top now are to get their money, soon you

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need millions of new members or It's too good to be true, and it IS

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too good to be true, so don't do it. It doesn't matter

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if it's a friend or a relative, Some people will make some

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money from it, but the majority Members were told it was safe

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and legal. It became the first pyramid scheme

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prosecution under new consumer laws. Today, the last of six women from

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the Bristol area were convicted for For so many, the lure of money

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for nothing seemed like a golden opportunity, but thousands

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across this area lost their money. Cardiff City manager Ole Gunnar

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Solskjaer has stepped down after It comes after a recent run

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of poor form for the Bluebirds. Although amicable,

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both the club and Solksjaer say they're parting company because

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of differences in philosophy. It's been a difficult nine months

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for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. He was brought in to help fight relegation

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from the Premier League, it was a battle he ultimately lost. Although

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the owner says he backed him in the transfer market, with three defeats

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in seven games this season, the writing has been on the wall. It was

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a different story when he joined the club in January. Fresh from success

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in Norway, he was brought in to replace the previous manager. He

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said it was a challenge that excited him. I always dreamt of being a

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manager in the Premier League. I always said I would. Now I am here

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and it is up to me to prove that I am up to the level. But he wasn't.

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The stats speak for themselves. 30 games with nine wins, and 16 losses.

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The results showed that things weren't well. It has been a

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difficult time for him from the Premier League relegation and I

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thought at the time he was the wrong appointment. The club and the owners

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say this is about more than just results. His parts are -- his

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departure is very amicable, but this is about a difference in philosophy

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or who is in charge of what in the club. They are trying to force a

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continental style into Cardiff City and then have the coach just coach

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of the first team. A lot of the foreign coaches, that is how they

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are trained to work and then there are restrictions. A lot of the

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British managers coach differently. Dundee manager Paul Hartley was

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approached for the job, but he wasn't interested. Now the Welsh

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manager is the favourite. He is available after leaving Crystal

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Palace, but whether his hands-on style would be good for Cardiff

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City, it's not sure. Now the team has to rally for Saturday's game on

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Saturday. We can talk now to our football

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correspondent Rob Phillips. This isn't much of a surprise. No,

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they had a terrible performance against Middlesbrough. The statement

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today underlines a blur about whether Ole Gunnar Solskjaer jumped

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or whether he was pushed. I have to say it was a very warm statement and

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that is one of the reasons why we don't know if the manager went of

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his own choice or whether he was forced out because they want Ole

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Gunnar Solskjaer to leave the club with his head held high and his

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reputation intact. There is nothing like an amicable divorce, but this

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is as close as we will get to it. We heard about this difference in

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philosophy. What do you make of that? This is about the difference

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in philosophy about how to run the club and that is why Ole Gunnar

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Solskjaer eight lanes wide he should step aside. I have tried to find out

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what the interpretation of this is, but the closest I had is that in

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British football, he played under Sir Alex Ferguson, he was the

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manager. On the continent, it was slightly different. They appoint a

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head coach and they have somebody else running the Academy, somebody

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else running the scouting system, maybe a director of football as

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well. This is how the club wants to go now. The other way of looking at

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it is maybe the owner wants to interfere more and that could be

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something that may concern people. Now the talk turns to who is going

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to get the job. Is the job in attractive prospect? On one level,

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definitely. Whatever you say about Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's managerial

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record, he assembled a very good championship squad Hugh is not

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performing the way they showed. The club have acted now because they

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feel they squad, the current players, can go on a run and sustain

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a promotion campaign even though they are 17th in the table at the

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moment. That would be attractive. The problem they have is that the

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reputation the owner has... There is always somebody ready for the job.

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It seems now they want a head coach rather than a manager. Interesting.

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Thank you. The Welsh Government wants local

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authorities to consider voluntary mergers rather than

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being forced to join each other. It wants to reduce the number

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of councils from 22 to around 12 and is asking for responses

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by the end of November. Conwy and Denbighshire are the first

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to agree to begin discussions. It's a decision all

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of our local authorities will have to make sooner or later -

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whether to move in step with their neighbours voluntarily, or wait

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until changes are forced under plans It's nobody's first choice,

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but heavy financial cuts are Conwy Council voted today to begin

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negotiations with Denbighshire which has already expressed

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an interest in joining together. If we dug our heels in for a couple

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of years, everything would happen in less time. At least now, by looking

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at it less time. At least now, by looking

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extra time to We are

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merging now, but make no mistake about it. We will legislate to

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reduce the amount of councils, two reduce the amount of burden.

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Recommendations are for councils to express their interest by the end

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of November, with plans to implement changes by 2018.

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But not everyone is playing the dating game, Wrexham has said

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a merger with Flintshire is not on the cards and can stand alone.

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Some are concerned that council tax will rise for those currently paying

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the least in their prospective partnerships, but overall savings

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A warning it's linked to an increased risk of diabetes

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And it's the final time the Wales Open will be staged at

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the Celtic Manor in Newport - there are high hopes for a home-grown

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A Welsh paint manufacturer is challenging the European Union

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The EU's Chemical Agency is considering a ban

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on pigments containing cadmium to prevent harmful chemicals entering

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But those who make and use the paint say the risks are

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This is a very warm orange need with the red and yellow.

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These vibrant yellows and reds are vital to Julia Brooker's work.

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The Cardiff-based artist has an international reputation

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and has exhibited in London, New York and the Far East.

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Painted on aluminium, her abstract work graces

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the walls of some of the world's leading hotels and corporate HQs.

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But the European Union is considering

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a ban on cadmium-based paints, which would make some of her work

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A lot of my paintings are actually going to go to the Hong Kong, they

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As you can see, are absolutely gorgeous.

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I am quite worried because my customers, most of

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my customers, aren't in the EU and I don't think they will understand

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if I say to them, actually, your yellow and red paintings are

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Cadmium is an extremely toxic metal and inhaling it can lead to

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Its main industrial use today is in the manufacture

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The sheer numbers of spent batteries in landfill has the potential for

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But the EU's Chemical Agency is now considering whether an artist

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cleaning out brushes in the sink is also producing hazardous waste.

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The paint manufacturers say it isn't.

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Cadmium pigments these days are made with such low solubility

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It even has food contact approval and it is used in casserole dishes

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that we all know and love, the yellows and the oranges.

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The EU's public consultation exercise ends tomorrow and here

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at Spectrum's Cwmbran factory they've been spearheading

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They were made in the 1840s and were instantly embraced because they

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didn't fade the same way over time. Many paintings, any good painters

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that have lasted a hundred years, if they are a good orange or good

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read, they will be this paint. Even though we are only

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a relatively small company here in Wales, we have sent the message

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out to artists across Europe and America and, through blogs and

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tweets, to people to South Africa. We have had

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so many people getting in touch They'd like Brussels to give artists

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paints a special dispensation. If they fail,

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the paint could be outlawed The dangers of lead-based paints are

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well-known, but paint manufacturers and artists believe that these

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paints pose no health risks at all and they say that if the EU

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banned them, the world will be There's a warning today that many of

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us are sitting for too long at work, which is linked to an increased

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risk of illnesses, including Academics and public health experts

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held a seminar in Pontypridd earlier, looking at ways

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of tackling the problem. Public health experts say we're

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doing too much of this - The majority of us now work

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in sedentary jobs, where more than three quarters of

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the working day is spent sitting. This is linked to an increased risk

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of Type 2 diabetes, obesity, The evidence around the mechanisms

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of this is pretty new, but it is thought that prolonged periods of

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sitting can slow down or stall certain biological processes as a

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result of our large muscles not being engaged.

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Some sales staff at call centres choose to stand up, but this isn't

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At Cardiff University?s Public Health Improvement Centre, they've

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started using standing desks, which are more commonplace in the United

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When I worked at home, I haven't got a standing desk at home, I find

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myself feeling really said it three -- sore and having back pain. There

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are benefits that you really notice after using it for a while.

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At this seminar on the risks of sedentary behaviour in Pontypridd

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today, speakers and delegates were leading by example by standing up.

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And some employers there have already got the message.

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We've started the challenge, we give everybody the odometer is and we

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track our steps daily and take part in challenges such as walking the

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Welsh coastal path. We are encouraging people to deliver calls

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and messages in person rather than through the internal system.

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Health experts say we can all make improvements at work,

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by getting up and moving at least once every half an hour.

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They say even small changes, like using printers,

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kitchens and bins that are further away, can make a big difference.

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The Wales Open golf tournament has been a staple

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of the Welsh sporting calendar since the turn of the Millennium

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The 2014 edition began in Newport today, but organisers say it won't

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be returning to the Celtic Manor next year.

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Our sports reporter Ashleigh Crowter is alongside the 18th green

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This was created in 2000, so they could host the Ryder Cup. The stage

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15 events and this is the 15th event. With no deal in place, it

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means it won't return here next year. Organisers are hoping to go

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out with a bang with a home-grown winner, so all eyes are on Jamie.

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In the week before the Ryder Cup, this would be the perfect place to

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play. Jamie Donaldson is playing here, and is preparing for his first

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taste against America. He started his first round that will guarantee

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him a place. A bogey followed soon after, but after that it was

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regulation golf. He had a very competitive start. Moments after

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stepping off the course and handing in his scorecard, Donaldson was

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surrounded by a pack of journalist, a small taste of what he can expect

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next week. He is trying not to think too far ahead. I just need to go out

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there and try and win, like I do every week. I can't be more ready,

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and the form has been good as of late, so I woke go in on good form.

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-- I will go in. It will be very exciting and I am very much looking

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forward to it. Bring it on. They have asked the club to trim the

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grass to a certain regulation. The Wales open it won't be here next

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year as the current contract comes to an end on Sunday. We as a company

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are moving forward. We are building a convention centre on the property.

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It is not that we are giving up on golf at the moment, we're just

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redirecting focus is for a short period of time. What I can tell you,

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top-quality championship golf will be back at this course before long.

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Fans are hoping that Jamie Donaldson can do it this year so he is heading

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there brimming with confidence. There is more on this tomorrow

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night. Donaldson is currently four shots behind the leader from

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Belgium, who was here a little bit earlier on. His two shots went a

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massive 447 yards, the longest ever drive in European tour history. He

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is the man to catch tomorrow. He is five under for the torment. This

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tournament runs until Sunday. -- for the tournament.

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The Wales Football Team are up to their highest world ranking

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Chris Coleman's side, who beat Andorra in a

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European Championship qualifier earlier this month, are ranked joint

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Umbrellas may come in handy at Celtic Manor for the golf,

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Sunday is a little cooler and fresher but fine and dry.

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Porthmadog was the warmest place in Wales yesterday

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and could well be today as well, with a high of 25 Celsius.

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Not a record for September but eight degrees above average.

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I know some people wouldn't mind a drop of rain -

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In the next 24 hours, a few heavy showers

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The Met Office has issued a warning, but it will be hit and miss.

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Some areas will see little or no rain.

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This evening, most of the country is dry but showers

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will spread northwards overnight, heavy in places with thunder.

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Some low cloud and mist forming and a warm, muggy night,

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in the morning - grey start for some, mist and hill fog in Powys.

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Bright in the west, but not everywhere dry.

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Heavy and thundery in places with a risk of surface water flooding.

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So scattered, thundery showers tomorrow.

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A few spots could have an inch of rain in a short space of time,

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while a few miles down the road, it's bone dry.

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More cloud than today but some hazy sunshine.

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Temperatures slightly lower but still above average

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Tomorrow night will see scattered showers, heavy in places,

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Mist and hill fog and another very mild night.

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Scattered heavy showers but some dry weather likely as well

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On Sunday, high pressure will be back in charge centred over the UK,

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Feeling cooler and fresher, especially at night.

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So scattered heavy, thundery showers over the next couple of days.

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Next week more dry weather but we may see some rain later in the week.

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Thank you. The main news again from the BBC: The family of Sonia have

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said they were let down by a health system who struggled to cope. Mark

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Drakeford admitted it is a system under pressure.

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Six women have been convicted of operating a "pyramid" scheme

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in which thousands of investors in South Wales lost money.

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Investigators say more than ?20 million was invested.

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And before I go, let me run through where you can get the latest news

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on the Scottish referendum as the polls close.

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Coverage begins here one BBC One Wales after the news

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You can also follow events on BBC Radio Wales and Radio Cymru.

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The results will also be on the BBC News website in both English

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Full coverage and we will be back later this evening within update at

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8pm and more after the BBC news at 10pm, but from all of us, goodbye.

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