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I truly believe if he had taken his medication and was monitored, she

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would not have died. A report finds there were

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shortcomings in his care. Tonight there are calls

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for lessons to be learned about the way people with mental

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health problems are cared for. Helping children who

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regularly skip class. Noah Edwards' worried family took

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him to see doctors thirty times. But an inquest hears it could

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not have been prevented. Hundreds are expected here tonight,

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as dairy farmers warn more protests could be on the cards over

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the cuts to milk prices. And Cardiff City close in

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on their man, as manager Russell Two years ago,

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Matthew Triddon killed a mother and injured 20 others in a series

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of hit and runs around Cardiff. But it has identified

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shortcomings in his care. Health Inspectorate Wales say he was

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hallucinating when he went on a journey of mayhem and had

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stopped taking his medication. This was the end of Matthew

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Triddon's trail of destruction across Cardiff. Skilful police

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driving finally managing to halt his white van after a 30 minute rampage

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across the city. CCTV footage showed how he swerved across four lanes of

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traffic, using his fan as a weapon to target women with children. He

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was locked up and definitely -- indefinitely under the Mental Health

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Act. He killed this woman, leaving her children without a mother. Her

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sister believes if he had been monitored more closely the tragedy

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could have been prevented. I was angry reading it. It makes me feel

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that it was unnecessary. I truly believe, if he was monitored and had

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been taking his medication, my sister would still be alive today.

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It is two years since she was killed. This report was ordered as

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Matthew Triddon had been a user of mental health services in the city.

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It concludes the homicide could not have been predicted and if it -- it

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was difficult to see how it could have been prevented. However, it

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highlighted shortcomings. The report said there was a communication

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between the mental health team and his GP. He had not taken his

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medication for a year before the accident, but there was no system to

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monitor whether prescriptions had been collected. The workload for the

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psychiatrist was excessive. There was no single care coordinator to

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guide him through the system, but instead was seen by nine separate

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GPs. So good was the progress that this gentleman was making was that

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he was a pathway to know medication because he was recovering. It is

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important to say that our goal is to enable people to recover from mental

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illness. One of the saddest things from this case is that Matthew

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Triddon felt there was a stigma attached to mental health services.

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The report today highlight earlier occasions where concerns were raised

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about Matthew Triddon's actions. In 2003, a community psychiatric nurse

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recorded there was some risk of violence to himself and others. He

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was sectioned under the Mental Health Act on four occasions. Once

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in 2007 after he was arrested with a loaded area pistol in a briefcase.

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After that incident, his parents wrote to a tribunal saying they

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would have to take civil action against all parties they considered

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negligent. Although we could have predicted he might not take his

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medication, again, there is no sense be good at predicting what that

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might have led to. That is no comfort to the family, I understand

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that. Gutted because in my eyes this was preventable. It should not have

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happened. Now we have to live our lives without my sister. My kneess

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-- her children did not have a mother.

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With me now is Sam Fenwick from the charity Hafal, which supports those

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This report identifies problems with Matthew Triddon's care,

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are you concerned that people with mental health problems may not be

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First of all, I would like to express my sympathy is with the

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family of the victim. Relapse indicators can be highlighted so

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that monitoring is more effective. This is an isolated incident. The

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majority of people who have a serious mental illness in Wales live

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life without posing a risk to others. From our perspective, we

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believe that those prone to disengagement should be provided

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with more support. The families should be provided with support

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during turbulent times. Thank you. Schools in Wales must do more to

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stamp out absenteeism and truancy. That's according to

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the education watchdog Estyn. It says nearly a third of secondary

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schools here aren't doing enough to improve their pupils' attendance,

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and that means poor or vulnerable All present and correct at this

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Year Nine literacy class at Staff here have worked hard to

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improve attendance rates from 85% Their philosophy, a positive not

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punitive approach to absenteeism, working with families and social

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services to understand exactly why some children in the past were

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failing to turn up day after day. It could be for students who perhaps

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are not engaging in the curriculum. It could be for social reasons were

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the students are having difficulties with relationships, with their peers

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or others in the school. It could be a range of family issues.

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Although school attendance has been slowly improving over the last five

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years, almost one in every three secondary schools in Wales have now

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According to the schools inspectorate, vulnerable pupils are

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most affected if schools don't do enough to tackle absenteeism. Those

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eligible for free school meals are nearly twice as likely to miss

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school and underperform in class. The absence rate for those with

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special needs is much higher than for those without.

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Until recently, he was constantly missing from class.

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His school referred him to this project in Newport called Peak.

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It is for pupils who struggle with mainstream education,

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offering skills like bike repair, carpentry and plumbing instead.

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Although Jock is not technically in class while he is here,

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If I had somewhere like this -- if I didn't have somewhere like this, I

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would have messed up my life. Just hanging around on street corners and

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staff. Schools are using a whole host

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of methods to tackle absenteeism, even enlisting the services

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of retired police officers. Bob Evans was in the force

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for 30 years. Today he is walking the beat

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in the Vale of Glamorgan. He heads up a team of former

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policemen who visit the parents of pupils who persistently miss school,

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offering them advice and support. Often, single parents so that they

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have a number of challenges. Bullying, health issues, depression.

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We will help wherever they can in referring them to the right

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agencies. In its report,

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Estyn has made a number of recommendations to schools, local

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authorities and the Welsh Government It says in the future it wants to

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see far more children at their Staying with education,

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and the controversial banding system for secondary schools

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in Wales is to be replaced by a new colour-coded ratings system for both

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secondary and primary schools. From January,

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the best performing schools will be rated green, followed by yellow,

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amber, and red for those needing It was a flagship policy that

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divided schools into different bands, but also split opinion.

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Banding was introduced three years ago, gripping secondary schools with

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15 bands each year. It was based on attendance and performance in

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literacy and numeracy. But many argued that didn't give a fill-in

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picked. Following a review, the education minister announced a new

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national school categorisation system. We will look at three years

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worth of data instead of one. Schools will have a self evaluation.

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Is this announcement a recognition by the Welsh Government that you got

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it wrong when it came to banding? Not at all. Banding has done great

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things, particularly those who ended up in band four and five. You will

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see a marked improvement of over 10% in their GCSEs grades. We have

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learned from that, evolved it and created a progress which tells us

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more and is more insightful regarding how our schools are doing.

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Here is how it works. The top 25% will be on the green category. They

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will provide guidance to those in other colours. School in the red

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category will be the lowest 25% and will require significant

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improvement. Primary schools will be included in the rating system,

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despite concerns that differences in school sizes across Wales make make

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it difficult to compare them. This headteacher is not worried. This

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will just add to the system and hopefully move us forward with more

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recognition for what we do. Opposition parties claim the

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announcement as a long-awaited U-turn, scrapping banding step in

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the right direction. There was a colourful response from teaching

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unions. I am pleased that the Welsh Government has caught up with the

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rest of us and realised the banding system was bonkers and not fit for

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purpose. This new system is better for supporting struggling schools.

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The colour coding starts from January.

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A nursing home in Deeside has been fined ?5,000

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for breaching safety laws, after an 88-year-old woman suffered

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9% burns to her body when she was lowered into a scalding hot bath.

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Beatrice Morgan, who lived at Greencroft Nursing Home in Aston,

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Police from South Wales have confirmed

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they're assisting colleagues in London in their search for

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A reconstruction of her last known movements has been staged today.

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Several members of the force's specialist search

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and recovery team are helping to look for the 14 year old.

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She was last seen on 28 August in West London.

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A mother who took her baby to see doctors thirty times in

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around a year has been told she could not have done more for him.

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An inquest heard 14 month old Noah Edwards,

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died after contracting a virus which affected his breathing.

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An expert said the illness could not have been predicted.

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Now add words' family came to this inquest seeking and sewers. Noah

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Edwards was just 14 months old when he died. His mother said he was

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happy. But he never seemed to be without a cold or runny nose. Tests

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done after he died found that as well as the common cold virus, he

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was suffering from a rear infection. According to a

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pathologist, it is probably what killed him. Through his young life,

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Noah Edwards was treated with paracetamol and inhalers but he

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never seemed to get any better. He would pick up

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never seemed to get any better. He another. Night times were the worst.

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His mother broke down as she took the inquest through all the times

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she had taken him to see a doctor. There were times when she said she

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relieved the GP practice in tears of frustration. Noah Edwards had 30

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relieved the GP practice in tears of appointments at the surgery and at

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relieved the GP practice in tears of hospital within 14 months. But an

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relieved the GP practice in tears of not have been predicted and was not

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related to his previous problems. Following the hearing, his mother

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and grandmother said important issues have been raised. How

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important been for you to go through this process? We wanted to

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more about the virus for other parents. We don't want any more

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deaths. It is a dreadful virus and there is no cure for it. It

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deaths. It is a dreadful virus and children very seriously. Lessons are

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being learned. We don't want any other parents go through what we

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have gone through. The family were told the world right to take on

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repeatedly to see doctors. You could not have done more, he said. This

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case is a reminder that life is not fair.

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On the eve of the Ryder Cup, Jamie Donaldson gets ready to become

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the seventh Welshman to play in golf's most famous tournament.

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Hundreds of dairy farmers are expected to gather in Carmarthen

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tonight, after growing concern about the fall in milk prices.

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All four of the UK's dairy processors have

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slashed the price they are paying for milk in recent months.

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Our reporter is at the meeting tonight.

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In the next hour, we are expecting a big turnout here at Carmarthen

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cattle mart for the third in a series of meets across the UK by the

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With each of these gathering, they are gauging the appetite across

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Britain for more blockades, protests and potentially empty shelves

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The issue, as we have heard often enough now, is farmers demanding

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In May this year, dairy farmers were getting paid

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around 32 pence a litre, but by next month some will be paid as little as

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The campaign group Farmers for Action say farmers need to earn at

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Just a few months ago we heard the situation was getting better?

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We produce 5 million litres every year. Simple maths will mean that we

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will be about ?250,000 down on our turnover. So that is ?50,000 for

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every million litres. That will impact on all farmers. It is a huge

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reduction to their income. That income asked to go round the county

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to pay for associated businesses like vets, feed merchants,

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fertiliser, fuel. It goes on and on. Laver huge impact. The daily

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processing industry says this is down to global economics because of

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factors like Russia having an import ban on milk because of the sanctions

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we have imposed on them. They say there is nothing they can do. It is

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globally related, there is no question about that. There is too

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much milk in the world at this present moment. But it shifts very

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quickly. It is a volatile industry. Six months ago, the processors were

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encouraging us to produce more and more milk. We have answered that

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question and now they say there is no home for the milk and the value

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has dropped. World commodity prices should not impact as much on UK

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producers as it is. There is approximately 3000 producers who

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will be directly impacted by world commodity prices, but the other 7000

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UK dairy producers, 80% of their milk is concerned in the UK. The

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processors are jumping on the back of price cuts and saying they will

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have a piece of that. A Dairy UK spokeswoman said market

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forces determined milk prices and all markets were under severe

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pressure. Claire has tonight's

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sports news now. Let's start with news at

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Cardiff City and lawyers are trying to thrash out

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a deal that will see Russell Slade The 53-year-old tendered

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his resignation from Leyton Orient Our reporter is outside

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Cardiff City. Well,

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it does seem to be a matter of time now until Russell Slade is appointed

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as the new manager of Cardiff City. But the exact timing is

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more difficult to predict. Slade has spent some of the day

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at Cardiff City's training ground, talking with club officials

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and staff, and Cardiff had hoped to be in a position to introduce Slade

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to the media at their regular press But we understand that's not likely

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to happen, as negotiations between lawyers for

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Cardiff City and Slade's former club Orient have not made it easy

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for Slade to go. They turned down approaches

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from Cardiff to speak to him on Monday, even

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though Slade said he was interesting Well, last night, Slade tendered his

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resignation from the League One club Orient have accepted

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that Slade has gone. They have put former Cardiff striker

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Kevin Nugent in charge for their game this weekend, but

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they are clearly keen to make sure they receive proper compensation

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for the loss of the man who took So what does that mean for

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Cardiff City this weekend. Well, Cardiff play Sheffield

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Wednesday here on Saturday, and it seems that Scott Young

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and Danny Gabbidon will continue in charge for their third match,

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although Russell Slade is likely to We understand that Cardiff are keen

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that Scott Young remains part of the first team coaching staff when the

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new manager is appointed, likely to be sometime after Saturday's match.

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The Ryder Cup starts tomorrow and Pontypridd's Jamie Donaldson has

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been enjoying a final practice Now, if I asked you how many

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Welshmen had played in the Well, tomorrow Jamie Donaldson will

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follow in the footsteps It is the biggest show in golf.

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Jamie Donaldson as part of the European team going for a third

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consecutive victory. He may be one of the rookies, but the Welsh man is

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brimming with confidence. It has taken my whole career to get to this

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point. It is the biggest stage. I have always wanted to play the Ryder

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Cup. Let this be the first of many. The form has been good of late. It

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will be very exciting. I am very much looking forward to it. Bring it

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on. As Jamie prepares for his moment in the spotlight, he knows he will

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be adding his name alongside six other Welshmen, also embedded in

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golf's most famous tournament. The Ryder Cup began in 1927 is a

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competition between America and Britain. Bert Hodgson started out as

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a caddy at Newport golf club. He was chosen to play in the 1931 team that

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travelled to hire or. For the first 30 years, Britain only won twice.

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Welsh man from Barry helped turn things around. Diuresis helped

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Britain get their hands on the cup. Then Dave Thomas, 23 years old,

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joins the team. The next Welshmen had a profound affect. The 1960s

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were a desperate time and it was becoming a nonevent from the

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dominant Americans. Brian Huggett made his debut in 1963. He made the

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Ryder Cup what it is today. He helped convince the Americans to

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bring the Europeans in. His legacy was cemented in tournament's history

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as the 1970s revival happen. Another young Welshman was waiting in the

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wings. Ian Woosnam made his debut in 1973. They lost, but after decades

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in the doldrums the good times began. In 1987, Europe one for the

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first time on American soil. It wasn't long before another Welshman

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would steal the limelight. Phillip Price had his appearance delayed by

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9/11, but a year on in the Belfry he played out of his skin. Ian Woosnam

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captained the 2006 Ryder Cup team to victory in Ireland. Six Welsh men

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have made their mark on Ryder Cup history. Now another Welsh man is

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hoping to do the same. short while ago. The players from

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both teams introduced by the two captains. European Captain, Paul

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McGinley, also announced his Jamie won't be involved

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in the morning's fourballs, but Cricket, and Glamorgan finished

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the season on a dismal note Set 444 to win they were

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bowled out for just 152. With the visitors sealing

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the Division Two title with Today has been mild. A lot of cloud

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around and some rain. Tomorrow starts dull and damp, but it will

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turn brighter through the day. We keep the crowd tonight, thick enough

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to produce patchy rain and drizzle. Misty and murky. The cloud will hold

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up the temperatures, so mild night, remaining in double-figure is for

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most. Overnight and into tomorrow, a cold front moves south eastwards

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across Wales. It is a weak feature. When it clears, high pressure builds

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again. At all and damp start tomorrow. A band of light drizzle

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clearing south eastwards. Gradually drying up through the day. Turning

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brighter and breezy from the north-west. Temperatures in the mid

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to high teens. 16 Celsius on Anglesey. 19 in Cardiff. The cloud

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continues to break tomorrow night. Lighter winds and clearer skies for

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most. Down to five or 6 degrees in rural mid Wales with mist and fog

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patches. A chilly start on Saturday. Are mostly dry day with some sunny

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spells. Lighter winds coming from the south, so feeling warmer in the

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high teens, possibly the low 20s. High pressure is holding these

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fronts at bay. Keeping largely -- keeping things largely dry and

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settled. Fairly settled through the weekend. It will be staying on the

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warm side. 19 or 20 degrees is possible.

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A reminder of our top story, two years ago, Matthew Tvrdon injured 20

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people and killed one. Tonight, a report has found his actions would

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have been difficult to prevent, but there were shortcomings.

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We are back at 10:25pm. Enjoy your evening. Goodbye.

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