23/11/2015 BBC Wales Today


23/11/2015

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Tributes are paid in Corwen, as the community comes to terms with

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And teenager Elin Rowlands will spend the rest of her life taking

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medicines because of the side affects from an acne drug.

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Tributes have been paid to four men killed in a crash near Corwen

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Three local men in their 20s died, along with a man from Merseyside,

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It followed the death of an elderly woman who was hit by

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Candles were being looked at Corwen's church to commemorate

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those who died suddenly over the course of one dark weekend.

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A book of condolences has also been provided by the town council to help

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Our hearts go out to the families and friends involved.

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The community has been described as feeling numb, as people learn

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more about the devastating crash which happened at around 11:30am

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on Saturday at Druid, a few miles outside Corwen.

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Four men died when a Vauxhall Astra was in collision with a

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They've been named locally as Jacob Hocking, Jackson Edwards and

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These tributes have been left by siblings, grandparents, cousins,

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aunts and uncles to three happy young men

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A lot of people in Corwen know everyone, to be honest.

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If they didn't know all three of them, they knew one of them.

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Wrexham and all that lot, they all know about them

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Two men from Merseyside in the Zafira were flown to hospital

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The collision came the day after the death of a pensioner

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in her 80s, who was hit by a timber lorry in the high street.

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These flowers at the statue of Owain Glyndwr were left close to

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the scene of the accident, which closed the A5 for several hours.

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Already reeling from one tragedy here in the centre of town,

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just over 24 hours later Corwen was learning about another incident

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This time, the number of casualties and the ages of those involved

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One day they're here, the next day they've gone.

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Police are appealing for witnesses to both tragedies to come forward.

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In particular a woman driving a small red car and a man

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in a 4x4 vehicle who assisted in the aftermath of Saturday's collision.

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The Deputy Chief Constable of Dyfed Powys Police is under

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investigation after it emerged he had a relationship with the force's

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Deputy Chief Constable Carl Langley has been temporarily re-deployed to

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a Wales-wide role, while Samantha Gainard remains in her post.

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Dyfed Powys Police said they were looking at the possible consequences

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of the former relationship on internal force matters.

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Two men arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences have been

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They are believed to be Rofi Islam and Sajid Idris, who were arrested

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following raids in Cardiff and Barry in December last year.

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A teenager from Anglesey will spend the rest of her life taking

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medicines because of what she says are side affects from

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16-year-old Elin Rowlands, from Llangefni, had to have most

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Now her mother says the drug, Roaccutane, should be banned.

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Her front room has become her classroom.

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Elin Rowlands may be back from hospital, but her life is still

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Not that most of us would recognise it as normal.

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She says the drug which was supposed to help with acne brought on side

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I was in the hospital and they found out it was pancreatitis.

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And this was one week before I was supposed to go to New York.

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They were like, "You'll be fine, it's just a drip."

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I started throwing up this black stuff and my body went into shock.

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Elin was taken to Alder Hey Children's Hospital

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In a series of operations there, she had all but

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The drug Roaccutane is commonly prescribed as an acne treatment.

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Some of its possible side effects, such as depression,

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In a statement, the manufacturers, Roche, told us...

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I have to take six of them every time I eat.

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Every time you eat? Every time.

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Elin Rowlands and her mum Denise say what seemed

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like a simple solution to an acne problem has left her to spend

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Some simply so she can digest her food.

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Both now question whether Roaccutane should be available at all.

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I should be going out with my friends, but I can't

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because I can't walk very far and I get tired really easily.

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I'm trying to be normal, but it's hard.

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With the side effects, I don't think that teenagers

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Well, I don't anyone should be on it.

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I know it's been around for years, I think it's been used for acne

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To be sure, many people have been helped by this drug.

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But in Elin's case, the damage she believes it's done

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79 jobs have been safeguarded following the sale

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Administrators have negotiated the deal for Caparo Wire to be bought

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Last month, another Caparo site at Tredegar saw 24 jobs go with the

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From today, landlords in Wales have to register their

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properties on a new list which is aimed at clamping down on rouges.

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The Welsh government says there will be checks

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on prospective landlords to see if they are fit and proper.

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However, the Residential Landlord's Association says it's worried

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about the cost of Rent Smart Wales, and question what it will do to

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We think it'll be good for tenants to be able to ask

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They can ask the landlord, "Are you registered, have you got a license?"

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I think tenants will be a very good source of information to make

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It's about getting the message out and, certainly, it was encouraging

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to hear morning how many phone calls Rent Smart Wales'

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Former World Champion, Becky James, is set to represent Great Britain

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for the first time in nearly two years.

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The 23-year-old, from Abergavenny, who was out of the sport

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for 18 months following a knee injury and a cancer scare,

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has been named in the Great Britain squad for the Track World Cup

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Let's see what the weather has in store.

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It was a frosty start to the week, but a brief cold snap because it

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will turn milder and more unsettled through this week. A weather front

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brings thicker cloud and some rain across Wales. Overnight, rain moves

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south-eastwards. Heavy at times but drier conditions followed with a few

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showers. Less cold than last night at 4-8 C. A breezy, cloudy start

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tomorrow with no frost. Spells in the morning and scattered blustery

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showers. Across the UK they are heaviest in the north and west,

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especially across Northern Ireland and western Scotland. Wintry in the

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hills. Drier further south and east but showers will push in on brisk

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north-westerly winds. In Wales, some heavier showers by the afternoon.

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Especially in the north and west. Feeling milder than today, eight

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Celsius in Flintshire. Ten in Carmarthenshire but with brisk

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winds. Cloudy tomorrow night with outbreaks of rain moving south

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eastwards on and off. Strong winds overnight and milder at 6-10

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Celsius. Wednesday looks bright and breezy but with blustery showers.

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The heaviest in the West with brisk north-westerly winds. Highs of

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9-11 C. Wednesday night into Thursday, if we follow the isobars

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the winds move from north to West introducing milder air. It could be

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cloudy, but mostly dry. Patchy rain further west. Milder temperatures

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back in a double figures. More wind and rain on Friday as weather

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friends push in from the west bringing wet and windy weather at

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times. Mixed weather at times. Very changeable. Signs of a cold snap

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again by next weekend. That's Wales Today,

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thank you for watching. From all of us on the programme,

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goodnight.

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