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Welcome to Wales Today - our top stories...

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A murder investigation is launched, after human remains were found

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at this block of flats in Beddau, near Pontypridd.

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And cutting the number of councils could save ?650 million - the

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But not everyone's convinced it'll go ahead.

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A murder investigation is under way tonight,

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after the discovery of human remains at a village near Pontypridd.

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Officers were called to a block of flats in Beddau at around lunchtime.

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Detectives have appealed for information to try

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Scenes-of-crime officers have been conducting a fingertip search

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of land behind Trem-Y-Cwm flats in the heart of this village

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There has been a heavy police presence since the discovery

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of human remains was made at around one o'clock this afternoon.

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South Wales Police say they are treating the death as suspicious

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Residents say the police have been conducting house-to-house enquiries

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since mid-afternoon, asking if anybody had seen anything

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suspicious, then at just before eight o'clock this evening

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undertakers brought a body out from the front of this building.

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Police say the body was concealed above ground in an outside area

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of flats that were in the process of being demolished.

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Tonight the area is floodlit as officers carry out

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Loads has gone on in Beddau over the last few weeks.

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I fear for my children and everybody else's around here.

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It is disgusting, it is absolutely disgusting.

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It is quite frightening, to be honest with you.

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How close it is, right on your doorstep.

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Police say their priority is to first identify the person

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Detectives are appealing for anyone with any information to

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A postmortem examination will be carried out tomorrow.

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An 18-year-old man from Llanelli has been arrested on suspicion of

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blackmail by police investigating the alleged data breach against

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The personal details of more than 150,000 customers are

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believed to have been accessed following the attack last month.

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It's the fifth arrest in connection with the investigation.

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Taxpayers will save ?650 million over ten years

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That's the claim tonight from the Welsh Government, as it confirmed it

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wants to cut the number of councils here from 22 to eight or nine.

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But for the mergers to go ahead Labour will have to stay in power

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after the next Assembly election, and get support from parties

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Cenarth, famous for its falls, its cheese and,

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for those who love maps, for almost being in three counties at once.

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The town is in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion is on the other side

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of the river and downstream is Pembrokeshire.

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Before the last reorganisation all these counties were one.

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If the Labour Welsh Government has its

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Ministers want to scrap Wales' current 22 councils.

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Eight new authorities would be created.

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It's not a million miles away from the councils that existed 20

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They haven't decided whether to merge Conwy and Denbighshire,

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creating a third council in North Wales and nine in total.

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We know that we have 22 authorities, some of them very small

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They are not delivering in terms of quality of education services

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We also know that there is a cost of the current system and there is

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potential for substantial savings as we move forward with our proposals.

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Here in Newport the Labour leader of the council said he was

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horrified the Welsh Government was pushing ahead without meaningful

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He said this merger would leave the city short-changed.

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But ministers say their plans would save money.

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The merger would cost up to ?246 million but that will pay

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There will be fewer councillors than the current 1250, perhaps as few as

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700, and there will be fewer people working in admin for local councils.

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There are 9000 now and that could fall to just over 7000.

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We need to reorganise local government due to

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the current context, not just financial but also the need for us

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to work across a broad range of areas to improve the lot of Wales.

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That hasn't changed and my opinion hasn't changed.

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Labour still has a long way to go to convince some of its own.

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Here in Newport the Friars Walk shopping centre has just opened

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but the council leader says if the city were part of Gwent

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facelifts like this would be more difficult to achieve.

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Just one headache for whoever tries to push forward with

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these plans after next made's collection.

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A BBC Wales investigation has found that Welsh rugby players -

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from grassroots to semi-pro level - make up a THIRD of all British

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A former player - who at one point played at semi-professional level -

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has admitted taking steroids, but never got caught.

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He also said the use of anabolic steroids in the game is widespread.

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I think people are probably blind to it.

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And if the truth came out I think there would probably be a lot

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The pressures when you are younger to make those

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quick jumps, especially with young players now who have got

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the opportunity to have a full-time professional career, I certainly

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I think it is a problem in society to start with

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and I wouldn't sit here and say, you know, it's not an issue in rugby.

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The fact is, even one player getting banned is one too many.

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So the challenge for us not just in rugby but in sport generally,

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I think, is we've got to try and get it out of the game.

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And you can get more on this story in Week In Week Out, right after

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A community council in Denbighshire has been criticised for publishing

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its agendas and official documents in Welsh only.

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The Public Services Ombudsman for Wales has described Cynwyd Community

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Council as "intransigent" for refusing to change its policy,

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despite being asked to provide an English translation.

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A year on in, I've had to issue this public report because

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of the complete intransigence of the community council, and to me

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now...this is not a linguistic issue,

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This is not some kind of private club which can decide its own rules.

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If we are asked to do something nicely we lean over backwards.

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But if we are told to do something and threatened with the ombudsman I

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think it is a reasonable answer to say, OK, we will discuss this issue

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Football, and it's six matches unbeaten

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The Exiles drew 1-1 at second-placed Oxford United tonight.

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Let's see what the weather has in store - Sue has tonight's forecast.

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After a cold start to the week we are moving into a milder but more

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unsettled spell. Out X of rain overnight, pushing through on brisk

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north westerly winds. -- outbreaks of rain. Temperatures of seven to

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nine Celsius, the strong winds persisting into tomorrow on the

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pushing in stronger showers on and off. Those showers strongest in the

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north and west of the UK. The brisk north-westerly winds feeling chilly

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in north-east Scotland at seven Celsius, milder in Devon and

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Cornwall. Some brighter spells in between the showers but strong

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north-westerly winds, gusty along Cardigan Bay. 11 degrees in

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Pembrokeshire. Tomorrow night largely dry but often cloudy with a

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few isolated showers for a time, staying gusty but not too cold at

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six to 10 Celsius. Thursday might be cloudy but some bright spells, mist

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and hill fog, patchy rain more likely for the north and west but

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slightly milder, 11 to 13 Celsius and turning milder on Thursday

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night. With the Atlantic influence, also very changeable with another

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front arriving on Friday. Friday might start dry but more rain and

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stronger winds by the afternoon, quite wet and windy at times. Behind

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the cold front dryer and colder for a time, overnight Saturday remaining

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windy with the risk of windy showers and further rain on the way on

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Saturday. Very changeable this week and colder for a time as we head

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into the weekend. Week In Week Out on drugs

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in rugby next. That's Wales Today,

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

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goodnight. Do you ever have that dream

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when you're falling?

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