22/12/2015 BBC Wales Today


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Welcome to Wales Today, our top stories.

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Patients protested at proposed changes to hospital services.

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The new man in charge admits the health board is struggling.

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Jordan Miers missing since a night out in Swansea.

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Police comb the river bank in the hope of finding clues.

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Good evening.

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Problems remain and there are no easy solutions.

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That's the message tonight from the newly appointed boss

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of Wales's largest NHS organisation.

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Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board was put into special measures

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earlier this year following a damning report into care

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on a mental health ward.

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In an interview with this programme, Gary Doherty, the new chief

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executive of the troubled Betsi Cadwaladr, says the health

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board has let people down.

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The organisation is struggling.

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The health board is in special measures.

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I understand there's been a lot of coverage,

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quite rightly, that has been critical.

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We have let people down and we need to make the improvements

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we need to make.

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As I said, we've got a lot of strengths we

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can build on.

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It is a great place to work, I want to make it a great

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place for everybody, a great place for patients to get

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care, a great partner to work with and I'm confident we will be

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able to do that.

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As we've reported on this programme many times,

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it hasn't always been a great place to get care.

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How do you rebuild public confidence?

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That is your challenge as the boss.

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How do you do that?

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When people can see things getting better and hopefully get to know me

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and that I'm a man they can trust and that I am a man of my word.

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Then those things together I'm convinced will help us

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tackle that issue.

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There are many people who will simply say Betsi

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Cadwaladr Health Board is simply too big geographically.

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Can it survive in its present form?

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Size is a great strength in many ways but it is also

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a challenge, particularly making everyone feel part of one

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organisation, the sheer scale of the job.

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I really think we need to look at that size as a strength and build

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on it and make the most of it that we possibly can.

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The reason I ask you is, recently the First Minister

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didn't seem that convinced.

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He suggested that Betsi Cadwaladr's future could be reviewed

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after the forthcoming election.

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Nothing stays the same for ever, there are changes.

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Hopefully we will work together on it and whatever we come

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up with, whether it is the services of the size of organisation,

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will be the very best thing for the patients on the staff.

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That is what I and everybody wants.

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So it maybe cut up then?

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I haven't even started in the health board yet so give me a chance to get

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in there.

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If we can be a successful organisation and do what we need

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to do, which I think we can, then I don't see

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any reason why anybody would make organisational changes.

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How do we measure if you've been successful?

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We need to do better on some of the waiting times particularly

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around A and surgery.

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For me personally, I'm hoping I can get out and meet people after I've

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been in post a little bit of time.

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That people have trust and confidence in me.

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When you do get out and meet people, many of them

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have been protesting in North Wales and they will tell

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you what they want is to stop health service managers

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meddling in local services.

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It's difficult to push through change in the NHS

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in Wales, isn't it?

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I understand the passion for for the NHS, I feel it myself.

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That is why I chose to work in it at all those years ago.

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If we work together, we have good reasons to make changes

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and those changes will come through.

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If we don't have good reasons to make

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changes then quite rightly we shouldn't be doing them.

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Nobody seems to stay long in that job, how long

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will you stay do you think?

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I'm planning to stay a long time.

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I haven't got started yet.

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I think you've got to get to know an organisation,

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you've got to deliver what you have to deliver on.

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I've got to make some improvements quickly,

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I know that, but I'm hoping I will be there a very long time

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because I think it's a good place to be, it's a job I'm proud to have.

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I don't see any reason why shouldn't be doing it for years to come.

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Gary Doherty, thank you very much.

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Police in Swansea are continuing to search for a 21-year-old man

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Police in Swansea are continuing to search for a 21-year-old man

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missing since Saturday night.

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It's understood that Jordan Miers from Bonymaen had been out

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with friends in the city centre but he hasn't been seen since.

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Areas along the River Tawe have been the main focus of the search so far.

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Ben Price reports.

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After almost three days of nonstop searching,

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there are still very few clues

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as to what has happened to Jordan Miers.

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A popular football coach in the community and a recent

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university graduate, his disappearance has been described

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by some of those who know him best as totally out of character.

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Like many other young people over the festive period,

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he'd been out enjoying himself over the weekend

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with friends in the city centre.

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The last sighting of Jordan was just after

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ten o'clock on Saturday night, outside the Toys "R" Us store

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in the Parc Tawe retail and leisure park.

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It's believed he might have been planning to walk home to Bonymaen.

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It's likely in that case he would have crossed this road

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and then made his way along the River Tawe in the direction

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of the Liberty Stadium and that is where police

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have been concentrating their search over the past couple of days.

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Jordan is described as being tall and slim

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and he was wearing light blue jeans, a blue shirt under a burgundy jumper

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and brown leather shoes when he disappeared.

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Police officers as well as family and friends

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have spent the last few days searching in difficult conditions

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and many others in the community have sent their best wishes.

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Well, everyone is thinking of them, every day.

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It's a very tight-knit community.

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We want them to know we're thinking of the family and everyone is very

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concerned and is actually helping out with the search.

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Yes, we are all on their side.

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As the searching continues South Wales Police is asking

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for anyone with CCTV cameras that cover the general area around

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the river to get in touch.

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A driver, who crashed and killed a teenage girl after squeezing seven

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friends into a stolen van in Rhondda Cynon Taff,

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has been warned he faces a substantial jail sentence.

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Sammy Jo Davies died at the scene of the crash in Aberdare in August.

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Kyle Perkins pleaded guilty to three charges including causing death

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by dangerous driving.

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He'll be sentenced next month.

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An education watchdog has launched an investigation

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into the West London Vocational Training College in Cardiff

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and its sister campus in London following concerns highlighted

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in a BBC Wales programme.

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Allegations of fraud were raised after a reporter posing as a student

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was offered a loan to study at the private college

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using fake qualifications.

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South Wales Police is also investigating the college.

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Its owner has denied knowing of any wrongdoing.

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A fire that's been burning since the beginning of the month

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and is causing an acrid stink across parts of Newport,

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may not be put out for another three days.

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Firefighters say they're still damping down thousands

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of tonnes of wood chippings at the recycling centre in the docks

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area of the city.

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We're actually dealing with between seven and 10,000 tonnes

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of a mixture of wood chippings and different types of wood.

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What we're aiming to do here now, working with our partners

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and the site owners, is dig away at this

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and deal with the hot spots.

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We're doing every effort we can to suppress the smoke

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that's being released from the incident.

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A former S4C executive has called on the Welsh language broadcaster

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to automatically display English subtitles on all of its programmes.

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Tweli Griffiths says the idea could attract more viewers and has

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been prompted by the decline in the number of Welsh speakers.

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S4C said the idea was "interesting".

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With warnings of more rain on the way, here's tonight's weather

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forecast with Derek.

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We've certainly had more than our fair share of rain this month.

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At Capel Curig in Snowdonia, around 800 millimetres,

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over two and half feet of rain, has fallen so far.

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More than double the monthly average.

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At the moment there are a few flood warnings in force and many

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other flood alerts.

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Clear spells and showers tonight, heavy showers

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in places with gusty winds.

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A colder night than recently, temperatures inland falling as low

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as four or five Celsius.

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Tomorrow, some good news. We are in for better weather.

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There will be a few showers around in the morning but some dry,

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bright weather and sunshine for a change as well.

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Across the rest of the UK, it's a mixture of sunny spells

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and scattered showers tomorrow.

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Most of the showers in Scotland where they will fall as snow

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on the hills and mountains.

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Many other places though will have a dry afternoon.

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A breezy, windy day tomorrow and temperatures lower than today,

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eight Celsius in Belfast, 12 in Plymouth.

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In Wales tomorrow afternoon, most places dry.

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Some sunshine. Just the odd shower here and there.

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A breezy, windy afternoon.

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The wind strengthening with a high of nine Celsius in Newtown.

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Tomorrow night, very windy with more gales and heavy rain

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spreading from the west after midnight into Christmas Eve.

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For Christmas Eve itself, a wet and windy start but the rain

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will clear followed by sunshine and showers.

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The showers turning wintry on high ground, a little snow

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on the mountains with the arrival of slightly colder air.

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And then for Christmas Day, a chilly start,

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a dry start but it won't last.

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There is more wind and rain on the way.

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Some heavy rain spreading northwards with rising temperatures.

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Boxing Day, mild and windy with outbreaks of rain and drizzle.

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Tomorrow the best day of the week.

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Enjoy the sunshine if you can. Good night.

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That's Wales Today, thank you for watching.

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From all of us on the programme, goodnight.

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