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01/01/2016

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Now, on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.

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Good evening.

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An investigation is continuing tonight into a fire at a primary

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school in Cwmbran.

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Ten fire crews worked through the night to bring

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it under control.

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Infant and nursery classrooms at Coed Eva Primary school

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were destroyed, but firefighters prevented it spreading

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to the main building.

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Caroline Evans reports.

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It started in the early hours and quickly took hold.

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The flames ripped through the classroom used by the infant

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and nursery children.

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In the daylight, the destruction was met with disbelief and heartache.

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By children and parents who had gathered outside the gates.

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She is absolutely devastated, absolutely devastated, aren't you?

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We loved that school.

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What year are you in in school?

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Year two.

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Year two?

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You can see her classroom from here, can't you?

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I don't think they have realised how many lives they have devastated

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at the moment.

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Because it is a big school?

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It is, and it's a fantastic school.

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Absolutely fantastic and now we have to worry about the children

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being relocated and split up. Happy New Year(!)

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I run the Messy Fingers, so everything

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of mine is gone.

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Gone.

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All that work?

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Yes, yes...

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Sorry.

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It's awful.

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It's devastating.

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It's taken us a long time to get him settled into reception and this

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is going to be starting all over again.

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And this is such a wonderful school, it is heartbreaking.

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As the fire crews continued to dampen down, the fire

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investigation got underway.

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The man leading the team told how the building was destroyed

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in just 20 minutes.

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It is a primary school, it has got kids working.

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A school is more than just a building.

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It represents everything of the children, all their efforts

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and their work.

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By the nature of its content, it is combustible.

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Of course it is.

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And it's unoccupied and it's the small hours of the morning.

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You are going to get quite a well-developed fire before

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the call goes into the Fire and Rescue Service.

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Coed Eva is a school of more than 500 pupils.

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The challenge now will be to open it as soon as possible.

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I think the main priority for all of us, is that we have

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always done everything together and my key aim is that we keep

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everybody on site so we can accommodate everybody in our junior

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building, that is what we'll try to do.

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Meanwhile, a criminal investigation is underway.

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The family of a man, killed in a four-car crash

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in Cardiff, have been paying tribute to a "wonderful husband and father".

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Simon Lewis, who was 33 and from the Trowbridge area

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of the city, died after the collision yesterday.

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A 32-year-old woman and a three-year-old child were also

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treated in hospital but later released.

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Police are appealing for information.

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The police helicopter service covering the Dyfed Powys force area

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has officially come to an end.

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Its operations, which cover all of mid and south west Wales,

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were taken over by the National Police Air Service at midnight.

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The force's commissioner says it'll still mean 24-hour air cover.

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Rugby and the first Pro 12 Welsh derby of the day saw the Ospreys

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beat the Dragons 12 - 7.

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Dan Evans scored the first try at the Liberty Stadium as the home

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side enjoyed almost total control.

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The victory lifts them to 6th in the table,

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and it's their eighth win in a row over the visitors.

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And there was a thrilling match at the Arms Park where the Blues

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faced the Scarlets.

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Tries from Ken Owens and DTH van der Mewer put the Scarlets in control.

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But a late try from Alex Cuthbert sealed the Cardiff Blues' second Pro

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12 derby win of the festive period.

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Final score: Blues 29, Scarlets 27.

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Football, and Swansea caretaker manager Alan Curtis is expected

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to take charge of his fifth game when Swansea visit

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Manchester United tomorrow.

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The former Wales forward could stay in the post until the end

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of the season.

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Chairman Huw Jenkins is continuing to look for a permanent replacement

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for Gary Monk, who was sacked last month.

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The important thing is to get the right one.

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Obviously, the fact that we have got a couple of results has probably

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eased the pressure to get somebody in straightaway.

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It is important that when it comes and he buys into the philosophy

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of the club.

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Tomorrow's weather: an unsettled day with spells of rain,

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heavy and persistent in places.

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The wind will make it feel chilly.

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Maximum Temperature: 11 degrees celsius.

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That's Wales Today, thank you for watching,

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from all of us on the programme good night.

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