24/01/2016 BBC Wales Today


24/01/2016

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The Education Minister says university tuition fee grants

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from the Welsh Government would remain in place

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after the assembly elections, if Labour retains power.

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Huw Lewis says Welsh Labour is committed to students being able

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to study wherever they want, but wouldn't confirm whether grants

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Here's our political reporter, Arwyn Jones.

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Students from Wales only pay ?3500 for their tuition fees, wherever

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they choose to study in the UK. The Welsh government pays the rest. The

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policy is generous. And that universities here say it leaves them

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out of pocket. It is being reviewed at the moment but the education

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minister insists it will remain after a's election if Labour is

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still in power as a message to young people. We will invest in your

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ambition as a young person and we will not curtail your ambitions,

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particularly when it comes to geography. If you really think you

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are best served across the border, that's OK. The support is available

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for every student from Wales at the moment but Mr Lewis suggested it

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would be means tested in future so only those who needed the money

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would get it. The Conservatives called the policy and irresponsible,

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unsustainable gimmick which means tens of millions of pounds are

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leaving Welsh universities and heading to English institutions

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instead. He will not be the education minister after May. He

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announced last week that he will be standing down. It has been a

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tremendous honour to represent the community I was born and raised in

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and to have served as education minister, which has been my dream

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job. I will always walk a little taller, I suppose, with those things

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in mind. But it's time for fresh eyes. He is one of nine Labour

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members standing down in May. So, a new challenge for him and a new

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education Minister on the way. It's emerged that asylum seekers

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in Cardiff are being made to wear brightly coloured wristbands

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in order to receive food, raising concerns that this

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could single them out for abuse. It follows claims by asylum

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seekers in Middlesborough, that they were being targeted

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because their accommodation had The company contracted

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by the Home Office to run the service in Cardiff,

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Clearsprings Group, indicated to MP, Jo Stevens, that the wristband

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requirement will end tomorrow. A woman has died following

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a house fire in Swansea. The 73-year-old was taken

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to hospital after the blaze at a bungalow at Waltham Close

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in Morriston yesterday evening, A 74-year-old man was also taken

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to hospital, with non An extensive search is being carried

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out along the coastline near Penarth, in South Wales

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following reports that a person The Coastguard was called just

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before five o'clock this afternoon, launching three lifeboats

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and a helicopter. South Wales Police is also

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involved in the search. Olympic silver medallist

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Jamie Baulch, joined hundreds of people in Cwmbran

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who were running to raise money for a school, after one

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of its buildings was burned down Seven people have been arrested

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and bailed in connection The sprinter says he wanted to help,

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as his mum taught at the school. It's nice to support the event. It

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is lovely that my mum can come down. 22 years ago, she was at the school

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as a teacher. It's lovely to give this support. It shows how wide the

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community actually is. Rugby, and the Ospreys are out

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of the European Champions Cup, after losing 33-17 to Exeter

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away at Sandy Park. Steve Tandy's side couldn't get

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a losing bonus point and despite a close run match,

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they've been knocked out Football, and Match of the Day Two

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is on next so if you don't want to know the score

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leave the room now. Francesco Guidolin's reign

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as Swansea head coach began with an impressive and much-needed

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2-1 victory at Everton. Gylfi Sigurdsson's penalty gave

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the Swans' the lead in the first half and despite an equaliser

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from Gareth Barry, Andre Ayew's deflected strike gave

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Swansea the win. And many areas should be mostly

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clear for a time overnight, before cloud returns

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during the early hours. Tomorrow will be a fairly

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cloudy day for many, with rain moving east

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through the day. Good evening, it did not feel like

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the depths of winter this afternoon, a lot of cloud, what much rain, some

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sunshine but with a southerly breeze it was

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