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Ure that subject. Join me for that now on BBC Two, 11.00pm in Scotland.

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Gareth Hall, a former lifeguard from Gwynedd,

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pleads guilty to child rape in the US.

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And more than 100 head teacher vacancies across the country.

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Why don't more teachers want the top jobs?

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A former lifeguard from Gwynedd has admitted travelling to America

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to rape a ten-year-old girl he met online.

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Gareth Hall, from Talysarn, near Caernarfon, has appeared

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in court in Oregon to plead guilty to seven related charges.

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He was suspended from his job following a separate investigation

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22-year-old Gareth Hall was arrested at O'Hare Airport

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in Chicago last May, trying to re-enter the States

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less than a month after flying to Oregon to meet his victim.

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He'd made contact with the ten-year-old girl online.

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The girl's family learned of the rape only after Hall had

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He'd been questioned about separate allegations of online offences

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in 2014, while working as a lifeguard at this leisure

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centre in Caernarfon and released on bail.

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He was suspended when Gwynedd Council learned of his arrest.

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It says it followed the relevant child protection procedures.

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It also says it hasn't received any complaints from parents of children

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who attended the centre while he worked there.

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In Gareth Hall's home village of Talysarn,

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They think he has an illness, and I feel very sorry for him.

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I do hope that people on the area don't...

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Don't turn their backs on the family.

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This evening, Gareth Hall pleaded guilty to seven charges relating

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to rape and online grooming and will face a minimum of 25 years

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New information now on the man from Wales accused of raping

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The case attracted local media attention, and each new development

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was followed closely by TV stations in Oregon.

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Gareth Hall has been held in county jail in Oregon since his arrest -

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a world away from the Nantlle Valley where he grew up.

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Welsh language interpreters have reportedly been in court

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Detectives investigating the murder of a woman and two children

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in West Yorkshire are liaising with police in North Wales,

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following the discovery of a man's body.

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The body was found shortly after 5:00 this evening,

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The woman and children were discovered at a house

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Police have yet to confirm the identity of the man.

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A 43-year-old man has been charged with murder following the death

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The body of Andrea Lewis was found by police at a house

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Another man who was also arrested in connection with her death

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is currently on bail while investigations continue.

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Police are appealing for information.

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Over 100 schools in Wales don't have a permanent head teacher.

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Some schools are employing retired staff to fill the gaps.

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But the Welsh Government insist there is no crisis

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Unions say heavy workloads are putting off potential recruits.

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Cemlyn Davies has this special report.

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This school has been without a permanent headteacher

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since the start of the academic year.

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The school recently advertised the post for a third time,

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having previously failed to attract any applications.

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For now, there's an interim headteacher in place.

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One who had just retired after 33 years as a head.

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When I was starting off applying for headships,

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you could have 16, 20 people applying.

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These days, as you know, there's nobody applying,

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This is one of five schools in Ceredigion currently

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Research for BBC Wales has found many more councils have vacant

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Across the 18 local authorities which provided the information

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we needed, there are more than 1,200 schools.

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105 of those don't have a headteacher.

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Conway has the highest percentage of schools without a head.

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It is difficult to appoint a head in some of the smaller rural schools.

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It's also difficult to appoint heads in even bigger secondary schools,

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There is a shortage of people applying for the jobs.

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Headteachers manage their schools, implementing policies and making

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Despite all these responsibilities, heads often aren't paid much more

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According to NHT Cymru, two thirds of local authorities have

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experienced recruitment difficulties.

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Julian Jones, who represents the union, isn't surprised.

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He says more teachers feel being a head today isn't

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Seeing first-hand what a headteacher has to cope with on a daily basis,

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these young people think to themselves,

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Do I want to have to put up with that?"

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There are now calls for headteachers to be given more support.

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We've certainly called for action, serious action, reducing workload

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across the board in terms of the teaching workforce.

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The Welsh Government told us there is no headteacher recruitment

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crisis in Wales, and there are about 800 teachers who have

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gained the qualification needed to be a headteacher,

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with more to go on the course this year.

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The unions say that qualification is no guarantee a teacher will go

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Here, there is hope the search for a new head is about to come

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Governors will discuss the response to their latest advert tomorrow.

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They were involved in big pay rises for themselves,

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Three senior executives at Caerphilly Council were cleared

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The three are still suspended on full pay.

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It's cost the council more than ?1 million in salaries,

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and there have been calls for the UK Government to foot the bill.

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That call was rejected this morning in the House of Commons.

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It's a controversy which has plagued Caerphilly Council

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The focus of protests over big pay rises -

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Anthony O'Sullivan, the Chief Executive,

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and head of legal services, Daniel Perkins.

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On salaries of around ?80-100,000 a year, then involved in the process

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which awarded them pay rises of up to 20%.

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The Wales Audit Office said it was a clear conflict

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Criminal charges against the three men were thrown out

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The cost to the council backfilling their positions,

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The Crown Prosecution Service, who decide whether to take a case

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to court, told me delays in the trial wasn't there fault.

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Much of the delay is not attributable in any way to the

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That's not to say there weren't elements of the prosecution

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could have been conducted more swiftly and,

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certainly, some learning has been taken away in relation to that.

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The difficulty is everybody blames everybody else.

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The Crown Prosecution Service blame others.

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The result is that there is a catalogue

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What I'm saying is that the system, as a whole, is at fault.

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The Minister for Courts and Legal Aid said complex cases

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No compensation for the council, but changes to the court

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These are ambitious plans put in place.

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I am confident that they will take place in due course.

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I have to say, however, but I'm sorry that

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they weren't in place for the benefit of his constituents

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at the time of the case that he refers to.

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So, what next for Caerphilly Council and council taxpayers here?

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Well, the legal advice is to wait for an

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external experts to advise them on what, if any,

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disciplinary action could take place in future.

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No estimate as it stands, or when this long-running saga

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We pride ourselves on our countryside and wildlife,

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and today a new law was passed to help manage and protect

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New targets were agreed by Assembly Members for recycling

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The aim is to reduce emissions by 80% by 2050,

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but environmentalists say it should have gone further.

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The Ministry of Defence says future of RAF Valley on Anglesey as a fast

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training base has been secured until at least 2033.

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It's one of several bases in the UK which will benefit

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from a ?1.1 billion investment by the MoD

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The investment will also mean ten new aircraft for the Anglesey base,

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which will be used for basic training.

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Rugby, and after playing just one game for the Scarlets

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following injury, fullback Liam Williams is ready to play some

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part in Sunday's Six Nations opener in Ireland.

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Flanker Dan Lydiate is also back in training after a shoulder injury.

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Meanwhile, Ireland winger Luke Fitzgerald is set to miss

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He's out for up to eight weeks, but the Welsh players aren't taking

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The last two years, they won the Championship.

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They are strong squad and they are a well drilled team.

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It's going to be a tough task going to Dublin,

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which is a very difficult place to go and win.

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We are under no illusions about the task ahead of us this

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week, but we need to make sure that we prepare well and concentrate

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Football, and Salomon Rondon struck a dramatic equaliser

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two minutes into stoppage time to earn West Bromwich Albion

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a crucial point against Swansea City at the Hawthorns.

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It's not everyday you get a science lesson from space,

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but that's what happened to a group of school children from Swansea.

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25 pupils from Blaenymaes Primary travelled to Liverpool to take part

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in a live link-up to the International Space Station.

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It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go and speak

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I was amazed because I never knew Tim Peake could do that in space.

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I knew he could float about, but I didn't know he could

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Derek's also been studying the night skies.

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The sky is clear and places at the moment, but there is a wintry mix of

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whether on the way. Rain, sleet and snow for some of us. At the moment,

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close guys with showers. In the early hours, rain will spread into

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North and mid Wales with Pete and snow as well. Strong to gale force

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winds on the north and West Coast. A warning of icy patches on untreated

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roads. By tomorrow, there could be a few centimetres of snow. Having said

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that, some places such as Swansea and parts of Pembrokeshire will be

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dry and bright. A cold wind tomorrow. Across the west of the UK,

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watch out for icy patches. Rain, sleet and health snow in central

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southern areas will break up during the day. Showers in Northern

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Ireland. Further north, dry and bright with further sunshine. In

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Wales tomorrow afternoon, a few showers around with dry and bright

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weather, too. Most of the country should be dry by early evening.

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Winds easing. Tomorrow night, change again as rain moves in. Snow for a

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time on hills. Wind is picking up overnight with temperatures rising.

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Thursday, much milder. Rain in the North will ease, leaving behind lots

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of cloud, helpful, drizzle as well. -- hill fog. My old on Friday,

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strong winds in the west and north-west. This weekend, dry and

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bright for a time. More wet and windy weather on the way.

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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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