12/02/2016 BBC Wales Today


12/02/2016

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Welcome to the programme.

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Tonight's headlines:

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A major review finds the Health Service here is no better

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or worse than the rest of the UK - but needs to raise its game.

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And Margaret Hiorns died from a blood clot after being

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treated in hospital.

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A coroner says there were shortcomings in her care.

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Good evening.

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The First Minister, Carwyn Jones, says David Cameron should apologise

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for consistently attacking the NHS in Wales.

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It comes as a major new report says the care we get here is no better

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or worse than in the other nations of the UK.

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But experts from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation

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and Development say the NHS in all four UK countries

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needs to improve.

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Here's our health correspondent, Owain Clarke.

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What's a fair reflection of the state of the Welsh NHS?

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What's the true story beyond the headlines?

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The only thing that's clear is it's a complicated picture.

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Without this, Kenneth Jones' shattered leg bones

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wouldn't heal.

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He fell 15 feet from a wall last summer.

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His injuries were so severe he had to be

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transported by air ambulance straight to Morriston Hospital.

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Experts in trauma and plastic surgery worked together to get him

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on the mend.

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Years ago I would have probably lost my leg.

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But the Professor has been very good.

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He's taken me through all the procedures

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I have gone through, explained everything to me.

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Everything that's happened and what they intend doing.

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The NHS across Wales saves and rebuilds lives everyday,

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but the spotlight often falls on days cases

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where care hasn't been up to scratch.

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But do they reflect deeper problems?

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18 months ago, the Conservative Health Secretary at Westminster told

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MPs the patients in Wales were getting

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a second-class health service.

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The Welsh Labour health Minister hit back, saying Jeremy Hunt's

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claims were a tissue of lies.

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So who's right?

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This 300-page report, put together by experts from the OECD in Paris,

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looks at quality and safety of NHS services in Wales,

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England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

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It's arguably the most comprehensive analysis ever made.

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And when the OECD has something to say, people tend to listen.

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It suggests no-one of the four nation's health systems appear

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to outperform the others, but argues they all must improve

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and learn from each other, given that survival rates

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across the UK for certain types of cancer are average or disappointing.

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But there are concerns that health boards in Wales,

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established seven years ago, have failed to change and improve

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care enough locally.

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The review calls for the Welsh Government to take more

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direct control of the way the NHS here is run.

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The centre has a very general view on what should be

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happening, but then leaves it to the health boards to decide,

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in each little authority, how you actually improve

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health care, how you structure health care.

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It should be, let a thousand flowers bloom.

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But when we look at the results, we don't see much

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change since 2009.

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But this review didn't look at waiting times foir treatment,

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for example, and critics claim they're too long in Wales,

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and a particular problem.

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Nevertheless, the Welsh Government feels vindicated.

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We have seen a report today that shows that,

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unlike what David Cameron has said, the Welsh NHS is not worse

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than the NHS in England.

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After what he said last year about our doctors and nurses

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in Wales, I think it's time we had an apology.

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At one point Kenneth Jones thought he

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would lose his leg, but due to the care and expertise

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of the Welsh NHS, he is on his way to recovery.

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Kenneth is doing well.

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But the OECD message is clear - the NHS could do better.

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And not just in Wales, but across the UK.

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A friend of a Welsh soldier who died at Deepcut barracks in Surrey has

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told an inquest senior staff were "trying to keep us quiet".

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Private Cheryl James, from Llangollen, was found dead

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at the army base in 1995.

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Helen Miller said she'd been pressured to say her

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friend was happy.

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The inquest continues.

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Cardiff Council says it will cut 138 posts as part of plans to find

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?32 million in savings from next year's budget,

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following a month of consultation.

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Their budget proposals will go before the cabinet on Thursday,

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before they're considered by the full council.

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Welsh graduates who stay in Wales or come back here to work

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after university would have part of their debts written off

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if Plaid Cymru came to power after May's Assembly Elections.

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The party says it would pay off ?6000 a year of tuition fees.

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An inquest has found there were shortcomings in the care

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of an elderly patient who died from a blood clot

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after being treated at Glangwili hospital in Carmarthen.

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85-year-old Margaret Hiorns suffered complications,

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after being treated with a blood-thinning drug.

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Abigail Neal reports.

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Margaret Hiorns went into hospital with just a chest infection,

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but within weeks her condition was steadily deteriorating.

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Her son, Michael, told a coroner today that his mother had suffered

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an agonising death.

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Mr Hiorns explained to the inquest that when his mother was admitted

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to Glangwili Hospital, she was

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put on an anti-coagulant drug, Tinzarapin.

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He alleges she was given this drug for too long and that she wasn't

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properly monitored in terms of potential complications,

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including internal bleeding.

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A few weeks later Mrs Hiorns developed a haematoma,

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severe bruising all down her back from internal bleeding,

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and had to have a blood transfusion.

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Her health worsened and she died the next month of a blood clot.

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Her son gave detailed evidence at the inquest today

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about her treatment at Glangwili Hospital,

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outlining what he said amounted to a catalogue of neglectful acts.

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No-one else should have to suffer like this.

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There's guidance and there's documentation in place,

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people are aware how dangerous this drug is.

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Not dangerous, but how keenly it must be monitored.

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In a statement, the health board said...

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And having reviewed the guidance, they are satisfied that the dose

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of Tinzarapin his mother received was appropriate.

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They went on to apologise for the shortcomings in her care

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once the internal bleeding had developed and said they had taken

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measures to address these.

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In reaching a narrative verdict, the coroner highlighted shortcomings

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in the management of Mrs Hiorns' care at Glangwili Hospital,

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and said he would be writing to the chief executive to flag up

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the importance of monitoring patients and to ask them to look

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at the issue around the prescription of that drug, Tinzarapin.

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Welsh hopes of securing a Grand Slam in the 2016 6 Nations may be over,

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but Wales are still aiming for the Championship title

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when they face Scotland tomorrow.

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Dan Biggar's fit after suffering an injury against Ireland

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as Wales aim for nine wins in a row against the Scots.

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If you go into a game against Scotland and you think that

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you're just going to be going ahead and

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winning the game, you're going to come up short.

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Because they're improved as a side.

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Even though, under Vern Cotter, they haven't won a 6 Nations game,

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I hope that continues on Saturday.

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I'm good mates with Vern Cotter, but he can wait for someone else

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before he wins a 6 Nations game, please!

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And in the tournament this evening, Wales Under-20s

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fought back from 15-5 down to beat Scotland.

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Replacement fly-half Billy McBryde added the winning touch with a late

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penalty at Eirias Park in Colwyn Bay.

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The final score 18-15.

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Time for the weather now, here's Derek.

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Greetings.

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There's been a chill in the air today, and it is going to stay

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on the cold side this weekend.

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A little rain in places, a little snow on the hills and mountains.

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Sunday should be a better day.

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Dry tonight, but a little rain expected

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in the south overnight.

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Wintry on higher grounds, a little sleet and snow.

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Temperatures generally above freezing, but a few

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spots may reach zero.

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Tomorrow, low pressure reaching eastwards across

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the English Channel.

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That will bring rain to southern Britain,

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with snow and some of the hills.

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Tomorrow morning, cloudy and damp in places.

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A little sleet and snow in the valleys

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and Brecon Beacons.

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Part of the North and northwest dry and brighter.

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Across the rest of the UK, some rain for southern Britain

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with an easterly wind.

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A little snow on the hills.

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Most of the snow likely in parts of southeast Scotland and northern

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England, that could cause disruption.

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Otherwise, some dry and bright weather in the North.

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And sunshine, only 4 degrees but 10 degrees in Jersey.

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Spots of rain in Wales tomorrow afternoon, could be a few spots

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of snow on the mountains.

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Some dry weather, bright in parts of the north and northwest.

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Temperatures will be cold.

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If you're heading to the rugby, damp at times, but some dry

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weather, five Celsius.

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One of two showers on Sunday, cold wind

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but generally turning dryer and brighter with sunshine.

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It stays cold into next week, northerly winds on Monday.

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But plenty of dry weather, sunny spells on Monday and Tuesday

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with sharp overnight frosts.

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Have a nice weekend.

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We'll be back with another update just after 7pm tomorrow evening.

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From all of us here, have a lovely weekend.

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A pulsating Six Nations continues.

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As Ireland head to France in search of a first victory,

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can Wales use home advantage to beat a deflated Scotland?

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And jubilant England enter the Stadio Olimpico

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