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Our top stories: The Welsh Conservatives and the EU referendum.

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The leader of the party here, Andrew RT Davies, will campaign

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He says he has given it a lot of thought. Now to make the man who

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would be the Welsh Conservative First Minister says he has decided

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to vote to leave. Llangollen welcomes musicians

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from around the world. What do people who live there make

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of remaining or leaving the EU? All I know about the no campaign

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is Boris Johnson joined yesterday. That is all I really know

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and I think everyone Pembrokeshire Council considers

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charging owners of second homes They're doing well, but tonight

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claims that thousands of children are at risk of leaving primary

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school unable to read properly. With four days to go

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until the Six Nations Wales check on the fitness

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of key players. The good news, Jonathan Davies

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is back in training. The leader of the Welsh

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Conservatives Andrew RT Davies has tonight become the highest profile

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politician from Wales to back the campaign for Britain

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to leave the European Union in the forthcoming

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referendum in June. Earlier, the Welsh Secretary,

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Stephen Crabb, described a vote In a moment, we'll be getting

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the view from Westminster. First to our political

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correspondent Daniel Davies What are his reasons for wanting to

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the? We asked his office this morning how he would be voting in a

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referendum. I think a lot of people expected he would be voting to stay

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in, the same as David Cameron. He kept us waiting, perhaps a little

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bit like Boris Johnson, and then this evening, he said he would be

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voting when the time comes in June for Britain to leave the European

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Union. He has leased a statement saying after a great year of

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thought, I have decided I will be voting for Britain to leave the

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European Union. It is my belief that our future will be best served as

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part of a looser economic relationship with the European

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Union. That is despite David Cameron saying he would vote to stay in.

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Welsh Secretary Stephen Dasher Stephen Crabb saying he would vote

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to stay in. Andrew RT Davies clearly thinks the

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opposite is true and he will be voting to leave the European Union.

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So a split in the Tory party on Europe just as the party is gearing

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up for an assembly election. Yes, and their opponents tonight have

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pounced on that. Plaid Cymru, Liberal Democrats and Labour

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highlighting this difference of opinion in the Tory party. No secret

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that there are differing views on Britain's membership of the European

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Union within the Conservative Party but coming as it does in the run-up

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to the assembly election in May, you can expect their opponents to try

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and make a yard of that. The Tories themselves would much rather

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concentrate on that election in May. Mr Davies says that election will be

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the dip -- biggest assembly election since the assembly was founded in

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1999 and it is an opportunity to kick Labour out. We have not had an

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opportunity to speak to him tonight but I have spoken to notorious and

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remember who will be voting to leave the European Union, Mark Isherwood,

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and I asked him what he made of those arguments that people said the

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European Union has been good for Welsh farmers and the Welsh economy.

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There is a lot of scaremongering going along. There is a lot of smear

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and sneer from some of the comments being made but it is vital that

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whatever people's views are and whatever views they form, they are

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based on facts rather than scaremongering. That is a simply

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stick argument. I have heard it too often. I do not leave it will be the

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case if the people decide to come out of Europe. There we have it, the

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view of one Tory semi-member. Most SME members here do not agree with

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him. All the party leaders bar one would like to stay within the SME

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members -- European Union. Well among Welsh Conservative MPs

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in Westminster similar While the Prime Minister David

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Cameron was making his case to remain in the EU to the House

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of Commons some of his backbenchers have explaining why they won't be

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backing their leader. Here's our Parliamentary

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Correspondent, David Cornock. This could be the biggest political

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decision of our lifetime and the world wants to know. This patch of

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grass opposite the Houses of Parliament has become a temporary

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home to a media circus with reporters and TV crews from across

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the probe trying to find out how Britain's politicians see this

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country future. The dividing lines are becoming clearer. All 25 Welsh

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Labour MPs back to remain calm. The European Union over 43 years has

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delivered fantastic benefits for the British and the Welsh economy, a

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great amount of regional funding has come into Wales. Hundreds of

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thousands of jobs rely on it but I'll is it is very important from

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the point of view of security. This referendum will see the Liberal

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Democrats and Plaid Cymru on the same side as the Prime Minister.

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Were we to leave, what would happen to measures such as convergence

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funding which has provided large amounts of money for the poorer

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areas in West Wales and the valleys quest in Mark I think the short

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answer is if we were to leave the European Union, we would not be able

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to get those funds which have made a big difference in parts of Wales.

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But David Cameron faces a bigot challenge persuading his own MPs. I

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will be voting to leave in June because I feel that Britain needs to

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take back control of its borders and it needs to regain powers that we

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have over time given away to Brussels and that was the strong

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view that I was getting when I campaigned in the run-up to the

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general election. The issue has split the 11 Welsh Conservative MPs.

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He is the forth publicly to back the leave campaign but six now say they

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want to stay in, including the Wales Office minister Alun Cairns and his

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boss. It was a difficult decision. There is no perfect easy and serve.

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But for me what clinched the argument is with the package that

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the Prime Minister has secured last week there is at least now clarity

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about what kind of reform membership we have got the European Union. Not

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everyone it is fair to say is fighting at a difficult decision. We

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must do what is best for the British people and the people here in Wales

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and I believe passionately and strongly that we remaining a part of

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this failing superstate is not in our nation 's best interest.

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Politicians are taking the lead in framing the arguments but on

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referendum day in June, your vote will be just as important as theirs.

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So that's the view from Westminster, but what about those of us who'll be

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We've been to Llangollen to see whether people there have made

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Once a year, Llangollen is transformed into a cultural

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European Union, as competitors from this continent and beyond take

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part in the International Musical Eisteddfod.

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In 2002, it even became a temporary Eurozone where businesses accepted

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Llangollen is a town regularly extends a hand of friendship

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So does that colour the way its inhabitants would vote

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Have they made their minds or are they still very much confused

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There are many ways in which the EU affects our daily lives.

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Here are just a few voters will have to consider.

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Stephen Johnson's family has run a dairy and sheep farm

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He says he's been helped by EU subsidies in leaner times,

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but even he's not sure if either the leave or remain camp has

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We don't know really what we are voting for.

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In some ways, it is easier to vote yes because we know really

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what is going to happen in Europe, we will probably stay similar

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Voting no, it is going into the unknown really.

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This European Language centre in the middle of Llangollen teaches

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English and offers work placements to people from all over the EU.

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It's one of hundreds of organisations in Wales which rely

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on European funding to operate, though it's argued that that money

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would be replaced by the UK Government.

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I don't think there is enough public information about it

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what the European Union fund in Wales and I think

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if there was more propaganda about it then there would be

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a better understanding of how much money is actually invested in Wales.

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The way Europe funds farming and a range of other areas can be

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confusing but when it comes to who decides how our own money

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is spent the issues seem more clear cut.

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For me, it is better that Britain come out from the European Union

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because Britain has paid a lot of money to the European Union

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but I don't think it gets that much help from the European Union.

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I would be worried about defence if we leave.

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I don't know why people think we can manage on our own.

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I think we are harking back to a past that does

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We have not got any industries our own any more.

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The next four months will be crucial for both sides of the debate

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to explain their positions to the undecided.

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But for others, who've already made a decision,

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Hospitals around Wales have tonight said they are experiencing very high

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demand and are urging people only to visit emergency

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Health officials say they are extremely busy,

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and some say patients are having to wait a long time before

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Are we doing enough to improve our children's reading?

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One campaign group fears 26,000 children in Wales are at risk

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of leaving primary school unable to read properly.

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Save the Children says it's a national scandal an calling

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What better way to start the afternoon van with some group

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reading. From space adventures to Egyptian kings, pupils at this

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school in Swansea are getting to grips with all kinds of topics.

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Reading is fun. It is important to read because you can learn different

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things that you do not even know. Because you can learn things

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about... You can learn your words. The education watchdog said literacy

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skills in Welsh primary schools have improved but those behind the

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campaign which aims to get everyone reading by the age of 11 are

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concerned 26,000 children in Wales are at risk of leaving primary

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school unable to read properly. The campaign group says children who

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read well by the age of 11 are more likely to do better at school,

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achieve more in exams and fare better in the workplace and is

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calling for more to be done to ensure that all children in Wales

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start secondary school as confident readers. It is not just saying the

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government needs to do this but we do in -- in four party leaders to

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show they care about this and put this into their manifestos. We would

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like the public to be behind that. And to build a sort of constituency

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to say yes, this is a scandal and we all need to do something about it.

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The Welsh Government says supporting literacy skills as a top priority.

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Opposition parties say they also recognise big improvements are

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needed. This school has many reading initiatives. It believes developing

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a love of reading is key to improving standards. We try to

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improve the -- involve these parents as well. The parents coming to learn

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with their children. And we hold days such as world book Day where

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homework tasks involve reading. We try to generate as much interest as

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possible. For this young bunch, it is about getting through a paid at a

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time. The challenge for everyone else is to make sure their next

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chapter is even brighter. Ben Price reporting and if you want

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to find out more about how Wales is different to the other nations

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in the UK, including The "How Wales Works" series has

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been running across BBC Wales TV and radio and online

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at bbc.co.uk/walesnews. Just click on the "How

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Wales Works" link. Still to come on the programme:

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Can Wales make it five wins in a row And in memory of those

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who lost their lives at Verdun. The story of how trees from France

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were planted in Wales. Wales Today has learned that every

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council here with large numbers of holiday homes is considering

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bringing in a special levy. A new act will allow up to a maximum

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of double the council tax to be charged on second homes to try

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and ease the problem of access But as Abigail Neal discovered

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in Pembrokeshire, there are fears it As one of Pembrokeshire's

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prettiest seaside towns, no surprise Tenby is a popular

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choice for holiday homes, With home ownership increasingly out

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of reach for those who live and work here, the council wants

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to redress the balance. Matthew Bryant's family bought this

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holiday home for their own private use 20 years ago but under

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new plans, they could be charged We are contributing the same

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as everybody else who owns a house If you are going to start doubling

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it, well, you have got to say, you are using address,

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we already contributing 100%, why are you trying to tax people

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who are investing in this area? A new act coming in this April

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allows authorities to charge up to an additional 100% council tax

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on both second and empty homes. Figures seen by Wales Today show

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there are more than 16,000 second homes across the country,

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with a slightly less number Most second homes are in coastal

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areas with Gwynedd, Pembrokeshire and Anglesey and Ceredigion having

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the highest numbers. Gwynedd have said they are not sure

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about this tax yet and want to wait to assess the impact,

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so we asked the people of Pwllheli I would say it would probably put

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people off because they would not come if they had to pay

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twice what we pay. If they can afford to homes,

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they can afford double the price. They have got beautiful hotels

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and bed-and-breakfast. Just because they do not

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have a house which is only used two weeks of the year, I do not think

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that would stop anyone coming. Pembrokeshire Council say

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they are not looking to damage the tourism industry

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here because any second home which is officially let as a holiday

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cottage would be exempt from this tax and at the moment,

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that is roughly a third of them. With second home buyers also facing

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a steep price in stamp duty this spring, some fear any extra tax

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will deter investors. But with around 300 holiday

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properties on their books, this agency thinks it

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could actually increase numbers, as people try and avoid the charge

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by turning their holiday home We have the rise of websites

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like booking.com and they are taking a certain percentage of the business

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away from us. What it might do is encourage people

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to come to someone like us who can manage the property for them

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and make them legitimise If that happens, it may

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have the reverse effect for the Council, raising less,

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not more, for affordable housing and that is a gamble they have

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not yet decided upon. Senior managers at the BBC say

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a representative from Wales should continue to be part

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of its new management BBC Cymru Wales director

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Rhodri Talfan Davies and BBC director of strategy and digital

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James Purnell were giving evidence to the Commons' Welsh

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Affairs Committee. They were responding

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to the recommendation of another group of MPs, which said

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there should be no "specific" representative from Wales

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on a proposed new BBC board. Wales' medical staff have been

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assessing key players, with the game against France

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in the Six Nations just After recovering from injury,

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centre Jonathan Davies is back in training but wing George North

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has been training in the centre, just in case Davies

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isn't fit in time. But tonight, the biggest concern

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is over Luke Charteris, The injury list for days before

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Wales' Friday night showdown with the French. It may be a worrying

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sight although medical staff are hopeful about the fitness of

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Jonathan Davies who won his 50th cap in the latest victory over Scotland.

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After missing this weekend 's game for Clermont Auvergne, the

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experienced centre was back training this afternoon. He is an experienced

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player. It will be great news when he comes through. The session this

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afternoon, it is unfortunate the nature of an in dash weekend

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Independent -- in between 6-nations games and it is the same for every

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country. It is a difficult time and you hope and pray that the players

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do not get injuries and unfortunately, we have, but little

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bit short. Cory Allen would have been a ready replacement if needed

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but was carried off with an ankle injury during Saturday's game

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against Leinster. The medical team will be hoping for good news

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following today's x-ray. But in the meantime, Rob Howley confirmed

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George North was training at centre this morning. An option to play next

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to Jamie Roberts if needed. Back to the injuries and there is still

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doubt over Luke Charteris who continue his rehab from a knee

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injury. Rhys Priestland took part in noncontact training earlier today,

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still recovering from a dead leg. As Warren Gatland and his squad in to

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get their campaign going following one win and a draw. We were not

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happy with the way we started against Ireland. Against Scotland,

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we showed what we can do. We scored some decent tries and maybe still

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left a few opportunities out there. Hopefully we can execute them a bit

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better this week against France and hopefully come away with a good win.

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France are unbeaten and seemed to have discovered some of that French

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flair. Wales will be hoping for some good news on the injury front before

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Wednesday's team announcement as they aim to secure their fifth it

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really roll over Friday night 's opponents.

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Cardiff City go into their game against Middlesbrough tomorrow just

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four points outside of the Championship play-off places.

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It's the first time they've done that in the league since 2012.

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Manager Russell Slade described the win over Brighton as his side's

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best performance since he joined the club 16 months ago.

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Ronnie O'Sullivan is unsure whether he'll return to Wales next

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month for Snooker's World Grand Prix in Llandudno.

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He qualified by winning the Welsh Open last night,

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but says he's already committed to an exhibition in Morocco.

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This is not what Welshman Bruce Tasker wanted at the weekend.

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Despite skidding close to 70mph, his team mates emerged unscathed.

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The crash ended their hopes of a first World Championships medal

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for a British four-man bobsleigh team in 77 years.

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They were 0.02 seconds off a bronze medal going into the final two runs.

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Luckily they suffered just bumps and bruises.

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They were the soldiers who died in the longest single battle

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Now the Woodland Trust is looking for volunteers to trace the oak

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trees from France planted here in memory of the fallen.

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This week marks the 100 year anniversary of the Battle of Verdun.

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The Trust says, it's found some clues as to where the trees may have

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German soldiers firing 2 million shells in the first eight hours

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alone against the French but that was just the start.

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The Battle of Verdun lasted ten months.

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The single longest of the First World War,

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up to 800,000 injured, missing or dead.

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After the battle, someone thought of picking up a memento,

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Acorns like these and chestnuts brought back to Great Britain

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by the likes of David Lloyd George, the Welsh Prime Minister

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at the time, and now the hunt is on try and find some of the trees

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that grew from little seeds like these.

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Well, newspaper articles from the time suggests some good

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year near the former home of Lloyd George in Gwynedd,

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or in the Swansea area, but with parks full of oak

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of roughly the right age, it is thought Abergavenny could also

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be home to trees steeped in this particular chapter of history.

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These trees are some of the last living things from the First World

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War and we want to hope that they go on by collecting their seeds

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and then propagating them and planting them out again,

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so they are a living bit of history, which is so important to our

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landscape as well as the people who sacrificed their lives.

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The Woodland Trust asking for volunteers to help them

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carry out the research, especially as so many

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old oaks were felled as part of the war effort.

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This the last of its kind in Wentwood Forest on the outskirts

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It is somewhere you can actually go and actually feel a piece

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You can sit underneath the tree that was a seed during

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the First World War and it will be there for your children

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So they are an important part of the timeline for us.

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In the absence of so many of the fallen, trees like this have

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Time now for the weather forecast. Some good news. I think we have seen

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the last of the wind and rain for a while. The next two days drier and

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colder. Some wintry showers but sunshine and frost as well. Blue sky

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in Penrhyn Bay today and the sunglasses will come in handy

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tomorrow as well. This evening, most of the country dry but showers will

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spread south overnight. Heavy in places. Colder than recent nights.

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Temperatures inland falling close to freezing with a frost. For mid and

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North Wales, a warning of icy patches. Tomorrow's chart shows

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high-pressure near Iceland. A cold front lying through France and

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Germany. Here is the picture for 8am. Some cloud likely in the south

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and west. Showers in places but these will soon clear away.

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Elsewhere, looking dry clear and bright. Some sunshine in mid and

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North Wales with frost inland. A chill in the air tomorrow but it

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will turn into a nice day. Sunnier than today with a few clouds in the

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afternoon. Temperatures on the chilly side. But in the sunshine, it

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will feel pleasant. In Conwy tomorrow, fresh and dry. Lots of

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sunshine. Top temperature six Celsius. Eight Celsius in Briton

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Ferry. Tomorrow night will continue dry and with the clear sky, there

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will be a widespread and sharper frost. Minus five Celsius in mid

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Wales. Wednesday, a frosty start. Most places dry with sunshine but

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showers in places. Most of the showers in the north and west.

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Thursday, one or two light showers around. The best of the sunshine in

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the south-east. Friday, more uncertain. There is a risk of some

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rain, especially in the south and west. The weekend cold with

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north-easterly winds. The leader of the Welsh Conservatives, Andrew RT

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Davies, has now become the highest profile politician from Wales to

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back the campaign for Britain to leave the European Union. Earlier

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the Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb described the vote to leave as a

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leap into the dark. Let's get a final word with our political

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correspondent, Daniel Davies. The leading politicians in Wales from

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the Conservatives are on separate sides of the argument. Yes, it is no

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secret that there are differences of opinion within the Conservative

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Party about Europe. Some may say that is the reason why David Cameron

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wanted a referendum in the first places -- first place. The big fear

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of politicians in the building behind me was this, if the

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referendum was to happen in June, it would overshadow the assembly

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elections in May. If you are going to be talking about your politics

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with your friends and work, are you going to be talking about the

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semi-election or are you going to be talking about this huge question

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about Britain's future? Their fear was the latter would win out and the

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assembly would not get a look in. The date has been set and once the

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date is set, one Tory semi-member told me today, people will want to

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know how you are going to vote and today Andrew RT Davies has answered

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that question. He will vote to leave. Thank you very much.

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I'll have an update for you here at 8pm and again after the BBC

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