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13/04/2016

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BBC Wales has discovered that some people are being asked to wait up

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to four years for specialist mental health treatment

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The boss of National Museum Wales says an ongoing dispute over

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weekend payments to staff is putting its finances at risk.

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BBC Wales has discovered that some people are being asked to wait up

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to four years for specialist mental health treatment

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While most receive care much sooner and spending by the Welsh Government

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has increased in recent years, doctors have described

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All parties are promising to further increase funding for mental health

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A calming walk by the river near Blackwood.

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It is difficult to see now from the outside but Julie has

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tried to cope with depression for decades.

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It wasn't the fact that I wanted to die,

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I just didn't want to be inside

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Because I just couldn't cope with what was going on

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Julie's most dangerous experience was triggered by a

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It took months for her to see a specialist.

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In total she spent years on waiting lists.

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The waiting time to see somebody really didn't help what I was going

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Many people across Wales are treated for mental health issues

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within weeks but unlike other illnesses, waiting times for these

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At the moment in the Aneurin Bevan health board area, for some

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patients, some therapies have a

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four-year wait because of long-term staff illness.

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In the Betsi Cadwaladr and Hywel Dda areas, some are

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being asked to wait up to two years while in Cwm Taf and Cardiff

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and Vale, most received treatment within weeks and some patients are

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Abertawe Bro Morgannwg Health Board area didn't provided us with any

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Doctors have said time and time again that antidepressants or

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other medication are sometimes the only options

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There have been new resources this year and we need to see that

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continue to be pushed across Wales to get better services.

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It is not right for the patients of Wales and we need to see

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more investment and a true commitment to solving this once and

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A food cooperative run by volunteers.

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For many, a new step towards going back to full-time

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The mental health charity that organises

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this service says NHS services are improving

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has be done to monitor very long waits for a very specialist help.

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It is really frustrating when money is

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going into the service and we can't see the impact it's having.

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We need to make sure that data collection is

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transparent, it is accessible and it is consistent so we can

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make sure any investment that is going in is

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So what are the politicians promising

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The Welsh Liberal Democrats told me they would give

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the same access to diagnosis and treatment of mental health patients

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as patients with physical health problems.

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Both the UK Independence Party and the Welsh Conservatives

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are promising to spend more money on mental health services each year,

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and introduce a 28 day referral to treatment time target.

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Plaid Cymru said the service is underfunded as

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it is at the moment and are pledging to spend

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?68 million more by the

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The Welsh Labour Party who have been in charge of the service up until

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recently say they have already made significant progress in mental

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health services in Wales over the past few years and pledged

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to spend more money on it again in future and

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they have already introduced an 80% target time for people to get some

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kind of intervention with mental health problem.

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Julie eventually got really good support from an NHS

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psychiatrist but she and others feel there is a steep hill to climb

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before mental health is on an even footing with other health services.

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The Football Association of Wales has launched an investigation

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after suspicious betting patterns were discovered on a Welsh

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It follows a game on Saturday when Rhyl - who had not

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won in 17 matches - beat Port Talbot 5-0 at home.

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Port Talbot are making no comment but have confirmed

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All players in the Welsh Premier League must sign

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an agreement before each season, which includes a pledge not to bet

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on games and competitions in which they appear.

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Police investigating the murder of a 51-year-old woman whose body

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was found at a house in Powys have named her as Tracy Cockrell.

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Dyfed Powys Police went to an isolated property

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near Machynlleth on Sunday after reports of her sudden death.

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Officers also found man's body during a search of the grounds

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and he has been identified as Nigel McGrath, aged 45.

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His death is not being treated as suspicious and no-one else

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is being sought in connection with the incident.

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The boss of National Museum Wales says an ongoing dispute over

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weekend payments to staff is putting its finances at risk.

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David Anderson said discussions have taken place with staff affected

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by proposals to scrap extra pay on weekends and bank holidays

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after negotiations with the PCS Union broke down.

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Our arts and media correspondent Huw Thomas has the story.

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There's a new face on the walls at National Museum Wales -

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a portrait by Rembrandt that's worth ?35 million and here on loan,

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But it's the millions that the museum has

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to save that's worrying the boss while the staff are on strike.

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Some of the museum's lowest paid staff are opposed to plans

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to stop paying them extra for working weekends.

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For two years the dispute has affected the museum's seven

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sites across Wales - but now there's a warning

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about the financial strain it's causing.

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We have got staff asking if they can sign up to the offer we are making

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and in the broader context of the museum finances, every month that

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goes by without resolution costs as a further ?70,000 from our reserves

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so we cannot afford to keep the dispute running and we have to bring

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it to a conclusion because otherwise it puts the museum 's finances at

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it puts the museum 's finances at strategic risk.

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To try and resolve the dispute the Museum has offered staff

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an average of ?4,000 as a lump sum, equivalent to two years

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Around 300 members of staff currently get extra money

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for working weekends, and the museum has now begun

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individual consultations with each of them.

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If staff don't accept the offer, the museum says it could dismiss

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them and offer to re-employ them under the new terms.

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longest-running industrial disputes. Both sides say they have made

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concessions but it is clear something will have to change in

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something will have to change in order for the strikes to stop.

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Negotiations with the unions broke down at Christmas and only

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an improved offer will bring the workers back to the table.

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What we would like to see is for the museum to enter back into

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discussions with us, to be more open and transparent with us. In order to

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resolve this dispute, we need to see an improvement to the offer.

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The museum says the financial picture is clear but the union hopes

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there'll be further talks before the dispute can be brought

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A leading economist has warned that uncertainty over the future of Tata

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means parts of the car industry will be looking at options

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abroad for their supply of high quality steel.

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Professor David Bailey says he hoped companies would continue

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to support UK steel, but warned that if Tata begins

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to lose sales it will make it less attractive to potential buyers.

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If users in terms of the car industry to walk away from using

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British steel, that will have an impact on demand from whatever

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We hope those assemblers and component

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suppliers will continue to use British steel in the short-term.

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The leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats, Kirsty Williams,

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says she won't repeat the same "terrible" mistakes on tuition fees

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that her Party made in coalition with the

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She's pledging to replace the current tuition fee subsidies

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offered by the Welsh government with a new upfront grant

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Here's our political editor Nick Servini.

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The former Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg made

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a number of sacrifices for his

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Party when he teamed up with David Cameron to form

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The most damaging was the breaking of the pledge to oppose

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At a different time and a different place, the ghost of that broken

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Williams in tonight's Ask the Leader debate in Aberystwyth

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as she set out her opposition to the current subsidies.

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What we can do now is be very clear and upfront

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I could stand here and say it's fine and we

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can carry on paying these student fee grants for years when the

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reality is, I can't make that promise.

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I don't want to make the

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I do things differently in my party in

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Wales and I don't want to make those same mistakes.

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The Liberal Democrats' offer instead is an upfront grant of

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Under the current system, students from Wales pay around

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?3,800 towards the fees, wherever they study in the

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The Welsh government can top up more than 5,000.

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Many in higher education believe the system is

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unaffordable as tens of millions of pounds ends up in the coffers

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A review into the system is being carried out.

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Labour has pledged to keep it but the Conservatives, Plaid Cymru

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and Ukip say they will replace it with cheaper alternatives.

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The Welsh Conservative leader has joined other party leaders in Wales

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A document posted on Facebook showed Andrew RT Davies' tax bill last year

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came to around ?23,000 on an income of just over ?121,700.

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Leaders of the Welsh Lib Dems, Welsh Labour and Plaid Cymru

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followed the prime minister earlier this week in releasing

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But Ukip Wales leader Nathan Gill said he wouldn't

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Emergency services joined forces today, to ensure they're prepared

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The fire service, police, lifeboat, ambulance crews and mountain rescue

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Exercise Polygon took place at various locations

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They had to rescue people trapped in a submerged car in fast flowing

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water at the International Whitewater Centre in Cardiff Bay.

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In Cardiff the temperature soared as high as 17 Celsius. It won't be the

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swarm over the weekend. Some places dry tonight but a few showers dotted

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around with a pocket of missed here and there. More cloud around tonight

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compared to last night with temperatures around five Celsius.

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Tomorrow morning we start off with plenty of cloud with some places dry

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with a few showers dotted around. It should brighten up in the South

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through the morning with some sunshine. Fairly cloudy for Northern

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Ireland, southern Scotland, northern England and a few spots of rain.

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Largely dry and bright in Scotland but further south we have a mixture.

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Showers are heavy and thundery in places. Later in the afternoon

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towards the evening, rain reaching Cornwell and the Channel Islands. A

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warm 17 degrees in London and only nine Celsius in Glasgow. Closer to

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home, a few scattered showers. If you catch a Shah, it will be heavy.

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Like today, hit and missed with some places enjoying sunshine and a high

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of 15 Celsius. Tomorrow evening, the showers will slowly fade away and a

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few mist and fog patches forming, for example in Powys. Showery rain

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reaching the South after midnight. On Friday January cloudy with

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showers heavy in places. It should turn dry from the West later in the

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day, turning cooler as well with the wind beginning to turn into the

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North, setting the scene for the end of the week. Cold air from the

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Arctic heading our way and a chilly weekend in store with a few showers

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on Saturday, but some sunshine and overnight frost.

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We will be back at around 6:25am tomorrow morning. Goodbye.

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