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18/04/2016

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life would be like outside of the EU.

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Tonight's headlines: A ballistics expert tells the inquest

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into Private Cheryl James' death, it's "likely" she was holding

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And a deal to secure Chris Coleman's future as Wales

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manager is getting closer, according the boss of

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A ballistics expert has told an inquest that

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a fatal bullet wound, found on the body of Welsh soldier,

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Cheryl James, was "consistent" with a self-inflicted injury.

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The 18-year-old from Llangollen died at Deepcut Barracks

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From Woking Coroner's Court, Paul Heaney reports.

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The Army quickly concluded she had died by suicide.

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But new evidence about the circumstances of Cheryl James's

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death has led to this new inquest, now in its final week.

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The focus today, on scientific evidence about the rifle which lay

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here close to where Private James's body was found, about

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the bullet the rifle fired, the fatal injury it caused.

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David Pryor, a ballistics expert with four decades' experience.

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Back in 2002, he was asked to consider statements and

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It is his strong opinion that Private James held

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But he could not completely rule out third-party involvement.

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After Cheryl's body was exhumed and bullet fragments were recovered,

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she concluded it was likely the gunshot was self-inflicted,

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pointing to injuries on Private James's hands.

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She told the court the injuries were indistinguishable

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from her hand being on the muzzle of the gun when it was fired.

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"In my opinion," she told the court, "the muzzle was at contact

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or near contact to Mr James's face at the time of discharge."

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After two and a half months, the coroner has now heard some

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of the strongest scientific evidence yet that Private James

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In the opinion of two experts here today, the gunshot wound that

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Whilst we've heard a lot about scientific probabilities

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and possibilities today, the coroner will also have

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to consider in his verdict or conclusion next month

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about the kind of environment Cheryl James found herself in,

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The UK Business Secretary, Sajid Javid, says China has vowed

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to reduce the amount of steel it makes.

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It follows an international summit in Brussels on the steel crisis,

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which the Economy Minister, Edwina Hart, also attended.

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Thousands of jobs are at risk here, after Tata decided to sell its UK

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Overproduction, obviously that is the number one issue to tackle.

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I don't think anyone expects an overnight solution to that

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but the discussion today, with all these countries coming

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together, something that we pushed for, and pushed for China's

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participation, will help make the difference.

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Meanwhile the Welsh Secretary, Alun Cairns, has visited

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He told them the UK and Welsh governments were making every effort

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to secure the future of the steel industry here.

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The sister of a businessman from Wrexham who's been missing

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in Peru for 11 days says it's "out of character" for him to be out

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Harry Greaves was last seen on the 7th of April,

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after telling friends he was going to trek up a mountain

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A helicopter has been looking for him, and his mother and cousin

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Harry as a person, everyone that knows him thinks of him as one

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of the most compassionate and thoughtful people they know.

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We have one sighting of where Harry left getting into a taxi heading

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for the region he said he was going for.

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We have no sightings of him after that.

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At the moment, they are searching a relatively broad area.

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If anyone knows how that search could be narrowed then

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The Welsh Conservatives have launched their Assembly Election

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manifesto, promising to spend more every year on the NHS.

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The extra funding would come from a cut in the Welsh Government's

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It's about re-prioritising because ultimately the Welsh

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Government budget is a fixed amount of money.

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It's about ?14.5-?15 billion a year, it is.

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We would reprioritise that money to protect the NHS with real terms

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increase over the five years so commissioners can

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We'd drive forward excellence in communication by getting rid

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-- We'd drive forward excellence in education by getting rid

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Well, with just a few weeks to go until polling day,

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It started in Pembrokeshire, where there's been big changes

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in how things like schools and hospitals are run.

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The council is set to decide on the future of secondary education

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and the plans for post-16 learning are controversial,

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Musical talent is where a sixth form can give added benefit,

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It's not just about exam results on a sheet and I think you have

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to look at the person behind it and I think that the sixth form

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gives you the opportunity to become a well-rounded individual amongst

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Ben's at Tasker Millward, one of two secondary schools

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in Haverfordwest that the council wants to close and replace

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with an 11-16 school, with A level students

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going to a new sixth form centre at Pembrokeshire College.

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These 15-year-olds in Saint Davids will also be affected.

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By A level, class sizes become small, unviable, so in 2017

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Plaid Cymru, Labour and the Conservatives have called

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But collaboration with the college has been welcomed here.

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Currently, as I said, it is a small sixth form

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although our outcomes are excellent, so we are providing.

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But perhaps we're not providing for all our children.

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Pembrokeshire Council are not the only ones looking at moving

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sixth form provision into the further education sector.

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In fact, here in Neath it has been standard practice for a number

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of years, so I have come to the college to find out how

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The majority of 16-year-olds here will go to college

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Pass rates are impressive, so too is the choice.

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I think one of the key benefits for learners coming to study

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here is the wide variety of learning opportunities that we offer.

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We offer over 40 different A-level subjects here.

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Estyn reports do show that FE, or further education,

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But there's also a financial motive here in the face of funding cuts

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There are pressures on the FE sector, financial pressures right

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There are small sixth forms in many areas, so many people are thinking

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it would be a good thing to take some kids out of sixth forms and put

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them in the FE sector, which helps the FE sector in financial terms.

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Ukip supports a move towards more vocational learning,

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Liberal Democrats say both - there needs to be healthy

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competition between schools and colleges.

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But the council says closure here is the answer.

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It is not a good position at the moment.

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Look at your own consultation document.

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Feelings in Haverfordwest are running high.

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With the lively public meetings and protests,

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they are calling for the choice of both college and school.

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And with details of what's in store tomorrow

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on the Election Tour, here's Jamie.

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Our tour of Wales heads from Haverfordwest to Llanelli tomorrow.

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We'll be heading to the Discovery Cafe on the coastal path and,

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among the many subjects on our menu, skills and training.

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If you live in the area, we would love you to join

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The chief executive of the Football Association of Wales

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says he hopes they're closer to agreeing a new deal

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Jonathan Ford was speaking at the launch of a new grassroots

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scheme, aimed at getting 30,000 young people to play the game over

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Chris Coleman's contract ends after the European Championships,

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A pep talk from the national team manager.

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These children are the first to benefit from a scheme to get more

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The plan, get pupils themselves to be the coaches at schools

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right across the country, and encourage their peers

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Young girls and young boys, they sometimes find it hard to go

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outside of school and play football, so to bring it into the school, it

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It's fun playing football and we get to play with the boys,

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Interest in Welsh football has never been higher.

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Those running the game want qualification to be

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the catalyst to grow the game, ensuring football

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But the manager's own future hasn't been settled.

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Chris Coleman's contract ends after the European Championships.

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Bosses here at the Football Association of Wales have

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improved its offer to him but he hasn't signed a contract yet.

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We very much hope to see Chris leading our team out,

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of course, for their World Cup campaign, which starts

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Coleman wasn't going to be drawn on his contract negotiations today

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but set out future goals for the national team.

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It's not about qualifying once in 20, 30, 40, 50 years, you know,

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which obviously that is what has happened in the past.

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It's how do we do back-to-back qualification?

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How do we qualify two out of three or three out of four?

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And that's really taking it forward and I think if we manage to do that

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Whether he'll be at the helm beyond the summer is

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The governing body hopes to sort out Chris Coleman's future before

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he and his players head for France, this summer to put an end

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Neath's Michael White lost ten frames to seven

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against England's Sam Baird in the Snooker World

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Earlier, former world champion Mark Williams made it

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through to the last 16 for the first time in four years.

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Williams, from Ebbw Vale, beat Graeme Dott by ten frames to four.

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Cricket, and on the second day of Glamorgans' opening Championship

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match of the season, Leicestershire reached 297-6

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That's in response to Glamorgans' first innings total of 348.

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Time for a look at the weather now with Sue.

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It looks dry and settled this week, cloudy tomorrow but with sunny

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spells. Overnight largely dry and cloudy.

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Overnight: staying largely dry and cloudy, although some outbreaks

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of drizzle are still possible, more likely in the

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It will turn chilly with some mist developing, frost-free though, lows

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High pressure's building over the next couple of days,

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which will keep things largely fine and settled tomorrow and Wednesday.

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Tomorrow, some early mist, that'll clear, but often cloudy

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but with some sunny spells and light winds.

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Across the UK, a similar picture, high pressure keeping things mostly

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dry and settled with some sunny spells especially further east,

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variable cloud, thicker cloud more likely in the west,

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and highs of 11 Celsius in North-West Scotland,

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In Wales tomorrow afternoon, some thicker could which could produce

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But it should stay dry for most, and with lighter winds feeling

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pleasantly warm in the sunshine, highs of 10 Celsius

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Tomorrow night's mostly dry and clear and under those clearer

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skies temperatures will drop away, so colder with some patchy frost

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Wednesday looks a fine day, mostly dry with sunny spells,

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a bit breezier, but easterly winds, so warming up for Wales,

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especially further west at 16 Celsius.

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And the outlook remains largely dry with sunny spells.

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Breezy at times. Relatively warm by day over the next few days. Chilly

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by night when we keep the risk of patchy frost. More unsettled for the

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end of the week. Rain on Friday and then turning colder again as we go

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into next weekend. We're back with updates in breakfast

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from six tomorrow morning.

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