17/05/2016 BBC Wales Today


17/05/2016

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after Labour and Plaid Cymru AMs back a deal to end the week-long

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And one of two GPs accused of the unlawful killing

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of a 12-year-old boy in her care is acquitted.

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It's a done deal between Labour and Plaid Cymru.

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It means the path's now clear for Labour's Carwyn Jones to be

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His nomination was blocked in the Welsh Assembly last week,

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when he was challenged by Plaid's leader, Leanne Wood,

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Both parties now say they've carried out "constructive talks"

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Here's our political editor, Nick Servini.

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A couple from Cardiff have appeared in court. Joseph Smith had

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A couple from Cardiff have appeared travelling the cult with his mother,

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Laura Bright, senior and a leather jacket. It is driven by his

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stepfather seen here in the white top. The accident on Western Avenue

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in Cardiff involved three cars and injured several other people.

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Tributes have been paid to a 15-year-old schoolboy who died

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suddenly yesterday. He was in year ten was found near Pembroke School.

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The headteacher said he was intelligence, polite and respectful

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with many close friends. Pupils are being supported by councillors.

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One of two GPs accused of the manslaughter of the 12 road boy from

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Blaenau Gwent has been acquitted of all charges. The jury was directed

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to find Doctor Lindsay Thomas not guilty of unlawfully killing Ryan

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Morse from Abertillery in 2012. The GP found not guilty of

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manslaughter. She had been accused of failing to prevent the death of

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12-year-old Ryan Morse. He had undiagnosed Addison's disease, rare

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but potentially fatal condition affecting the adrenal glands. Dr

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Lindsey Thomas had been accused of failing in her duty in not examining

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him in person after speaking to his mother on the phone the day before

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he died. But Dr Lindsey Thomas's legal team argued it was not enough

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evidence fully properly directed jury hearing at Cardiff Crown Court

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to find a not guilty of gross negligence when it came to the duty

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of care she had over Ryan. The judge instructed the jury to find Dr

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Lindsey Thomas not guilty of manslaughter. The statement was

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later read out on her behalf. She is pleased that the case against has

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been concluded when the findings of no case to answer. She would like to

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thank her family, friends, patients and legal team for their support. Dr

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Lindsey Thomas would like to offer her condolences to Ryan Moore 's's

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family. Legal proceedings against her colleague are ongoing.

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Victim support workers in Gwent say so-called "mate crime",

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where vulnerable people are befriended and then taken

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advantage of, or stolen from, is on the rise here.

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David Bennett, who has mental health issues,

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is a victim of "mate crime", which campaigners claim

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I was there, and I had a friend there, a so-called friend, and I

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went in the kitchen to make a cup of coffee. I came back, and he said,

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have you got a carrier bag? I said, yeah, and gave him a carrier bag.

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The next thing, when he went, I noticed items had gone missing.

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Steelworkers from across Wales will march through the streets

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of London next Wednesday to keep pressure on the UK Government

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The march is organised by trade unions who want to ensure

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the responsible sale of Tata Steel's UK assets,

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including the site at Port Talbot, which employs 4,000 people.

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Landowners in Llangollen have placed a barrier across the

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River Dee to stop canoeists and kayakers

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using the water close to private land.

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Local watersports companies have received a letter saying

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A meeting to discuss the long-running dispute over river

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It's one of the country's oldest institutions and its most secretive.

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But now the Royal Mint is opening its doors

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to the public for the first time in its thousand year history.

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The site, in Llantrisant, produces five billion coins each year

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and houses some of the rarest and most expensive

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We make all the coins for the UK here in Wales, and we're really

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proud to be based in Wales. I think people are surprised. We have them

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some market research and around the country, a number of people think we

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are based in London, so we need to get the word out there to say this

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is a great tourist attraction Wales. Let's find out what the weather

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has in store for us. Where all going to see some rain at

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some point over the next few days, so heavy rain and showers, but with

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some sunshine as well. For this evening, spots of rain will clear.

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Dry for a time, and a band of heavier rain will spread from the

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West after midnight. Milder than last night with a cell to south-west

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of the breeze. Tomorrow morning, a wet start for some of us, some heavy

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rain. This will gradually clear during the morning and it will start

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to brighten up with one or two showers. Across the rest of the UK,

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a trough of low pressure will bring showers and longer spells of rain,

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heavy in places, with risk of thunder. Dry in the West with the

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sunshine in the afternoon. Doctor Bridges, 17 in London, 12 in

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Aberdeen. In Wales tomorrow afternoon, mixed fortunes. Heavy

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showers likely with the risk of thunder in Monmouthshire, for

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example, but there will be some dry, bright weather and sunshine as well,

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particularly in the north and west. Generally cooler than today, but

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warmer in the south-west, to 16 Celsius. Heavy showers in the

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south-east tomorrow evening will clear, leaving a dry night and a

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cooler one. Temperatures drop to five Celsius in both submit Wales.

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Thursday's chart shows pressure over the Atlantic with a frontal system

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over island heading our way. On Thursday, a giant bright start,

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which will not last. It will cloud over, rain spreading from the West

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will stop the breeze picks up as well. And then, for Friday, breezy,

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with a mixture of sunshine and showers. Once again, the showers are

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heavy and places, with the risk of thunder. The weekend looks

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unsettled, a spell of wet and windy weather clearing two showers. That

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is all from me. Good night. That's Wales Today.

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Thank you for watching. From all of us on the

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programme, goodnight.

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