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reported that there were several people

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Welcome to the programme.

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Just last week Pembrokeshire MP Stephen Crabb was a contender

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to lead the Tories.

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Today, he resigned from the cabinet, amid newspaper allegations

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about his private life.

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Hundreds of jobs are lost as a coach company running services

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across north Wales goes bust.

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And they fought to save their school sixth forms,-

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now campaigners are worried Pembrokeshire council

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is back-tracking.

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Good evening.

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The highest profile Welsh MP in the cabinet has resigned.

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Stephen Crabb, who was Work and Pensions Secretary,

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said the decision was 'in the best interests of his family',

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following newspaper allegations about his private life.

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The MP for Preseli Pembrokeshire was one of several contenders

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for the Tory leadership.

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Our parliamentary correspondent David Cornock, reports.

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He was the future once.

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When Stephen Crabb was summoned to Number 10 this lunchtime

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it was expected to be good news.

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Ministers are sacked in private, only those with job offers get to do

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the Downing Street walk.

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He emerged having resigned from the Cabinet, in a statement

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he said that after careful reflection he had told Theresa May

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he wouldn't be in her government, in the best interests of my family.

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Colleagues were sympathetic.

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I am sad that Stephen has resigned.

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He is one of Wales's most talented politicians.

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He brought a lot in his role of Secretary of State

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for Wales, and then Secretary for work and pensions.

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I understand why, but I hope it is Stephen being benched rather

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than taken off the team.

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His decision follows reports that the married father of two had

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sent suggestive text messages to a young woman.

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Behaviour that seems at odds with a leadership bid

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based on his values.

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The blend of qualities that I bring are exactly those that are required

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to get us through the difficult circumstances that we're are in.

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Resilience, optimism, humility, strength.

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Qualities he said he had learned from his mother who single-handedly

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raised him and his brothers in a council house in Haverfordwest.

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Despite finishing fourth of five colleagues thought he ran

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a good leadership campaign.

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In politics there is always a way back.

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To not take a position now, when there is a new government

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carving in, there is a huge amount of change.

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Merging departments and changing, well, of course, there is room

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for everybody to come back and I fully expect Stephen Crabb

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to be back in government, certainly within my period,

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chances are that is only going to be four years.

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Stephen Crabb's departure means there is only one Welsh MP left

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in Theresa May's Cabinet, Alun Cairns was reappointed

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Secretary of Stat for Wales.

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He says is top priorities will include the steel

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industry and devolution.

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David Cornock, BBC Wales Today, Westminster.

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320 people have lost their jobs, and there's been disruption for bus

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passengers across North Wales after a coach company near Wrexham

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went into administration.

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GHA Coaches operated more than 230 vehicles on school-bus routes

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and ran services across North Wales.

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Matthew Richards has this report.

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Hundreds of GHA staff gathered at the company headquarters this

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morning to be told that the company had ceased trading and

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they were out of work.

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As they emerged there was anger, sadness and bewilderment.

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I'm not sure what to do with this.

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I'll give it to you.

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The owners are gutted.

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They worked hard, no matter what people say.

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They were good hard working people and we've lost everything.

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It's really sad.

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We're getting paid last week's wages, but that's it.

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We've got to apply for the rest through the Government, basically.

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GHA coaches, now based in Ruabon, was established in 1990 and had

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grown into a major public transport provider across North Wales carrying

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schoolchildren from Flintshire, Wrexham and Denbighshire

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as well as other passengers into Gwynedd, Conwy,

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Shropshire and Cheshire.

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But administrators say a winding up order was issued

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by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs over unpaid tax, it's

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thought the firm had debts of about ?3 million.

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That's left these passengers in Llangollen stranded at the bus stop.

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This is a very important service.

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The service first thing in the morning to Wrexham is very

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important because there are quite a few people who use

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it to go to work.

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What are you going to do?

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I'm not sure.

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I'll have to start looking...

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I haven't thought that far ahead.

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I really haven't.

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Councils across North East Wales raced to find replacement bus

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services on their school runs, with other passengers

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hoping their journeys will continue under new operators.

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We've got services running through Denbigh, via Ruthin,

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to Corwen and back, a full timetable the whole day.

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They are working on additional services in other

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areas of the county.

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It will take time.

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I hope the public are with us on this and will bare with us

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because it is very difficult.

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The Welsh Government says it's been working to protect the network

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provided by GHA coaches and wants to minimise any adverse effect of

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the company entering administration.

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Just before being appointed the Transport Secretary

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today Chris Grayling said they would try to help.

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One always hopes, when businesses put into administration,

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that it's possible to save it.

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I know that the Department for Work and Pensions,

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and the Business Department, and indeed, the Welsh Office

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will do everything they can to provide appropriate support

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where they are able to do so.

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It's not yet clear what's caused the company's financial predicament

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but some passengers have complained about inconsistencies

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in the service for some time.

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Now they, and the employees, find themselves without

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a service at all.

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BBC Wales understands the leader of Ukip in Wales, Nathan Gill,

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is to stand as a running-mate to Ukip MEP for the North West

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Steven Woolfe, in a bid for the party's leadership.

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A source has said Mr Gill, who is an MEP and an AM,

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is to run as deputy to Mr Woolfe.

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Ukip is looking for a new leader after Nigel Farage announced

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he was stepping-down earlier this month.

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Ukip's Neil Hamilton could have some of his living costs

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paid by the taxpayer, despite not living in Wales.

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Assembly Members can claim more than ?8,000 per year for Cardiff

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accommodation expenses if they live outside South Wales.

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The Assembly's Independent Remuneration Board is considering

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a change to the rules for AMs living in England.

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A third man has been charged with the murder

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of 29-year-old Lynford Brewster, who died of stab wounds last month

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following an incident in the Llanedyrn area of Cardiff.

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23-year-old Jake Whelan from Kidderminster appeared before

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magistrates this morning.

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Two other men also remain in custody charged with the murder.

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Campaigners who fought to save their school sixth forms

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in Pembrokeshire fear the council could be back-tracking,

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after all plans have now gone back to the drawing board.

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The head boy of Tasker Milward school told BBC Wales,

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he's written a letter of complaint to the council, describing the whole

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process as "undemocratic".

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Abigail Neal reports.

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Secondary schooling is a divisive subject in Pembrokeshire,

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with protests outside the council HQ and mud-slinging inside.

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This proud county has deserved better for the last four years.

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You have bled it dry and your legacy will cause us

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problems for years to come.

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Having fought a three year campaign to vote down plans that

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would scrap their sixth forms and centralise A-Level provision,

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it's now back to scratch, and campaigners have now been

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all options are still on the table.

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The county council are trying to askd the same questions

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until the people of Pembrokeshire get fed up and give them

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the answer they want.

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That's really not the way to go about this.

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This is far more important than that.

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Pembrokeshire's now facing an uphill struggle, because the row over

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secondary school reorganisation has now gone on for so long they're

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in danger of missing out on the lion's share of funding

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for 21st century schools, and meanwhile standards

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continue to slip.

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Both secondary schools in the county town of Haverfordwest have been put

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into special measures.

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And across Pembrokeshire GCSE results are below

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the national average, education-wise it's at the bottom

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end of the league table, 16th out of the 22 local

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authorities in Wales.

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Faced with this tough brief, the new member for Education told me

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the council was still committed to the idea of an A-Level centre,

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but wanted to do things differently this time.

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I am very sympathetic with the concerns of

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the Haverfordwest people.

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I am confident, however, that we can address those and,

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particularly those eloquent sixth form people we've heard speaking

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from Sir Thomas Picton, and Tasker Milward.

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Thus, I want to reward them with something they can live with.

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Whatever that is, it won't be voted on until next year, and the council

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here knows education standards can't afford to wait that long.

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The public spending watchdog says a steel-coating company in Swansea

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went into administration despite being given more

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than ?3million worth of financial support by the Welsh Government.

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The government's own review of Kancoat described the company

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as "high risk" with a "weak and inconsistent business plan".

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The Government says it's made "a number of key changes"

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to business support since.

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This report, in itself, the specific say they shouldn't

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have invested in this.

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They have a lot of reasons to say no, and they ignored them.

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I think that needs looking at.

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Business leaders and politicians are calling for a billion pounds

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of rail improvements between North Wales

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and North West England, to help link the region

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with the planned HS2 line.

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They say it would transform the economy of both areas

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and potentially create tens of thousands of new jobs.

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It's about getting time to get to employment centres

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in time to start shifts.

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To start the working day.

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It is about getting to the right places, at the right time,

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at the right speed.

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Currently, if you go to Leeds, that took me, three weeks ago,

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three hours for a 105 mile journey.

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That is slightly faster than a horse!

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That is probably not what we are looking

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for in the 21st-century economy.

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Onto cricket, and Hampshire beat Glamorgan by 25 runs in the T20

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blast at home this evening.

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They won by 167 for 6, compared to Glamorgan's 142 for 7.

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400m hurdler Rhys Williams has appealed against his omission

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from Team GB's athletics squad for the Rio Olympics next month.

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The London 2012 Olympian Williams will find out the results

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of his appeal on Friday.

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Seren Bundy-Davies is the only Welsh member of the team,

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which was announced yesterday.

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Some football news, and after Wales' success

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at the Euro 2016 championship, they're now ranked 11th

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in the latest FIFA world rankings.

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Reaching the semi finals means Wales has jumped 15 places,

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leapfrogging England who are now in 13th place.

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Let's take a look at what the weather has

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in store now, here's Derek.

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Hello, Shwmae.

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Some lovely weather for us today, bet, you guessed it,

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it's not going to last.

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All change again tomorrow, tropical maritime air bringing damp,

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misty weather from the Atlantic.

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At the moment it is dry, but the cloud will increase bringing

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the odd spot of rain for the North and west later in the night with

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temperatures at ten or 13 Celsius.

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All change tomorrow, not as nice as today.

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A bright start in the east, otherwise cloudy with

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patchy rain and drizzle.

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Across the rest of the UK bright and sunny for a while in eastern

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England and London, but clouding over, elsewhere it will be cloudy

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tomorrow with patchy rain and drizzle, most

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of the rain in Scotland.

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Heavy rain in parts of Scotland tomorrow.

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Highs of 18 Celsius in Glasgow.

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In Wales, plenty of cloud, mist and hill fog.

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Spots of drizzle.

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Some places will become dry and it may brighten up in Flintshire

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and the north coast.

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Tomorrow night, further low cloud, missed, spots of drizzle,

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a front will bring heavy rain into the North later

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in the night, heavy rain for the Snowdonia Mountains.

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Then we've got high pressure over France on Saturday,

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but a cold front lighting through the UK.

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That will bring further rain and drizzle on Saturday.

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Feeling quite muggy.

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It should brighten up in the north on Saturday afternoon

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when it will turn fresher.

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Sunday looks like a better day, drier and brighter, maybe a few

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showers in the north and feeling fresher.

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Next week it is looking quite promising, dry and warmer.

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That will be good news for the Royal Welsh Show.

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See you soon.

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That is Wales Today, we're back with updates

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into Breakfast from around 6.25 in the morning.

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From all of us here, goodnight.

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