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Welcome to Wales Today. Tonight's headlines:

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well on the way to hitting ambitious targets.

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But why is one area still falling behind and dumping too much waste?

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The plan is by 2054 none of our rubbish to end up in landfill so can

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behind the scenes at this plant with me to find out what happens when you

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and I is wrote something away and it can't be recycled.

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A row at the top of Labour - Carwyn Jones is angered by claims

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Jeremy Corbyn's supporters are briefing against his staff.

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Self defence classes for Muslim men and women -

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claims hate crimes have increased since the EU referendum.

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On the trail of motorcyclists at more than a hundred miles an hour

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- police launch a safety campaign ahead of the Bank Holiday.

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In tonight's sport, fresh from success in France,

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Chris Coleman names his squad for the first World Cup qualifier.

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The amount of rubbish we recycle is at its highest ever level.

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We recycle 60% of our waste with nearly every local authority

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But in Blaenau Gwent, there was a drop for

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The targets are part of an ambitious plan to recycle all rubbish by 2050

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Our reporter, Paul Heaney, is at a site in Cardiff that

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Good evening. Thousands of tonnes of our waste, the stuff you and I throw

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away that our council collects but they can't recycle ends here every

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day. If you look down there, you will see some of it. The huge claw

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will take it up into a furnace with the waste will be burned and a very

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high temperature. You will be able to see some of it being burned on

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the screen there. That heats up steam which powers a generator to

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generate electricity and eventually the ash that is left is used to go

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and service our roads. This plant has been here for the last two

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years. It was not without controversy. The people who live

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here did not necessarily want this plant on their front door but the

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local authority say they are trying to do something good with the stuff

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we are throwing away. But councils are finding it difficult, some more

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difficult than others, to convince as to recycle more.

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Too many people in Caerphilly were throwing all their

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Only 40% separated their food out for recycling.

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What we are trying to achieve here is we are trying to take out

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The county has improved its recycling rate

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but to improve further it is knocking on 74,000 doors.

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The message, put leftover food into a plastic caddy like this

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and it will be processed, turned into electricity, rather

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Stickers, leaflets and chats on the doorstep also let people know

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just what can be put in the food recycling.

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It is very necessary because some people put plastic in it.

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Overall the recycling rate has increased from 56% last year to 60%

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The figures include anything that does not go to landfill.

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Bottles, plastic, food waste, even recycled furniture.

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Ceredigion has the highest recycling rate in Wales but Blaenau Gwent's

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rate has fallen for a second year, now 49%.

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Large plastic boxes replacing the old recycling

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One local campaigner says for those on small terraces or with steep

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steps on the side of the valleys, it has acted as a

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The boxes are too small for families.

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They did not bring it in and see if it works.

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When people come past with prams, they have got

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The council say this is just a transition thing.

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Give it a few months and the rates will go up.

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If it was three different coloured bags, it would have been easier.

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The Welsh government says it will decide whether to find councils

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which have missed this year's recycling targets

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when the provisional figures are finalised in the autumn.

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It is worth pointing out that Blaenau Gwent council changed their

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recycling system there because if you separate out the different types

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of recycling, the chances are that you can sell it on for a bit more

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money and it is better for everyone involved. With me now is Dan Cook

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who is from the company that runs this plant. Ideally we want to send

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as little of our rubbish to yourselves as we can. Is this idea

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of zero waste from households in Wales by the year 2050 realistic? It

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depends what we mean by zero waste. We are making fantastic progress in

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Wales. We have gone from single-digit figures to 60%. We have

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got some great partnerships. Partners working together on the

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goodwill to recycle and we are recycling more and more and making

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better use of what we can't recycle. It is important to keep that

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progress going. Good well is really important but technology is also

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being used here. It is pretty much a brand-new facility. What kind of

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research is being done to make even more use of things like polystyrene

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that can't effectively be recycled? Technology and innovation has played

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an important role in bringing us to where we are and will continue to do

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so. That has to be aligned with innovation in terms of packaging

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design, working with retailers and consumers, to building recyclability

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so we can recycle even more and to invest in education and

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communication to build on that goodwill so people are putting the

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right stuff in the right bin and local authorities can increase their

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level further, send less for energy recovery, although that is

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important, and working with businesses to help them recycle more

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and more and recover whatever can't be recycled. That is next on the

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Welsh government's list. That is the message from the people who process

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our rubbish, both to supermarkets, ourselves but perhaps most

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importantly, the goodwill and willingness of people to do their

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bit. That will really make a difference if we are to get to this

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zero waste idea by 2050. The First Minister Carwyn Jones

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is said to be "extremely angry" about claims Jeremy Corbyn

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supporters are briefing It's been suggested two employees

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may lose their jobs if Mr Corbyn is re-elected because they haven't

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been supportive enough of him. Our political editor Nick Servini

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is here. All the blood-letting that we have

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seen in the Labour Party for all to witness in the past year about those

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who support Jeremy Corbyn and those who don't, it has largely escaped

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the Welsh Labour Party. They have kept themselves out of so many of

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the disputes, but that started to change today. It started with a

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story in the Western Mail on Monday which quoted anonymous sources

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saying if Jeremy Corbyn wins the leadership contest, there would be a

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hit list of those who have not given enough support to him and it

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included two senior members of the Welsh Labour Party. We have no way

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of definitively proving whether such a list exists but the response to

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that today shows in a way, it tells its own story and shows how much

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tension there is in the party. A spokesman for the First Minister

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said Carwyn Jones is really angry and it would be totally unacceptable

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if the Labour Party in London look to get involved in internal staffing

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matters. That sense of anger was echoed by Carwyn Jones' former

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government minister and colleague Leighton Andrews when he talked

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about the reaction. The status of Welsh Labour staff

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is a matter for the Welsh Labour The Welsh Labour team has delivered

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two Welsh Assembly election victories for Carwyn,

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delivered two Welsh Labour governments, and he will be,

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I am sure, furious about what is I also caught up with a high profile

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Jeremy Corbyn supporter in Wales. He laughed at the prospect of such a

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list in existence and said its existence had been fabricated by the

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critics of the Jeremy Corbyn campaign.

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I think this is absolute nonsense, the idea there

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Unfortunately, a lot of this leadership contest has been

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characterised by attempts on behalf of Jeremy's opponents to suggest

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there is this atmosphere of intolerance and intimidation

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Anyone who knows anything about Jeremy and has spent time

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with him will know he has not got a vindictive bone in his body.

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Before you go, Leighton Andrews has some interesting comments about

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Carwyn Jones' feelings about the Labour leadership. Unlike many

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senior figures in the party, Carwyn Jones has kept out in terms of

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publicly endorsing anyone and Leighton Andrews said, why look in

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the crystal ball when you can read the book? If you read between the

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lines of everything he has said on the leadership contest, he says it

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is pretty obvious that Carwyn Jones does not support Jeremy Corbyn.

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Thank you. Staying with Labour,

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a former watchdog on standards in public life has claimed

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the former Economy Minister had a potential conflict of interest

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when she approved over ?3 million of support for a Swansea firm

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which later went bust. In 2013 and 14, Edwina Hart decided

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to support Kancoat despite being Sir Alistair Graham said possible

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job opportunities for her constituents meant there

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was a potential conflict. The Welsh Government said

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the support was "consistent American metal giant Alcoa was a big

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employer in Swansea for years but the company left a decade ago

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with hundreds of jobs lost. In 2012, Kancoat tried to revive

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the production line and received more than ?3 million

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from the Welsh Government in grants and loans but it struggled and went

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bust in 2014. Last month, a report

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by the Wales Audit Office found that Kancoat had previously been turned

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down by the Welsh Government's investment bank, Finance Wales,

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who deemed it too risky. And the report also said

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the Welsh Government had continued to put money into Kancoat

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despite its own review describing the business plan

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as weak and inconsistent. We now know that decisions to back

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the firm were taken directly by the then Economy Minister Edwina

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Hart. If Kancoat had been based

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in Edwina Hart's Gower constituency, she would not have been the person

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to take the decision to back it because the government's code

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of conduct warns against conflicts between constituency matters

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and ministerial decisions. But Kancoat was actually based

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ashort journey away in the neighbouring

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Swansea West constituency. It's around half a mile

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as the crow flies or about five A former public standards watchdog

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has told BBC Wales that that close proximity meant Gower constituents

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could have benefited from the investment

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so there was a potential It's thought ministers can stand

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above any decision and not be conflicted by possibly having

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a political interest as an Assembly Member,

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plus the fact in these circumstances as I understand it, the Minister

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concerned had very strong advice from civil servants

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and the application for public investment was not

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a strong one at all. We certainly need to find out,

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bearing in mind it's such a borderline case,

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whether she spoke to If she had exercised good judgment

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on that, she certainly would have done that

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and the Welsh Conservatives are trying to find that

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out at the moment. The Welsh Government said this

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evening it would not be adding to its earlier statement which said

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Kancoat was not in the former Economy Minister's constituency and

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the decision she took was consistent We approached Edwina Hart

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for comment but she didn't respond. And tonight it's been confirmed that

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another company which had been given more than ?1.4 million

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by the Welsh Government has gone Around 50 people have lost jobs

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at Oyster World, a computer games company based in Treforest which had

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debts of more than ?2 million. The Welsh Government says figures

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show the survival rates of the companies it supports

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are above the UK average. A former councillor

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from Pembrokeshire has been jailed for sending obscene text messages

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to a teenage girl. 57 year old Stephen Evans,

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who was elected to Haverfordwest Council in 2010, sent the 15

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year old girl messages He was jailed for 16 months

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after admitting two offences of inciting a child to engage

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in sexual activities. Two people have been taken

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to hospital after a car crashed into a block of retirement

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flats in Swansea. Emergency services were

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called to Stewart Hall The driver and one of the residents

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were taken to Morriston Hospital. A number of residents have been

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evacuated due to the damage It took me five seconds to realise

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something had happened. I went outside and saw the wall

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had been smashed in. The lady next door could not get out

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of her flat with the impact which

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had jammed the door tight shut. Self-defence classes

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are being offered to people from minority ethnic

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groups in Swansea. The Regional Equality Council

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says it's in response to what they believe to be a growing

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number of race hate They say it's worse since

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immigration was at the centre Getting to grips with a serious

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issue. Women from the Muslim community in Swansea are being shown

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some basic self defence techniques. This has come about due to reports

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of an increase in racially motivated attacks. None of them wanted to

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share any personal experiences on camera but the self-defence

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instructor told me of how his own family had recently experienced

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verbal abuse because of their religion. On the way to school,

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there was a couple, one male, one female, and when they saw my wife

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and the two other women, they started giving my wife racist verbal

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abuse. They ignored it and went to school. On the way back with my

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children, other children as well, they started giving abuse again. The

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self defence class is being held at this centre to provide individuals

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with the confidence to go out and carry on with their everyday lives.

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It is believed that over the past couple of months, the number of

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racially motivated incidents have increased. Some examples include

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verbal abuse and egg throwing. Figures from the regional equality

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Council show there were six hate crime incidents reported to them in

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June compared to one in June last year. But South Wales Police say

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there was a slight drop in the number of incidents it recorded

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during the same period but that there was an increase at the start

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of July. The regional equality Council's chief executive says very

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often people are reluctant to report incidents to the police but he

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linked the recent increase in hate crime to the EU referendum debate.

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There is a minority who have always been there who have not found the

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opportunities in the past but now find they have a ticket to go and

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harass people. On the basis of Google's religion, race, identity.

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That minority has come out and become a lot more vocal. I was told

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there are encouraging examples of onlookers who have stepped in to

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help others facing racially motivated abuse. As for the self

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defence classes, it is hoped it will give confidence to individuals who

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may find themselves in a vulnerable situation.

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You're watching Wales Today. Plenty still ahead:

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Hal Robson-Kanu is picked for Wales' forcoming World Cup qualifier

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against Moldova despite not having a club.

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And after yesterday's heat, it's been cooler and cloudy

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But what about tomorrow and the weekend?

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Motorcyclists are being urged to ride safely as they head

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out on the roads this Bank Holiday weekend.

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North Wales Police are targeting accident black-spots

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to discourage speeding and spread the safety message.

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Four motorcyclists have died in the force area so far this year -

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two more than the same time last year.

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This police footage shows an officer trailing a group of motorcyclists

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as they head through Trawsfynydd in Gwynedd last year.

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The speedometer shows some reached speeds of well over 100 miles

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They were all fined and given penalty points.

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The chief constable of North Wales is a biker himself but says

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The law is there for a reason and it's there to encourage safety.

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I take a police motorcycle out regularly but I don't exceed

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the speed limit unless I'm going to a response call.

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If I need to ride safely, so do my colleagues

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There's plenty of enjoyment to be had on the roads.

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You know as well as I do, nice roads across mountains

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and countryside areas, you don't need to break the speed

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Operation Darwen is a six-month scheme across Wales to target

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accident hotspots and clamp down on all irresponsible road users

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But four bikers have died in North Wales this year,

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twice as many as in the same period last year.

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The statistics show that most accidents involve men in their 40s

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Most collisions occur on weekends or on Wednesday afternoons

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between midday and 5pm and they don't all necessarily

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Some are caused by fatigue or a lack of concentration.

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The White family from Bagillt in Flintshire have come for a day

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trip to the Horseshoe Pass above Llangollen -

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one of many popular riding routes in North Wales bringing

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It definitely brings a lot of bikers.

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You can pretty much stop almost anywhere along the routes and meet

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Some of the riding you see on the roads leaves a lot

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The majority of people are fine but you always get one or two bad

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ones and it does need policing, it really does.

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As well as running his force, Mark Polin regularly heads out

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on his police bike to catch errant road users whether they're

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He's hoping the safety message and offers of training

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courses will reduce both fines and fatalities.

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Chris Coleman has announced his squad for the World Cup

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After a summer of Euro 2016 success, there aren't too many

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changes in that squad but, as expected, Aaron Ramsey,

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who missed that semifinal against Portugal, has been ruled out

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There is a chance though for Emyr Huws, who just missed out

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He'll be hoping to impress a week on Monday.

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It was good while it lasted but now the boss has called time

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The Euros was great, it was absolutely fantastic.

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It's gone, it's behind us, it's finished.

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As much as I am the same as everybody else, very proud

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of Wales and what we achieved, but that is behind us now.

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And the next game, the first game of the campaign, huge.

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After a successful summer, there are not many

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The almost irrepressible Aaron Ramsey, Chris Coleman's words,

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He could be sidelined with an ankle injury for two months.

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And David Vaughan is absent after announcing his retirement

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After just missing out on a seat on the plane to France, Emyr Huws

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gets a chance to prove his worth, as do Leicester City's Tom Lawrence

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It's another chance to impress for Hal Robson-Kanu too,

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The boss would like to see him settled as soon as possible.

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Coleman remains settled himself, having signed a new two year

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He said he is committed after Hull City's approach failed.

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I am not going to tell a lie, somebody comes and it's

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the Premier League, anybody, you look at it sideways,

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of course you do, but I am the manager of my country,

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I have always said that comes around once if you are lucky,

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so when you are doing it, give your best.

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The same headquarters, the same manager, but things have

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changed after a successful summer in France.

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Chris Coleman said today at the start of the last qualifying

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campaign he was two bad games away from being axed.

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Now Wales are the team to beat, expectations are high.

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Wales will have to see if they can cope with the pressure in front

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of a keen home crowd against Moldova on September the 5th at the very

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start of what could be a long road to Russia.

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The world record for the biggest ever rugby scrum has

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1,297 people took part, beating the previous

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It's been set during the Golden Oldies rugby festival,

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where teams of older players compete from all over the world.

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The scrum was overseen by referee Nigel Owens,

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who was also recognised for his record of the most

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I didn't get into refereeing to get any plaudits or credits or to get

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I went into refereeing because I enjoy it and as long

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as I continue to enjoy it and do the best for the most

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important people in the game, the 15 players on the field,

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that's what I referee for - to do my best and enjoy the game.

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Some cricket now and on the second day of the champions gyp match

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against Sussex in Cardiff, Glamorgan fought back briefly to restrict

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Sussex' lead to just 61 and move ahead in the evening session.

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Not quite as hot and toasty today as it was yesterday.

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Cloudy but bright in Llandrindod this afternoon.

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The best of the sunshine in the north and west.

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Temperatures today lower than yesterday but

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A little cooler and fresher on the north and west coast.

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This evening will be dry but the south-east may see some

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Slightly cooler and fresher in the north and west.

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Here's the picture for 8am in the morning.

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Some hazy sunshine in Aberystwyth and Dolgellau.

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During the day, a few showers will break out.

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They could turn heavy and thundery in the afternoon.

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Some places, though, will stay dry, especially in the west

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Highest temperatures in the south-east.

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18 Celsius on the north and west coast with a light

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Tomorrow evening, showers will clear away.

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The sky clearer and a cooler so a fresher night with lower humidity.

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The chart for Friday shows a ridge of high pressure over

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Feeling warm too with light winds and sea breezes.

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The forecast for the Bank Holiday weekend is not so straightforward.

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Low pressure looks like taking control,

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On Saturday, the north and west may start dry and bright.

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But rain will spread northwards during the day.

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Some of the showers heavy and thundery but some

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Before I go, a reminder of the main headlines from the BBC.

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At least 73 people have been killed in an earthquake in central Italy.

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It struck in the early hours of this morning 65 miles north-east of Rome,

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The death toll is expected to rise with many people still believed

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The amount of rubbish we recycle is at its highest ever level.

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It now stands at 60%, with nearly every local authority

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here recording an increase, other than Blaenau Gwent.

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The authority says it's still in transition

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We'll have an update for you at 8pm and more

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