19/08/2016 BBC Wales Today


19/08/2016

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Good evening.

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She's the first Welsh athlete to successfully defend an individual

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Olympic title for Team GB.

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Jade Jones won gold in the taekwondo, her second Olympic

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title at the age of 23.

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Hundreds gathered in her home town of Flint to watch her make history.

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From Rio, Rhodri Llywelyn reports.

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The golden girl has done it again.

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Defending her title, Jade Jones beat her main rival,

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Eva Calvo Gomez of Spain, 16-7 in a thrilling final to secure

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back-to-back Olympic gold medals.

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I was 6-0 up and then I think I came off the gas a bit and my coach

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would have killed me if I'd have lost it after that,

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so I just thought one round, go for it with everything you have

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got and I had to be happy no matter what.

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It is no secret that Jade Jones had a difficult spell after London 2012.

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She struggled with motivation and took a short

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break from taekwondo.

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But here in Rio the world number one was back to her best, once again

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becoming Olympic champion.

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Jade Jones' gold takes the medal tally for Welsh athletes in Team GB

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into double figures.

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Four goals, six silvers.

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Their most successful Games ever.

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Jade took up taekwondo do when she was eight.

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Her grandfather took her to her first lesson

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and spent endless hours driving his granddaughter

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to competitions.

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We are immensely proud.

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It is immeasurable.

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To do it once is incredible but to become an Olympic champion

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at such a young age is unbelievable.

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Jade does not do bronze and silver, it's gold only!

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Back home in Flint they are getting ready for a homecoming party.

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And last night, for those who did not make it to Rio,

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the celebrations went on well into the night.

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I knew she would get it.

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Look at her!

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Look at that girl!

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From fairly early on you could see she had lots of promise.

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She started doing well in tournaments early and she had

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a lot of support from members of the family who took her all over

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the place to compete and it all went from there.

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It's a sight we have come accustomed to in the last few weeks,

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Welsh athletes up on the podium on top of the world.

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Figures obtained by NSPCC Cymru show that more than 150 people in Wales

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have been reported to police for meeting children

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following sexual grooming over the last five years.

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The charity is calling for compulsory online safety lessons

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to become part of the curriculum.

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The Welsh Government says it has an extensive e-safety

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education programme in place to support pupils.

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They were really clever with it.

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I would say I love you to someone and they would be like, prove it.

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So he didn't ask for anything directly but I knew that meant some

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pictures and I didn't realise how damaging it was.

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Even subconsciously, I'm so different.

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It badly affected me through the rest of school

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while I was doing it and I'm much better now.

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It is like a weight lifted off your shoulders.

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The real challenge for us all is can we help young people

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spot the danger signs, the warning signs of what might be

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grooming behaviour so they can stop this risk happening before it

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manifests itself in a terrible way.

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A 23-year-old man has been arrested following the death of a woman

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in Cardiff this morning.

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Police were called to reports of a 24-year-old woman having

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difficulty breathing at a property in Llandaff.

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She was pronounced dead at the scene.

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North Wales Police has said it will not be investigating

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allegations of fraud against UKIP MEP Nathan Gill.

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The Anti-Fraud Office of the European Union

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is reviewing the allegations that he misused parliamentary funds.

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Nathan Gill says the claims are entirely bogus and are part

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of an ongoing strategy to damage his reputation.

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An army bomb disposal team was called to the Intellectual

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Property Office in Newport this morning, after a suspicious package

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arrived in the post.

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Police say all staff were safely evacuated.

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Specialist officers have carried out a controlled explosion

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of the package as a precautionary measure, and an investigation

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will be carried out.

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A group of young people from Wales who have experienced homelessness

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are calling for a 24/7 helpline for others in a similar situation.

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The group has started a petition calling on the UK Government

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to invest in a nationwide service providing free support.

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The Welsh homeless charity Llamau is backing the idea,

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but it says it will need a multi-agency effort

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to make it work.

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We will lead a coalition of homeless charities as well as local

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authorities across the whole of the UK working together

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to make this happen.

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A really good example of this would be the domestic abuse helpline

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that runs across the whole of the UK so charities can feed into that

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and help staff it.

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The governing body of disability sports in Wales has raised

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concerns about the funding of the Paralympic Games in Brazil.

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Gerwyn Owen, from Disability Sport Wales, has told BBC Wales that

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all Team GB Paralympians will reach the Games,

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but other nations may struggle.

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Obviously seven years ago when the Games were given to Brazil

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we were in a different financial situation and Brazil has been hit

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just as much as any other country and they are facing austere times

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like we are in Britain so yes they have to look at it and find

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answers and hopefully by Tokyo things will have improved.

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A look at the weekend weather forecast now.

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Here's Derek with the details.

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Hello.

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We are in for a taste of autumn this weekend.

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That means heavy showers, strong to gale force winds

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and some rough seas.

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Sunday though should bring an improvement.

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Tonight, more showers on the way, some of them heavy.

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Longer spells of rain during the early hours

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and the wind increasing as well.

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The wind is certainly a big feature tomorrow.

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We have a Met Office yellow warning in force.

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Strong to gale force winds, guests of 50mph to 60mph on exposed

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coasts in the south and west.

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Lots of showers as well tomorrow morning, some of them heavy

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with a few bright intervals.

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Across the rest of the UK we have a deep area of low pressure

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over Northern Ireland, lots of isobars, and that means

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strong to gale force winds, particularly in the South and West.

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Showers or longer spells of rain tomorrow, particularly in the West.

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A few sunny intervals as well and the best of the weather likely

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in northern Scotland in the afternoon.

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Closer to home it's going to be blustery.

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Strong to gale force south-westerly winds.

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Lots of showers.

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A few sunny intervals as well.

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You may hear a rumble of thunder.

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Cooler than today.

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There is a warning of flooding in parts of the south and west coast

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due to the combination of high spring tides

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and strong onshore winds.

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Sunday will bring an improvement.

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Fewer showers and more in the way of dry weather.

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Some sunshine.

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The wind easing as well.

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However, more rain may reach the South and West by evening.

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So some rough weather this weekend, particularly on Saturday.

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Improving for a while on Sunday.

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Next week, rain on Monday but all being well, summer may

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return by the middle of the week.

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Let's hope so.

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Have a nice weekend.

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And that is Wales Today.

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We'll be back with our next update at 5:40pm tomorrow evening.

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Until then, from all of us here, have a good weekend.

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