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Our top stories: Once all smiles, but they're not smiling

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Tonight party leader Leanne Wood on Dafydd Elis Thomas' departure.

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And this is Esther Hoad in Carmarthenshire in the 1970s.

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Today the taxi driver who abused her is sent to prison.

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It's the political divorce that has rocked Plaid Cymru.

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But tonight the party's leader has hit back at her former

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colleague Lord Elis Thomas, after he dramatically left,

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over the way she was running the party.

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Leanne Wood has told BBC Wales a deal struck with the Welsh

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government over its forthcoming budget shows just how co-operative

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Lord Elis Thomas is now sitting as an independent Assembly Member.

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Here's our Political Editor Nick Servini.

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Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas, a former leader of Plaid Cymru

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with vast experience within the party has

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never embraced the views of the current leader,

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It was all smiles back in May as Plaid,

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fresh from the assembly election, became the second biggest party, but

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Lord Elis-Thomas became increasingly frustrated with Plaid's robust

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He believes it should be more focused upon building another

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coalition, like the one the two parties formed nearly a decade ago.

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Today Leanne Wood hit back at the accusations levelled

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We have sought to be constructive in our opposition, we have worked to

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try and get our manifesto priorities in.

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We have tried to influence the Welsh Government's responds

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to Brexit and we will continue to do that.

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But he has been nothing but trouble for you,

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you must be glad to see the back of him.

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There is an element of relief that I do not have to deal

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with that difficulty now, but there is an element

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of disappointment and sadness that it has had to come to this.

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Dafydd Elis-Thomas has become one of the most recognisable faces

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Here, rubbing shoulders with Anthony Hopkins.

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He has rejected claims he let his constituents down having

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left the party so soon after fighting the election

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I do not understand what morality has to do

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The constitutional argument for holding a by-election,

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I have never seen one and I haven't seen one in the last few

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But the implications of this followed a far

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But the implications of this fall-out are far

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greater than the internal relations of Plaid Cymru, it means that

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precious votes at the Senedd are up for grabs.

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Following the assembly election in the month of May, Labour

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were the biggest party with 29 seats, they have since brought

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the sole Lib Dem Kirsty Williams into the cabinet.

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But to pass votes it was expected they would need to negotiate

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The Conservatives have 11 and Ukip at seven, but Dafydd Elis-Thomas

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and Ukip's Megan Gale have become independents now.

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If the Labour Party can get in their support,

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it effectively gives them a working majority.

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This decision reduces the ability of Plaid Cymru to play hardball.

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They will not be able to hold the governance to

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ransom because they have other choices that they can now pursue.

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That said, Plaid have formal mechanisms to feed into government

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decision-making, liaison committees, and could become a more important

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channel for influencing government policy.

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All this talk of stiff opposition comes on the eve of one

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of the big days of the year at the Senedd, budget day.

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Ironically, we learn tonight that both the Labour Party and Plaid

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have agreed on a deal to get the budget through.

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The first big test of the relationship passed.

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A 71-year-old man from Carmarthenshire has been sentenced

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to three years in prison for indecently assaulting

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Evan Heddwyn Jones was employed by the local authority to take

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children to their nearest bus stop in his taxi,

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Esther Hoad has waived her right to anonymity so this programme can

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This was Esther Hoad as a young girl growing up

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In the years that followed, a much darker chapter

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Between the ages of 14 and 16, she was indecently assaulted many

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When the abuse first started, I just felt wretched.

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I felt confused and guilty that I had somehow attracted all this

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From the onset and the escalation of the abuse, I just cringed

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in the school taxi every time Heddwyn Jones touched

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My feelings were very much of guilt and self-loathing,

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confusion and powerlessness to allow this to happen to me.

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Farmer Evan Heddwyn Jones was today sentenced to three years in prison

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after he was convicted of four counts of indecently

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The court heard that between 1976 and 1978,

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Evan Heddwyn Jones was employed by the local authority to pick up

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children from their farms in the local area and take them

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The Judge Keith Thomas said that Mr Heddwyn Jones took advantage

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of the situation because his victim was the last drop-off

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In the 1970s, Evan Heddwyn Jones operated a school taxi

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The court heard that when he was alone in the vehicle

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with his victim he put his hands inside her clothing

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Esther has said that he told others about what was happening

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to her at the time but that nothing was done about it.

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The police said the investigation relied on the strength of statements

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from the victim and her diary entries which contained

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The impact child sexual abuse has had on my life will

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I mean, I live in the countryside and at the age of 54 I still gag

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Following the sentence today, Esther's husband said he hoped it

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would bring closure for his wife but that this would never go away.

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It has been with us from the start of our

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She told me about it early on and at times it

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Esther Hoad now lives with her family in Ireland

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her story, she did not want to appear on camera.

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She wanted to show the face instead of the young girl that was abused

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and whose life was changed forever by that experience.

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A committee of MPs has heard claims the Cardiff City manager

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Neil Warnock made players pay to be selected for games.

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The allegations were brought-up by the MP Damian Collins

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The claims were made in tweets, later deleted, by Jason Puncheon,

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who used to play for Warnock at Crystal Palace.

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The Cardiff City manager says the allegations are completely

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false, and an FA investigation had concluded

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A British director has won the top prize at the leading

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international lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender film

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Balcony, by Toby Fell-Holden, won the Iris Prize at the awards,

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The film tells the story about a teenage girl who falls

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in love with a girl who's an Afghan immigrant.

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Hello. Tomorrow is Saint Luke 's Day and warm weather around this time of

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the year is sometimes called an Indian summer. Temperatures today

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have been around the seasonal average but tomorrow it will turn

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cooler, typically 11 to 14. Tonight we start with scattered showers but

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then after midnight the cold front will bring more widespread rain.

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Breezy, especially on the coast. The lowest temperatures are seven to 11.

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First thing we start off with Raven but it will clear away and then it

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will dry and brighten up with some sunshine and just one or two

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showers. Across the rest of the UK rain will clear and many places will

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be dry with sunshine but showers are likely in the North. It will be cold

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enough on the Scottish mountain skeletal snow. In Wales tomorrow

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afternoon a few showers about but most places dry with sunny spells.

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Temperatures lower than today and feeling chilly in the breeze. Values

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between 11 and 14. Tomorrow evening and overnight the wind will blow a

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few showers across the country. Dry and clear whether as well,

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especially in the south. On Wednesday we have high pressure

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beginning to no from Ireland and there will be some showers about on

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Wednesday and some heavy ones in the north-east. Some sunshine as well

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and the whole country should be dry by Wednesday evening. Beyond that it

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is looking dry and settled for Thursday and Friday with sunshine

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and light winds. A few morning mist and fog patches and cold at night

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with a touch of frost in the countryside. I will see you soon and

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I wish you a good night. From all of us on the

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programme good night.

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