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Tonight's headlines: 2,000 jobs and a strong contribution

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A review says the world's first tidal lagoon in

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But there remains concern over the impact it could have on wildlife

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and funding for the billion pound project needs to be secured.

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And also tonight, the latest on how much less we could be paying

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The ?1.3 billion Swansea Bay tidal lagoon should get the go ahead.

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That's the recommendation from a review commissioned

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It says it would make a "strong contribution" to the energy supply,

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In a moment we'll look at the challenges the project

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still faces before it gets the go ahead, but first our

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economic correspondent Sarah Dickins looks at just

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A 10.5 kilometre long causeway forming an 11 kilometre lagoon,

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producing enough tidal energy to generate power for

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A designer's vision that is now much more likely to happen.

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The report from the independent Hendry Review recommends

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that the Swansea tidal lagoon goes ahead.

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It said let's start tidal lagoons, let's start with Swansea,

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As the tides ebb and flow so the lagoon, the world's first

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marine hydro power station, will generate electricity.

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There would be 16 turbines using the energy as the tide

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It would also generate hundreds of Welsh jobs.

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We have an opportunity now for the UK to use

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its formidable skills to start a new global industry.

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To do so in a way that enhances our energy security

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of supply and helps meet our decarbonisation commitments.

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And at a cost to the pathfinder that is around the cost of a pint

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Tidal Lagoon Power has promised that half of the ?1.3 billion cost

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This Abergavenny company will be the first on-site,

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carrying out the civil engineering for Swansea tidal lagoon.

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They expect to have 100 people working on the site.

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By this project going ahead, that will enable us to keep on expanding,

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to recruit more local people, to train more local people

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GE at Rugby have the contract for the turbines.

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At first they would only be assembled in Wales

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but Tidal Lagoon Power has already put out a tender to build a new ?22

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million turbine manufacturing plant in Swansea docks.

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We have invested over the last couple of years in new robots

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and other automated capability to be able to not only deliver

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the workload that we have today but also to be able to deliver

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The Swansea project is the first of six in Tidal Lagoon Power's plans.

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For tidal energy to have a truly transformational effect

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on our economy then more lagoons need to follow, particularly here

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That is when the Welsh economy would really feel the difference,

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not just in terms of jobs, but also businesses that would be

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Charles Hendry has suggested there should be a pause to see

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He is also talking about a tidal lagoon authority.

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All things that could delay that development.

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The UK Government says it will consider the recommendations

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The company hopes to start work on site in spring 2018.

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As well as securing the necessary funds and the backing

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of the UK Government, the tidal lagoon scheme also needs

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a so-called marine licence from Natural Resources Wales.

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After years of discussions there's still no sign of agreement

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with serious concerns being raised about the lagoon's

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Our environment correspondent Steffan Messenger now on what's next

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Swansea Bay is home to a plethora of birds, fish and other wildlife.

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So what impact would the lagoon have on them?

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We promote marine ecosystem regeneration with a ten

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Developers say the effect on nature will be negligible but fishing

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The lagoon in Swansea will affect the rivers Tawe, Neath and Afan,

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all of which are important salmon and sea trout rivers and Natural

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They haven't yet issued a marine licence.

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Planning permission for the Swansea Bay lagoon

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was initially granted based on modelling that suggested it

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But before Christmas Natural Resources Wales

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revised its predictions, claiming 21% of salmon and 25%

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of sea trout could be killed each year as they migrate

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Tidal Lagoon Power say they don't agree with the figures or the way

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They have submitted new evidence to NRW which could lead to further

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delay as a fresh consultation on the marine licence

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The irony here is that this is about green energy and lots of it.

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If all six lagoons are built and live up to their promise

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of delivering around 12% of our electricity needs,

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that could be a significant boost to the UK's efforts to cut carbon

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emissions and tackle climate change, which is generally agreed

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to be the greatest threat to nature conservation.

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Having listened to the environmental arguments, Charles Hendry's report

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recommends the first lagoon in Swansea is given the go-ahead,

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so any effect on wildlife can be carefully monitored.

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Hendry's review indicates that both economically

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and environmentally in his view, in his team's view,

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That is a wake-up call to the UK Government

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They now need to do their work properly to ensure that they

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Several environmental charities have given the report's conclusions

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a cautious welcome but they want assurances there will be enough

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of a pause between building the first lagoon and starting

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We are recommending that eight years minimum should be the pause

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because that is the time span of two fish spawning cycles.

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If you leave less time than that then we really can't monitor

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Natural Resources Wales says it's working closely with the developers

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of the proposed Swansea lagoon and other experts to make sure it

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rigorously and fairly assesses the impact of this

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Developing new sources of sustainable energy in a way that

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minimises harm to the environment is a goal, it says, it

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Tonight's other news now and the tolls on the Severn Crossings

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could be cut by more than had been expected.

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From 2018 when the bridges are due to revert to public ownership,

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under UK Government plans all cars and small vehicles will pay ?3.

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Here's our political editor Nick Servini.

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After years in which drivers have been paying off the cost of building

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the second Severn Crossing with Britain's biggest bridge toll,

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new details emerge of what will happen when the bill is paid off.

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We already knew the current ?6.70 charge for cars

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Now there is confirmation it will come down further to ?3.

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Small vans will see a particularly big reduction with the current toll

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of more than ?13 also coming down to ?3.

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Lorries and cultures will pay ?10 instead of ?20.

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Tomorrow we will also see the publication of the consultation

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into whether to bring in a free flow charging system which would use

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number plate recognition to identify cars and remove the need to stop

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Drivers would then pay online or by phone and bring to an end

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the queues which have been a regular feature on the bridges

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The UK Government says the new tolls will help boost jobs

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and trade by cutting the cost of doing business.

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As well as being welcome news for drivers, this is also a tiny

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reminder that we are approaching a moment of major change to the cost

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of entering and leaving South Wales by road.

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A 30-year-old man has appeared in court charged

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Dean Joseph Cody, of no fixed address, is accused of killing

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35-year-old David James Kingsbury a week ago.

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He was remanded in custody to appear at Mold Crown Court tomorrow.

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Two other men, charged with assisting an offender,

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A man who cut his throat in the dock at Haverfordwest Magistrates Court

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Lukasz Robert Pawlowski, who's 33 and lives in Pembroke Dock,

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has been arrested on suspicion of possession of a blade.

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He was due to be sentenced for sexual assault yesterday.

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In an exclusive interview with BBC Wales, the Labour leader,

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Jeremy Corbyn, has said that allowing the Welsh Government to set

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its own immigration rules would be "fraught with difficulties".

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Mr Corbyn says the idea, which is backed by some

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of his own MPs, would be very difficult to implement.

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If you set up a Welsh limit on immigration or started the same

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thing for English regions would you then restrict the movement

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What would you do if it was a contracting industry,

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building industry that had a contract to do work

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Would you say that the European workers couldn't go and work on it?

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I think it's fraught with difficulties.

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Some football news and new Swansea City head coach Paul Clement has

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completed his first signing since taking up the job.

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The Swans have bought Dutch international

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They are believed to have paid PSV Eindhoven a fee

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Gritters and out in force across Wales tonight.

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Drivers are being warned to prepare for icy conditions on the roads

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overnight and into the morning as temperatures are expected to drop

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Snow did fall in some parts of Wales today but caused little disruption.

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Is ice likely to be the main issue first thing tomorrow?

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I think so. Those arctic winds have arrived and temperatures are

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dropping. It is slowing -- slowing in places at the moment. The wintry

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showers moving southwards across the country. Hail and snow and even

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thunderstorms in places. Some clear weather overnight with temperatures

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close to freezing or below. Widespread ice is likely. We do have

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an Met Office warning in force for snow and ice and a dusting of snow

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possible almost anywhere. A few centimetres in places but more in

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upland areas. An icy start tomorrow. A windy one as well with strong to

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gale force north-westerly winds. The wintry showers about but also some

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dry and bright weather. Across the rest of the UK sleet and snow in

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south-east England will clear during the morning and many places then dry

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and bright with sunshine. A sprinting of wintry showers in

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Northern Ireland and the North of Scotland and windy especially in the

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east. Severe gale force winds combining with some large waves

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could lead to some coastal flooding on the East Coast. The temperature

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only two Celsius in Glasgow. Close to home there will be a few wintry

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showers with snow in places tomorrow afternoon and some parts will stay

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dry. They will be sunshine and temperatures below average and

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feeling very cold in the wind. Bitterly cold on the cold -- hills

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and mountains tomorrow. Tomorrow evening, further wintry showers and

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some clear frosty weather as well. Still breezy with icy patches. Enter

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Saturday and a few showers. Most of the snow confined to the hills and

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mountains. Some sunshine as well as rain and less windy and feeling

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chilly. All change on Sunday. Cloudy with rain and drizzle. Turning

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milder. In the meantime someone today whether to come over the next

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few days. Take care if you are travelling and keep warm.

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We will have the very latest on the weather picture across Wales

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There will be travel and weather updates too on Radio Wales,

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That's Wales Today. From all of us here, good night.

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'Alla I ddeud 'tha chi bod "man flu" yn bodoli.

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