20/02/2017 BBC Wales Today


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Tonight's headlines: Gerhard Kress is German and has lived

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He's gone to Westminster to ask where should he and thousands

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of other EU citizens call home after Brexit.

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And Ryan Giggs signs up for Fishguard -

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he says he's keen to return to management.

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More than 70,000 people who live in Wales were born

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Some have been to London today to lobby parliament for the right

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to stay here after Britain leaves the European Union.

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One man from Germany, who's been here for 40 years,

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has told us he wants assurances he can remain, but fears his family

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Our parliamentary correspondent David Cornock reports.

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We are all immigrants. In this valley, we are all immigrants.

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Gerhard Kress has lived in this country for 40 years, but for how

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much longer will you be able to call Pontypridd home? Wants Britain

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leaves the EU, he fears he may have to leave the UK, and his family.

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It does cause the odd night of restless sleep, to say the least. It

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is the uncertainty. You do need to know one another, you know, which

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weigh your life is going to develop. Gerhard's one of 72,000 people born

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in the European Union who now live in Wales. The area with the highest

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number of EU citizens is Cardiff, where around 11,000 left, followed

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by Rex, home to 7000 people from the EU. -- Rec Sam.

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23,000 Polish people live here, making it the most common country of

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birth. There are 11,000 Germans like Gerhard in Wales, and 10,000 people

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from the Republic of Ireland. Some of them gathered at the Senedd

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in Cardiff to protest this lunchtime. Others including Gerhard

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and his family headed for Westminster, where the House of

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Lords is debating Brexit. What do you want to hear from the

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government? Well, personally, I have a family,

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and many people in my position have families. I don't want my family to

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break up, so what I would like to know is, am I and people like me

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going to be allowed to carry on living here? The Home Office says

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that securing the status of EU nationals living here in the UK will

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be a priority, along with the status of British National Party in the

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year. But ministers find themselves under pressure on the issue as the

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bill to trigger Brexit goes to the House of Lords. -- the status of

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The Lords are due to sit past midnight in this marathon debate.

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Campaigners protesting against Donald Trump's travel ban

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Demonstrations took place across south Wales as MPs debated

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a petition against his state visit to the UK.

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Our political correspondent Daniel Davies reports.

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Refugees are welcome here! The message from these protesters,

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refugees are welcome, Donald Trump is not. About 300 made their views

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known in the capital tonight. These protesters in Cardiff are

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making their feelings known about the occupants of the White House.

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But they also hope that the occupants of two Downing St -- ten

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Downing St is paying attention too. What you think about Theresa May

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inviting in here? I think it is a great pity. A great pity. I don't

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want to use extreme language, but I think it was too quick. He was -- it

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was an incredibly foolish move, three weeks into his presidency, to

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invite him here. Well they lasts sell on Cardiff's

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Queen Street, MPs were on their feet in Westminster, discussing Mr

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Trump's state visit, a debate prompted by a petition against the

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invite to him delivered by Theresa May. But not everyone is so strongly

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opposed. What do you like about Mr John?

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I liked the fact he is strong, he actually talks to the people, and I

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like the fact that he actually cares about America first.

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Dates for Mr Trump's visit at not been announced, but whatever

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protesters on the streets of Cardiff and other towns and cities think,

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the government says that visit will happen.

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Neath Port Talbot Council has written to the American embassy

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in London after a teacher who works at Llangatwg Comprehensive

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was denied entry to the USA on a school trip last week.

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Juhel Miah was escorted off the plane, which was flying

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from Reykjavik in Iceland to New York.

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The local authority says Mr Miah had a valid visa for travel.

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A company in St Asaph that maintains equipment

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for the Armed Forces has secured an ?82 million contract

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The six-year deal at Qioptic is to service surveillance

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Ryan Giggs says he's keen to return to management

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The 43-year-old has been in Fishguard today, coaching

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youngsters as an ambassador for the FAW Community Awards.

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He also took time out to speak to our football

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correspondent Rob Phillips, where he praised the talents

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of Gareth Bale, saying he will be the difference when Wales play

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You want to be going into that game with Gareth Williams fit and scoring

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and playing well for Real Madrid, so it is great to see him back, and he

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is obviously such a big player for Wales. Like I say, to go into that

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game, if you are the Republic of Ireland, you would not want him

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turning up in Dublin that night. Is he the one who can make a

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difference? Here's always one who can make a difference. -- he is

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always the one. He is not just Gareth, but he is the person who

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everyone looks at, the player who everyone thinks can just make a

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little bit of difference, and he has done it time and time again, and

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just when the pressure is on him to produce, he produces. So of course,

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from a Wales perspective, we want him in that team, because he is a

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world-class player, and he is a brilliant player, who can make

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goals, scored goals, and all types of goals. So it looks like he will

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be fit, so that is great news for Wales. How do you gauge the strength

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of grassroots football in Wales in the wake of the euro 's? I think it

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is probably too early to see the impact the Euros had on Grassroots

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bubble, but I think it will be a massive impact in the coming years,

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because like I have said before, it can have such an impact on a

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generation, because of the excitement and how well the lads

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did, and so, for all five months on, it is hard to gauge, but in the long

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run, it will have a massive impact. You went for the Swansea job, didn't

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get that. Why you looking around still? Available for employment as a

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manager? I still maintain what I said, really, I plan on taking a

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year out. For 25 years, it was so immersed in football, whether it was

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playing a coaching, that it is nice to do a step back, do some TV work

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and some travelling. I am enjoying it, but ultimately, I want to get

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back into coaching. Let's see what the weather has

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in store - Derek's got the forecast. Hello. It is half term this week,

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and I'm afraid the weather is not looking good. Rain and drizzle at

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times, strong winds and the forecast, mostly mild, but a brief

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cold snap later this week. Tonight, a wet picture. Heavy bursts of rain

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likely in mid Wales, especially on the Cambrian Mountains, and

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temperatures staying on the mild side. Tomorrow morning, little

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change. Dull and damp or most of us, mist and hill fog, poor visibility.

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A few places like Wrexham and Rhyl should become dry. Mist fortunes

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across the UK. -- mixed fortunes. Drier in the North, sunshine in

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Newcastle. Turning wet and windy in the far north and north-west of

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Scotland. Rain too spreading across Northern Ireland in the afternoon. A

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higher 13 in Liverpool. In Wales tomorrow afternoon, dry for a time

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in the east, more rain and drizzle on the way, spreading in from the

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west, to bridge is again above the seasonal average, 10-14 C for South

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West Lee winds picking up. Tomorrow night will be windy, patchy drizzle,

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heavy rain that spreading into North and mid Wales later in the night.

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Wednesday morning, windy, gusty winds, rain will be heavy, clearing

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southwards during the day, turning drier and brighter during the

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afternoon, more rain approaching Pembrokeshire. On Wednesday night

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into Thursday, look at this deep area of low pressure on the way.

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That will bring a spell of wet and windy weather, strong to gale force

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winds, some snow too in the north. By day will be a better day. Colder,

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but brighter, some sunshine, one or two showers and lighter winds. Lots

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going on. Keep an eye on the website.

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That's Wales Today. Thank you for watching.

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From all of us on the programme, goodnight.

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