21/03/2017 BBC Wales Today


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Welcome to Wales Today. Our headlines tonight -

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Helen Jones' husband Alun waited a fortnight

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for an angiogram after a heart attack -

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why are some patients waiting longer than others?

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and the row over the new road restarts,

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ten years after people were moved out of their homes.

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Good evening.

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There's concern tonight that heart attack patients

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in Mid and West Wales are waiting weeks

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for a specialist cardiac procedure, because there is no provision

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within the Hywel Dda health board area.

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Cardiac patient Alun Jones from Ceredigion waited over

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a fortnight for an angiogram in Morriston Hospital in Swansea,

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although official guidance recommends having the procedure

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within 72 hours.

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Mr Jones's wife contacted us with her concerns and

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has been speaking to our reporter Aled Scourfield.

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It should be a time of celebration for Helen Jones as she marks her

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26th wedding anniversary with her husband Alun.

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But the past few weeks have been incredibly stressful

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for Helen and her family.

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Alun suffered a heart attack on St David's Day and was admitted

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to Glangwili Hospital in Carmarthen.

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She contacted Wales Today about his experiences.

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He was admitted to the cardiology ward and was advised that he needed

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to be seen at Morriston for an angiogram within three days.

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The nurse said to us there might be a slight delay,

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we're looking at two days.

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Possibly on the very outside, ten.

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We waited 16 days for him to be transferred.

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A coronary angiogram is a specialist x-ray that detects blockages

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in the arteries of the heart.

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All patients from the Hywel Dda health board area have to travel

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to Morriston Hospital for the procedure, which is in

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the Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board area.

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For some, that can mean a journey of over 70 miles.

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The National Institutes of Health and Care Excellence, NICE,

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suggest that patients who suffer a heart attack like Alun should

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have a procedure within 72 hours.

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The Royal College of Physicians said in a report in 2014 that the lack

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of a cardiac catheterisation lab to perform angiograms

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in the Hywel Dda health board area was a clinical risk.

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Three years later, there's still no facility at Glangwili to cover

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a rural population of over 370,000 people that includes

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the counties of Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion.

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I know of many examples, Mr Jones is one of them.

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And others have had to wait for excessive amounts of time,

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weeks on end, for transfer to Morriston for treatment.

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They are clinically unsafe, that is what clinicians are saying,

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and there is a need to increase capacity, certainly,

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for cardiac care in West Wales.

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I asked for an interview with the Chief Executive

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of the health board, but I was told he wasn't available.

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In a statement, Steve Moore apologised

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for the delay in treatment.

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He said it was the health board's priority to make sure patients

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were treated quickly, priority to make sure patients

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and work closely with the neighbouring health board.

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However, he did admit that the current situation needs

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to improve, and there are plans for a new catheterisation lab

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here at Glangwili, which will mean fewer patients

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will need to travel to Morriston.

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The Welsh government has told me it's awaiting that business case.

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Helen Jones says the development is well overdue for patients

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like her husband that have had to travel long distances and wait

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for a cardiac procedure that can provide vital information

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for future treatments.

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A man from Anglesey, reported missing whilst travelling

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across Europe has been found.

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Thomas Llyr Parry hadn't contacted his family

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since the beginning of February.

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But North Wales Police say he's been found in Spain.

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A Gwent police officer has told an inquest

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he forgot to switch on a body camera which could have recorded

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the scene where a man attacked and killed Cerys Yemm in 2014.

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PC Sion Jenkins was one of five officers who tried

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to restrain Matthew Williams of five officers who tried

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following the attack at the Sirhowy Arms in Argoed.

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Williams was tasered by police and later died.

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The Assembly Member, Neil McEvoy, has been re-admitted

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to the Plaid Cymru group in the Senedd.

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He was suspended from the group earlier this month

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after a tribunal ruled that a comment to a council officer

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amounted to "bullying behaviour".

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Mr McEvoy has apologised to the officer.

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People living near Aston Hill close to Queensferry

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in north east Wales say they are ready to oppose new plans

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to widen a major road there they are ready to oppose new plans

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nine years after a similar scheme was scrapped.

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They say they'll support an alternative route.

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The A494 links the motorway network in England with north Wales.

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Roger Pinney reports.

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Here we go again, the first stage of a Welsh government consultation,

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and locals were out in force.

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And they're not happy.

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This is a battle they thought they'd won.

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It's a shambles.

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It's an absolute shambles, mate.

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Absolute shambles.

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This has been going on for over 20 years.

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It was on, then it was off, then it was back on,

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and we're still no further ahead.

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Eight years ago, there was a public enquiry into widening

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the A494 at Aston Hill.

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It doesn't seem to be a significant amount of difference

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from what they were stating when we won

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the public inquiry in March, 2008.

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We have reformed a group and been looking very carefully

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at the different options, and we are ready for another

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battle if necessary.

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The road at rush-hour - bottlenecks happen when it feeds

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into the A55, which runs the length of the North Wales

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coast to Holyhead. So why does this matter?

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This is the single most important road for the North Wales economy.

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It connects the region to the north-west of England.

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There are 8 million people, and two international airports

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within an hour of here.

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We have been here before. They've been looking for a solution

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to Deeside's traffic problems for 30 years.

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These homes were compulsorily purchased to allow

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the last idea to go ahead.

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A plan that was scrapped after the enquiry.

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Now, new homes are being built there, but this time

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there is a second option.

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On this map, the Aston Hill route is coloured blue,

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it runs through Queensferry to the A55.

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The alternative red route would take traffic over the River Dee,

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connecting through countryside to the A55.

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They like the Flincher Bridge plan, although people living near it

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would be less impressed.

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What about business?

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Ashka Cabani chairs a business form that represents 1000 businesses

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employing 25,000 people. He is backing the blue route.

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It looks right to me. It looks right for most businesses.

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Why change something that we already have a plan for?

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Ten years ago, they were going to do this.

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They dropped it.

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So just continue, bite the bullet and go for it,

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and build the motorway we need so desperately for North Wales.

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So battle lines are drawn, then.

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And this is just the start of the process.

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Football, and two results for you tonight.

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Newport County drew 1-1 at home against Luton.

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They remain second from bottom of League Two.

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Meanwhile in the National League, Wrexham picked up one point

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after a 1-1 draw at Barrow.

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Lets get tonight's weather forecast here's Derek Brockway.

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Hello again.

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Well, it doesn't feel much like spring at the moment.

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Sunshine and heavy showers today.

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Tonight, some heavy rain and snow on higher ground.

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Tonight, some wet weather with most of the snow on ground

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above 300 metres, or 1000 feet.

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Getting drier in the west later on tonight with temperatures

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dipping as low as one Celsius.

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Tomorrow, more rain for parts of the North,

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mid Wales and the East.

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Sleet and snow in places, too.

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Most of the snow on the hills and mountains but in the South West,

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some sunshine and a few showers.

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Across the rest of the UK, icy in Scotland in the morning.

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Some wet weather for Northern England

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spreading into southern Scotland, towards Belfast, some heavy rain,

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sleet and snow in places, too, and also some rain for central

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and southern England spreading north was during the day.

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Brightening up in the South with some sunshine and a few showers.

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The North of Scotland bright with some sunshine

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and wintry showers.

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Seven Celsius in Liverpool.

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In Wales tomorrow afternoon, some rain in the North,

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further south brighter with showers and some sunshine.

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The temperature below average, at only eight Celsius in Aberystwyth

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and the wind generally lighter than today.

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Tomorrow night, rain in the North will clear,

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and elsewhere, dry enough and cold enough for

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a frost in Ceredigion.

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Generally drier on Thursday.

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A few showers, especially in the north and East.

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The best of the sunshine in the South West.

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There will be a chilly north-easterly breeze.

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A risk of some rain at times in the South on Friday.

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Elsewhere, dry and bright again with a north-easterly wind.

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High pressure takes control as we head into the weekend.

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That means drier and sunnier weather on Saturday.

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Warmer, too, but chilly at night with a touch of frost.

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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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