26/03/2017 BBC Wales Today


26/03/2017

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400 calls reporting grass fires were received by South Wales Fire

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service overnight - and in the past 24 hours

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more than 60 separate grass fires have been tackled

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Most are believed to have been started deliberately

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and officers are once again warning how dangerous they can be.

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This was a mountain last night. Filmed by a passenger passing by.

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Ablaze covering 50 acres of land. It is one of 36 grass fires south Wales

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Fire and Rescue Service tackled between 4:30am yesterday and 4:30pm

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today. Unfortunately, we foresee that until the early hours of this

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evening we will see an increase in fires. Hopefully we will not but if

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we do, we have the resources. Here, the scorched mountainsides scars the

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landscape. Another fire last night, with flames covering ground the size

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of 200 football pitches. Most of the grass fires are believed to have

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been started deliberately. We carry out a lot of partnership work with

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other agencies. We try to modify and change people's behaviours. If

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people's lives are in danger, we will have a delay. Obviously, it

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destroys the terrain and leaves a scar on the landscape. If you think

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of the wildlife at this time of year, it is going to kill an awful

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lot of wildlife and just hopefully it does not kill any people. The

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local Fire and Rescue Service told us that they dealt with 24 cases in

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the last day. Tonight, better picture in North Wales where only a

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few incidents have been reported. The First Minister has told BBC

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Wales that a sudden change of government here is the last thing

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that should happen during Brexit. Speaking to Sunday Politics Wales

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from the Welsh Labour conference, Carwyn Jones said he's given "no

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thought" to when he'll stand down. From Llandudno, here's our political

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reporter, James Williams. Welsh Labour's main man. The only

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one in the picture to lead the party since he was first elected back in

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2009. It has long been rumoured that Carwyn Jones would step aside before

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the next Assembly elections, but he says that it has not crossed his

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mind. There is a lot of work to do, particularly with Brexit. I am still

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as enthusiastic as I ever was, and I have given no thought as to when I

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will stand down. I am focused on delivering the best for Wales from

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Brexit and that is hugely important. The last thing that should happen is

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for it to be decided outside of Wales. It is music to the party's

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years. I enjoyed his speech yesterday. We had a good performance

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at last year's election and hopefully we could repeat that

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again. The Shadow Welsh Secretary paid tribute to the First Minister

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in her first conference speech since being appointed to her new role. And

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with Brexit in mind, she also had a message for the Prime Minister. We

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need full and unfettered access to the single market. So that we can

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export and import goods. Without our businesses having to face extra

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costs on top of production costs. Which will ultimately be passed down

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to the consumer. With Theresa May due to start the four-month

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negotiating process on Wednesday. -- formal negotiating process. Carwyn

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Jones says the procedure will be given his undivided attention but

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with Wales having voted for Brexit and political change afoot in

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Scotland and Northern Ireland, just ensuring that the Welsh government's

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voice is heard in these negotiations will be challenge enough for the

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First Minister. There are calls for a specialist

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mother and baby in-patient mental health unit to be

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reinstated in Wales. The mental health charity,

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Mind Cymru, says up to fifteen percent of new mothers develop

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postnatal depression - and for some, specialist

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in-patient care is necessary - meaning they have to travel

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to England for support. The last such unit,

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in Cardiff, closed in 20-13 - and one Assembly member agrees

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there's a case for There is a clear demand in Wales for

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inpatient prenatal services in this country. Above all of that, we have

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the human cost of not having those facilities which is mothers facing a

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choice of being separated from their babies or separated from their

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family, when what they should have is in patient support Wolstenholme.

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-- close to home. The Welsh Government says it's

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invested ?1.5 million in setting up community perinatal mental health

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services, within every Let's move onto sport now

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and the Ospreys head coach, Steve Tandy, says he was

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embarrassed by his side's 13-5 He labelled the result "disastrous"

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and promised changes for next week's European Challenge Cup

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quarter final with Stade Francais. Time for a quick look at the weather

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forecast now and tomorrow will be another warm day,

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with light winds and plenty of sunny A little more cloud

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than today in eastern areas - with top temperatures

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of around 15 celsius. You're up to date with all

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the latest headlines in Wales. I'll be back with our next

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round up at 20 past ten. From everyone on the

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weekend team, bye-bye. For the first time this year, the

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temperature reached 20 Celsius, the highest recorded in

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