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Liberal Democrat votes secure a ..for the Labour government's

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..his parents intend to campaign for safer parking.

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One health board says there will be fewer operations...

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..over the Christmas and New Year period to save money.

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And in Aberystwyth, thousands opposethe relocation of this day centre...

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..to make room for a new supermarket.

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AMs have backed the Welsh Government's Budget...

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..with spending worth more than �14.5 billion.

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With Labour short of a majority in Cardiff Bay...

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..they needed an agreement with the Liberal Democrats...

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..to ensure that the Government won the day.

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We go live now to the Senedd and our political editor Betsan Powys.

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There was agreement on one thing in the Senedd today...

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..that this Budget has to lead Wales through a huge economic challenge.

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But will it do that well?

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There's less agreement on that.

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Labour say that it's a budget to protect jobs.

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Plaid Cymru say the budget cannot protect the Health Service...

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..or boost the economy.

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Tomos Livingstone has the details.

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Public

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Public money

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Public money is

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Public money is scarce so how should spare money be spent?

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The Liberal Democrats have insisted that anything left over is spent on

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disadvantaged children and that was enough for their five AM to say

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vote in favour of the Welsh Government Budget, but how much

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difference would the extra money make? It would make a difference to

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a school in our situation. We are talking about �400 per head for the

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children. That is around �12,000 for our school.

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Without a majority the Labour Party needed the support of another party.

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They turned their back on Plaid Cymru's offer to deal with the Lib

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Dems. This is a change for the Lib Dems

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who are in a coalition in Westminster with the Tories. The

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situation is a bit different. The Labour Party have a minority

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Government. This agreement shows that we, even as the smallest party

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in Government, can effect change. Most of the money will go to the

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health service and there are cuts in other areas like Local

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Government, but the agreement with the Liberal Democrats has seen an

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extra �20 million for the education budget. It is a temporary agreement

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rather than a first step towards a coalition akor to go the Labour

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Party -- according to the Labour Party, but Plaid Cymru say the

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agreement is empty. They wanted to Growth forecasts have dropped and

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and lots of people are out of work and companies cannot sell their

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goods. Business needs support and people need to be kept in their

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jobs because the Government has not done that, we can't support the

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Budget. Argument over the Budget in Cardiff

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Bay is over for this year. Carwyn Jones might be pleased to see these

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discussions becoming an annual But will a coalition and the

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stability it offers become too much More on this now as we return to

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People were talking clearly about the challenge of the Budget and it

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left - it led to difficult decisions, but it was a fundamental

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disagreement about whether the Budget does the work it could do.

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It is It is doing the best it can, Labour and Liberal Democrats say

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considering what the Government has to work with, but the Tories were

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clear that Labour is spending too much money pointing the finger at

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Westminster and not dealing with Wales.

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Plaid Cymru says there was not enough getting to grips with the

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situation that is getting out of hand and they need to do more with

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the Budget than they are. The next question for the next few

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months is if this sets the foundations for another agreement

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or a coalition? I don't think at the moment that will happen.

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Communication will continue because they need to discuss the rest of

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the Budget where the capital will be spent and how the money for

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disadvantaged children will be spent, but the Lib Dems were clear

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today that this is one agreement. Remember there are local elections

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in May and the Liberal Democrats will be on every doorstep in Wales

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saying "look what we have achieved in the assembly." It is very

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difficult to see how Labour politicians would want to give more

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of a boost to them to do that The parents of a five-year-old boy

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..after their son was killed outside their home.

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The Cardiff coroner recorded a verdict of accidental death...

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..in the case of Harry Patterson.

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The family car had slid back on a steep slope...

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..and crushed him against a wall.

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Gwenfair Griffith reports from the inquest.

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"The

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"The apple

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"The apple of

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"The apple of my eye" was how Harry Patterson's mother described her

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five-year-old son. He just come home from a drama lesson last

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September when the accident happened. His mother parked the

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family's Seat Alta outside the house on this slope and went in to

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cook supper and then the car started to roll back, crushing

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Harry between the car and a stone wall. He was taken to the

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University Hospital of Wales in an air air ambulance, but died of head

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injuries. His parents heard today how he would not have been able to

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release the handbrake himself and police examined the the car and

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found nothing wrong with the brakes. The inquest heard there was a

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possibility that the brakes could have loosened as they cooled. The

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Highway Code says if a car is not in gear, it can slide and that

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seems to be what happened here. The coroner said it was an awful

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combination of a steep drive and the brake cooling system that

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caused the accident. He said the car was not left in first gear

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although it was on a slope and this could have stopped the accident

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from happening. Outside the inquest, Harry's father said he wanted to

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raise awareness of the of the dangers to stop the same thing

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happening to another family. We have paid a high cost to learn

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the consequences of parking a car on a steep slope. I would like to

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ask everyone to make sure they put their car in gear at all times and

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avoid an accident such as what happened to us. Three months since

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Harry's death, the family say they are lost without his company and

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they will feel that way for the The funeral of Gary Speed will take

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A memorial service to celebrate the life of the Wales manager...

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..will be arranged soon.

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We heard last week how Welsh health boards are likely to face debts...

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..of �50 million by the end of the financial year.

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Tonight, BBC Wales understands that the Hywel Dda Local Health Board...

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..in west Wales is considering cutting back...

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..on non-urgent operations over the Christmas and New Year period.

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Our reporter Aled Scourfield is following the story...

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..and joins us now from the WestWales General Hospital in Carmarthen.

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We

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We were

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We were talking

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We were talking about Hywel Dda Health Board, what are they they

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suggesting? We understand there will be cutbacks in operations

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during December and January. It is not unusual to perform fewer

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operations over Christmas and New Year, but Hywel Dda Health Board

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confirmed that they intend to extend that period. They say they

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want to concentrate on emergency services over Christmas. How does

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this compare to the rest of Wales? In the north, the health board says

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they are following the usual pattern of Christmas period

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operations and in Cardiff, they say they intend to increase the number

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of operations over the Christmas period so there will be questions

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tonight about why Hywel Dda Health Board is doing this.

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And in terms of the wider picture this is a difficult, if not dark

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time for the Health Service? Certainly. We heard last week that

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health boards in Wales have debts of some �50 million and Hywel Dda

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Health Board has a debt of �4 million despite emergency financial

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aid of �3 million from the Welsh Government. It is quite clear that

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the Health Minister has said that there will not be extra financial

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help. What is interesting about this story is that Hywel Dda Health

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Board has confessed that there is no option, but to cut back on

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operations which are not urgent. Many people are asking tonight if

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this is a sign of the health boards The family of a Welsh private

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..after a meeting with the Home Secretary.

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Daniel Morgan was killed with an axe outside a pub in London in 1987...

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..but his killer was never caught.

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Theresa May has offered to start a new police investigation.

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But Mr Morgan's family were hoping for a judicial review.

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There was another warning today to Eurozone countries...

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..that they must get to grips with the debt crisis.

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Standard & Poor's credit rating agency issued the warning.

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It is clear that the American government is also concerned...

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..as the US Treasury Secretary is in Europe...

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..prior to the EU Summit in Brussels at the end of the week.

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Ellis Roberts reports.

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Germany

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Germany is

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Germany is the

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Germany is the first port of call for Timothy Geithner, the US

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Treasury Secretary. Over the next few days, he will meet the leaders

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of France, Italy and Spain as well. This is as the credit rating agency,

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Standard and Poor's published a warning. They grade countries

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according to their ability to pay debts. France and Germany are

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amongst six countries with the best rating which is AAA, but Standard

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and Poor's say they are keeping an eye on that and there is a warning

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that some countries could lose their AAA rating before long.

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I think the timing is important as we are in another important week

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for the euro because of the summit at the end of the week.

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Many commentators have said how it was unfortunate that Standard and

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Poor's said this week what they have said. But having acknowledged

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that, I think it is important that the leaders know what they think.

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The leaders of France and Germany have said that tighter rules are

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needed on eurozone countries. The stock market lost ground in Germany

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today and no one doubts the importance of that country to the

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future of the system. Germany compares... They have to

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help other countries out now. There was another warning tonight

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from David Cameron. He could vote against a European agreement if it

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is not in Britain's benefit. Verbally and on paper, there are

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The Afghan president says that at ..and 50 injured by an explosion in

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It happened at a shrine during a religioius festival.

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At least four people were also killed after an attack...

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..in the north of the country.

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Huw Foulkes reports.

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Shortly

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Shortly after

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Shortly after midday

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Shortly after midday in Kabul on the most important day of the

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Shi'ite calendar, this suicide bomb attack happened. Witnesses say it

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was a sectarian attack, the like of which has not been seen in

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Afghanistan for years. At least 54 people died here. They were taking

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part in the Ashura religious festival which is is marked with a

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national holiday. Around the same time another attack happened in a

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Shi'ite mosque in Mazar-i-Sharif killing four people with tens more

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injured. In Germany, where the country's president, har har har

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Hamid Karzai is meeting leaders, he expressed his shock at the nature

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of the attacks. This is the first time that on such

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an important religious day in Afghanistan, an attack of that

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horrible nature has taken place. In the the meantime, President

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Karzai has decided not to travel to Britain and has returned to

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Afghanistan because of the attacks. As families and friends wait for

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news outside one of the hospitals in Kabul, no one so far has taken

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responsibility for the attacks that killed tens of ordinary people in

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It appears that a fish farm on There are concerns over the future

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The farm is owned by a Greek ..and the Welsh Government says it

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Powys Council has been fined �130,000...

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..by the Office of the Information Commissioner.

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The council was penalised after information about the case...

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..of two children in care was sent to the wrong person.

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This is the largest fine...

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..the Office of the Information Commissioner has ever given.

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An investigation is planned after a man died in Buckley in Flintshire.

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Police have confirmed that they responded to a call last night...

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..and that Morgan Owen died during a public order incident.

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24-year-old Mr Owen was a soldier with the Royal Engineers regiment.

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It is not yet clear how he died.

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The Independent Police Complaints Commission is investigating.

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Campaigners against the clorue of a day centre in Aberystwyth...

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..have presented a petition containing nearly 6,000 names...

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..to Ceredigion Council.

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They argue that a move to a new site would be detrimental...

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..to the service being provided.

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The council denies this, and says that the space is needed...

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..to make room for a new supermarket...

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..which could create hundreds of new jobs.

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Craig Duggan reports.

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A

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A smaller

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A smaller group,

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A smaller group, but representing thousands, the campaigners

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presented their petition to the leader of Ceredigion Council after

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collecting nearly 6,000 signatures in a month. It is a sign of the

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strong feelings about the plan to close the day centre in Aberystwyth.

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This is the place causing strong feelings. It was built to provide

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services to elderly and vulnerable people. The campaigners say over

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100 people use it. There are lots of facilities here.

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People can come here and have a bath or a shower. They can get a

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meal. The place they are planning to move it to is half the size with

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fewer facilities. Mair Roberts has been using the

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centre for 17 years. She said the services would not be as good after

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moving to the old Town Hall where the council has spent nearly �1

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million adapting it for the day centre.

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There is no bathroom. There is only one toilet and it is not a disabled

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toilet and there is only one shower. We need a bath with a hoist.

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The current sen centre is next to a site earmarked for a Tesco's

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supermarket. It will create jobs and boost the economy according to

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the council and although a street of houses and the day centre must

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be demolish, the council said services would be good in the new

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centre. It is good in terms of the services

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available in the Town Hall and it will be a good place for the

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current users of the day centre. The council say work on the old

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Town Hall will be finished within weeks, but the campaigners promised

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to continue their campaign against A 20-month investigation into a

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..has concluded that the works had The investigation was ordered by the

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..after people living near the The food company Kraft will get rid

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As part of a rearrangement process by the company...

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..which owns Cadburys, there will also be an investment...

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..of �50 million into producing chocolate and biscuits.

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A new body may be established which will have responsibility...

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..for economic development across north Wales.

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Since the Welsh Development Agency ceased to exist...

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..the work of attracting and supporting businesses...

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..has been shared by a number of different agencies...

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..and local councils.

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But in difficult times, that's about to change...

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..as we hear now from Sion Tecwyn.

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Preparation

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Preparation work

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Preparation work for

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Preparation work for this business park next to Bangor has been

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completed for several months, but not one company has moved here and

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it is completely empty. There is increasing feeling in local

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authorities in North Wales that they need to take a new look at how

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to attract businesses to the area as well as how to boost the economy

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in general. The first step towards doing that is more co-operation. In

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such a wide area, it is obvious there will be differences with the

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needs of different areas. Councils feel they could do well out of co-

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operation. I think we have developed in terms

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of economic performance against the rest of Wales. You see the figures

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about the levels of wealth and unemployment levels amongst young

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people. If we co-operate and come together, perhaps we can make

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better use of the situation. The intention is to ensure that

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bodies like colleges and universities are also part of the

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new strategy and local companies have also welcomed the plans.

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We see two or three hundred companies every year and they often

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talk about how difficult it is to understand the business landscape.

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Despite the generally dark economic picture, the local council thinks

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this could make a big change to the situation in North Wales in the

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BBC Wales has announced that Sian ..Head of Welsh-language Programmes

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..for the corporation's Welsh She has been Editor of Radio Cymru

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Wrexham player-manager Andy Morrell says that tonight's match...

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..against Southport is the most important this season.

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With a win, the Dragons culd open a three-point gap...

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..at the top of the Blue Square Bet Premier.

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After several minutes of play at the Racecouse ground...

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..it is still goalless.

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It is also goalless in the game between Alfreton and Newport.

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Yesterday, the names of the five world champions on the shortlist...

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..for Welsh Sports Personality of the Year were announced.

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On yesterday's programme, we heard about the successes...

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..of boxer Nathan Cleverly and motorcyclist Chaz Davies.

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Rhodri Llywelyn tonight concentrates on Nathan Stephens...

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..Helen Jenkins and, firstly, Dai Greene.

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The

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The highlights

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The highlights for

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The highlights for Dai Greene this year was getting the medal at the

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World Athletic Championships, he is already a European and Commonwealth

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400 meters hurdles champion and had a series of sparkling performances

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in the Diamond League before his big big moment in South Korea.

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He was obviously the person who was going to win and everybody was

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waiting for his performance because he was so strong in every race

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running up to to it. It was obvious... They wanted to

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make sure he won and he has made a big stamp and he is leading the

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world over the next year in the run-up to the Olympics.

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Everybody knows they have to beat him to win the gold medal.

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Three disciplines in one. There are easier way to say earn a living

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than through swimming, running and cycling and running triathlon races.

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Helen Jenkins did well in races everywhere, but winning in London

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was key as the Welsh woman went on to win the World Championship for

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the second time. She has had an unbelievable year. Everything has

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gone write. -- right. She won in Hyde Park which is the

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Olympic course for next year. That will give her great confidence to

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win on that course. It is excellent to have someone like Helen coming

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from Wales which is a small country and she is the world champion.

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This multi-talented athlete, Nathan Stephens, has reached the top in a

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number of disciplines. After success in the discus and shotpot,

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2011 was the year he won gold with the javelin. The Welshman rose to

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the top in the Paralympic World Championships in New Zealand before

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before breaking the world record as well.

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This year has been his best year ever.

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He has beaten everyone in the world. He is on fire. No one will stop him

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now. He will get his gold medal in London. He has been in the game now

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about ten years so he is very skilled. And he is coming to his

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peak. To vote for your favourite sports

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December at 6pm. Don't vote after that as your vote will not be

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counted and it is possible you will Before I go, here are tonight's top

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An agreement with the Liberal Democrats ensured...

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..that the Labour government gained a majority.

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It argues that the Budget is balanced...

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..but the Conservatives and Plaid Cymru said they were disappointed.

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And the paretns of a five-year-old boy from Pontardawe...

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..intend to encourage people to park their cars safely...

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..after their son was killed outside their home.

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The Cardiff coroner recorded a verdict of accidental death...

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..in the case of Harry Patterson.

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The family car had slipped back on a steep slope...

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..and crushed him against a wall.

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And that's the news for Tuesday.

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