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Welcome to Wales Today. Our top story tonight. The Wests play an

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active role in the community. With more of us living longer, will it

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be a benefit or burden? We take people shopping, take people to the

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hospital. We are very much committed. Friday is basically the

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only way we get to ourselves. Tonight's other headlines. A police

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inspector who used the internet to try and get others to sexually

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abuse children pleads guilty. Plans for Britain's longest coastal

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path under threat. Travellers here say it will invade their privacy.

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Keeping it local. Milk will be bottled at this former creamery.

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The company says it'll cut the miles milk travels on the road.

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Gavin Henson's centre of attention. Fans young and old happy he's

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signed for the Blues And fit for the heroes of London 2012. The

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Royal Mint in Llantrisant starts Good evening. The number of older

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people in Wales is set to rise sharply over the next 25 years and

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radical changes are needed to deal with it. That's the warning today

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from the bodies providing our public services. Overall, the Welsh

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population is set to increase by 12% to 3.17 million by the year

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2035. But the number of people aged 65 and over is set to increase by

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around 306,000, a jump of 55%, during the same period.

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As this exhibition at Cardiff's National Museum shows, the boy

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operation has seen a few changes over the ages. Earlier this year,

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the number of people living Wales topped 3 million for the first time.

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Looking to the future and what the figures show is the population will

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continue to grow but also, older people, those over 65, are likely

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to form a larger part of that population. And that is throwing up

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certain issues. As soon as she wakes up, we can give her tea.

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couple are both in their eighties. They look after three are also fear

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three days a week at their Cardiff home. But that is just the tip of

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the iceberg for this couple. They had been involved in volunteering

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for nearly 60 years. Friday is the only day that we get to ourselves.

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We take people shopping, take people to the hospital. My wife is

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a member of the pastoral care team. That means that she visits a lot of

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people who are housebound. What kind of challenges does an ageing

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population mean for our Health Service? We are likely to meet --

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need more hospital care. That could be difficult. We were maybe

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replacing hips once in someone's lifetime, we are now looking at

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replacing hips and do restorative surgery multiple times during

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people's lives. The same goes for our social services. Care homes may

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well be in higher demand which can put a strain on finances. And for

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the body representing our local authorities, no change is no longer

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an option. We let horrific be large costs fall on to the poorer members

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of society. We need a new system of funding of social care. With the

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growing age of population, the current situation or not be

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sustainable unless we do something radical in the next 10 years. --

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will not. What effect does that have won the money in our pockets?

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Living on a fixed income such as a penchant might not always be easy.

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-- pension. The money needs to be there. People living on fixed

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incomes for longer. People coming into debt into why older age. That

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is increasing as well. There are some real challenges in terms of

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enabling the people to fulfil their aspirations. Every society evolves.

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At the moment, the population of Wales is increasingly ageing. It

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provides plenty of challenges. The Welsh government says they are

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already planning for our increasing ageing population. They say they

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have had a strategy in place since 2003. Earlier I spoke to Ruth Marks,

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the Older Person's Commissioner for Wales. Firstly, I would like to say

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that the statistics are actually a cause for celebration. It is

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absolutely great. We are living longer and in the main, healthier.

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The huge contribution that so many older people making communities

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right across Wales has to be recognised and acknowledged and

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celebrated. The challenges however are for health services and council

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services and housing services. Any organisations that provide services

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to all the people in communities across Wales. They need to come up

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with new ways of meeting increased demand. It is a varied group. You

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have people who play end active role in the committee but you have

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many other people would need a lot of help and support. How would you

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describe the quality of life generally for people in that group?

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Age is just a number. There is no such thing as a typical older

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person. There are so many different experiences. Older people across

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Wales, we have to remember that we have some of the poorest pensioners

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in the UK. We have people who experience some of the most chronic

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and long-term conditions and also people living with life limiting

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illnesses -- illnesses and disabilities as well. It is really

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important that housing, health and council services talk with and

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listen to all the people to build on their experiences for the new

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services that we will meet to provide in the future -- older

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people. A number of challenges to come over the years ahead. How are

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you going to make sure that older people's voices are here to? We

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know that services are being cut across the board. Older people have

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to use the opportunities and avenues open to them to make their

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voices heard through local groups and Forums but also the people

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designing services need to make sure that they reach out and listen

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to all the people who may not be members of groups and so on. Older

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people's experiences are so diverse. All our experiences are valuable

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and valid. It is vital that we engage with older people to design

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those services. A police inspector has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to

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encourage others to commit a sexual assault on a child under 13. 47-

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year-old Geraint Lloyd Evans from Coychurch near Bridgend was serving

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with the South Wales force when entered into internet conversation

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in a chat room with other paedophiles where he expressed his

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interest in performing a sexual act on a child. It's believed to be one

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of the first prosecutions of its type in South Wales. Matt Murray is

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in our Swansea newsroom. What is it about this prosecution that makes

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it so unusual? This is unusual because no actual abuse happened.

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Geraint Lloyd Evans pleaded guilty to a charge that in December 2009

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and between March last year, he entered into a conversation on the

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internet with Keith bowled. In one exchange between the two men, there

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was talk of meeting up in a friend's house. It was roped in the

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message, which we had someone young to play with. Geraint Lloyd Evans

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replied, that could be an option. He pleaded guilty to all the

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options -- charges. The other man is already serving a two-and-a-half

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year prison sentence for possession of indecent images. How was Geraint

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Lloyd Evans court? He was a police inspector at the time. He was

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caught during the investigation. More than 6,000 images and 181

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movie clips of child abuse were found on the computer. During this

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investigation, they also found records of internet chat. In these

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chaps, they found descriptions of abuse between other paedophiles. In

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one of those -- one of those was Geraint Lloyd Evans. Has there been

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any response from South Wales Police? In the last hour, they have

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just issued a statement. They said that Geraint Lloyd Evans was in a

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position of great trust within the committee that he served but that

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was breached by his criminal behaviour. His actions are

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completely unacceptable, his colleagues feel let down and the

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local committees will feel the same way. The men are due to be

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sentenced next month. A man who died after its thought he became

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trapped under a metal gate in Newport has been named as Ronald

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Hayward from Merthyr Tydfil. The 42-year-old died while making an

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early delivery to a wholesaler's. Investigations are continuing.

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Campaigners in Carmarthen say they concerned about plans to build

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flats at the former Priory Hospital. It was opened in 1858 and has been

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empty for more than 15 years. Previous plans have been rejected,

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but a new application has been put forward to transform the site into

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19 flats. Some people living nearby want the

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building preserved. The number of people listening to

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BBC Radio Wales is going up, according to the latest audience

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research figures. 480,000 people now tune into the station each week.

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That's an increase of more than 10,000 in the last 12 months. Radio

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Cymru's weekly reach is now 138,000. That's 8,000 less than the last

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quarter. Plans to create Britain's longest

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coastal path may be under threat after a group of travellers said it

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would invade their privacy. The 870-mile route along the Welsh

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coast is due to be finished next year, but work on a half-mile

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stretch near Cardiff, where the travellers live legally, has hit a

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stumbling block. Nicola Smith reports.

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The beautiful y Bwlch coast attracts hundreds of thousands of

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visitors every year -- Welsh coast. Since 2007, work has been under way

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to create 870 miles to of interrupted scenic views. To

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complete the coastal path, some sections need to be joined up but

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in Cardiff, one traveller community says if the path comes too close to

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their site, it will invade their privacy. Travellers at this

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authorised site say walkers would be able to look right into their

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mobile homes. They have rejected offers to build a 16 ft wall

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protecting their privacy, saying it would be like living in a prison.

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We are not fish in a goldfish bowl, we are human beings. We are just

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the same as everyone else. We want to feel safe in our community. We

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do not want strangers walking in our back garden. The council says

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the chosen route is the most obvious one that -- but that it is

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sensitive to the needs of the travellers and it hopes to resolve

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the issue soon. The Welsh coastal path will be the first of its kind

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in the world. That will appeal to a lot of workers. -- walkers. The was

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government says it is confident the path will be opened in schedule --

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on schedule, in time for next summer. Have you ever thought about

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where your milk comes from? Almost half of the milk produced in Wales

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actually goes to England to be processed. A new dairy in Whitland

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is bottling Welsh milk on the site of the former creamery that closed

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at the beginning of the 1990s. The Proper Welsh Milk Company say that

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they'll cut down on the miles that our milk travels before getting to

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our shops. Aled Scourfield reports. At one time, the dairy industry in

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Wales was big business. 10 years ago there were 3,500 producers but

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now they are less than 2000. Whitland creamery was one of the

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victims. 150 jobs were lost in 1994 when the site closed. 49 % of Welsh

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milk is now transported in huge tankers across the border to

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England to be processed. But this new company based on the old

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Whitland creamery site believe they can cut costs for farmers by

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processing Welsh milk in Wales. When the Whitland creamery shut,

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the price of diesel was less than half what it is today. We have an

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extraordinary situation with empty lorries running down from middle

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England to pick up mill can take it back to Southampton. -- milk and

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take it back to Southampton. This new dairy has cost �1.5 million

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initially -- and initially 14 people will be employed here. But

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it is hoped that 40 can be employed soon. But they will have to survive

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in what is a very competitive market. The company have already

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secured a contract to supply 50 Tesco supermarket in Wales. People

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within the farming industry say there is an opportunity for smaller

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dairies to make their mark. It does not have to go across the border.

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The cost of transport, everything, it is an extremely good day for

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Whitland. The closure of the creamery in Whitland was a huge

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blow to the local economy 17 years ago. Local people are pleased to

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see the old site being used again for milk production. For I think it

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is a great idea. It is bringing business in and giving people work.

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It is fantastic. Local produce, wonderful. The next challenge for

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this new company will be to convince local farmers they agree

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credible force in what is a cut- throat industry. You're watching

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Wales Today. Plenty still to come. Gavin's back playing in Wales.

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Henson says he wants to spend the rest of his career at the Blues.

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And made in Wales for the Olympic winners of London 2012. We're

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inside the Royal Mint in Llantrisant.

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This year's Poppy Appeal has been launched, in Llandudno, at a centre

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which helps re-habilitate blind and partially sighted servicemen and

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women who have been injured or have age-related eye problems. St.

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Dunstan's has a new wing paid for by a �2.6 million donation from the

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Royal British Legion. I have served and been awarded the

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six the year award for Poppy collecting. I started in 1949. I

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remember the comradeship that we had during the war. I have enjoyed

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every minute of collecting. This year's appeal was launched with the

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release of 382 balloons to represent the military personnel

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killed in Afghanistan. From tomorrow onwards, out go the people

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into the supermarkets and the pubs and knocking on doors trying to get

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people to donate money. What is so significant this year is this

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project with St Dunstan's, if you go and have a look around the back,

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you can see this huge new wing, most people do not see the welfare

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that goes on. It is a great facility. The skills that I need to

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learn, they will teach me. Cooking and getting back on the computer

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and getting independent again. Corporal Glen Edwards from Bagillt

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in Flintshire was left blind, partially deaf and lost part of his

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arm in an explosion whilst in training. His recovery is down to

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public generosity. When I first came home when I was injured, my

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balance was not very good. And the Royal British Legion appeal helps

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me with the finance. For 90 years, the poppy has remained a poignant

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symbol of those who have fallen during conflict but during that

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time, the poppy appeal has made it possible for places like this to

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ensure that injured servicemen and women can get back on their feet

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again. Gavin Henson says he hopes to finish his playing career with

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the Blues. He was officially unveiled today, after signing until

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the end of the season. He says he wants to re-claim a place in the

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national squad and he says his reality TV career is over. Tomos

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Dafydd has been to meet him. He is one of the most recognisable

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faces in rugby. Gavin Henson is back playing in Wales, trying to

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kick-start his faltering career. would love for it to be my last

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club. It is a trial period, which is fair enough. It is up to me to

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prove a couple of points. Hopefully I am settled. It has been an

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eventful time for Gavin Henson. French rugby beckon but he soon

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fell out of favour. But the Cardiff Blues insisted is the right move

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for the region and the player. has gone through a difficult period.

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I have no doubt whatsoever that if he had not had the wrist injury, he

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would have been playing in New Zealand. I have no doubt that when

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he gets unsettled and start playing, he will be knocking on the Welsh

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squad door for next season's Six Nations. In recent years, Gavin

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Henson has been juggling his television commitments with rugby.

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He now says that is all behind him. They have been incredible

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experiences but rugby is my thing and I want to get back into that. I

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needed my time out of rugby and I did the TV stuff but rugby is my

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thing at the moment. Today Gavin Henson has been passing on his

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advice to children on a half-term a training camp. Somewhere over the

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moon. I thought he was not going to turn up. Obviously, he has. My mum

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will be stung when she sees the picture -- stunned. It was really

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fun and nice meeting him. Gavin Henson knows he has to prove he is

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worthy of a place in the Cardiff Blues side. His ultimate goal, to

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return to the bigger stage of all, playing for his country once again.

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Now just a reminder, we're looking for nominations for this year's BBC

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Wales Unsung Hero Award. Do you know someone who goes out of their

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way, to help others in sport? The person has to be 16 years old or

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over and not get any financial reward for their efforts.

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Nominations close on the 30th October. All the details are on

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these websites. They are what the world's best athletes dream of, the

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medals which will be awarded at next year's Olympic Games have gone

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into production at the Royal Mint in Llantrisant. In total, 4,700

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medals will be made. Let me show you this first of all,

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this is the prototype. These are the biggest and heaviest medals for

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any Olympic Games. Can you talk us through this one? Yes, this is a

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fairly standard design. It is the ancient goddess of victory,

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stepping out. It has been on every Olympic medal for the last couple

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of games. And then there is the designed 14 logo does London, with

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the logo that people are familiar with. Both sides of this mudlark

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design. There is Braille for the visually impaired. On this side, we

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have a representation of the actual statue, a plaster cast taken, it is

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very tactile. Tell us about the process. It is very challenging. A

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total of 10 hours from start to finish. That goes through a

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striking process, what we call eight kneeling process. That allows

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us to form the matter in the way that we want to. Bash metal. There

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are a number of different processes to make it look to the quality that

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was achieved. Each one takes 10 hours to make and you have to make

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4,700 will stop no problem. We have got a very long-standing medals

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unit. They make a lot of met at -- military medals. There is a real

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sense of wilful man. Everyone is talking about it. -- fulfilment.

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There are 274 days to go until the first athletes will get their hands

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on these medals, made in Wales. Time now for the you weather

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Good news. The rain is on its way out and the sun glasses will come

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in handy tomorrow. If you have a barometer, give it a tap. Pressure

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is rising and that's a good sign. Tomorrow will be dry and settled

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but watch out for mist and fog patches if you're travelling. Now

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today most of the rain has been over the West Country and Wales.

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Parts of the north and west missed the worst of it but in the south

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some heavy rain. 19mm at Usk in Monmouthshire. Just under an inch.

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Now this evening light rain in the south and east will move away

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leaving the whole country with a dry night. The cloud clearing. A

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few mist and fog patches forming and chilly. Temperatures in Mid

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Wales falling close to freezing with some ground frost. Tomorrow a

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much better day. The whole country dry for a change. Mind you, it will

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be a chilly start. Some ground frost. Mist and fog patches as well.

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The fog could be dense, especially in the Wye Valley. Otherwise fine

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and clear with light winds. During the morning, the mist and fog will

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slowly lift but it may linger into the afternoon in the Marches and

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the Bristol Channel. Elsewhere fine with lots of sunshine. Top

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temperatures 12 or 13 Celsius with light winds. A fresher breeze in

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the northwest. In Ceredigion tomorrow, a lovely day. Plenty of

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sunshine. Temperatures in Tregaron rising to 13 Celsius. As for the

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weekend, more changeable and breezier. A little rain but I can

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promise some dry and even bright weather as well. The wind picking

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up and turning milder. This October looks like ending on a mild note.

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In fact it could be one of the warmest Octobers on record. By the

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way, Newport will be holding its first ever food festival this

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Saturday. If you're going, it will Thank you. It's approaching 7:00pm.

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The headlines. The leaders of the 17 countries that use the euro have

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reached a deal they hope will solve the euro-zone debt crisis. Banks

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are being asked to write off half of what they lent to Greece. There

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may be a case for further increasing the resources of the IMF

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to keep pace with the size of the global economy and Britain as a

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founding and permanent member of its governing board stands ready to

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consider the case for further resources and contribute with other

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countries if necessary. The number of older people in Wales is set to

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rise sharply over the next 25 years. The bodies providing public

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services warned radical changes are needed to deal with it. It pre-set

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-- is that there has admitted conspiring to encourage others to

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commit a sexual assault on a charge. Geraint Lloyd Evans was serving

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with the South Wales force when he and other paedophiles contacted

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