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Good evening welcome to Wales Today. Our top story - A Jury hears that | :00:02. | :00:05. | |
the man on trial for the rape and murder of a pregnant teenager had | :00:05. | :00:15. | |
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Tonight's other headlines - Police ban an extremist Muslim group from | :00:25. | :00:30. | |
meeting at this community hall in Cardiff. | :00:30. | :00:33. | |
For more than 60 years the Welsh Conservatives have held their party | :00:33. | :00:36. | |
conference in Llandudno. Now they've called it off because they | :00:36. | :00:46. | |
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Will it be Bond in the Beacons? A film company gets the go-ahead to | :00:48. | :00:52. | |
use a Carmarthenshire mountainside for its new movie. | :00:52. | :00:55. | |
In tonight's sport - Rugby, football and rhythmic gymnastics. | :00:55. | :00:59. | |
Her struggle to compete on the big stage, Frankie Jones shares with us | :00:59. | :01:09. | |
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Good evening. A jury at Newport Crown Court has heard that the man | :01:12. | :01:15. | |
on trial for the rape and murder of a heavily pregnant teenager had | :01:15. | :01:19. | |
traces of her DNA on his clothes. The body of 19-year-old Nikkita | :01:19. | :01:23. | |
Grender was found in her burnt-out flat last February. Carl Whant, her | :01:23. | :01:26. | |
boyfriend's cousin, is accused of rape, murder, child destruction and | :01:26. | :01:36. | |
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arson, all of which he denies. Caroline Evans was in court. | :01:36. | :01:41. | |
This afternoon fire fighters told how they broke down the door at the | :01:41. | :01:47. | |
flat after they were called to the fire. The smoke was so thick at | :01:47. | :01:51. | |
first they could not see anything. Then on the bed where they believe | :01:51. | :01:55. | |
the fire started, they found the body of Nikitta Grender. The 19- | :01:55. | :01:59. | |
year-old was within weeks of expecting her first child, a | :01:59. | :02:05. | |
daughter she had called Kelsey. The man who is accused of her murder | :02:05. | :02:10. | |
and of setting a fire to cover his tracks is Carl Whant, her | :02:10. | :02:14. | |
boyfriend's cousin. The court heard that he claims that months before | :02:14. | :02:18. | |
he had tried to start a relationship with her, he says they | :02:18. | :02:25. | |
had met at a.. On the night she died she he says they had | :02:25. | :02:30. | |
consensual sex at her flat. The prosecution say this is false. | :02:30. | :02:35. | |
While he may have had a fixation with her she detested him. On the | :02:35. | :02:41. | |
night of the murder, Goma's Bob -- boyfriend was with Carl Whant at an | :02:42. | :02:47. | |
all-night party. They had taken cocaine better Carl Whant Kent been | :02:47. | :02:52. | |
missing at the party between 5 and 6 am. He says he drove his car to | :02:53. | :02:56. | |
his grandmothers to get cigarettes but the prosecution say the vehicle | :02:56. | :03:00. | |
was caught on CCTV driving in the opposite direction to the route he | :03:00. | :03:05. | |
said he had taken. When police examined it after his arrest, they | :03:05. | :03:10. | |
found blood under the carpet. The prosecution say that must have got | :03:10. | :03:15. | |
there when he hit the murder weapon, a knife that has not been found. | :03:15. | :03:19. | |
The jury were also told how forensic experts have examined the | :03:19. | :03:24. | |
blue shirt he had been wearing and found Bill's DNA on the collar and | :03:24. | :03:33. | |
on the cuff. 27-year-old Carl Whant denies rape, murder, tiled | :03:33. | :03:38. | |
destruction and arson. The case will continue on Monday. -- trial | :03:38. | :03:42. | |
Counter Terrorism officers arrested a man in Cardiff last night after | :03:42. | :03:46. | |
reports that a group with links to Muslim extremists were meeting in a | :03:46. | :03:49. | |
council-run community Centre. Over now to our reporter Nick Pallit | :03:49. | :03:56. | |
Yes, it was here at Canton Community Centre that the drama | :03:56. | :03:59. | |
unfolded last night. A group meeting here was believed to have | :03:59. | :04:04. | |
links with the banned organisation, Muslims against Crusades. Counter | :04:04. | :04:07. | |
Terrorism Police broke up the meeting and one man was arrested on | :04:07. | :04:12. | |
a public order offence. Canton Community Centre hosts all the | :04:12. | :04:15. | |
usual events you'd expect in hall like this from slimming and fitness | :04:15. | :04:19. | |
clubs to mother and toddler groups. But for the last few weeks it had | :04:19. | :04:22. | |
also been hosting a group you wouldn't expect, a group Counter | :04:22. | :04:24. | |
Terrorism Police believe were associated with a banned | :04:24. | :04:28. | |
organisation of Islamic extremists. Muslims Against Crusades, seen here | :04:28. | :04:31. | |
marching in London, are on a Home Office watch list and being a | :04:31. | :04:36. | |
member is a criminal offence. Those meeting in Canton were believed to | :04:36. | :04:40. | |
be associated with them. The Assisant Chief Constable of South | :04:40. | :04:43. | |
Wales Matt Jukes said last night's action here forms part of a wider | :04:43. | :04:45. | |
strategy to prevent radicalisation within our communities and to stop | :04:45. | :04:48. | |
vulnerable people from being drawn into extremism or becoming prey to | :04:48. | :04:57. | |
He added that while there is a need for a careful balance in protecting | :04:57. | :04:59. | |
freedom of speech, promoting or glorifying terrorism is unlawful, | :04:59. | :05:02. | |
and groups such as Muslims Against Crusades have no place in South | :05:02. | :05:05. | |
Wales. Canton is a multi-cultural part of the Welsh capital with | :05:05. | :05:09. | |
several mosques in the area. One local councillor says it was the | :05:09. | :05:17. | |
community itself that raised their concerns and alerted police. | :05:17. | :05:22. | |
community was horrified because it right by them is a nursery and many | :05:22. | :05:27. | |
other facilities. Basically, they were meeting in the heart of the | :05:27. | :05:30. | |
community. When officers from the Wales Extremism and Counter | :05:30. | :05:32. | |
Terrorism Unit attended the community centre, one man was | :05:32. | :05:35. | |
arrested on a public order offence. The others attending the meeting | :05:35. | :05:38. | |
were handed letters advising them they'd no longer be able to meet in | :05:38. | :05:40. | |
council-run properties. Muslim leaders in the city support that | :05:40. | :05:48. | |
action. We took this decision two years ago | :05:48. | :05:53. | |
that we would not allow this organisation to take any meetings | :05:53. | :05:57. | |
or functions in a mosque. I am glad the local authority has taken | :05:57. | :05:59. | |
action as well. Cardiff Council say they're working | :05:59. | :06:02. | |
closely with community groups and the Police to ensure such groups | :06:02. | :06:10. | |
are unable to reform and meet in any other council premises. He at | :06:10. | :06:16. | |
the Community Centre, the snooker and pool club has just kicked out | :06:16. | :06:22. | |
the kids. We have its 10th birthday party here. It was horrific to the | :06:22. | :06:27. | |
community that it was used by these Islamic extremists. The police's | :06:27. | :06:31. | |
action follows concern by the local community who reported it to the | :06:31. | :06:34. | |
police. There was applause from the local council on his partnership | :06:34. | :06:44. | |
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approach will be used again in the A woman from Flintshire who was a | :06:45. | :06:47. | |
passenger on the grounded Italian cruise lines, Costa Concordia, is | :06:47. | :06:51. | |
taking legal advice over what happened to her. Sandra Rogers from | :06:51. | :06:55. | |
Caergwrle near Wrexham, but now lives on the island of Menorca. She | :06:55. | :06:58. | |
was taking a break with her family, but in the chaotic scenes after the | :06:58. | :07:06. | |
shipwreck, Mrs Rogers lost the ashes of her late husband. | :07:06. | :07:12. | |
I got lost from my daughter and my grandchildren. I got completely | :07:12. | :07:15. | |
disorientated and people were screaming, you can imagine the | :07:15. | :07:25. | |
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chaos. Nobody told us to keep calm. My husband loved the Grande pre. He | :07:28. | :07:35. | |
wanted to see its so I thought that is where we will put his ashes. | :07:35. | :07:38. | |
A company in Monmouthshire has won a multi-million pound order to | :07:38. | :07:42. | |
build 35 wind turbines. Maney Bridge has taken on 45 people and | :07:42. | :07:45. | |
transferred more its factory in Chepstow after the deal with a | :07:45. | :07:48. | |
German company, Nordex. 14 towers will be sited at the Pant-y-Wal | :07:48. | :07:53. | |
windfarm in the Rhondda. The Conservative Party in Wales has | :07:53. | :07:55. | |
had to cancel its spring conference in Llandudno because it can't | :07:55. | :07:59. | |
afford to stage it. The party took the step at just a fortnight's | :07:59. | :08:03. | |
notice and may mow face calls for compensation. In Llandudno, | :08:03. | :08:06. | |
hoteliers say they will lose a considerable amount of business and | :08:06. | :08:08. | |
lobby groups including charities who have already made accommodation | :08:08. | :08:18. | |
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and travel plans say they may be Winston Churchill and rejuvenated | :08:25. | :08:30. | |
by a holiday goes to Llandudno, home of this year's conference. | :08:30. | :08:35. | |
has been a long and largely happy relationship. Back in 1948, Winston | :08:35. | :08:39. | |
Churchill was leader when the Conservatives came to Llandudno. | :08:39. | :08:44. | |
Thousands came out to see the big man. We will be the ones who will | :08:44. | :08:49. | |
stop the arguments that too often block progress in Wales. Fast- | :08:49. | :08:52. | |
forward more than half-a-century and David Cameron was there. There | :08:52. | :08:58. | |
was Conservatives spring conference a launch pad to his 2010 election | :08:58. | :09:03. | |
campaign. The Welsh party was due back in February this year and the | :09:03. | :09:07. | |
cancellation was given yesterday. Cancellation is not the word the | :09:07. | :09:12. | |
party wants to use. It is a postponement. We have focused on | :09:12. | :09:16. | |
the local government elections are we need a launch in March and a | :09:16. | :09:21. | |
venue and date to be confirmed. That will be a positive for | :09:21. | :09:27. | |
experience. The reality is, the financial constraints and also the | :09:27. | :09:30. | |
security constraints indicated to us was a deficit we could not carry. | :09:30. | :09:35. | |
That may be so but for the decision to be made at the fortnight's | :09:35. | :09:39. | |
notice it has raised a few eyebrows. To say this announcement has come | :09:39. | :09:43. | |
as a surprise would be an understatement. As late as last | :09:43. | :09:47. | |
Friday there was a meeting to discuss media coverage. Yesterday, | :09:47. | :09:53. | |
hotels are still taking calls about room bookings. In resorts like | :09:53. | :09:58. | |
Llandudno conference is a big business. May bring in visitors out | :09:58. | :10:04. | |
of season. A filling rooms in the first week of February is not easy. | :10:04. | :10:11. | |
The Imperial was to be at the main hotel. Here they estimate the lost | :10:11. | :10:17. | |
business to be worth in the region of �20,000. Very disappointed to be | :10:17. | :10:22. | |
let down as such short notice. We were confident we had a full house | :10:22. | :10:28. | |
for the first weekend -- week in February. We now have a in empty | :10:28. | :10:33. | |
how best map itself. At the Imperial Hotel, haven't ruled out | :10:33. | :10:39. | |
seeking compensation. They may not be the only ones. The decision to | :10:39. | :10:46. | |
save the was Conservative some money it may have cost and goodwill. | :10:46. | :10:49. | |
The European Aviation Safety Agency has ordered Airbus to carry out | :10:49. | :10:51. | |
inspections of its A380 planes after cracks were found in the | :10:51. | :10:54. | |
wings of the superjumbo. The aircraft's wings are made at | :10:54. | :10:57. | |
Broughton in Flintshire and the company says that the cracks came | :10:57. | :11:01. | |
from the production process rather than from flying itself. A little | :11:01. | :11:05. | |
earlier I spoke to Rob Hewson, an aviation expert. I began by asking | :11:05. | :11:12. | |
him whether passengers needed to be concerned about these cracks? | :11:12. | :11:16. | |
On the information that we have at the moment, absolutely not. There | :11:16. | :11:22. | |
is no danger to the aircraft, to passengers. This is not a key | :11:22. | :11:25. | |
structural elements of the aircraft. It is a problem for the | :11:25. | :11:28. | |
manufacturer and one they would rather not have. In the grounds | :11:28. | :11:32. | |
scheme of things come in the grounds story of their plane design, | :11:32. | :11:36. | |
this is one of those things that happens and was the problem is | :11:36. | :11:40. | |
understood that is a problem that can be fixed without any fuss or | :11:40. | :11:45. | |
bother. The cracks, are they likely to be a result of the way the wings | :11:45. | :11:50. | |
are made at Broughton? production problems they have to | :11:50. | :11:54. | |
get back to schedule a -- on schedule, there was a steep | :11:54. | :12:00. | |
learning curve with those planes. The way the first 20 were built is | :12:00. | :12:04. | |
not how the subsequent aircraft are built. They might be done | :12:04. | :12:09. | |
differently. I suspect the procedures have changed quite a lot | :12:09. | :12:14. | |
with what was learned on those earlier planes. Is this going to | :12:14. | :12:18. | |
affect the company's reputation? should not. It told depends how the | :12:19. | :12:23. | |
deal with it and depends ultimately how serious this is. It is not | :12:23. | :12:27. | |
serious, it is not an emergency measure but it should be no long- | :12:27. | :12:32. | |
term problem for Broughton which is at the heart of the airburst | :12:32. | :12:37. | |
Organisation building aircraft now. -- Airbus. These are the wings | :12:37. | :12:45. | |
specialists. I don't believe this will be a serious problem 31. -- | :12:45. | :12:51. | |
for anyone. Still ahead before 7pm. Blazing a trail. The beach race | :12:51. | :12:54. | |
that's set to bring tens of thousands of motorcycling fans to | :12:54. | :12:57. | |
Swansea. She's not in the Olympic Team yet but she's ready for take- | :12:57. | :13:00. | |
off. A statute is dedicated to rhythmic gymnast, Frankie Jones, at | :13:00. | :13:07. | |
Heathrow. Could James Bond be on his way to | :13:07. | :13:11. | |
the Brecon Beacons? That's the question people in Carmarthenshire | :13:11. | :13:13. | |
are asking tonight after the Brecon Beacons National Park Authority | :13:13. | :13:15. | |
recommended approving a planning application from a production | :13:15. | :13:21. | |
company hoping to film in the area. The filming would take place on | :13:21. | :13:31. | |
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Mynydd y Llan near Llangadog. Could this be where James Bond gets | :13:34. | :13:39. | |
the better of his next rival or meets his latest love interest? | :13:39. | :13:42. | |
Speculation Daniel Craig could soon be paying the Brecon Beacons a | :13:42. | :13:47. | |
visit is rife following today's decision by the National Park. It | :13:47. | :13:51. | |
comes just a couple of months after the makers of the new Bond | :13:51. | :13:55. | |
blockbuster, Skyfall, abandoned plans to film in Scotland. | :13:55. | :13:58. | |
According to reports, that announcement was made by production | :13:58. | :14:08. | |
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manager, Russell Lodge. There was a locations manager named there are | :14:09. | :14:14. | |
so loch that Brecon. Could you confirm that the film will be | :14:14. | :14:20. | |
filmed here? That hasn't stopped people living locally drawing their | :14:20. | :14:27. | |
own conclusions. Everybody is having a good guess. I turned to | :14:27. | :14:35. | |
the internet and put in a few key words someone was Skyfall. | :14:35. | :14:39. | |
Hopefully, fingers crossed, nobody has confirmed it but that is what | :14:39. | :14:42. | |
we have heard. The production company says it intends to bring | :14:42. | :14:45. | |
200 people to the area and suggests the work could be worth �1.4 | :14:45. | :14:53. | |
million pounds to the local economy. Regardless of what the film is we | :14:53. | :15:00. | |
want the National economic benefits for the National Park. That is what | :15:00. | :15:06. | |
we're here for. The film itself is a secondary issue for us. We're in | :15:06. | :15:09. | |
the biz is a determining the planning application. The Welsh | :15:09. | :15:12. | |
Government now has 21 days to give its approval. The film company | :15:12. | :15:20. | |
hopes to begin working on Mynydd y Administrators for Peacocks are | :15:20. | :15:24. | |
continuing to look for a buyer for the clothing retailer. A total of | :15:24. | :15:26. | |
249 staff, almost half the head office workforce in Cardiff, were | :15:26. | :15:29. | |
made redundant yesterday. KPMG say they're using all their contacts in | :15:29. | :15:39. | |
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the retail industry to try to find a buyer. | :15:42. | :15:44. | |
Just days after going into administration, this Peacocks store | :15:45. | :15:48. | |
in Barry was doing a brisk business. Slashed prices attracting customers | :15:48. | :15:51. | |
through the door, but attracting a buyer for the retailer will be | :15:51. | :16:01. | |
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trickier. D'Administration means that the administration will sell | :16:03. | :16:06. | |
the business free of the liabilities of the company saw the | :16:06. | :16:13. | |
job will be to try and realise best values for that asset and make the | :16:13. | :16:23. | |
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funds available to the creditors. Peacocks began life as a Victorian | :16:23. | :16:26. | |
Penny Bazaar in Cheshire in 1884. The business moved to Wales in the | :16:26. | :16:28. | |
1940's, establishing itself as a traditional womens' clothing | :16:28. | :16:31. | |
retailer. With the move came growth, more stores opened, concentrated in | :16:31. | :16:34. | |
South Wales and southern England. It was kept a family business for | :16:34. | :16:37. | |
generations until the it was floated on the stock exchange in | :16:37. | :16:40. | |
the late 90's. It was never at the cutting edge of fashion. Straight | :16:40. | :16:44. | |
off the catwalk was not a phrase associated with Peacocks. But for a | :16:44. | :16:53. | |
close to a decade, it's focused on fast fashion. It is one of the most | :16:53. | :16:56. | |
competitive in high street fashion. Young people who want fast fashion. | :16:56. | :17:01. | |
They don't want to buy something that will last them fears. They | :17:01. | :17:06. | |
want something that is relatively cheap and disposable. Or they want | :17:06. | :17:10. | |
something with a good brand name. If Peacocks does survive, many | :17:10. | :17:13. | |
predict it will be vastly slimmed down, so many stores like this one | :17:13. | :17:17. | |
in Barry may disappear. Around 70,000 people could descend | :17:17. | :17:20. | |
on Swansea Bay in March, when hundreds of motocross and quad | :17:20. | :17:26. | |
bikes compete in the first Welsh Beach Race. It's hoped it could be | :17:26. | :17:29. | |
a big boost to the local economy, but questions have been raised | :17:29. | :17:35. | |
about the long term environmental impact. More from Jenny Rees. | :17:35. | :17:39. | |
It's not your typical quiet day at the seaside, but with tens of | :17:39. | :17:41. | |
thousands of spectators, the Beach Race in Weston-super-Mare brings in | :17:41. | :17:49. | |
more than �3 million to the local economy every October. And it's | :17:49. | :17:52. | |
hoped the same could happen here in Swansea when the first Welsh Beach | :17:52. | :18:02. | |
Race is held over three days in March. We are planning to be here | :18:02. | :18:07. | |
for 10 years. The ten-year goal will hopefully be 300,000 plus | :18:07. | :18:13. | |
spectators. Probably the biggest event in Europe. Stretching along | :18:13. | :18:15. | |
the seafront, roughly from the university to the town centre, | :18:15. | :18:19. | |
there'll be a number of events taking place every day. One man in | :18:19. | :18:28. | |
particular is keen to see the race come to Wales. It is local, it is | :18:28. | :18:33. | |
30 minutes from my home town. The crowd will push me to get in the | :18:33. | :18:40. | |
top three. Up around 300 motorbikes will descend up on Swansea Bay. | :18:40. | :18:45. | |
Around 300,000 tons of sand will be best used to create ramps and tunes. | :18:45. | :18:49. | |
This whole beach will become an arena but not everybody is happy | :18:49. | :18:52. | |
with the plans. Geologist Paul Llewelyn, has written to Swansea | :18:52. | :18:55. | |
Council, calling for a full environmental impact assessment to | :18:55. | :19:03. | |
be done. One of the dangers is, because of our industrial history, | :19:03. | :19:09. | |
we have a lot of zinc, lead and mercury and if you disturb that | :19:09. | :19:15. | |
sediment, that metal will get back into the water and will be | :19:15. | :19:20. | |
available for a absorption by marine organisms. Swansea Council | :19:20. | :19:22. | |
says it's working with the promoters and the Countryside | :19:22. | :19:25. | |
Council for Wales to make sure the environment is properly protected | :19:25. | :19:27. | |
during and after the races. Important archaeological sites and | :19:27. | :19:31. | |
birdlife habitats will be fenced off and the beach will be put back | :19:31. | :19:36. | |
to normal after the event. Good evening. Let's start with what | :19:36. | :19:40. | |
is a big weekend of European rugby. The Ospreys have a slim chance, but | :19:40. | :19:43. | |
the Blues are the only Welsh team with a realistic chance of making | :19:43. | :19:47. | |
the last eight of the Heineken Cup. They welcome Racing Metro on Sunday. | :19:47. | :19:50. | |
Edinburgh are currently top of the group, but equal on 17 points, so | :19:50. | :19:53. | |
the Blues need to match whatever their Scottish rivals pick up in | :19:53. | :20:01. | |
terms of a win and bonus point to progress to the next stage. We are | :20:01. | :20:05. | |
going for 10 tries and as many bonus points as we can get. The | :20:05. | :20:10. | |
focus has to be on getting a win. European games are tough regardless | :20:10. | :20:19. | |
of the team they will send over. We have got to be focused on what we | :20:19. | :20:21. | |
can get done. Football and Brendan Rodgers' | :20:21. | :20:25. | |
future at Swansea could be sorted by the end of the month. The Swans | :20:25. | :20:27. | |
manager is hoping to upgrade his current one year rolling contract. | :20:27. | :20:30. | |
The Swans are aiming to build on their victory over Arsenal with a | :20:30. | :20:37. | |
trip to Sunderland tomorrow. reaction of the players after the | :20:37. | :20:42. | |
game was very poignant. They were not jumping about all the changing | :20:42. | :20:46. | |
room because they had beaten Arsenal. They were happy, of course, | :20:46. | :20:51. | |
but relaxed and ready for the next challenge. It was a great win but | :20:51. | :20:56. | |
they are ready now to continue the fight for more points. In the | :20:56. | :20:59. | |
Championship, Cardiff City are looking to close the gap on the top | :20:59. | :21:02. | |
two. They welcome Portsmouth tomorrow and say they won't be | :21:02. | :21:04. | |
getting distracted by Tuesday's second leg Carling Cup match with | :21:04. | :21:14. | |
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Palace. We are not down to the point where we have 10 games to go. | :21:16. | :21:19. | |
We have 20 games to go. You just have to keep your eye focused | :21:19. | :21:23. | |
straight in front of you in terms of the team you got on Saturday, | :21:23. | :21:28. | |
not get carried away with anything else. And in the Blue Square | :21:28. | :21:30. | |
Premier, Newport County welcome Forest Greene and Wrexham face | :21:30. | :21:33. | |
Kettering, hoping their recent FA Cup exploits can be a springboard | :21:33. | :21:38. | |
for promotion. That should be the catalyst for us to move on and get | :21:38. | :21:44. | |
the promotion that everybody wants. I will keep banging the drum up | :21:44. | :21:48. | |
them. They all wanted as much as the fans do. If we can keep the | :21:48. | :21:58. | |
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group together, we have every chance. | :21:59. | :22:02. | |
Some sports stars are used to the limelight, but not rhythmic gymnast, | :22:02. | :22:04. | |
Frankie Jones. Despite being five- times British Champion and a | :22:04. | :22:06. | |
Commonwealth medalist, Frankie still feels like an outsider, | :22:06. | :22:09. | |
competing in a minority sport with very little funding to pursue her | :22:09. | :22:13. | |
dream of competing at the Olympics. But this week, she got a real taste | :22:13. | :22:16. | |
of how the Olympics could change her life, as Ashleigh Crowter | :22:16. | :22:20. | |
reports. In 2012, thank you Jones is on show | :22:20. | :22:25. | |
for all to see. It is the power of the Olympics at work, having a | :22:25. | :22:28. | |
sculpture dedicated in her honour was something that would never have | :22:28. | :22:34. | |
happened had London not one the 2012 games. The piece by a British | :22:34. | :22:37. | |
artist will greet travellers as they arrive at Heathrow's Terminal | :22:37. | :22:43. | |
5. It is a huge honour for an athlete whose sports get some next | :22:43. | :22:48. | |
to no provision the UK. It is amazing to represent the sport. So | :22:48. | :22:52. | |
many people would get to see it and be reminded of the grace and beauty | :22:52. | :22:57. | |
of rhythmic gymnastics. Present it is one part of her sporting life. | :22:57. | :23:01. | |
Relentless graft and struggling against the odds also characterise | :23:01. | :23:11. | |
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the road to London. Sometimes, it all feels too much. The training | :23:15. | :23:18. | |
sessions are hard and made harder by a three-hour return journey to | :23:18. | :23:24. | |
work each day. Time that she could use to rest. She gets no funding | :23:24. | :23:27. | |
from British gymnastics and often doesn't know how she pay for her | :23:27. | :23:33. | |
petrol each week. I am struggling all the time. It's really difficult. | :23:33. | :23:36. | |
If it wasn't for the backing I had from Wales, I would not be doing | :23:36. | :23:45. | |
the sport. It is difficult because it takes away some of my focus | :23:45. | :23:52. | |
sometimes. I have to go and do random shows to earn some money. I | :23:52. | :23:56. | |
am managing to stay in it and do everything. So I can't complain. | :23:56. | :24:02. | |
will be worth it if she becomes an Olympian. This week, she had the | :24:02. | :24:10. | |
chance to turn the training into a performance into -- at a special | :24:10. | :24:19. | |
competition. This was a dress rehearsal and she was keen to | :24:19. | :24:23. | |
impress. He there were some brilliant moments and a few | :24:23. | :24:29. | |
mistakes too. Thank you finished last in the competition. Up until | :24:29. | :24:33. | |
the official announcement is made, she is still worried 13 GB may | :24:33. | :24:42. | |
decide not a beggar. Do you think you might feel more confident they | :24:43. | :24:48. | |
will pick you? I've got a lot of work to do. The standards are very | :24:48. | :24:51. | |
high. Rhythmic gymnastics is a major sport in some countries. | :24:52. | :24:56. | |
Their athletes have many advantages over thank you Jones. But still, | :24:56. | :25:02. | |
she has been inspired, not least by the support she has received. | :25:02. | :25:05. | |
fact that the crowd has supported me so much, you want to do it for | :25:05. | :25:11. | |
them. They are excited for you and you don't want to let them down. | :25:11. | :25:14. | |
That is great motivation to perform in front of them again at the | :25:14. | :25:17. | |
Olympics in the summer. And finally, North Wales rugby | :25:18. | :25:20. | |
league is back tonight. The North Wales Crusaders are playing a | :25:20. | :25:23. | |
friendly at Leigh East. Competition for them in the 10-team | :25:23. | :25:26. | |
Championship One league starts in March. | :25:26. | :25:35. | |
The weather now. Here's Sue. How's Chilly and windy, but not too bad | :25:35. | :25:40. | |
for a weekend in mid January. We can see the weather fronts pushing | :25:40. | :25:44. | |
in from the Atlantic, bringing cloud and rain at times. There will | :25:44. | :25:47. | |
be sunny spells too but those narrow isobars show the brisk and | :25:47. | :25:51. | |
cold northwesterly winds. Tonight, we'll see the odd shower. The wind | :25:51. | :25:55. | |
picks up. It's misty, murky and cloudy and that holds up the | :25:55. | :26:00. | |
temperatures. No lower than 7C or 8C. Those are more typical daytime | :26:00. | :26:05. | |
temperatures. So a mild, cloudy and damp start tomorrow. A cold front | :26:05. | :26:09. | |
sinks southwards with patchy drizzle. Then it turns colder | :26:09. | :26:12. | |
behind it, but also brighter from the north through the afternoon | :26:12. | :26:15. | |
with variable amounts of cloud. Feeling fresher in those | :26:15. | :26:19. | |
strengthening northwesterly winds, especially on exposed coasts. Highs | :26:19. | :26:23. | |
of 7C to 9C from Anglesey to Flintshire. A bit milder, 10C to | :26:23. | :26:29. | |
11C where it stays cloudy in the south. For Sunday, it's a cloudy | :26:29. | :26:33. | |
start. Damp and drizzly further north but an improving picture. A | :26:33. | :26:36. | |
better chance of sunny spells for most of us by the afternoon. | :26:36. | :26:40. | |
Brighter but very breezy. Those brisk northwesterly winds making it | :26:40. | :26:44. | |
feel colder than the temperatures suggest. So it's blustery and | :26:44. | :26:49. | |
chilly but not too bad for the weekend. Cold on Monday with a | :26:49. | :26:56. | |
frost. Milder and unsettled again on Tuesday. Today's picture is from | :26:56. | :26:59. | |
Russ Sheaf from Deganwy, taken along the river looking down the | :26:59. | :27:05. | |
Conwy Valley. You should see a few bright spells there this weekend. | :27:05. | :27:09. | |
You can e-mail us your pictures or send them via Twitter. And don't | :27:09. | :27:12. |