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Welcome to Wales Today. Our top story:

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Primary schools won't now be put into bands for another two years -

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the education minister denies it's a U-turn. I'll be asking him why

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he's changed his mind. Our other headlines tonight: 600

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American call centre jobs coming to Cardiff. This is where they'll be

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based, but the news comes on the eve of reports expected to

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criticise our inward investment performance.

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Also tonight: They want to turn another empty building into an art

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gallery - but who are these so- called squatters?

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Snowdon but not much snow - what rising temperatures and pollution

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is doing to our highest mountain. In tonight's sport: The good and

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the bad news - hooker Huw Bennett looks likely to miss out, but

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George North AND Sam Warburton look set to be fit for Wales' bid for

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Good evening. Plans to put Welsh primary schools into performance

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bands have been delayed for two ideas. Schools were expected to be

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banded this year, but the education minister says a delay is needed to

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allow time for the introduction of new reading and numeracy tests. In

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a moment, we will Turk -- talk to the minister.

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Prime racecourse across Wales have been told they will know how they

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will be ranked by Easter. Now they will not. This is not a U-turn,

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says Leighton Andrews. Near Aberystwyth, that admission has

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been welcomed. At the moment, I don't think that enough thought had

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been put into the detail, and howled that will be used. In 2004,

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testing for 11-year-olds was scrapped in Wales. The plan was to

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rely on assessments carried by teachers. But the most recent

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report found in half the primary schools inspected, aspect of those

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assessments were weak. So, he plans to ban schools have been put on

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hold. Next year, tests will be introduced, leading to more robust

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evidence that will mean banding can be introduced by 2014. The policy

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insists the government remained a key part of driving up standards.

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If I know how my child is performing, I can speak to the

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headmaster. I am not against performance management. What is

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important to me is the happiness of the children, and the fact they

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will get a good education. I fill the good in that it. Teaching

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unions had opposed the plans. This said Leighton Andrews was right to

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stop and think again. I think he was over optimistic. But the key

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thing now is he has listened to what others have been saying, taken

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note of the difficulties, and decided to postpone the band in. He

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is to be commended for that. the way the unions see it, it is a

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hastily cobbled plan falling apart. This is a U-turn by the Welsh

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government - they said a fortnight ago they were carrying on with the

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national scheme for banding, and now we are seeing the scheme put

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off for two years. They have serious problems with their banding

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proposals. Today's announcement has bought the minister time.

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Let us talk to the education minister now. Mr Andrews, good

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evening. Why have you changed your mind? We need better data, as a

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result of the report the Chief Inspector of education Wales

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produced a week ago. Therefore, we will wait until we have the

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outcomes of the tests - that will give us our objective data for the

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banding process. Why did you not see it coming? We have had the

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report from the Chief Inspector, and she has made it clear there are

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problems with teacher assessment in up to half the primary schools they

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have surveyed. So, we need to ensure people have confidence in

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the banding system. The most important thing is introducing the

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tests, enabling us to ensure young people are getting the right level

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of instruction, it so they are reading the reaching -- reading age

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they should have. We will introduce banding from September, 2014.

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does this leave pupils and parents in schools that are underperforming,

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which might have welcomed banding? We will produce a performance broke

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off all primary schools, but what people want to have confidence in

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is the reliability of data. They also want to know we are giving

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proper attention to the introduction of reading tests -

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there is a critical if we are to ensure young people leaving primary

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schools are at the right reading age. What about the fact the UK

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have into the teaching unions? is ridiculous. We have had evidence

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back to last, from teachers and teaching unions. The key thing is

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we need accurate data, we will get that from the tests. That will

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enable us to introduce the bans as we said we would in our manifesto.

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Two years is a long time in politics. Anything did happen in

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two years - you could just kicked us into the long grass and forget

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about this. This is a manifesto commitment. We will introduce

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banding the prime this calls. primary schools.

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A call centre company is creating 600 jobs in Cardiff before stop the

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announcement comes on the eve of a report expected to criticise the

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fall in it in would in assessment project. Our business correspondent

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is outside Conduit's knew what this. Mika, what can you tell us about

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today's announcement. First of all, Conduit is an outsourcing operator.

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It deals with clients such as Vodafone and Skype. It has been

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working with British Gas for a while, and half of the people who

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work are the offices behind meat will work on that account. Conduit

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is a big operator, employing newly 800 people. The vast majority are

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two sides in Cardiff. The point is the call centre industry employs

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30,000 people in Wales. It has grown in recent years, and Conduit

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has played a big part in that. It will play a big part in the future

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as well. The timing is interesting. We get the announcement of 600 jobs

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on the eve of a critical announcement about our success, or

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lack a bit, when it comes to attracting jobs in Wales. Yes, this

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import -- report is not a new company. It has been here for 12

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years, but is still a foreign owned company, looking to expand in Wales.

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The ability of Wales to attract foreign companies and get them to

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create jobs will come under scrutiny. Tomorrow, we will have a

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report by a Welsh MPs into the issue of inward investment. The

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expectation is it will be critical, and the ability of people in Wales

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to create jobs on inward investment, after the golden period of the '80s

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and Nineties - so many jobs were created them. Today's announcement

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will come as a boost to the Welsh government, as it looks to defend

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its record, and all tried to make big plays it is tried to change

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things, and put things right. I am in one of the new enterprise zones.

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There are seven in Wales. This comes a very real shot in the arm

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for that. This enterprise zone is designed to attract companies

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involved in financial services. These a call centre jobs, but in

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the current climate, people would welcome any jobs.

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The police have praised a newsagent who fended off a man who tried to

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rob the shop at knifepoint. The man was forced to flee their store

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empty-handed. The police are appealing for information.

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A 60-year-old man has pleaded guilty to drink driving and failing

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to stop after an accident in which a Paralympian cyclist was

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critically injured. Simon Richardson was airlifted to

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hospital with multiple injuries after the crash on the A48 near

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Bridgend last August. Edward Howell Adams, from Cowbridge, denies

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dangerous driving. A trial date has been set for May.

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The First Minister has again called for more powers to control

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renewable energy projects here. Speaking after a meeting with the

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UK Government and ministers from Scotland and Northern Ireland,

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Carwyn Jones said we're missing out on job opportunities because we're

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not in charge of developments. What I want to seek his control

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over renewable energy projects to be devolved to Wales. Not

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everything, but that will give us the power to do with Marine Energy.

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Currently, we have great potential for generating Marine Energy and

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creating jobs. A judge has become his summing up

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of the killing of Nikitta Grender. He told the jury to use their heads

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and not their hearts when reaching a decision. Carl Whant denies

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murder, rape, child destruction and arson.

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Described today as a pretty young woman, Nikitta Grender was just 19

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when she was murdered in her own home. She was just weeks away from

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having a baby, a goal she had already named. She was attacked in

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the bedroom of her flat, her bed set on fire by the killer to cover

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his tracks. Carl Whant, had bought from's cousin, stands accused of

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the crime. Summing up, the judge told the jury the defendant's case

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is that he has an alibi - he did not go to her flat that night. That,

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in fact, he visited his grandmother's home. The prosecution

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case was that he drove to her flat, killed her and set her on fire to

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make it look accidental. He had been out that night with his cousin,

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Nikitta Grender's cousin. They had been drinking and taking drugs

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before food warehouse party. Carl Whant left a party in the early

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hours, saying he was going for cigarettes. His defence team says

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the evidence shows he could not have been at the flat. Police fail

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to see CCTV which could prove his innocence. Detectives seized his

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clothing and found Nikitta Grender's DNA. They also found

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blood under the mat on his car. The prosecution claimed in must have

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got there when he had the murder weapon, a knife which has never

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been found. The judge is expected to finish summing up tomorrow.

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Still to come tonight: Positive news on George North - the

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Wales camp say the ankle should be fine to face England.

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And Craig Bellamy is named in the side to play in the Gary Speed

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Memorial next week - will it be his How much support is there for the

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squatters in Swansea? Jordan Davies reports.

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It could be a family seen anywhere in Wales. In fact, "D" and her

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grandchildren Eryn and Lucas are in a squat in the empty JT Morgan

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department store in the centre of Swansea, a building they don't turn

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or have a mission to be in. By day the group called Cwtch are office

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managers, graphic designers, civil servants and students, and believe

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in opening up empty buildings to the public. By night, they sleep

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here. There will be people who will say

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you as squatters. Can I dispel the notion that we are unemployed. I

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would say 90 per cent of the people involved in Cwtch either self-

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employed for time like myself or part-time. The rest are students, I

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think there is one person who made the unemployed. We are improving

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the building and offering things for nothing.

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By There are those who disagree. Last week they were ordered to

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leave the city centre Dolphin Hotel after the owner took them to court.

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They plan to turn JT Morgan, which closed four years ago and has no

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running water or electricity, into an impromptu art gallery. Emily

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painted most of the pictures. Swansea is now, I think it could do

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with a bit more colour in its life -- the way Swansea is now.

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Hopefully I can make Swansea more of a friendly place to be at times.

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So some of the group were involved in last year's Occupy protest in

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Manchester before travelling to Swansea where they used Facebook to

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publicise the squat. Say I push the store and it opens. I don't own the

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place and I am not renting it, but I am now a squatter. If the owner

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does turn up he cannot remove me because I have not gained access

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illegally. He needs a judge to order it.

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The squatters say there is a need for what they are doing. The view

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not shared by everyone. I basically think it is a prime

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spot in the middle of the centre of town with a lot of people paying

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extortionate prices around there. People are renting and buying

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places down there. I don't think the art space they are putting

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their is adding to the community. The blue rinse owners say they

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don't want to comment. The police say they are keeping an eye on the

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situation -- the building's owners. The housing minister if you lowered

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-- Huw Lewis has announced a �5 million scheme to renovate them to

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run-down properties. The Houses to Homes Fund will enable local

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authorities to offer interest-free loans to landlords and owners.

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Wales has around 22,000 privately- owned empty properties.

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The beach race due to take place in Swansea next month has been

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postponed so further environmental safeguards can be put in place. The

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organisers, who have held similar events in Weston-super-Mare, will

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now apply for a licence from the Marine Consents Unit.

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One of our few remaining Victorian piers faces a potential million

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pound shortfall in funding needed for repair work. The changes to

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Bangor's grade two listed pier could cost more than �2 million.

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Its owner, the city council, says it cannot fund that amount but

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hopes to receive a heritage grant to match the money it has already.

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Rising temperatures, pollution and the way we use the land is all

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changing our tallest mountain according to a 15 year study by the

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Countryside Council for Wales, examining how changes to the

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climate are affecting Snowdon. He is our Environment Correspondent,

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Iolo ap Dafydd. A of the 12 sites monitoring

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environmental changes in Britain, this site on Snowdon is arguably

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the most important in the UK. Scientists here have found changes

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to the atmosphere and the land are being compounded by a wetter

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winters and warmer springs. Since the 1960s, temperatures on average

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have risen by 2.5 degrees during March.

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Scientists say one of the key elements making this meteorological

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station significant on Snowdon is that we have here a wetter Atlantic

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influence as well as the drier continental influence.

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The report, partly funded by the Welsh Government and the

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Countryside Council for Wales, depends on long-standing data. The

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past 15 years of the scientists more information and in greater

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detail. We need this course data that comes

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from the site day-in day-out so we can understand the longer term

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trends as well as the short-term episodes. They may affect political

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decisions to do with water and we need the data to understand the

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long-term impact of the climate on the resources we have. Despite more

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snow and ice in the past two years, winters are getting warmer and

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wetter. Rainfall here and across northern Britain has increased,

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while southern Britain is likely to face drought later this year.

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higher local rainfall at least we need to be aware and Pam for

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periods of intense rate -- rainfall -- plan for intense rainfall. On a

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UK-wide level it tells us that we need to manage our water resources

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better. Predictions for certain areas in England, for instance,

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indicate that we will have less rainfall in the future.

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Other changes according to the report, affect specific plants such

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as purple and mossy saxifrage, holly fern and one of the most

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iconic arctic alpine plants are founded -- and here, the Snowdon

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lily. These plants benefit from less acid rain would lower sulphur

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dioxide emissions now than in the past, so controlling pollution can

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lead to a gradual recovery of ecosystems, but the speed of

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increase in nitrogen oxide from the a club -- exhaust fumes may affect

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parts and vegetation. A bull bred in Machynlleth in Powys

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has sold for a record-breaking �126,000. The pedigree Limousin

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beat the UK record for a bull by more than �20,000. Its breeder

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Glynn Vaughan said he had only expected to sell the animal for

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�40,000. Good evening. With just five days

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to go until their Triple Crown clash against England, Wales has

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rugby coach Warren Gatland has had to strengthen his squad due to

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injury concerns. He has called up Ospreys forwards Alun Wyn Jones and

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Richard Hibbard ahead of the big match at Twickenham on Saturday,

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but this is positive news on the wing, as Simon Davies reports.

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It may have been a perfect start to the six nations but for Wales it

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has come at a price. Huw Bennett's early exit from the Scotland game

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means he is likely to miss Saturday's match -- match and a

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similar calf injury leaves Matthew Rees a doubt, so Warren Gatland has

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called on Richard Hibbard as hooker. But the return of Alun Wyn Jones

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hands Gatland his biggest boost, his return to regional action after

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three months out not coming at a better time, especially with

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Bradley Davies suspended. What makes Wales at the moment is

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competition for places. We are continuing from the vein of the

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Rugby World Cup and for Alun Wyn Jones to have had the experience he

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has had an to come back into the game gives us options. And George

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North appears to be on the men from his ankle injury, another positive

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going into a game which sees Wales as many people's favourites. We are

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under no illusions. A lot has been said and the press, obviously,

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about Wales being favourites and the last couple of Games, but you

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can only -- you are only as good as your next game and we need to be as

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clinical and accurate under pressure as we were in Ireland.

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England have won their opening two matches in the tournament as well.

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If Wales are to seal the Triple Crown at Twickenham they have to do

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something they haven't done before. The build-up to the big match

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certainly hasn't gone as smoothly as Wales would like, it never does,

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but he is an air of real confidence within the camp at the moment, and

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whisper it quietly, this is a feeling that this team could be on

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the brink of something very special. The team to face England is

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expected tomorrow and we will bring you all the details at 1:30pm.

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In football, Craig Bellamy has been included in the Wales squad for the

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Gary Speed Memorial match against Costa Rica next week. There is also

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a recall for Bolton full-back Sam Ricketts who returns after a long

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time out through injury, and it has been confirmed that Raymond

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Verheijen is staying with the Welsh set-up today. Craig Bellamy said it

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could be his last appearance in a Wales shirt. Manager Chris Coleman

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has encouraged the Liverpool striker to say it -- stay on,

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something them management team echoed today. We have had

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discussions with Chris today so hopefully that is positive.

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Obviously we have to manage his injuries and his physical state and

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be careful of that, but the form he has been in with a report has been

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absolutely fantastic this year, and for us, it is his -- is imperative

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that he is in the team and around the squad, because not only is he

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influential on the pitch but extremely influential off the pitch.

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Or all roads this week lead to Wembley for Cardiff City but it has

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been frustrating for them. Malcolm McKay was dumbfounded that the

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Ipswich goalkeeper did not receive more than a yellow card for this.

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The Bluebirds head to the Carling Cup final against Liverpool on

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Saturday on the back of their heaviest defeat of the season.

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Cycling, and the Olympic Velodrome certainly put on a great show this

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weekend at the Track World Cup. Wales's Geraint Thomas had to

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settle for silver in the Team Pursuit, and his Great Britain team

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were well beaten by Australia, something he will hope to turn

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around and if you took -- few months time. We were disappointed

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because we want to win, you know? But we haven't done that well for

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while and I haven't ridden with these boys much. There is a lot for

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us to work on and we can be happy with that. The way we all got stuck

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in, gave it everything, and the crowd was crazy, we have all been

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treating about it. The atmosphere is unbelievable -- tweeting about

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Ding Junhui won the Welsh Open snooker, beating Mark Selby from

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England in the final in Newport last night. The 24-year-old from

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China won by nine frames to six to claim his first ranking title of

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the season. It is estimated almost 20 million Chinese viewers tuned in

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to watch him take the title. Time for the weather.

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You are a keen snooker player. I was when I was young. I belonged

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to a snooker club in Barry. This was back in the Eighties. He is not

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very impressed! That is another Winter returned over the weekend

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with Frost and wintry showers and a light covering of snow in places.

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Tomos Hughes sent in this picture taken at Llyn Brenig near

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Cerrigydrudion, while Val Jones from Rhuddlan in Denbighshire took

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this picture of snow on Moel Famau. The cold snap is over, and the next

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few days look more unsettled with rain and strong winds. It will also

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turn milder, in fact in Mold in Thursday the temperature could

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rocket to 15 Celsius, 59 Fahrenheit, and nearer 11 Celsius in Manorbier

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in Pembrokeshire with wind of the sea, because the sea temperature at

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the moment is still only six-8 Celsius. Tonight, it is cloudy

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picture, a little rain and drizzle about, mostly in the north-west,

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and later at the west of Wales, elsewhere mostly dry with no frost

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tonight, temperatures everywhere well above freezing, down to six

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Celsius in Mid Wales. Tomorrow is Shrove Tuesday and the weather will

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be ideal for making a few pancakes indoors. He is the picture for 8 am.

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Cloudy and damp for most of the country, light rain and drizzle,

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cloud sitting on the hills and mountains. Drier in Monmouthshire

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and the border, should be dry as well in Wrexham first thing,

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temperatures in Llandudno 8 Celsius with a fresh wind in north-west

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Wales. Plenty of cloud tomorrow, then, a little rain and drizzle,

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dry weather as well, especially in the north and east, brightening up

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in places on the north coast and in Flintshire. Top temperatures 9-12

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Celsius with a south-westerly breeze, the strongest winds in the

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north-west and on Anglesey. In the Swansea Valley tomorrow, cloudy and

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damp at times, temperatures rising to nine or 10 Celsius, 10 is 50

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Fahrenheit. Wednesday, a wetter and windy day across Wales with heavy

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rain coming across, strong to heavy weighing -- gale force winds as

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well. Thursday drier and less Wednesday, -- windy, very mild as

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well, temperatures above average, 15 Celsius in Welshpool, 59 Haroun

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hat -- Fahrenheit, call on the south-west coast with the breeze of

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the sea. Parts of England are suffering from a drought but Wales

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is a different story, reservoirs are full or nearly full at the

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moment but this could change if we have a very dry spring and summer.

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As always, the advice is to use water wisely and not waste it. I

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think we have seen the last of the frost for a while, the rest of the

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week milder with rain and drizzle at times and windy with a taste of

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spring on Thursday, and Spencer the dog in Porthcawl is looking forward

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to spring. Doesn't he look cute? If you want to get in touch, e-mail is

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Did you mention the hosepipe ban in February?

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No. No chance. You heard it here first.

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I must pay more attention. The top stories: This is to be a big shake

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in the way Britain's borders are policed after revelations that

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hundreds of thousands of people were let into the country without

:27:16.:27:20.

appropriate checks. Plans to put Welsh primary schools

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and the performance balance has been delayed for two years. The

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Education Minister Leighton Andrews says more time is needed for the

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introduction of new reading and numeracy test.

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X-Ray is coming up in half an hour. He is a preview.

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Tonight we are investigating the building firm which charged and

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Iraq war veteran �34,000 to renovate his house and then never

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finished the job. And we are in the Pontypridd area, where metal

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thieves have left streets in darkness and football pitches

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without goal posts. Join us at 7:30pm.

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