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Welcome to Wales Today. The top stories tonight: Headteacher Andrew | :00:02. | :00:06. | |
Wilkie is jailed. He stole �53,000 from his school to pay for his | :00:06. | :00:16. | |
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Also tonight: 26 years after the Chernobyl disaster, restrictions on | :00:23. | :00:32. | |
more than 300 farms across Wales will finally be lifted this summer. | :00:32. | :00:36. | |
Workers at the DVLA among the first who could be paid according to | :00:36. | :00:40. | |
where they live in a pilot project on regional pay. | :00:40. | :00:42. | |
Moving the Abergavenny Mart would be more expensive than redeveloping. | :00:42. | :00:48. | |
A new report backs campaigners. And celebrating a century of | :00:48. | :00:50. | |
teaching photography in an exhibition which captures life in | :00:50. | :01:00. | |
Good evening. A headteacher has been jailed for 16 months for | :01:00. | :01:07. | |
stealing more than �53,000 from his school to fund a gambling addiction. | :01:07. | :01:10. | |
Andrew Wilkie spent the money, which had been meant for an | :01:10. | :01:14. | |
extension for the school, as well as his family's savings. The judge | :01:14. | :01:17. | |
told him he'd destroyed his career, his reputation and his marriage. | :01:17. | :01:24. | |
Rhodri Lewis reports. Andrew Wilkie had worked at | :01:24. | :01:26. | |
Southdown Primary in Buckley in Flintshire for 17 years, the last | :01:27. | :01:32. | |
three as head. He was highly regarded and the school was very | :01:32. | :01:36. | |
successful. But he became depressed after he was suspended following an | :01:36. | :01:40. | |
allegation of a sexual nature by a child. No action was taken, but he | :01:40. | :01:43. | |
turned to online poker gambling, often in the early hours of the | :01:43. | :01:48. | |
morning. The court heard how Mr Wilkie's use of poker websites | :01:48. | :01:53. | |
spiralled out of control. He first lost his family's savings of | :01:53. | :01:58. | |
�90,000. He then raised �70,000 by re-mortgaging his home without his | :01:58. | :02:03. | |
wife knowing. Finally he turned to a special charity fund at the | :02:03. | :02:08. | |
school, from which he took another �53,000. That wasn't subject to | :02:08. | :02:10. | |
normal auditing, but after a tip off, an emergency audit was | :02:10. | :02:15. | |
organised and Wilkie was forced to own up. He went home and told his | :02:15. | :02:23. | |
wife they were ruined. This has been a difficult time for the | :02:23. | :02:28. | |
school. As governors and staff, our aim is the well-being of the | :02:28. | :02:33. | |
children and to keep the school moving forward. Andrew Wilkie's | :02:33. | :02:36. | |
barrister told the court he was an outstanding member of society who | :02:36. | :02:40. | |
had been brought to this situation through events outside his control. | :02:40. | :02:42. | |
Sentencing him, the judge said he'd destroyed his career, his | :02:42. | :02:45. | |
reputation and his marriage, and money that ought to have been used | :02:45. | :02:51. | |
to benefit pupils had now been lost. Ingrid Wallace is a gambling | :02:51. | :02:58. | |
intervention worker with the Cardiff charity, Pen Yr Enfys. We | :02:58. | :03:04. | |
have heard a tragic story. How big a problem is online gambling? | :03:04. | :03:10. | |
not sure how big a problem it is on line but it has many faces, | :03:10. | :03:16. | |
gambling. There is a range of bookmakers available along all the | :03:16. | :03:23. | |
streets. There are casinos, online gambling, obviously, so gamble as | :03:23. | :03:31. | |
such actually takes quite a focus at the moment. -- gambling. I am | :03:31. | :03:34. | |
quite pleased about that because we have just been able to set up this | :03:34. | :03:43. | |
new service for the south of Wales. It has actually been done through | :03:43. | :03:49. | |
the addiction recovery agency in Bristol. And in partnership, they | :03:49. | :03:55. | |
are in the process of providing a pilot for the south of Wales. It is, | :03:55. | :04:05. | |
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I think, fantastic. There has been in 2010 a survey done by the | :04:05. | :04:14. | |
British gambling prevalence survey. How do you help people who come to | :04:14. | :04:20. | |
you would be a problem? Actually, we have based service where we are | :04:20. | :04:26. | |
offering brief intervention for about six sessions. But my role is | :04:26. | :04:32. | |
actually to talk and the train other services throughout Cardiff. | :04:32. | :04:36. | |
And to help people to become more aware and to actually do regular | :04:36. | :04:41. | |
screening for gambling. We are not really enough -- know exactly how | :04:41. | :04:50. | |
broadly spread it is. We believe there are quite a number of people. | :04:50. | :04:55. | |
Thank you for coming in and telling us about it this evening. The | :04:55. | :04:58. | |
bodies of a man and a woman, both from Cardiff, have been found at | :04:58. | :05:02. | |
the bottom of cliffs at Beachy Head in Sussex. It's believed they | :05:02. | :05:04. | |
arrived at the popular tourist attraction yesterday morning. | :05:04. | :05:07. | |
Police are appealing for anyone who saw them to come forward. | :05:07. | :05:09. | |
Restrictions on more than 300 Welsh farms, introduced following the | :05:09. | :05:14. | |
Chernobyl nuclear disaster 26 years ago, will be lifted. The monitoring | :05:14. | :05:17. | |
of radiation levels in sheep and restrictions on their movement will | :05:17. | :05:23. | |
end in June. Hill-farms in Wales are among the last in the UK to see | :05:23. | :05:26. | |
the controls removed. Food Safety experts say they are satisfied | :05:26. | :05:32. | |
there is no risk to consumers. The Chernobyl nuclear accident in | :05:32. | :05:35. | |
1986 sent radioactive material into the atmosphere which affected land | :05:35. | :05:45. | |
where sheep grazed. Since then, regular monitoring has been carried | :05:45. | :05:48. | |
out to make sure the amount of radiation in sheep falls within | :05:48. | :05:51. | |
acceptable levels. Restrictions have been phased out in Scotland | :05:51. | :05:54. | |
and Northern Ireland, with only North Wales and Cumbria still | :05:54. | :05:57. | |
affected. But after a three month consultation programme, the Food | :05:58. | :05:59. | |
Standards Agency says it's confident that lifting restrictions | :06:00. | :06:09. | |
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on moving sheep won't impact consumers. Our assessment has been | :06:10. | :06:12. | |
conducted to international standards and has been discussed | :06:12. | :06:17. | |
openly. The result of the assessment is very clear. The risks | :06:17. | :06:21. | |
are now very low. It'll also make a difference for farmers like Glyn | :06:21. | :06:25. | |
Roberts who's been working under the limits since 1986. There will | :06:25. | :06:31. | |
be less bureaucracy. There will be less paperwork. It was about layer | :06:31. | :06:36. | |
of paperwork that we already have enough of. But after saying that, | :06:36. | :06:42. | |
we were glad to do that to make sure that everything was OK for a | :06:42. | :06:46. | |
our provider. The way the radiation levels are monitored has been | :06:47. | :06:50. | |
updated. Food safety experts and farmers say this more accurate | :06:50. | :06:53. | |
measurement shows there'll be no risk to public health from eating | :06:53. | :06:55. | |
meat which comes from affected hill-farms. For those who've worked | :06:55. | :06:59. | |
hard to promote Welsh lamb as a premium product, this should be a | :06:59. | :07:02. | |
further stamp of approval. The restrictions have been in place for | :07:02. | :07:05. | |
public health reasons and farmers have understood that but it has | :07:05. | :07:10. | |
been a cloud hanging over them for the last 25 years. At long last, | :07:10. | :07:13. | |
that cloud has been lifted. Investigations are taking place | :07:13. | :07:15. | |
after an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness at a | :07:15. | :07:18. | |
school in Lampeter. 145 children and 12 members of staff at Ysgol | :07:19. | :07:21. | |
Gynradd Ffynnonbedr have been found with symptoms like vomiting and | :07:21. | :07:26. | |
diarrhoea, since the beginning of the month. The school will be | :07:26. | :07:34. | |
closed voluntarily tomorrow and as a precaution. | :07:34. | :07:36. | |
Headteachers on Anglesey are concerned that a contract to cut | :07:36. | :07:40. | |
grass on school land, has been given to a company based in England. | :07:40. | :07:42. | |
A meeting of the Anglesey Junior School Head-teachers Federation, | :07:42. | :07:45. | |
heard many staff members had refused to hand over their keys to | :07:45. | :07:49. | |
the company to give them access. Anglesey County Council says in | :07:49. | :07:52. | |
order to comply with European Legislation it had to advertise the | :07:52. | :07:57. | |
contract across Europe. Could public sector workers in | :07:57. | :08:00. | |
Wales eventually be paid according to where they live? The prospect | :08:00. | :08:03. | |
moved a step closer yesterday when the Chancellor, George Osborne, set | :08:03. | :08:07. | |
out plans for regional pay in the Budget. It's alarmed many people | :08:07. | :08:09. | |
here, with Finance Minister Jane Hutt saying it would be socially | :08:09. | :08:19. | |
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divisive. Here's our political reporter Mark Hannaby. Public | :08:21. | :08:25. | |
sector workers that organisations like he'd DVLA in Swansea are | :08:25. | :08:30. | |
employed according to National pay scales. Someone doing the same job | :08:30. | :08:36. | |
elsewhere in the UK is paid the same wage. The cost of living | :08:36. | :08:41. | |
varies from place to place. The UK government argues that has led to | :08:41. | :08:44. | |
public sector wages being higher than they should be in Wales, | :08:44. | :08:48. | |
making it more difficult for private companies to hire the best | :08:48. | :08:58. | |
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staff. We have asked the independent pay | :08:58. | :09:03. | |
review bodies to look at this issue. Today we are publishing the | :09:03. | :09:07. | |
evidence. And some departments will have the option of moving to a more | :09:07. | :09:13. | |
local pay for those civil servants. The view from the Wash government | :09:13. | :09:17. | |
could not be more different. Ministers are opposed to regional | :09:17. | :09:25. | |
pay -- the Welsh government. does not make social sense. It is | :09:25. | :09:31. | |
socially divisive. I believe in a UK public service. It should not | :09:31. | :09:37. | |
matter where you live. It will divide and drive down our public | :09:37. | :09:42. | |
service workforce. The Chancellor's view is backed by some business | :09:42. | :09:46. | |
representatives. They believe that if it was determined by local Job | :09:46. | :09:49. | |
markets, they would have more chance of attracting the best | :09:49. | :09:56. | |
employees. At the end of the day, we want to balance what we as a | :09:56. | :10:01. | |
public sector employer in Wales, you are not in the best situation | :10:01. | :10:04. | |
to bring the business forward and increase the employment because | :10:04. | :10:08. | |
there is a public sector that is actually able to dangle a strong | :10:08. | :10:18. | |
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There is a danger that we will institutionalise low pay in Wales. | :10:23. | :10:27. | |
Wales already has the lowest wages in the UK and there is a danger | :10:27. | :10:30. | |
that Wales will become the low-pay ghetto of the United Kingdom. | :10:30. | :10:34. | |
An overdue move to boost private companies or a socially divisive | :10:34. | :10:39. | |
disaster. Whatever your view, moves towards regional pay are likely to | :10:39. | :10:43. | |
deepen divisions between the trade unions and the UK government and | :10:43. | :10:49. | |
between ministers at either end of the M4 corridor. | :10:49. | :10:52. | |
There's more on the issue of regional pay on Dragon's Eye, over | :10:52. | :10:56. | |
on BBC2 at 7pm. A week after her election as Plaid | :10:56. | :10:59. | |
Cymru leader, Leanne Wood is preparing to address the party | :10:59. | :11:05. | |
faithful at their spring conference in Carmarthenshire. Let's join our | :11:05. | :11:14. | |
Welsh Affairs Editor, Vaughan Roderick, at Ffos Las. | :11:14. | :11:19. | |
Yes, the racecourse is a matter for rich environment for political | :11:19. | :11:24. | |
journalists and ministers. Leanne Wood is here already. You will have | :11:24. | :11:29. | |
to get off at a sprint at the local elections. It will be a major theme | :11:29. | :11:34. | |
of this conference. They will be tough? I think they will be tough | :11:34. | :11:38. | |
elections for us. We will be doing whatever we can to hold the local | :11:38. | :11:44. | |
authorities that we hold. We have a proud record where we have got | :11:44. | :11:50. | |
Plaid Cymru members running on boards. But we do realise that | :11:50. | :11:54. | |
people are looking at the wider economic situation and that is why | :11:54. | :12:00. | |
this conference will also of the message about the economy for you | :12:00. | :12:09. | |
say you are concentrating on the economy. | :12:09. | :12:12. | |
We can say it with much more conviction. You have to remember | :12:12. | :12:18. | |
that when Labour were in government, they introduced regional pay. | :12:18. | :12:22. | |
Regional pay would be a disaster for Wales. We have already had | :12:22. | :12:27. | |
figures showing that West Wales and the valleys is getting poorer. We | :12:27. | :12:32. | |
can expect workers in Wales to be in the long run paid 18 % less. I | :12:32. | :12:37. | |
have some sympathy with the argument that workers in the | :12:37. | :12:40. | |
private sector are not learning enough but the answer is not to | :12:40. | :12:43. | |
drive to the bottom with wages, it is to raise private sector wages. | :12:43. | :12:50. | |
That is the challenge. You have asked Adam Price will draw up an | :12:50. | :12:58. | |
economic plan. Adam is one of a range of people | :12:58. | :13:02. | |
who will be working in 18 with me. Clearly, he has a great | :13:02. | :13:07. | |
contribution to make. He will bring together a group of people to put | :13:07. | :13:10. | |
together a long-term economic plan. What is clear to me is what has | :13:10. | :13:17. | |
happened in the past has not worked. We are getting poorer. It is not | :13:17. | :13:23. | |
inevitable. We should be ambitious about what we can achieve. Wales | :13:23. | :13:28. | |
can be good. That is the kind of message they will be hearing this | :13:28. | :13:33. | |
weekend. Plenty still to come on Wales Today. Celebrating a century | :13:33. | :13:35. | |
of teaching photography in an exhibition which captures life in | :13:35. | :13:39. | |
Newport in the 1980s. And raising money for troops and their families | :13:39. | :13:42. | |
- a single is released as the largest ever contingent of welsh | :13:42. | :13:49. | |
soldiers prepare to head to Afghanistan. | :13:50. | :13:52. | |
There's more debate on the future of Abergavenny livestock market | :13:52. | :13:55. | |
today after the town's civic society publishes a report claiming | :13:55. | :13:58. | |
it would be cheaper for the council to redevelop the site, than build a | :13:58. | :14:01. | |
new market elsewhere. Monmouthshire county council have agreed to sell | :14:01. | :14:04. | |
the present livestock market site to a supermarket company, but local | :14:04. | :14:08. | |
campaigners want to retain the mart in Abergavenny. More from our | :14:08. | :14:15. | |
environment correspondent, Iolo ap Dafydd. | :14:15. | :14:19. | |
This livestock market has a rich history. It has been on the spot | :14:19. | :14:23. | |
since 1863 and is now the only market left in Monmouthshire. | :14:23. | :14:27. | |
Farmers from as far as Port Talbot, Neath and Hereford come the year | :14:27. | :14:34. | |
and has strong views on whether it should stay in Abergavenny. | :14:34. | :14:38. | |
can't we saw these buildings out and keep the market here? You would | :14:39. | :14:44. | |
prefer to redevelop this. Yes. it is outside town, it would be | :14:44. | :14:48. | |
fine. It will -- if it was closer to the M4, it would be convenient | :14:48. | :14:55. | |
but I am happy to come into town. new one. A better location, better | :14:56. | :15:03. | |
for the animals travelling. Shorter distance. It will be modern. | :15:03. | :15:06. | |
Redeveloping the livestock market in the town centre would cost 2.2 | :15:06. | :15:15. | |
�5 million. The council's new livestock market | :15:15. | :15:18. | |
at this green field site 10 miles away could cost around double that | :15:18. | :15:23. | |
sum. We believe there is a financial benefit in the short term | :15:24. | :15:31. | |
and in the longer term. If you were to look over the lifetime of one | :15:31. | :15:34. | |
alternative market, let's say 50 years, you were talking about many | :15:34. | :15:40. | |
millions. The council leader tells me the proposed new site will have | :15:40. | :15:50. | |
better facilities for farmers. will build a new cattle market and | :15:50. | :15:54. | |
no doubt any surplus money would go towards some of our plans for | :15:54. | :16:01. | |
education. It is an important receipt for us. | :16:01. | :16:06. | |
But money is not the driver. council has not responded so far to | :16:06. | :16:09. | |
this report. But it has given planning permission to build a | :16:09. | :16:19. | |
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supermarket and a new library on the live stocks -- livestock site. | :16:20. | :16:24. | |
Some in Abergavenny argue that the old law protected keeping a | :16:24. | :16:30. | |
livestock market in the town. The wrangling over this historic bit of | :16:30. | :16:33. | |
land is far from over. They provide families, and communities, with a | :16:33. | :16:37. | |
place to honour their fallen heroes. But in the UK it's estimated that | :16:37. | :16:40. | |
one war memorial a week is being targeted by thieves, looking to | :16:40. | :16:45. | |
remove metal plaques to sell on for scrap. Now a nationwide campaign is | :16:45. | :16:47. | |
underway to try to protect our memorials and catch the criminals | :16:47. | :16:52. | |
who vandalise them. Carwyn Jones reports. | :16:52. | :16:56. | |
They tell stories of courage and sacrifice. But increasingly war | :16:56. | :17:00. | |
memorials are seen as fair game for metal thieves. This monument in | :17:00. | :17:03. | |
Mountain Ash in the Cynon Valley had to be painstakingly restored | :17:03. | :17:09. | |
after all four of its bronze statues were stolen. They were | :17:09. | :17:18. | |
never recovered. This monument cost �37,000 to replace. If you take | :17:18. | :17:21. | |
into account the effect it has where we have to take that money | :17:21. | :17:25. | |
from frontline services, people will see that other frontline | :17:25. | :17:29. | |
services will be reduced if this continues. But it's now hoped this | :17:29. | :17:32. | |
small bottle of liquid will protect the memorial in Mountain Ash and | :17:32. | :17:35. | |
thousands of others. These offenders on community service are | :17:35. | :17:38. | |
marking the monument with a special crime prevention fluid which leaves | :17:38. | :17:48. | |
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an indelible stamp on the metal. This smart water is invisible to | :17:49. | :17:55. | |
the naked eye but under special ultraviolet light, you can see a | :17:55. | :17:59. | |
fluorescent glow. If this statuette there was stolen, police could | :17:59. | :18:05. | |
trace exactly where it is and link the criminal to the crime. It's all | :18:05. | :18:11. | |
part of a UK wide project called the In Memoriam 2014 campaign. It's | :18:11. | :18:14. | |
run by the charity, the War Memorials Trust, and the aim is to | :18:14. | :18:17. | |
protect and preserve all our war memorials in time for the centenary | :18:17. | :18:22. | |
of world war one. I have served in the forces and have many friends | :18:22. | :18:27. | |
that are still serving. If a plaque was stolen and those names were not | :18:27. | :18:31. | |
recorded, we could lose those forever. And that almost happened | :18:31. | :18:34. | |
to this memorial in Crumlin. Fortunately Desmond Rogers had | :18:34. | :18:38. | |
taken a note of the metal plaques just months before they were stolen. | :18:38. | :18:41. | |
He has an uncle who died in the Great War and whose name is | :18:41. | :18:51. | |
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remembered here. It made me sick. It made me ill. He was my uncle. We | :18:52. | :19:02. | |
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always remembered him. My father attended this Cenotaph every year. | :19:05. | :19:08. | |
The rising value of scrap metal has made war memorials a tempting | :19:08. | :19:11. | |
target for thieves. Over the next two years, the War Memorials Trust | :19:12. | :19:14. | |
will be marking monuments across Wales, so communities can continue | :19:14. | :19:17. | |
honouring the servicemen and women who made the ultimate sacrifice. | :19:17. | :19:20. | |
Newport University is celebrating a 100 years of teaching photography, | :19:20. | :19:25. | |
making it one of the oldest courses in the UK. To mark the occasion | :19:25. | :19:27. | |
it's showcasing a landmark photo- documentary, which captured life in | :19:27. | :19:33. | |
the city during the 1980s. Our Newport Reporter, Jordan Davies, | :19:33. | :19:36. | |
has had a sneak preview and has been chatting to the people | :19:36. | :19:44. | |
involved. Some of Newport University's | :19:44. | :19:50. | |
eeriest work, a picture of the river in 1914. In the background, | :19:50. | :19:56. | |
the city's first photography school. The course now has a world-class | :19:56. | :20:00. | |
reputation, built on the back of a landmark for two documentaries like | :20:00. | :20:09. | |
this. Lisa Stoddard on the right of this | :20:09. | :20:14. | |
image was pictured playing hopscotch. Now in her forties, she | :20:14. | :20:20. | |
remembers the city then. You would go down as far as the Transporter | :20:20. | :20:27. | |
Bridge. You did not have to stay in the street. You went out and had an | :20:27. | :20:33. | |
adventure. He would not do that now. The first documentary on display | :20:33. | :20:39. | |
looked at how the economy affected family life in the 1980s. Money was | :20:39. | :20:47. | |
tight, much like today. Joan in the black dress is | :20:47. | :20:50. | |
preparing to celebrate Charles and Diana's wedding. Now in his 60s, | :20:50. | :21:00. | |
she says it was a big day for the street and the people live there. | :21:00. | :21:05. | |
It is excitement. It was exciting. Making sure that all the tables | :21:05. | :21:11. | |
were filled up with drinks and food. And then planning what the grown- | :21:11. | :21:18. | |
ups are going to do afterwards. Charles is still a subject for | :21:18. | :21:21. | |
Newport's photographers. This world-famous picture taken during | :21:21. | :21:26. | |
the student protests two years ago by a former student. | :21:26. | :21:30. | |
The school began by documenting the Life and Times of Newport and | :21:30. | :21:34. | |
certainly be characters of its heyday are not forgotten as it | :21:34. | :21:37. | |
looks to its future. Rugby and less than a week after the Grand Slam | :21:37. | :21:40. | |
success, Wales' forwards coach, Robin McBryde, has signed a new | :21:40. | :21:43. | |
contract. The deal will see him stay with the national set-up until | :21:43. | :21:46. | |
2015. Cardiff City failed to move back | :21:46. | :21:49. | |
into the Championship play-off places, after drawing at home to | :21:49. | :21:59. | |
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Coventry. The Rugby League World Cup will kick off in Wales next | :22:00. | :22:03. | |
October with two back-to-back matches at the Millennium Stadium. | :22:03. | :22:05. | |
After the opening ceremony, Wales face Italy before England play | :22:05. | :22:12. | |
Australia. Wrexham and Neath will also host group matches. Wales and | :22:12. | :22:22. | |
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England are joint-hosts of the As hundreds of Welsh soldiers | :22:31. | :22:34. | |
prepare to head to Afghanistan a new single has been released to | :22:34. | :22:38. | |
raise money for the troops and their families. The band of the | :22:38. | :22:48. | |
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Welsh Guards has teamed up with Welsh baritone, Mark Evans. Tell My | :22:57. | :23:00. | |
Father is one of The Band of the Welsh Guards' new fundraising | :23:00. | :23:02. | |
singles, performed alongside Carmarthen-born singer Marc | :23:02. | :23:12. | |
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Llewelyn Evans. This week, they've has been travelling through Wales | :23:16. | :23:19. | |
holding workshops with school children. Yesterday, they were in | :23:19. | :23:29. | |
Penglais School in Aberystwyth. soldiers returned from Afghanistan | :23:29. | :23:33. | |
and need help, we are able to supply that through the Afghanistan | :23:33. | :23:40. | |
Appeal. And help the wider family as well. They might need their | :23:40. | :23:43. | |
house adapting. The Afghanistan Appeal with the Welsh Guards will | :23:43. | :23:48. | |
be able to help. The CD's been launched as soldiers from the 1st | :23:48. | :23:51. | |
battalion Welsh Guards and 1st Battalion Royal Welsh embark on a | :23:51. | :23:53. | |
six month tour of duty in Afghanistan whether they'll join a | :23:53. | :24:02. | |
third Welsh regiment. The Queen's Dragoon Guards are already there. | :24:02. | :24:05. | |
Last time the battalion were deployed to Afghanistan, I | :24:05. | :24:15. | |
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volunteer to play the repatriations on the Phil Mills. -- funerals. | :24:16. | :24:18. | |
Being a father of two young children, I could see the effect it | :24:18. | :24:27. | |
was having on the children as well. It is very important. A boy I was | :24:27. | :24:31. | |
in music training and basic training with, he is in a bit deaf | :24:31. | :24:39. | |
-- different band to me but he has been posted to Afghanistan. He is | :24:39. | :24:45. | |
quite excited. He will be going out to entertain the troops. His mother | :24:45. | :24:55. | |
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is very worried. Last night the band members donned their red | :24:55. | :25:01. | |
tunics and took to the stage in Aberystwyth Arts Centre. They're | :25:01. | :25:07. | |
hoping to raise �50,000 by Remembrance Sunday. They'll be | :25:07. | :25:10. | |
holding further concerts in Brecon this evening and Pontyberem | :25:10. | :25:16. | |
Time for the weather now with Derek. If you've got any plans for the | :25:16. | :25:21. | |
weekend, it's looking very promising. Some lovely weather. In | :25:21. | :25:25. | |
fact, this weekend could turn out to be the warmest and sunniest of | :25:25. | :25:29. | |
the year so far. Good luck to Year 6 from Ysgol Y Bryn in Llanelli who | :25:29. | :25:33. | |
are heading to the Brecon Beacons. One of the warmest places today was | :25:33. | :25:37. | |
Aberporth in Ceredigion. 17 Celsius there with a breeze off the land. | :25:37. | :25:43. | |
Mind you, it hasn't been sunny everywhere. The satellite picture | :25:43. | :25:47. | |
shows some cloud over Ireland, Wales and the West Country. Now | :25:47. | :25:50. | |
during this evening and tonight. Showers in the southwest will | :25:50. | :25:54. | |
spreading north but some places will stay dry. The wind falling | :25:54. | :25:59. | |
light with lowest temperatures 7 Celsius. Tomorrow generally dry. It | :25:59. | :26:05. | |
may start cloudy and grey. Some low cloud and mist but there is hope. | :26:05. | :26:11. | |
During the morning it will brighten up. So here's the picture for the | :26:11. | :26:18. | |
afternoon. Most of the country bright and sunny. Some patchy cloud. | :26:18. | :26:22. | |
Just a small chance of a shower somewhere on the border. The wind | :26:22. | :26:25. | |
lighter than today and feeling pleasantly warm. Top temperatures | :26:25. | :26:29. | |
around 16 Celsius. Some coasts cooler. Nearer 12 Celsius in Tenby | :26:29. | :26:33. | |
with a breeze off the sea. In the Garw Valley tomorrow, dry and | :26:33. | :26:37. | |
brightening up. Becoming sunny and mild. Temperatures in Pontycymer | :26:37. | :26:41. | |
rising to 14 Celsius. Tomorrow night dry and with a clear sky | :26:41. | :26:44. | |
turning chilly. Some ground frost in the countryside. A little mist | :26:44. | :26:51. | |
in the Marches. Saturday a lovely day. Any mist first thing will soon | :26:51. | :26:55. | |
disappear. The whole country then dry. Plenty of hazy sunshine and it | :26:55. | :26:59. | |
will turn out warm. 18 Celsius in Aberystwyth. Sunday another fine | :27:00. | :27:06. | |
day. Lots of sunshine. Temperatures well above average. In fact, in | :27:06. | :27:09. | |
parts of the north and west somewhere could reach 19 or 20 | :27:09. | :27:14. | |
Celsius. Some coasts cooler with sea breezes. Now Sunday is Sport | :27:14. | :27:23. | |
Relief Day. The weather will be perfect. It's nearly 7:00pm. The | :27:23. | :27:27. | |
headlines from the BBC. A wanted gunman has been shot dead after | :27:27. | :27:30. | |
armed officers stormed a flat in France. Mohammed Merah tried to | :27:30. | :27:33. | |
jump from a bathroom window after a long stand-off. He filmed his | :27:33. | :27:37. |