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Welcome to Wales Today. The top stories tonight: Headteacher Andrew

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Wilkie is jailed. He stole �53,000 from his school to pay for his

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Also tonight: 26 years after the Chernobyl disaster, restrictions on

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more than 300 farms across Wales will finally be lifted this summer.

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Workers at the DVLA among the first who could be paid according to

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where they live in a pilot project on regional pay.

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Moving the Abergavenny Mart would be more expensive than redeveloping.

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A new report backs campaigners. And celebrating a century of

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teaching photography in an exhibition which captures life in

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Good evening. A headteacher has been jailed for 16 months for

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stealing more than �53,000 from his school to fund a gambling addiction.

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Andrew Wilkie spent the money, which had been meant for an

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extension for the school, as well as his family's savings. The judge

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told him he'd destroyed his career, his reputation and his marriage.

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Rhodri Lewis reports. Andrew Wilkie had worked at

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Southdown Primary in Buckley in Flintshire for 17 years, the last

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three as head. He was highly regarded and the school was very

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successful. But he became depressed after he was suspended following an

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allegation of a sexual nature by a child. No action was taken, but he

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turned to online poker gambling, often in the early hours of the

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morning. The court heard how Mr Wilkie's use of poker websites

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spiralled out of control. He first lost his family's savings of

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�90,000. He then raised �70,000 by re-mortgaging his home without his

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wife knowing. Finally he turned to a special charity fund at the

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school, from which he took another �53,000. That wasn't subject to

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normal auditing, but after a tip off, an emergency audit was

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organised and Wilkie was forced to own up. He went home and told his

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wife they were ruined. This has been a difficult time for the

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school. As governors and staff, our aim is the well-being of the

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children and to keep the school moving forward. Andrew Wilkie's

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barrister told the court he was an outstanding member of society who

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had been brought to this situation through events outside his control.

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Sentencing him, the judge said he'd destroyed his career, his

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reputation and his marriage, and money that ought to have been used

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to benefit pupils had now been lost. Ingrid Wallace is a gambling

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intervention worker with the Cardiff charity, Pen Yr Enfys. We

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have heard a tragic story. How big a problem is online gambling?

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not sure how big a problem it is on line but it has many faces,

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gambling. There is a range of bookmakers available along all the

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streets. There are casinos, online gambling, obviously, so gamble as

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such actually takes quite a focus at the moment. -- gambling. I am

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quite pleased about that because we have just been able to set up this

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new service for the south of Wales. It has actually been done through

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the addiction recovery agency in Bristol. And in partnership, they

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are in the process of providing a pilot for the south of Wales. It is,

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I think, fantastic. There has been in 2010 a survey done by the

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British gambling prevalence survey. How do you help people who come to

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you would be a problem? Actually, we have based service where we are

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offering brief intervention for about six sessions. But my role is

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actually to talk and the train other services throughout Cardiff.

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And to help people to become more aware and to actually do regular

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screening for gambling. We are not really enough -- know exactly how

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broadly spread it is. We believe there are quite a number of people.

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Thank you for coming in and telling us about it this evening. The

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bodies of a man and a woman, both from Cardiff, have been found at

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the bottom of cliffs at Beachy Head in Sussex. It's believed they

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arrived at the popular tourist attraction yesterday morning.

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Police are appealing for anyone who saw them to come forward.

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Restrictions on more than 300 Welsh farms, introduced following the

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Chernobyl nuclear disaster 26 years ago, will be lifted. The monitoring

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of radiation levels in sheep and restrictions on their movement will

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end in June. Hill-farms in Wales are among the last in the UK to see

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the controls removed. Food Safety experts say they are satisfied

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there is no risk to consumers. The Chernobyl nuclear accident in

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1986 sent radioactive material into the atmosphere which affected land

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where sheep grazed. Since then, regular monitoring has been carried

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out to make sure the amount of radiation in sheep falls within

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acceptable levels. Restrictions have been phased out in Scotland

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and Northern Ireland, with only North Wales and Cumbria still

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affected. But after a three month consultation programme, the Food

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Standards Agency says it's confident that lifting restrictions

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on moving sheep won't impact consumers. Our assessment has been

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conducted to international standards and has been discussed

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openly. The result of the assessment is very clear. The risks

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are now very low. It'll also make a difference for farmers like Glyn

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Roberts who's been working under the limits since 1986. There will

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be less bureaucracy. There will be less paperwork. It was about layer

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of paperwork that we already have enough of. But after saying that,

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we were glad to do that to make sure that everything was OK for a

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our provider. The way the radiation levels are monitored has been

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updated. Food safety experts and farmers say this more accurate

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measurement shows there'll be no risk to public health from eating

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meat which comes from affected hill-farms. For those who've worked

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hard to promote Welsh lamb as a premium product, this should be a

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further stamp of approval. The restrictions have been in place for

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public health reasons and farmers have understood that but it has

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been a cloud hanging over them for the last 25 years. At long last,

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that cloud has been lifted. Investigations are taking place

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after an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness at a

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school in Lampeter. 145 children and 12 members of staff at Ysgol

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Gynradd Ffynnonbedr have been found with symptoms like vomiting and

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diarrhoea, since the beginning of the month. The school will be

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closed voluntarily tomorrow and as a precaution.

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Headteachers on Anglesey are concerned that a contract to cut

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grass on school land, has been given to a company based in England.

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A meeting of the Anglesey Junior School Head-teachers Federation,

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heard many staff members had refused to hand over their keys to

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the company to give them access. Anglesey County Council says in

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order to comply with European Legislation it had to advertise the

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contract across Europe. Could public sector workers in

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Wales eventually be paid according to where they live? The prospect

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moved a step closer yesterday when the Chancellor, George Osborne, set

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out plans for regional pay in the Budget. It's alarmed many people

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here, with Finance Minister Jane Hutt saying it would be socially

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divisive. Here's our political reporter Mark Hannaby. Public

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sector workers that organisations like he'd DVLA in Swansea are

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employed according to National pay scales. Someone doing the same job

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elsewhere in the UK is paid the same wage. The cost of living

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varies from place to place. The UK government argues that has led to

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public sector wages being higher than they should be in Wales,

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making it more difficult for private companies to hire the best

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staff. We have asked the independent pay

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review bodies to look at this issue. Today we are publishing the

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evidence. And some departments will have the option of moving to a more

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local pay for those civil servants. The view from the Wash government

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could not be more different. Ministers are opposed to regional

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pay -- the Welsh government. does not make social sense. It is

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socially divisive. I believe in a UK public service. It should not

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matter where you live. It will divide and drive down our public

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service workforce. The Chancellor's view is backed by some business

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representatives. They believe that if it was determined by local Job

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markets, they would have more chance of attracting the best

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employees. At the end of the day, we want to balance what we as a

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public sector employer in Wales, you are not in the best situation

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to bring the business forward and increase the employment because

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there is a public sector that is actually able to dangle a strong

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There is a danger that we will institutionalise low pay in Wales.

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Wales already has the lowest wages in the UK and there is a danger

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that Wales will become the low-pay ghetto of the United Kingdom.

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An overdue move to boost private companies or a socially divisive

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disaster. Whatever your view, moves towards regional pay are likely to

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deepen divisions between the trade unions and the UK government and

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between ministers at either end of the M4 corridor.

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There's more on the issue of regional pay on Dragon's Eye, over

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on BBC2 at 7pm. A week after her election as Plaid

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Cymru leader, Leanne Wood is preparing to address the party

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faithful at their spring conference in Carmarthenshire. Let's join our

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Welsh Affairs Editor, Vaughan Roderick, at Ffos Las.

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Yes, the racecourse is a matter for rich environment for political

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journalists and ministers. Leanne Wood is here already. You will have

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to get off at a sprint at the local elections. It will be a major theme

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of this conference. They will be tough? I think they will be tough

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elections for us. We will be doing whatever we can to hold the local

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authorities that we hold. We have a proud record where we have got

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Plaid Cymru members running on boards. But we do realise that

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people are looking at the wider economic situation and that is why

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this conference will also of the message about the economy for you

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say you are concentrating on the economy.

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We can say it with much more conviction. You have to remember

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that when Labour were in government, they introduced regional pay.

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Regional pay would be a disaster for Wales. We have already had

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figures showing that West Wales and the valleys is getting poorer. We

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can expect workers in Wales to be in the long run paid 18 % less. I

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have some sympathy with the argument that workers in the

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private sector are not learning enough but the answer is not to

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drive to the bottom with wages, it is to raise private sector wages.

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That is the challenge. You have asked Adam Price will draw up an

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economic plan. Adam is one of a range of people

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who will be working in 18 with me. Clearly, he has a great

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contribution to make. He will bring together a group of people to put

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together a long-term economic plan. What is clear to me is what has

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happened in the past has not worked. We are getting poorer. It is not

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inevitable. We should be ambitious about what we can achieve. Wales

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can be good. That is the kind of message they will be hearing this

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weekend. Plenty still to come on Wales Today. Celebrating a century

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of teaching photography in an exhibition which captures life in

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Newport in the 1980s. And raising money for troops and their families

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- a single is released as the largest ever contingent of welsh

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soldiers prepare to head to Afghanistan.

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There's more debate on the future of Abergavenny livestock market

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today after the town's civic society publishes a report claiming

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it would be cheaper for the council to redevelop the site, than build a

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new market elsewhere. Monmouthshire county council have agreed to sell

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the present livestock market site to a supermarket company, but local

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campaigners want to retain the mart in Abergavenny. More from our

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environment correspondent, Iolo ap Dafydd.

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This livestock market has a rich history. It has been on the spot

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since 1863 and is now the only market left in Monmouthshire.

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Farmers from as far as Port Talbot, Neath and Hereford come the year

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and has strong views on whether it should stay in Abergavenny.

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can't we saw these buildings out and keep the market here? You would

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prefer to redevelop this. Yes. it is outside town, it would be

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fine. It will -- if it was closer to the M4, it would be convenient

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but I am happy to come into town. new one. A better location, better

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for the animals travelling. Shorter distance. It will be modern.

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Redeveloping the livestock market in the town centre would cost 2.2

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�5 million. The council's new livestock market

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at this green field site 10 miles away could cost around double that

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sum. We believe there is a financial benefit in the short term

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and in the longer term. If you were to look over the lifetime of one

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alternative market, let's say 50 years, you were talking about many

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millions. The council leader tells me the proposed new site will have

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better facilities for farmers. will build a new cattle market and

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no doubt any surplus money would go towards some of our plans for

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education. It is an important receipt for us.

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But money is not the driver. council has not responded so far to

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this report. But it has given planning permission to build a

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supermarket and a new library on the live stocks -- livestock site.

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Some in Abergavenny argue that the old law protected keeping a

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livestock market in the town. The wrangling over this historic bit of

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land is far from over. They provide families, and communities, with a

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place to honour their fallen heroes. But in the UK it's estimated that

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one war memorial a week is being targeted by thieves, looking to

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remove metal plaques to sell on for scrap. Now a nationwide campaign is

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underway to try to protect our memorials and catch the criminals

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who vandalise them. Carwyn Jones reports.

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They tell stories of courage and sacrifice. But increasingly war

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memorials are seen as fair game for metal thieves. This monument in

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Mountain Ash in the Cynon Valley had to be painstakingly restored

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after all four of its bronze statues were stolen. They were

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never recovered. This monument cost �37,000 to replace. If you take

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into account the effect it has where we have to take that money

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from frontline services, people will see that other frontline

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services will be reduced if this continues. But it's now hoped this

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small bottle of liquid will protect the memorial in Mountain Ash and

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thousands of others. These offenders on community service are

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marking the monument with a special crime prevention fluid which leaves

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an indelible stamp on the metal. This smart water is invisible to

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the naked eye but under special ultraviolet light, you can see a

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fluorescent glow. If this statuette there was stolen, police could

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trace exactly where it is and link the criminal to the crime. It's all

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part of a UK wide project called the In Memoriam 2014 campaign. It's

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run by the charity, the War Memorials Trust, and the aim is to

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protect and preserve all our war memorials in time for the centenary

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of world war one. I have served in the forces and have many friends

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that are still serving. If a plaque was stolen and those names were not

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recorded, we could lose those forever. And that almost happened

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to this memorial in Crumlin. Fortunately Desmond Rogers had

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taken a note of the metal plaques just months before they were stolen.

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He has an uncle who died in the Great War and whose name is

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remembered here. It made me sick. It made me ill. He was my uncle. We

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always remembered him. My father attended this Cenotaph every year.

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The rising value of scrap metal has made war memorials a tempting

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target for thieves. Over the next two years, the War Memorials Trust

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will be marking monuments across Wales, so communities can continue

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honouring the servicemen and women who made the ultimate sacrifice.

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Newport University is celebrating a 100 years of teaching photography,

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making it one of the oldest courses in the UK. To mark the occasion

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it's showcasing a landmark photo- documentary, which captured life in

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the city during the 1980s. Our Newport Reporter, Jordan Davies,

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has had a sneak preview and has been chatting to the people

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involved. Some of Newport University's

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eeriest work, a picture of the river in 1914. In the background,

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the city's first photography school. The course now has a world-class

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reputation, built on the back of a landmark for two documentaries like

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this. Lisa Stoddard on the right of this

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image was pictured playing hopscotch. Now in her forties, she

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remembers the city then. You would go down as far as the Transporter

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Bridge. You did not have to stay in the street. You went out and had an

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adventure. He would not do that now. The first documentary on display

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looked at how the economy affected family life in the 1980s. Money was

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tight, much like today. Joan in the black dress is

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preparing to celebrate Charles and Diana's wedding. Now in his 60s,

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she says it was a big day for the street and the people live there.

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It is excitement. It was exciting. Making sure that all the tables

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were filled up with drinks and food. And then planning what the grown-

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ups are going to do afterwards. Charles is still a subject for

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Newport's photographers. This world-famous picture taken during

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the student protests two years ago by a former student.

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The school began by documenting the Life and Times of Newport and

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certainly be characters of its heyday are not forgotten as it

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looks to its future. Rugby and less than a week after the Grand Slam

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success, Wales' forwards coach, Robin McBryde, has signed a new

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contract. The deal will see him stay with the national set-up until

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2015. Cardiff City failed to move back

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into the Championship play-off places, after drawing at home to

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Coventry. The Rugby League World Cup will kick off in Wales next

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October with two back-to-back matches at the Millennium Stadium.

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After the opening ceremony, Wales face Italy before England play

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Australia. Wrexham and Neath will also host group matches. Wales and

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England are joint-hosts of the As hundreds of Welsh soldiers

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prepare to head to Afghanistan a new single has been released to

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raise money for the troops and their families. The band of the

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Welsh Guards has teamed up with Welsh baritone, Mark Evans. Tell My

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Father is one of The Band of the Welsh Guards' new fundraising

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singles, performed alongside Carmarthen-born singer Marc

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Llewelyn Evans. This week, they've has been travelling through Wales

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holding workshops with school children. Yesterday, they were in

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Penglais School in Aberystwyth. soldiers returned from Afghanistan

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and need help, we are able to supply that through the Afghanistan

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Appeal. And help the wider family as well. They might need their

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house adapting. The Afghanistan Appeal with the Welsh Guards will

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be able to help. The CD's been launched as soldiers from the 1st

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battalion Welsh Guards and 1st Battalion Royal Welsh embark on a

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six month tour of duty in Afghanistan whether they'll join a

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third Welsh regiment. The Queen's Dragoon Guards are already there.

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Last time the battalion were deployed to Afghanistan, I

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volunteer to play the repatriations on the Phil Mills. -- funerals.

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Being a father of two young children, I could see the effect it

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was having on the children as well. It is very important. A boy I was

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in music training and basic training with, he is in a bit deaf

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-- different band to me but he has been posted to Afghanistan. He is

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quite excited. He will be going out to entertain the troops. His mother

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is very worried. Last night the band members donned their red

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tunics and took to the stage in Aberystwyth Arts Centre. They're

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hoping to raise �50,000 by Remembrance Sunday. They'll be

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holding further concerts in Brecon this evening and Pontyberem

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Time for the weather now with Derek. If you've got any plans for the

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weekend, it's looking very promising. Some lovely weather. In

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fact, this weekend could turn out to be the warmest and sunniest of

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the year so far. Good luck to Year 6 from Ysgol Y Bryn in Llanelli who

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are heading to the Brecon Beacons. One of the warmest places today was

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Aberporth in Ceredigion. 17 Celsius there with a breeze off the land.

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Mind you, it hasn't been sunny everywhere. The satellite picture

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shows some cloud over Ireland, Wales and the West Country. Now

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during this evening and tonight. Showers in the southwest will

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spreading north but some places will stay dry. The wind falling

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light with lowest temperatures 7 Celsius. Tomorrow generally dry. It

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may start cloudy and grey. Some low cloud and mist but there is hope.

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During the morning it will brighten up. So here's the picture for the

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afternoon. Most of the country bright and sunny. Some patchy cloud.

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Just a small chance of a shower somewhere on the border. The wind

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lighter than today and feeling pleasantly warm. Top temperatures

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around 16 Celsius. Some coasts cooler. Nearer 12 Celsius in Tenby

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with a breeze off the sea. In the Garw Valley tomorrow, dry and

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brightening up. Becoming sunny and mild. Temperatures in Pontycymer

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rising to 14 Celsius. Tomorrow night dry and with a clear sky

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turning chilly. Some ground frost in the countryside. A little mist

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in the Marches. Saturday a lovely day. Any mist first thing will soon

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disappear. The whole country then dry. Plenty of hazy sunshine and it

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will turn out warm. 18 Celsius in Aberystwyth. Sunday another fine

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day. Lots of sunshine. Temperatures well above average. In fact, in

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parts of the north and west somewhere could reach 19 or 20

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Celsius. Some coasts cooler with sea breezes. Now Sunday is Sport

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Relief Day. The weather will be perfect. It's nearly 7:00pm. The

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headlines from the BBC. A wanted gunman has been shot dead after

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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

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