06/04/2012 BBC Wales Today


06/04/2012

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Good evening. Tourism officials are hoping for significant numbers of

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visitors to Wales during the Easter break. The industry is worth

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billions of pounds every year to the Welsh economy and this weekend

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is seen as the start of the tourist season. Nick Palit reports.

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With the weather clear and dry, those involved with tourism in

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Wales, they are hoping that many will be tempted to a day-trip. It

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wasn't as warm as they would have liked but families were keen to

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enjoy the fun of a traditional Welsh seaside. The Welsh government

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estimates visitors spend around �3.3 billion here every year.

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Industry leaders say a good Easter weekend gives confidence to the

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whole sector at the beginning of the season and it is often weather

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dependent. If today is anything to go by, the signs so far positive.

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Tourism chiefs believe the increasing price of fuel could work

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to our advantage in Wales. They are hoping the fact that Welsh resorts

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are often a short drive from large centres of population will make

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them popular. With the price of fuel being

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wattages today, it is very important to us because we are that

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much closer to L major sources of visitors: Birmingham, Manchester,

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London, and possibly the West Country or Scotland.

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Some visitors to Porthcawl today seem to agree. I we will go down to

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10 the this year, in the summer, in the caravan.

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We did feel the need to grow a broader a moment. There are

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brilliant places to stay in the UK. If people enjoyed trips like this

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in Wales, it is hoped the economic downturn will encourage

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holidaymakers to choose Wales for longer breaks as well.

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One man has been cleared of the manslaughter of a drug dealer in

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Newport, but the jury are still considering their verdicts on two

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others. The body of Tony Singh was found in his flat four days after

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he was attacked in November 2010. All three have been cleared of

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conspiracy to rob. Work to remove thousands of litres

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of fuel from a stricken cargo ship off the North Wales Coast is

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continuing tonight. The vessel was grounded on Tuesday night at

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Llanddulas near Colwyn Bay. Once the fuel has been taken away, work

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will begin to move the wreck. Meanwhile, the A55 nearby has fully

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re-opened although speed restrictions are in place.

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Hundreds of people have been taking part in events to mark Easter. The

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Archbishop of Wales led a two-mile walk through the streets of Barry

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representing Christ's journey to the cross. In Wrexham, there were

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dramatic scenes re-enacting the We've got a nice ground as well,

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haven't we? My lord and master!

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Dramatic scenes are re-enacting the story of Christ's death from those

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in Wrexham's churches. Hundreds joined the procession to follow and

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vents -- events. It ended with Jesus's Crucifixion.

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It comes across sometimes as maybe not that a vicious or violent but

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actually, it is the death of a wonderful man.

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We are bringing into life. It's in front of your eyes so you can

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relate to it on another level. In Barry, Christians of all

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traditions and ages came together to share the story.

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We thought, why not get all the churches together? And started

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speaking to local ministers and they were enthused by the idea and

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it has grown from there and it has been a big turnout. Some judges

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have cancelled their services to be here.

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They took their message to the local railway station and the

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town's Kings Square. At each stop, and addressed by the Archbishop of

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Wales as well as Bible readings and Judges now hope to develop the

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tradition year on year to bring the story too far more people.

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Swansea City remain 11th in the Premier League after losing at home

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to Newcastle United two-nil. With three games in eight days, has

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won the manager Brendan Rogers opted to leave leading scorer Scott

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Sinclair and Danny Graham on the bench. They didn't have the best of

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starts. Newcastle in tangerine a tour through the defence. This

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strike salt Swansea a goal down within the first five minutes. They

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responded well, dominated possession and forcing some great

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saves from the Newcastle keeper. Second half and they came close.

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Swansea City piled on the pressure but an equaliser proved elusive.

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And it was Newcastle who got the crucial second goal. The same

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scorer silencing the Swansea crowd. We are want to be challenging for a

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Champions League position also for little Swansea to really dominate

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the game like we did, it will be interesting to see the possession

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statistics but on top of that, 13 efforts on goal. Over 20 shots and

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13 on targets. We can find that we bit of luck.

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Swansea's third defeat at home in four games. They will have to

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regroup before they travel to Queen's Park Rangers.

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In the Conference a real blow to Wrexham's automatic promotion hopes.

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They lost at home to Alfreton Town 1-0. The game between Newport

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County and Telford has just kicked- off and it's goalless so far.

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Cricket and a mixed day for Glamorgan. They could only manage a

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first innings total of 124 but the Welsh county's bowlers hit back,

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restricting Leicestershire to 110 in their second innings. Glamorgan

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will resume tomorrow requiring another 215 runs with 9 wickets

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Time for the weather forecast now Good evening. We have a lot of

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cloud around for this Easter weekend but at least it's a bit

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milder than the last few days. We have some patchy rain around but

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not amounting to much. A cloudy story tonight with rain around

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Anglesey and across to Wrexham, courtesy of a weather front. That

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will peter out and it becomes dry and less cold than last night. Top

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temperature eight Celsius. First thing tomorrow, a cloudy start with

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patchy rain. Into the afternoon we will start to see some brighter

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conditions but feeling cool with highs of 13 Celsius. Sunday will

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