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Welcome to Wales Today, live from Cyfarthfa Castle in Merthyr Tydfil,

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where the Queen has ended the first day of her Diamond Jubilee Tour of

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Wales. Thousands turned out to see her and the Duke of Edinburgh

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attend a service at Llandaff Cathedral. It is amazing. The best

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thing ever. It was really good. At Margam Park she met members of

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Wales' Grand Slam winning rugby team, surprising them with what she

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knew about the game. At a time of significant

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constitutional change we'll be asking how Wales feels about the

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Good evening our other headlines tonight.

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After 40 years, Wylfa nuclear reactor 2 shuts down earlier than

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planned. It has taken them six years but

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Kate Pierce's family are closer to getting compensation after hospital

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negligence. Calls for better access to new

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drugs for cancer patients in Wales but the Assembly Government say

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Good evening, welcome to Cyfartha Castle. A few hours ago, the Queen

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was being shown around his museum. This talk is a trip down memory

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lane for the Queen. She has been to many places where she has visited

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previously. Her day began at Llandaff Cathedral. These

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schoolchildren did not mind the long wait. The first event of their

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two day visit was a national service of thanksgiving at Llandaff

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Cathedral for the Queen's 60 year reign. It is amazing, the best

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thing ever. We saw everyone. 600 people attended the service. In

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his address, the Archbishop of Wales praised the Queen for

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refusing to airbrush faith out of national life. The service was led

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by the dean of the cathedral. Not everyone was here to cheer the

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This is the Cathedral of our current archbishop. It is in the

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capital city, or rather the capital city is a suburb of this parish.

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There was a small republican protest. The Royal couple's next

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stop was Margam Park where they met hundreds of people at a reception.

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Among those waiting for them at the Orangerie were Wales' Grand Slam

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winning rugby team. She must have read up on everyone here. She

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recognised the team and congratulated as an hour success

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this year. After a lunch of sewin, Welsh lamb and Welsh cakes, it was

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then on to Cyfarthfa Castle in Merthyr Tydfil. One famous former

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pupil of Cyfarthfa High School was delighted to meet the Queen again,

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proudly wearing his OBE. I attended the school and had a fantastic time

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here. I said I did not live in a castle like her but at least they

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went to school in one. These two current pupils of Cyfarthfa High

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had an audience they'll never forget. Tom Higher and Sophie

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Davies were only told a fortnight ago who the special guests would be.

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Police say the two men were arrested on suspicion of public

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order offences. Tomorrow the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh will

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visit Ebbw Vale and Glanusk near Crickhowell. They'll start the day

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with their third visit to Aberfan since the disaster in 1966. The

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curator or showed the royal guests around the museum today.

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visited during wartime with her father. Did she tell you how she

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felt about being here today? Not in so many words. But she was highly

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interested seeing all the artefact. There are a couple of exhibits that

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caught her eye. This is a portrait by the grandfather of golf Paris.

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It is of his grandmother. It was painted shortly after she had heard

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one of her grandsons had been killed in the First World War. She

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remarked that with this story prof Harris must have been thinking

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about them when he sang Two Little Boys. Tell us about this. Merthyr

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Tydfil has a long working-class tradition of politics in the town.

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One of the Chartists developed this first automatic ballot box in the

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world. Each candidate had their own box and each voter had one coin.

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They would put the talking in and it would be counted on the face. No

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possibility of interference. The Queen was quite interested in this.

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Let us move on to the last exhibit she took an interest in.

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stresses by Laura Ashley and she was born in the area. They are

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telling it the traditional upbringing she had and the

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Christian had an -- a huge -- influence on the designs she made

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it. The Queen was very interested in that. Thank you very much for

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talking to as an sharing some of your thoughts of the day.

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Today's Wales and its place within the United Kingdom is of course

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very different to what it was 60 years ago. This Diamond Jubilee

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comes at a time of great constitutional change. What will

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the Royals mean to us in the future. Just celebrities or something far

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more significant. She has opened bridges and tunnels here and given

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speech after speech. Then there have been the handshakes, countless

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handshakes. North, south, east and west. She has done Wales. This is

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Welshpool, the Queen came here a couple of years ago. I was here

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that day and the weather was very different. This high street was

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thronged with people. This is as good a place as any to test the

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temperature of Royal sentiment. It was a trade mark royal walkabout.

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The Queen made direct contact with her people. The people of

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Montgomeryshire could not get enough. Any local critics would

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have stayed away that day. But for those who were there, it was an

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event to remember. You could see people with flags all the way. It

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was a good day. I think they are marvellous. There is a place for

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the Royal Family for the bid is part of being British. Long live

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the Queen. Few of us are aware of the Queen's fall constitutional

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relevance. Today, the visit to South Wales was marked by

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republican rallies who were keen to point out a constitutional monarchy

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is not the only way. The Queen is an irrelevance. The United Kingdom

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is disunited and falling apart. It Then there is the question of what

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happens next? The nature of our democracy is evolving. The Assembly

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is here to represent the interests of Wales and its people. The future

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succession looks assured. What is not assured is the United Kingdom

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or kingdoms they made rain over. will probably still have a monarchy

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in 50 years' time but in many ways the whole shape of the United

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Kingdom could be very different. We could have an independent Scotland

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and probably further devolution to Wales. We could have a few

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figureheads that represent British Gas. It is the ability to evolve

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which has been key to the survival of the monarchy so far. Subjects we

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Interesting times for the constitution. Join us a little

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later in the programme when I will be talking to some of the school

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children who have performed for the Queen earlier today. Now back to

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the studio for the rest of the day's names.

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Thanks Lucy, and we'll have more from Lucy on the Royal visit before

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the end of the programme. Let's look now at other news making the

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headlines here in Wales. People working in the nuclear

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industry in North Wales will be offered help to find new jobs as

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the Wylfa power station nears the end of its life. News of the �4

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million package comes as one of Wylfa's two reactors is shut down

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for the final time after 41 years of electricity generation. Wylfa

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was completed in 1971 and since then its two reactors have produced

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enough power to provide two-thirds of the UK's total electricity

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demand for a year. But it uses a fuel called Magnox which is being

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phased out. Levels of fuel in Reactor 2 have almost been used up.

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Last night it was shut down permanently. This again to face

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that a nuclear power station has a finite life, the same as coal power

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stations. We need new electricity generation for the future. But that

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future is in doubt here, with the recent news that two electricity

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giants have decided not to go ahead with a new nuclear power station on

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the same site. That means uncertainty for young technicians

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like Bryn. Though his passion for engineering should keep him in

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employment. Since there was little was interested in fixing things and

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inventing things. Engineering was the path for myself. There are many

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career options I can take from this. The Welsh Government has launched a

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4 million pound project to support and retrain 1200 workers at Wylfa

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and Trawsfynydd for work outside the nuclear industry. There are

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many skilled personnel there. A lot of youngsters and leaving the

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island. It is important that we look at the skills agenda I think

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we have to be very positive that we will have another power station

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there him and something will come. At Wylfa, apprentices are still

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being trained despite the looming end of production here in two years

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time. That's to ensure that whatever replaces this plant

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benefits from the talents of the current workforce. They will need

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the skills that are what people have. What has been achieved is

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testament to the skills and commitment of the people who have

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worked there. Electricity generation may be winding down but

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preparations for the future are gearing up.

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Up to 100 jobs are being cut at the HSBC call centre in Swansea. The

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firm says it will try to redeploy as many people as possible.

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Financial advisers are also among those being made redundant as part

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of the bank's cost cutting plans announced today.

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The insurance company Zurich is to cut 113 jobs at its Cardiff office.

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It says it is restructuring its business following the launch of a

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new online car insurance product. The posts will close next year.

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It has taken six years, but today the family of Kate Pierce came a

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step closer to getting compensation for the misdiagnosis which left her

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severely brain damaged. Her meningitis was passed off by a

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junior doctor as tonsillitis. Today, a judge approved their negligence

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case. At six-years-old, Kate Pierce needs round the clock care, both at

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home, and here at school. She can't communicate. She has severe sight

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and hearing loss, epilepsy and breathing problems. She has a

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curvature of the spine and painful hips. But she wasn't born with

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these problems. In March 2006, at nine-months-old, Kate developed

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meningitis which was wrongly diagnosed by a junior doctor at

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Wrexham Maelor Hospital as tonsilitis. It was a source of

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comfort for us that we found that it was not the case. We just relied

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on what the doctor told us. If we had known then we would not have

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left the hospital. Kate spent seven months at Liverpool's Alder Hey

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Hospital and was left with severe brain damage. She stops breathing

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when she is sleeping so we or carers have to be awake around a 24

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hours a day. Kate also has a nine- year-old sister, and dad Mark said

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her condition has a huge impact on the family. It is a massive strain.

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As the impact on the family, it is horrific. Looking after her and

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fighting a six-year legal case has been a drain. A spokesperson for

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the health board said that aspects of the care were not of an

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acceptable standard. It said the board had apologised to the family

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and lessons had been learned. The amount of compensation Kate

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receives will be decided at a later date, but the family's solicitor

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said it is likely to be a seven figure sum.

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Three men have been arrested by North Wales Police investigating

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the naming of the victim in the Ched Evans rape case. The Wales and

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Sheffield United footballer was jailed for five years last week for

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raping a 19-year-old woman in a hotel room. Her name was

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subsequently published on Twitter. Victims of sexual offences are

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entitled to anonymity for life by law. Two men are being detained in

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Sheffield under Section Five of the Sexual Offences Amendments Act. The

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other is being held on suspicion of malicious communication.

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Celebrity zoo owner Anna Ryder Richardson has pleaded not guilty

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to breaking health and safety rules at Manorhouse wildlife Park near

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Tenby. A mother and her three-year- old son were seriously injured in

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2010 after a heavy branch at the park fell on them. The television

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presenter and her husband Colin MacDougall both deny two separate

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alleged breaches. A former soldier blinded by an IRA

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bomb has won a �200,000-payout after being victimised at work

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because of his disability. Andrew Bull worked as a telephonist for

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Blaenau Gwent Council for 25 years but was subjected to jokes and

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taunting before being made redundant.

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As a young man, Andrew Bull had been looking forward to a long

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career in the Army. During his time in the Welsh Guards, he rose to

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become his regiment's heavyweight boxing champion. But in 1983 he has

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was blinded by an IRA bomb while on a tour of duty in Belfast.

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Returning to Wales, he got a job at Blaenau Gwent Council as a

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telephonist. He worked there for more than 20 years before the

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problems began. I felt humiliated and embarrassed in front of work

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colleagues. I felt because of my disability, I could not address on

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a 1-1. Today, a tribunal awarded him �200,000 after finding he been

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victimised and bullied because of his disability. I felt anger and

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frustration. I felt there was the victim in all of this. I didn't

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want to lose my job for standing up for my human rights. The Chief

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Executive of Blaenau Gwent Council said he had apologised personally

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to Andrew Bull and that the council had a strong track record of

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supporting people with disabilities. He said the council had learned

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lessons. Andrew Bull now hopes to return to work as a complimentary

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therapist, but says the compensation will help him support

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his family until that time. Family and friends of a newly

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married woman from Cardiff have raised tens of thousands of pounds

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to pay for her to have cancer drugs that are available for free in

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England. Katie Rees' plight has lead to renewed calls for the

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establishment of a Cancer Drugs Fund like the one available to

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English NHS patients. The 'Why Not Wales?' campaign say cancer

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patients here are increasingly disadvantaged. But the Welsh

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Government deny this. 30-year-old Katie Rees and husband Ioan were

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married back in February but their wedding day came at a very

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traumatic time. She had just been diagnosed with advanced bowel

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cancer. But to make matters worse, the cancer drug her consultant

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wanted to give her, Avastin, isn't funded on the NHS in Wales. Avastin

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doesn't cure cancer, but can give patients more time. It is something

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that could potentially save someone's life. You would think

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they would fund it for you. I could not believe it. In England, cancer

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patients can now access new treatments as a �200-million Cancer

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Drug Fund has been set up to fast- track new drugs not yet approved by

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NICE. There's no such fund in Wales. To get the funding she needs,

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Katie's being helped by Kate Spall. These people do not have the

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authority to over rule. Kate's mother Pamela died five years ago.

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She had initially been refused a life extending new drug for kidney

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cancer by her local health board in Denbighshire. Since then, Kate's

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won funding for hundreds of patients, guiding them through the

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complicated NHS appeals process. Some treatments available in

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England are refused in Wales. not a view shared by doctors.

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Professor John Wagstaff the leading cancer specialist in Wales has this

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stark warning. If things carry on as they are in Wales, which

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patients will be at a considerable disadvantage to patients in England

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because be just will not have access to these new medicines.

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one of Wales' leading Health economists believes the Welsh

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system is more transparent and fair. Taking money out of the have pot

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for cancer drugs means other patients cannot get the resources

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they parrot would be entitled to and in overall terms would give

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more bang for our back. Katie and Ioan's friends and family have so

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far raised more than �30,000 to fund her treatment. Treatment she

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would get free if she lived in England.

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Let's go back now to Cyfarthfa Castle, Merthyr Tydfil, and the

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Queen's Diamond Jubilee visit to Wales. Lucy's there for us. Lucy,

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it's been a day of flag waving and cheering? Yes, the Queen had a warm

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welcome and that is for sure. The high school is still based here.

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This is your 100 here. How did it feel to have the Queen Mark this

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occasion? To have the Queen in her 60th year of rain in an hour 100

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year as a school is something that was quite remarkable. The school

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has quite a remarkable history as part of the castle? Indeed. This

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made it extra special. You are in charge of a number of young pupils.

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What is their take on the monarchy? Today stay feel it is relevant?

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Things like today make it extra special. The reception the Queen

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received from the students of this school and the history of this

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school and the way in which the monarchy has been here and so many

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occasions, the pupils themselves were excited and up for this visit.

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It was all that we wanted it to be. Take you very much. You can only

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imagine how nerve-racking it must be to perform in front of the Queen.

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Some of the pupils did that. I had some of your performance and our

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viewers may have seen it in the report earlier. How was it? It was

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very nerve-racking. We were excited at the same time. We have done a

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lot of performing that this was bigger than anything else we have

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done. It was quite an intimate performance. They were very close

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to you. It was a real privilege. We were taking it all in. It was a

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real honour. At that it was an excellent performance. Well done.

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Head girl, so the, what the Queen say to you and how did you feel

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about the visit? She asked us about our role as head boy and head kill

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and our relationship with the senior team put a bit as great to

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see her in our school environment. What do you feel about the monarchy,

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do you feel it is still relevant for young people? Having met her,

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it makes me have an appreciation for tradition and a lot of respect

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for the Duke of Edinburgh as well. Not great weather today for the

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Queen's visit. It should be a bit better tomorrow. It is really quite

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chilly here this evening. A few places saw the sun and stayed dry

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but many others wet. Heavy downpours in Mid Wales, the north

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and north-east. We're not out of There is still a Met Office heavy

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rain warning in force valid for the next few hours. Yesterday, Tredegar

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was the wettest place in Britain. And so far this month 134mm of rain

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has fallen. That's over five inches and more than the monthly average.

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Tonight, heavy rain and showers will slowly ease. More places

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becoming dry. Breezy on the north and west coast. Lighter winds

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inland with lowest temperatures 6 to 8 Celsius. Tomorrow, a bit

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better. Still plenty of cloud. Some rain, especially in the north. A

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few showers but during the day it should turn drier and in places

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brighten-up. The best of the sunshine on Anglesey, the Lleyn

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Peninsula and in Pembrokeshire. Feeling cool tomorrow with a

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northerly breeze. Top temperatures only 8 to 11 Celsius. 12 in Cardiff

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and Newport. So a bit mixed for day two of the Royal Tour. Cloudy and

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cool. Spots of rain in Crickhowell. Temperatures in Aberfan rising to 9

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Celsius. As for the weekend. Saturday the best day. Plenty of

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cloud. A few spots of rain. The odd shower but some dry and bright

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weather as well. Mind you, it's a different story for Sunday. Trouble

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is brewing over Spain with a developing area of low pressure

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moving into the Bay of Biscay. Sunday looks like a washout. Wet

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and windy. 1 to 2 inches of rain possible. Strong to gale force

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easterly winds will make it feel cold. Next week should become a bit

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warmer. Some sunshine but with showers at times, which could be

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heavy and thundery. The weather a bit better for the

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Queen tomorrow. Not completely dry but fewer showers and less rain

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than today. Back to Lucy inside the castle.

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Well, the Queen has another busy day lined up tomorrow. She'll be

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visiting Aberfan in the morning and opening the new Community Primary

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School. She'll then move on to Ebbw Vale where she'll visit The Works,

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