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Welcome to Wales Today. Improving our children's reading and writing.

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Literacy in Wales lags behind the rest of the UK. Tonight the

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Education Minister spells out his five year plan to transform the

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classroom. We need stronger performance in primary schools to

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help learning overall in secondary Also tonight, What services should

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you expect to have in Welsh? New legally-binding standards are set

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out. They have been in conflicts in Iraq

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and Afghanistan. Now suggestions the 12th -- what can resit -- face

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a battle for their future. And how this waste actually seems

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to be attracting the dolphins of Cardigan Bay closer to shore.

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It's one of the biggest problems facing the Welsh Government, and

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today it published a five year plan for raising poor literacy standards

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in schools. It sets out the needs to transform what happens in our

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classrooms and ensure no pupil leaves school unable to read or

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write. It follows a series of damning reports, as Surrey

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Education Correspondent, Nicola Smith, reports. -- as our education

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correspondent. At this primary school in

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Pontycymer near Bridgend they found a new way of teaching reading and

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writing skills. -- they have found. A computer problem solving game

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helps the children develop their vocabulary, and then write about

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what they see. The boys in particular love the use of

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technology. In essence we have a computer game which they enjoyed

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for various different purposes, for art, literacy, music, all sorts of

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things, and then they can put their iPads down to work on other things

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as well. The programme aims to build on good practice like this

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and sets clear national expectations of pupils and teachers.

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Compulsory tests for 5-14 euros are being introduced in May next year.

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Teachers will be trained to ensure reading and writing is embedded in

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every subject and targeted help will be offered to schools and

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pupils who need it. 40 per cent of pupils arrive at

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secondary school with reading ages below their actual age, and Wales

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lags behind the West of -- the rest of the UK in Tests. The ambition is

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for Wales to be among the top 20 nations by 2015. A big challenge,

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and what impact will it have on teachers?

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I think we will warmly welcome the idea of teaching. They would

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welcome the idea of a new framework -- will welcome the idea of a new

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framework, but we wouldn't want to see the testing eating into teacher

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training time. We don't want a situation where it affects

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standards and we don't have the time to improve standards. Opera

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scene pup -- opposition parties criticised process on raising

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standards -- progress. Kirsty Williams spoke earlier in the week

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on the subject. Can I read what the previous Education Minister said.

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Improving standards is key, Rosemary Butler. We have decided to

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give priority to basic skills, Jane Davidson. One other key priorities

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is improving levels of literacy, Jane Hutt, 2009. My current

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priority is to raise literacy standards, Leighton Andrews, 2011.

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And today, Leighton Andrews reiterated that pledge, arguing

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this programme will introduce greater consistency across Wales as

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well as the support and accountability he says is needed in

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schools. But as -- does all the blame lie with teachers? Parents we

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spoke to in Carmarthen says literacy begins at home -- said.

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home you should have responsibility to teach your own kids. If they are

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struggling in school because they can't deal with the work, you

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should help them along. personally believe that from a very

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early age you should read your children. That is a great bases for

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their education -- read to your children. No matter who's

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responsibility, business leaders say poor literacy is too visible --

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too common in the workplace, and his hopes to change it.

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I spoke to the Education Minister and asked him why this plan would

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succeed when similar ones haven't. We have been working on this plan

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now for some time. We're implementing a number of different

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elements, including reading tests in schools, new racy -- numeracy

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tests in schools as well, and we are also ensuring standards of

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literacy and numeracy amongst newly qualified teachers are high and

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looked at, and introducing a literacy and numeracy framework

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which will guide teachers across Wales on how to improve the skills

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of their pupils in literacy across all subject areas. So we are taking

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a comprehensive approach and looking at best practice... You are

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reintroducing testing, aren't you, do you admit Bennett was a mistake

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to drop previous testing -- then, it was a mistake? That is a silly

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way of looking at it. We are not bringing back the old tests.

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Teachers and Wales are already testing pupils when it comes to

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literacy and numeracy, but we are looking to have a standardised

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reading test, and work is being done on that for us to ensure we

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have best practice available, so we are certainly not going back to the

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old system, but we do want rickshaw young people leave primary school

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with an appropriate reading age, which means more standardised focus

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across all of Wales. The National Union of teachers has given the

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plan a cautious welcome but are concerned about the extra workload

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for teachers. As I say, teachers already undertake tests both in

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reading and numeracy... But this will mean more work for them, went

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it, Mr Andrews, we you give them support? -- went it. If you let me

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finish I would say they have already agreed, we have already

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signed off on additional support for teachers so we can implement

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these proposals, and they are very much welcome the fact that this a

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pot -- plan is supported by the teachers' unions. In the end this

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is about preparing young people for the workplace. Are you listening to

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what employers tell you they need? Well, this is about ensuring the

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young people of Britain are prepared for further study, whether

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in secondary school or beyond, and for the world of work. We have had

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a significant amount of dialogue with employers and have a for

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qualification scheme going on at present to which employers

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contribute, so we understand very well that they want people who come

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to work for them to have good standards of numeracy and literacy,

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which is why we are focusing on those issues. Education Minister,

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Leighton Andrews, thank you. Welsh speakers could be able to

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access fully bilingual public services if new plans outlined for

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the language are given the go-ahead. The Welsh Language Commissioner has

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launched a consultation on the standards, which are legally

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binding, making clear the services can be -- people can expect to

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receive in Welsh. Mark Hannaby reports.

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Under a new law, anyone using a council care home will be entitled

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to insist on care delivered in Welsh, wherever they live in Wales.

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The same is true for anyone accessing any service from any

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business receiving more than �400,000 of public money annually.

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The standards to be delivered by the new Welsh law are out for

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consultation. Some organisations fear they will be difficult to meet.

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In parts of Wales, it is simply not practical, and that is a shame, and

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we must always try to do more, but we have to face backs, where as

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there are other parts of Wales where there is no reason why it

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shouldn't be in place -- face facts. There are plenty of people in the

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community in other areas able to provide that second language choice.

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Since 1993, public bodies like councils have been legally bound to

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provide bilingual services. The new law back -- broadens that legal

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duty to take into telecommunications firms, utility

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companies and rail and bus providers. The specific standards

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it will enshrine aim to ensure Welsh is treated no less favourably

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than English. The new Welsh Language Commissioner says this is

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not about loading additional bureaucracy on organisations.

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would challenge the issue of bureaucracy. This is about securing

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services and ways of operating that our modern and relevant to people

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in Wales at the beginning of the 21st century. This is about quality

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services and Wales, not bureaucracy. Meeting the standards might pose

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problems for some organisations, which may need to take on more

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Welsh speaking staff. This will be the case even in areas of work --

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of Wales with minimal demand for Welsh language services. A reader

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trains Wales said the company will work closely with the Welsh

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Language Commissioner and welcomed the guidance the consultation will

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provide. -- Aviva trains Wales. The Federation of Small Businesses has

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concerns. We are supportive of bilingual policies in Wales but the

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government has to show a certain amount of sensitivity to needs of

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businesses. The consultation will close at the National Eisteddfod in

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August, and it will take some time to finalise standards in every

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organisation affected. The Welsh Language Commissioner said it might

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be 2013 before enforcement action is taken, but some -- such action

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will be taken and those not law face a fine of up to �5,000.

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Jobs for 350 people in north-east Wales are secure tonight after

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Vauxhall announced a new Astra being built at the Ellesmere Port -

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- Ellesmere Port plant. The 2000 strong workforce voted to accept a

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new deal on pay and conditions there. Everyone is very happy.

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There has been uncertainty for the last few months, not knowing what

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would happen, and everybody is relieved that we now know our

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future is safe for the next eight years or so to come. Cardiff

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Airport is working with a specialist recruitment agency to

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find a new managing director of. Yesterday it was announced Patrick

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Duffy is no longer in the role. His departure came after highly

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critical comments about the state to the airport from the First

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Minister, who urged Spanish -- the Spanish-owned is to invest more or

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sell up. The airport has seen a dramatic reduction in passenger

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numbers in recent years. The campaign has been launched to

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save one of the three remaining army regiments with strong links to

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Wales. Sources in the Queen's Dragoons Guards, also known as the

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Welsh Cavalry, fear they will be merged with another regiment.

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Ministers say no final decision has been taken. Nick Palit reports.

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They have a distinguished record in the field of conflict. The Queen's

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Dragoons Guards recruit all their troops from Wales and the borders

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and had just returned from Afghanistan, where two of their

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number were killed. These pictures were filmed during a previous tour

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in Iraq, but this could be one of their last missions as a regiment

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if, as many believe, they are merged.

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My Major Howard Smith served with them for 32 years -- Major Howard

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Smith. He says getting rid of the regiment would be disastrous for

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Wales. This would mean a great deal of young Welshman returning to

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Wales with no job, and a whole generation of Welsh men being

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disallowed the opportunity for a career of choice in the army. In

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Wales, we have three cap badges, four regiments, eight in Scotland

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and 30 in England, so if you will cut Welsh regiments, you need to

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think about what you're doing here, because any proportional cut here

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will be disproportionate compared to the rest of the UK. Military

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sources say there are -- there are also concerns over the future of

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two other Welsh regiments, the Royal Welsh and the Welsh Guards.

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Political pressure is mounting on - - mounting on Defence Secretary

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Philip Hammond, With Me 3 regiments with a connection to Wales.

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concerned about it. There is a strong feeling in Wales about the

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importance of the regiments. We have an overwhelming case and I am

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sure everyone will get behind it, and am confident we will be

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successful. The MoD says no final decisions have been taken, but with

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the reduction of 20,000 soldiers planned, few believe the Welsh

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The body of their Welsh Cadman shot dead and in Afghanistan has arrived

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back in the UK. Lee Thomas Davies from the First Battalion Welsh

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Guards died. The 27 year-old who grew up in Cardigan was described

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as formidably talented. Concerns have been raised about whether a

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senior Labour councillor in Cardiff secured a favourable lease from the

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local authority which he later sub- let for a profit. He is now

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expected to become the chair of the council's planning committee. This

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is Councillor Michael Michael working at his hairdresser's. He

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was not willing to speak to us. He pays a small annual rent and the

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police. There has to be transparency. It was thoroughly

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investigated. I understand nothing was done illegally. But for some

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people, it does leave a sour taste. The deal went ahead despite

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concerns raised at the time. emerged the councillor were

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intended to immediately sub let the property. A senior valuer said I do

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not think this is acceptable. He sub-let the profit for a one-off

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fee of �10,000 and an annual charge of �3,600. Local businesses are not

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happy that they have been offered similar arrangements. We were never

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- never given the option. We did not know we could negotiate this.

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couple of internal investigations found there had been no wrongdoing.

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Both concluded the sale had been open to market tender and the deal

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was standard practice. You can see Still to come tonight: Leaving

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Greece for the UK, how a teenager from Swansea helped the Olympic

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torch on it's journey. After yesterday's sunshine, it is all

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A contempt of court case taken against the former Northern Ireland

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Secretary Peter Hain over criticisms he made of a judge there

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will not go ahead, Belfast High court has ruled today. The

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proceedings sparked a political outcry in the House of Commons

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where 150 MPs signed a motion of protest. Peter Hain who made the

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remarks in his memoirs has declared the decision a victory for freedom

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of speech. Joining us now is out correspondent Mark Simpson. Mark

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what was this all about? This case centres around the a recently

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published autobiography by Peter Hain. He judged it was fair comment.

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A politician should be allowed to criticise a judge. But in the view

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of the Northern Ireland Attorney- General, Peter Hain crossed a line.

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And what he said about that judge in his Vale was contempt of court.

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It was being built here as the mother of all legal battles. The

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political establishment against the legal establishment. Northern

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Ireland's Attorney General Against the former Northern Ireland

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Secretary of State. Everything was building up to a big court case.

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News came through yesterday that it would be mentioned in court today

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and what has happened is there has been a compromise. Peter Hain

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brought to the Northern Ireland Attorney-General this week, a

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private letter, in which he clarified his remarks. He did not

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withdraw them or apologise but he clarified those remarks and that

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clarification would go into it the paperback edition of his

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autobiography when it is republished this year and that was

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enough to satisfy the Attorney General so far as we know.

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Peter Hain made any comment about it today? He is claiming victory.

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He says it is a victory for freedom of speech. But the Attorney-General

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does not see it like that. He sees it as he got a clarification from

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Peter Hain and it was a victory for the administration of justice. We

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will have to call this one are a score draw.

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Six new governors have been appointed to a troubled Anglesey

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school. It follows an investigation into complaints from five teachers

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at Ysgol Goronwy Owen in Benllech that they could no longer work with

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the headmistress. Ann Hughes is currently suspended on full pay

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pending a decision from that investigation. Crime on the rail

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network in Wales has fallen by more than a quarter this year. Figures

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from British Transport police shows there were 416 fewer offences. They

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say investing in new technology has helped as well as increasing the

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visibility of officers. Today's been a day, one teenager

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from Swansea will never forget. 17- year-old Sean White stood alongside

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David Beckham in Greece this afternoon for the Olympic flame

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handover ceremony. Sean was one of five teenagers chosen to help bring

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the flame to Britain ahead of it's journey around the UK. Claire

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Summers watched the ceremony. An opportunity of a lifetime. It's

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not everyday your asked to go and fetch the Olympic flame. In Athens

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this morning, final rehearsals for the big handover event. Sean was

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chosen by Olympic officials because of his work in spreading the

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Olympic message. The keen sportsman was overwhelmed by what lay ahead.

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It is very exciting. We have done it rehearsal now. It is exciting to

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be a part of it all. It is a once- in-a-lifetime opportunity. I have

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been chosen because of my work in spreading the Olympic values in

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school and the wider community in Swansea and our school is part of

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the network that is part of preparing for the Olympics. After

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several run throughs it was time for the real thing at the

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panathenayic stadium where the first games were held in 1896.

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David Beckham, joined by Boris Johnson, Sebastian Coe and the

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Princess Royal watched as the ceremony got underway and Sean's

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moment in the limelight passed without a hitch. As the flame was

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put in a miners lamp that's permitted to board a plane, Sean

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followed as it left the stadium. Tomorrow he will fly with it on the

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British Airways 2012 flight as it heads for Cornwall. It will then

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spend 70 days touring the UK, arriving in Wales for seven days a

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week tomorrow. It's hoped Sean's story, that he went to Athens to

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bring the torch to Britain, will inspire other young people. Marcus

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North is proving his worth in his first match for Glamorgan. He has

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now taken three wickets against Derbyshire. The home side are still

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We don't often hear about factory waste encouraging wildlife but that

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seems to be what's happening in Cardigan Bay. New research suggests

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empty shells which are discarded into the sea from a fish factory in

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New Quay are attracting dolphins to the area. Feeding time in New Quay

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as empty whelk shells are discarded into the sea below. There were only

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seabirds showing any interest this morning but new research suggests

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dolphins are drawn to the area when the factory's active. Cardigan Bay

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is home to the largest population of bottled nose dolphins off the UK

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coast. But there had been concerns work at the Quay Fresh and Frozen

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Foods site was driving them away because the discarded shells might

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be changing the environment. indicates that when the factory is

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processing, the dolphins are here more than when it is not. The

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implication is that the processing attract the fish into the area and

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the dolphins come in and feed on these. The research was carried out

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by Swansea University student as part of her marine biology course.

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Jodie Denton's results showed there was a marked difference between

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days when the factory was open and when it was closed. I usually saw

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them in pairs and sometimes in bigger groups. Other days, they

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would be none at all. She was carrying out her research at 4

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o'clock in the morning. She would this crumbling along these rocks

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and that was a challenge. It is not easy walking across here on a dry

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and sunny day. But dolphin lovers aren't the only ones pleased she

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succeeded. Staff at the factory have also welcomed the findings.

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can see what is going on from our office window. They are there all

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the time. We are really pleased that the factory there is not doing

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anything detrimental to the environment here. So at a time when

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waste is so often seen as a threat to the environment, they're going

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against the tide here in New Quay. Well Derek is headed to shore too

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this evening. There was a bit of a chill in the air today?

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$$HWITE The weather's all over the place at the moment. Yesterday was

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gloriously sunny. Today, more cloud. Some hazy sunshine. A little rain

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The forecast for the weekend is not clear cut. Some rain and a few

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showers. Some dry and bright weather as well but not as nice as

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last weekend. This evening, some patchy rain and showers moving

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north. After midnight, most of the country becoming dry. A few breaks

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in the cloud in the south. Lowest temperatures 6 to 9 Celsius.

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Tomorrow's chart shows low pressure on our door step and that means

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unsettled weather. So tomorrow plenty of cloud. A few spots of

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light rain and drizzle in the north otherwise dry. Some bright spells

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and sunshine for a while but rain and showers will spread into the

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south and west mid to late afternoon. Top temperatures 12 to

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15 Celsius with a moderate to fresh north-easterly breeze. In Conwy

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tomorrow. Cloudy. Spots of light rain. Dry in the afternoon.

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Temperatures in Betws y Coed rising to 11 Celsius with a cool breeze.

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By the way, an auction is taking place in Ffestiniog Village Hall

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tomorrow evening. Everyone is welcome and it will be dry.

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Tomorrow night outbreaks of rain will spread northwards with low

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cloud and hill fog. Lowest temperatures 7 to 10 Celsius.

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Saturday a cloudy and damp start but during the afternoon most

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places should dry and brighten-up but with a risk of a shower.

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Temperatures disappointing 11 to 14 with a northeasterly breeze. Sunday

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the north and west coast may see some brightness and sunshine.

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Becoming dry for a time. However rain may spread from the south

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later in the afternoon and during the evening. Feel cool with a

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northeasterly breeze. So not a brilliant weekend but not a total

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washout either. Next week there are signs of better weather on the

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horizon. High pressure bringing more settled conditions, sunshine

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and becoming warmer as well. The headlines again. David Cameron has

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said he will do whatever it takes to defend Britain from the euro-

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zone crisis. Mr Cameron challenge other European leaders to do more

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against the risks. A plan aimed at raising poor literacy standards in

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Welsh schools has been published. The programme sets out the actions

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the Welsh assembly will take to improve results and change the way

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literacy is thought about in the classroom. It follows a series of

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damning reports into educational standards.

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And that's Wales Today. We'll have an update at 8pm and more after the

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