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Welcome to Wales Today. Our top story:

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Protestors win their argument in Powys tonight - plans for three

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wind farms are opposed. But it's a public inquiry next. Local

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councillors don't have the final Also tonight: do river levels are

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still rising. This pub beer garden is almost

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under water and there is a warning of more flooding to come.

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Should you get paid less in Wales than in England for doing the same

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kind of job? Ten marine conservation zones are

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planned for our coast, but the Welsh Government's under fire for

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not visiting any of them. I know I am better looking than all

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the girls. And patronising and stereotyping

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the Welsh or just plain honest? The reality TV show all about the

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Good evening. The Liberal Democrats have called on the UK government to

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rule out regional pay. Delegates at the conference in Brighton ruled

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overwhelmingly against the expansion of regional or local pay.

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A storm in a coalition teacup is brewing. Conservative ministers are

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looking at replacing national pay deals for staff in schools and

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hospitals with more local agreements. There Liberal-Democrat

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coalition partners are not happy. I've brought together a supporter

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of regional pay and the Liberal Democrat Assembly Member leading

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the debate. Why is regional pay a good idea? If it is a basic concept

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of fairness we pay is set nationally, it is not really take

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into consideration local cost-of- living, if performance of

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individuals. I completely disagree. When you talk about fairness, you

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think about people doing the same job in different parts of the

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country being valued and respected at the same level. There is already

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an element of flexibility. But what does it mean outside the political

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trouble? This solicitor is a partner at a small firm in South

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Wales and she says she is having trouble filling a vacancy because

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she can't compete with the public sector. With the public sector,

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they have had packages or a final- salary pension, they also have

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things like good holidays and they also have a higher starting rate of

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pay. In the private sector, we can't offer that rate and, as a

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result, candidates are more attracted to the public sector.

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unions say regional pay is unfair. It will have a devastating impact

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on the Welsh economy. It will strip money out of the Welsh economy with

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people getting paid less. That is going to impact the private sector

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as much as the public sector. little democrat members agree with

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him. The conference vote was emphatic. - Liberal Democrat. The

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vote does allow them to highlight the differences between themselves

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and their conservative coalition partners at Westminster. We're

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being told we need them to keep the lights on and supplies of fossil

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fuels are running out so, tonight, another council in Wales weighs up

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whether to give the go-ahead to wind farms. But, for now, it looks

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like the protestors have won. In Powys, three schemes were up for

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consideration and have tonight been opposed by the council. But that

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won't be the end of the story. It's a public inquiry next. The final

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say rests with politicians in London. Cemlyn Davies reports.

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They gathered once again outside Powys Council's headquarters. More

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than 150 campaigners came to show the opposition to more wind farms

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and to which their councillors to do the same. The objections are a

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visual point of view, on the point of view that wind farms, there is

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little evidence that they are actually effective in producing

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electricity. I am hoping that somebody might listen to us.

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Somebody who has not got a vested interest in making a lot of money.

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Such was the anticipated interest in today's defence, the Cabinet

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meeting and debate that followed were both broadcast live on the

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internet. The councillors had three planning applications to consider.

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One Faure farm to be built here Meir Llanbrynmair. Councillors have

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also been discussing an application to build a new wind farm above the

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village of Llandinam. 100 or so turbines here at the moment

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generate around 30 megawatts. Develop - developers want to

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replace these. The third application concerns of the area

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surrounding Llaithdu. At the moment, Wales has three wind farms with a

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capacity to generate more than 50 megawatts of energy. Two of them

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are offshore. There is a need for renewable energy because of climate

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change and the threat to the supply of our energy markets. As much as

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we can, we need to increase renewable energy generation. Powys

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is a prime area for wind in eg - energy. Because the applications

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are for wind farms which generate more than 50 megawatts, the final

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decision must be made in London. Does it matter what the council

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decides today because this is a decision that will be made by

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politicians in Westminster? It will be made by politicians in

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Westminster, I accept that, but I think it is important that they

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know what the people on the ground are think. You had the views of the

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whole of Powys County Council today. The council must be allowed to have

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its say and every time it formally opposes one of these applications,

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it triggers a public inquiry. Each one of those will cost in the

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region of �150,000. Today that will grow further as the council opposed

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all three applications. The leader has already asked the Welsh

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Government for financial support. He has been suggested the final

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bill could be in the region of �2.5 million.

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Heavy rain has again caused disruption across Wales today. The

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worst affected areas have been in the north. As the weather map shows,

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few places have escaped the wet weather, which looks set to

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continue into tomorrow. Sian Lloyd is in Rossett near Wrexham this

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evening. What is going on tonight? Tonight, a level of the river here

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is rising. I am in the garden of a pub and half of the beer garden is

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already under water. Members of the Environment Agency Wales have been

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here today envoys in the owners and bringing in those temporary Fred

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defiance measures. We have been out and about and many of the fields

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have been flooded. A few miles from here, the River Dee has burst its

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banks. It runs along the border from - between Wales and England.

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Miles of land is under water and there is a flood water warning in

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place. There are 11 alerts in place across Wales tonight. There are a

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series of warnings being given out by North Wales Police for motorists.

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There is a great deal of service - surface water and they want people

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to slow down and take care. There is also disruption on the railway

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lines. It has been a busy day for all of the emergency services. It

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is still raining here and more rain to come.

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Farmers are being urged to be vigilant after a virus which

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affects cattle, sheep and goats has been detected in Wales for the

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first time. The Welsh Government says Schmallenberg virus antibodies

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have been discovered in three cows and a calf at a location in

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Ceredigion. The virus has been circulating in England since last

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year. It can cause stillbirths and deformities in animals, but isn't

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thought to pose a risk to humans. 74 people have become ill after

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visiting the Hilton Hotel in Langstone near Newport. An

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investigation is being carried out after 51 guests and 23 staff

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suffered from diarrhoea and vomiting, starting last Tuesday.

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Public health officials say it's probably the norovirus. They say

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the outbreak isn't linked to a particular function, but the virus

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was passed on by someone originally infected.

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The commissioners appointed to run Anglesey Council are being

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withdrawn. It follows reports from them and the Auditor General for

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Wales that the council has made a complete turnaround since March

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last year. The commissioners took over the council's executive

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functions after shortcomings in performance and allegations of

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political infighting. The Welsh Government has been

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criticised for not visiting fishing communities before publishing plans

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to set up conservation zones off the coast. An investigation by BBC

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Wales has found officials didn't make visits to assess how new rules

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could impact on livelihoods. Ten new marine zones are planned around

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the coast to protect the environment, but could ban fishing.

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Between temperature and Anglesey, 10 sites have been identified were

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highly protected marine conservation zones could be

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established. He has given the go- ahead, fishing and any harmful

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activities to the environment could be banned. Many coastal communities

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claim it will impact businesses badly. We found our by internet,

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trawling through 300 page documents and then we did have a meeting with

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the Welsh Assembly Government. But ferry minimum. The areas were

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identified after research by the Countryside Council for Wales found

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them rich in marine life but opposition has grown after the

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consultation started especially after BBC Wales discovered

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government officials did not visit any of the site before the plans

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were published on the internet. In the middle of the Bristol Channel,

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there has been a new take fishing area near Lundy Island for a decade.

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It has been praised. There were four times as many lobsters after a

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five-year study and other benefits as well. What we have seen is that

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tourism is actually benefiting greatly from the No takes zone

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because a lot of diverse now come to the island whereas they could

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have gone somewhere else. We have seen in increase in tourism.

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Tanzania sort then introduced in the 1990s and they use local people

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to police the scheme. There was a greater understanding among local

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people in Africa. We are talking about literally villages with a

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village chief. We are not living in that way in Wales but it means the

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same thing. If you discuss things you can end up quite quickly with a

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structure where you can get lots of information. How conservation might

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work in Wales is still being considered. They could be areas at

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greatest threat and other areas which are more resilient way you

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can allow these activities to continue. A decision on how many

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conservation zones are to be set up and how they will be regulated is

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expected from the Welsh Government this autumn.

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And you can see more on that story in Taro Naw on S4C at 9pm with

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English subtitles. Much more to come before 7pm:

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It's a reality TV show all about the valleys. It's kicked off a huge

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row about stereotyping the Welsh. A valleys MP who's criticised the

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producers and a star of reality TV A mother from Cardiff whose son is

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one of more than 6,000 prisoners serving an open-ended sentence is

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calling for a review of all such cases. The government recently

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scrapped indeterminate sentences. These were originally handed out to

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violent criminals in order to protect the public. Opponents,

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including the Plaid Cymru MP Elfyn Llwyd, says they're effectively

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"life sentences through the back door".

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Eight years ago Shirley Lloyd's sun a mug someone in the street. She

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says he deserved jail, what he did not deserve to be locked up year

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after year without a date for release. I don't condone what he

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did. He did deserve to go to prison, but I don't think a mugging, street

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robbery, with no harm orangery was caused, physical injury and harm, I

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don't think it merits a light sentence. Give him 10 years, give

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him a date of release. But not an indeterminate sentence with no date

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of release. No light at the end of the tunnel. But you can't get away

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from the fact he did commit that crime. I was attacked when I was 23

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years of age. A man tried to rape me. That man went to prison for

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four months for what he did to me. My son has gone to prison for eight

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years of his life for doing a mugging, robbery, and if I was to

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compare the two crimes, I know which one I would put away for

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eight years. How today more than 6000 prisoners are currently

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serving in prison at for public protection sentences. Around 3500

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have served more than the original term set by the judge. Elfyn Llwyd

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says they are effectively life sentences through the backdoor. The

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comments justice committee will press the UK government to review

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these cases. But the Conservative MP, David Davies, says it is the

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rights of the victim which should be considered first. People have

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gone into prison with indeterminate sentences and they have gone in for

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a reason. Usually because they pose a risk to the public. There is a

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likelihood when they come out they will commit further violent

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offences against the general population and therefore I am

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surprised that Elfyn Llwyd is so concerned and is not thinking about

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the human rights of the rest of us. The government has already

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announced that the system will be replaced by what it says will be a

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tougher regime. Shirley Lloyd knows that this year she will be getting

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a Christmas card from prison again. She has now joined other families

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around the country to campaign for their cases to be reviewed.

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Questions are being asked about a decision to spend public money to

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train Assembly Members how to ask questions. The Assembly Commission,

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which employs AMs, says it's vital so that members can scrutinise

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Ministers. But one AM who went on the course says the use of public

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money can't be justified. Here's our political correspondent, Aled

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ap Dafydd. It is Tim time again. Another

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chance to get the basics right. Back after a nine-week recess,

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Assembly members will be hoping to put training given to them before

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the summer to good use. A Scottish barrister gave 10 training sessions.

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The total cost was �10,500. They were trained in how to ask

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questions, some were given advice on how to sit and what to wear. One

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former Assembly member says political parties rather than

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public money should be used to train politicians who are not the

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finished article. A lot of people have complained over the years that

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Assembly members do not seem to be added to the job or are not as good

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as those elsewhere, as in Westminster. It might well be that

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the commission has decided, we have got to improve our public image.

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Unfortunately for them, spending public money in this way has not

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improved the image of the Assembly at all. I took a certain amount

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away from it that was helpful. I think there is a limit to what a QC

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can teach Assembly members. We are in a different type of job.

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asking questions does not always come naturally to everyone. First

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Minister,... The commission sees training opportunities as a chance

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for members to improve their skills. D I think it is essential that

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Assembly members are able to scrutinise the government, are able

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to develop laws which are fit for the purpose of Wales. I am very

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pleased they are prepared to come forward because they need that

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training. For that you for that update. Today's attempt at

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questioning the first minister got off to a less than perfect start.

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Are you coming to the question? this is a story partly about the

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use of public money but also about what type of institution this place

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should be. An Assembly which caused the government to account will

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always come with a price tag. Those in charge here say that value for

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money will come if Assembly members perform their jobs better.

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A new reality TV show starts tonight, but it's a bit closer to

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home than some would like. The programme, called The Valleys,

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features a cast of young people from South Wales who move into a

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house in Cardiff together. Opponents say it's patronising and

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stereotypes Welsh people, but the TV channel behind the show has

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defended its portrayal of the area. Here's our arts and media

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correspondent, Huw Thomas. This is what I was born for. Posing,

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my hair blowing in the wind, looking stunning. Half they are

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nine JUN people brought from towns and villages across South Wales to

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share a terraced house in Cardiff. The Valleys is warts-and-all and

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while the cameras are always watching, they cast a given task

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designed to help them become models and celebrities. I am going to give

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you some posters and I want you to get talking to people. It all

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happens under the guidance of two mentors will steer them towards

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success but they have been accusations that Welsh people will

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come off badly because of the show and it is wrong to suggest you need

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to escape the valleys to get ahead in life. With a rocking horse,

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leeks and sheep on the walls in the House, campaigners say it is all

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based on lazy stereotypes. Their accusation MTV rejects. There is

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always some accusations but the show is absolutely celebrating

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these nine JUN people and their mentors. It is very much about

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their individual stories. The thing they have in common is their common

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sense of pride and their sense of identity but the show is about

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their individual journeys. He is not about stereotyping. Her MTV has

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launched a big advertising campaign to get the programme noticed but

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the marketing started a debate about the impression the show was

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going to make. Charlotte Church will not be watching. She told her

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twitter followers that it will exploit the cast and the horrific

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representation of Wales. But there has been support from Gareth Thomas,

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who says he will be sitting down to watch. MTV insists it is right to

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highlight problems in the valleys. He says unemployment and the lack

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of opportunities are real issues in these parts of South Wales but

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campaigners say it is wrong to focus on the negatives. They want

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MTV to make a pledge to help young people who are growing up in the

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area. If they have done a great deal of harm to start off. I feel

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very annoyed about it already. I think it is about time they showed

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the pace and respect and the best way to do that is to donate five

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per cent of the profits of the show to a valleys charity. That is a

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drop in the ocean. But he would make a difference. The call for a

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donation has so far gone unanswered by MTV and it is the ratings that

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will decide if the show is a success. I am supposed restyling

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the girls today but I have still got the goggles. Critics who have

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seen the first episode say it is jaw-dropping the funny, outrageous

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and crass. Viewers can make their own minds up tonight.

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I'm joined by the MP for the Rhondda, Chris Bryant, and Glyn

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Wise, who appeared on reality show Big Brother. You have not seen the

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show yet. No, but I have watched the clips and I have read the

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publicity. I used to watch big brother, I don't mind a bit of fun

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on television, I don't even mind a bit of nudity on television, but

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what I do mind is when it is so lazy. They have got lots of sheep

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because it is in Wales. They have not got a rocking horse, they have

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got a rocking sheep. It is a bit of fun, isn't it? It is patronising.

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First of all, it implies the only way you can get on a life is by

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getting out of the valleys and going to Cardiff and that somehow

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the streets are paved with gold in Cardiff. Completely and utterly

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untrue. Secondly, the oppression that you are more likely to get on

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in life if you can become a celebrity. You are more likely to

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win the lottery. Even if you have been a big brother, you still end

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up having to be a teacher. You did the whole reality TV show thing. It

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did not do you any harm. publicity is good publicity. When

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it comes to Wales, great. This is not something new. This has been

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done over and over. It has been done in Essex and Newcastle.

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Hopefully, the whole publicity will come to Wales. In my eyes,

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hopefully we will get more out of it. What about the negative

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impression of Wales? This is what people are concerned about.

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really. To be honest, the publicity is going to grow and that is what

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people want to watch. To be honest, I did well from it. We managed to

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get the Welsh-language on the front page of newspapers. It was all over

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the news. That is a good thing. were only two contestants out of 14

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people. The this is not about trying to get a good result for

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Wales. If that was the case, MTV would be donating five per cent of

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its profits from the programme to valleys kids so it would make a

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difference. Yes, there are problems in the valleys. There are not

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enough jobs, the real difficulty for young people, unemployment in

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my patch has gone up by 700 and said a five per cent in the last

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year, but this is about rich people in London making money out of

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people in Wales. Thank you very much.

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Sport, and Wales will launch its own track cycling team next week

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with new junior world champion Elinor Barker one of the first

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riders on its books. The Sport Wales Institute Welsh Cycling trade

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team will compete in World Cup events, racing against the likes of

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Sir Chris Hoy in the all-conquering Great Britain squad. Wales is the

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first of the home nations to have its own track team. Let's get the

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Richard Hopkins in Llandudno has recorded over 100mm of rain since

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Sunday evening. That's over four inches and well over a month's

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worth of rain. There is still one flood warning in force in the Lower

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Dee Valley from Llangollen to Chester. Plus eleven other flood

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alerts on rivers in Mid Wales and the north. There is also a Met

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Office amber warning covering the north and most of Mid Wales. Valid

:25:28.:25:33.

until midnight. Another 10mm to 30mm of rain expected. So a wet

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evening and night for much of the country. Some persistent rain and

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poor travelling conditions. The reason for all the heavy rain is

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low pressure. It came up from the south earlier in the week and,

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having moved north, it's now moving south again. So, tomorrow, more

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cloud, rain and showers. Heavy in places. Strong winds on Anglesey.

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The north-east wind whistling through the Menai Strait. The good

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news, there will be a few gaps in the rain. The sun may break through

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in Carmarthen. During the day the rain will turn more showery. Heavy

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showers in places with thunder, but some dry spells developing with a

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few bright or sunny intervals. So, overall, not as wet as today.

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Temperatures a little higher, between 12 and 14 degrees Celsius

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with a cool north-easterly breeze. Brisk and gusty on exposed coasts

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in the north and west. Tomorrow evening, the showers will ease with

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more of the country becoming dry. The wind easing as well. Thursday a

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better day. You may catch a shower but generally drier. Some sunshine

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and lighter winds. Beyond that, a front will bring a little rain and

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showers on Friday. Saturday will be dry apart from the odd light shower.

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Some bright spells and sunshine. Sunday windier with rain spreading

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from the northwest during the Cancers in Powys have opposed plans

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for three new wind farms at. There has been public opposition but the

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final say rests with the UK government.

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