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Welcome to Wales Today. Our top story:

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Working here gave them cancer and breathing problems. Tonight, a

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victory in the High Court for the the dust would be dropping off the

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belts. The men would be in a in that, and also the toxic Hume --

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toxic fumes coming off the oven at Our other headlines tonight:

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The school closed by asbestos - what next for pupils? Tonight, a

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public meeting of parents from Our reporter offered drugs in the

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street - the use of mephedrone, or meow meow, has more than doubled in

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Why wind farms and pylons are bitterly dividing the communities

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And the nuts and bolts of manufacturing - why the Governor of

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the Bank of England has come to see Good evening.

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They claimed that toxic fumes and dust at work gave them cancer and

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respiratory disease. Today in a landmark case at the High Court,

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the judge agreed. A group of former workers from the phurnacite coking

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plant in Abercwmboi in the Cynon Valley were awarded compensation.

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Lawyers say the judgement could have implications for hundreds of

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workers throughout the UK. Carwyn Back in the Sixties and Seventies,

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it was dubbed one of the dirtiest industrial sites in Britain. The

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plant at Abercwmboi was opened in 1942 to make smokeless fuel from

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coal waste, briquettes to burn at home, but it was the process of

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crashing, mixing and using the materials which the men who works

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here said caused fumes and dust and lead to cancer and respiratory

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disease. Fred Rich has worked there for 30 years and remembers the

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conditions at the plant only too well.

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The conditions at the phurnacite plant were terrible. Atrocious. As

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it is, we had to put up with pitch Burns, the environment, the dust,

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the gases, and the heat was overwhelming, because the

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temperature in the ovens was 950 centigrade, near enough.

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For Red Ed now has chronic emphysema and is one of four X

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workers are awarded compensation at the High Court today. He doesn't

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know how much he will receive, but it will range from �4,500-�120,000.

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The claim was brought against the Department of Energy and climate

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change which has responsibility for British Coal. The court found

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convincing evidence that lung disease and respiratory Cup --

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problems could be caused by it the plant, but it said there was

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insufficient evidence to support claims of bladder cancer and

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certain skin cancers. These men have been fighting for

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many, many years. There is a long- held ft -- view that problems at

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the plant caused problems in the work force, so it has been a

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vindication and should result in justice, I think, for the vast

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majority in the group. This is where the phurnacite plant

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used to stand. It closed in 1991, and the land has since been written

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-- reclaimed, but at its peak it produced 1 million briquettes the

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year, and the effects of all that industry was felt by the community.

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Malcolm Cook has lived in Abercwmboi all his life and raised

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his family here. When the sulphur would be coming

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over, it could fall on to washing on the line and half-a-dozen women

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had to go down every day to see the manager to see what could be done

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about the sulphur fall-out, and other materials as well, so it

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ought ever the case may be. 84 more workers brought this test

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case to the High Court -- 84 more workers. Only four was successful,

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Fred one of them, but lawyers say this could have implications for

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coca than workers throughout the UK. Bleddyn Hancock is general

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secretary of the NACODS union, which supported some of the

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claimants. This has been a long fight for many of the men who work

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here, hasn't it? Yes, indeed. We have seen one of the gentleman

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there, Malcolm Cook, from a group set up in 1995, so they have been

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plugging away for a long time, and all credit to them. We got involved

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five years ago and got a letter of claim to the government in 2008,

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and they decided to contest the cases, as did the coalition, and

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finally it got into the High Court in Cardiff in 20th October 11. It

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ended in the High Court in London nearly a year ago -- October at

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2000 per 11. Today we have a very good judgment.

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It is this the last now of those big coal industry compensation

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cases, the last in the line? There have been so many over the years.

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Yes indeed. We have fought several and one some of the biggest ones in

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the world in NACODS, and this is likely to be the last great group

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actions for individuals claiming as a result of the terrible action --

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damage the coal industry did. you watch the archive pictures from

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a few decades ago, the one thing that strikes me is the lack of

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health and safety, these men are not using facial production --

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protection, their eyes, mouths and noses are not covered, there

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doesn't seem to be basic health and safety observed. The judge made

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this comment in her judgment. She said these were appalling

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conditions, described as the filthiest factory in Europe. One of

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the experts described it as pretty appalling, and she agreed. The one

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point she made was that management was reactive, not proactive,

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instead of getting on with the job of protecting the men, they were

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reacting to breakdowns or catastrophes at the plant.

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celebration for some families tonight but for others, this has

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come too late. Yes. I think the politicians of the major parties

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who have fought these cases need to look at themselves, because this

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has been bad government, bad justice and bad value for the

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taxpayer. These cases should have been settled in Lord Justice quite

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some years ago, but I am delighted that at last we have got justice

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for these families. Bleddyn Hancock, thank you.

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The man accused of a series of hit- and-runs in Cardiff last Friday has

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appeared at Newport Crown Court today via video link. 31-year-old

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Matthew Tvrdon is charged with the murder of Karina Menzies and the

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attempted murder of 13 others, plus four charges of assault and one of

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dangerous driving. He has been remanded in custody.

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People living in Ely have been organising events to raise money

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for Karina Menzies's children. The fund's organisers are planning an

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auction of sports memorabilia and other activities, and say they've

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been astonished at the level of support so far.

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The future of Cwmcarn High School is being discussed by Caerphilly

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Council tonight after asbestos was found in its main block. The school

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has been closed for more than a week. Pupils in Years 10, 11, 12

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and 13 have returned to lessons in another part of the building. The

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headteacher wants to move the whole school to a new location while the

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issue is resolved, but the council has been advised to consider

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demolishing the school. Our education correspondent, Gwenfair

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Griffith, is at the meeting. This was an emergency measure, so

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this will only affect this academic year, but parents here were

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delighted to tonight to hear that Cwmcarn High School will stay

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together. One of the options considered was to disperse the

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pupils to different schools in the Caerphilly Council area, but they

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have been told tonight that pupils will be taking to the former Ebbw

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Vale campus of the college in Gwent to be taught lessons there. It does

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mean up to 40 minutes Ginnie for pupils but parents said it will be

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worth it. -- 40 minutes' journey. Some parents are with me tonight,

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Nichola James, what did you think? It was positive that the children

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will stay together. It still raises concerns over what will happen

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after this academic Click -- academic year which I would like

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the council to address in the short term, so it would be nice if we

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heard in the next week or two what could happen. A so you still have

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worries? Yes, over the long term of the school, but at least in the

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short term, there are guaranteed to stay together until the end of the

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academic year. What were your worries about the other options

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considered? Some of the other options were dispersing children to

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other schools in the area. Obviously that is a concern because

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not only do we separate the children then but we also lose some

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teaching staff which make the score as valuable as it is. Some of the

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pupils are here with us. They haven't been in school for 10 days.

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How has that affected you? Our work has gone down quite a bit. We have

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been given a lot of work on Twitter and over Facebook, but it is a

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problem and when we go back to school, I can't wait to get back

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into the classroom and see my friends. How worried has the school

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been about the asbestos? Quite worried, because lots of people

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from different places have been worried about the effects of it and

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whether we will be affected by it. What were your thoughts after the

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meeting tonight? We were really happy that we could all be together

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again and go back to school. Thank you for talking to us. Happy pupils

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and parents here. They will be moving to the new school by 5th

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November. The jury at an inquest into the

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death of a 12-year-old boy who died when a set of goalposts fell on him

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has reached a verdict of accidental death. Casey Breese was playing

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football with friends in Caersws when the posts, which weighed more

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than 17 stone, toppled over and landed on his back. The jury said

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the accidental death was due to the inadequate and unsuitable equipment

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being used. Afterwards, Casey's parents said they hope lessons have

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been learnt. Having been present at the inquest

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over the last two days has given us the opportunity to listen to the

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full circumstances and all the evidence available. We hope that as

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a result of this inquiry, lessons are learnt to prevent any such a

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careers ever happening again. -- a Kerins.

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The family of four people who died in a house fire in Prestatyn say

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they've been overwhelmed by the support of the community following

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their deaths. Today, inquests were opened and adjourned into the

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deaths of Lee-Anna Shiers, her 15- month-old son, Charlie, four-year-

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old nephew, Bailey Allen, and two- year-old niece, Skye. A 45-year-old

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man arrested at the weekend has been released without charge, and a

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42 year old woman who was also arrested has been released on bail.

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It has similar effects to ecstasy and cocaine, and the use of

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mephedrone, or meow meow, in Wales has more than doubled in a year.

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Between April and June this year, there was a 165 per cent increase

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in the number of mephedrone offences compared to the same

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period last year, and schoolchildren are being offered

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"tasters" of the drug for as little as 20p. Steffan Powell reports.

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This woman was addicted to mephedrone and at one point spent

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up to �1,000 a week on her habit. She doesn't want to be identified.

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The lowest point for me it was when I thought I couldn't cope any more

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with life, I couldn't pay bills, I couldn't keep my flat together,

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little things of paying my car insurance, I couldn't focus on that,

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so I thought the easiest way instead of causing shame for my

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family with fraud was that I would kill myself. And they took two

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tents on my life. Two years ago, mephedrone was

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considered a legal height, but despite being made illegal in April

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2010, the image hasn't changed, and this is a concern for the police.

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The real crucial step for us is the public perception, and to see this

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as a dirty, dangerous drug. There's nothing glamourous about new

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You don't know what you are putting in your system.

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Mephedrone is cheap to buy. A gram of meow meow typically costs

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between �10-�20, less than half the average cost of cocaine. Mephedrone

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tasters are being offered to children for as little as 20p. Come

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to account like this one, and this is where police say meow meow is

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becoming a significant problem -- to a town. They say West Wales as

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an area we use is growing, but not just here. Across the country its

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popularity has doubled this year alone. And to show just how

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widespread the problem has become, whilst filming here in the middle

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of the afternoon, I was offered In the past 12 months I have been

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running the service, and I keep a record of the referrals were

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different problematic drug use, and in the last 12 months, mephedrone

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has gone from zero referrals to nearly half all my referrals, 48

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per cent in the last 12 months for problematic mephedrone use.

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Mephedrone can cause psychosis, insomnia and potentially fatal

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heart or breathing issues, and once you start using it, it is very

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difficult to stop. I could never have dreamt of ever

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trying to take my life, but meow meow just consumes you, it eats

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away at you, when nothing else exists any more.

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Much more to come before 7:00pm. Wind turbines and pylons bitterly

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dividing communities in Mid Wales. And what the biggest change to

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policing here in 200 years means The Governor of the Bank of England,

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Sir Mervyn King, is about to make a major speech in Cardiff this

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evening. It's part of a two-day fact-finding visit to Wales by the

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bank's Monetary Policy Committee, who, among other things, set

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interest rates. It's the first time for 11 years that the nine-man

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committee has visited Wales. Here's our economics correspondent, Sarah

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Welsh business people meet the chief economist for the Bank of

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England, telling him how our fragile economy is affecting them

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on the ground. This is just one of a series of gatherings explaining

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the Welsh economic experience to the Bank of England.

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Consumers have been hit by one of the biggest falls in real income in

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the last 40 years, and consumer expenditure is two-thirds of

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expenditure in the economy, so people on the High Street buying

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consumer goods -- making consumer goods, are very concerned, also

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people making big -- big-ticket products like cars and so on.

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The man from the Bank of England committee are meeting business

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leaders across all of Wales, large and small, and people from

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different sectors. Of course they had to come here, because the car

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components sector is so important to Wales. But speak to people in

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that sector, and some who have weathered this -- the storm so far

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are concerned about what is happening in Europe, particularly

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the Eurozone. Other people in other parts of the economy are more

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optimistic. There is a strong sense of optimism in this company in

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Caerphilly, and they have told the Bank of England. They have expanded

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their sight and taken the work falls from 25-40 workers making

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valves for oil, gas, nuclear and defence industries.

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We have had a growth of over 25 per cent this year. We seem to be

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booming, continuously obtaining grows, and next year we expect a

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further 75-100 per cent gross and a turnover again. Are you optimistic

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about the health of the economy? are optimistic that our business

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and what we are gaining from the industry. We have managed to obtain

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business from the oil and gas sector in Pembrokeshire, so there

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are still contracts coming forward. The recession is affecting every

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company different league, and the committee members at the Bank of

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England will be told many different stories as they tore Wales. What

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they hear will help to inform their future decisions. In the next hour,

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businesses will gather in Cardiff for the Governor of the Bank of

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England to make a major speech about how he sees our economy now.

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The Labour AM for Llanelli, Keith Davies, has been released from

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hospital after being taken ill last month.

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An investigation by BBC Wales has found that plans for more wind

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farms and pylons in mid Wales are dividing communities. Many people

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who support these developments say they feel too intimidated to voice

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their views in public. There are currently two dozen applications

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for wind farms in Mid Wales, as well as 30 miles of new pylons.

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Iolo ap Dafydd reports. Opposition to new wind farms has

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strengthened during the past year- and-a-half, especially in Powys.

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With plans to treble the number of turbines and build new pylons in

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mid-Wales, often noisy demonstrations are held outside

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council meetings. So much so that some in Montgomeryshire say they

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feel too intimidated to voice support for wind farms.

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There is certainly a feeling of intimidation for people who want to

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know more about them. Coming from people who are stuck fast in

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against them, there is public confrontation in these meetings and

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I feel it is down to jealousy, and the feeling that money will

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exchange hands, and one section of the committee will gain financially

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while the other does not gain anything.

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Since last year, protest groups have spearheaded the opposition to

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the Energy plans. I think the people who are looking

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to develop are doing so for their own reasons, I don't think it is

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reasonable to allow people to engage in a dialogue -- and I think

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it is reasonable. They shouldn't really feel too difficult, but --

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having that dialogue. Many blame the Welsh Government's

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policy of establishing 7 areas to encourage wind energy development

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in 2005. The part -- the policy was rushed through according to a

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former planning officer. Because the Assembly at the time

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wanted to meet international and national renewable energy targets,

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although there was a consultation, they perhaps took less notice of

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the comments they received back because they wanted to give it

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direction to meet the wind energy targets. Some people say that's why

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it came out in the first place. Why on application for a large-

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scale wind farm is near Lake Furno. The owner of the forest is the

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Welsh Government. If permitted, some of these trees could be cut to

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allow 35 turbines to be built here. Some of those could be as high as

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185 metres, more than 600 ft, seven times the height of some of these

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trees. The fight against turbines and pylons continues. Others say it

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is creating ill-feeling and divisions in small rural

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communities. More on that story on Taro Naw on

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S4C at 9:00pm tonight - English subtitles are available.

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Owen Roberts, the husband of the Cynon Valley MP, Ann Clwyd, and a

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former executive at BBC Wales and ITV Wales, has died. Mr Roberts was

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the head of news and current affairs at BBC Wales during the

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1970s. He had been treated for multiple sclerosis.

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Are the police where you live doing a good job? Do you want more

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bobbies on the beat or more focus on anti-social behaviour? Next

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month, for the first time, you'll get the chance to vote on a

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Commissioner to oversee the way the police work in your area. How much

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power will they have and what will they do? Our political editor,

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Betsan Powys, explains. Welcome to the South Wales Police

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Museum. It has been here since the 1950s. This will remind you of two

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things, policing has a long history, and over the years an awful lot has

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changed. We came about in the 1970s, 1980s,

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when everything reflective, health and safety came in, but that was

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how an officer would have walked round the beat for 100 years in

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South Wales. But now we are on the brink of what

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has been called the biggest change to policing since 1829.

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You have to go with the change, whatever comes along. You have to

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go with it. If I was told as a police officer that I had to do

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something, I did it. And things are about to change again. It looks

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like it, yes. On 15th November, you will get to choose a new Police and

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Crime Commissioner for your area, replacing police authorities are

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currently oversee policing each force area. The idea is to make the

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police more accountable via one directly elected high-profile

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individual. So how will the new system work? There are four police

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force areas in Wales, North Wales, Dyfed Powys, South Wales and Gwent,

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and each one will now have a commissioner. The road will include

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appointing a chief constable, setting out a five-year plan, and

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setting the Annual force budget. For that, they will be paid

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�65,000-�100,000. It's a major change, so will it work.

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The biggest element of the change we are talking about in Police and

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Crime Commissioner has is the fact that you have a single individual

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holding the chief gunned -- chief constable to account. It is

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condensing it down to a single individual holding the chief

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constable to account to deliver on their priorities. That is the big

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change we are seeing. So how will the new system work?

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Think rugby club. The commissioner would be the club chairman, sitting

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above day-to-day operations, setting the general direction and

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the budget. But the chief constable would be

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the manager, picking the team, deciding on the tactics and making

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sure things work on the ground. But as most fans will tell you from

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experience, it is rarely that simple. What if Commissioner and

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Chief Constable just don't get on? The operational independence still

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remains with the Chief Constable, so it is not for the commissioner

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to direct day-to-day policing activities. That will remain

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fundamentally with the chief constable. That is the model in

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which the democratic policing model, it must maintain through this

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period of change. There are fears that turnout in the

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election next month Mo -- will be low, but there are 15 candidates

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out to win your vote with four knowing they will start a new

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chapter in history -- the history of policing in Wales.

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You can't find a full list of candidates on our website. -- but

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you can find. Football, and Cardiff City could

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return to the top of the Championship table if they beat

:24:12.:24:15.

Watford at home tonight. Craig Bellamy could feature - the striker

:24:15.:24:18.

has been recovering from a knee problem. Newport County take on

:24:18.:24:21.

Yate Town, and the winner will make it through to the first round

:24:21.:24:24.

proper of the FA Cup. We'll bring you the results in our late

:24:24.:24:26.

bulletin. If you're off to the footy, you'll

:24:26.:24:30.

need a woolly hat. It's getting need a woolly hat. It's getting

:24:30.:24:37.

Mild at the moment, but football fans will need their scarves by the

:24:37.:24:41.

end of the week - it is going to turn colder. Most of Wales grey and

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gloomy today, but a few lucky places saw the sun. Alex Birtwistle

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took this picture of blue sky in Ystradgynlais, while Porthmadog in

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Gwynedd was one of the warmest places in the UK with a temperature

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of 17 Celsius. Tonight mild and cloudy, with a few spots of light

:24:54.:24:59.

rain or drizzle. Misty in places - less fog than last night but still

:24:59.:25:06.

some poor visibility, especially on high ground. Tomorrow's chart shows

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low pressure to the west of Portugal, high pressure near

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Iceland and a cold front which is heading our way. So tomorrow

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morning another grey, cloudy start. Quite mild - 12 Celsius in

:25:18.:25:23.

Dolgellau. Breezy on Anglesey, misty in the north-east, with fog

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on the Denbigh Moors. Damp and misty in the Marches, and fog and

:25:31.:25:34.

drizzle on the hills of Powys and the Brecon Beacons. During the day,

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the fog will lift. Plenty of cloud, grey in the east with drizzle, dry

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and brighter in the west and south- west downwind of the mountains,

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with a little sunshine on the Cardigan Bay coast. Top temperature

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16 Celsius, with a light to moderate north-easterly breeze.

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Tomorrow night generally cloudy. Spots of drizzle in the east with

:25:55.:26:02.

mist and hill fog. Thursday mostly cloudy, with the odd spot of rain

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or drizzle in Powys and the north- east. Brighter in the south-west,

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north-west Gwynedd and on the west coast. On Thursday night into

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Friday, cold air will seep down from the north, bringing a drop in

:26:14.:26:17.

temperature. So 16 Celsius in places tomorrow, but half that on

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Saturday. A cold end to the week, but clearer with some sunshine and

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frost. At the moment, Saturday looks like the best day of the

:26:23.:26:33.
:26:33.:26:39.

weekend. Sunday, though, may turn wet and windy. So a change on the

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way. And it looks like November will start chilly and unsettled

:26:48.:26:58.
:26:58.:26:59.

with some snow likely on the Derek, thank you. The headlines

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again: The head -- Director-General of the BBC faced questions today

:27:05.:27:08.

over the Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal. He admitted the

:27:08.:27:11.

corporation's handling of the affair has raised questions of

:27:11.:27:15.

trust in the BBC. He also said the Newsnight investigation should not

:27:15.:27:19.

have been dropped. Former workers at the phurnacite

:27:19.:27:23.

coking plant in Abercwmboi in the Cynon Valley have won claims that

:27:24.:27:28.

toxic fumes and dust damage their health. A High Court judge ruled

:27:28.:27:34.

that working editions left to spirit -- respiratory diseases and

:27:34.:27:40.

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