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Welcome to Wales Today. Tonight's headlines: I don't know whether to

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laugh or cry! A-level results - a fall in the

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number of pupils getting the top grades, lagging further behind

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England. The education minister says it's a

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cause for concern. Those high-achieving students, the

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cause for concern. question in my mind is whether we

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are stretching them enough. A police officer who sexually

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assaulted two women while on duty is jailed for three years.

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Why Wales is handing out more prescriptions than any other country

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in the UK. The Premier League season starts on

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Saturday. This is how the game is being marketed in America. Why

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Cardiff and Swansea are already reaping the financial rewards?

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Orange shoes, who's that? Gareth Bale. Bale, where's he from?

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England? Wales. Is that another country? Yes and no.How many

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countries are in this country? Four. The Commonwealth baton relay was

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first introduced in Cardiff - now more than 60 years on that very

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first baton has been found. Good evening. A cause for concern.

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That's how the Education Minister, Huw Lewis, has described the fall in

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the number of Welsh pupils who got the highest grades at A-level this

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year - for the fourth year in a row. This means students in Wales are now

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further behind those in England and Northern Ireland. Last year 23.6%

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got A star or A grades. This year that figure fell to 22.9%. The

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number of pupils who got A star to E grades has stayed the same at 97.6%.

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Here's our education correspondent, Arwyn Jones.

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As always, many were celebrating their success this morning. After 13

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years in school, the result was worth the wait.

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What are you going on to do? Medicine.

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How, what will you be doing now? Either go to college next year.

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It has been interesting, seeing the peoples come in to get their slips.

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Some of them were ecstatic but others less so. That reflects the

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overall picture in Wales. The overall pupils getting the very top

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grades has gone down and that isn't new. It is the pattern we have seen

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in the last four years. The gap between us and the rest is

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continuing to grow. 26.3% of pupils across Wales, England and Northern

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Ireland but at least one a grade. In Wales it was 22 point 9%. Our you

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concerned when we see the highest grades? We are falling behind.

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It is a cause for concern. Overall, we can see a small cup of around

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half a percentage point in terms of overall achievement. There is an

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issue over those higher grades. Those high achieving students, the

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question in my mind is whether we are stretching them enough.

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The Conservatives in Wales says the persistent widening with other parts

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of the UK needs to be addressed so what is going wrong? The results for

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girls were steady but boys didn't do so well.

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Most of the fall at grade a seems to be in the boys results. That is

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disappointing because it has been in place for a few years and it is

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present in AES results. We need to follow through in terms of support

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and guidance in the education system in Wales, in the way the boys

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approach causes. George and Chris are the DJs at

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Newport's city radio. Today we were with them in Newport. Chris didn't

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get the grades he wanted but George was very pleased with his results.

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Hours of revision and then it culminates in this one moment when

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you open the envelope and all they are is letters on a page but they

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mean a lot. Luckily, I checked I had got into university before I got the

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results so the results were secondary but it is nice to get the

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confirmation. Yesterday we caught up with Sam

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during her drills as an army cadet in Wrexham. This morning, we were

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with her influential. She got to grade the and she passed the Welsh

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baccalaureate. Over 8500 pupils were awarded the advanced diploma at it

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is rolled out across Wales. It is useful because it is there as

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a back-up to help you get in and it is helpful because it is like

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another A-level qualification and it wasn't that time-consuming.

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Today will be a chance to congratulate all the success of

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Welsh pupils and the ongoing task of trying to get more pupils getting

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the top grades goes on. A day of celebration for some

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students - for others who didn't get their grades it's been a slightly

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different story. Arwyn is at the University of South Wales in

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Pontypridd now. Arwyn. Thank you. For the majority of

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students, as you say, they have got the university places they want but

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not everybody was so fortunate today and that is why we are here at the

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clearing department. The phones have been bringing all day. People have

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been seeing if there are any spaces available and the advice is clear,

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there is bound to be a cause for you. Perhaps take a year out and

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come back having done a little bit more work. Let's discuss these

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issues with the beauty Vice Chancellor at the University of

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South Wales. You were only formed last year as a university. 33,000

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students. How is clearing going? It has been busy. We are pleased.

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The firms have been ringing all day. We have a number of courses that are

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full and a number of courses that are close to being full.

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Which courses are filling up first of all?

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Courses like nursing and midwifery are full. Our courses in Cardiff in

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the cultural and creative industries, including teaching, are

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very nearly full although we do still have some places for

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well-qualified applications. We have other courses and one of the

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advantages of being a newly merged University is we have a wider range.

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We have courses at different levels that offer different routes to a

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degree. Our advice is don't panic. Give us a call and we will try and

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help you. If we can't, we will point you in the right direction.

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There is a phone going off behind me. They are open tomorrow. Plenty

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of room to celebrate for pupils in Wales Today but plenty of room for

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improvement in terms of the Wales wide picture of a level results.

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A South Wales Police detective who sexually assaulted two women while

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on duty has been sentenced to three years for each offence. Jeffrey

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Davies was a family liason officer when he carried out the assaults in

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2010. Two senior officers are now facing a misconduct hearing over the

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way they dealt with the allegations. Caroline Evans reports.

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Arriving at court today, Jeffrey Davies already knew he would be

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given a prison sentence. The 42-year-old was convicted two weeks

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ago for the two sexual assaults which took place in Merthyr Tydfil

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three years ago. As family liaison officer he was supposed to support

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victims of crime, but when one women came here to complain about domestic

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violence he took advantage of the situation. The assault took place as

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she left the interview room inside the station. The second assault

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happened after he drove another victim of crime to an isolated lane

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near her home. One of the women is said to be so traumatised by her

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experience she now panics every time she sees a policeman. Now following

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his conviction two senior detectives from the force are also being

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investigated. Detective Inspector Phillip Camm and Detective Sergeant

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Richard Jones who oversaw him at work are to face misconduct hearings

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for the way they dealt with the allegations. The Independent Police

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Complaints Commission has told us that if the allegations against them

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up upheld they could be sacked. At his trial, Davies pleaded not guilty

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to both assaults but two weeks ago a jury found him guilty. The judge

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said that plea meant he had forced the women to relive what had happen

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to them. Sentencing him the judge said he recognised prison would be

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difficult for a former police officer but Davies was guilty of a

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gross breach of trust and he had a duty to redress public confidence in

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the integrity of the legal system. Davies was given three years for

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each offence the sentences to run concurrently. It means in practice

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he will serve 18 months behind bars and he will be put on the sex

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offenders register where his name will remain indefinitely.

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An investigation has been launched following concerns about nursing

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care at a hospital in Flintshire. No staff at Deeside Community Hospital

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have been suspended but Betsi Cadwaladr Health Board says a small

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number are not currently involved with patient care.

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The funeral of Corporal James Dunsby who died two weeks after collapsing

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during SAS selection training in the Brecon Beacons has taken place. The

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service for the 31-year-old was held in Trowbridge in Wiltshire. Two

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others reservists, Trooper Edward Maher and Lance Corporal Craig

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Roberts, died on the day of the exercise.

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A disciplinary panel has heard allegations a nurse at Ty Hafan

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Children's Hospice posted a photo of a person sitting on a bedpan on

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Facebook. Allison Hopton is also accused of making a series of

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inappropriate postings on the website containing swear words. The

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Nursing and Midwifery Council hearing in Cardiff was read a

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letter, in which she expressed remorse for her actions.

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A judge at Mold crown court has reduced the sentence of a

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15-year-old boy who barricaded a teacher in a classroom and laughed

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as he carried out a sex attack on her. The boy had his four year

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sentence in youth custody cut by 12 months. The original hearing was

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told colleagues tried to break down the door to help the teacher.

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It is football's richest league, its clubs sharing the billions of pounds

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flowing in from all over the world. Cardiff City have joined Swansea

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City in the Premier League and both have been spending heavily on new

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players ahead of Saturday's big kick off. But this is as much about

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business as it is about sport, as Sachin Krishnan explains.

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Manchester United, champions. Football these days is a global

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business and the coming season, Premier League clubs including

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Swansea and Cardiff can look forward to a windfall. A new deal with sky

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and BT is kicking in, worth around £3 billion over the next three

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seasons. It means each curve can expect a minimum of 60 million each

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year. The amount of money the bottom club

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gets at the end of the season is equivalent to what Manchester United

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got when they won it last season. A cautionary tale is provided by

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Portsmouth. Five years ago, as an established Premier League side,

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they beat Cardiff. Now, after financial mismanagement, they are

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mixing with Newport County in the fourth tier.

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Struggling in the Premier League is better than being mid-table in the

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championship and there will be tough decisions. As long as they are

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careful with the money. In Swansea, the success of the club

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is benefiting businesses across the city, with one study estimating the

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Swans first season in the Premier League was worth £58 million to the

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local economy. At Swansea University, they have linked with

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the club to develop new training facilities and a significant rise in

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foreign applications has been put down, in part, to the Swans.

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I was out recently at a conference in sweets and -- in Sweden. I met

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someone from Mozambique who knew Swansea city. He was talking about

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the premiership. It has not only put Swansea region on the map, it has

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put the university on the map. Where is Gareth Bale from?

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Wales. Is that another country? How many

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countries are in the east country? Clubs frequently spend much of the

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PCs and in Asia and one expert in branding told me that the profile of

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Cardiff city is beginning to rise, following the switch to read.

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I think so far, Cardiff city are smart in terms of focusing on the

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grassroots relationships with the Academy.

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48 hours to go until the big kick-off, it is a season that

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promises much excitement on the pitch, as well as plenty of

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opportunities and benefits of it. A little later, a closer look at

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Swansea City's prospects on the pitch. Also still to come - Engraved

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with daffodils, leeks and a dragon - the mystery of the first

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Commonwealth Games baton is solved. And he fights on Saturday night! WBO

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light heavyweight world champion Nathan Cleverly is here. I'll be

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talking to him in a few minutes. GPs in Wales prescribe more medicine

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than any other country in the UK - more than 24 items per person per

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year. In England, it's fewer than 19. New figures show the number of

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prescriptions has risen by more than half in ten years and as Daniel

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Davies reports, it's reignited the political row about whether we can

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really afford to do it for free. We get through more than half £1

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billion worth of descriptions every year. The cost of the NHS has fallen

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but the number of ascription is this going up. Ten years ago, GPs here

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wrote about 48 million prescriptions. Last year it was more

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than 74 million. A steady rise. Free prescriptions were introduced in

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2007 and there was no obvious leap after that. If it isn't free

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prescriptions that are pushing up the figures, why do they continue to

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climb? Every year we see about a 5%

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increase in the number issued and we think that is mainly the

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consequences of an ageing population with chronic diseases that come with

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age and also increasing evidence about which drugs can provide

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benefit. This pharmacist in Carmarthen

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worries about the wasted medicines that are prescribed but never taken.

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There are not of initiatives to try and reduce that. They are to do with

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prescribing intervals and reminding people to order what they need.

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For years, Wales has been prescribing more medicine than other

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parts of the UK but the Welsh Conservatives say those who can

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afford to pay should do so. Ultimately, the reproductions policy

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is not doing what it was meant to do and there is greater dependency on

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prescriptions. There is not the decline in ill health that we would

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like to see. The Welsh government is spending over £550 million per year

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on prescriptions in Wales. Some will ask whether it is the best

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use of scarce resources, whatever the cost, you can be assured we

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haven't heard the last of that debate. Doctors, dentists and other

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health workers who are HIV positive will be able to give full medical

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care in Wales and England from next year.

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It's part of plans to update rules drawn up in the 1980s, when the

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risks were less well understood. Advances in HIV treatment mean

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people are now more likely to be struck by lightning than infected by

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a doctor. More than £5 million will be spent

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on improving Tywyn Hospital in Gwynedd. The Health Minister says

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part of the site will be demolished to make way for a new extension.

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There are plans for a new 16-bed ward and a primary care centre. The

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local community health council hopes the health board will now rethink

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plans to reduce accident and emergency opening hours in the Tywyn

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area. More on the Premier League build up

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now, here's Claire. As we've heard, just two days to go

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until the start of the Premier League season. Tomorrow night we'll

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be looking at Cardiff City but tonight it's the turn of Swansea

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City, who are looking forward to a third season in the top flight. The

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Swans host the Champions, Manchester United and after exceeding all

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expectations last year, hopes are high at the Liberty. Cemlyn Davies

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reports. Last season was an historic one for

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Swansea city, with the club winning Last season was an historic one for

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its first major Tracey and finishing ninth in the Premier League. Already

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this turn, the Swans have beaten a Swedish side. It is little wonder

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funds expectations are high for the new campaign. But the manager isn't

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getting carried away. By target, overall, would be in the

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Premier League to try to consolidate By target, overall, would be in the

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this team as a maid team. -- in middle team. If we could do that, it

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would be fantastic. The closed season hasn't been

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straightforward for Swansea, who missed out on several answer

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targets. A falling out between the club and an agent also fuelled

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speculation about the manager's future but he is still at the helm

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and has managed to add a few faces to the squad. They include a record

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signing. Fans will hope he can have the same impact as his new striking

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partner had last season. Another player has joined from Liverpool to

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bolster the field and they have held onto the midfielder for another year

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at least. Nathan Dyer has signed a new four-year contract and no key

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players have left the club. We hear these tales about how

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Arsenal would like to sign some of the players but no sign of a

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concrete bid and the end of the transfer window is approaching.

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There is of a first Premier League transfer window is approaching.

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Welsh derby to look forward to. That is in Cardiff on the 3rd of

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November. Swansea kick off their league campaign against Manchester

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United and new management. There is a change of manager but I

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don't think they have changed many players. It will be a tough game.

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International is all over the park. It will be very tough and we

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couldn't have asked for a much tougher game.

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After exceeding expectations last year, the pressure is now on Swansea

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city to take another step forward and what that it way to show they

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are up to the task than beating the champions here on Saturday evening?

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He's 26 fights unbeaten and this Saturday will defend his WBO light

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heavyweight world title against Russian Sergey Kovalev in front of

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home fans in Cardiff. Nathan Cleverly has taken a break from his

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rigorous training schedule to join us. How are you? How our

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preparations? I feel great and excited. Fantastic.

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I'm mentally focused and feeling in great shape, ready for Saturday.

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Let's talk about your opponent. Boxing fans will know him. He is a

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tough competitor. Many say he is the favourite. How do you deal with

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that? He hits exceptionally hard. 18

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knockouts in three rounds. He wants to knock you out. He is the

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favourite going in to the fight but I like that. That is taking the

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pressure off me so I can go in and wind the fight.

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Is that how you deal with that? Knowing him so well, how he will

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deal with it, makes it better for you?

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Knowing it is tough and how dangerous he is has kept me focused

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and I have worked hard in training. As I said, preparation has gone real

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good. What is the next step then? Is

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Bernard Hopkins still someone you want to fight?

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Icy this fight as a stepping stone to those big names like Bernard

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Hopkins. This is the fight to do it. This man is capable and dangerous

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but we will get through this and we can look for the Bernard Hopkins

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fight. The way in is tomorrow. Are you

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starting? Don't worry. I am looking forward to

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the way in. I'm hungry and I will get that out the way tomorrow. It is

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outside the Capitol shopping Centre in Cardiff. Then I will get some

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carbohydrates in me. What do you fancy?

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A bowl of spaghetti Bolognese. The best of luck. That's all for

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tonight. I know Nathan is a Cardiff City fan, tomorrow night we'll be

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looking at their hopes for life in the Premier League. Lucy, back to

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you. Also tomorrow, The baton that will

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travel to all 71 commonwealth countries ahead of next year's games

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in Glasgow, will be unveiled tomorrow night. The baton relay has

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become a regular feature of the games - ever since organisers first

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suggested it here in Wales, in 1958. But, as Jenny Rees explains, the

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whereabouts of that very first baton were a mystery, until recently.

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A relay around the country to kick-off a sporting event. It is

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something we are familiar with after the Olympic Games in London and soon

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to be unveiled is the Commonwealth Games bat on for 2014. The first

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relay for the Commonwealth Games started at Buckingham Palace in 1958

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and made its way to the opening ceremony of the six games in

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Cardiff. It was at the Arms Park. And this was the original bat on.

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Engraved with daffodils, leeks and a dragon. It travelled around what was

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then 13 canteens of Wales before can Jones took the final leg of the

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relay, and in the bat on to rinse Philip. It has been held at the

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National Museum of Wales since but staff admits they didn't know it was

:24:18.:24:26.

year. The sporting significance was

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unbeknownst to us because it was only recently we had in enquiry from

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the organising committee in London, asking if we knew about its

:24:35.:24:38.

whereabouts. It had been safely stored here since the late 50s.

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It was stored with a letter from the Queen, which would have been rolled

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up inside the bat on. The organising committee thought of

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the idea. Judging by the correspondence, there is a letter in

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the final saying that the committee had thought up the idea of a relay

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and the Queen had supported it. Following the event, the Queen

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wanted it to come to the National Museum.

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Staff are now hoping to find a permanent home for the bat on to go

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on display. In the meantime, the 2014 bat on will be in Wales for a

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week next year. Now it is time for the weather.

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You will need your umbrella tonight and on Saturday but sunshine in

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between. A yellow warning is in place for parts of Gwynedd and

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Conway. We are expecting up to three inches of rain in 12 hours.

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Localised flooding is possible. This is the extent of the showers. Here

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is the rain making its way in from the west and currently, it is

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sitting across parts of her books are right up to Anglesey and Gwynedd

:25:52.:25:54.

and parts of the north-west but it are right up to Anglesey and Gwynedd

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will ease as we go into the overnight period. The cloud will

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help to hold those temperatures. We will get a brief wake tomorrow when

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that clears but there is another one waiting in the wings, bringing the

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rain on Saturday. First thing tomorrow morning, a bright start

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with bits of rain across the south-east but we are in for a

:26:20.:26:25.

decent day. It will feel warm in the sunshine with highs of 17 - 22

:26:25.:26:30.

Celsius with lighter winds compared to tonight. Tomorrow evening we

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start to see thickening cloud ahead of that front and with that starts

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to come a bit of light drizzle in the overnight period into the early

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hours of Saturday with temperatures remaining in double figures.

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Saturday will start to feel more like autumn when we see strong to

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gale force winds in coastal areas and rain accompanying that. The good

:26:52.:26:59.

news is that will clear on Sunday. A bright and breezy day on Sunday and

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early indications of high pressure building next week and things will

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settle down. The main news again, the education

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minister has told BBC Wales he is concerned by the number of Welsh

:27:12.:27:16.

pupils who got the highest grades at A-level, which has fallen further

:27:16.:27:21.

away from pupils in England and Ireland.

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It is a cause of concern for me. We can see a gap of half of a

:27:25.:27:30.

percentage point in terms of overall achievement but I will be looking at

:27:30.:27:34.

those higher grades with officials. That is Wales Today. We will have an

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update for you at 8pm and again at That is Wales Today. We will have an

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ten 5pm. Thanks for watching and in joy your evening. Goodbye.

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