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Our other headlines tonight: This school was failing and now it's top

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of the class - will copying its example raise standards here?

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After a day of searching - a body is found. Tonight the family of kayaker

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Gareth Lockyer pay tribute to him. Surgeons tell us why working

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together in one hospital is helping patients' chances of surviving

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cancer. Good evening. In tonight's sport: it

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could yet get worse. Wilfried Bony! It has got worse!

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It's a dream derby for Swansea's new manager but another defeat means

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Cardiff's problems deepen. Good evening. Police are

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investigating whether the death of a man in Cardiff is linked with an

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internet drinking game. The 29-year-old man has been named

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locally as Stephen Brookes from the Rumney area of the city. NekNominate

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involves dares which are filmed and posted online. The online craze has

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already been linked to the death of a 20-year-old man in London and two

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deaths in Ireland. Matt Murray reports.

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It's an internet drinking game which has swept through social media.

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NekNominate involves people filming themselves downing a drink, posting

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a video online and then nominating someone else to do the same. It also

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often involves carrying out a stunt or a trick. But now has it played

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its part in claiming the life of this man - Stephen Brookes. Today

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his family at home in the Rumney area of Cardiff told me they are

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awaiting the results of a postmortem before making any comment. But last

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night his friends took to Twitter to pay tribute and express their

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concern. One said, "NekNomination is going way too far now." Another

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said, "People really need to stop doing neck and nominate because

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today we've lost someone from it." The drinking game has already

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claimed lives. Len Brimble is from Cwmbran. His teenage nephew Johnny

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Byrne died ten days ago in Ireland. It made headline news after he

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jumped into a river as part of the internet drinking game. It's

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believed he'd also downed a pint of mixed spirits.

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It is all the weirdest things. You name it as a dare and they were

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David. These kids have got to get it in their thick heads to see the

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damage it is doing to families. We are ripped apart, we are progressed

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with grief. -- bereft with grief. We just don't know what to do. There is

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no answer to it. You would never think he would do anything like

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that. The use of social media has seen

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videos shared across the world. We asked students today at Aberystwyth

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University what they think of it. It's funny to watch but I don't

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think I would partake in it. I got nominated by one of my flatmates.

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He had done his and nominated some people so I thought I may as well.

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I decided not to because I don't like the whole idea of it.

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It's believed the game started in Australia and has seen people down

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toxic substances including motor oil and nail varnish remover. But more

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often than not, it's alcohol. With this game there seems to be a

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tendency for people to try and up the auntie and claim they've done

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all sorts of things, which other people are trying to copy with quite

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tragic consequences. Back in Cwmbran, Len Brimble

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believes online peer pressure means many are taking part in NekNominate

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against their will and he has one clear message A

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don't do it. Become a chicken. There is nothing wrong with being honest

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about not killing yourself. The rest of the day's news: A new package of

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support to help raise standards in our worst performing schools has

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been announced by the Welsh Government Schools Challenge Cymru

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will receive ?20 million a year targeted at the 40 schools the

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government believes are most in need of support.

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It's modelled on a scheme rolled out in London and our education

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correspondent Arwyn Jones has been to see how it worked there.

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Ten years ago this school in Tottenham was the worst performing

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school in London so in 2003, they were included in the London

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challenge and as a result, standards here went through the roof. The

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results speak for themselves. Since they became involved with the London

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challenge in 2003, the number of pupils here who have achieved the

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highest grades at GCSE level has gone up by between five and 10%

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every year. Put simply, the challenge was a programme of support

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for the poorest performing schools in inner London. They brought in

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experts who worked alongside my teachers to build up their capacity

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to really get them to focus on the things that were critical to develop

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the teaching so that the learning of children improved.

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Schools helped each other, sharing best practice and even staff at that

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had its own problems. There is a problem about the

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government desire that schools cooperate and compete because the

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outstanding school that is helping other schools doesn't want its own

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results to go down as a result of its staff being elsewhere.

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This school in Wales is a textbook example of how the government would

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like all other schools to work, seen as somewhere they get the most out

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of their pupils and sharing expertise. The head of English helps

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other schools learn how to improve teaching.

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It is something we have worked hard on within the school and other

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secondary schools in Wales. It is always useful to share effective

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practice and see what other schools are doing.

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When she is helping others, this school loses a valuable teacher and

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that's tricky. Launching the scheme to day, the education minister said

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it was important to get the best mix.

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There are two types of schools involved here. There are those that

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are underperforming and those that are delivering. The schools that are

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delivering will be leaned upon, if you like, to be part of the

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programme. It would only be right that we acknowledge that.

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Others say we mustn't assume that a system that worked in London will

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necessarily work here. It is well intended and it has got

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that drive to prove performance -- to improve performance but we have

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to make it come here. It has been a difficult few months.

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Also with disappointing results and slipping standards. The opposition

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parties said the fault lies with the Welsh government mismanaging this

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system. The question is will this renewed focus turn things around? So

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what's the answer Arwyn? Is this likely to spark a change in

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fortunes in underperforming schools? Manchester has already done

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this very successfully. The Midlands were less successful. It depends how

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you do it. When you get experts going into a school you're almost

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bound to see a short-term increase in standards that to make this

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sustainable, you need those two elements of the excellent schools

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working with the failing schools. Do we have enough excellent schools in

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Wales? Are they willing to help support the failing schools? Are

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they willing to give away their best teachers to support another school?

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The Welsh government says they will and we heard the education minister

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saying if they don't that he would lean on them. Let's see what that

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means. Over the next few weeks we will see which 40 schools will be

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involved. The Welsh government will decide. The sense you get is the

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Welsh government trying to get on the front foot after a few months

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when it is going through a tricky time.

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Police have confirmed tonight they've seized heroin worth millions

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of pounds. Nine people have been charged with supplying drugs. They

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were arrested in Cardiff, Newport and on the M5 in a joint operation

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by Gwent and South Wales police. A man who murdered a woman, stabbing

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her 40 times, has been sentenced to a minimum of 22 years in jail.

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Steven Williams waited five hours before calling an ambulance after he

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attacked Joanna Hall at her flat in Tenby. She died in hospital three

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weeks later, after describing the attack from her bed. The judge

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described what Williams had done as "brutal and callous".

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After weeks of storm damage and floods drivers had to contend with

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snow this morning. This was Wrexham, where around an inch fell. Several

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accidents and treacherous conditions caused some problems for traffic.

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The family of a kayaker who went missing on the River Usk in mid

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Wales have described him as an adventurous and caring man. Gareth

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Lockyer from Warwick disappeared when he was with a group of

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experienced kayakers, at Llangynidr, near Crickhowell. This morning

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rescuers found a body. Caroline Evans reports.

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These pictures filmed by the rescue team show the atrocious conditions

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they faced as they searched the River Usk yesterday. Gareth Lockyer

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was with a group of friends when he went missing. His family said he had

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been canoeing since he was a boy that he had never been to this part

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of the river before. This morning the conditions remained so dangerous

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that a decision was taken to send a helicopter at to assess the area

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before searchers were allowed to continue. It was from the helicopter

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they were able to locate a body. Last night villagers turned out to

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do what they could, making tea for the search teams.

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People had been working very, very hard. You could tell from their

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responses when they came in. They were so pleased for the minimum of

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refreshments. Those who say they know the river

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say they have never seen anything like it.

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I have never seen it anything like that high. I have lived here for 35

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years. The rescue services had been doing a wonderful job.

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They were trying to come up the river in an inflatable, trying to

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get to the bank. It was really difficult. But mountain rescue say

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this was not the case of someone going into the water and prepared.

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-- unprepared. It is easy to take away casting judgement that they

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shouldn't have been going into the water. On this occasion, the

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gentleman seems well-equipped and confident. An experienced water

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sports teacher said the river is at its best when levels are high.

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It has been perfect for month. You can only kayak in these rivers when

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it has rained and the higher they get, the faster it is flowing and

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the less rocks there are. Five years ago Gareth Lockyer joined Leamington

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spa Canoe club. His family say he wanted to meet new

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people and would kayak around the UK with his partner. It is not known if

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the couple were together on this trip.

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Much more to come before 7:00pm, including: Why the coins in your

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pocket maybe about to change in a security make over by the Royal Mint

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in Llantrisant. And where did it all go wrong? What

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chances of retaining the Six Nations title now?

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Cancers of the stomach and oesophagus are some of the most

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difficult to treat. They tend to be more common in Wales and survival

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rates are poor. But the proportion of people surviving surgery for

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those cancers has increased by a fifth in south east Wales. It

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follows a decision to concentrate surgery at one hospital. And that's

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brought into sharp focus the debate about whether more NHS services

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should be centralised. Our health correspondent Owain Clarke has been

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given exclusive access to the surgical team at the University

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Hospital of Wales in Cardiff. It is first thing on a Monday

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morning but if you work here, you can't afford to ease yourself gently

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into the working week. This patient has stomach cancer and the surgeons

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hope that by removing four fifths of his stomach they will be able to

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cure the disease. The operation is being led by two consultants. The

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standard way surgeons work is as individuals and you are there making

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the decisions on your own. It is helpful to have a mate to talk

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things through with. Before 2010, all the large hospitals

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offered this type of surgery but working alone. Patients still get

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initial tests at their local hospitals but all surgery and

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recovery happens here at the Heath. You get a built in a second opinion

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because some of these decision over whether or not a case is operable or

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if you've got to do something that is really quite ambitious,

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sometimes, to try and save a life, are easier to take if you have a

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colleague with you. Performing surgery can be

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challenging but this isn't a job for the faint-hearted either. This man

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needs all of his energy before he clocks up miles on his night shift.

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I'm doing roughly 450 kilometres a night. Three years ago he was

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diagnosed with cancer of the oesophagus and was one of the first

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to be treated under the new arrangements.

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I thought I'm not ready to go yet. I met the surgeon and he came into the

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office and said, "this is the problem you've got. We are going to

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get it out of you. " That confidence lifted me no end.

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He was right to be confident- he was back on the road in a couple of

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months. Once you have been given that

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diagnosis, I would have travelled to the end of the world. As it worked

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out, I had the best team in the world.

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It isn't only this man who's benefited will stop centralising the

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services has led to an increase in the number of patients still alive a

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year after surgery. Convocations have dropped by half and the amount

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of time spent in hospital has been reduced by three days. Centralising

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care is controversial, as seen in North and West Wales. There is

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anxiety about plans that will be announced on Thursday to concentrate

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accident and emergency and neonatal care in fewer hospitals in South

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Wales. Some say the changes would be needed if we had more hospitals.

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We asked 100 patients what their views were on travelling and not one

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said that they wouldn't travel. What they do state is that they found

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their relatives found it difficult to visit them because of the

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transport infrastructure, and that is a concern because you if you are

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in hospital, the high point of your day is visiting time.

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Back in theatre and the tumour is larger than expected but after a

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chat, both consultants choose to press ahead. According to

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supporters, it is an illustration of the benefit of bringing experts

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together but the challenge is to convince the wider public.

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Centralisation and reorganisation of hospitals has proved very

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controversial so on Thursday we'll bring you the details of those plans

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to reorganise hospitals across South Wales.

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Back to tonight. A 25-year-old woman is facing drug charges following the

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death of a woman from south Wales whilst she was on holiday in

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Bulgaria. Nina Holmes, who was 33 and from Gorseinon, near Swansea,

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collapsed and died eight days ago in the ski resort of Borovets.

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Fake coins cost the global money markets billions each year. But in a

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world first, technology developed in Wales could make them a thing of the

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past. After years of research, the Royal Mint in Llantrisant has

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designed a fraud prevention system that could change how the world uses

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its currency. Carwyn Jones has been finding out more.

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Each year, the Royal Mint in Llantrisant produces around five

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billion coins for more than 50 countries. It's the largest

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exporting mint in the world. But when the coins leave this plant,

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there's the risk that someone, somewhere will try to forge them.

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There is always a concern about that and certainly as technology

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advances, the ability to forge increases.

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The forging of coins has become an increasingly sophisticated business.

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Imprint of me are three -- in front of me are three coins. They are all

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magnetic but one of these three coins is a fake. For the last five

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years, experts at the Mint have been trying produce a coin that's

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impossible to forge. And they now believe they've cracked it. The

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technology they've developed is called ISIS - it allows them to

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alter the metallic composition of the coin itself. There's a secret

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ingredient inserted into the metal at the production stage. It's

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invisible to the naked eye and it makes the coin unique.

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It is not a coating, it is an ingredient throughout the alloy of

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the metal so it is a real step away. It is roughly the right shape

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and size, which is what we rely on today, to a definitive yes or no.

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The life span of any coin is around 30 years - so the technology had to

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be durable. It also had to withstand the coining process itself.

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This has to withstand 850 Celsius and it has to be able to withstand a

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striking pressure when we actually put the print on the Queen, of over

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100 tonnes. The Royal Mint has just won an

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innovation award for ISIS - and it believes, in time, that counterfeit

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coins could be a thing of the past. It's cost ?20 million to develop the

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technology but when you consider that fake coins cost the global

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money markets billion each year, experts here believe that's a small

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price to pay. A wealth of football and rugby news

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now - here's Ashleigh with tonight's sport.

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Thanks very much. Cardiff City were going for the double but Swansea

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City got the treble - a 3-0 win over their local rivals to boost Garry

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Monk's chances of keeping the vacant manager's job at the Liberty

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Stadium. It also heaped pressure on his opposite number Ole Gunnar

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Solskjaer, who needs his side to bounce back by beating Aston Villa

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tomorrow. The interim manager made it look

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easy but Garry meant has been around long enough not to get carried away.

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Swansea players came in with energy and passion that has been missing

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but one victory doesn't guarantee survival. He wants to see the same

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match after match, starting at Stoke. He said the standard you need

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to reach and there is no good doing it for one game.

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I understand that doesn't necessarily guarantee a win but if

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you can maintain your standard as much as possible, they will give

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everything they've got and I can live with the result.

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The Swans fans headed happily home and if there were any doubters

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beforehand, many were persuaded that Garry Monk should now get the

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manager job. No disrespect to Michael Laudrup but

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he has got the passion back. You are doing a great job!

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Keep it going! He knows the club and the players

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and the fans. The defeat will be hard for Cardiff

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fans to take. Many felt Ole Gunner Solskjaer got the selection wrong.

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Aston Villa visit them tomorrow night. They are also in the scrap

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for survival, six points clear of night. They are also in the scrap

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for survival, six Cardiff, pushing the second from bottom in the table.

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for survival, six Cardiff, pushing the second from The manager believes

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he has seen positive signs. They have reacted the right way and

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we go in with high hopes. It was a bad defeat but there are two ways to

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go -you either bounce back what you feel sorry for yourself and you

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can't afford to do that in the Premier League.

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There was a controversial incident which has resulted in Craig Bellamy

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being charged for violent conduct for this collision. He has got until

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six o'clock tomorrow evening to respond.

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It's something we've not been used to for the past few seasons - seeing

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Wales outplayed in a Six Nations match. Warren Gatland says the

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defeat in Ireland was one of the worst since he took over as coach.

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Let's talk to former Wales prop Ben Evans. How did a great team end up

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looking so Paul? It was a complete performance from Ireland.

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Every facet of their game was spot-on and the Welsh boys were not

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up to it. You spoke about the post-Lions blues and if I'm honest,

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I think it is a bit of that and an undertone of the wranglings with the

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regions, how can it not affect the boys? You think it would be that and

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tired legs as well? Those Irish boys played well.

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Take your hat off to them. I've gone from being a rugby player to a fan.

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There are legends in the Welsh team. Don't take it away from the last,

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they haven't become rubbish overnight. It was a bad performance

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but a credit to the Irish boys. Warren Gatland said he felt he could

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either change the team will give the players who hadn't performed well

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another chance. That is the condition.

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If the other boys a chance and risk the failure again or get some new

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boys and if it comes off, it's a matter mind plan. Who knows what's

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going to happen with Mac I think he should stick with them. These boys

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are growing. It wasn't a great autumn campaign. It is a lull. We

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are only two games in and everyone is saying it's a disaster.

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In a sentence, can Wales still win the championship? Of course!

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Of course they can! It is open to stop the Irish team is one to watch

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out for and the biggest game of the six Nations is going to be Ireland

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against France. I would pay big money to see that one.

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Thanks very much indeed. Snow, ice, gales and torrential rain now to

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cheer you up. Here's Derek with the forecast.

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I wish I could say we have seen the last of the rain but there is more

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to come. Severe gales. Snow for some of us too, and not just on high

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ground. As far as rain is concerned, another 40 to 60mm is expected quite

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widely across mid, south and west Wales by Friday with a risk of 80mm

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or more on the Brecon Beacons. This evening any showers will die away so

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the whole country dry for a while. Quite cold too with a touch of frost

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inland. However a band of heavy rain will move east during the early

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hours. Ten to 20mm of rain likely accompanied by strong and gusty

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winds. The reason for the rain is this active front. Behind it colder,

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unstable air from the Arctic and wintry showers including snow.

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Here's the picture for 8:00am. A wet start for most of the north. Snow on

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ground above about 250m. Similar story too for Powys and the south.

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Snow on the Brecon Beacons. The south-west and parts of the west

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coast dry and clear. During the morning the rain clear. It will be

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dry and brighten-up. The sun will come out. A few scattered showers.

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Heavy in places and wintry on higher ground but the showers hit and miss

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so some places will enjoy a dry afternoon. Top temperatures four to

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seven Celsius and breezy. The wind strong on exposed coasts and hills

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making it feel cold. Tomorrow night is one to watch! More rain and

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wintry showers on the way. Some of them heavy and falling as snow. A

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few centimetres of snow in places even down to low levels from the

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Valleys northwards. Into Wednesday the jet stream will steer another

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Atlantic storm towards the UK. And there is a Met Office amber warning

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in force for severe gales. So on Wednesday showers will give way to

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wet and windy weather. Thursday brighter. The wind easing with

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sunshine and showers. The showers wintry on higher ground. Friday may

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start dry but it won't last. There is more wind and rain on the way! So

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more severe weather to come this week. More flooding and disruption

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likely. Keep a close eye on the forecast if you can.

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While we're on the subject of the weather, Week In Week Out will

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question whether there's enough money to repair and protect, or

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whether some communities will have to permanently retreat from the

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floodwater. That's tomorrow at 10:35pm on BBC One Wales.

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The weather is our main story tonight. Flooded homes on the River

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Thames are being evacuated and thousands more are at risk - river

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levels are the highest they've been for decades. There is no first great

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Western mainline services from Paddington because of flooding in

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Maidenhead. Police in Cardiff are investigating

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reports a Stephen Brookes from Cardiff collapsed after playing

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NekNominate. It's been blamed for two deaths in Ireland. X-Ray's

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coming up in half an hour, here's Lucy with a preview.

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Tonight we are going to be meeting a family who have tried to save money

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on their fuel bills but ended up ?15,000 out of pocket and we are

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going to be finding out if you can really save money in pound shops.

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I'll have an update for you here at 8:00pm and again after the BBC news

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at 10:00pm. That's Wales Today. Thank you for watching. From all of

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us on the programme, good evening.

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