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from BBC News. It is goodbye from me.

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Welcome to Wales Today. Our top story: How safe are hospitals here?

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One NHS boss in England calls for high death rates in Wales to be

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investigated. The Welsh Government says any suggestion it's covering-up

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the figures is utterly ridiculous. We'll be speaking to the Health

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Minister live. The deputy head who admitted

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voyeurism offences last month is facing more charges - some allegedly

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committed at the school where he taught.

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Concerns around a hundred bus services have been scrapped due to

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council cuts - but are enough people using them?

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I have a motorbike to go to work on but the older people need the buses.

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If there were more frequent buses it would make everything a whole lot

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simpler. Also tonight: Swansea City face the

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most important European night in their history - they take on Italian

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giants Napoli. We'll be there live. And they

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volunteer their time to keep us safe - the major investment in RNLI

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teams. The number of people dying in our

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hospitals is under the spotlight again tonight. It's emerged the

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medical director of the NHS in England has suggested death rates

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here are worrying and should be investigated. The Welsh Government

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says it acts on legitimate concerns at individual hospitals. But one

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academic has told us he's concerned health boards are not telling us the

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full story. Here's our Political Editor Nick Servini.

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In the past few years, the families of some of those who died in Welsh

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hospitals have told us of of some of those who died in Welsh

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concerns about care in the NHS. Today the row over death rate has

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raised its head again, this time in an e-mail from the medical director

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of the NHS in England, Sir Bruce Keogh, to his equivalent here. In it

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he describes the high death rate as worrying and says there is real

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concern about what is happening. He says there are six hospitals with a

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persistently high mortality that warrant further investigation. He

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does and he doesn't have adequate data to form a view. The figures

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published last March by the Welsh government showed 11 out of 17

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district general hospitals in Wales had higher death rates than should

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be expected. That has now dropped to eight. The figures were published in

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a bid to improve transparency. One eight. The figures were published in

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of the leading experts in mortality rates in England says he is

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concerned we are not getting the full picture.

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In England, we adjusted hospital just rates -- death rates and it

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drew attention to the problem in mid Staffordshire NHS trust. If there

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are questions about the quality of service in Wales, I think they

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probably should be looking at things in a similar way. If you go to the

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website of one of the hospitals, you find that the measures that we use

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have changed and it looks as though in some of the analysis they do,

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they are missing data. The Welsh government said any

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suggestion high death rates are being covered up is utterly

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ridiculous and completely without foundation. The Conservatives have

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been calling foundation. The Conservatives have

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enquiry into the NHS since last year but Assembly Members voted against

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the idea in November. It is one thing to investigate

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individual cases where a patient may have passed away and those

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circumstances may have to be investigated. What we have here is a

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systemwide investigation to take appropriate action.

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Gareth Williams is campaigning for a full public enquiry into the NHS in

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Wales. His 82-year-old mother died at the Princess of Wales Hospital in

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Bridgend two years ago. The police were called in after he claimed she

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was repeatedly neglected by staff. It is sold destroying to see a loved

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one going through that. Lillian was It is sold destroying to see a loved

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abused and neglected. With the evidence coming forward, there needs

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to be a full public enquiry. The Welsh meant has ruled out a

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nationwide enquiry and said the majority of people who use the NHS

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are happy with the care they receive. Let's get more from our

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political editor. Let's go through some of the issues

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with the health minister, Mark Drakeford, who joins me now. Anyone

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looking at this tonight, the concerning thing is this has not

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come from any of your political opponents but the most senior doctor

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in the NHS in England, who has carried out enquiries into this kind

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of thing already. I think you are entirely wrong in

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that analysis. I have no qualm with what Sir Bruce Keogh said but the

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use that has been made of that e-mail today makes me furious at the

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concerted and politically motivated attempt to drag the rapid Jason of

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the -- the reputation of the NHS through the gutter. He said he was

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presented with figures but he could not verify them and he didn't have

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sufficient to draw conclusion of his own but he was passing it on to the

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chief investigator. I have no quarrel with that. Mortality data in

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Wales is published absolutely routinely and openly and it shows an

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improving picture quarter after quarter. It is the political

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attempt, a concerted political attempt by the Conservative party in

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London to drag the reputation of the NHS in Wales through the mud which

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is unacceptable. The latest figures we have got,

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eight out of 17 district general hospitals are above where they

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should be. Are you happy on the mortality rates when clearly, there

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could be room for improvement. I fully accept that. For me the

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trend is the important thing. The figures demonstrate that quarter on

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quarter, they are. In any statistical series, you are bound to

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have some organisations that are above the average and some that are

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below. In Wales we have more above and below but there is more we can

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do. Why did you put this to bed with

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your political opponents and hold an enquiry into this issue?

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Because they are not interested in that sort of enquiry at all. All

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they are interested in doing is diverting attention from the utter

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shambles which is the English NHS by trying to pretend things in Wales

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are worse but they are not and we will not fall into that trap.

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An enquiry could reassure people. If you are as confident as you say you

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are, and enquiry could lay it all out there.

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Where there is genuine cause for concern, we do have enquiries in the

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Welsh NHS. We have independent enquiry is led by people from

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outside Wales. But a general global, "let's have an enquiry" would

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distract from compassionate care and would lead to a detriment of

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patient's best interests, would lead to a detriment of

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We have to leave it there. Thank you very much indeed.

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The deputy head teacher from Cardiff who's pleaded guilty to three

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charges of voyeurism involving children has today been charged with

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a number of other similar offences. Some of Gareth Williams' latest

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offences allegedly took place at the Welsh-medium school where he worked.

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Over now live to Ysgol Glantaf in Cardiff and our reporter Nick Palit.

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Nick, what's the latest. Well, today the Crown Prosecution

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Service issued a statement saying that following further police

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investigations, the 47-year-old deputy head has been charged with a

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further 12 counts of voyeurism and 34 counts of making indecent images.

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The statement goes on to say that six of the counts of voyeurism

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relate to offences that allegedly took place at this school on two

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days last December. The other six were allegedly at other locations on

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a number of dates between 2011 and 2013. He'll appear before Cardiff

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Magistrates to have the charges formally put to him next Wednesday.

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Tell us more about the background to this story?

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Acting on information last month Police recovered a miniature camera

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hidden in a toilet and memory sticks containing files of five children.

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On the 31st of January Gareth Williams appeared at Cardiff

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Magistrates Court and pleaded guilty three charges of recording another

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person without their consent for the purpose of sexual gratification. But

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those charges did not relate to any alleged offences here at the school.

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Since then police have widened their investigation to include Ysgol

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Glantaf - hence today's further charges. A letter has been sent out

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to parents today informing them of the latest situation. Some have

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already been seeking legal advice on behalf of their children.

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Thank you very much. Four men have been jailed for a

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total of 11 years for their part in a mobile phone insurance scam worth

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?300,000. Christopher Surman, Andrew Patterson and Wayne Ghosh from

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Swansea and Omar Mapara from Bristol had all admitted conspiring to

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defraud customers by selling false insurance policies to thousands of

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people. Three others were given suspended prison sentences for

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selling insurance without being authorised to do so. They have been

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sentenced on the basis that there was no intention of ever paying out

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any of the warranties or what were purported to be

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any of the warranties or what were phones. It was a complete con in

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terms of the ?300,000 worth of business.

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Police are appealing for help to find a 15-year-old boy who

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disappeared early this afternoon. Sean Levi was last seen in

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Llandrillo, near Corwen. He's described as being of mixed race.

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He's five foot five with short, curly hair and brown eyes. He's

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thought to be wearing a grey hoody and a blue jacket.

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If you live in south Wales, you may have felt an earthquake this

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lunchtime. The tremor was recorded under the Bristol Channel at 1:20pm

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by the British Geological Survey, and measured 4.1 magnitude. The

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epicentre was south of the Gower and was felt in Swansea and Llanelli, as

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well as on the other side of the channel. Some people reported their

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houses shaking. Almost 100 bus routes have been

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scrapped across Wales in the past few years, with many more under

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threat. Rural villages have been worst hit by the cuts as councils

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struggle to make money on services. worst hit by the cuts as councils

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Matthew Richards has been finding out more.

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Wherever cuts are made, it's in rural areas where the lack of

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subsidised public transport will be felt most harshly. Larger distances

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and fewer alternative ways to travel means that some could be stranded if

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their service is stopped. I'm hitching a ride on one of the

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threatened routes in the Ceiriog Valley near Chirk to speak to

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passengers. It is a pity, like I said before,

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because a lot of elderly people are out in rural areas and in my line of

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work, getting at here to look after them is a lot harder.

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Most people have cars and I have a motorbike to get to work on but the

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older people need the best service. -- the best service. This hour long

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journey from Chirk to Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog only carried three

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passengers. On services like this, you can understand why whenever

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Council are looking at cutting back. Some people find it a lifeline. It's

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a familiar picture across Wales where one in seven council

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subsidised bus routes have been cut over the last three years. The

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biggest reduction was in Pembrokeshire where 19 routes were

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scrapped. 16 went in Wrexham. While Gwynedd cut ten and both Powys and

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Blaenau Gwent saw six routes disappear. In Mid and West Wales a

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taxi-type service called Bwcabus has filled the gap left when traditional

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services have been removed from remote communities.

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We developed a new network which was responsive to what the public

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wanted. That means that many villages, for example a village like

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one in north Carmarthenshire used to have one bus a week. People there

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now have 12 options every day, in each direction.

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The Welsh Government says it's looking at innovative solutions to

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fund and deliver sustainable bus services but the responsibility for

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particular routes lies with councils. Age Cymru says it's

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essential for older people to have access to public transport.

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Isolation is a big problem in Wales. All the people who find themselves

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cut off, not able to get out and about into local communities, not

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able to the services that they need. We know that a lot of people rely on

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buses to get out and about. It gives them independence and freedom.

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Wrexham Council will be discussing the issue of bus services next week

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and Pembrokeshire have warned that further cuts are unavoidable there

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too. Passengers in some areas face an anxious wait to see whether the

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bus they use will arrive in an anxious wait to see whether the

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You're watching Wales Today. Stay with us as there's plenty still

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ahead: They've just had one of their busiest years - the major investment

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in RNLI teams. And paintings of Welsh landscapes

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bought for a million pounds - ensuring these significant works

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about Wales stay in Wales. It's a big night for Swansea City

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and their new manager - here's Claire with tonight's sport.

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Good evening. Yes, he's only been in the job two weeks, but Swansea

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City's interim manager Garry Monk faces a huge test tonight. The Swans

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welcome Italian side Napoli to the Liberty Stadium in the first leg of

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their Europa League tie. Napoli's manager is a man who knows all about

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success - he won the tournament last year with Chelsea.

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He may only be getting his feet under the desk but tonight Garry

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Monk is facing one of the biggest nights of European football in

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Swansea city history. It has been a whirlwind few weeks but it is a

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challenge he is relishing. Nights like this don't come around

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often so great is a case of going out there and enjoy it and put in a

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performance we can be proud of. It is a game we can win and it has to

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be the way, that has to be the attitude of the players and that is

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what we've had in the Games I've had with them and we will take that into

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this game. Swansea are fully aware of the

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challenge ahead of them tonight. Napoli Have a rich heritage. Today

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they are coached by a man who has won most of football's top prizes,

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including the Europa league last year with Chelsea.

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It will be good to speak to him afterwards, to pick his brain

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because of his experience. For somebody like myself, who has been

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doing it to ten days, it would be lovely to speak to him afterwards

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and it will be nice if I can have the right result to speak to him

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about! Comedy with that stature in the game, it is something to aspire

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to. It is a challenge for us to use play

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against a team like this and the advantage is because they know how

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we play but it is up to the players on the pitch.

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Both teams are missing crucial goal-scorers. Swansea know there

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priority is staying in the Premier League but nights like this are

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priority is staying in the Premier special and a good result is needed

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to night ahead of the return leg in Italy next week.

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Let's head to the Liberty Stadium now and speak to our football

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correspondent Rob Phillips. Well, there's nothing like getting stuck

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in - just two weeks in the job and a massive test for Garry Monk.

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It doesn't come much more difficult than this but as you heard, Garry

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Monk is excited and relishing pitting his wits against Rafa

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Benitez, who won this competition with Chelsea last year and won the

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champions league with Liverpool. It is a really tough test for the Swans

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but it is a special night and this is why they went to Malmo, to play

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Games like this, against a side with great pedigree.

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How vital is it to get something from the game tonight - with that

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return leg next Thursday? I think it is absolutely crucial.

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That said, a draw would be terrific because they would only have to

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score a goal and keep a clean sheet in Napoli. They would rather be take

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a 1-0 defeat. They had an earthquake in Swansea earlier today. If this

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once went to night, I think you will be able to hear it on the Richter

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scale. And Rob will be in his commentary

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seat in the next few minutes. All the action live on Radio Wales Sport

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- coverage starts at 7:00pm. Rugby. Wales AND France have had a

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run out at the Millennium Stadium today ahead of their Six Nations

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clash tomorrow night. France today ahead of their Six Nations

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into the match unbeaten having won against England and Italy. Wales are

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looking to bounce back from that dismal defeat in Dublin. Defence

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coach, Shaun Edwards is backing George North, whose 37 Wales caps

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have all been on the wing, to make an impact in the centre.

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Watching George North in training so far, he has trained exceptionally

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well. The brief period he played at centre was probably against

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Australia, when he was sensational in the last 20 minutes. If I was a

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centre, I would be worried about my opposition if I saw George North in

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my jersey. We will have the build-up tomorrow

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night. And there's Pro 12 action tonight.

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The Blues welcome Leinster to the Arms Park. You can see it on Scrum V

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Live, over on BBC Arms Park. You can see it on Scrum V

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That's it from me. Details of Swansea's game in our

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late bulletin at 10:25pm tonight. Tomos?

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It should be a special night at the Liberty Stadium.

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Over the past two years, the RNLI has invested over ?50 million along

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the Welsh coastline. The level of investment, revealed to BBC Wales,

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comes at a time when the service, provided by volunteers, is busier

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than ever. Last year, the boats were launched a thousand times, over a

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hundred times more than the year before. Aled Hughes reports.

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Welcome aboard a ?3 million lifeboat, the Kiwi. This life saving

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machine is currently homeless. The last boat house was built in

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1909 two has told sailing and rowing -- to house sailing and rowing

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boats. As you can see, this is 21st century science and the boat is a

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lot bigger. We need more facilities to house these boats. We didn't have

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any changing rooms in the old lifeboat station and we would be

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changing next to the boat. Mumbles moved into its boat house

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last week. Others are a year away. ?53.9 million if the total

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investment. For the crew here, a village that prides itself on its

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rich RNLI history, nobody underestimates what the new station

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will mean. The bird has has been here for as

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long as anybody can remember. It keeps the village alive.

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Because of the location of these lifeboat houses, most if not all of

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the building material has to come in from the sea and that makes them

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work more difficult. The simple aim is to have a proper facility to

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house the new boats which the RNLI hopes will save more lives. And this

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is how it will look. Down the road, they are much closer to completion

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and it will be much more than just a boathouse.

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This one will have a much bigger crew room. We didn't have a changing

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room. The crew didn't have their own kit. We will have our own kit now

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and we have extra toilets and showers, we have a proper workshop

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and a proper place to keep the boat. The investment is no drop in the

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ocean and the amount each local volunteer group has to raise is no

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small amount either. A major collection of works by the

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artist John Piper being unveiled tonight have been described as one

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of the best in the world. The paintings - on show at the National

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Museum of Wales - are mostly landscapes of Snowdonia and were

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bought from a private collector for nearly a million pounds. Our arts

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and media correspondent Huw Thomas got a sneak preview.

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The Welsh landscape -dark, rough and beautiful. These are some of the

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paintings by John Piper board for ?1 million, a price that keeps these

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mythic and works about Wales in Wales. John Piper wasn't Welsh and

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it was buildings rather than mountains that first made his name.

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The government asked him to capture the bomb damaged after World War II

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and his subject included Coventry Cathedral. In the decades that

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followed, he returned to Wales, making it a second home.

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He worked for a period of several years in North Wales, just after the

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Second World War. He produced an extraordinary series of landscape

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pictures and the collection is very much about the landscape of Wales.

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This is a splendid 20th-century addition.

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The ?1 million needed to buy this location was raised with donations

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from the Art fund, charity and the Heritage Lottery Fund. But it is the

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legacy of Derek Williams which contributed ?350,000 towards the

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cost. He was a huge collector of art and when he died 30 years ago, his

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collection went to the National Museum. His estate has been

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supporting the visual arts ever since. It is not just some of the

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paintings that are the legacy of his passion for art. The galleries were

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paid for by the trust and renamed in his honour. It is the largest modern

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benefactor to the National Museum. The contributions to the centenary

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of the Museum, the major acquisitions of Picasso, Kandinsky

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and others, that is evidence of the formidable legacy that Derek

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Williams has made. During his life, Derek Williams

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collect it John During his life, Derek Williams

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years after Derek Williams died, it is the gallery bearing his name that

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will house the best collection of Pipers in the world.

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Time for the weather not and it's turned a bit colder today, Derek.

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This winter is the wettest in Wales on record. According to the Met

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Office over 690mm of rain has fallen in the last three months. Over two

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feet of rain! The previous wettest was in 1995. Rainfall records go

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back to 1910. The next 24 hours will bring more showers. Hail in places

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and cold enough for a little snow on high ground. This evening and

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tonight plenty of dry weather. Some clear spells. A few showers as well.

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Heavy and wintry on high ground. Colder than last night. Temperatures

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inland falling low enough for a touch of frost in places where the

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wind falls light. Tomorrow's chart shows low pressure near Iceland.

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Brisk winds for the UK, unstable air and showers. Here's the picture for

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eight in the morning. Some places dry and bright but not everywhere.

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There will be showers around. If caught in one it could be heavy with

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hail. Feeling cold. Strong winds in the northwest. During the day into

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the afternoon, further showers. Heavy in places with hail and

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thunder. A little snow on some of the hills and mountains but I can

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promise some dry weather and sunshine as well. Temps lower than

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today six to eight Celsius with a brisk and gusty wind. Strong winds

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on the coast. In Ceredigion tomorrow a mixture of sunshine and heavy

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showers. Windy on the coast and feeling cold. And chilly in

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Caerphilly tomorrow. Sharp showers and sunshine. Hail possible with a

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high of 6C in Bargoed. If you're in Cardiff for the rugby tomorrow. It's

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going to chilly with a few passing showers. Saturday is breezy. Try and

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bright for a while but it may turn cloudy and damp before evening. Send

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a windy with gales. Outbreaks of rain and drizzle as well. The rain

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heaviest in the west and northwest. 20 to 50mm on high ground. Drier in

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the south-east and the Marches. And turning milder - up to 12C on the

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north coast. So its the wettest winter on record in Wales. Next

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week, more rain and showers. Windy at times but a few sunny spells as

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well. A reminder of our top story: For

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health minister has told this programme Conservative politicians

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are trying to drag the reputation of the Welsh NHS through the mud. It

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comes after the medical director of the NHS in England suggested death

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rates in hospitals here are worrying and should be investigated.

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Where there is genuine concern, we do have enquiries in the

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Welsh NHS. We have independent enquiries led by people from outside

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Wales. But a general local "let's have an enquiry" would be

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distracting from the main purpose, which is to provide careful and

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compassionate patient care and would actually lead to a detriment of

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patient's best interests, not an improvement.

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The missing 15-year-old boy who disappeared has been found safe and

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well. I'll have an update for you later

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than usual at 8:30pm. More, too, at 10:25pm. From all of us here, have a

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