21/02/2014 BBC Wales Today


21/02/2014

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moment. They'll be live in Kiev assessing what chance today's deal

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has Good evening. A ?4 billion project

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to revolutionise public transport in South Wales is a step nearer

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tonight. The regional metro system aims to get people out of their

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cars, and improve links between Cardiff and towns in the Rhondda,

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Neath and Gwent Valleys. More than 77,000 people commute into Cardiff

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each day, 80% of them travelling by road. Here's our business

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correspondent, Brian Meechan. This is all too common A-side, heavy

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congestion as people from across South Wales make their way into work

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in Cardiff. This is the latest ?220 million proposal to help tackle the

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problem. It would seek improved transport links inside the capital

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and eventually turned Cardiff into a hub, connecting the towns of South

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Wales. The authorities say the project can be paid for by Welsh

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government money and foreign investment. If Cardiff is to grow,

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we need that infrastructure. But the former deputy leader of Cardiff

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council says the proposed scheme will damage his area because houses

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will have to be knocked down to make way for the route. We should not

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develop on greenfield sites. There are brown field sites available. We

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should look at a housing on a regional basis. Netra systems have

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been successfully created elsewhere, with Nottingham the model being

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looked at by Cardiff council. But things can go wrong. Edinburgh's

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transport system -- tram system has been hit by a series of problems.

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The point is to make Cardiff not just a transport hub that the

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economic hub of South East Wales will stop with a potential

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workforce, then, of 1.4 million people, supporters believed the ?4

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billion scheme would allow the region to compete internationally

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and draw business into the country. It would also allow people to stay

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in their homes and communities in the Valleys while being able to

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commute easily into work. When he was speaking about a role on this

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side of Cardiff, some people believe these areas are hard to get to. --

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when you are speaking about a role on this side of Cardiff. The new

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transport system would have a positive impact. The plan has

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received widespread positive report but the ?4 billion bill will make

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people think the opportunities may be big but so are the costs. But

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just with other major transport plans, the longer it is left, the

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more expensive it gets. Three men who bound and gagged a

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vulnerable man in his own home in Wrexham, and threatened to cut off

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his fingers, toes and nose, have all been jailed. Andrew Lee Hughes and

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Leon Pritchard were jailed for seven years. Paul Taylor was sentenced to

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six years. All three admitted robbery and fraud.

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A cyclist has died after colliding with a lorry in Cardiff. The

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48-year-old woman was taken to the University Hospital of Wales on

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Thursday morning. Police want to speak to anyone who saw the

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collision at the junction of Rover Way and Ocean Way. They're trying to

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trace the cyclist's next of kin. Engineers are working to fix a Sea

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King helicopter from RAF Valley which had to land unexpectedly near

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Bethesda last night. The helicopter, used to train search-and-rescue

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teams, ended up near playing fields because of mechanical problems.

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A problem 20 years in the making - that's how one leading charity has

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described a rise in alcohol- related deaths among Welsh women. New

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figures from the Office for National Statistics show the rate of deaths

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here over the past decade is higher than in England. In 2012, 193 women

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died from alcohol- related problems - that's a rise of 34% - compared

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with ten years before. Think back 20, 30 years ago. The culture was

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men would go out to the pub at night, women would stay at home and

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look after the kids. That changed to a point where women also went out to

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the pub and drank at home as well. So what we see here is a cumulative

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effect over a couple of decades. The future of the Welsh fishing

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industry is on a knife edge. That's according to the body which

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represents small-scale fishermen here. It says recent storms are

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threatening their livelihood. Many have been unable to work in the last

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two months because their equipment has been damaged. Around 1,9000

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people are employed by the industry in Wales, which is worth ?20 million

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every year to the economy. -- 1,900. Nearly every fisherman on the Welsh

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coast has just shutdown. When you go out now you are going out to

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untangle gear, and that does not make money. You just go out,

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untangle what you can come back in again. We are handing in very small

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amounts of fish which do not even pay for the fuel you using.

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Well, following the heavy storms in Aberystwyth, plans to convert a

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derelict building into a hotel on the seafront have been put on hold.

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The developer has decided, for the time being, to withdraw the planning

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application to convert the former Bay Hotel to a Premier Inn. The

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company says it wanted to take stock and intends to resubmit the

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application within the next two months.

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Rugby, and Wales answered the critics with an emphatic win over

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France in the Six Nations. Tries from George North and captain Sam

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Warburton helped Wales to a 27-6 at the Millennium Stadium. It's their

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biggest win over France in Cardiff since 1950. Here's Claire Summers.

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Wales are now back in contention for the Six Nations. Warren Gatland had

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called for his players to perform and it seems they have been

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listening this week. Wales were focused and energised

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from the start. Leigh Halfpenny called upon with just seconds on the

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clock, giving Wales the perfect start. Many have wondered if George

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North would see more ball in the centre and that was answered minutes

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later. An inside pass from Halfpenny and a mistake from the French

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fullback and he crashed over for the first try. Despite a growing Welsh

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lead, France did not grumble and looked to have crossed the line

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themselves but the referee spotted the earlier knocked on and the try

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was not given. With penalties for both sides, the scrum at times a bit

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of a lottery, the scoreboard ticked over and at the stroke of half-time,

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Wales were 20-6 ahead. It was France that dominated possession after the

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break, but they just could not turn it into points, and Wales took their

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opportunities when they came. Their second try was courtesy of the

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captain, showing great strength to scrape the line. The closing minutes

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saw France frustrated and Wales Majestic in defence, as the final

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whistle blew, that defeat in Dublin was well forgotten. Exactly the

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response we were looking for. We knew we had it in us. We had two

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really good weeks of preparation. It is awesome. Next stop for Wales,

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England at Twickenham in just over a fortnight.

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Pretty good start to the weekend. Let's see what the weather has in

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store. The weekend starts off on the right

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note. It is dry but we have wet and windy conditions heading our way

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through tomorrow night and into Sunday so there is a risk of

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flooding. Tonight, fewer showers compared to today. A bit of cloud.

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It is blustery especially along close stool areas. -- coastal areas.

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Just the odd shower coming in. This friend is bringing the rain to

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Northern Ireland and Scotland through tomorrow morning. There is a

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yellow bee-aware winning for Scotland for the rain. Here in Wales

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tomorrow afternoon, the risk of a few showers merging into spells of

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rain. They could be heavy at times. It is a blustery afternoon as we go

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to tomorrow night as well. So not a very nice night and Saturday night.

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The wind picks up, the showers pick up, rolling in from the West again.

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They could be heavy at times. The blustery conditions continue into

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Sunday. Not a nice day at all, and with the wind and rain there is a

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yellow warning for some areas. The potential for localised flooding. We

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end the weekend on a wet and windy night. The rain band will clear

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through on Monday. Behind it win to be showers and bright spells as

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well. Make the most of it because we have more rain from the South West

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as we go into Monday night. Remaining unsettled as we go into

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the start of next week. More wind and rain in the forecast.

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Updates from midday tomorrow. Good night.

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