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Thousands of protest to remain in Independence Square tonight,

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Welcome to Wales Today. Tonight's headlines: It's worked in other

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cities - getting people out of cars and onto trams and trains. A ?4

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billion plan to revolutionise public transport across South Wales moves

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closer. Also tonight: Fishermen claim the

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recent storms put the future of the industry in danger. We are landing

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very small amounts of fish which don't even pay for the fuel we are

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using. "A problem 20 years in the making" -

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one charity's stark assessment of a rise in alcohol-related deaths among

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Welsh women. Good evening. It's Friday night, Six

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Nations rugby - can Wales right the wrongs of Dublin and conquer

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unbeaten France tonight? They are very proud men who have worked so

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much over the years and trust me, they are still a very determined

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team. The French are in town, making friends with Welsh fans - there's

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just an hour-and-a-half till kick off.

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Good evening. A ?4 billion project to revolutionise public transport in

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South Wales is a step nearer tonight. The regional metro system

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aims to get people out of their cars - and improve links between Cardiff

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and towns in the Rhondda, Neath and Gwent Valleys. More than 77,000

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people commute into Cardiff each day, 80% of them travelling by road.

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Here's our business correspondent, Brian Meechan.

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This is all too common a site, heavy congestion as people from across

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South Wales make their way into work in Cardiff. This is the latest 220

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million proposal to help tackle the problem. It would seek improved

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transport links inside the capital and eventually turn Cardiff into a

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hub that would connect the towns across South Wales via rail and

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road. The council responsible said the project is vital and could be

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paid for by European funding and Welsh government money. We need a

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better structure for the future. If Cardiff is going to grow in the

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proportions that we have put in, and they are very accurate, we need that

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infrastructure and we need to look at how other core cities around the

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UK... The former deputy leader of Cardiff Council said the scheme

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would damage his area because houses would have to be knocked down to

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make way for the route. We should not be developing on Cardiff's

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greenfield sites. We should be looking at housing on a regional

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basis and putting a real bumper structure in place. There has been

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planned in the place to solve the problem. Like this one where a

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driverless taxi service with eight people across the city. Metro

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systems have been successfully created elsewhere with Nottingham

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being the model looked at by Cardiff City Council. Things can go wrong.

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Edinburgh 's tram system has been hit by a series of problems and it

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has gone over budget and it is not yet operational. I don't have much

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of a problem with the transport. If local transportation was cheaper and

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it worked out far more cost-effective, not to take the car

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into the city and park it, I would use local transport. More direct

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routes to certain areas so you would not have to take two buses to get to

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one location. The point is to make Cardiff the economic hub of

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south-east Wales. With the potential workforce of 1.4 million people,

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supporters believe the ?4 billion scheme would allow the region to

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compete internationally to attract companies into the country. It would

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also allow people to stay in their homes and communities in the valleys

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while being able to commute easily to work. Speaking to people in the

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valleys are Bridgend, I do believe that there is this idea that these

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areas are quite hard to get to. -- the valleys or Bridgend. I believe

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that something like this system would be a real positive, happy

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positive impact on the local area. Companies like Admiral backed the

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plan, it has 5000 employees in south-east Wales and says reliable

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transport widens employment opportunities in the future. If you

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look at it in terms of investment per year, it becomes more manageable

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but we have to look at the missed opportunities of the past. Often

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there has been subsidies and support available from London or Europe and

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it has been wasted away on small initiatives. Maybe what we should

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have done is take that sort of money and invest in something really

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significant that can make a long-term difference. The plan has

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received widespread support but the ?4 billion bill will make everyone

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think. The opportunities may be huge, but so are the costs. The

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longer it is left, the more expensive it gets.

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The future of the Welsh fishing industry is on a knife edge. That's

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according to the body which represents small scale fishermen

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here. It says recent storms are threatening their livelihood. Around

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1900 people are employed by the industry in Wales, which is worth

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?20 million every year to the economy. Charlotte Dubenski has

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more. On a good day, the see of the Welsh

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course provides a happy hunting ground for fishermen. But the

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problem is good day's these days are few and far between. -- this ease of

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the Welsh coast. For this man it is another day stuck on the harbour. It

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has been almost two months since he was able to land a catch that made

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some the coast of Aberystwyth and if the boats do not go out, no one gets

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paid. Nearly every fisher man on the Wales coast, they have just shut

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down because when you are going out now, you are going out to untangle

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equipment and you are not able to make money. It is just a case of

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going out, untangle what you can and come back in. We are landing small

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amounts of fish, which don't even pay for the fuel. Recent storms have

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not only affected businesses on dry land, Stormy weather has battered

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and sunk many boats, making for dangerous conditions on the seas.

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The body which represents small-scale fishermen in Wales and

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England says the industry is on a knife edge, something it says the

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Welsh government needs to take seriously. I don't think anybody at

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the moment can't overestimate the potential impact on the Welsh

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fishing industry from the storms. There is clearly very significant

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damage across-the-board both in terms of ports and fishermen. There

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is going to be massive loss of equipment and what equipment they

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get back will need repaired and replaced. It is not just fishermen

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who have been affected by the severe weather. Their inability to land any

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face has had a wider impact on the industry. -- to land any fish. The

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empty lobster pots have had a big impact on this man's business. He

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says it is at a standstill. There should be an emergency fund. This is

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extremely unusual what has happened, once every 50 or 60 years. There

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should be a contingency plan. Just like there is in agriculture to help

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the whole community. Many people in these coastal areas are struggling.

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The Welsh government says it is waiting to find out if there will be

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any extra money from the UK Government to help the industry and

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is talking to fishermen to understand the impact on their

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businesses. In the meantime for fishermen whose work is dominated by

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the weather, all they can do is hope for calm days ahead.

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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 her next of kin. 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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Engineers are working to fix a Sea King helicopter from RAF Valley,

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which had to land unexpectedly near Bethesda last night. The helicopter,

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used to train Search and Rescue teams, ended up near playing fields

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because of mechanical problems. In the past 24 hours, the war of

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words between the Welsh Government and Westminster over the state of

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the NHS here has intensified - all sparked this time by an email from

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an NHS boss in England raising concerns about death rates in Welsh

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hospitals. The Conservatives called for an inquiry. The Health Minister

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said it was "politically motivated". So with one year to go until the

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general election, is the NHS here being used to score political

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points? Our Welsh Affairs Editor, Vaughan Roderick, takes a look at

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the story so far. The use that has been made of that email today makes

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me coldly furious at the concerted and politically motivated attempt to

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drag the reputation of the NHS in Wales through the mud.

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After a day of damning headlines about death rates here, a visibly

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angry Mark Drakeford spoke out. He was pointing the finger directly at

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the Conservative Party - another accusation in the war of words

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emerging between the Prime Minister and the First Minister in recent

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months. We don't have to remember the Labour record of the past, we

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can look at the Labour record in Wales. They've been running the

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Welsh health service, they cut the budget by 8.5% - they haven't met

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cancer target since 2008. I say to the party opposite, you can lecture

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us when your government in London spends as much on cancer treatment

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as the Welsh Government. You are letting the people of England down.

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If you take, for instance, the NHS, they have not followed our approach

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of protecting the spending on the NHS, there has been an 8% cut to the

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budget in Wales and as a result, they have not met an A target

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since 2009. So is the sniping over? Well, with only a year to go until

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the next general election, that doesn't seem very likely.

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So, Vaughan, why are they doing this? Why are they not focusing on

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running their own health services? There is a genuine issue about

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comparing the two services. But really what is going on from the

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point of view of the government in Westminster, the Conservatives in

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particular, is the art trying to neutralise Labour's attacks on their

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running of the health service in England. What they are doing quite

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simply is every time Ed Miliband attacks the standard of the health

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service in England, they come back and they say, look at what is

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happening in Wales where your party is in charge. Who's winning the war

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of words so far? There is evidence that people in Wales are concerned

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about the state of the health service and that is being fed by

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numerous stories. I don't think it is about winning. It is about

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neutralising. The Conservatives will know that they will never absolutely

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prove that the Welsh have service is not as good as England and vice

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versa. They are using the Welsh health service to blunt one of

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Labour's weapons in England. Thank you very much. Coming up: They're in

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fine voice - the fans out in force tonight ahead of Wales' Six Nations

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clash against France. A problem 20 years in the making.

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That is how one leading charity has described the rise in

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alcohol-related deaths in Welsh women. The figures from the Office

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for National Statistics also show that the number of women here who

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died from alcohol-related causes increased significantly. They show

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that the rate of deaths is higher than in England.

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You are you coming to see today? Sam Dyer from Newtown celebrates a

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special anniversary this week. It's exactly three years since she

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stopped drinking alcohol. Finding herself drinking too much, she

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admits she was powerless to stop until she was referred to a local

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counselling service, where she now offers support to alcoholics and

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addicts. I would have kept drinking until I killed myself. I was on the

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floor. Absolutely on the floor. I would not have stopped. I would have

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done myself serious damage. It is places like this that are crucial? I

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would not be here without it. Sam was lucky to avoid becoming one

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of the grim statistics which show alcohol-related deaths among women

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are on the rise in Wales. The causes include heart and liver disease such

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as cirhosis and hepatitis. In 2012, 193 women died from alcohol-related

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issues compared with 127 ten years before, a rise of 34%. The rate he

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was also higher than in England, 10.4 deaths per 100,000 people

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compared with 7.3 across-the-board. Alcohol support organisations say

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the problem has been building up over time. If we think back 30 years

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ago, the culture was, go out to the pub at night, have a few pints,

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women stay at home and look after the kids. That changed to a point

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where women also went out for a jink in the pub but they were also

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drinking at home. -- went out for a drink. We are seeing an accumulation

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effect. There have been renewed calls for minimum pricing on alcohol

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to be introduced here, a plan which has faced opposition from the drinks

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industry. Legislation in Scotland is on hold pending a legal challenge.

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In the meantime, help is at hand for those like Sam who've decided to

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have their last drink before it is too late.

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Thousands the of rugby fans have been descended on Cardiff for the

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rugby tonight. Wales take on France and Claire is at the Millennium

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Stadium for us. Claire? Hello, I hope you can hear me, it is getting

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very exciting here, we are all set for 8.00 kick off and we expect both

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teams out of the tunnel and on to the pitch, some of them just

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arriving. You see Jamie Roberts behind me, soaking up the atmosphere

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and feeling a sense of this big occasion. The gates open 6.00

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tonight and plenty of fans have already started streaming in. The

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roof is shut, so we are dry, but let me show you the scenes outside

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earlier. Outside the Millennium Stadium, it has been a party

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atmosphere, the French have arrived in and Cardiff has been buzzing,

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they have arrived in their thousands but it has been a pretty friendly

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French invasion, wet and damp on the streets of Cardiff, but hasn't

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dampened the spirits, they come here unbeaten. The big question here

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tonight is can Wales right the wrongs of that dismal defeat out in

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France. Warren Gatland has had strong words this week and his

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hasn't been afraid to make change, he has warned them their future as

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internationals will depend on their performances, here is our sports

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reporter. -- Dublin. Last season beating

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France was the spark that put the fire back in to Wales' Six Nations

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campaign, after a defeat to Ireland. The parallels tonight are all too

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obvious. The squad of 2014 are under no

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illusions about what is at stake both as a team and individuals.

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Warren Gatland's decision to drop a big name like Mike Phillips after

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the defeat in Dublin is a warning shot across the boughs of the team.

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They will need to prove Ireland was an unfortunate one off.

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I am sure that these guys will respond to that, and because if they

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don't, for a lot of them, it is, we have been talking about the next 12

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month, we are talking about the World Cup, and coming together and

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starting to prepare for that and for some of them they don't want

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potentially this to be you know, maybe their last game for Wales, of

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the their individual performance isn't good enough we need to make

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changes. It is amazing what a couple of

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victories can do for your mood. Even Napoleon was doling out kisses at a

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pub this afternoon. France arrive here unbeaten. Two wins from two is

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a very encouraging start. But the jury is still out on whether they

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are serious contenders. Even the French Press Pack, who followed

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their team to Wales have no idea what to expect. A good game against

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England, in the first half. It was, it was something special because

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England was better than them, and we find the French again, against

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Italy, so ten minutes good, ten minutes very bad, ten minutes good.

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So it is difficult to know with this team.

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One thing we can confidently expect is Titanic midfield collisions, as

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George North and French wrecking ball Bastareaud line each up He is a

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big guy, physical as well. You know, Fofana, people talk about Bastareaud

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but forget about the quality of Fofana. He has great footwork and a

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tonne of pace. It is is gore foe me to match up on. The street have been

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filling up throughout the day, but thousands more fans will pour in in

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the hour before kick off. Putting extra pressure on the capital's

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transport network. Coming in will be fine, when the game finishes my

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advice would be come straight to the train station if you plan to travel

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by train f you wait for a couple of hours, post match, and you will be

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cutting it fine to get your train home, you might miss it. Come into

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the queueing system. Why you are waiting, you know, have a bit of

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patience, you will be able to get a train to get home and when you get

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on the train, they are going to be crowded.

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Welsh fans are hoping they will be be the ones going home happy with

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pride restored and the championship just about in reach.

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I am delighted to say I am joined by a man who knows about playing on the

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big occasion, Shane Williams joins me, first I have to ask you, do you

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miss this? Big time. Yes, I miss the guy, I miss play, I miss the

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involvement, but I still get goosebumps and I can't wait for the

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game to kick off. What kind of Wales grow think we will see? Can they

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resurrect themselves? I think so, they have to. It was a poor

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performance in Dublin. They have had two weeks to Freedom of Information

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request. Warren Gatland has kicked a few butts in the meantime. I spoke

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to them yesterday, and they were disappointed with their performance,

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and that I are determined to set things right tonight. What does a

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defeat like that out in Dublin against Ireland, the performance

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they Gaye, what does that do to Wales who are used to winning? It is

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all good losing if you play well, you could take that, but when you

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don't play well and you don't offer anything against a side like

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Ireland, that is the disappointing thing about it, and that is what the

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reflection of the guy, tonight it is about rectifying two weeks' ago,

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hopefully crowd and everyone else, the press will forget about the

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nightmare that was two weeks' ago, especially if they win tonight, and

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the guys have worked hard over the last two week, and assure they can

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do the business. I have to ask you about George North moving in the

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wing to centre He has done it at Warrington. He is a fantastic talent

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and probably could play in any position in the back-line up. He

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could fillet into the scrum if he had to! It is a tough task against

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Bastareaud but he is such a talent you could fit him in and he would

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have no qualm, looking for to the battle between the both of them but

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I am sure he will come out on top. I have to ask you about life in Japan.

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They tell me it is snowing there, so you are used to jumpers and scarf,

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so looking to do coaching, how are you looking forward to that? It was

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only meant to be a year out there, but I have done my second year and I

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have been offered another two year, I am enjoying myself, I am getting

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used to the culture, learning the language and doing something

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different to what I us with used to in Wales. I will be going back out

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in April and doing something with the club. It is lovely to see you,

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enjoy tonight. Shane is part of the BBC's team

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tonight, you can watch autumn the all the action from 7. 30 on BBC One

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Wales and it is on the red button too, more rugby in a moment, but let

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us turn our attention to football. Head coach at Swansea, Garry Monk

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has described his side's performance against Napoli as magnificent. It

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ended in a goalless draw but Swansea had plenty of chances and he says

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they will take huge confidence into the next leg next week. Turn and

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Dyer, to shoot. That is a good save at the other end from Raphael. In a

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week when English clubs struggled against Europe's best the team from

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Wales showed they are more than a match for a side sitting third in

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Italy's Serie A. But for a series of fine saves from

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Napoli's goalkeepers, Swansea would be heading to Naples next week with

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a lead to protect. I said to the players after, the

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word was wow, I think, you know, if that doesn't prove they can compete

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with the a top team in Europe, they can compete with anyone at any

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level, so it is a great confidence boost for the players and something

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to take them forward with, but the only disappointment was we didn't

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score a goal. As it is they know if they can convert one chance necks

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week their hosts will have to score two to have any chance of going

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through. But before they pack their bag, there are more pressing

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matters. After last night's distraction the focus turns to the

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bread and butter of the Premier League.

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And a week after coming up against one mentor in Everton manager Royal

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Institute of Chartered Surveyors, Garry Monk takes his team back to

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Merseyside to face Liverpool and another former boss, having lost

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last week he will hope for aer result against Brendan Rodgers's

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side. -- a better result.

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Let Usman Ali stay with football. Let us turn our attention to Cardiff

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City, they are in action down the road tomorrow afternoon. They face

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another of the sides in the relegation mix. Hull City and a win

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could see the Bluebirds climb out of the relegation zone.

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The last two home games, beat Norwich, drew villa, if you can get

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a good result here, you are looking at the next two home games in, in

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the confident manner, because you have really done well at home then,

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because we have always said this is where we are going to take the

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majority of the point point and we have.

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We will come back later and join us. We will be talking to Wynne Evans

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and finding out about his crusade to get more of us singing in the Six

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Nations campaign. Now, our coastline and beaches have

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been battered by the storms in recent week, but they have uncovered

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some hidden history. It is thought the remains of some World War II

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defences are sticking out of the sand in Porthcawl, but there are

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concerns they could be dangerous. After the recent storm, a spot of

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sunshine could seem the ideal time to head to the beach, but at this

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bay in Porthcawl that comes with a warning, the high tides have

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literally swept the sand way, exposing metal poles and girders and

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chains. It is thought they are remnants from World War II, stuck

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vertically in the sand, some with barbed wire to stop tank, they are

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now more visible than ever. It probably looks like a steel girder,

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buried in the sand, what happens when the sand disappears, over the

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winter when you get storms they usually start to appear, this year

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has been particularly bad and nay van peered about two feet out of the

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sand. Keith Morgan was a young boy during the war. He remembers

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visiting Porthcawl on holiday from Swansea s and only being able to

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look at the beach and its defences through the wire fence. During the

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war you weren't allowed on the beaches because they were, they were

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areas where they were heavily defended. It was a beach that was

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sufficiently flat that it would be, the right sort of beach for a German

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landing craft to come in. And that is exactly what the army was worried

:25:27.:25:30.

about. Hundreds of troops storming the beach. The big concern were the

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vehicles and tanks that came with them. After the war the posts and

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traps were removed as that are as they could be seen but recent bad

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weather has shifted the sand and for some it seems they are still a

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nuisance. Hugh Murray runs a surf school. This week he cut them down

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When the tide comes in it hits the rocks and it starts getting deeper.

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At that point all the bits of metal are under the water, so you can't

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see them. With surfers, there is a chance they could catch a board or

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their feet. It is not the only piece of history to be revealed by the

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weather. Last month two can condition, possibly dating back to

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the Napoleonic war were found on another beach in Porthcawl. They

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have got a place in the town's museum.

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There is no such honour for this discovery. Bridgend council will

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start work on Monday to remove whatever is left.

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It looks lovely in Porthcawl but time for the weather. Are fans

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likely to get wet? Maybe heading to the match. We have more wet and

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windy weather through Sunday. It is a chilly night. We will see fewer

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shower, at the moment we have hefty ones making their way east ward. It

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will backbench dry and we might see clear spells. The odd isolated

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shower. For the overnight terse period we could get six or seven or

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lower in the countryside. So we do get a brief break tomorrow

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as a ridge of high pressure builds but we have another area of low

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pressure taking charge tomorrow and into Sunday and that will bring some

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wet and windy weather and there is another one waiting in the wings for

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Monday. So we do have some really wet weather heading our way, first

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thing tomorrow is a dry start in Monmouth, right up to parts of pow

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wist, lighter -- Powys. Head to Anglesey it is blustery,

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some brightness along Cardigan Bay and Pembrokeshire we could see the

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opt shower first thing, but some brightness. It is blustery as we go

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through the day. So through tomorrow morning, it is a dry start, and as

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we go through the day we will start to see the showers rolling in from

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the south-west, the winds picking up and by the afternoon the weather

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deteriorating, so, not a great end to the day, the temperatures nine,

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sorry eight to ten tomorrow. Through tomorrow night, the showers will

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merge into longer spells of rain, so not a nice night if you are heading

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out. Blustery as well, as we go through the evening and the

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overnight period, temperatures ranging between seven to nine, so it

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is a fairly mild night into Sunday morn, and then it is Sunday where it

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becomes nasty again, we have the wet weather, there is a yellow be aware

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warning for parts of the area where there is the potential for flooding.

:28:25.:28:30.

We have Gussy condition, up to 70mph possible on the coastal area, on the

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plus side it is a mild day, highs of ten to 12. That rain band will clear

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through on Monday, and then behind it it is a day of sunshine and

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showers, on Monday afternoon, we will see more rain Monday night into

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Tuesday, so make the most of tomorrow morning, if you can. Back

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to you. It never seems to clear for long. That is from from me. Enjoy

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the weekend. Let us head back to Claire at the Millennium Stadium

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where kick off is just over an hour away.

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Thank you very much. Welcome back, if you have been to the Millennium

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Stadium, you know all about what it is like when the singing starts, the

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hair on the back of your neck stands up and one man who knows all about

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that is the Welsh tenor win Evans who is here tonight. He is on a bit

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of a crusade, to get all of us singing. Tell us about it I mean if

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you can hear the music in the background that is what Welsh rugby

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has become, but we are try nothing get the crowd singing, make some

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noise for the boys and we need to sing together. So we are trying to

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learn a song. If you want to learn more go to the website.

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You can upload your very own version of it. How are people doing? They

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are doing surprisingly well. Some are in the same key as the piano,

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which is amazing. Brilliant! Found any superstars? Not yet but we are

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still on the look out. One of the choirs here are here tonight and

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they are going to treat us and sing us out. Are you ready? How is the

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voice? I am warmed up. Do you need to give us a note? No, Hayden is

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going to give us a note. Win Evans is going to join the choir, thank

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you for doing this, they are going to sing us out. The stage is set,

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Wales against France, kick off at 8.00, all the coverage across the

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BBC, enjoy the game, from all of us here, good night.

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