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Welcome to Wales Today. They want to bring international motorsport to

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the valleys. Should ?50 million of taxpayers money be used to get it to

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the starting line? The trial of former Shadow Welsh

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Secretary Nigel Evans. The court hears from a man who alleges the MP

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put his hands down his victim's trousers.

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Today's the day your council tax bill is finalised. Wherever you

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live, you'll have to pay more. I am in Tredegar, home to some of

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the highest council tax bills in Wales. I will be finding out what it

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means for the people living here. The family of Margaret Hoskins, who

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died after being treated at Singleton and Morriston hospitals,

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call for an inquiry into all hospitals within the local health

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board. And the storms lashing our coast

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reveal the leg bones of a man buried in the cliff. But who was he?

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Good evening. A racing circuit attracting international motorsport

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to the South Wales Valleys, bringing much needed jobs. That's the vision.

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BBC Wales has discovered that the new Circuit of Wales racetrack may

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receive ?30 million from the Welsh Government. But questions are being

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asked about whether the track, earmarked for Rassau near Ebbw Vale,

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can be built in time to win a contract for an international motor

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racing event, seen as vital to the development. Tim Rogers reports.

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This is the vision but where is the prize? The promises to deliver

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world-class motor racing including the Moto GP. The motorcycle

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equivalent of Formula one. But today, not -- nothing has started on

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this man inside and no contract has been signed and there is still no

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agreement with Moto GP. A lot of things are going on at the moment

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which are confidential and I can't disclose on a television programme.

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We have been told you have no agreement. I very much doubt that.

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They don't have an agreement with you? There are doubts to about the

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companies claim it will create 6000 jobs when the circuit is built

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attracting businesses, a technology part -- Park and hotels. It

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increases expectations to incredible height. Where are those going to

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come from? I have thought when that was said, this is a silly. We are

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starting to build it this year. By September next year we can have our

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first race taking place just up the road. A public relations company has

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been building up the excitement and promoting the dream with local

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schoolchildren. But will the track be built? 36 adult student John

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Daniels hopes so. Like many people in this community he is desperate

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for work. This could be my lifeline. So many people would be dependent on

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it. If it did not go ahead, it would be a problem. Welsh Government has

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given the company grant of ?2 million to develop the grant --

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develop the plan. ?30 million extra could be available. But there is now

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the serious doubt that the track will be built in time. The company

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says it remains confident that it will get the investors it needs but

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it would say who they are. Neither will the Welsh Government. So far,

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despite the promises, there are still more questions than answers.

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More on that story in 'Week In Week Out' here on BBC One Wales tonight

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at 10.35pm. The trial of Nigel Evans has been

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hearing from some of his alleged victims. A jury at Preston Crown

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Court was told Mr Evans put his hands down the trousers of two men

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had tried to kiss another. Esther Evans who was shadow Secretary of

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State lawyers at the time is with sexually assaulting seven men. He

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denies sexual assault and rape. Another sunny morning as Nigel Evans

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arrived at court today. A contrast to the dock he sat in on trial the

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ninth sex offences. A number of the allegations against the former

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Debord is bigger of the Commons are believed to have happened when he

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was shadow Secretary of State for Wales over ten years ago. Today the

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court heard about some of those incidents. The first witness who

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cannot be named for legal reasons, Westminster worker. He described a

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night out he had with Mr Evans and others at a bar in Soho in London in

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2002. During that night he claimed Mr Evans but is hands down the back

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of his trousers on two separate occasions. The witness told the jury

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he was annoyed that he put it down to Mr Evans being drunk. He told the

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court it was just one of those things. The second witness alleged

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Mr Evans also put his hand around the top of his trousers and moved it

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to the front twice. The court heard it happened at a bar one evening at

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the Conservative party conference in Blackpool in the same year. He said

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he was angry and embarrassed and Mr Evans was heavily intoxicated. On

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both occasions, no formal complaint was made. The first witness told the

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court he did not believe he was a victim of crime. The second said he

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did not consider what happened to him to be a criminal sexual

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assault. Today both said that they had not changed. At the end of day

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two, the court started hearing from a third witness who also worked in

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Westminster. The jury heard Mr Evans tried to kiss him at a drinks event

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in a bar in the Houses of Parliament. Over the next few weeks

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the trial is expected to hear from a number of high-profile politicians.

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The prosecution that this is include the Speaker of the Commons John

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Bercow, Plaid Cymru MP Adam Price and former MP Linda Dilbert. Nestor

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Evans, -- Mr Evans who grew up in Swansea, denies all the charges

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against him. The funeral has taken place of the

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six-day-old baby who died at home in Pontyberem in Carmarthenshire, where

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police later seized and destroyed two dogs. Eliza-Mae Mullane's

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parents gathered with friends and family at the village's Holy Cross

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Catholic Church for the service. The baby died last month after an

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incident at her home. The cause of her death is not yet known.

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The examination board the WJEC has launched an internal review of

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marking following last week's GCSE results. It comes after dozens of

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head teachers complained about "unexpectedly low" grades for new

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GCSE English language exams sat by pupils in January. They are also

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planning to provide additional support sessions for headteachers.

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It's been described as Armageddon by one council and today was the

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deadline for local authorities to finalise their budgets and decide

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where the axe will fall. Our 22 councils have to save ?290 million.

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Services are being cut, and even stopped in some areas. They're

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raising money by increasing council tax. On average, it's going up 4.2%.

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Wherever you live, you'll have to pay more. For a Band D property that

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means an extra ?42 a year. Our Economics Correspondent, Sarah

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Dickins, has been to Tredegar in Blaenau Gwent, where they pay the

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highest Band D council tax in Wales. When cancels talk about a typical

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council tax payer they talk about band D. This is what Andy buys you

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in Tredegar and in future the people living in these houses will pay

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council tax of ?1540 a year. That is roughly ?30 a week. But here in

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Blaenau Gwent only 5% of people living -- live in houses in this

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bracket. Tredegar 's town centre has struggled in recent years. Its

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traditional industries have declined and the financial crisis since 2008

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has hit hard. Lena Gwent council has to find savings of ?10 million. --

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Blaenau Gwent council. In Tredegar that is also a ?31 charge for the

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community council making overall bills amongst the most expensive.

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You have to pay for them to pick up the garbage whereas before that was

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a free service. They are putting more money in the counsellor 's

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pocket by charging for these services. They have closed all the

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local toilets. On Saturday they is not a toilet to go in because if you

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go in a cafe you have to pay for a cup of tea before you can use the

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toilet. For 40 years this cafe has served the community and they employ

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three others part-time. The more money we spend on council tax the

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less money they have to spend in the local economy. Everybody is

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struggling. We have cut our staff by 50% in the last four years. Councils

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across Wales have been having to decide how much they are going to

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cut and how much they are going to raise money by increasing council

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tax than their citizens. The harsh reality is that if council tax goes

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up here people have less money to spend on other things. Less money

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for one business affects us -- others. Across the road there was a

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similar story. This man has run this butcher the 25 years and like the

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cafe he is proud that he buys from local producers. It affects my

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business and other businesses. If you buy local produce, if I sell

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less they sell less. Higher council tax bills will mean people have less

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to spend on other things, less money moving through the economy. But

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without the increase in council tax the local authority would have been

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forced to make more cuts to make the books balance.

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At the other end of the country, Wrexham Council has given

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campaigners who want to save Plas Madoc Leisure more time to consider

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taking it over as a social enterprise. Protestors gathered

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outside the council's meeting this afternoon, campaigning for it to be

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kept open longer. The building was set for demolition in June, but

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today councillors extended that date until October. It will, though,

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still close its doors in April. Our political reporter Daniel Davies

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has been crunching the figures. Jamie, councils are strapped for

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cash and that's showing up in your council tax bill. Three councils

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have gone for the maximum rise - Ceredigion, Conwy and Swansea.

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They'll put up their council tax by 5% this year. Any higher than that,

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and they risk being capped by the Welsh Government. Two more councils,

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Bridgend and Powys, are just shy of that limit. The lowest rises are at

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Flintshire and Wrexham councils. Both have opted for 3% increases,

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but even that is higher than the average rise last year, which gives

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you an idea of how steeply the council tax is rising this year.

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Now, despite these rises, the Welsh Government says we still pay less

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than people in England. Last year, the average home in Band D paid ?230

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less in Wales than in England. But there are other ways of measuring

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how much we pay and some critics say that if you look at the average bill

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across all tax bands, it's not at all clear that Wales is better off.

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There are plenty of statistics available for Labour and the

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Conservatives in particular to throw at each other in the blame game

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about council tax. The one thing you can be sure of is that wherever you

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live in Wales, the council tax bill that'll arrive through the letter

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box soon will be bigger than it was last year. You can find out what's

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happening to council tax in your area on our website.

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Anthony Hunt is the Deputy Finance Spokesperson for the Welsh Local

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Government Association. We are going to have to get used to

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councils not doing things that they used to do. It is as simple as that,

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isn't it? Councils have a difficult balancing act between keeping bills

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as low as possible and protecting local services and part of that is

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having to look differently at how you deliver services. As users of

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those services, it should not matter if someone else other than the local

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council provides that service as long as that service is there for

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people who need it? People want facilities to use. They don't mind

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how it is run and who is running its much as they mind about the end

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product delivered to them. Let's look ahead at this ?290 million of

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cuts. Bills are going to go up next year as well. That is not going to

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get easier is it? It gets more difficult every year because the

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longer the squeeze on their finances goes on the more pressure builds up

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and the more difficult that balances to strike. Schools and social

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services are ring fenced. But that kind of makes it more difficult

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because it squeezes the other services. Schools and social care

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take up two thirds of the money that councils spend and when you look at

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other things like roads statutory services, it gives cancels a limited

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amount of room to manoeuvre. Is it inevitable that services that we

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perhaps now receive for free, councils will have to charge for

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them? It is inevitable that councils have to be innovative and look

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elsewhere and not think we have all the answers and look at different

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ways of doing things. The status quo going forward is not an option for

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cancels. Much more to come before 7:00pm: How

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the recent storms have uncovered the leg bones of a man buried deep in

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the cliff. And a million rare illustrations,

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unseen for a generation, brought back to life by Cardiff University.

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The family of a pensioner who died after being treated at two hospitals

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in Swansea has called for an inquiry into all hospitals within the health

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board's area. Margaret Hoskins' family have received an apology from

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Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health board, after the

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64-year-old's care fell short of the standards expected. But her son in

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law says, more must be done. Tomos Dafydd reports.

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A joyful, loving grandmother. But when Margaret Hoskins needed

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treatment at Singleton, Morriston and Gelli Nedd hospitals two years

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ago, she suffered failings in nursing and medical care. We saw the

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nursing staff dispensed the medication and leave it by her

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bedside table and walk off. The nursing staff used to tell us she

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was not taking the medication. In our eyes the nursing staff should

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have been supervising her. She died in May 2012. Now, Mrs

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Hoskins' family says that a review into the health board, already

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underway, should now be widened to include all hospitals. Last July, a

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BBC Wales investigation exposed neglect of an another patient,

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Lilian Williams, at the Princess of Wales Hospital in Bridgend under the

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same health board's control. This video taken by her family shows

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medicine scattered around Mrs Williams' hospital bed. The

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ombudsman was highly critical, calling the case tragic. Her case

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prompted two external reviews. They're now looking at the care

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provided at the Princess of Wales and Neath Port Talbot Hospital, one

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commissioned by the Welsh Government, one by the health board.

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The Welsh Government scrutinise us. The Minister has set up a review of

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certain elements of care. We use external advisers. I think there is

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plenty of external scrutiny in terms of what we do. The board itself is

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very keen to make sure that way we see there are faults, we put it

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right. Margaret Hoskins' family is hoping a wider review could root out

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any other failings of care and hold those responsible to account.

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The Plaid Cymru leader of Ceredigion Council has told the Independents

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that their coalition deal will terminate if Councillor Gethin James

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remains a member of the group. He was sacked from the cabinet for

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joining UKIP just days after Plaid leader Leanne Wood attacked the

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party during her speech at spring conference. She said a vote for the

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Eurosceptic party is a vote against Wales. Ceredigion's Independent

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group will meet tomorrow to discuss the matter.

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A golden eagle has been spotted by a group of mountain bike enthusiasts,

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living on the Llanllwni Mountain in Carmarthenshire. Although

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Dyfed-Powys Police said no-one has reported a missing eagle, the RSPB

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say the bird is likely to be an "escapee" rather than a wild golden

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eagle. They are commonly kept as falconer's birds, or in bird of prey

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centres. Wild golden eagles are now almost entirely restricted to

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Scotland. Bones dating back hundreds of years

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have been uncovered in a cliff face after the recent storms. Burials

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dating from the 14th and 16th centuries have been excavated by

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archaeologists at Cwm Nash near Wick in Vale of Glamorgan since 1982. But

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the latest discovery, caused by cliff erosion, has revealed two

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human leg bones. Here's Matt Murray. Recent storms revealing the past.

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These remains are believed to be thigh bones possibly dating back 400

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years. The lower legs showed a lot of wear. Rowena Hart and Paul

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Huckfield are archaeologists studying the area. Excavations have

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been carried out here since the early 80's. But when the waves and

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the weather battered this coastline in the new year it unearthed more

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bones and more questions, into who they could belong to. Who are these

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people? The scientific analysis we've had done so far suggest they

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are all male. Visit possibly a shipwreck. This area was a

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treacherous area of C. They could also be associated with Saint Mary

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's Church in the village. It was surfers making the most of the waves

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today, but the battering this coastline has received has revealed

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there could be at least ten graves along this cliff edge. And possibly

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many more buried further back. These were shallow graves and Dolman --

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only a metre deep. They were buried with their heads facing the coast so

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the rest of the bones have been lost to the sea. Only these leg bones

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remain. So when a walker discovered skull fragments and teeth after the

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storms in January it was a rare find. Those bones are now being

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studied in detail by archaeologists in Swansea. The most interesting

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bits that we have is this. We have these lines and it suggests the

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individual may have suffered malnutrition, especially at a young

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age and it gives us a better idea of who that individual was. Once the

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human remains have been analysed they will be given to the local

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parish church of St Mary's for reburial in the churchyard. The same

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will apply to these bones which will be removed by archaeologists in the

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next month. Rugby, and Wales won't be looking

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outside their squad to solve their current problems, according to

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assistant coach, Robin McBryde. There will be at least one change

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for Saturday's final Six Nations match against Scotland, after Leigh

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Halfpenny dislocated his shoulder. But scrum-half Rhys Webb, and lock

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Luke Charteris could still be available, despite recent injuries.

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McBryde says the team are fully aware they fell short of everyone's

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expectations against England. That expectancy will have grown for our

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last match against Scotland. We cannot shy away from it. We have to

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do and say a few questions and we can only do that on the field. It is

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a short turnaround so we're going to focus on some of the opportunities

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we missed out on and the areas that we missed out on.

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They've been locked away in the vaults of the British Library. More

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than a million rare illustrations, some dating back to the 18th

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century. For generations they've been locked away, but now

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researchers at Cardiff University are bringing them to the widest

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audience. They've even discovered lost drawings by one of Wales' most

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famous Victorian illustrators, as Carwyn Jones reports.

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From tales of action and adventure to scientific textbooks and early

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examples of mass advertising. The 1800 saw the birth of a new age in

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book illustration. Advances in printing techniques meant hand drawn

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images like these could be easily reproduced in books and magazines.

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The illustrations are important because they were valuable but

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largely forgotten part of our heritage. Welsh heritage as well

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because this was a time when artists were travelling to Wales and

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painting and drawing scenery on the spot. By the Victorian age book

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illustrations were everywhere and some of them were works of art in

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their own right. Now Cardiff University is bringing more than 1

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million of these images up to date. It is working with the British

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library in London to create the biggest online archive of old

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illustrations anywhere in the world. Nearly 70,000 books stored the

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generations in the vaults of the British library have been digitised

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and put on the Internet. The benefit of having these illustrations online

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is that anyone anywhere in the world can see them but at the moment

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searching for a particular artist or subject matter is like finding a

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needle in a haystack. There are simply too many images with not

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enough information attached to them. So computer experts at Cardiff are

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designing software that can recognise exactly what is in the

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picture and who produced it. Some of the images that have been put online

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include long forgotten drawings by one of Wales' most celebrated

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Victorian illustrators. Jenny Meadows from Cardigan found fame and

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fortune with his illustrations of the work of Shakespeare and his

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drawings for Punch magazine. He was known in London and he was in

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tremendous demand. He was as important as factory and Dickens in

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his own field. From next year Kenny Meadows' illustrations will be

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available online in a format that will finally make it easier for us

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to search for exact images and information. A Victorian treasure

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trove fit for the 21st-century. Let's get the weather picture now.

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Derek's got the forecast. Much of Wales turned out lovely and

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sunny today. Ceredigion the warmest part of Wales with a high of 13C.

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Mind you, it wasn't sunny everywhere with cloud covering Cardiff, Newport

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and Chepstow. Over the next few days, it's going to stay dry and

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settled. More sunshine but also some cloud, fog and frost. In Flintshire

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last night the temperature fell as low as -2C. So dry tonight. A few

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mist and fog patches forming with some low cloud later in the night

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and where the sky remains clear a frost is likely with temperatures

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falling close to freezing or below. Tomorrow's chart shows high pressure

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over Denmark and the UK and that's the reason for the dry weather.

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Here's the picture for 8:00am in the morning. Mixed fortunes across the

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country. The east, most of Powys and the south, grey and cloudy. Misty in

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places too and chilly. Parts of the west and north fairing better.

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Clear, bright and sunny right from the start. During the day, the mist

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will lift and the cloud will gradually clear. So more of the

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country brightening-up and becoming sunny in the afternoon. Top

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temperatures 10C to 12C with just a light breeze. In Pembrokeshire

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tomorrow, dry. The morning maybe cloudy but the sun should come out

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in the afternoon with a high of 11C in Narberth. In Flintshire tomorrow,

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becoming fine and sunny after a grey start. The temperatures in Holywell

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rising to 11C. Tomorrow night dry with a greater risk of mist and fog

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patches. Some low cloud too and where the sky stays clear it will be

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cold enough for a frost. Thursday will be dry. Mist and fog will

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slowly lift and most of the country will end up bright and sunny.

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Although cloud may linger in a few places. As for the outlook, more dry

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weather on Friday. Breezier over the weekend but still a lot of dry

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weather. No sign of any significant rain on the horizon and that goes

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for next week too. The main news again from the BBC:

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One of Britain's best known union leaders, Bob Crow, has died suddenly

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at the age of 52. It's thought he suffered a heart attack. He led the

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RMT union for more than a decade. It's 30 years since the Miner's

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Strike. In tomorrow night's programme we'll be finding out how

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the year long dispute affected communities across Wales and how it

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still resonates with former miners and their families three decades on.

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I think a lot of us realised it was something we could not win. But at

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the same time, there was nothing else we could do. If we sat back and

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did nothing, we were going to go anyway. We had to fight for better

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conditions. I'll have an update for you here at

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8:00pm and again after the BBC News at 10:00pm. That's Wales Today. From

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all of us on the programme, good evening.

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