05/04/2014 BBC Wales Today


05/04/2014

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Good evening. The Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, has accused

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the First Minister, Carwyn Jones, of cynically trying to reinvent

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history, in the row over who pays for the electrification of the South

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Wales Valleys rail network. He was speaking at the Welsh Liberal

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Democrats' annual conference in Newport. Here's our Political Editor

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Nick Servini. Handshakes all round for Nick Clegg,

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who was among friends today in Newport. But there was no friendly

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bridge building with the Welsh Government in the row over the

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multi-million pound bill to electrify the Valleys network. The

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First Minister says the UK government is going back on an

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earlier commitment to foot the bill. Nick Clegg disagrees. I really do

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think it is rather cynical of the First Minister now to turn around

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and somehow claim that promises were made to cover the expense of that

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electrification. It was clearly, unambiguously, and explicitly stated

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that this would be something where the UK Government would play a role,

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not least in the electrification of the main line, but that the finance

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of the Valley lines would be a devolved matter. When he addressed

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the party, the centrepiece of his speech was a pledge to support the

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recommendations of the Silk Commission to transfer from

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Westminster to Cardiff Bay powers over policing and some parts of

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criminal justice. Just as the Silk Commission has recommended, I want

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us to fight the next election proposing that we take on the

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recommendations of the Silk Commission to give you the tools you

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need to get on with the job. As he tries to stop disaffected Lib Dem

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voters supporting Labour, Nick Clegg has pushed safe Lib Dem themes -

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saving Europe, raising the income tax threshold and, of course, giving

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more powers to the Welsh Government. -- staying in Europe. With the

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European and general elections on the horizon, party activists admit

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the fact that they're now in government could make campaigning

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tough. It's a hundred years since we've had mid-term blues to worry

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about. It hasn't made it easy, to be honest. When I go door-knocking

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people say, "You're in coalition with the Tories". The party knows

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its part in a coalition with the Tories may make it unpopular with

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some. Its job in Newport this weekend is to persuade voters it's

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made a positive difference. Around 200 people took part in a

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march in Cardiff this afternoon in protest against the so called

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"bedroom tax", one year after it was introduced. Social-housing tenants

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who have spare bedrooms have seen their housing-benefit payments cut.

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The protesters included MPs, assembly members and senior clergy.

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The UK Government says the new system is fairer.

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The MP for Llanelli has raised concerns over plans to build a plant

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in Cwmgwili that will dispose of household waste using very high

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temperatures. Nia Griffith says people who live near the proposed

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site in Carmarthenshire are worried about possible emissions. But the

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developer, Clean Power Properties, says it's not proposing an

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incinerator but a plant which uses a process called pyrolysis. This

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breaks down waste material using high temperatures.

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Football - and it's been another disappointing day for our Premier

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League clubs. Cardiff City's fight for survival seems even more

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desperate. They lost 3-0 at home to Crystal Palace. Swansea City lost

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1-0 away to Hull, leaving them six points above the relegation zone. In

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League Two, Newport drew 1-1 away to Chesterfield. In the Conference,

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Wrexham beat Macclesfield 1-0. There was a disappointing result in

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the Grand National for the race favourite Teeforthree, trained by

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Rebecca Curtis in Pembrokeshire. He fell at the 15th fence but there's

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no report of an injury. With Oxford and Cambridge due to

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battle it out tomorrow, students from Cardiff and Swansea competed in

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the ninth Welsh Varsity Boat Race on the River Taff in Cardiff today.

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Swansea were the winners by half a length.

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The weather forecast now, with Rhian Haf.

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Hello there. We've all had some patchy rain today and that will

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continue this evening. Pushing in from the West, some heavy bursts on

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high ground in Snowdonia and on the Brecon Beacons. But a mild night -

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11 and 12 Celsius across the country. The bad news is, there's

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more persistent rain on the way. Tomorrow will be a wet and windy

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affair but rain will clear through the afternoon. We will have some

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sunshine and temperatures reaching 15 Celsius in Rhyl. But Monday will

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bring more rain before high pressure builds and that will mean dry and

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fine weather midweek. That's Wales Today. We'll be back at

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ten to seven tomorrow. Have a good evening. Goodbye.

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Good evening. We may have got to 18 Celsius today in parts of East

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Anglia but it was the bright spot in an otherwise cloudy day and it is

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the cloud that will dominate tonight, bringing splashes of rain

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and dryer moments as well particularly in the north-east of

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Scotland but

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