27/05/2014 BBC Wales Today


27/05/2014

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look at the papers on the BBC News channel. Now it's time to

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Good evening. The number of people killed or injured in car crashes

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involving teenage drivers here, is one of the highest in the UK. Dyfed

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Powys has been named the worst area in Britain by the RAC Foundation. It

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carried out research into the driving habits of 17 to

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19-year-olds. There are now calls for stricter rules for

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newly-qualified young drivers. Kate Scott Williams reports. More

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teenagers here are involved in incidents that kill or injure than

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in any other part of the UK. The latest family affected are the

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family of this boy who was killed on Saturday. Nearly 20% of people

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involved in an accident in this region involved a young driver.

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South Wales is lower at around 15%. Young drivers are disproportionately

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killing themselves and killing other people when they have an accident.

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If it was gun crime, knife crime, drugs or alcohol there would be an

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outcry yet because it is happening on our roads it seems acceptable.

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This man was killed while driving in a car by his 21-year-old friend. The

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friend was jailed. His parents contest even the most experienced of

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drivers. No crash barriers, winding roads, little defensive you make a

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mistake. It takes only a lack of concentration for a moment. His

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brother is learning to dry himself and says losing his brother has made

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him much more cautious when driving a car. I never go too fast or

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anything because if someone I am in a car with does I will ask them to

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slow down, I am not scared any more. There are calls for a licensing

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system a 12 month probationary period with restrictions on what

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they could do on the road. The ideas were put on hold last week. There

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are three types of driving, urban, rural and motorway. You are only

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tested on Arben driving in your test but I think you should be tested on

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all three and also night driving. This family say any changes to make

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young people safer drivers are welcome. A baby-sitter has been

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jailed for 16 years for giving a three-year-old boy to a known

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paedophile who drugged and raped him. Claire Semmens, who's 28 and

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from Cardiff, handed the boy to Aaron Hughes who was jailed for life

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for the sex attacks on the toddler. Semmens admitted causing a child to

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engage in sexual activity and possessing indecent images at

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Cardiff Crown Court. A company which makes rivets for leading car

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manufacturers is to create 100 new jobs in Flintshire. Henrob Limited

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will open a new factory next to its existing plant on Deeside Industrial

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Park. It currently employs 200 people at the site. A ?3.5 million

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revamp of Prestatyn's Nova Centre moved a step closer today.

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Denbighshire Council leaders have given the go-ahead to a detailed

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design of how it could look in the future. The centre was closed

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earlier this year because it was losing money. It's hoped the new

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Nova could open as early as next summer. It's day four of the Queen's

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Baton Relay in Wales. And with fewer than 60 days to go before the start

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of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, it seems that high profile

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sporting events like this are encouraging more of us, young and

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old, to take up sport. Abigail Neal spent the day following the baton

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through Carmarthenshire. It was a poor Etty welcome to Wales this

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morning at the home of Dylan Thomas in lard. -- Paul Whitaker welcome.

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-- poetic. By the this woman is a ward sister in Carmarthen but in her

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spare time she is training to compete in balls in her fourth

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Commonwealth Games this summer. -- bowls. I hope to come away with two

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medals. The young sports fans are still here taking part in a mini

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triathlon. We are beginning to see evidence no of high-profile sporting

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events like this inspiring as all. A survey by sport Wales found the

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number of young people in Wales doing sport at least three times per

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week has risen from 27% in 2011 to 40% in 2013. It is the same for

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adults. It is still proving harder to get as many girls interested in

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sport as boys. One of our most successful female athletes find this

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out herself. Sam from Big Brother is recognised more than female

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athletes. It is essential to get them on the television and in the

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media. A choir arrived this afternoon, a taster of more music

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and song to come from the Cathedral tomorrow. In football, Gareth Bale

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will miss Wales' friendly against the Netherlands next week. The FA of

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Wales says he's being rested, after trouble with a leg muscle injury for

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a few weeks. Bale's been celebrating this week after scoring the decisive

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goal in Real Madrid's Champions League victory on Saturday. Rugby,

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and no English-based players have been selected for this weekend's

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Wales trial match, ahead of the summer tour to South Africa. English

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clubs are refusing to release any of their Welsh players for the game

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between the Probables and Possibles - because it falls outside the

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agreed international calendar. The Wales management say it's a shame

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that players like Bath centre Gavin Henson are being denied the chance

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to impress selectors. Cricket, and Glamorgan have been frustrated by

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the weather, and Leicestershire's batsmen, as they pressed for victory

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on the penultimate day of their Championship match in Cardiff. The

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visitors are 168 for three in their second innings, still needing

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another 73 to make Glamorgan bat again. Well, hopefully the weather

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won't prove a battle for them tomorrow. Are there still a few

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showers about tomorrow, Benny? Yes, showers or longer spells of rain so

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more frustration around tomorrow or over the coming days. For tomorrow

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it is a cloudy picture for most of us. Rain on and off throughout the

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day. Tonight it is dry at first and rain will come into parts of the

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North. Maybe even some clear skies with mist and fog forming as well.

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The rain will come in through tomorrow and Thursday. Parts of

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Pembrokeshire may start dry with some hints of brightness but it will

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cloud over during the day. There is a yellow bee we are warning for

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Yorkshire. -- the we are warning. -- a yellow warning for Yorkshire.

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Temperatures will peak at 16 Celsius. Tomorrow night the rain

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will continue its journey South and West words. There will be dry

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conditions in the north-east. On Thursday the rain will clear, behind

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it some showers which could be heavy and thundery. Between the showers we

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could see some sunshine. Friday will be slightly improved, temperatures

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peaking at 18 Celsius. The risk of the odd isolated shower. And that is

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Wales Today. We'll have updates into Breakfast from around 6:25. Week In,

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Week Out is next. But from all of us here, good night.

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