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in advance of the general election. That is all

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Welcome to Wales Today. Tonight's headlines.

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As the Queen announces 11 new bills, we ask,

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Big changes are on the cards for pensioners.

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We hear the views from Conwy Golf Club.

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Also tonight, modern day Wales - benefits, pensions and tax credits

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make up more of our incomes than any other part of the country.

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Accused of bare-faced hypocrisy - UKIP's new Welsh MEP confirms he

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The moment an 84-year-old shop keeper saw

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off two teenage thieves after calling them a couple of amateurs.

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And they play the Netherlands tonight, but Wales' footballers take

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time out to remember the Welsh servicemen killed there

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The coalition's last stand or a bold programme that will make a

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The politicians are divided over the last Queen's Speech

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before the General Election, but there are big changes on the way.

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MPs who misbehave could be recalled by voters between elections.

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Older people will be given more freedom to spend

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Plans to give the Welsh Government more powers are on track.

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And the law on child neglect is being toughened

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In a moment the Secretary of State for Wales will tell me what this

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does mean for all of us in Wales, but first a look at how one Welsh MP

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has managed to persuade the coalition government to change the

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law on child cruelty. Back to school for Mark Williams

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in Aberystwyth. This time just

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a short visit to find out what books It was his past classroom experience

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that persuaded him the law needed changing so parents and carers who

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neglect their children emotionally face the same penalties

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as those who physically abuse them. It is about dealing with the most

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serious cases of child neglect, where police will be going into a

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household and seeing the cases of emotional neglect which might lead

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onto physical abuse and sexual abuse but are powerless to make those

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interventions. It is about dealing with serious cases of child abuse.

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The change to the child neglect law was one of 11 new bills outlined

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In Wales we have got used to paying for plastic bags when we go

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shopping. Now England is to follow suit from autumn next year but the

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scheme here will be different. In small shops and take aways, they

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will be exempt from the 5p charge. Besides the new laws,

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there was the expected confirmation The National Assembly for Wales and

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Welsh ministers will have more power over taxation and investment.

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But, overall, critics were underwhelmed.

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My colleagues have talked about this being a zombie government. I am not

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sure you measure the success of a government by how many bills it

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passes. But these are not equal to the scale of the challenges we face.

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We were hoping for an Infrastructure Bill that would tackle the deficit

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in Wales. We are disappointed that it did not happen.

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Future pensioners will see the biggest changes

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Ministers hope giving workers more control of their pension pot

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Food for thought on the fairways of Conwy Golf Club today.

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There is a lot of people my age who do not put into pensions. I have

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only just started in business for myself over the last six months so

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in the short term, I will not be saving for a pension. In the long

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term it is something to think about. The government's also promising

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a new law to allow voters to throw out MPs between elections,

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which may encourage MPs to start With me now is David Jones. You are

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the voice of Wales in the UK Cabinet, where was the Welsh boys in

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today's Queen's Speech. There are 11 bills coming through. One is the

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Wales Bill and that will be completed in the Commons this month

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and in Parliament by the end of the year. It gives taxation powers,

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potentially, to the Welsh Assembly. But there are a lot of other bills

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which are not specifically Welsh but do benefit Wales a lot. The pension

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bills are very important to Wales. I think there will be a lot of Welsh

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pensioners or people approaching retirement who will welcome that.

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Hasn't the Wales Bill been overtaken by the Conservatives offering

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Scotland full taxation powers rather than the limited once you are

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prepared to offer the Welsh government? This is a government

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Bill, the policies that were announced on Monday are Conservative

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policies and they will not kick in until after the next general

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election. So no change for Wales? No plans to change the Wales Bill at

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all. But after the next general election, there will be a further

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appeal where we will look at the recommendations of the Silk

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Commission so there will be more legislation coming through. You

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mentioned pensions, but we heard there from people, lots of them have

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not even thought about saving for their pension, let alone having a

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pension pot they can blow on the Lamborghini. I am pretty sure none

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of them would want to blow it on a Lamborghini but if people can be

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trusted to be sufficiently prudent to look after their own pension

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arrangements by saving for many years, there is no reason why they

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should have to be buying an annuity. Benefits, pensions and tax credits

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make up more of our incomes in Wales The latest figures show they formed

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a bigger proportion of incomes The research from the Office

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of National Statistics also suggests people here have had the

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second largest rise in the UK in the Our economics correspondent

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Sarah Dickins has been looking These new figures tell us what

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people have to live off and not just from incomes

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from employment or rents but also from welfare payments, be they

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pensions , benefits or tax credits. In other words,

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what people have to spend or save. On average in Wales in 2012,

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we had just more than ?14,500 once taxes have been paid

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and benefits received. That's an increase

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on the year before and the second The figures also show us that

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the east of Wales has seen a greater increase than the west,

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but both are from a low base. The lowest household income level is

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found in the Gwent Valleys at just under ?13,500, while the highest is

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in Newport and Monmouthshire That's the narrowest gap

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between incomes for any part of the UK, suggesting Welsh incomes

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are less divided. But even that number

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for Monmouthshire is still Just over a quarter of income

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here comes from pensions, tax It's the highest in the UK

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and higher than five years earlier, Day-to-day, we are seeing the

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opposite. Most people have not got enough income to cover their

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essential outgoings, let alone anything else. In this area, that is

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not the case, I would say. We've also heard today that one

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in six people in Wales now work from home, helped

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by better internet connections. On average, they earn about ?2

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an hour more than other workers and home working is most common in Powys

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and Ceredigion, where more than one The overall message

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from these range of figures today is that we are less divided in terms

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of income than other parts of the UK, but our richest areas are

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still poorer than the UK average and we are getting even more

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dependent on social payments. Well,

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city regions have been hailed as one way of transforming our economy,

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but now one of the key people behind the idea is warning Wales may lack

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the vision to turn it into reality. Doctor Elizabeth Haywood recommended

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the Welsh Government should set up the regions,

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but now she says that without a leader to drive them forward

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the opportunity could be wasted. City regions have been seen as

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a way to develop the economy, with Swansea and Cardiff at the centre of

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a larger region aimed at attracting Two have already been set up,

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one in West Wales stretching from The other covers Bridgend to

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Monmouth and northwards to the Valleys -

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the Cardiff capital region. But the woman who told ministers

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they should be established says they fail to work

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unless a charismatic leader is We need a person or several people

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who will drag these kicking and screaming and help them to deliver.

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Whether you like them or dislike them, we don't have a Boris as in

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London, we do need some big visions to make sure that people get excited

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about it. There's already been criticism

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that including rural areas like Pembrokeshire in a so-called city

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region makes no sense, while some regeneration experts don't believe

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the strategy will work at all. We need to figure out where do

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people work, where do people live and where two people play? We need

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to plan that on a regional basis. Supporters of city regions point to

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where they've been successful But they admit it could take up to

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20 years to find out whether And you can see more on that story

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on The Wales Report at 10.35pm A miner at the Gleision colliery

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told his boss everything was all right moments before an inrush

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of water killed him and three of Malcolm Fyfield, who was

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the manager at the Swansea Valley pit, told a jury that Philip Hill

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assured him all the necessary checks had been completed before explosives

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were fired in the coal face. Malcolm Fyfield and the mine

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operators deny manslaughter charges. A ?100 million deal has been agreed

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between BT and a Welsh wind farm, Construction work on Mynydd y Bwllfa

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near Hirwaun in Rhondda Cynon Taf BT says it will buy all the energy

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generated by the nine turbines which will meet around half the

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company's energy demands in Wales. UKIP's new Welsh MEP, Nathan Gill,

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has faced criticism after admitting that he used to

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employ dozens of east European and Labour have accused him

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of bare-faced hypocrisy, but Mr Gill insists he's done

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nothing to contradict his party's Our political editor

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Nick Servini is here. How did he come to

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employ these workers? He was the director of a number of

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family businesses that provided care services to Hull city council. I

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have had contact with Nathan Gill tonight and he said it was a

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business that employs 200 people. Because of a high turnover of staff,

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a few dozen were from the Far East and Eastern Europe to help him run

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the business. We should say, this is a company that has since collapsed

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in the financial crisis but has inevitably faced criticism because

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of the apparent contradiction with UKIP's policy against the free

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movement of labour within the EU. How damaging is this? The Labour MP

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for Neath, Peter Hain, as accused them of barefaced hypocrisy,

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particularly in the light of the way he was elected on an

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anti-immigration platform. What he is referring to is the kind of

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language Nathan Gill used in debates on BBC is when he said people had

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come up to him complaining when there were no jobs for young people

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and yet there were a lot of foreign-born workers and he said

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that did not make sense. The question is, how does that square

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with the fact that Nathan Gill used to employ foreign workers when he

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ran a company? What he is saying is, there is no hypocrisy here, and he

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is making the point that UKIP is not against immigration per se, all it

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is against is uncontrolled immigration.

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Remembering the Welsh troops who liberated a Dutch city 70 years ago.

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And, she's come out of retirement to compete at the Commonwealth Games -

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double gold medallist Michaela Breeze says the passion is back.

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There is a drive again, there is an ambition again, and it is fair. The

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fire is back. An 84-year-old shopkeeper forced

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armed robbers to flee empty handed when he challenged them

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as they tried to raid his shop Dennis Trounce,

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who's been running the business 25 years, pushed the masked men back

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out through the door. Today, he said they were amateurs

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and, while he doesn't look for The so-called fracas was in fact an

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armed robbery. Until 84-year-old Dennis Trounce put a stop to it.

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Customers today were keen to know the details. Did they get away on a

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bike? No, they ran. They were pretty and it kids, I think. They came in

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all wooded. It was on Sunday, 9pm, when two masked men ran into the

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shop. One of them climbed over the counter and in the CCTV footage you

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can see he had a knife in his hand. The other chap, more sensibly,

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stayed by the door. I said, what is going on? They said, give us the

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money. I said, of course, certainly. He said, I have got a knife. I said,

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were reserved? When he was trying to open the till he needed both hands

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so we put the knife back in his pocket. It is not the first time he

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has tackled robbers. Last time he was 76. I was younger them. But you

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have not learned your lesson. No. But he says really it is not a

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question of being a hero, he wanted to diffuse the situation and that is

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what he did. A really silly incident really. They were like amateurs. The

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brave Dennis Trounce there. In less than an hour,

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Wales will take on the Netherlands in a pre-World Cup friendly

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at the Amsterdam Arena. But the match will also serve

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as a tribute to Welsh veterans Throughout the day,

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there have been special events in the Dutch capital, remembering

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the sacrifice made by Welsh troops as they fought to liberate the city

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of S-Hertogenbosch in 1944. It was a victory that came at a high

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price, as Carwyn Jones now reports. For 70 years the Dutch city

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of S-Hertogenbosch has commemorated the hard fought battle that led to

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its liberation from Nazi control. For five long days in 1944, soldiers

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from the 53rd Welsh Division fought tooth and nail with German forces -

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around 8,000 in total - who had been given orders from Hitler to

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hold the city at all costs. Peter Davies from Maesycymmer was

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there and still remembers The battle was fairly hectic right

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from the word go. The Germans obviously resisted and the infantry

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were getting some heavy attacks on them. We thought we had pushed most

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of the Germans out. But they came back in at night.

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Getting control of the bridges over the main canal

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in the city was crucial if the allies were to succeed.

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In a daring manoeuvre, Welsh troops managed to cross one

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Once in the city, it was close quarter street fighting.

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In the thick of it was Bill Allen, just 22 years old at the time.

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It was house to house fighting, more or less. You had to go in and clear

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each house as you went along. It was a city so there was no actual clean

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areas, it was all buildings. After five days of heavy fighting,

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the battle was won and the people of S-Hertogenbosch welcomed

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their liberators with open arms. For four long years, they'd been

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living under a brutal Nazi regime. The Netherlands has never forgotten

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the courage and sacrifice Today,

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children from the S-Hertogenbosch met Wales manager Chris Coleman

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in a public display of gratitude. 70 years on,

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the ties are as strong as ever. Of course, we are grateful until

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today and will stay grateful for this big help that we really needed

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in those days. The liberation of S-Hertogenbosch

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was of huge strategic importance. It allowed the allies to continue

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their advance into Germany. But for the Dutch people,

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the victory meant so much more. Visit S-Hertogenbosch today

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and you'll still find their tributes to Welsh soldiers, 146 in all,

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who fought and died defending Well, we saw the Wales manager

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Chris Coleman and some of his players taking time out to remember

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those who lost their lives. Tonight they're playing

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the Netherlands in Amsterdam. Wales are without Gareth Bale,

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Aaron Ramsey and Ashley Williams. Earlier, I caught-up with

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the former Wales captain Kevin Ratcliffe and began by asking

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him, what's Chris Coleman hoping to It is a game he can look at and

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think, you might come up against this type of game towards the end of

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the campaign, you might need to go away against a team like the Dutch

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and get a point and maybe set your side at two not concede. He has got

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to see what players he has got available and what system of the

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players can adapt to. The other thing is, it is giving a great

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opportunity to lads on the fringe to show what they can do. The Dutch

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coach has said he is the straight did that so many key players for

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Wales are missing. Any danger it will be a one-sided affair? I think

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it will be, no doubt. We have only got around six goals in us. That is

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not really a lot. One of their players might have doubled that so

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it is going to be very difficult. The fitness level is going to be

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something to look at for Chris. You will probably see the full

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allocation of service being used. And next up for Wales, trying to

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qualify for the European Championships. Are they set up to

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finally qualify? Well, we have got a stronger squad than we have ever

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had. We have got what I classed as too, maybe three world-class players

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if you count Ashley Williams, Aaron Ramsey and definitely Gareth Bale. I

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am sure we can come very close if not succeed this time. Enjoy the

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game. Thank you. And you can watch the game live

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over on BBC Two Wales at 7.00pm. Commentary too on BBC Radio Wales

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and Radio Cymru. One of our most decorated athletes

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has come out of retirement to spearhead Wales' weightlifting

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team at the Commonwealth Games. Double gold medallist

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Michaela Breeze quit the sport four But with just

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a few months to go until Glasgow, she's had a change of heart

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and is already showing the sort Our sports reporter Ashleigh

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Crowter's been to meet her. The body is a few years older but

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works feels that little bit harder but the competitive edge in Michaela

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Breeze is still razor-sharp. Less than a year ago, she expected to be

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running her gym hundreds of miles away from the Glasgow spotlight, but

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when she started coaching some budding young lifters, it real walk

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a passion that had lain dormant for a few years. I lifted 25 kilos above

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qualification with no training for two and a half years. There was a

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realisation of, it is still there, can I still do this? Since November

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last year, it has been a little more focused. There is a drive again, and

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ambition again, and it is there. The fire is back. She will return to the

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games with a huge reputation to defend. She was champion in

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Manchester and Melbourne and took silver four years ago. But as she

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begins the competition in Glasgow, she will be carrying extra

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responsibilities as a coach. Christy Williams is the new girl on the

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block. A former Fleet works as a school receptionist. 18 months ago

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she had never even picked up a weightlifting bar but with Michaela

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showing her how it is then she has proved to be a natural. Ecstatic. To

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be training with her and hopefully to be at an international with her

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would be a dream come true because she is a legend in weightlifting and

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she is a good friend to me. I haven't seen her on the telly in the

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Olympics and things but I had never see myself doing it. I thought, I

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may as well give it a try, I have got nothing to lose. I love it. She

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has potential but she needs to work hard, as all athletes to. My test as

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a coach will be whether I can coach other athletes to break my records.

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The former athlete is promising her dual role will not take away from

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the coaching efforts. I believe in my ability and I am putting myself

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there to be shot at. Bring it on. That is what competition is all

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about. Am I still young enough to do this? We will have to wait and see.

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Let's get the weather now. A break from the rain tomorrow?

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A big improvement tomorrow but disappointing today.

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More like November than June. The radar shows the rain.

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Some of it heavy and chilly as well. Only 10 Celsius in Swansea.

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Parts of the north dried-up this afternoon with a high of 14 Celsius

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The good news is, tomorrow will be much drier, sunnier and warmer

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This evening, still some rain and showers, but overnight turning

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drier and cleaer, although the north may see a little rain.

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Temperatures in rural Powys falling as low as six Celsius.

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Here's the picture for 8.00am in the morning.

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Much better than today. Generally dry.

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Good visibility as well with a light to moderate breeze.

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So, much drier and brighter tomorrow after today's rain.

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Just the odd shower, for example on the Brecon Beacons.

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Top temperatures 14 to 18 Celsius with a light to moderate breeze.

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Tomorrow night, dry with some high cloud spreading from the south.

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The temperature in Ruthin falling to 6 Celsius.

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Friday, plenty of dry weather. Some cloud and hazy sunshine.

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Just a few spots of rain. Warmer with a south-easterly

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By the end of the week we'll be in a battle ground with warm

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and humid air on the near continent and cooler air over the Atlantic.

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So, Friday night into Saturday will turn humid with a risk of some heavy

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There is a Met Office Yellow warning in force.

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The worst of the thunderstorms may occur in England on Saturday but

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Wales could be affected as well. Sunday will be better.

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Some sunshine, a few showers and feeling fresher.

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So the unstable weather is set to continue.

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Some sunshine and warmer but no sign yet of a long spell of fine weather.

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In the last Queen's Speech before the general election, the coalition

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government has set out its plans for its final year in power. There was

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also confirmation of plans to give Wales more power over taxation and

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investment. I'll have an update for you

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at 8.00pm and a full round up That's Wales Today.

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Thanks for watching.

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