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War veterans from across Wales are joined by the First Minister

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in France to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings.

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We were ordinarily lives when we came here in 1944. It is very

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difficult to imagine what it must have been like. I am here on one of

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the beaches where British troops landed on this day in 1944.

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Six men face serious sexual assault charges over alleged historical

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abuse in North Wales children's homes.

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A warning in force - temperatures are rising, bringing

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And in tonight's sport - he's won silver and bronze for Wales

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Christian Malcolm shares his disappointment at not being

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It is tough for me. Do I carry on until the end of the season? I tried

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my best and it was not good enough. Veterans from Wales have been

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in Normandy to mark the 70th They were among

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around 2,000 surviving veterans who joined world leaders to honour

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the bravery of those involved. After meeting some of the veterans,

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the First Minister Carwyn Jones said that we owe them a debt

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of gratitude. For many of the men, today's

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commemoration was seen as their last opportunity to remember their fallen

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colleagues on such a large scale. We can join our reporter

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Abigail Neal who is in the town of The commemorations are continuing

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tonight. There are small services going on up and down this coastline.

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This is one of two beaches that British forces landed on in 1944.

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And world leaders were over a clear duty to play homage. -- were over

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there today to pay homage. Here to remember the price we paid.

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First Minister Carmen Jones was at a ceremony -- Carwyn Jones was at

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ceremony of remembrance. They were such brave men 70 years ago. It is

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difficult to imagine what it must have been like for them. For them to

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come back here, I am sure was emotional.

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The veterans are heroes here. Everyone wants to stop and talk. It

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is great to see the recognition that they get from everyone. We all these

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people a tremendous debt. This man was given the special celebrity

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treatment. I can't get over it. It is fantastic. We were just ordinary

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people when we came over in 1944. We had to do it. We survived.

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The speech took international centre stage this afternoon. -- this beach.

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There are 18 heads of state here. This will be the last major

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anniversary where they will be able to see that the world was here. It

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is important to remember that Welsh people surfed on D-Day in many

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different ways. -- many people did surface on D-Day -- many people

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served in many ways. I joined by one of the veterans now.

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What does it mean to have been part of this? I owed this to them.

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It makes you feel proud. It brings it all back. I can't

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describe it. You were on a vessel that was

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torpedoed. Is that the most poignant part? Yes. I always wanted to throw

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a wreath in the Channel. This will be the last large-scale and

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adversity. How do you feel about that? Has it been a fitting tribute?

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Definitely. It will still be remembered in some way or other. The

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appreciation of the French people, you will never forget it. Submitted

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by everyone. -- saluted by everyone. Yes.

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One veteran from Monmouthshire has had a school named after him not far

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from here, after decades of work to tell school children about the war.

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89 year old David Edwards saw action just after D-Day.

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They had no idea of danger. The Germans had zeroed in. They were

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involved in pushing the Germans out of Normandy. In the rubble of a

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building they found this photograph. He kept it until 1986

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when he returned to the ADR. -- when he returns to the area.

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It was this man's house in the picture. I am very happy that he

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triggers for thought. -- I am very happy that he took this photograph.

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David has helped with school exchanges for decades.

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In 2002 the local school was named after two of the veterans who had

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helped to liberate the town. He can still talk about it. It is very

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important. If he had never picked up that photographed -- photograph,

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these children could have missed out on finding out what D-Day was all

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about. We have found some of the veterans

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who have joined us. We have been reflecting on some of the stories.

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Many of these veterans have been back many times since. After this

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year this will be the last remembrance on this scale.

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To the day's other news now and the Operation Pallial team investigating

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historical child sex abuse in North Wales has charged a further six men.

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They are due to appear before magistrates in Mold next week.

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They're accused of a total of 27 serious sexual assaults

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against two boys under 16 in Wrexham in the 1980s.

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Roger Pinney joins us now from North Wales Police headquarters

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Roger how significant a development is this?

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This operation has been looking back since 2012. A total of 27 charges

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will be brought. We have the names of five of those who have been

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charged. The sixth person has not been named.

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The investigation is in its second year. Will this be the end of it?

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This is just the start of it. The guilt or innocence will be decided

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by the court. The Operation Pallial team has taken statements from more

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than 200 people. This still has some way to run yet.

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Still to come before 7.30: He's won silver

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and bronze at previous Commonwealth games - Christian Malcolm speaks to

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us about missing out on representing Wales for the fifth time.

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And the humidity is rising - and heavy rain

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Plaid Cymru has asked for the National Dance Company Wales

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to be investigated by the Auditor General, over concerns about the way

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Earlier this year a leaked confidential report said the company

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was facing a crisis among its managers and board of directors.

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Well our arts and media correspondent Huw Thomas

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Huw - what has prompted the request to the auditor?

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You mentioned the crisis there - and that was the damning conclusion

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of the confidential report that was commissioned by the Arts Council

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last year, and followed a huge falling out

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The Arts Council provides around 85% of the Dance Company's

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annual income - around ?850,000 this year - and the dancers themselves

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have carried on performing and touring while the crisis has

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It led to the resignations of the artistic director who founded

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the company 30 years ago, and five of the eight board members quit -

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with one of those going on to call for the chairman to resign as well.

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I've also learned that in recent months the Dance Company

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has been given an extra ?40,000 by the Arts Council -

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money the company says is to help recruit a new artistic director,

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and to pay for consultants who'll help take the business forward.

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But Plaid's culture spokesperson Bethan Jenkins says the situation

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There are questions that need to be answered with regard to how the

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dance company has moved forward since the review. Many of the former

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board members dispute the contents of that report. That is why I wrote

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to the auditor general to ask that he looks into this matter so that

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they can get to the root of the problem.

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It's planning to recruit a brand new management and board

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in the autumn - and the extra money will help with that.

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In the meantime the performances by their dancers aren't affected.

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The Auditor General has agreed to meet Bethan Jenkins

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The Welsh Government - which gives the Arts Council

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its budget - told me it was keeping an eye on the developments.

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The aircraft manufacturer, Airbus, has admitted it failed to ensure the

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health and safety of its employees at its factory in Broughton.

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The charge followed the death in 2011 of Donald Williams

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An earlier inquest heard he'd been crushed by a tractor at the end

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The company will be sentenced next month.

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Eight members of a drugs gang have been sentenced to a total of 38

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years behind bars after thousands of cannabis plants worth an

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The two and a half year operation included officers from the

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Arrests and raids took places in Cardiff, Newport,

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Swansea and Pontypridd as well as the west of England.

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The head teacher, and another member of staff at a Swansea secondary

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school have resigned, after what appeared to be a sex tape

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Graham Daniels was suspended from Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bryn Tawe,

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along with another member of staff, after a complaint about the video.

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The school says the resignations are not necessarily linked to

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Responsibility for Cyfarthfa Park and Castle - as well as libraries

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and leisure centres in Merthyr Tydfil - could be handed over to a

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The local authority has set out plans which could save them

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The council is now seeking proposals.

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Claire here now with tonight's sports news.

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There are 47 days to go until the start of the Commonwealth Games.

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Defending Commonwealth Champion Dai Greene will lead Wales' athletics

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team at the Games in Glasgow next month.

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The 400 metre hurdler from Llanelli - who took gold in Delhi -

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is one of 27 able-bodied athletes in the squad.

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London 2012 gold medallist Aled Davies will head a six-strong

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We have set tough standards. It is reflective of how strong the sport

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is in Wales. Well, one man who's missed out on

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selection and won't be in Glasgow is The 35-year-old was hoping to end

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his career by marking his fifth appearance

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for Wales at a Commonwealth Games. I caught up with him -

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and he told me it's very hard coming to terms with the reality

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of not competing again. It has been tough. I tried my best

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and that was not good enough. To go to a fifth Commonwealth Games would

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have been a great achievement. I always felt close representing

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Wales. Not to get that opportunity again is tough. How do you give this

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up? I do not know. It will be tough. I have known for a couple of years

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that the end is near. It has been hard. I will never find anything to

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replace the roller-coaster I have been on for the last 17 years. He is

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the Commonwealth silver medallist. You have had a great support system

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around you. I have the family taken the fact that you are not going to

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Glasgow? There are two sites. They are believed that I will be home

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more often. But they are disappointed for me. They have been

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fantastic. If it was not for them I would not have achieved half the

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things I achieved. Christian Malcolm taking the bronze medal from Wales.

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What is the highlight review? You do not appreciate the support and love

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you get from Wales until you put on the Welsh vest. Are there plans for

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another occasion to bow out? I do not know. I do not know whether to

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carry on for the end of the season and compete and enjoy it. I cannot

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just run for fun. There is nothing for me to run towards now. Do I

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carry on until the end of the season, or end it now? I do not

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know. Team Wales will also take 6

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badminton players to Glasgow, including doubles pairing

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Carissa Turner and Sarah Thomas, who recently won two international

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tournaments. In the men's,

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35-year-old Joe Morgan will compete And Glamorgan's latest match

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in the T20 Blast competition is They chose to bat first

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against Somerset in Taunton. And you can follow the home side's

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reply on BBC Radio Wales and online. They and 20 rugby team of Wales has

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lost its second match in the Junior World Championships.

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Boxing and finally it?s a big weekend for one

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Former two-weight World Boxing Champion, Joe Calzaghe is being

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inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in New York.

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Joe retired back in 2009 after an undefeated 46 fight career.

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He's just the fourth Welshman to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.

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Warmer here in Wales, but there is a change on the way, Derek.

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It looks like some of us are in for a real soaking tomorrow.

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A risk of hail, gusty winds and flash flooding, but not everywhere.

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And I can promise some sunshine this weekend as well.

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Now in Bala the temperature dropped close to freezing last night,

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but during the day it warmed-up with a high of 23 Celsius in Cardiff.

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That warm and humid air has come up from France, but as it meets this

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cooler air over the Atlantic that's the recipe for thunderstorms.

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That's the story for tomorrow although the signs are it will

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Overnight most places dry although I wouldn't rule out the odd heavy

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The wind easing and warmer than last night.

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The temperature not dropping below 12 Celsius.

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Now there is a Met Office yellow warning

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It covers most of Wales apart from the Southwest.

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Some places dry but some rain and heavy showers are expected.

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Torrential rain in places with hail and gusty winds and feeling muggy.

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During the morning, thundery rain in the Northeast.

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Intense downpours in places, over an inch of rain in a short space of

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time with a risk of flash flooding, but some places will escape.

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And later in the morning and afternoon the weather will improve.

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Turning drier and brighter with some sunshine and one or two showers.

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Tomorrow evening should be dry with some sunshine.

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After midnight a few more showers may turn up.

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You may catch a shower, but most places dry.

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So, Sunday the best day of the weekend.

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Some rain and showers at times, but some fair and warm weather as well.

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Has devolution improved life for you and your family?

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To mark the National Assembly's 15th birthday, every day next week we'll

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be asking whether it has delivered a stronger economy

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We start on Monday, when our Health Correspondent will be in Tredegar.

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I will be here to look at what impact devolution has had on the

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Welsh NHS. Now we return to our top story

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tonight. Welsh veterans of the D-Day landings in World War Two have

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returned to Northern France to mark the 70th anniversary of the mission

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which ultimately led to victory over Nazi Germany. Abigail it was a

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poignant anniversary? Abigail Neal in Normandy, marking 70

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years since the D-Day landings. And Certainly yes. The international

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recognition they have had Certainly yes. The international

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recognition they have had year is something the veterans have been

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very proud of. When you go away from the bigger ceremonies, what strikes

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you most is the wheelie as cheated by normal people. They are regarded

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as superheroes. -- what strikes you most is the way they are treated by

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normal people here. And after meeting some of those veterans today

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the first Minister said that the award them a debt of gratitude. That

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is all for now. Goodbye.

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