08/06/2014 BBC Wales Today


08/06/2014

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Now on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are. Bye for now.

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Women-only shortlists should be considered by the Labour Party

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for every Westminster seat that comes up in Wales.

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That's according to the Assembly Member and former MP Julie Morgan.

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An all-women shortlist of candidates has been imposed by the party in the

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A vacancy will also arise in Neath after Peter Hain stands down

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One Labour AM says it should be a woman.

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There are only seven out of 30 at the moment. It seems the only way to

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ensure that you get women elected is to have a mechanism to ensure it

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happens so an all women elected is to have a mechanism to ensure it

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happens so no the Labour Party for an all women short list.

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One recent estimate said Wales won't have an equal number of men

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Next door to Neath, some Labour members in the

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Cynon Valley are unhappy at being told to use an all-women shortlist

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Like Mr Hain, their current MP, Ann Clwyd, is standing down.

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But in another neighbouring constituency, Aberavon,

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they chose a man, Stephen Kinnock, to succeed a retiring MP.

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Mr Hain told BBC Wales's Sunday Politics that

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This is not a matter for me. Whether it has got an open short list or

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whether it has gotten all women short list is not a matter for me.

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That is a matter for the National party to decide in consultation with

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First Minister Carwyn Jones has backed the use of an all-women

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Sometimes you have to act to ensure fairness, he says.

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But others continue to argue that the fair thing to do is to

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allow party activists to pick whichever candidate they like.

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A woman who was jailed for 12 years in the Dominican Republic

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for killing her husband is back home in Cardiff pending an appeal.

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37-year-old Nicole Reyes was convicted of manslaughter

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She'd claimed she accidentally ran over her husband Jorge in July 2012.

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Her family in Wales paid authorities more than ?60,000

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A 20-year-old man is being questioned on suspicion

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of causing the death of two people by dangerous driving.

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It follows an incident involving one car at Gilfach Goch in the Rhondda

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A 25-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman died.

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Work is continuing to restore phone lines at Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor

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after poor weather affected services.

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It's believed lightning struck an external mast yesterday.

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One member of staff sustained a minor hand injury after being hit by

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A model of the D-Day landings has been be

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unveiled in Swansea today as part of the weekend's ceremonies marking

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The 14-foot square model took the Air Cadets of 215 Squadron three

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It will remain on display at St Mary's Church in the city

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until the autumn before being moved to a permanent home.

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It's a lot of hard work. We got there in the end. I am hoping that

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everybody in Wales will come and see it.

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Onto cricket and the rain was the winner in Glamorgan's T20 blast

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The home side reached 207 for 3 from their 20 overs before a heavy

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downfall in Bristol led to the match being abandoned with no result.

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Some of us have seen pretty lively showers. They were largely die away

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but they are the name of the game for the next 24 hours. Tomorrow we

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will also see showers developing. A few overnight to night. Around

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breakfast time, largely clearing away. The first half of the day,

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good dry weather for us to enjoy. Top temperature of 19 Celsius.

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Further showers around for Tuesday. Good evening. We got to 25 Celsius

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this afternoon. There were some heavy showers elsewhere. Low

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pressure to the west of the United Kingdom, anticlockwise winds around

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that, dragging in some warm air from the near continent. The showers will

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tend

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