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That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me

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Know what your children are doing - the message to the Muslim community

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After these young men from the city urged others to fight

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in Syria and Iraq, the police tell us that efforts to stop

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We are talking about a couple of men and I think people realise the

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police can't keep hold of absolutely everybody but they are doing the

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best job they can. We can also reveal that

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a Welsh-based Islamic extremist Too many pupils are still being

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bullied in Welsh schools, according An inquest hears a woman drowned

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on a Mothers? Day beach walk with her daughter after being cut off

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by tide. And another blow to

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Wales? medal prospects. She was tipped to be

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the golden girl at the Commonwealth Games - cyclist Becky

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James pulls out because of injury. Wales has obtained footage

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of a Welsh Islamic group banned The videos, published by the

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Islamic Dawah Association, show people outside Cardiff

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University and Cardiff Castle. The UK Government suspects

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the group is a front It comes as the head of

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Wales' Counter-Terrorism Unit denies police have failed to combat

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the radicalisation of young Filmed in Cardiff and believed to

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have been posted on the Internet by a Welsh Islamic group now banned in

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Britain. This footage was posted by the Islamic Dawah Association.

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Today, it was one of three organisations banned by the Home

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Office because it suspects they are a front for the extremist group. The

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man individual appears to have used this social media account to link

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himself to the group before it was banned. These pictures posted on

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their Twitter account appeared to show the group speaking to students

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outside Cardiff University. The university says it spoke to the

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authorities about this. BBC where believes he was connected to this

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Cardiff group. A BBC will investigation to years ago revealed

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their involvement in trying to radicalise young Muslim man. The BBC

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has put all these points to him but he has declined to comment. These

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pictures have also emerged of another group banned today. They are

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believed to have held an event in a Cardiff park earlier this month.

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Today, the Imam at a mosque called on parents to be aware of what their

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children are doing. Parents giving their children the right education,

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the right discipline, manners, respect, a good education. Now there

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are mobile phones. Who are they talking to? On Facebook, these kind

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of things. Who are they listening to? Outside, people told us how they

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felt about the situation, including someone who knows the boys. I can

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see why they have gone out there. If I was as strong a Muslim, I would

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have gone out there. It was surprising but if you ask me about

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them, I would say I am not as strict. He knows the situation is

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dangerous. Any younger brother would want to go out there and look for

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his older brother to see if he is OK. Police in Wales and across the

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UK tackle it radicalisation through a scheme called Prevent. Speaking

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for the first time since it was revealed three men from Cardiff had

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travelled to Syria to fight, Wales' most senior antiterrorism officer

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says they are doing everything they can. People are talking to us and we

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are being told they have got trust in the police. People recognise this

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is several young men. I think people realise the police can't keep hold

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of absolutely everybody but they are doing the best job they can. I don't

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think we can blame the police for this. By the tame they are

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radicalised, it is too late. The question is, why are they becoming

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radicalised and why aren't we doing more to stand up for the values that

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we all share? -- by the time they are radicalised. This is the footage

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that has shown -- caused so much shock. South Wales Police said the

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appearance of Nasser Muthana and his friend is a failure on their part

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but officers maintain Cardiff Blues not have a radicalisation problem --

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Cardiff does not. Professor Martin Innes is director

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of the Police Science Institute The father of Nasser and Aseer

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Muthana says police haven't won Are there problems with how

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police are trying to prevent The first thing to say is that this

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is an incredibly complex set of circumstances that they are trying

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to deal with. They are trying to deal with three sets of problems.

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One is counter radicalisation, how do you stop people getting attracted

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to these ideas? Then how do you pull people away? And then building up

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the resilience of communities to work with these challenging issues.

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They are trying to do a number of things at once. Do you think the way

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the police are handling it is right for now? I think there is a number

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of things that happen and what we can with radicalisation is a set of

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push factors and a set of pull factors and of these change as

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different situations come around the world. We need to look at these

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factors and maybe update them and recognise that some of the

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motivations for why young people might become attracted to extremist

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ideas might have changed. Do you think changes are needed in the way

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the police are handling this? This is a worrying situation that has

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happened in Cardiff and everybody wants to prevent this happening

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again. What kind of changes are needed? We need to recognise that

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the key to solving these problems are in the relationship between the

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police and the communities because we need a situation where

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communities feel comfortable that if they see something that is not quite

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right, that they are concerned about, they have a channel of

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communication they can talk to police about and say, there is

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something I am not comfortable about. The father of Nasser Muthana

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says the police have not got the right people for the job and they

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are not integrating well into the community. While everybody has a lot

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of sympathy with the Father's position, if you look back over the

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past few years, there have been a number of operations that have been

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stopped. Is money a factor? Have cuts impacted on police work in this

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area? We need to be aware that this is difficult, it is challenging, and

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we need to mix sure the police have the resources they need to do the

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job. Too many children in Wales are being

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bullied in school, Research from the schools

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inspectorate Estyn found that despite being obliged by law to

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tackle the issue bullying is still Some estimates say as many as half

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of all children have suffered at Small and ginger, an article at boy

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who was full of love. This is how his mother described Simon Brooks.

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He was 15 when he took an overdose, no longer able to into the bullying

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he had suffered for years. I would not have expected him to do

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something like this. He loved life. According to Estyn today, bullying

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remains a problem for too many children. The inspectors found that

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not many schools are identifying and recording instances effectively, --

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not enough. They keep records of behavioural incidents but they don't

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always classify them as bullying thing. The report points to good

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practice at some schools where they have tackled the issue head-on. We

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go to meetings, we write our own quality plan to make sure everybody

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knows that we have got to respect everybody's thoughts, cultures and

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religions. Each class has a worry box for them to write their worries

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down if they feel shy talking to a teacher. The headteacher says the

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children are taught their rights and as a result they realise how

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bullying takes those rights from other children. We are such a

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multicultural school that we celebrate differences and realise we

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are all the same underneath, the same feelings, the same attitudes,

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the same characters, and it is important for children to realise

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they have got to treat everybody with respect and tolerance. But it

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is thought as many of half of our schoolchildren experience bullying.

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Estyn found even schools with good strategies to address it don't have

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a common understanding of how important it is to focus on groups

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of pupils more likely to be at risk such as gay pupils, those with a

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disability or from minority ethnic backgrounds. But Simon's mother says

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he did not fit into any of those categories and fears these findings

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miss the point and need to change the culture of schools as a home --

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hole. The same zero tolerance that is now applied to racism. The first

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time, the child should be punished. The second time, the parent should

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be dragged in. And the third time, their behaviour should be put in a

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situation where their behaviour can be dealt with. Estyn has now a cute

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-- issued a check list that it wants all schools to follow to monitor the

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situation. A respected Jehovah's Witnesses

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church leader has been convicted of Mark Sewell,

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who's 53 and from Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan, denied nine historic

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sex charges against girls and women A jury at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court

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convicted him of eight counts, He was found not guilty

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of one count of indecent assault. Sewell's been remanded in custody

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until he's sentenced next month. A task force has been set up

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at Wrexham's Glwyndwr University, aimed at lifting its suspension

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from recruiting overseas students. It follows a Home Office inquiry

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into alleged visa fraud. The university said senior staff

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were looking to explore and implement solutions to issues

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raised. An exam board has been criticised

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over plans to translate Welsh-speaking pupils? papers

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so they can be marked Edexcel says it's been unable to

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recruit Welsh-speaking examiners Education campaign group Rhag said

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the move placed pupils A woman drowned while on walk for

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Mothering Sunday after being cut off 68-year-old Susan Hackett, was with

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her daughter Emma and eight dogs on An inquest heard this morning she

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became separated and swept away This was a walk that Susan Hackett

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and her daughter Emma did most weekends,

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leaving from Pembrey across Cefn But after an hour

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and a half heading out across the long flat sandbanks, the fast-moving

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waters began to surround them. The coroner's court was told that

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Mrs Hackett's daughter had tried to dial 999 when she realised they were

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becoming cut off by the incoming tide, but she couldn't

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because her hands were too wet. Minutes later they were waist deep

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in water and soon 68-year-old Susan Hackett was

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airlifted to Morriston Hospital Police said five of

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the dogs were also unaccounted for. Today, the coroner recorded a

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verdict of death by misadventure and warned those who come to Cefn Sidan

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to enjoy this wide, flat stretch of beach to make sure they leave enough

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time and don't get caught out. The tide here moves fast

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and can be deceptive. Tom lost his leg after bone cancer -

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how he could be back at the crease once again with a little

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help from the cricket community. And there were 40,000 Welsh

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casualties of World War One. A hundred years on,

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cutting edge technology will be used The owners of a derelict former

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Victorian hospital in Denbigh have been served with a compulsory

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purchase order after a long-running The North Wales hospital site has

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fallen into disrepair It was bought by a developer which

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wanted to build homes and offices An imposing facade but the

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North Wales Hospital was a caring home for thousands of

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patients with psychiatric illnesses But it closed

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when health services were reorganised in 1995 and since then

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the listed building has sat empty. It was hoped developers would

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breathe new life into the 120-hectare site but, in 2008, after

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a fire and the global financial Since then

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the council has fought to persuade the owners, Freemont Denbigh,

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to protect the crumbling buildings. It is a crying shame. This is a

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listed building, a Grade-II listed building, one of the finest of its

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type in Wales. It has the point of almost collapse and we have had to

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step in to carry out work and now we are taking over to pass it onto who

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will look after it. If the compulsory purchase order

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succeeds then the site would be handed over to a

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local trust to manage the project. It's hoped that by selling

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off less significant parts of the land for development, the

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most important bits can be saved. It will be a mix of uses, quite

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likely residential but public access as well, community benefit. It is

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important that the end result is a benefit to the community. People

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living nearby have looked on with increasing despair as the building

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has become more and more rundown. Although today's step is

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significant, with a number of legal hurdles still to overcome, it could

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be another year before work starts here.

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A former private girl's School in Denbigh has also been put up for

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sale. The company which had took over the property went into

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liquidation. The family of a man missing in Crete

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are due to fly out tomorrow to search for him. He has not been seen

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since last Thursday when he was planning to go camping. He was due

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to fly back on Tuesday. Tonight's sport news now.

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Here's Claire. Let's start with the news of another

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blow to Wales' medal prospects Cyclist Becky James has withdrawn

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from the Games next month in Glasgow The 22-year-old from Abergavenny was

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one of Wales' main medal hopes but has been forced to pull out

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after an aggravated knee injury. Becky won two gold medals

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at the World Championships last year and claimed a silver and a bronze

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at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi. In

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a statement she said she was deeply disappointed but she still hopes to

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be in Glasgow cheering the team on. Meanwhile, it's been confirmed

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Olympic champion Geraint Thomas has been selected for Team Sky to

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race in the Tour de France, which The 28-year-old came second

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in the British Time Trial Championship at the Celtic Manor

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last night, finishing behind Thomas will get just four days? rest

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between the end of the Tour A young cricketer

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from Newport who had his leg amputated is hoping to play

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again if he can raise enough money 20-year-old Tom Carter was diagnosed

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with bone cancer last year and feared his sporting career was over

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after surgery and chemotherapy. But he's now raised more than

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?30,000 after local people and the Welsh cricket community

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rallied round. Our sports reporter Ashleigh

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Crowter's been to meet him. He has played cricket since he was

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six years old and Tom Carter has no plans to stop now. Batting is not as

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easy these days. The prosthetic leg he is learning to use is all right

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in the nets but it is not suited to the job of scoring runs in the

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middle. Something used to do for Newport could it club -- Newport

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Cricket club. He is now raising many to buy a high-tech limb with a

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microprocessor in the knee joint. This leg only goes up and down like

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a hinge, but with this leg I will be able to turn on it so that will help

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me pivot on the leg and move side to side so I can bat again properly.

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The prosthetic leg that he needs to keep playing could cost up to

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?50,000. His friends and family are trying to stave -- raise the money

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and today they had some fantastic news. Celebrities from the world of

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sport including Andrew Flintoff and joke cards ID were playing in a

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special match to raise money for the Tom Maynard trust, set up in memory

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of the ex-Morgan cricketer. The trustees decided to support Tom

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Carter's efforts to return to the cricket field. His desire is to play

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for England disability cricket and we want to get involved. Hopefully I

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will get down and do some coaching sessions with him. Possibly, he can

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come to the Tom Maynard cricket academy next February. Tom is now

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facing the future with real optimism. He is hoping to have his

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new high-tech leg by the start of next season but all importantly, is

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recent scan was all clear. Not having a leg is not a disability any

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more. It is just a disadvantage. I am trying to live life. It made me

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realise life is too short and to go out there and enjoy life. On

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today's evidence, the Welsh sporting community is right behind him.

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Everyone is hoping that out of adversity, he can soon be enjoying

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an international sporting career. And children at Whitchurch Primary

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School in Cardiff were given There were cheers and gasps

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when footballer Gareth Bale walked The Real Madrid and Wales star was

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back in his home-village to make Two pupils, Annie and Evan,

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wrote to him asking him to visit He went into every classroom

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and signed balls and shirts before In just five weeks' time,

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countries around the world will mark the centenary

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of the outbreak of World War One. This evening,

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a special project is being launched to create a lasting legacy of the

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role played by Welsh men and women. It's the first of its kind and will

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use the latest technology to reveal Carwyn Jones is in Cardiff Bay for

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us this evening to tell us more. Thanks, Lucy, and welcome

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on board HMS Enterprise. Tonight, this Royal Navy vessel is

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hosting the launch of Wales at War. It's an ambitious project that

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combines modern technology and archive research to paint a

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complete picture of the part Wales And school children will be

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at the heart of it. They'll be writing

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the biographies of the 40,000 Welsh Well, Professor Lorna Hughes is

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from the National Library of Wales, The project has been developed as an

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inclusive educational activity, a commemoration activity, that

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involves children from all around Wales. It is a bilingual project but

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the children will be developing biographies of the First World War

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fallen in Wales using their local war memorials as the start of their

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journey, doing research, using digital resources that have been

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created, archives, local records offices, and developing

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methodologies and tools to find their way around historical

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artefacts. It is a direct engagement with history.

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Well, pupils from St Cyres school in Penarth have already become digital

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historians and have been researching their local wartime history.

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We were each given the name of a veteran from World War I to research

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to find out about their lives and then it can be used and uploaded

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onto an app and Google can use what we have researched.

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The Wales at War project will go live this

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autumn and when it's finished in 2016, it will be available to

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Wales is the first country to do something on this scale.

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Now HMS Enterprise will be here all day tomorrow for Armed Forces? Day,

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Some very sharp showers in places today.

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The radar picture shows where they've been heaviest.

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There?s a Met Office warning in place for the risk

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of further heavy rain at times for the rest of today and tomorrow.

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A drier end to the day in the south as those showers die out northwards.

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Generally easing and becoming drier overnight.

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Low level cloud, mist and fog forming with overnight

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The front which brought today's rain slowly sinks back south

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Some early mist to start, variable cloud, then those scattered

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Some heavy with thunder but hit and miss.

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It will turn drier and brighter from the north through

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the day with sunny spells developing but with light winds.

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A few of those showers could linger further south, feeling

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Tomorrow night and into Sunday, as this front clears

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southeastwards, any showers easing and it will turn drier, but also

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Sunday's the better day of the weekend.

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Just one or two isolated showers with some decent sunny spells,

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especially in the west and southwest and though temperatures

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are down slightly, still feeling pleasantly warm in the sunshine.

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Then high pressure starts to build early next week,

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so an improving picture as we head through the weekend.

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Early signs of things turning more unsettled

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later in the week as low pressure pushes back in from Atlantic.

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Now we're near the end of June and early figures suggest it's one

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of the warmest ever - certainly in the top 10 -

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It looks considerably sunnier and drier than normal.

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It'll also be the seventh consecutive month where

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Finally, today's picture is from Roger Roberts -

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a beautiful evening sky overlooking Llancayo Mill in Monmouthshire.

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Tonight's top stories from the BBC. David Cameron has failed in his bid

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to block John Claude Yunker from getting the top job in the European

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Commission. -- Jean-Claude Juncker. And Muslims in Cardiff have been

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urged to know what their children are doing at all times. It comes a

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week after two young men from the city appeared in a video urging

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others to fight in Syria and Iraq. We'll have a quick update at 8pm

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and more news at 10.25pm. For now though,

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