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you posted. All right, Tomasz. Thank you.

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Welcome to Wales Today - our top story.

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The hundreds of patients taken to hospital in police cars - because

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Local Police officers are not trained as paramedics so we're not

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able to give the same service that members of the public would expect.

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Should the electrification of the railway line between the south Wales

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Valleys and Cardiff be scrapped in favour of a tram system like this?

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A flawless performance on stage - but 'crisis' behind the scenes - now

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the Auditor General will investigate National Dance Company Wales.

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A hundred years ago - how the pride of Pembroke Dock was the first Royal

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Navy casualty of the First World War and - one and a quarter million

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pounds for new Welsh centres - will it stop the decline of the language?

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We will have reaction from the Eisteddfod.

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Hundreds of patients have been taken to hospital by the police because

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More than 600 sick and injured people were taken to

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hospital by three forces over a three-year period.

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The organisation which represents police officers says it's been

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raising the matter with Welsh government ministers for years.

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Our political correspondent Daniel Davies has the story.

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Stabbing victims, people who have attempted suicide, even someone with

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hypothermia. They have gone to hospital in police cars. Three of

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the four police forces provided figures. Gwent police took 109

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patients to hospital. South Wales also saw a big rise in the number of

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cases, the more than doubled last year. The police Federation says it

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has been raising the problem with the Welsh Government ministers for

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years. As a police officer and now, you can expect to put someone in a

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police vehicle because ambulances not available. Even if one is

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available, it may to be coming from 50 miles away when someone is

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bleeding out in your arms. You have to make a decision as to whether you

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take them to hospital or wait for the Adam Jones. These figures

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represent a tiny fraction of the demand faced by the Angeles service.

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It received 35,000 calls in June alone. Every time the police are

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forced to step in and help, it puts more pressure on the service they

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provide. 600 people transported to hospital in a police car rather than

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an ambulance over the next -- over the last three years. It is very one

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being for the individuals and an inappropriate use of the police

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services. The Angela and service is creaking at the seams and is under

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severe strain. -- the ambulance service. The Angela service says

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that works with police to reduce incidences where the wait for the

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ambulance to turn up. It is not the work of the police. I'm sure it is

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inappropriate in situations for police officers to decide whether to

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waste time or wait for an Angela and is well someone is injured. Without

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the facts, it is difficult to make a judgement. More people than ever

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call 999 financial Alonso. The service is frequently missed

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targets. More of the burden falls on the police and it will be a headache

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for the Welsh Government. How big a problem is this? The numbers may be

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small but it does not mean it is not a serious problem. The Welsh

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Government says these cases represent a very small proportion of

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calls to the Angela and service. In South Wales, for example, every

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other day a police car was on its way to hospital. It is not ideal for

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police or patients. The root cause is the pressure on the ambulance

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service, the number of calls from the public has trebled in the last

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20 years. That puts a strain on the health service and puts a lot of

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pressure on police as well. Thank you very much.

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Should the electrification of the railway line between the south Wales

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Valleys and Cardiff be scrapped in favour of a tram system?

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One rail industry expert has told this programme trams would

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Electrification is a key part of the metro project, which it's

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hoped will improve transport links into the capital city by 2030.

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Our business correspondent Brian Meechan reports.

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It is an ambitious plan but with a big price tag. It is hoped it will

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get rid of congestion like this, a daily headache for the thousands who

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travel into Cardiff for work. Trains, buses and trams will be

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brought together. The electrification of the Valleys's

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lines would make that network faster. It will cost ?463 million.

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Better solutions are available according to one expert. With

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electrification, you will get standard trains 35 years old and

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they will run much the same timetable. If we use different

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stalk, like trams, we could save time and offer a better service and

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more trains, all within the same budget. They have been successful

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elsewhere, Manchester moved to trams decades ago. But things have also

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gone wrong, the Edinburgh tram system was hit with a series of

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problems and came in over budget. The point of the Metro is to provide

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a cheap, reliable and regular reader to get from their communities like

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here to where businesses want to create jobs, often in Cardiff. They

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take the money they earn their and bring it back here to spend and

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services here and this is the local economy. People here want to see

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improvements in transport links. Trains are once an hour at the

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moment. Buses are great. It is always quicker to go by bus at the

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moment. The trainers and Aaron 20 minutes at the moment. Trams could

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be a plan B, if the ongoing dispute between the UK and Welsh Government

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over how electrification can be funded can't be resolved. Both won

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the other to pay for it. Business leaders want electrification and the

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Metro system delivered. The metal scheme is an integrated transport

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system. It looks that bringing in the bus network as well. There is an

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element of tram, like down in Cardiff Bay. The balance may shift

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in the future, but that is a plan there and let us work contract to

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deliver that. The Welsh Government will deliver a report soon. People

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in the Valleys will want to make sure the Metro stays on track.

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It's been confirmed that a body found on the Greek island

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of Crete is that of Arthur Jones from Denbighshire.

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The 73 year old went missing in June shortly after arriving

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An extensive search was launched involving North Wales Police.

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Mr Jones' family says he was found in a remote part of the island,

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A man has been jailed for life for murdering

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his sister's ex-boyfriend during a house party near Caerphilly.

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Ian Davies was stabbed by his former friend, Paul Mapps

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The judge said the 26 year old had shown no remorse, and must serve

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Cannabis plants have been discovered at a house where

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The house in Rhos near Wrexham was unoccupied

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when the fire broke out in the roof space - neighbours raised the alarm

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and had to evacuate their home while crews spent more than 3 hours

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The Welsh Government is investing more than ?1 million in new Welsh

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language learning centres across Wales.

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Making the announcement at the Eisteddfod, the

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First Minister said the facilities would give people an opportunity to

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Our reporter Cemlyn Davies is at the Eisteddfod in Llanelli.

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Jamie, here at the Eisteddfod everything is

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in Welsh and it's easy to forget the challenges facing the language

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And of course here in Carmarthenshire those challenges are

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as great as they are anywhere else following the last census figures.

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Today the Welsh Government revealed its plans to address the decline

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in Welsh speakers, but do they go far enough?

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The Welsh language is everywhere on the maes but it is a different story

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away from the Eisteddfod. This is the first time the estate ford has

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been held income come our adventure since census figures showed that

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those able to speak Welsh in the county is less than 50% for the

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first time. Today the first minister said his government is investing one

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and a quarter million pounds in new Welsh language centres across the

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country. We have not got the money we would like because of the

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financial situation we find ourselves then. We have targeted the

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money in this way, especially to ensure that young people with young

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families when they move into wheels, they have the opportunity to

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play a part in the community. These centres will help that. Carwyn Jones

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also launched a new campaign to encourage people to take small steps

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to use the language is part of their everyday life. For example using the

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Welsh option to withdraw cash and pay in supermarkets. Carwyn Jones

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needs to concentrate on the big things, the big policy changes we

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need so that we can all live in Welsh. The council has already

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published a report looking at ways to revive the language here. The

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Eisteddfod chief executive told Wales today the local authority

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could be doing more to engage with local businesses. Within this

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county, the Iraqi people who are very experienced business people. I

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cannot see why the county council does not try to engage these people

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and get them on board to use the expertise to help make sure the

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language flourishes. We take anything on board. The aim of the

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council is to improve the amount of people who speak Welsh by the next

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census. We have worked with local businesses running up to the

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Eisteddfod to give more of an understanding of the culture we have

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God regarding Welsh. It is clear that is a concerted effort to try

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and turn the tide here in Carmarthenshire and beyond by the

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way that should be done continues to divide opinion. That's it for now.

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Join me later when I will be backstage in the pavilion. Thank you

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very much. How the warship built

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in Pembrokeshire - became the first Royal Navy loss of the First World

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war - a hundred years ago today. It is a lovely evening here tonight

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but will it stay bright tomorrow? Find out later.

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Wales's financial watchdog is to investigate the public money given

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It follows criticism in a confidential report - obtained by

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BBC Wales earlier this year - which found the dance company's management

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The company receives the majority of its funding from the Arts Council.

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More from our Arts and Media Correspondent, Huw Thomas.

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Serenity on stage - National Dance Company Wales often

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But it's been chaotic behind the scenes,

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with disagreements, resignations and a crisis at the top of the company.

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A confidential report commissioned last summer - and seen by BBC Wales

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earlier this year - found the board of directors was "unable to function

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And was facing a "crisis in its governance and management."

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Its two artistic directors left the company last year,

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while five directors quit the board when the report was complete.

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National Dance Company Wales is based at the back of

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Wales Millennium Centre - it's a tenant, with its own offices

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It relies almost entirely on a significant grant

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from the Arts Council to do its work - ?850,000 this year -

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but it has already been given an additional ?40,000 to help with the

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Since last autumn it's been working with a diminished management team

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and board - those who resigned, yet to be replaced.

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And the public money involved - coupled with the problems it's faced

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He will be carrying out initial investigations into how the arts

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Council monitored the money given to them and how they can hold them to

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account. It is important that the public understand where their money

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is going. It is a large amount of money so we're trying to bring those

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issues to light. The dance company says it'll have

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a new management team in place later this year, and in the meantime

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- along with the Arts Council - it says it'll help the Auditor

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General with his investigation. He'll report his initial findings

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in the autumn. Campaigners fighting to save

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their leisure centre say they're confident of success despite Wrexham

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council rejecting The council will decide next month

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whether to hand Plas Madoc Leisure centre to

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a community trust or demolish it. Earlier this year under

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the management of Wrexham Council Plas Madoc Leisure

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centre played an important role But following proposed cuts

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of ?13 million this year it was closed while that same community

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tried to come up with The council will decide on the 9th

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of September whether to hand the lease over to the community but if

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the local trust is not in a position to take over its running, it will be

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demolished. Campaigners have long argued it's

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a crucial resource for a large And they say it can be

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run cost effectively. If the council wanted paid -- wanted

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to be done, that business plan will stack up. The result was a way to

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rubbish anything. I hope they wanted to succeed and take it forward as

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much as we do. Yesterday the council rejected

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a request to extend the demolition deadline to allow

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the trust more time to prepare But said they would be given

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as much help as possible. If we were to grant them a lease, we

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would allow the necessary time for it to be implemented. We need to

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agree the lease and give them sufficient time to implement. Every

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month we delay cost us ?10,000 and we don't have that money in our

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budget. The shutters are down at the

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Leisure Centre building now, but in just over a month campaigners

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should know whether they'll be She was the pride of Pembroke Dock -

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but her crew became the first Royal 100 years ago today,

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HMS Amphion hit a German mine and Sailors from Pembrokeshire

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were among those who died. She was the first British warship

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destroyed in the conflict, and as Carwyn Jones reports, her loss sent

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shockwaves through the country. In 1914 Pembroke dock was at the

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cutting edge of shipbuilding, producing huge vessels in large

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numbers. HMS Amphion was at the forefront of technology. When war

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was declared she set sail for the North Sea. Hello -- role was to lead

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flotillas of destroyers from East Anglia. The Germans had decided to

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mind the coast from the Thames estuary northwards. On the 5th of

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August 1914, HMS Amphion and two other ships attacked a German mine

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layer. She then hit one of those minds. She struck another and caused

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a major explosion. Deadly flu everywhere and the ship began to

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disintegrate. Within minutes it was gone. The war was rarely 30 hours

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old but already 141 men were dead. The crew were the first Royal Navy

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casualties of World War I. The music Pembrokeshire hard. Two local men

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lost their lives. In the dockyards, there was disbelief. Every ship that

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was built here, the dockyard workers had tremendous pride in the

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construction. When news came that HMS Amphion had been lost, there was

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tremendous shock and mourning in the town. During the First World War

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Pembroke dock lost six of its warships due to enemy action with a

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total loss of 1200 lives but HMS and be still cast a long shadow. She was

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the first of its vessels destroyed in action. Today she lies on the bed

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of the North Sea, a protected war grave. The first Royal Navy vessel

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lost in World War I. A Roman fort in Caernarfon has been

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reimagined thanks to CGI technology. But experts from Cadw have created

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this film showing what they think it The team used floor plans,

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aerial footage and artist impressions to digitally rebuild the

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fort, which at one time may have The success of Welsh athletes

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at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow will be celebrated at a special

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event in Cardiff Bay next month. Team Wales won its most medals ever,

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with 36 - The First Minister Carwyn Jones says

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the Welsh Government will host the homecoming at the Senedd

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on the 10th September. Let us head back to the Eisteddfod

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and the prizes. We're back stage in the pavilion

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now because competitions are Now the performers here will have

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been brought up in the Eisteddfod But what kind of experience does

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this festival offer people who've I met up with two students visiting

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the maes for the first time and I began by asking them why they've

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never been to an Eisteddfod before. It is obviously very elitist, you

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only come here if you speak Welsh. But at the same time the second

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language Welsh course in my school was not great. For me, it was a lack

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of knowledge of the language and the culture. If you can go away and

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record your experiences on this camera, I will catch up with you

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later on. This is called the maes. What does that mean? We do not know.

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What does maes mean? It literally means feel. We just did not know. We

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are going in here. We will find out what it means. Have you had a lot of

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people looking for learners books? Yes, we have two book for learners.

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Yesterday we sold a lot of them. Now we do not have many left for the

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rest of the week. I know the word for food. Now, that is the word for

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chips. How did you get on? Quite well. It was enjoyable. Everybody

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was very welcoming. It was nice to see so many people crammed into

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these coffee shops celebrating Welsh culture. It was fine. It was

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fantastic. Well very shortly we'll be finding

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out if anyone's won Earlier the prose medal was awarded

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to Lleucu Roberts from Rhostryfan near Caernarfon for her book,

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Saith Oes Efa. And you may remember she also won

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the Daniel Owen memorial prize And remember you can keep up to date

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with all the news from the maes, There's live coverage

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of all the action from the pavilion, with English commentary,

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as well as results, video highlights Just over 19,000 people have come

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here today. That is down on the previous five years but they have

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had a lovely day to enjoy. Let's find out what the weather will be

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like for visitors tomorrow. Tywydd braf yfory!

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Beautiful evening here on the Carmarthenshire coast overlooking

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the Loughor estuary and north Gower. A bit breezy but dry and sunny.

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Completely different to this time yesterday when dark rain clouds were

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on the way. Thankfully most of the puddles on

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the Maes have disappeared and there's more dry weather to come.

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If you're visiting to the Eisteddfod tomorrow, the sun cream will come in

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handy. It's going to be dry and sunny. The wind lighter than today

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so feeling warmer with a top temperature of 19 Celsius.

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Now it has been dry everywhere today, they have a been a few

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showers around. These will die away this evening to leave us all with a

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dry night. A few shallow mist and fog patches forming by dawn. Cooler

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than last night. Lowest temperatures around 9 Celsius in Snowdonia. 13 in

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Ammanford. Tomorrow's chart shows a ridge of

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high pressure over southern Britain and that means more settled weather.

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Tomorrow promises to be a nice day. Probably the best day of the week.

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Fine and dry with a good deal of sunshine. A few cumulus clouds

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developing. And it will turn out pleasantly warm. Top temperatures 18

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to 21 Celsius with light winds and sea breezes.

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Tomorrow night fairly straightforward. Fine and dry. Light

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winds and a comfortable night for sleeping. Lowest temperatures

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between 10 and 14 Celsius. Cool inland. Warmer on the coast.

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On Friday will bring more dry weather. Some sunshine. A few

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showers breaking but hopefully it will stay dry in Llanelli.

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The outlook. Saturday breezy with a mixture of sunshine and showers.

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Sunday now looks less threatening. The latest thinking is that the

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remains of storm Bertha will miss us and go further south. There's still

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a lot of uncertainty but at the moment it looks as if it will be

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fairly unsettled on Sunday but nothing too unusual for the time of

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year. So bright and breezy on the Maes

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today and we're in for a fine day tomorrow.

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Tywydd braf yfory! Thank you very much. The headlines. Boris Johnson

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has confirmed he wants to stand for a Parliamentary seat in next year's

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general election. He said it is unlikely he will stand for

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Conservative leader. Hundreds of patients had

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Conservative leader. Hundreds of patients been taken to hospital

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because an Angeles was not available. The police Federation has

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been raising the issue with the government for several years, it

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