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to his Olympic and Commonwealth titles. There were three relay gold | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
medals for Team GB. That's it. Stay with | :00:00. | :00:15. | |
A weekend of Welsh World War I commemorations in Flanders has ended | :00:16. | :00:26. | |
tonight with a choir singing at the Last Post ceremony | :00:27. | :00:28. | |
Earlier, hundreds from Wales attended a service at the grave | :00:29. | :00:32. | |
of the poet Hedd Wyn, who was one of hundreds of Welsh | :00:33. | :00:35. | |
soldiers killed on the first day of the Battle of Paschendale in 1917. | :00:36. | :00:38. | |
The tenor Rhys Meirion singing an old Welsh hymn. | :00:39. | :00:50. | |
In the swelling crowd at the Menin Gate tonight, so many Welsh faces. | :00:51. | :00:55. | |
On the memorial are named more than 50,000 | :00:56. | :01:03. | |
This has been a weekend of special significant for Wales in Flanders. | :01:04. | :01:08. | |
A weekend which has seen the unveiling of | :01:09. | :01:10. | |
Unveiled by the Welsh First Minister, Carwyn Jones, | :01:11. | :01:17. | |
and his Flemish counterpart, it looks out now across ground | :01:18. | :01:21. | |
which was once a battlefield where the Welsh fought and died. | :01:22. | :01:24. | |
The new Welsh memorial is the product of four years of fundraising | :01:25. | :01:27. | |
But looking at this now, I'm just flabbergasted that we've | :01:28. | :01:42. | |
Everybody else thinks it's magnificent. | :01:43. | :01:48. | |
This memorial is for everybody who contributed at that time. | :01:49. | :01:55. | |
It's our national war memorial in this part of the world. | :01:56. | :02:00. | |
Many of the more than 1,000 who attended the unveiling were | :02:01. | :02:02. | |
The memorial is the first for Wales in Flanders and commemorates all | :02:03. | :02:08. | |
those men and women who took part in the First World War. | :02:09. | :02:11. | |
I thought it was absolutely wonderful. | :02:12. | :02:14. | |
Very moving, but a brilliant, brilliant day. | :02:15. | :02:18. | |
I wouldn't have missed it for the world. | :02:19. | :02:22. | |
Earlier today, hundreds attended a service at the | :02:23. | :02:26. | |
grave of the poet Hedd Wyn and in honouring him, they were honouring | :02:27. | :02:29. | |
I've been moved so many times in this particular Artillery Wood. | :02:30. | :02:43. | |
Every time you come through that arch way, it moves you, | :02:44. | :02:45. | |
This evening in Ypres a unique weekend of Welsh | :02:46. | :02:52. | |
commemoration in Flanders has been brought to a close. | :02:53. | :02:57. | |
Urgent action is needed to attract more nurses to work | :02:58. | :03:01. | |
in care homes across Wales, according to a campaign group. | :03:02. | :03:04. | |
Care Forum Wales say a shortage of nurses is at risk of becoming | :03:05. | :03:08. | |
a crisis after it emerged two homes in the Bridgend area are to close | :03:09. | :03:11. | |
The Welsh Government said it would work to ensure the care | :03:12. | :03:16. | |
and safety of residents in the homes that are closing. | :03:17. | :03:20. | |
A four-year-old boy has been rescued from Swansea Marina after a man, | :03:21. | :03:24. | |
who was eating at a nearby restaurant, saw him fall in. | :03:25. | :03:26. | |
The local man jumped into the water to save | :03:27. | :03:29. | |
the child yesterday evening after he wandered away from his mother. | :03:30. | :03:32. | |
Paramedics then took the youngster to Morriston Hospital for checks. | :03:33. | :03:38. | |
Doctors say a Welsh rally co-driver, injured in a crash | :03:39. | :03:41. | |
which killed his team-mate, is in a comfortable condition in hospital. | :03:42. | :03:44. | |
Dai Roberts, from Carmarthen, was airlifted to hospital in Belfast | :03:45. | :03:47. | |
Driver Timothy Cathcart was killed in the crash. | :03:48. | :03:54. | |
Dai Robert's brother, Gareth, was killed while competing in a rally | :03:55. | :03:56. | |
and on Day Three of their County Championship match against Essex, | :03:57. | :04:03. | |
They need another 111 runs, with two wickets remaining, | :04:04. | :04:09. | |
Here's Sara Thornton with the forecast. | :04:10. | :04:21. | |
A windy day today. That wind will remain a constant in our weather for | :04:22. | :04:28. | |
the next couple of days. It will make us feel cool at times. | :04:29. | :04:31. | |
Temperatures in double figures tomorrow. Cooler in the countryside. | :04:32. | :04:37. | |
That wind will be persisting. Showers first thing. They will clear | :04:38. | :04:41. | |
to the south and east. It will improve as we go through the | :04:42. | :04:52. | |
afternoon 16-17 Celsius. We will run the risk of showers at times and | :04:53. | :04:54. | |
chilly nights too. We'll have all | :04:55. | :04:57. | |
the latest with updates from 6.00am A northerly wind is never a welcome | :04:58. | :05:17. | |
visitor across the shores of the UK. And particularly | :05:18. | :05:19. |