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Edinburgh, on the vote that could reshape Britain. Now we join the

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news teams Good evening.

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Scottish independence could fuel demands for

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more self government here. That's according to the leader of

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Plaid Cymru, Leanne Wood, who's been in Scotland to campaign for a Yes

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vote in the independence referendum. The First Minister, Carwyn Jones,

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will join the No campaign tomorrow. Here's our political

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correspondent Daniel Davies. Is the UK coming apart?

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The UK government hopes not and it has offered Scots more

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devolution if they vote no in next week's referendum on independence.

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But what about Wales? First Minister, Carwyn Jones,

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says further devolution for Scotland should mean more

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devolution for Wales. In Glasgow today, Leanne Wood,

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the leader of Plaid Cymru, hit the campaign trail with

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the Scottish Nationalists. She says Carwyn Jones' call for more

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devolution is a sign of panic, because opinion polls are moving

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in the yes campaign's favour. I think there is every possibility

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that there will be a knock-on effect when people in Wales, who

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are suffering from austerity, many people who are working hard and

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finding it difficult to make ends meet will look to what is happening

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here in Scotland, will see a successful economy, will see

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a government that wants to provide social protection for its citizens,

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and I think people in Wales will want the opportunity to do some

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of that for ourselves to. Why not?

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Tomorrow, the First Minister will arrive in

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Scotland and urge Scots to vote no. He wanted supporters

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of the union to offer a future vision of devolution across the UK,

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including in Wales, so this is a clear alternative to independence.

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This Welsh Labour peer says some people in London may only now be

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waking up to the idea that Scotland just might vote yes.

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Carwyn Jones has been calling for a constitutional convention

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for over two years. Nobody has listened to him and,

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at last, people are starting to pay

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attention. The fact is,

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we should have been discussing this for a number of years.

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And one of the reasons why it is imperative

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that Scotland stays with us is that it will be good for Wales.

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Since 2011, the Welsh Assembly has had full

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lawmaking in powers devolved fields, such as health and education.

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Powers to borrow money and vary some taxes are being devolved.

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These could include some control over how much income tax we pay,

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but only after a referendum. But what next?

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Carwyn Jones says full control over income tax shouldn't be devolved,

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even if it happens in Scotland and, despite Leanne Wood's hopes,

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opinion polls suggest changes in Scotland will not make Welsh

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independence more popular. This company in Swansea,

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which supplied the flags for last week's NATO summit, thinks it might

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benefit from Scottish independence. I think that, if Scotland went out

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of the UK, it will mean more business for us, because England is

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a big friend of Wales commercially and monetarily, so I think that it

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would actually be a good thing. Probably not the right thing to say,

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but I think it will be a good thing for us.

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Many say the contest in Scotland is now too close to call.

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Whatever the result, there are bound to be implications for Wales.

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While Scots decide how to vote, politicians here are wondering what

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will happen to Wales, whether or not the union is broken.

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The Prime Minister, in the House of Commons today, thanked Wales

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60 world leaders gathered at the Celtic Manor in Newport last week.

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David Cameron described the event as a successful coming together

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I want to thank the local council in Newport, the Welsh Assembly, the

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First Minister, the secretary of state, our armed services and police

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and all those who worked so hard to deliver a safe and secure and

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successful summit, the biggest gathering of world leaders I think

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that has ever taken place in our country, but most of all,

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I want to thank the Welsh people for the incredibly warm welcome

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The Swansea-born Conservative MP, Nigel Evans,

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has tonight been reselected by his local party to contest next

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The former Shadow Welsh Secretary was found not guilty of nine sexual

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Members of his Ribble Valley constituency backed him

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Home care services for elderly and vulnerable people in Powys have

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This follows the council announcing it was ending one company's

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contract, just months after a re-organisation That's prompted an

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contract, just months after a re-organisation. That's prompted a

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Montgomeryshire Assembly member to call for an investigation into the

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64-year-old Tony Ferris from Welshpool is one

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of more than 1000 people in Powys who need care at home.

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The former paratrooper lost both his legs as a result of diabetes.

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he used to receive home visits from a carer, but since the changes,

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it became so unreliable, he cancelle it and relies on private help.

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We're all vulnerable, to a certain extent,

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and there are ladies and gentlemen older than me,

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younger than me, that are much more vulnerable than me

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that must be frightened to death at the moment, and I'm sure...

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This is a very extreme thing to say, that it will cause deaths.

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It will cause illness, it will cause more hospitalisation, simply because

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of the worry that people have got of what's going on in the future.

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At the time of reorganisation, the council moved care

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provisions from around 20 companies to just four.

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The council also said it would carry out a review,

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but there are now calls for that to be made public.

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I think the council made a huge botch up of the job

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but we are where are now and the priority has got to

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be having proper care for vulnerable and elderly people in our community,

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which hasn't been the case since May.

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Gladys Perks runs TLC in Llanidloes, which until the reorganisation

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provided home care for around 150 people.

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The agency missed out on a new contract from the council

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and believes, after the termination of the existing agreement,

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Not just mine, there's other good agencies out there and some

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agencies are being put out of work, because they just can't cope.

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They should be fetching other agencies back in.

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The carers will work for these agencies,

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because they know them and hopefully that they will come back.

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The company Reach said they had been unable to overcome

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significant challenges in a problematic transition process,

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they believe there's been very little care in this whole process.

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Some of the world's best cyclists were in North Wales today

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as the Tour of Britain made its way through Wrexham,

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The stage, which finished at the Great Orme in Llandudno, was

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Football and Wales had their first run-out on Andorra's artificial

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pitch ahead of tomorrow's opening European Championship qualifier.

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Wales will be overwhelming favourites to win against

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Normally, it maybe a bit of a different

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bounce, not too different, obviously it's not grass, but football is

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football at the end of the day and we just have to get on with it.

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And apart from talking to you guys, we don't talk about it that much.

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No weather forecast. -- now for the weather. Big

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temperature contrasts, temperatures down to about four Celsius, creeping

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up to about 20 by the afternoon. Feeling warm in the sunshine, high

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pressure remaining in charge through this week, plenty of dry weather in

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the forecast and sunshine as well with the label cloud. Clear skies

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tonight and low-level cloud, mist and fog, a chilly night under clear

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skies. In the countries they to about four Celsius. High pressure

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across the UK, bringing settled weather over the coming days,

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locking other weather systems. A chilly start first thing tomorrow,

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then the sunshine warms things up nicely. More fine weather for the

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rest of the UK, the agreeable cloud, thicker cloud across Scotland and

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Northern Ireland. Central parts enjoying the best sunshine. Here in

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Wales, the best sunshine farther west, else are sunny spells and

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highs up to 21 Celsius, like wind, feeling pleasantly warm in the

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sunshine. Once the sun sets, it will become chilly, temperatures 7-14 in

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towns and cities, but lower in the countryside, perfect to get out and

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they are filming. More sunny spells on Wednesday, feeling warm with

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highs 20 Celsius, remaining finance Celsius before the end of the week

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and weekend. -- remaining fine and settled.

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Next tonight, the remarkable story

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of the Welsh nurse on the Western Front.

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That's Wales Today. Thank you for watching.

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From all of us on the programme, good evening.

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