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Welcome to Wales Today. Our top stories

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A summit to save the steel industry and the thousands of jobs in Wales

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I will be looking at the global steel industry. And looking at what

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the Welsh government can do to help it.

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But given European rules on governments helping industries

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and a global market, realistically, what can be done?

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infected meat from a butcher, but there will no new inquest

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He died from a school meal. That should not have happened.

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The inquest into the death of Gavin Williams.

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His commanding officer admits ordering that he should be

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Serious questions for Welsh Water tonight, after another day

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of leaving hundreds of customers in Pembrokeshire with no supply.

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It is quite difficult. We have got an old lady living here, aged 91.

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And those four-hour waits for trains after the Rugby World Cup.

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Railway bosses are summoned to explain what went wrong.

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It is a cornerstone of our economy, supporting thousands of jobs,

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but ministers admit the steel industry in Wales is now in crisis.

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BBC Wales has been told that Tata Steel is losing about ?1 million a

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day in Wales - its heaviest losses since the depths of the recession.

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Industry leaders met in Cardiff earlier, with the Economy Minister

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saying that she will look at whether business rates could be cut,

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Here is our Economics Correspondent, Sarah Dickins.

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A fatal industry to the country. Demand for steel has not recovered

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since the recession of 2008 and the market at home is facing particular

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problems. Here, steel makers of 2008 and the market at home is facing

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particular problems. Here, steelmakers business rates and cheap

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imports from Russia and China. The hype and also makes it difficult to

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settle to other countries. Very emotional. At the end of the day,

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there are young people with families. A couple of miles from the

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steelworks in Newport, the local factory has reopened. They say that

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United Kingdom government needs to support manufacturing. I think the

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government is to change the whole of that we they go about things. It

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seems to be a privilege service rather than manufacturing. The

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doctor handling 20% more cargo than the were a year ago,. There is

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always a balance, depending on the market. The pace of steel is

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governed by how much is wanted, how much that is indeed man. We were

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buying a lot to cope with the growth in the economy. That is slowing

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down. Cheaper imports mean that they are also affecting our market. Tata

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Steel Is reputed to be losing ?1 million a day. There is no sign that

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the letup in imports is going to stop. You need immediate help? Yes,

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this stuff that needs to happen immediately. We need action now. A

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message from the union companies that something needs to be done to

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help British steel and that in this country needs to be done quickly.

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She says she is listening but many of the problems are a with her

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control. After today's summit Sarah Dickins

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spoke to the Economy Minister and asked her what the

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Welsh Government could do to help We have got a lot of exciting

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proposals, in terms of development. We have got to make sure we have

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a steel industry It is not just a question of the

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procurement of government contracts. We have got to make sure that UK

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steel can go in and we have got to also do a lot

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more work with manufacturing I think there has got to be more

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of the pride in what we are People should feel the same way

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as the French and the Germans do. We both know that

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the French will buy French We have also got to get that

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message across to people. Under European level, we need to

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look at the rules and regulations regarding steel. They are a dated.

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All these things take time and the list Cheney steel waiting and

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Newport docks. The industry needs their help though. The industry has

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had a lot of help, in terms of the discussions. I think it is a

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problem. Because there is a problem. Because United Kingdom, that is the

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real issue. Russia have the ability to do that. You cannot load an

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industry like this to feel. How would that affect the defence

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sector? We have issues, but they are United Kingdom government issues.

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There are other issues. The likes of reducing small business rates would

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help. I know we will be accused of stated on these issues. But we will

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look at them. If you have the power to reduce business rates, why do you

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not do something tomorrow? We have to look at our budget. We have to

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look at that and that spending, with regard to other priorities. We also

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have constraints placed on us by the European Union. Even though you have

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these powers from this April, you cannot intervene at this point? I am

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going to take advice and have to look at the costings and the reality

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of whether I am able to do it. If you do something wrong, the European

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Commission deals with it. The mother of five-year-old

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Mason Jones, who died from e.coli in his school dinner in 2005,

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has told BBC Wales that she is considering legal action against

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the Crown Prosecution Service. Sharon Jeffreys' attempt to have

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a new inquest into her son's death She says the decision not to pursue

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a charge of manslaughter against the butcher who supplied

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the meat was wrong and has led to Caroline Evans spoke to her

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at her home in Hirwaun. It is ten years since he died after

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eating the infected meat. It is something we love with every day and

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we both think that we have failed him if we do not get this

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overturned. He was one of more than 150

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people infected by the e.coli bacteria,

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as it spread on meat supplied to 40 Tests found the exact same strain

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which killed Mason was present Its manager William John Tudor

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admitted breaking food safety laws and was jailed for a year,

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but a case of manslaughter The Crown Prosecution Service said

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there was not enough evidence. In 2010, the coroner decided

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he could not conclude Mason's death was unlawful.

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It left the family distraught. We do not feel that Mason as

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received proper justice. They appealed, but today, they have

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been told by the High Court that the decision will not be overturned and

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the inquest will not be reopened. Following the inquest,

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the coroner said he had considered a catalogue of horrific failures

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at the meat factory and that Mason had probably died as the result

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of eating meat prepared with Today, Sharon showed me

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a letter from the CPS admitting it had made a mistake in not pursuing

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a case for manslaughter and told me she is now considering

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legal action against them. I believe that this is a miscarriage

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of justice and we have been cheated out of justice because of a mistake

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that the CPS meat. We have thought all along to try and get some

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justice for him because we believe we were right and that it was an

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unlawful killing. But we think that the Wii that we were treated by the

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CPS was appalling. The scores

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on the doors rating system we now have on food outlets was

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a direct result of Mason's death. In 2009, the South Wales Ecoli

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Inquiry made tougher enforcement Mason's mother says it is

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a fitting legacy, but as the family see it, his death has not been

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recorded properly and they continue An inquest has here that a

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commanding officer had ordered that a soldier would be brought to him

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hot and sweaty soft and exercise. He died after heatstroke after an

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exercise after being told to carry out extensive exercise for drunken

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behaviour. His mother said he had phoned direction by joining the

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Army. Today, the inquest said that Gavin Williams was a one-man claims

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spree. Oil here, he was accused of drunkenness. He recalled to the

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inquest that Gavin Williams had staying with guests by spraying them

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with a fire extinguisher. He was told to bring Gavin to him hot and

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sweaty. The commanding officer said. In 28 degrees heat, he was ordered

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to march for one hour on the parade ground. A sanction known as bee

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sting, on one of the hottest days of the year. He was then told to carry

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out a second session in the gymnasium, but after collapsing, he

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was taken to a medical centre and lost consciousness. He died from

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heart failure. The men were acquitted of his manslaughter, but

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the judge raised concerns about the so-called bee sting practice within

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the army. They have no help from the man who oversaw all the soldiers

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pikemen. He said physical sanctions against them was appropriate in some

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circumstances. He says he felt let down by his two colleagues that

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they, who he says unbeknown to him carried out the second bee sting

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exercise of him in the gymnasium. He says he is haunted by what happened.

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He said not only the actions of their colleagues, but the way the

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feelings of the regiment. The inquest continues. They want the

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others to admit what else we have gone wrong that day.

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Plans for an M4 relief road around Newport would cost

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"nowhere near" ?1 billion, according to First Minister Carwyn Jones.

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Mr Jones says the cost would be well below that, although he

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Previous plans were scrapped in 2009, when ministers said they

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Cardiff University says Germaine Greer will be giving

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a lecture at the university later this month, after all.

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It comes after the academic said she would not attend, after a petition

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The Students' Union's Women's Officer had objected to,

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what she called, Professor Greer's "trans-exclusionary views".

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Households in the areas of Crymych, Boncath, St Dogmaels,

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Tegryn and Nevern have been without running water since yesterday.

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Welsh Water has been distributing bottled water

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at four different locations, but supplies have now been restored

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to a number of households. Here's our reporter, Abilgail Neal.

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It was hoped supplies would be back up and running this morning, but

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We have got a water bucket on the ballot, which is handy for the

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toilets. We have got in old lady of 91 years old.

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It all began on Tuesday, when a high-pressure pipe leading from

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a water treatment works ruptured - at one point affecting homes

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from Whitland in Carmarthenshire all the way to Cardigan in Ceredigion.

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Today, 2,500 properties in North Pembrokeshire remained cut off,

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with people having to rely on three water stations across the north

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The bottled water is helping, but it is no good to some.

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School children missed out on another day, as two primary

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The toilets washing and so on. Those are affected and, for health and

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safety reasons, we cannot open. All this has prompted local MP

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Stephen Crabb to tweet his words of One local councillor could not agree

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more, especially as he told me this is the third time this year the pipe

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has burst. People expect feel we are, but not

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incompetence. We have had an issue with this means for this to happen

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for a third occasion. No it aim, people are seeing that the company

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must act. Welsh Water say they will, and are

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bringing forward investment to, For now, it has been repaired and,

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slowly, supplies are beginning to Much more to come

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before seven o'clock. Aled Sion Davies wins two golds

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at the IPC World championships. He says we need to put our money

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where the medals are in sport. And the jet stream is heading our

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way, which means unsettled weather. Four people have been found guilty

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of conspiring to supply over ?5 million-worth of heroin - one

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of Wales' largest-ever seizures. The group were caught after 40kg

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of the drug was found during an undercover operation

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between 2013 and 2014. Cardiff Crown Court heard

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the group were responsible Police pulling over a suspect car.

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The car was followed across the border by undercover officers. What

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they discovered inside was staggering. 37 kilograms of heroin

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hidden inside a suitcase in this speaker. It was one of the largest

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seizures ever made by Welsh officers. Three kilograms were also

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found in this bank. In total, over 40 kilograms of heroin, with the

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street value of over ?5 million. Four people have been convicted for

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the part in this. Five others, including trusted lieutenants had

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already pleaded guilty. One woman pleaded guilty to money laundering.

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The jury were unable to return a verdict on one. The group were

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captured on CCTV in Newport and Cardiff. The operation involved

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fleeting meetings on street corners, mobile phones and sure amounts of

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cash. This is the moment one defendant was arrested at the petrol

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station in Monmouthshire. He had ?1 million in a bank in his boot. He

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said he did not know it was fear. The operation was won by two men.

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One from Cardiff and one from Newport. The worst descaling court

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as and convicted drug traffickers. Noting people have been convicted

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for their part in this conspiracy. They will be sentenced at a later

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date. Travel chaos following Rugby World

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Cup matches in Cardiff were the worse of the entire tournament. That

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is what the organisers told an Assembly inquiry into the incidents

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which left thousands of fans queuing for up to four hours.

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Rail bosses insist organisers underestimated the number of fans

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expected in the capital. Here is our political correspondent,

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Arwyn Jones. These photos show just how

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overcrowded trains were following some of the rugby world cup matches

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held in Cardiff last month. Not the kind of scrum these fans

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were hoping to see. Other footage shows queues of up to

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three or four hours. Some fans had to make their own

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arrangements to get home. We know some people at the train

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station who had been queueing for up to three hours. We did not like the

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ambiguity of when we may get home. We just decided to get a fairly.

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So what went wrong? Why did so many thousands of fans

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have so much trouble leaving the capital?

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Today, a committee of AMs has been asking those questions in a special

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inquiry. One rail boss said there was not

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enough consideration from organisers in general about how fans get home.

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We do work very closely with the stadium and our partners. It does

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appear to be that they were agnostic as to how people were expected to

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travel back from the event. Overall, there were 48 games during

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the World Cup and organisers told the committee there were only

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transport issues with three of them - all in Cardiff.

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They said part of the problem was it took too long to get fans on trains

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in Cardiff. On September 22, we were told we

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should tell our audience that they should expect a queue of three to

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four hours. My response was you will not do that because that is not

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acceptable. The committee heard that part of the

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problem was fans not behaving as expected.

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Instead of having a few drinks or a meal in Cardiff after the match,

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tens of thousands of fans went straight for the train station here.

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And the volume of travellers was just overwhelming - three times

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greater than the capacity of this station.

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Events like the Rugby World Cup bring in millions of pounds to the

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capital, but unless transport issues are addressed, there are warnings it

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could see Cardiff missing out in I think we have under invested in

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transport infrastructure in the past 30 years. We have underinvested in

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the real and the roads. station here, but they are far from

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being ready. In the meantime, officials insist

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new systems are in place to make Now, tonight's top sport stories,

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with Tomos. Wales head coach Warren Gatland has

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confirmed he will return to his native New Zealand

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when his contract ends at the end In an interview with a New Zealand

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radio station, the 52-year-old said Since taking over in 2007, Gatland

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has led Wales to two Grand Slams and becomes the longest-serving

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coach in Wales' history. Football and Wales are no longer

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a top ten football nation Chris Coleman's side has dropped

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from their all-time high Wales take on the Netherlands

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in a friendly a week tomorrow. Meanwhile, Wales' Under-16 side has

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retained the Victory Shield' with After picking up two gold medals

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at the IPC World Championships Aled Sion Davies says disabled athletes

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should receive more funding. The athlete, from Bridgend, who is

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now focusing on the Paralympic Games in Rio next summer, says he hopes

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the money will be made available Aled Sion Davies won two golds

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in the shot put and discus More medals to add to the Paralympic

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gold and bronze he won three years Since then,

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he has become a leaner athlete - While he receives money

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from the lottery and sponsorship, Aled says others are not as lucky

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and the lack of funding for para Compare to what the able-bodied

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athletes have, it is nothing. I have pretty much won everything.

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Despite being just 21, Hollie Arnold is already one of the

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She competed at the Beijing Olympics at 14, then the London Games and,

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last week, she won World Championship gold in the javelin.

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She grew up in Grimsby and was spotted by a Welsh coach

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Five years later, her family moved to Ystrad Mynach,

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to help her realise her dream of competing at the highest level.

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I was spotted by Anthony Hughes, who was known my coach, who said to my

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parents that my daughter, when she is older, she will be a Paralympic

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world champion. He was right. Discovering the new Hollie Arnold is

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the job of Nathan Stephens, the former world javelin champion, who

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now scouts for future medal winners. 30% of gold medals won by Britain

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at last month's IPC World Athletics Championship

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came from Welsh athletes. The aim is see that rise to 40%

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by the Tokyo Paralympic Games We read in one gold medals per

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capita. We are one of the smallest nations in that regard who bring

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home a hefty award of Middleton hotly we will increase. -- hopefully

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we will increase the medal count. After a short break,

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the likes of Hollie Arnold and Aled Sion Davies will soon continue

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preparations for the Rio Games. The Paralympics are

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just ten months away. Derek, are you planning on giving

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Guy a good roasting tonight? The worst

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of today's rain has now cleared, And then later in the night,

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more rain will reach The wind picking up again later,

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but mild overnight. Temperatures not falling

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below 11-13 Celsius. Here is the picture for 8.00am

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in the morning. A few drier spells and mild,

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but windy in the west. During the morning, more rain

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will spread across the country. Some heavy bursts for a time.

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10-15mm in the south and west. But later in the afternoon, drier,

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brighter weather will spread So, a clearer end to the day, with

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a little sunshine before sunset. Top temperatures,

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a mild 15-16 Celsius. The wind veering southwest

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and easing once the rain clears. In Denbighshire tomorrow,

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a little rain. Becoming dry and brighter later in

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the afternoon with a dry evening. In Carmarthenshire tomorrow,

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some rain and breezy. Improving later in

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the afternoon with a fine evening. Tomorrow night, dry and calmer,

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with clear spells. But later in the night,

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more rain will reach the south. Now, the jet stream over

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the Atlantic is going to influence During Saturday

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the jet stream will steer a deep So, on Saturday, we are all in for

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a spell of wet and windy weather. Strong and gusty winds,

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but the rain will clear, leaving a drier, brighter afternoon.

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Saturday night, dry and calmer. Good news if you are going to

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a firework display. More rain will arrive on

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Remembrance Sunday. Most of the rain on the hills in the

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west and the Snowdonia Mountains. Temperatures above average,

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with fresh to strong winds. Into next week, unsettled.

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More rain and drizzle. In other words,

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proper autumn weather! I will have an update

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for you here at eight o'clock and That is Wales Today.

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