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Tonight, reaction from Westminster as Welsh MPs play their part

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in the vote on whether to begin air strikes in Syria.

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And police look into allegations of fraud at this private college

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in Cardiff, following a BBC Wales investigation.

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MPs have voted for the UK to launch air strikes on so-called

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Among Welsh MPs, the vote was close, with around half intending to vote

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In a moment, we'll get the latest from

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our Parliamentary Correspondent, David Cornock, in Westminster.

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But first, a look at some of the arguments heard in the House

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Britain should not be standing by while our strongest ally, United

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States, and France, which has itself suffered so grievously and

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recently, bed and way too slow to rid the world of this pernicious and

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evil organisation. We are presented this afternoon, we have been

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presented many times with a false choice, false dichotomy. We have

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been told we should bomb or do nothing, while we can bomb or we can

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do something, things which are in my view reasonable, proportionate and

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effective. I believe that it is flawed on the grounds that we do not

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have sufficient ground forces. I do not come to that decision lightly. I

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listened to the debate when we were debating Iraq and I supported action

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them because the Prime Minister convinced us that the very reason we

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were taking that action was because there was solid troops on the

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ground, and a solid government. We do not have that in Syria. I have my

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doubts, I have my doubts on the ground troops, I have my doubts

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around the hopes being placed on the political process, in the failure of

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this government follow through on reconstruction in the past, but we

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cannot let perfection be the enemy and I have two consider the reasons

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I have outlined at the beginning my answer is no and that is why I will

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support the government in the tonight.

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David Cornock is in Westminster. David, do we know how Welsh MPs

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We are still waiting for the full breakdown of how individual MPs

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voted but it does look as if 21 of the 40 Welsh MPs voted against

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military action. I do know that a handful of Labour MPs from Wales did

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vote with the government tonight, in favour of extending air strikes over

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Syria. They included Susan Elan Jones and Stephen Doughty, who we

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heard from there. I had a conversation with him and he said

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that the result was the right one and that air strikes are just part

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of a wider package to deliver a more stable solution for Syria.

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Interesting to note that Wales's only Liberal Democrat MP actually

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voted against his party leadership, and against air strikes. We will

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have the full breakdown overnight. Thank you for that.

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The rest of the day's news now and it's been confirmed that police

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are looking into an alleged scam exposed by

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In last night's Week In Week Out programme, an undercover reporter,

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posing as a student, was offered a loan, based on

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a false qualification, to study at the Cardiff campus of

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West London Vocational and Training College.

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Our political editor, Nick Servini, has the latest.

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The West London Vocational and Training College.

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This year it opened a branch in Cardiff and now its Welsh

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government funding has been stopped, the police have called in,

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Last night BBC Wales's Week In Week Out programme revealed how

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this man was advising a man from its undercover team to fake

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a certificate to get onto an HND in business and, in the process, tap

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The principal also falsely claimed to have a PhD from Cambridge.

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He has now been removed from his position by the college.

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This afternoon the Education Minister confirmed

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I have just learned in the last hour or so that

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South Wales Police economic crime unit and the Welsh government's

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counter-fraud branch are now working together in investigating

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the allegations of fraud made in the BBC programme Week In Week Out.

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There are only a handful of private colleges in Wales, but the Welsh

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government funds hundreds of Welsh students who attend some of these

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colleges in England, where there has been a huge rise in recent years,

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and a big rise in the problems associated with them.

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Concern in Wales about them is not new either.

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Over a year ago a committee here at the Assembly warned

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The response from the Welsh government is to

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force private colleges from next year to have them register

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One member of the Assembly committee that first raised concerns says

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The reality of the situation in Wales is that we have incidences

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where we have ha issues with regard to proper governance

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of charities here in the same way that we have issues

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The allegations that have been made about this particular college.

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Police will now continue the investigation

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The college owner denies knowing of any wrongdoing in the recruitment

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The Newport headquarters of the Office for National Statistics

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should be turned into a hub of data expertise, according to an

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statistics are produced. But the report also suggested the quality of

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economic figures had been affected, when the ONS moved from London to

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Police are warning the number of people

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in Wales being blackmailed over the internet is growing rapidly.

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In the past month, nine people in North Wales have been threatened,

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that intimate pictures or videos of them would be posted online, unless

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One victim spoke to BBC Wales anonymously.

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Then I saw myself, and she said, "I'm going to put this on Facebook

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"If I don't get ?6,000 from you, I'm going to go ahead

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In the last month, we've seen a growth now of nine instances

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The age range is between 14 and 65, so the age range is concerning.

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The Chief Executive of S4C has told BBC Wales that the Welsh language

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channel remains fully committed to plans for a new headquarters in

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Carmarthen, despite a ?1.7 million cut in its budget.

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These are the first images of what it could look like.

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It's hoped around 55 posts will move from Cardiff to Carmarthen,

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and Ian Jones says it'll be cheaper to run the channel from West Wales.

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The Welsh Rugby union has announced Wales will face England at

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Twickenham in May next year, a day after both the Pro 12

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Wales will then tour New Zealand the following month,

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Warren Gatland's side will also face Australia,

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Argentina and South Africa in Cardiff in the autumn.

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It's been pretty wet and miserable across the country.

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Tonight, there's two flood warnings and flood alerts in place here.

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Sue's here with the latest weather forecast.

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Very wet and windy across Wales in the next 24-hour is. The Met office

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has an ongoing warning in place for any further rain that falls on

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saturated ground and into swollen rivers and those flood warnings

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tonight in the lower Dee Valley and on the why. Overnight rain will

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spread north and eastwards across Wales and it is still heavy in

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places. Wind will be light it into the colder air across North Wales

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buts Ferry milder in the South. Tomorrow the waving weather front

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moves back and forth extra detail of the road in a bit tricky, before it

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eventually clears away later. Tomorrow might start dry in the

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south and east and the band of slow-moving rain is heaviest in

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north-west Wales and heavy in north-west England and southern

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Scotland as well. Cloudy and mild to the south of Scotland is in the

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clear but colder air. Later tomorrow the rain moves to the south-east and

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the brisk winds bring relatively more -- my warm air, relatively mild

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for December. The rain tomorrow night clears to the south-east and

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turns dry and clear overnight. Because it cold front the air behind

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it is turning chillier. It will be colder in the countryside with

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Frost. We keep the fresh appeal on Friday. Crisp and cold day with

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sunny spells. Cloudy and windy later and the winds ten south-westerly so

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Chile. Those south-westerly winds bring this next weather system in

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from the Atlantic overnight on Friday and into Saturday. Saturday

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might start right in the East but further rain and gales may move to

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the east. Very unsettled. Some very mixed weather over the next few days

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and heavy rain at times over the next 24 hours.

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We're back with updates in Breakfast from around 6.25pm tomorrow morning.

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From everyone on the team, goodnight.

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