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Maybe force be with them! Don't forget,

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Maybe force be with them! Don't forget, a

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Welcome to Wales Today.

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Tonight... A battleground for Labour.

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The MP for Caerphilly turns on his own party leader

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Jeremy Corbyn following the vote to attack in Syria.

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And London has Boris Johnson - should Welsh cities have

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an elected mayor?

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Good evening.

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A senior Welsh Labour MP who backed air strikes against so-called

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Islamic State targets in Syria has launched an outspoken attack

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on his leader, Jeremy Corbyn.

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And another has claimed that some MPs who voted for air strikes had

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been abused on social media.

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Here's our parliamentary correspondent, David Cornock.

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Tornado jets take off from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus.

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The targets were said to be Islamic State-controlled oil fields

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in eastern Syria.

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Their first mission came hours after MPs voted to approve air

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strikes following a debate that divided MPs from the same party.

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I voted against the air strikes.

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I've seen terrible atrocities in Paris.

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Something needs to be done but I wasn't convinced by the

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Prime Minister's strategy.

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Order!

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Just a day after one of the most momentous debates

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in years, one senior Welsh Labour MP launched a stinging attack

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on his leader, Jeremy Corbyn.

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There's a great deal of concern about his stance on a whole range

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of different issues, particularly defending this country.

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And I have offered to work closely with him and help him prepare

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his speeches and for him to make more coherent arguments.

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Unfortunately, that hasn't been taken up

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but the offer is still there.

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So to how did your MP vote?

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15, fewer than half of Wales's 40 MPs voted for military

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action, all 11 Welsh Conservatives voted with their government

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and were joined by four Labour MPs.

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24 MPs, 20 Labour, the Plaid Cymru and one

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Liberal Democrat opposed bombing.

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One Welsh MP, Ann Clwyd, is unwell but says she would have

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voted for air strikes.

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After the vote, one MP who defied the leadership

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explained his decision.

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It's not a perfect solution.

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But there is a strong enough case for the limited air strikes that

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have been proposed to go forward.

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Remember, this isn't about a mass invasion or

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a major bombing operation, it's about precision strikes.

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Stephen Doughty and several other MPs have been sent messages such

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as these on social media.

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One questioned how he reconciled his conscience with people being bombed

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and another called him a murderer.

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In the Commons, a member of Mr Corbyn's Shadow

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Cabinet led calls for action.

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I gather today some members have received photos of severed heads.

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MPs have broad shoulders.

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Of course we do but can I ask the leader to review the

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arrangements regarding the security of members homes and offices.

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Some Labour MPs who voted against their party leader now fear

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they could be targeted by his supporters and deselected as MPs.

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Jeremy Corbyn says there's no place for bullying in his party

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but last night to vote but deep Labour divisions on display.

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The first Syrian refugees to arrive in Wales this month will settle

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in Torfaen, Ceredigion, Neath Port Talbot and Caerphilly.

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About 50 people are due to arrive from refugee camps before Christmas,

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the first of about 1,000 coming to Wales over the next five years.

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The operator of the Brecon Jazz Festival has announced

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it's pulling out of the event.

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The Orchard and Media Events Group who've been running the festival

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since 2012 say their decision is based on financial considerations.

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The Arts Council of Wales who appointed the firm say

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it's now very difficult to see how a festival can happen next year.

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It's hoped the electrification of the Great Western main line to

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Swansea can be completed by 2020 or 2021.

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That's according to the UK Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin.

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His comments follow the publication of a report

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by Network Rail last week which said the work between London

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and Cardiff would be completed by 2019 but that it may take another

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five years to reach Swansea.

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Once we get to Cardiff, I want to carry on and we'll see the

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electrification of Cardiff by 2019.

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I don't want us to carry on to Swansea.

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It's very important.

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It's right that we should do that.

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We'll have the equipment down here and I see that

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as the whole line being done.

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A campaign for Cardiff to have an elected mayor

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will be launched in the new year.

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To get a Yes-No referendum, around 24,000 people in Cardiff

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would have to sign a petition.

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Here's our political reporter Paul Martin.

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Comfortably the most high profile elected mayor in England, but Boris

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Johnson's is not the only one.

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There are now 17 but none in Wales.

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Ceredigion, the only Welsh council to have

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a referendum on the idea, said a firm no to it back in 2004.

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For the yes, 5308, no, 14,013.

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Now there's a move to get a referendum for a in the capital.

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Darren Hill is organising a campaign to get 10% of Cardiff voters,

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around 24,000 people, to sign a petition for a yes-no referendum.

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I'm confident from the conversations I've had with people on a

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cross-party basis and from no party at all that is actually going to be

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a fair bit of momentum for this.

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It's a new fresh idea and I think it'll energise

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the people of Cardiff.

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And people in Cardiff don't have to look too far for a neighbouring

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city with an elected mayor.

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Independent George Ferguson became Bristol mayor in 2012.

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Some say the rise of mayors across England including here

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in Bristol has given cities added status and profile and put pressure

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on Cardiff to have one too.

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So three years since George Ferguson was elected here for City Hall, what

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impact do people think he's had?

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It has made a big difference in just the years.

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He hasn't even had the full term.

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I don't see any presence from the mayor.

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I don't know what the Mayor of Bristol does.

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He seems quite approachable, sort of one of the people.

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Back in Cardiff, there is scepticism.

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There's no proof in benefits.

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It's also completely the wrong time because we're talking

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about local government reorganisation, when local

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authorities are coming together and we're talking about a city region.

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Cardiff had an elected mayor throughout the 19th century.

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One of them, John Batchelor, is immortalised here

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in the city centre.

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If enough people sign the petition, and the yes side then wins

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the referendum a modern-day successor would probably be elected

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in the summer of 2017.

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The UK Government's Broadcasting Minister Ed Vaizey has said S4C is

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extremely generously funded.

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That's despite concern over cuts in the Welsh-language channel's

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government grant.

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It's being reduced from ?6.7 million to ?5 million by 2020.

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But most of the channel's funding comes via the BBC licence fee.

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And in football, there's been some news that could

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prove to be a boost for Wales.

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FIFA will discuss a proposal to expand the World Cup

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from 32 teams to 40.

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The changes could see more teams qualify for the Tournament

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from 2026.

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Meanwhile, Chris Coleman's team has dropped two places to 17th

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in the latest FIFA World Rankings.

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Now, Mid and West Wales Fire service say they're dealing with numerous

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reports of flooding tonight.

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Ceredigion is being hit particularly badly, with around 20

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homes evacuated on the coast road.

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Across the country, there are three flood warnings

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and 30 flood alerts in place.

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With a full weather forecast now, here's Sue Charles.

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After all the recent rain, there's an ongoing risk of flooding with

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river levels so high and the ground already saturated but a brief

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respite from the rain tomorrow, turning drier, brighter and colder.

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Tonight, the rain clears, turning drier and clear overnight,

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Cillier to, behind the cold front.

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Temperatures between 5-7 C in towns and cities, even colder in the

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countryside with a touch of frost.

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A fresher feel tomorrow, a crisp, cold start with sunny spells

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and the same for the southern half of the UK.

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Bright and breezy, sunniest in the south and east

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but turning cloudier from the west through the day, windier too with

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rain arriving across Northern Ireland and the North of Scotland.

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And turning hazier later across Wales with thicker cloud,

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south-westerly winds really picking up highs of 10-12C.

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It's those south-westerly winds trying to push in another

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weather system from the Atlantic overnight Friday and Saturday.

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So Saturday may now stay dry in the south and east

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but closer to that front along the north and west coast, strong to

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gale force wind and further heavy rain so another Met Office wind

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and rain warning here for Saturday.

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That front moves south eastwards Saturday night but it's waving back

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and forth so the detail is sketchy, the timing and the position

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of this could change but it could be drier for a time Sunday morning,

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especially further north but with more rain pushing up

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from the south later in the day.

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So some very mixed weather of the next few days,

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much brighter tomorrow, wet and windy in the northwest

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on Saturday, dry in the south-east.

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Maybe a bit drier at times on Sunday but more rain likely further south

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later.

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Remaining mild but often windy through the weekend.

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We'll back with updates in breakfast from around 6.25 in the morning.

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That's Wales Today.

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From all of us here, good night.

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