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Welcome to Wales Today. Tonight's headlines:

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Hospitals across the country are facing

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Tonight four are on the highest alert.

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We've been given exclusive access to one Accident

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We've had a much higher number of emergency admissions.

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That's effectively put pressure on the whole of the hospital

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and stopped patients from being able to move

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Staff here in Swansea have been working flat out and tonight

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the message from doctors here and in other health boards

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is not to attend unless you really need to.

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It's the biggest expansion of Cardiff in a century.

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The controversial plan to build 30,000 homes,

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many on greenfield sites, has been approved.

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Jasmine Lapsley choked to death whilst on holiday in Gwynedd.

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Her inquest hears her family repeatedly asked ambulance

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controllers how long it would take for paramedics to arrive.

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She was wrongly arrested for murder after discovering the body

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of John Sabine outside flats in Beddau.

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Tonight, we hear of the trauma it's caused her.

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I remember speaking to my daughter on the phone.

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It was all thinking in my head, I'm never going to see my grandkids

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again, I'm never going to see my children again.

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I'm going to jail for the rest of my life

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It's more than 50 years since trains last stopped in Carno

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but could the railway station here be set to re-open?

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Hospitals across the country are under severe or extreme

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Demand from patients has surged severely,

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following the festive period, especially for ambulances,

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GP out of hours clinics and at emergency departments.

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Some health boards are asking patients not to attend Accident

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and Emergency unless they really need to.

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Our reporter, Ben Price, is at Morriston Hospital in Swansea.

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Morriston's A department is currently at a level three

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meaning it's under severe pressure, four being the highest level.

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I've been here for a few hours today and it's clear that staff

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here are working flat out to deal with the number of patients coming

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through these doors and it appears this is very much a situation

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This lady has been rushed to A after save the that's suffering

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chest pains. Not all patients arrive at A by anvil is but for those who

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do they take a very short journey into this room where paramedics and

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hospital staff discussed the condition of each incoming patients

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before the handover is complete. This is an everyday scenario at this

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hospital but during the winter months. Fear and that other

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departments around Wales, the workload can be much greater. It is

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an extremely challenging time for the hospital and this week has been

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no exception. We've had a higher number of medical emergency

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admissions -- ambitions. That has put pressure on the whole of the

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hospital, stopped patients being able to move through hospital

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properly and that is translated into pieces being unable to get through

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the A departs as properly. Some of the six health boards are reporting

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severe pressure in hospitals. Prince Charles Hospital is under extreme

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pressure. It's a similar situation at the Royal Gwent in south-east

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Wales and that Wrexham Maelor and Glan Clwyd Hospital is in the north.

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Ysbyty Gwynedd says it is facing severe pressure. The rest of the

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hospitals in Wales have now been given a model is pressure rating.

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Last month, the man in charge of the NHS in Wales said in order to deal

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with increased winter pressure the plan is in place to reduce

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admissions and to improve support for patients to go home after they

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have been treated. According to the worst governments, between 2014 and

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2015, 20% 80% of patients A were not admitted for ongoing treatment.

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Any could be seen by a GP run at the health settings are stuck at NHS

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Direct Wales, the happy but the the phone was sort of medical help they

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need. It is a way of avoiding sending people to A Patients

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often don't need to go to Castle Mac. But by having a nurse advice

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they can be directed to the right point of care. The blood being

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encouraged to help ease the strain on doctors by visiting their local

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pharmacy. -- patients are being. If they've got flu like symptoms,

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particularly colds, sickness and diarrhoea, upset tummy is are quite

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common at this time of year particularly so we can help with all

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those symptoms. Staff here at Morriston deal with a high number of

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patients, it is up the pressure will ease in the coming days.

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Joining me now is a doctor, a consultant at Morriston has the Mac.

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You staff are still very busy here. It is a little bit better than it

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was on Monday but we're still working very intensively to treat

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patients as quickly as possible after they arrive. We need to work

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out who needs to stay at hospital and who can go home. How busy has

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this week been compared to the rest of the year? It has been easier,

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particularly with admissions. An example would be on the acute

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medical tape, artefacts, strokes, diabetes. We would usually see 35

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patients a day, but it has been more like 45. By the end of that period

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we are having an extra 50 patients in bed. We hear about the winter

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pressure but it has been a fairly mild winter. What types of people

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have been coming in here? We haven't yet seen people slipping. We've seen

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a lot of visibility conditions, people with infections, the mild

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weather hasn't killed off that many germs. People have been staying

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inside and not getting fresh air. Infections and chest problems. Thank

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you very much indeed. I will let you get on with your work is it is busy

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at Morriston Hospital and around the country. We've heard from the Chief

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Executive of Betsi Cadwaladr health board, hospitals in the north and

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experiencing extreme pressure. But from Morriston back to you in

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Cardiff. It's the biggest expansion

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of Cardiff in a century. Tonight, a controversial plan that

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will pave the way for around 20,000 new homes in the city

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has been approved. It was the final major barrier

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to building the houses, many on greenfield sites,

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over the next decade. The council says there's

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a shortage of housing. Opponents argue the city's roads

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won't be able to cope. Here's our political

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editor, Nick Servini. The last time Cardiff expanded on

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this scale, it is boomtime for the coal industry. Today it is the

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largest coal exporter in the world. It may be a different era now but

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the levels of growth look similar. In the 20 years up to 2026,

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Cardiff's operation is forecast to rise by 22%. The number of new homes

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by 29%. The city 's population is young, helping to fuel growth. That

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is also net migration. In the 1980s as was less than 50 people a year,

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but jumped to 400 a year in the 1990s, it now stands at 1200. Can

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the city's infrastructure cope with so many extra people? When the

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development start to come forward we will make sure the schools, the

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infrastructure which is the transport infrastructure, that'll be

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in place. The community centres will be in place and many of the other

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features which will require. Completing the local government plan

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has been a long and controversial process. After years in which

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development was largely based around flats in the city, the ruling Labour

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group has opened up swathes of greenfield sites for thousands of

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homes in the north-western and north-eastern edge of Cardiff. No

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real objective is to it if people need the homeless but that is always

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the infrastructure for the arose, easing congestion. The

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infrastructure is Victorian around here. The Artesia, very narrow.

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Roads and more houses in narrow lanes. How will the city breathed?

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What happens to land close to me will clearly have a big implication

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for those already living in the city first up but that is an age-old and

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wider question for those who don't. There's a larger Cardiff simply

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sacking the resources and talents from the rest of Wales? Does the

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rest of the country benefit from having a stronger capital? Roger is

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a retired plan and an opponents to the expansion. He believes the main

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impact in the wider area will be on the 80,000 people who commute into

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Cardiff every day. It will be gridlocked city. Unfortunately, most

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of the development is planned in areas where people travel around in

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cars. Public transport here isn't very good. I.

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One group that be happy will be builders. We are told they are

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queueing up for the chance to develop valuable sites that for

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years have been closed off to them. The Labour MP for Cardiff South

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and Penarth has resigned as a shadow During a live BBC TV interview this

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lunchtime, Stephen Doughty said he quit in protest at the way

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leader, Jeremy Corbyn, sacked one of his colleagues

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in a reshuffle. Our parliamentary correspondent,

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David Cornock, is at Westminster. David, a dramatic day for the Labour

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Party. This is a tale of one reshuffle, to sackings and three

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resignations with Labour MPs increasingly at odds over the

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consequences. Among those who reside, Stephen Doughty who joins me

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now. You said in a statement today, you talked about lies and the Labour

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leader's office trying to score points. What do you mean by that?

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When we talk about issues like defence and foreign policy, we does

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want to be getting into party politics let alone internal party

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politics. The way my my colleague was handled and sacked over very

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reasonable comments about tackling terrorism, it was regrettable and it

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is unfortunate that some individuals have been briefing out his disquiet

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motif or stop but by designing and use stoking up this mood of

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disloyalty and the Jeremy Corbyn? Resigning is the honourable thing to

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do because I would have said similar things to what Pat McFadden would

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have said about terrorism. These are very serious matters, not things

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that should be dealt with lightly. It was the honourable thing that I

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stood aside as well. Some of your colleagues, notably

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Paul Flynn, says you are just the sort loser in denial about Jeremy

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Corbyn's leadership. I wouldn't have served in his front bench in the

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first place stop and welcomed the strong work that Jeremy and I were

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able to do the trade union Bill. Really important issues. I was happy

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to serve on his front bench despite my disagreement over foreign policy.

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But I feel I need to step away. This can't carry on. We've got an

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election to fight in Wales in a few months' time. I will be focusing my

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attention on it. We've got an excellent leader in Wales, we've got

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a Welsh Labour government that has been delivering. I want to be back

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out on the streets fighting for the Labour victory in Wales. Think even

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joining us. From Westminster, back to you in Cardiff.

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A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the discovery

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Police were called to Thomas Street, in Briton Ferry, just

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The body, which was found in a lane behind the street,

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The 44-year-old man remains in police custody, and forensic

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examinations of the scene are taking place.

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A 17-year-old boy has been arrested following a crash which killed two

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17--year-old Connor Williams and 18-year-old Conor Tiley,

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both from the Aberbargoed area, died on Sunday after a crash

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The arrested boy is in police custody.

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Police are also investigating whether a third vehicle was involved

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A woman who discovered the decomposing body of a man

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in her neighbour's garden and was arrested for his murder has

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said she'll never recover from the trauma.

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Michelle James discovered the remains of John Saybine

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at her block of flats in Rhondda Cynon Taff in November.

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She says she was held in custody for four days before

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The police have since said Mr Sabine's late wife,

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Leigh Ann, is the main suspect in the murder investigation.

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In the small garden behind the Beddau flats, Michelle James

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told me today about how she found the remains and how she feels she'll

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I think this block should be smashed to the ground.

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I don't think anybody would want to live here

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Her late neighbour, Lee Ann Sabine, had

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once told her she owned a medical skeleton.

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When the pensioner died leaving a sealed bag in the garden,

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Michelle says she thought she'd use it for a joke.

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That's what it was, a practical joke.

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It obviously went wrong as you can see now.

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Me and a friend went at the back, we found

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the medical skeleton and we put it on the chair.

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I is said to Gareth, look, it's my new boyfriend.

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What happened next she says will stay

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The remains were those of John Sabine who was last seen

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The prime suspect in his murder is now his late wife,

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She died from cancer before Christmas.

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It's since emerged the couple were investigated in New Zealand

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for abandoning their children and changing

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But to begin with Michelle told me the police

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suspected the remains were those of her former partner.

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I remember speaking to my daughter on the phone.

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It was going through my head, I'm never going to see my grandkids

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again, I'm never going to see my children again.

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I'm going to jail for the rest of my life.

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South Wales Police have confirmed that a 45-year-old

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woman from Beddau was arrested in November on suspicion of murder.

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She was subsequently released without charge,

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they say, and no further action is to be taken against her.

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Michelle says she used her last ?5 to help buy flowers

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Now she regards her late neighbour as evil.

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She says she plans to install a plaque year

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Much more to come before seven o'clock.

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This rural railway station closed more than 50 years ago.

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Now the plans that could see it re-open.

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And as a woman takes the top job at National Theatre Wales we'll be

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looking at whether it's a boom time for women in the industry here.

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An inquest into the death of a six-year-old girl on holiday

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in Gwynedd has heard her family repeatedly asked ambulance

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controllers how long it would take for paramedics to arrive.

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Jasmine Lapsley, from Liverpool, choked on a grape.

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Her father has said the 25 minutes they had to wait was too long.

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From the inquest in Caernarfon, Roger Pinney reports.

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Attempts to save the six-year-old were desperate.

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An off-duty police officer helped Jasmine, his wife,

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The atmosphere was charged as they waited for paramedics to arrive.

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Jasmine Lapsley, her brothers, parents and

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grandparents had travelled to the Gwynedd coast from Liverpool

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During a game of cards, the little girl began

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In their evidence, the off-duty police officer,

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Aled Hughes, and his wife, Awen, described how they tried to help.

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Jasmine was motionless, the officer said, she was limp,

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When his wife arrived, she took over.

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We were desperate for professional help, the constable said.

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Eventually, an ambulance and paramedic crew arrived.

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Rosalind Hemming, a community first responder

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who arrived, described a confusing situation.

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There was a crowd of people around Jasmine, she said.

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She admitted to the inquest she should

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Yesterday, Jasmine's father said the 25 minute wait

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The first call to the Welsh Ambulance Service went in at 8.31pm

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We've got a child choking, a family member asked.

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Try and stay calm for me, was the reply.

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A while later there was a follow-up call.

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How far are you off now, was the question.

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I'm sorry, I don't have that information, the call handler said.

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During a third call, the family was told an ambulance

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was eight kilometres away. That is around five miles.

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The paramedics arrived but it was an RAF helicopter

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which eventually took Jasmine to hospital in Bangor.

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The inquest is expected to last into the middle of next week.

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The family of a teenager murdered by a man who was under

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the supervision of probation workers has succeeded in a campaign to see

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a report into the way the killer was being monitored.

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18-year-old Conner Marshall, from Barry, was beaten to death

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at a caravan park in Porthcawl in March last year.

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David Braddon, who's from Caerphilly, was jailed for life

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An investigation has been launched, following a fire at a youth

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Two fire crews were called to The Venture in Caia Park,

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A large wooden playhouse was badly damaged, but the main

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The estate has seen a number of recent arson attacks.

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They've been neglected for years and more investment is needed

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That's according to campaigners and local politicians

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in Montgomeryshire, who have welcomed the news that a station

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along the Cambrian Railway could reopen.

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Transport Minister, Edwina Hart, has confirmed Arriva Trains Wales

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and Network Rail are looking at the possibility of re-opening

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Carno station which closed in the 60s.

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This train from Aberystwyth to Shrewsbury shows no sign

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of slowing down as it travels through

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But in the near future it may have to and stop here

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The original station closed in 1963 as part of the Beeching cuts

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Even though the Cambrian Railway survived this was one

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For 15 years this group have campaigned

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The community needs a station, to get to work, to get to shops

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instead of having to buy a car and spent half

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of your salary getting backwards and forwards from work on petrol.

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This building hasn't been a station for

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It is overgrown but you can see here this used to be the entrance

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and that would take you right into the ticket office

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and that is what campaigners want to see

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86-year-old Clem Richards remembers the station fondly.

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He told me, as Wolverhampton football fan he used

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Going to West Bromwich, Aston Villa, Birmingham,

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Wolves, see the football in them days.

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We enjoyed it and it was terrific that it was stopping here.

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In recent years tens of millions of pounds has

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been spent an hour railways in more populated areas with the Ebbw Vale

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railway line reopened for passenger services in 2008

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The Vale of Glamorgan line at ?17 million.

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I think so often rural Wales does get left out of transport

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initiatives so I think it'll be welcome to have the station open,

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not only for the community of Carno but for communities

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like Llanbrynmair up the road who are 12 miles

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away from their nearest station.

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This building became part of the Laura Ashley site before that

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A technical analysis will be completed

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by the train and track operators before a further review

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A new artistic director has been appointed to run National Theatre

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Kully Thiarai is currently in charge of the Cast Theatre in Doncaster,

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Her appointment means many of Wales's theatres

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are now run by women, as our arts and media correspondent,

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Thanks very much indeed, much obliged.

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They're the shows that have given National Theatre Wales

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In unusual locations and telling original stories, it s

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their critical success that attracted Kully Thiarai

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My vision for the company is to grow the original inventive,

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innovative work that it has already been doing.

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Make sure that the diversity of the work that it makes

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has the widest reach and is accessible and inclusive

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toboth the communities of Wales but also has a far-reaching impact

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across the nation and internationally to.

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Thiarai is no stranger to National Theatre Wales,

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having directed this 2011 show where the audience took a taxi ride

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She made an impression then and has been praised again today.

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The people I've spoken to in the arts industry are really

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excited about what the new boss of National

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Theatre Wales will bring to the company and to the country.

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There is also a lot of talk about her gender

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because it means most of the big producing theatres in Wales are now

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Kully Thiarai is the latest woman to run one of Wales's theatres

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where she'll be in the company of Rachel O'Riordan

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at Cardiff's Sherman Cymru, Tamara Harvey at Clwyd Theatr Cymru

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in Mold, and Elen ap Robert at Pontio in Bangor.

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But does a woman at the top of the company make a difference?

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In Cardiff Bay they're rehearsing an all-female Shakespeare that'll be

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performed at the Wales Millennium Centre next month and its director

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thinks a female leader brings a new perspective,

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at a time when middle-aged men still dominate the boardrooms.

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I think it makes a huge difference but I think it is just the start

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I think we need to look at our governance as well

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and we need to look at who is in charge at all levels.

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It is interesting the concept of there being loads of women

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in charge when we've never talked about loads of men being in charge.

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But I think we need a more balanced approach.

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After six years of successful productions, the new woman

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at the top of National Theatre Wales will open a new act for the company

:24:24.:24:27.

Glamorgan Cricket Club are seeking to appoint a new head coach.

:24:28.:24:37.

The advertisment has appeared on their website, following

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the departure of Toby Radford a year before the scheduled

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BBC Wales understands there's already been external interest.

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Assistant coaches Robert Croft and Steve Watkin were both

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in contention when Radford got the job two years ago.

:24:52.:24:57.

Jim Williams from Presteigne narrowly lost out on a place

:24:58.:24:59.

in the last 16 of the BDO World Darts Championship,

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losing four sets to three to Wesley Harms from the Netherlands.

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Dolgellau's Martin Phillips will play for a place in the quarter

:25:07.:25:09.

Time for a look at the weather, Derek, some respite from the rain

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More rain on way but some more sunshine tomorrow.

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The sun made an appearance today at least for a while.

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This picture from one of our weather watchers in Powys.

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But the weather remains very changeable.

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The satellite picture shows a mass of thick cloud over the Atlantic

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The Met Office has issued a yellow warning of heavy rain for south

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So a dry start this evening but it won't last.

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Rain in Pembrokeshire will spread across the rest

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Some heavy rain accompanied by a stronger winds.

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However, it should dry-up in the south and west later

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Here's the picture for eight in the morning.

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One or two showers about otherwise most of the country dry.

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Well broken cloud and good visibility.

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Mind you, it will be breezy and feeling cold in the wind.

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So a bright, breezy day tomorrow with sunny spells and a few

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The showers wintry on the hill tops and mountains but they will move

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through quickly on the breeze and a lot of places

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Top temperatures five and eight Celsius.

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Tomorrow evening most of the country dry, clear and cold

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But more rain will spread from the west after midnight.

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Heavy in places with a little snow on the hills and mountains.

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On Friday the rain and snow will clear.

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It will brighten-up with a mixture of sunshine and scattered showers.

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On Saturday low pressure will bring another spell of wind and rain.

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Followed by showers in the south and west.

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And then next week a cold snap on the way with

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A few wintry showers but some drier weather for a change.

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The reminder of the headlines. Hospitals are under severe pressure.

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Demand for and balances, emergency departments has surged since

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Christmas. Some health was a lasting peace is not to attend A unless

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they really need to. I'll have a quick update at eight,

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and a full round up after the

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