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Our top stories Men who pose a high risk of domestic violence are to be

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given one-to-one support to change their behaviour.

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Eric has cancer, tonight the huge increase in cancer patients seeking

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financial advice on how to make ends meet.

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A man on a mission, can this American breath new life

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A warning of ice for most of Wales tonight and tomorrow morning.

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Men in South Wales with the potential to kill or seriously

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harm their partners will be given one-to-one support

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The Drive programme focuses on the perpetrators,

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not the victims, of domestic violence and is being trialled

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in Merthyr Tydfil, and could be introduced across the UK.

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It's been welcomed by the charity Welsh Womens Aid, but they say

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they don't want to see schemes like this funded at the expense

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You like I finally found the courage, filed for divorce and left

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him. On Friday, the 19th of August, he came to my workplace with a

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shotgun. He aimed at my chest, told me he loved me and pulled the

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trigger. If we do not deal with the perpetrators, they just go onto the

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next victim. We need to change their mind set.

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Now, a pilot targeting the most dangerous offenders is being

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trialled in south Wales. It aims to work with violent abusers who may

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have the potential to kill. This woman, who does not want to be

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identified, says her partner was five and towards her for a teenage

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years. She managed to escape by pretending she needed to see a

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doctor. But she does not believe any degree of intervention would have

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convinced him that what he was doing was wrong. I really do not think it

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can because they have got to admit to themselves as well as the

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professional services that they are a perpetrator, and these men or even

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women, because I know it can work both ways, they have a way of

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charming people. But underneath, they never change. And I do not

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think they can change. I do not understand how a one to one

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perpetrator would work with people that want actually admit they have a

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problem. The behind this recognise they want to reach everyone, but

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feel this pilot programme offers one of the best chances of changing

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offenders' minds. This scheme is not voluntary. Abusers identified by the

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authorities will have to cooperate. The sessions will deal with any drug

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or up call problems, but those who do not take part will be dealt with

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by the criminal justice system. -- alcohol problems. These female

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victims were all murdered by current or former partners. Police in Wales

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recorded almost 50,000 instances of domestic violence in a single year.

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11% of women and 5% of men have been victims of domestic silence, and two

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women are killed every week in Wales by a current or former partner. The

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main domestic violence organisation here welcomes the programme but does

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not want it to money away from other services like refugees, which they

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say are already facing an uncertain financial future. Perpetrator

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programmes are something we have been calling for. The concern is

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that this is seen as part of the solution and does not take funding

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away from those vital survivor services. This woman believes the

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programme would not have worked for her. The pilot is aimed at

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intervening in the most extreme situations before it is too late.

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Unemployment has fallen again, with the number of people out

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of work in Wales now standing at 80,000.

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However the rate of unemployment in Wales, at 5.3%, is still higher

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Nick Palit has been to meet one man who's recently found work

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32-year-old Dean Morgan from Neath is now a construction site

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supervisor, but until recently he was unemployed.

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After being made redundant from his previous job he struggled

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to get another for 8 months. It was really frustrating for myself

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Just not having the go to do anything.

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Trying with the job centre and trying to get back

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You like I finally found the courage, filed for divorce

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I went on a construction course with work ways. It was an introduction to

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construction which was, basically, we were doing plastering. I was

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offered a temporary job opportunity for eight weeks. Paid employment.

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And from there, they took me on the box. The scheme has had 5000 people

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in south-west Wales get back into work over six years.

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It's benefited me great. It's benefited my family brilliantly.

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It's nice to get the get up and go on warnings, and go to work and have

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the boys on site. It's great. Today it was announced that the

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scheme will be extended to her by the long-term unemployed to get

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their lives back on track. Let's talk to our economics

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correspondent Sarah Dickins. What do these figures

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suggest about the state It shows as that those increases in

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the number of people working in Wales are not just a testicle blips.

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They are a trend. 49,000 more people are working in Wales than a year

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ago. -- statistical blips. The total number of unemployed in Wales is

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80,000. That is a significant increase in employment. When you

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look at where those 49,000 extra workers as come from many have come

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from that group that record economically inactive.

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They may be students, maybe caring for somebody, or they may be set. As

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many have come from that group as from the unemployment group. It

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shows a trend of increased employment in Wales.

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How do we compare to other parts of the UK?

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Our rate is still highly of the UK average, but on the other hand, the

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increase in jobs that we have on the decline in unemployment is steeper

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than the UK average. That is good. We are moving along. It could be

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that we are just a bit behind the trend that started much more in the

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south-east of England. The North West of England is creating more

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jobs more quickly across the year. But if you look at the Northwest,

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they are unemployment is 8%. The problem for our economy now, really,

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is not so much the level of unemployment but the level of wages.

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We have the lowest level of wages on average in the UK. The latest

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figures across the year, from April 2014 to April 2015, show that Wales

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are actually the only part of the UK where average wages fell.

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A 40-year-old Romanian man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison

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for raping a 20-year-old woman in Cardiff in September last year.

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Newport Crown court heard Remus Hamza attacked the woman close

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to Cardiff University and the Civic Centre in the early

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The jury took less than an hour to reach a guilty verdict.

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The daughter of a missing woman from Cardiff is urging her mother

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57 -year-old Lorraine Ridout was last seen leaving her home

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Police say they may start searching the river Taff.

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The new prison being built in Wrexham is to be called HMP

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Schools and community groups were invited to come up with names

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for the ?250 million complex which is due to open next year

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The name was inspired by the surrounding landscape.

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Two of our biggest cancer charities say they're being "inundated"

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with patients wanting financial advice.

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As more people survive cancer, and live longer, many are struggling

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to meet basic living costs, especially if they're unable

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This marina in Pembrokeshire is one of Eric's favourite places. But

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since being diagnosed with prostate cancer strolling along the quayside

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with his daughter has become more of a challenge.

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The cancer spread to his bones taking its toll on his health and

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finances. You need heating a lot more. I'd

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never used it before. I used to walk to the shops. But now I've got to

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drive. The cost of petrol. I'm lucky my wife works part-time, that helps

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a little bit. Otherwise we would have been really struggling.

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Navigating everyday life after a diagnosis of cancer is the challenge

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facing more and more of the bunch population. Survival rates are at an

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all-time high. Patients are living for longer with the consequences of

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the disease. Claiming benefits can be a lifeline.

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But two of the biggest charities in Wales offering the service have told

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us they are struggling to cope with demand.

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The increase in incidence in Wales has gone up by 11% in ten years. We

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are definitely seeing that honour front line staff. We have over 150

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people waiting, half of those are terminally ill. We have more and

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more people and we need more help. Advice with finances is something

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every cancer patients should be offered when the diagnosed according

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to the cancer delivery plan for Wales, set out by the Welsh

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government. We hear that only 50% of people are

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being signposted to financial benefits advice.

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This is the tip of the iceberg. Ultimately, both charities want more

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funding. With an election in May they also want more of a debate

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around how we deal with cancer in years to come. The Welsh government

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says it's issued guidance to health boards to increase the number of

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people being offered financial advice. It's directly funds several

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charities and continues to work with them. Back in Pembrokeshire Eric has

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been hard to claim a benefit for over 65 is needing personal care.

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He says it has made a big difference as he fights the disease and keeps

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If you're deaf or hard of hearing the struggle to access

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And can this American breathe new life into our dying churches?

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With just under three months to go until the Assembly elections

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Plaid Cymru are first out of the blocks in

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Plaid's Leader Leanne Wood says she wants to concentrate on the NHS,

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and says, after 17 years of Labour rule, it's time for a change.

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from Cardiff City's changing room, a call for change from Plaid Cymru.

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The party says its team are ready to go on and form the next government

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and send Labour to the subs bench stop its pitch includes a thousand

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more doctors and 5000 more nurses paid for by a sugary drinks levy.

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There's also a promise of cancer diagnosis within 28 days, the

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average time at the moment is only 22 days. They will introduce free

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preschool care for all three-year-olds. Students will have

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to pay their full tuition fees but that will be written off if

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graduates return to work in Wales within five years of leaving

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university. We make no apology for attempting to address this problem

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whereby some of the brighter students leave the country after

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we've invested in this study. We want those to make a contribution

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back in this country. We want to see a return on our investment in their

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education. On the economy plight say they'll

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cut business rates and undertake what it calls the biggest investment

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since devolution on transport and home energy efficiency schemes. Over

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the last Assembly elections Plaid Cymru's support has remained static

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at best, with Ukip seemingly increasing their support it might

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make like difficult for plight to win seats this year. -- make life

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difficult for Plaid Cymru. Maybe in the past, Plaid Cymru would have

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been the obvious party to turn to, but now we have a new party

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competing. Bags, one of the party's strategists

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insist that voters in Wales are ready for change after 17 years of

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Labour rule in Cardiff Bay. The people of Wales are looking for

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a new direction, new leadership. I believe that Plaid Cymru can inspire

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people to say, look, let's take an alternative direction. We can't go

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on doing what we're doing, going back with another country.

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Strong words on the need for change shape, but how likely is it that she

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will be the First Minister after the Assembly elections? Opinion polls

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suggest that Plaid Cymru will struggle to form a government on the

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run. In the past they have gone into coalition with Labour. Today has

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been all about the need to get rid of Labour from government. Leanne

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Wood so she won't take the party into government with the

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Conservatives. The path to power, to enact all these ideas, remains very

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uncertain. When it comes to providing mental

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health care for deaf people, services are 'inadequate' and leave

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patients disadvantaged. That's the warning from

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the British Deaf Association. The Welsh government says it's

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spending more than ?100,000 over the next three years

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to improve provision. As part of the BBC's In the Mind

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season, Ben Price has this exclusive Andrea has been deaf all her life.

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She became depressed as a result of events in her personal life. It was

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almost impossible for her to find the right kind of help. Someone who

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had the patience and ability to understand how she was feeling.

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The doctor would just look at me and think, oh, a deaf person, he is a

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prescription. I was asking for help and they couldn't offer me anything.

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I just got more and more frustrated. At 1.I felt like giving up

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completely. I'd had enough. It was a really hard time. And it's really

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hard for the deaf community. I don't know how I got through it. The

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British deaf Association says access to mental health services in Wales

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is inadequate. We've spoken to deaf people who

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struggle to access services that are specific to them. They have

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communication issues, they can't speak to their GP. Therapy is

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absolutely key to the recovery of mental illness.

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The British deaf Association says Wales has a policy of sending people

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to services in Birmingham or Manchester because it understands

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numbers are too few to set up services here. But the situation in

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Wales is improving, and it is hoped more will follow. In Swansea a

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special programme has been adapted to cater for deaf people. It deals

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with issues such as depression or anxiety. This course helped Andrea

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and now she is here to help others open up about their daily

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challenges. Sometimes, with my voice, it can be

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difficult to talk to people. They find it difficult to understand me.

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I have good days and bad days. When my father speaks to me he asks me to

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repeat myself. Obviously, my mother can sign, so she can understand me.

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My father asked me to repeat myself again, and again, and again.

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I just get fed up with it. Part of it is communication, and also

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barriers, accessing communication breakdowns that happen. Things like

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education, my social life, it can be difficult.

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More than ?100,000 will be spent on projects which aim to support deaf

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people. The deaf Association has worked closely with the local health

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boards to develop a special deaf mental health network.

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There is a psychiatric nurse. A psychiatrist and a social worker

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that form part of that team. The deaf person can access information,

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advice and support from them. They will have an assessment which is

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done through British sign language. Then they will be signposted to

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other support services. Back in Swansea and Jess says she

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will continue her fight to ensure deaf people get the support they

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need in the future. -- Andrea says. Tomorrow we'll be looking

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at the pioneering research being done here in Wales

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into the complexities Airbus, which manufactures wings

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at its plant at Broughton in Flintshire, has welcomed

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a multi million pound deal It will order six A 350s,

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with possibly another six to follow. Airbus has sold nearly 800 of these

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planes to more than 40 airlines, making it one of the most successful

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wide-bodied aircraft ever. The prototype for a new Welsh-made

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hydrogen-powered car The two-seater Rasa,

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which was developed in Llandrindod Wells

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by the engineering firm, Riversimple has the lowest

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carbon-emissions of any vehicle It's expected to go

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on the market in 2018. The number of us going to church

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here is falling and in an effort to attract new congregations

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the Church in Wales is having a helping hand from

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an American missionary. Mark Yaconelli from Oregon

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will spend six months in North and Mid Wales helping communities

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explore their spiritual roots. He's already found success

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with similar projects Matthew Richards has

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been to meet him. Our kids need to recapture that

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sense of wonder. We need to recapture. That's where our souls

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That's where our souls thrive and grow.

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Through stories, music and even dancing Mark Yaconelli has been

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getting young people across America to think about spirituality

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And now he's bringing his techniques to Wales.

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The Bishop of St Asaph has asked him to spend six months teaching his

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methods to youth leaders and community groups here.

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And it's not quite the culture clash you might expect.

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I was told, you know, this won't work here in Wales.

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We don't share at that kind of level.

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Then I did for events in North Wales.

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I ask people, tell me about a moment in your life that is sacred to you.

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People told beautiful stories, sometimes we were laughing

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on the floor, sometimes you were in tears.

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People are looking for a safe place, a good

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question, and of course, it's in the genes here,

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Christian missionaries were known for travelling the world

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spreading their message to new people, Mark Yaconelli's role

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is quite different he wants the communities he encounters

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to share their own stories about faith with him.

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For The Church in Wales it's about engaging those who may not see

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So we're sitting there trying to resist, shake, Sheikh, shake your

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He is taking his techniques outside the church, to try and bring

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Wales has the lowest level of church attendance in the UK at 12%.

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And the number of people describing themselves as Christian here fell

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from almost 72% in 2001 to 57%, ten years later.

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He wants to help people reconnect, if not with the church,

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then with the inner spirituality using modern techniques to tap

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into a Celtic storytelling tradition.

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At the end of the month a special service in St Asaph will offically

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Mark Williams has become the first Welsh player to make it

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through to the last 16 of the Welsh Open Snooker in Cardiff.

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Matthew Stevens is out of the competition, he lost

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in the deciding frame to Martin Gould.

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Tonight there are further Welsh hopes with Ryan Day and Michael

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Rugby, and Wales lock Luke Charteris could be a doubt for the Six Nations

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match against France in Cardiff a week on Friday.

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The 32-year-old second row has been ruled out of Rassing 92's match

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Wales team medical staff will assess his knee injury

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when he returns for international duty next week.

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Temperatures are expected to fall below freezing overnight,

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Yes, much colder tonight than last night with warning of ice.

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As expected we all saw some rain today.

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This picture taken by David Pearce shows dark clouds over Nantymoel

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But tomorrow the sky will look more like this,

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In the meantime, any rain in the far South-East and Marches this evening

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The cloud gradually clearing with a widespread frost.

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Parts of mid and north Wales dropping as low as -3 or -4.

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There is also a warning of ice on untreated roads,

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Icy in places otherwise dry, bright and crisp.

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The temperature above freezing on the West coast with a breeze

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So a much nicer day tomorrow, cumulus clouds and sunshine.

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I wouldn't rule out the odd shower but most places dry.

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Temperatures similar today but with the sunshine it will feel

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more pleasant with a light to moderate breeze.

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In Ceredigion tomorrow, dry with sunny spells.

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And after a frosty start the temperature in Lampeter

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And it's a similar story in Flintshire.

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Tomorrow night one or two showers, otherwise dry with clear spells.

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Some frost and icy patches inland along with a few mist

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Friday, dry first thing but it won't last.

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The wind will freshen with some rain.

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Temperatures rising a little higher 7 to 10 Celsius.

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And that sets the scene for Saturday.

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Strong to gale force South Westerly winds,

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Some heavy, prolonged rain possible, especially on the hills

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and mountains in mid, west and North West Wales.

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Sunday not great either although it may turn clearer and colder later

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In the meantime frost and icy patches tonight

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I'll have an update for you here at 8pmand again after the BBC

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That's Wales Today, thank you for watching.

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From all of us on the programme, good evening.

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