22/02/2016 BBC Wales Today


22/02/2016

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Our top stories: The Welsh Conservatives,

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The leader of the party here, Andrew RT Davies, will campaign

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And they're doing well, but claims that thousands

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of children are at risk of leaving primary school unable

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The leader of the Welsh Conservatives, Andrew RT Davies,

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has tonight become the highest profile politician from Wales

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to back the campaign for Britain to leave the European Union in

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Our political correspondent Daniel Davies reports.

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He's thought long and hard about it, now the Conservative leader

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in the Assembly has decided he will vote to leave the EU.

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Andrew RT Davies has a press conference scheduled for tomorrow,

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but tonight another Tory AM agreed with him.

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There's a lot of scaremongering going along, there's a lot

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of suggested smear and sneer from some of the comments

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being made, but it's vital that whatever people's views

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are and whatever views they form, they are based on facts

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In Westminster, the issue has split the 11 Welsh Conservative MPs.

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Four want to leave the EU, six say they want to remain,

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including the Welsh Secretary, Stephen Crabb.

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It was a difficult decision, there is no perfect,

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easy answer in this big question that everyone will have to face

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on June 23rd, but for me what clinched the argument

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is with the package that the Prime Minister secured last

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week, there is at least now clarity about what kind of reformed

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membership we have got with the European Union.

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I will be voting to leave in June because I feel that Britain needs

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to take back control of its borders and it needs to regain powers

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that we have, over time, given away to Brussels,

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and that was the strong view that I was getting when I campaigned

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in the run-up to the general election.

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All 25 Welsh Labour MPs are backing the remain campaign,

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as are the Liberal Democrats and Plaid Cymru.

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Were we to leave, what would happen to measures such as convergence

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funding, which has provided large amounts of money for the poorer

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I think the short answer to the honourable gentleman is that

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if we were to leave the EU, we wouldn't be able to get those

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funds, which have made a big difference in parts of Wales.

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Some agonise over it, some decided long ago.

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We must do what's best for the British people

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and for the people here in Wales, and I believe passionately

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and strongly that remaining a part of this failing EU superstate is not

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Llangollen, known for bringing nations together

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at the town's international Eisteddfod.

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Views on the EU were mixed there today.

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For me, it's better that Britain comes out from the EU

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paid a lot of money to the EU but I don't think it doesn't get

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I would be worried about defence if we leave, very worried

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I don't know why people think we can manage on our own.

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I think we are harking back to a past that doesn't

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We haven't got any industries of our own any more.

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A leap in the dark, that's what David Cameron calls

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His party's candidate for the job of First Minister doesn't agree.

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Hospitals around Wales have tonight said they are experiencing very high

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demand, and are urging people only to visit emergency

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Health officials say they are extremely busy,

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and some say patients are having to wait a long time before

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Wales Today has learned that every council here with large numbers

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of holiday homes is considering bringing in a special levy.

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A new act will allow up to a maximum of

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double the council tax to be charged on second homes,

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to try and ease the problem of access to affordable housing.

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A consultation on whether Pembrokeshire Council should

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Are we doing enough to improve our children's reading?

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One campaign group fears 26,000 children in Wales are at risk

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of leaving primary school unable to read properly.

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Save The Children says it's a national scandal and is calling

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What better way to start the afternoon

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From space adventures to Egyptian kings, pupils at Blaenymaes primary

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school in Swansea are getting to grips with all kinds of topics.

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Do you think it is important to read?

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Because you can learn different things that you don't even know.

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Because you can learn things about and...

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In its recent annual report, the education watchdog,

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Estyn, said literacy skills in Welsh primary schools have improved

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but those behind the Read On Get On campaign, which aims to get

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everyone reading by the age of 11, are concerned 26,000 children

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in Wales are at risk of leaving primary school unable

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The campaign group says children who read well by age 11 are more

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likely to do better at school, achieve more in exams and fare

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better in the workplace, and it's calling for more to be done

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to ensure all children in Wales start secondary school

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It is not just saying the Government needs to do this,

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but we do implore all party leaders to show they care about this

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and to put this into their manifestos, to say

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that they will get all children reading by age 11 by 2025,

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and we would like the public to be behind that and to build that sort

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of constituency to say, yes, this is a scandal and we all need

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The Welsh government says supporting people's literacy skills

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Opposition parties say they also recognise big

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Like so many other schools, Blaenymaes Primary has

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It believes developing a love of reading is key

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We try to involve the parents as well, and the Read On Get On scheme

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will involve parents coming in to learn with their children.

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We hold days such as World Book Day, homework tasks which involve

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reading, so we try to generate as much interest

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For this young bunch, it's about getting through

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The challenge for everyone else is to make sure their next chapter

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The Conwy Valley railway line has reopened, after being closed

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100 separate parts of the line between Llandudno Junction

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and Blaenau Ffestiniog were damaged by flooding over Christmas.

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Three of the services are still being replaced by buses,

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but Arriva Trains Wales hopes to resume a full rail service soon.

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The Woodland Trust is looking for volunteers to trace the oak

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trees from France planted across Wales in memory of soldiers

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who died in the longest single battle of World War One.

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This week marks the 100-year anniversary of the battle of Verdun.

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The trust says it's found some clues as to where the trees may have been

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We want to hope that they go on by collecting their seeds

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and propagating them and then planting them out again,

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so they are a living bit of history which is so important

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to our landscape as well as the people who sacrificed their lives.

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Let's see what the weather has in store Derek's

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Not dry everywhere tonight, we have a few showers in the north, they

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will spread into mid Wales overnight. Some snow on the hills

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and mountains. Temperatures on the Brecon Beacons already below

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freezing. A cold start to tomorrow morning, showers will continue to

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spread southwards, eventually clearing away with sunny weather

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following from the north. Across the rest of the UK, watch out for icy

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patches if you are travelling. Some sunshine, many places dry, but not

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everywhere. Some showers towards the east coast of England, and some snow

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showers to the north of Scotland. In between dry and sunny, a high

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temperature of six in Liverpool. Closer to home, a blue sky, sunnier

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than today, many places dry. Temperatures reaching nine Celsius.

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A widespread frost tomorrow night, cold tomorrow night fun tonight,

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minus five in mid Wales, maybe some showers in the north after midnight.

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More dry weather and sunshine after a frosty start on Wednesday, some

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showers feeding in from the Irish Sea but no more than that. Dry and

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cold over the next few days, sunshine and frost, just a few

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showers. The forecast for the end of the week is a little more uncertain.

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For the weekend, cold and brisk north-easterly winds.

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That's Wales Today. Thank you for watching.

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From all of us on the programme, goodnight.

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I was just here, just watching them...watching them die.

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