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The Prime Minister, on a visit to south Wales,

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would put 100,000 jobs here under threat.

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I don't think we should put those at risk.

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We can make sure that we sign trade deals with other countries

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across the world and I think the alternatives would be worse.

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Tonight, the Prime Minister joins us live in the studio.

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On the eve of their seaside Welsh conference, Ukip's Leader in Wales

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says the party can win ten seats in the assembly election.

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The Six Nations weekend starts early.

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Wales prepares for a Friday night with the French.

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Can Wales make it five wins in a row over France

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and climb to the top of the Six Nations Championship?

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The Prime Minister has set out why he believes the UK should remain

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in the European Union, on his first visit to Wales

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since announcing the referendum date in June.

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He told workers at the GE aviation plant in Nantgarw near Caerphilly,

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that around 100,000 jobs in Wales were directly linked

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But campaigners wanting to leave, say it would mean more money

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Here's our political editor Nick Servini.

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I came on the train from London today and, I have to say,

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there was about half of France on the train but I'm sure

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they'll be sent packing home this evening!

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From a very strong Welsh performance.

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He may want to send the French packing tonight but on June

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23rd, he wants them firmly on our team.

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Within days of formally announcing the referendum,

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David Cameron was in Wales for the first

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time trying to persuade hundreds of aircraft workers

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and all of us why our future should

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When we ask ourselves the question what does Wales get out of Europe?

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There are about 100,000 jobs in Wales directly linked

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There's the 1.8 billion pounds that is going to come in grants

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to Wales over the next four or five years.

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There's obviously the support for Welsh universities,

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which I think is very strong and also for research programmes,

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things that can make a real difference to

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David Cameron wasn't accompanied by the leader of his party in Wales,

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Andrew RT Davies who has joined the ranks of Boris

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Johnson and the former leader Michael Howard to come out in favour

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For many, it's not just about money or jobs.

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The Conservative MP for Monmouth, David

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Davies has also called for a withdrawal to deal

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It's about getting back control of our borders.

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Immigration is already far too high into the UK.

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The European authorities have lost any

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With seeing millions and millions of people

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entering the EU illegally at the moment.

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Without any sense of control over the whole system.

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Immigration will be one of the many issues under

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discussion but the Prime Minister has chosen to focus on the economy

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in the opening days of what will be a long campaign.

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The Prime Minister is with Nick now. Nick.

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Wellcome, Prime Minister. Your main message today was in the event of an

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exit, it would harm investment into Wales and the UK. This is

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scaremongering, isn't it? It wasn't a

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The people who want us to leave can't explain what our trading

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relationship with Europe would be after exit. We cannot take that risk

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with people's lives and livelihoods. Did you try to persuade Andrew RT

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Davies? I try to persuade everyone to join my side of the argument but

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all political parties have their divisions over that issue. It's

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always disappointing when somebody doesn't back your view but if you

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take a look across Wales, 34 out of 40 MPs in Wales support Britain

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remaining in Europe. The ones who don't are mainly conservative.

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Everybody has got a vote. This is not about politicians in the end. It

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is about the people of Britain. They will make a sovereign decision at

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the end of June. I will argue that we will be stronger, safer in

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Europe. There is strength in Europe. Andrew RT Davies is trying to be the

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first Conservative First Minister of Wales. This is a problem for you. He

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fundamentally disagrees with you on the biggest political question in a

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generation. With the British Prime Minister. It is hardly an ideal

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message to go to the electric with. He has a very strong message and the

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Conservative team in Wales have a strong message about our economy and

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the health service here in Wales and the education service here in Wales,

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changes that are needed after Labour have had so many years to sort

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things out. Then there is a big decision about Britain's future in

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the European Union. Something that will affect our children and

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grandchildren. Something that will affect the kind of country we want

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to be in a dangerous world. I think this is a choice between a safer

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Britain within the EU or a great leap in the dark. The 1.8 billion

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pounds over a period of time that leap in the dark. The 1.8 billion

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comes from the EU to Wales. You say that will disappear. The key

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question is, if you are Prime Minister after an exit, can you make

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up a shortfall for the places like Wales? You can't be certain about

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that. We know that between 2014 and 2020 in the European Union budget is

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?1.8 billion for Wales, money for economic development and important

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projects. If we were to leave, we might see higher interest rates,

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those circumstances, of course the United Kingdom government would want

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to do everything it could for all the different parts of

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to do everything it could for all these things

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to do everything it could for all circumstances. There are

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to do everything it could for all things you couldn't

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to do everything it could for all who are campaigning to leave say it

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is an who are campaigning to leave say it

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shortfall, would not make up the who are campaigning to leave say it

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a result of the withdrawal. I don't think you can give

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a result of the withdrawal. I don't The people who want to

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a result of the withdrawal. I don't explain what our circumstances would

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be with Europe and the rest of the world. We are advised that there

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could be economic dislocation and difficulties. In no circumstances,

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any British government, including a government run by me, would want to

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help every part of the UK but we might be in difficult circumstances

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so you cannot make that guarantee. If you want certainty and security

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and for Britain's economy to grow stay within the EU. If you want to

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risk and uncertainty, and even those who want to leave say there are

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risks, there could be temporary problems, then leave. What about the

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Metrorail scheme, major changes to services in Wales. If we leave is it

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under threat? You can't say that funding is guaranteed for things

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that are funded by the EU after we leave? We will always try and help

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but we know that if we stay in that money is available. If we leave,

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there is economic uncertainty and within that it is difficult to

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guarantee things. You talk about a leap in the dark but the reality is,

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if you are a steelworker in Wales, the EU is not doing much to protect

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your jobs. The EU does help in that as a market of 500 million people

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with 28 governments working together we can put greater pressure on China

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to stop the dumping of steel into the European market than we could on

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our own. Written an arrow, we are the fifth biggest -- Britain, on our

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own, we are the fifth biggest economy, but with those other

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countries we have a stronger influence over China and trying to

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stop them dumping their steel in our market. We have to leave it there.

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Thank you. Well, in the buildup

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to the referendum on June 23rd - we'll be running a series

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of extended interviews And of course, you can get

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all the latest information and analysis on the BBC news website

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bbc.co.uk/eureferendum The inquest into the death

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of 18-year-old Cheryl James at Deepcut Barracks has heard

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she thought people were spreading The teenager from Llangollen

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was found shot in 1995. A fellow trainee at the barracks

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told the coroners court in Woking, that Private James spoke about it

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four weeks before she died, but said despite being upset,

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she was looking to the future. A 72-year-old former security guard

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who raped and sexually assaulted two young boys

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has been jailed for 21 years. Ronald Preddy, from Glyncorrwg

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in the Afan Valley bribed and threatened the lives

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of his victims He was described by the judge

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as a dangerous predator, Anglesey could become home to Wales'

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largest solar farm Approval is being sought to develop

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220 acres of farmland at Llanbadrig. Those behind the scheme say

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it could generate enough energy to power

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more than 15,000 houses a year - that's the equivalent

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of half the island's homes. On the eve of its Welsh conference,

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Ukip's leader in Wales says the party can win ten seats

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in May's assembly election. Nathan Gill says the party

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would be a credible opposition From Llandudno,

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Roger Pinney reports. Chips with everything, Ukip's Welsh

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leader Nathan Gill today. This party revels in being different. Internal

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rows are shrugged off. But how about this? On the eve of elections,

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supporters are being told to prepare for being in opposition. We believe

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we have a place in the assembly as an opposition. As the party that can

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raise the issues and concerns of the electorate in Wales and for the

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general concern of everybody. We will make the assembly relevant and

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interesting. All of the things it isn't right now. Ukip reckons that

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ten seats would be a good result. Attempts by leadership to parachute

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in candidates like Neil Hamilton have caused a row. By Ukip at

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Mission, they won't be running Wales before the election and they won't

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want to be part of a deal to do that either. The votes they take may well

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affect the results in some constituencies and that that is a

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worry for other parties. As they arrived in planned at no -- in

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Llandudno they know that the biggest prize comes in June at the

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referendum. They are not looking at a mainstream party of government but

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more at a means of registering concern over particular issues. For

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those purposes, internal competence is not such a priority for much of

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Ukip's support. Ukip's most famous face arrived in London no -- inland

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Our political correspondent Daniel Davies joins me now

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from the conference How damaging will this row

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Nigel Farage tried to dismiss it by saying that this was a row of people

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and we should be looking at politics and messages. The support that Ukip

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is attracting in Wales is growing but it is a headache they could do

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without. It has been messy and acrimonious. Accusations flying

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around between different factions in the party. It is embarrassing that

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this close to such an important election for Ukip we cannot say

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where Nathan Gill will be on their regional list. We can't assess

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whether their leader has a chance of being an assembly member or not.

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Nigel Farage will address conference tomorrow. What will they have to

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say? The main topic is the referendum on Britain's place in the

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European union. This is the Spring conference and people have come here

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from all over Britain. People from all over politics have joined the

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party because of the referendum in the first place. Mr Farage and Mr

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Gill will be talking about why they think Wales and the assembly would

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be better off outside the EEE. Nathan Gill thinks that the best

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thing would be to send Ukip MPs there to make the place interesting.

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Between now and polling day, their opponents will be trying to convince

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voters that they would make it interesting for all the wrong

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reasons. With just over two months to go

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before the Assembly Election - the state of the Welsh NHS is likely

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to dominate the political debate. With increasing demand for care -

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it has, at times, struggled to cope And each of the parties fighting

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the election will claim they have As part of our How Wales Works

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season, our health correspondent Owain Clarke has been to Tredegar

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to find out. This place, to all intents

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and purposes, was where the NHS national health service

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in the 1940s, Aneurin Bevan drew inspiration from a scheme,

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here in his hometown, where workers pooled their money

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to buy medical care for themselves But a lot has changed since then,

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particularly in health care. Advances in technology, new drugs,

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more specialist doctors, means the NHS now can

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do much more than it The number of people

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who live in Wales is just Yet, a staggering 19 million

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appointments happen each year with GPs or staff

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like physiotherapists. There are 4 million hospital

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appointments and 750,000 people There are more 1 million

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attendances each year A baby born today in

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Wales can expect to live at least ten years

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longer than when the NHS That means more pressure

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on the NHS because as we So what are the people

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think are the biggest challenges facing the

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health service here? Everything is cut.

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You can't seem to get to a doctor. She was due to have a hip

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operation on Monday. She got a phone call yesterday

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saying it was cancelled. Because there was a

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six-week waiting list. One consequence is that the NHS

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is consuming more and more Yet, at the beginning

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of the assembly term, the Welsh health budget was

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actually cut. They are actually spending

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?6.8 billion on health That's 46% of the

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entire Welsh budget. By the election,

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ministers say that they will once again be spending more

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on health in Wales per person But that is still 6-7% less

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than they will be spending on health per person in Scotland

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and Northern Ireland. Given that Wales is an older,

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sicker and poorer population than many other parts of the UK,

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that might surprise you. Like its architect,

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Nye Bevan, had hoped, the NHS has transformed

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people's lives. But it's also been a victim

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of its own success. All the political parties

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will try to convince doubt ask is do they buy those

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answers and do they think they can Another big weekend

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of Six Nations Rugby Tomos is at the

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Principality Stadium. Welcome to the Principality Stadium,

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a Friday night in Cardiff is always lively, even more

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so when there's a big The atmosphere is building up

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nicely in the city centre Yes, the French

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in fine voice tonight. They've travelled

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to see a France side, unbeaten after two home wins

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over Italy and Ireland. The stakes are high for Wales

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if they're to have a chance of winning the title,

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Wales must win here tonight. And Wales Coach Warren Gatland

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is in no doubt about what makes this It's the best competition

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in the world and it's the best competition for one reason

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and that's the fans. Nowhere else in the world do

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you get, potentially, 30 or 40% of the crowd

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to be the away fans. That is what creates such

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a special atmosphere. Wales fans have had the bragging

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rights recently in this fixture, winning their last four

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games against France. Played 93 times,

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Wales have just edged it. France have won 43 times

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with three games ending in a draw. So Wales have won 51%

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of their games against France. Tonight is the sixth game

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held on a Friday night. Wales have featured

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in everyone of them but haven't performed too well,

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losing four games, That was against France

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here two years ago. Let's talk to my guests, Rob Jones

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and seven Douvaldis -- Seb Duval. Is a Friday night game a disadvantage?

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We are in the professional era and we have to cope with these things.

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We are in the professional era and It is important that they prepare

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well. It is difficult for the fans to get here. It is a day of work.

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But if you look at the team, they would prepare professionally for

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this, as they would in every other game. Later in the day helps the

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body get into it a little bit more. Seb Duval, rugby writer in France.

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Is the record going to enter night? I'm afraid we might have to wait for

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one more year. It has come for a year to early. Guy Noves has brought

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in players without a lot of experience of international rugby.

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Players playing only their second or third International. In such an

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intimidating stadium, even if the roof is open, I don't see France

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been able to winter night. The French coach has talked about

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playing dynamic rugby that is pleasing on the eye. How do you

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think they will approach the game? They played different games against

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Italy. They were very good in terms of thy nutmeg rugby. They had very

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poor defence against Ireland. They only just managed to hold on and

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win. Today we hope for a better balance between attack and defence.

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A quick word, how'd you think the game will pan out? I think Wales

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will win. They are strong and stable and get better as the tournament

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goes on. Thank you very much both for your time tonight.

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An hour to go now before kick-off and there are plenty of people

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behind the scenes working to get everything ready.

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Our reporter Kate Morgan has been to meet some of the team working

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tirelessly to ensure it all goes smoothly on the night.

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Meet the man whose work is scrutinised by rugby fans.

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Like a sportsman, you aspire to be at the highest level.

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The highest level for us is to work at the National

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A daunting job but he insists it's getting easier.

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In 2014, the old pitch was replaced by

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a new mix of real and artificial grass.

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Underneath, this is what it looks like.

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Plastic strands that the real roots grab onto.

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Turf's suppliers were no longer able to supply us with a turf that

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could withstand the rigours of scrummaging.

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You know, because of the size of the rugby player.

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are being sown for the Italy game in three weeks' time.

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A groundsman here can walk up to 12 miles today.

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Work's starting again straight after the final

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If the pitch is all about precision, Andrew Martin's job

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is all about looking after precious cargo.

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He has been the team bus driver for nearly ten years.

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The job is his pride and joy, even if the

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Andrew drives an entire bus of kit to the team hotel wherever

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they play, be it Dublin, Paris, Rome.

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But nothing beats the drive into Cardiff on a home match day.

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When they come into the city, open the window, put the mike

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outside, turn the volume up so that the boys can here.

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As the official driver, he gets a seat at

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And he's very much part of the team, which is enough for him.

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I'll never get on the pitch but I suppose this is the next

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If it's gone to plan - Andrew should be arriving

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The roof should have been close to night but because of a technical

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issue it will remain open. A bit embarrassing. I just hope it will

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stay dry. Let's get the forecast

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now with Derek. Dry in Cardiff for the fans going

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to and from the game and chilly. But the atmosphere will soon warm-up

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when Wales score and beat France! Elsewhere some rain

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in the SW this evening. Temperatures above freezing in parts

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of the south and west Below in parts of mid,

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north and east Wales Here's the picture

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for 8 in the morning. Much of country cloudy

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but dry and cold. During the day most places dry.

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and northwest with lighter 5C in Mountain Ash will feel more

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like -1 in the wind. Breaks in the cloud with some frost,

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especially in parts of mid, north and west Wales where the wind

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will be lighter. Closer to home high

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pressure in charge. So a reasonable day

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on Sunday. Cloud will come and go but it should

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be brighter than Saturday So a lot of dry weather this

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weekend. He cannot guarantee funding for

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Wales if Britain voted to leave the EU. He has been out like to --

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outlining his plans to stay within the euro. With the economic

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uncertainty, it is difficult to guarantee

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