13/03/2016 BBC Wales Today


13/03/2016

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Families of three men, including Christopher Huxtable

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from Swansea, who are still missing after a building collapsed

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at Didcot Power station have staged a peaceful protest at the site.

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Previously they've criticsed the authorities saying they have

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The Police and the Health and Safety Executive say

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recovering the missing men remains the "priority".

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It was a day both of protest and of pilgrimage. Friends and family of

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the 3 missing men made the journey to Didcot from Yorkshire and

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Swansea. It is nearly 3 weeks since part of the decommissioned power

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station here collapsed, killing demolition worker Michael Collins

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and injuring 5 others. The family is a fellow workers can Criswell, John

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Shaw, Christopher Huxtable, who have not been found, believe more could

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and should have been done. Heartbreaking, but we feel so close

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to the men that are written there, working away is the worst thing but

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we're not leaving them there. That's why we are here, the fight to get

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them out. The chief fire officer in Oxfordshire has defended the

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handling of the rescue attempt, saying everything was done. Thames

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Valley police and the health and safety executive say the recovery of

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the missing men is there priority, but there has to be a safe plan in

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place for the next stage to go ahead. The owners of the site say

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they understand the impact of the uncertainty on the families and said

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they are doing all they can to progress the search safely and

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quickly. There was a chance to go inside the plant today. We have got

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to have them home. We need them home. They are hard-working men,

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they worked down here all this time and this is the thanks they get. Any

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other country, they would be scrambling to get them out. This is

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England and look what they are doing, nothing. The site owners say

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the stability of the remaining structure is being independently

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assessed. They have offered to meet with families who may have more

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information next week. A charity, which has helped

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around a thousand veterans and their families says

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it's run out of money. Step Change in Colwyn Bay

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says 29 people could The Ministry of Defence

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which awarded the charity almost 1 million pounds three years ago has

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said it could apply for further Tributes have been paid to one

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of Wales' leading scientists in the field of anti

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cancer drugs, who has died after his own battle

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with the disease. Chris McGuigan

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was Professor of medicinal chemistry at Cardiff University's

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school of pharmacy. He's been described

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as an exceptionally gifted Some sports headlines now

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and there are celebrations tonight He's won the prestigious Paris-Nice

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race - the first Welshman so and says it's the biggest

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win of his career. The Team Sky rider finished four

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seconds ahead of two time Tour de Rugby - England's rugby players have

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won the Six Nations title for the first time since 2011 thanks

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to a Scottish victory over France. Meanwhile, England's Joe Marler has

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apologised to Wales prop Samson Lee for making

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an abusive comment during the match at Twickenham

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yesterday, when England beat Six Nations officials

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are aware of the incident Head Coach Warren Gatland says he'll

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consider making changes to the team It may be making a few changes, but

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we have also got to be smart in the way we do things, because if England

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to beat France and win the Grand Slam, asp beating Italy, it is

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pretty important to. I think we were flat. Every time we came into the

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heart, we gave a penalty away, topped the ball, that is unusual for

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us, but we were flat, we were slow, we were ponderous and offered

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nothing. This is the worst performance by a Wales aside under

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Warren Gatland. It'll be dry overnight

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with some patchy fog and frost later.

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Top temperatures 3 celsius. Looking ahead now to tomorrow.

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It'll be a cloudy start. During the morning however

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the clouds expected to lift, leaving us with another fine

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afternoon with plenty A cool day with a strong

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easterly breeze. Temperatures reaching 10

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celsius. And that's all from the Sunday

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team on Wales today. We're back with updates in breakfast

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from 6.25 in the morning. It's been good to have your

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company and good night. There may have been some spring

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warmth around tomorrow but now the clear skies and temperatures are

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dipping. Frost in rural Suffolk.

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