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The new secretary of state for Wales Alun Cairns

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on his first day, those splits in the cabinet which brought him

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to his job and what's in his in-tray.

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There is a great of agility about getting a clearer, fairer, stronger

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settlement with the Welsh bill. There are also many exciting

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opportunities, like a city deal for Cardiff, opening the doors towards a

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great deal for North Wales. The steel workers union meets

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with Tata's new European boss amid reports that the company

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could reject a rescue Its the main railway link into south

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and west Wales but in This tunnel will be closed for

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almost a month and a half from September for work to electrify the

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rail. We will have an exclusive report.

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Lifeguards are to patrol one of our most popular beaches

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In tonight's sport, Dan Biggar turns to coaching.

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And through the eyes of the Welsh fly-half we'll look back at this

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I could have done with a view of you boys yesterday as well!

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The new Secretary of State for Wales says he wants to prioritise

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Alun Cairns said he would hold a summit next week to look at ways

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of driving forward investment with a "growth deal" for the region.

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Mr Cairns, who replaces Stephen Crabb, says he wants

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He -- he replaces in Duncan Smith. Here is our correspondent. It is the

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best of times and worst of times. A motion for Stephen Crabb and Alun

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Cairns, the party at civil war over Europe and the budget. At the

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Downing Street door closed for Iain Duncan Smith it opened this morning

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for this man, Stephen Crabb's deputies since 2014 and he inherits

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the top job at the Welsh Office and the task of steering the next stage

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of Welsh devolution into law. How will you do the job differently? I

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plan to follow the chromatic approach Stephen Crabb followed as a

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secretary of state. -- the approach. It is about relations with the

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business sector, the authorities and communities across Wales. I want to

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be pragmatic as secretary of state. Who is Alun Cairns? Eat a appear in

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the Swansea Valley and began working life in a bank. He was one of the

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regional semi members in 1999 and his Westminster career was almost

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over before it began. He was suspended as a candidate after he

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made a drug-free comment about the candidates. He apologised and was

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elected MP for the Vale of Glamorgan in 2010. A regular runner, he was

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the fastest MP in the London Marathon two years ago. Labour say

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he can run but cannot hide. We also need to see a lot more focus on what

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exactly these announcements about North Wales and the city region of

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Swansea mean. They were made last week but no detail at all about

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whether there will be any money coming to help these areas. He has

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also lined up alongside Stephen Crabb for the Parliamentary Rugby

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team. Stephen Crabb will lead all of his skills to tackle his new job,

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and having met start at the DWP this morning he faced MPs to say the

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controversial cuts to personal independence payments for disabled

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people will not now be going ahead. As a one nation Conservative my

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vision is to support everybody to achieve their full potential and

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live independently. That means people having the stability and

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security of a decent job and children growing up at home with

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that benefit of that stability. In his new job he will recognise a

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familiar if not friendly ways. His Labour shadow is once again the MP

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for Pontypridd. May I start by saying... To the new secretary of

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state, that is Welsh for welcome and congratulations. I look forward to

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renewing our relationship and on the basis of these statements today it

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looks like it will be a bit more productive than the one I had with

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his predecessor. So I thank him. Back at the Wales are busy has left

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behind, there is another change with the Aberconwy MP taking the role

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vacated by Alun Cairns. Maybe one of his most important jobs will be to

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improve the relationships of his office with the Welsh government in

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Cardiff Bay. Yes, it will. It was striking talking to Alun Cairns. He

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kept using the word pragmatic, pragmatism. Not the rabble-rouser

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invasion that gets political leaders and voters jeering from the rooftops

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but in the last few days they have had, the Conservatives need some

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calming down with the Civil War in Cabinet about Europe and indeed the

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problems about disability benefit. It was very striking that Alun

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Cairns announced his priority was going to be the economy, really

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trying to put the constitution in second place. He talks about a

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better relationship with the Welsh government in Cardiff. All new

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secretary of state 's do that. Then politics tends to get in the way. I

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expect normal relations will resume at possibly after the Welsh general

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election in May. And a big job facing Stephen Crabb. Massive. You

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saw him in the House of Commons flanked by the Prime Minister on one

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side, unveilings what was announced in the budget last week. Unravelling

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it and saying these cards will not go ahead and that they have no plans

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to make any further cuts. Massive budgets. Something like ?170 billion

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per year for Stephen Crabb in charge as of now. Clearly he will have more

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say over day-to-day life in Wales than he ever did as Welsh secretary.

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David in Westminster, thank you. The rest of the day 's news...

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The steelworkers' union Community has met the head of Tata steel

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in Europe to discuss the future of Port Talbot.

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What's been described as an urgent meeting

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comes amid reports that Tata could reject a plan

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The company's board is set to meet in India next week to decide

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Let's talk to our reporter Caroline Evans.

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Well you will remember that in January Tata steel announced more

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than 1,000 losses, 750 of those at Port Talbot.

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It's part of a plan to save the plant and the rest

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Now over the weekend there have been reports in the media speculating

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that Tata will turn down this plan when the company's

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Today the Trade Union Community has been meeting with Hans Fischer

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the new European CEO and have reiterated their determination

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to make this plan to save the plant work.

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In a statement they say the union finds the reports that the Tata

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board in India will reject the turnaround plan "deeply

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concerning " and they will be doing everything they can to ensure

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the company does not go down this route.

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They say the workers at Port Talbot have achieved everything asked

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of them and deserve the continued support of Tata.

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But of course the problems are not confined to Port Talbot,

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the steel industry across Europe is under pressure from cheap Chinese

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steel said to be flooding the market.

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And tonight the community is urging the UK Government to join them

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in calling on Tata to suppport Port Talbot and help to make steel

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Of course not just at stake the steels jobs at the plant,

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but thousands more jobs in the local economy.

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The Severn Tunnel, the main rail link between

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South Wales and the rest of the UK, will be closed for six

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It's to prepare for rail electrification,

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which will speed up journey times between South Wales and London.

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It'll mean passengers will be diverted or will have to use

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replacement buses leading to concerns it could cause

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of the Severn Estuary for us tonight.

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From where I am in Monmouthshire it is a short trip to the other side of

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the border through the Severn tunnel, parallel to the bridge. From

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this September it will shut, causing delays to thousands of people using

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it everyday. It is because of railway electrification in the

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tunnel and I have had an exclusive preview of what has happened is down

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here. That happens down here. It is a bit like travelling back in

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time. It was built for the age of steam. It is now about to see a

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electrification. We are making our way through the tunnel. It is 130

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years old. And all of the cert that is built in overtime needs before it

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can be electrified. For months this orange Army have been busy preparing

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for the tunnel. This vast machine has drilled 7000 holes into the

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roof. Two calamitous inside and engineers are picking up where the

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machine left. This is precision work in what has been described as a key

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milestone this September. Four miles of rail will run along the roof of

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the tunnel and provide the power for the electrified trains. Another

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cable will run alongside it to provide back-up power. That work

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will take time. Closing the tunnel for a month and a half from

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September. Network Rail bosses say electrification will speed up

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journey times and that this is the most efficient way to get the work

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done. The issue is it would take our engineers about four years to

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complete the job if they only worked at weekends. That would have

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significant impacts on passenger destruction and delay the

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electrification. In the closure, passengers travelling from south

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Wales into London will be diverted via Gloucester, adding up to 40

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minutes to the journey. Passengers going to Bristol will have to use

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rail replacement buses, also adding 40 minutes. People are advised to

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trek which train operator websites for specific routes. -- check with

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operator websites. You have to get out one hour earlier. Not ideal. Any

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upgrade will be fantastic. But it will cause some real issues. The

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watchdog transport focus said the closure could cause massive

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disruption and says it will be watching for any unnecessary delays.

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We are still planning things. We look at every eventuality is so the

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people will not be inconvenienced more than absolutely necessary.

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Electrification is exacted to cut 20 minutes from the journey time

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between London and Swansea but the almost ?3 billion project is

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exceeding the original budget and deadline. Network Rail say the

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letter vocation programme was revised after a review last year.

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This tunnel will be closed for almost a month and a half for work

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to speed up and improve the journey through it but it will mean

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disruption for commuters and rail users looking to cross the border

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from this September. A police investigation

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into allegations that a six week old baby was sold for thousands

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of pounds has been dropped. Two Spanish citizens,

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a couple in their 20s, were arrested in the Rumney area

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of Cardiff last October The child's mother was arrested

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at Bristol airport. In the last four years in Wales 55

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convicted criminals have been removed from the sex

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offenders' register. Figures obtained by the BBC show 97

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offenders applied to have their name removed under human

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rights legislation. North Wales Police approved

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18 out of 20 requests, while Dyfed Powys Police

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didn't approve any. An Army Sergeant at

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the centre of allegations of bullying has told an inquest

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he didn't order a female soldier 18-year-old Private Cheryl James

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from Llangollen, was found dead at Deepcut Barracks in 1995

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amid claims of bullying Sergeant Andrew Gavaghan

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said he didn't know who she was

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until the day she died. He said he was shocked and upset

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when he discovered he'd The one time managing director

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of a bus company has been told to expect a jail sentence

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after being found guilty of defrauding the Welsh Government's

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flagship bus-pass scheme John Hulme doctored

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the books to make it appear which operated from Llanberis

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in Gwynedd, was carrying thousands more concessionary passengers

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that it really was. That there was a fraud was never in

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dispute. Thousands are sparse passengers were double counted. The

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company did get hundreds of thousands of taxpayer pounds it was

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never in title two. The question in this trial was who was responsible.

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-- entitled to. The managing director, said the prosecution. The

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defence said he knew nothing about it. It took the jury to add a half

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hours to find the manager guilty of fraud and false accounting.

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According to the defence he was a buzz week and expert on timetables

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but when it came to administrations, he signed what was in front of him.

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The prosecution argued he knew exactly what he was doing. His

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fraud, the court heard, amounted to half ?1 million. Another director

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had already admitted false accounting up to ?300,000 for a time

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after a suspension from the company. Put together, the fraud at the

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company cost taxpayers ?800,000. The company had more than 70 members of

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staff and went out of business. A spokesperson for the Council which

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paid the money out on behalf of Welsh government said procedures are

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now being reviewed. Sentence on humour and price was adjourned until

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Thursday. The judge told John Hume through the trial it had become

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clearer, clearer and clearer that he was the author of the fraud, and not

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only that, but he showed Darren Price how to do it. John Hume was

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told to accept -- expect a custodial sentence.

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Lifeguards on patrol. They will be at one of the most popular beaches

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after two people drowned here last year. March so far has been the

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driest month since last October but there is a big change on the way.

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The future of Wales and the rest of the UK in the European Union will

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soon be decided in the Referendum. Those campaigning to stay in the

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European Union has launched their campaign saying Wales benefited more

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from EU membership than any other part of the UK. Daniel Davies was at

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the launch of the Wales stronger in Europe campaign.

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You could say that's the message from this pro-EU campaign.

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It launched at a training company in Cardiff where these young people

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are preparing for a career with animals, training that's

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If you are heading for the exit, these people want to slow you down.

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They say Wales gets more from European Union membership than

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anywhere else in the UK and that should not be risked in an uncertain

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world. It is investment in all kinds of things, transport, skills,

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research, agriculture, tourism. You know, a host of benefits. I think

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when people grasp that, they will conclude that it would be madness to

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throw all that away and have a pig in a poke. Others long to take us in

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another direction. The Leave wants to make it a debate about control

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and say the only way to put the people of this country back behind

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the steering wheel is to get out of the European Union. When everybody's

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future will be brighter when we leave the union, we will be able to

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have control over our own laws, make foreign decisions, control funding

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in the United Kingdom, rather than letting an unaccountable system of

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bureaucrats in Brussels and Armani. By coincidence, shortly after we

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arrived, the council came to take down these signs. Had they not got

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permission? It is voter permission needed in this Referendum, either to

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Leave, or Remain. A bill, ensuring a minimum number

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of nurses are working at any one time in Wales' general hospital

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wards, became law today. The Welsh Liberal Democrats,

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who introduced it, say they plan to extend the law

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to cover maternity and mental health wards if they win power

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in May's assembly elections. The Wales Green Party has pledged

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a "fairer economy and vibrant communities" as it launched

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its assembly election campaign. The party's leader Alice

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Hooker-Stroud also said no Welsh student studying in Wales

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would pay tuition fees under them. The Green Party is hoping to win

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a seat in the Assembly for the first People always associate

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environmental issues with the Welsh Green Party but in fact we have a

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complete package, solutions for environment and society. In top of

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the environment we talk about free education, public NHS, and

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affordable houses for people. A new lifeguard service is being

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launched at Three Cliffs Bay in the Gower following two

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drownings there last year. The family of Benny Collins,

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who drowned at the beauty spot, support the new service,

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which will see the RNLI, landowners and the National

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Trust working together. From this Easter,

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for the first time, lifeguards will be watching

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over Three Cliffs Bay. swimmers have drowned in these

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waters. There are signs warning

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people not to bathe, but in the end the community

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and landowners decided they needed We have increased signage. We are

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working with the RNLI and our neighbours to try this pilot and see

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how it goes. And just increase safety so that people can enjoy the

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place. At the moment the sea is calm

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and safe for swimming, but the problem is when the tide

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comes in and that creates a rip and it's that

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which is particularly treacherous. It proved so for

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40-year-old Benny Collins. He was fit and strong,

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an able swimmer. When he died after being swept out

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to sea last July the community launched an action group

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and got the RNLI on board. The lifeguards are here between ten

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o'clock and six o'clock and will be here every day over the Easter

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holidays and will be here weekends and holidays in May and June and

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full-time for peak season and the lifeguards will always be with the

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red and yellow flags when it is safe for people to swim so we would

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always urge people to look out for those.

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The charity will pay for this first year,

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but after that it'll be down to local businesses and residents

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to fund half the cost, which could be up to

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It is up to us now, the different businesses and villages, there was

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even a 90-year-old in the village, we want people to enjoy the beach

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but in a safe manner so working together, I think we can get this,

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it will be a standard thing, we will get lifeguards at three clubs.

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this will make others more aware of the dangers

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and prevent any one else from losing their life.

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Wales rugby coach, Warren Gatland, says his squad will have 'no fear'

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travelling to New Zealand despite not, in his words,

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quite 'clicking' as a team in this year's Six Nations.

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Dan Biggar, added they have a "fabulous chance" of beating

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the World Champions on this Summer's tour.

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I went to meet the fly-half at the end of a campaign that saw

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Wales finish as the Championship runners up behind England.

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You are going to teach me some things. Not the other way around.

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Fresh from orchestrating wins over Italy, Dan Biggar was brought down

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to earth, coaching the under tens this weekend. I could have done with

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you yesterday. With passing and tackling drills, he took time to

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reflect on the six Nations campaign. It was not successful finishing

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second. We set standards higher than that and unless we win it it will be

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deemed a failure. But I think for us, it was a tough 40 minutes

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against England which cost us the championship but overall we played

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some good rugby against Scotland, a tough win against France. England

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are the grand slam winners. What about the general standard of this

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year's contest? It is a poor tournament. Wales are there with the

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best in the world. Ireland have dipped because of injuries. England

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did what they had to do and they did it well. I was very impressed with

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how they played. They deservedly won it, honestly. I think they will go

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from strength to strength. We are trying to play rugby, of course. But

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against France it is about knuckling down, rolling up your sleeves and

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producing a win. It is not always fancy stuff. It is about knuckling

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down and that is when you find that more about your team. Will there be

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a scout in New Zealand? We have got to be positive going down there.

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It'll be interesting to see how they respond. They have a lot of

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experience and good players. That gap is closing and we have a

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fabulous chance in the summer picking up a scout in the southern

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hemisphere. They can put the pain of the England game behind them but

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they will return to Twickenham for a so-called friendly on May the 29th.

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That is when they hope to carry on the Saturday try scoring form as

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they prepare for the tour of New Zealand, starting in Auckland on

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Junior Levens. -- June at the 11th. Onto football and Gareth Bale has

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become the leading British scoring in Real Madrid's

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4-0 win over Sevilla. The Wales forward hit the post

:23:54.:23:56.

and had a strike dis-allowed before tapping in his 43rd goal

:23:57.:23:58.

in the Spanish top flight, Wales captain Ashley Williams admits

:23:59.:24:01.

he and his Swansea teammates have "got it wrong" in the Premier

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League this season. The Swans beat Aston Villa 1-0

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on Saturday to take them closer to survival in their fight

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against relegation. But wherever they finish,

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Williams says a serious inquest must Meanwhile, the Wales squad gathered

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this afternoon ahead of Thursday's friendly against Northern Ireland

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and next Monday's trip to Ukraine. Striker Hal Robson-Kanu is doubtful

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after picking up a thigh problem playing for Reading

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against Cardiff on Saturday. The Bluebirds secured a draw in that

:24:32.:24:35.

game thanks to Lex Immers' header but are now three points off

:24:36.:24:38.

the play-off positions. Newport scored within two

:24:39.:24:40.

minutes before eventually Wrexham were 3-

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0 winners over Chester. And the Cardiff Devils have finished

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second in ice hockey's Elite League. Despite two wins over

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the weekend, including this 4-3 victory over Nottingham

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Panthers last night, they've lost out to Sheffield

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Steelers, who finish on top. The Devils wil now aim to win

:25:03.:25:05.

The League Play-Offs. That is your sport. Now the weather.

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Derek. We've had a good run

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of dry weather recently. March so far the driest

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month since last October. The weather pattern

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is about to change. The best of the sunshine today

:25:28.:25:28.

has been in the south. Lovely in Llantwit Major and Cardiff

:25:29.:25:31.

was one of the warmest places This picture from Vicky

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shows cloud in Barmouth. Last night the temperature in Bala

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dropped to minus three. Not quite so cold tonight

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but still cold enough So a chilly start

:25:49.:25:50.

tomorrow but dry. Here is the picture for eight

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o'clock. The odd mist or fog patch possible

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but bright in places with sunshine. The temperature in Cardigan around

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six with hardly a breath of wind. So another dry,

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settled day tomorrow. Plenty of cloud

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but bright in places. seven to ten Celsius,

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but if the sun breaks through it will feel pleasant

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with light winds. The temperature in Llanrwst

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rising to nine Celsius Cloudier than today with a high

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of seven Celsius in Quakers Yard. Plenty of cloud with a few

:26:38.:26:44.

bright or sunny intervals. Maybe the odd light shower

:26:45.:26:50.

but no more than that. Now the atmosphere has been blocked

:26:51.:26:52.

with high pressure recently but on Thursday the jet stream over

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the Atlantic will start to influence our weather again,

:26:56.:26:57.

pushing weather fronts The rest of Easter weekend more

:26:58.:26:59.

unsettled and changeable. Breezy, even windy at times,

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but not a total right off. Some drier, brighter

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interludes likely as well. So the longest dry spell

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since October will finally break Cheering up again for Good Friday.

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The new Secretary of State for Wales says he would like to prioritise the

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North Wales economy. He replaced Stephen Crabb, who is the new work

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and pensions secretary. I will have an update at eight o'clock and again

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after the BBC News at ten. That is Wales Today. Thank you for watching.

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From all of us on the programme, good evening.

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