02/05/2016 BBC Wales Today


02/05/2016

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Climate activists, camped alongside the UK's largest opencast coal mine

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in Merthyr Tydfil, are holding a day of preparations ahead

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of what they're calling "mass action" tomorrow.

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The 'Reclaim the Power' group say they'll attempt to halt operations

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at the Ffos y Fran mine, as our Environment Correspondent,

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At the End Coal Now camp, workshops are well under way

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for those taking part in tomorrow's demonstrations.

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They have occupied a blustery patch of open moorland

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in between the existing Ffos y Fran mine and the site of another

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proposed opencast operation in the Rhymney Valley.

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We have just signed the Paris agreement which commits us

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to keeping warming to 1.5 degrees which is totally incompatible

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So we're here to make a stand against that with the local

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Opencast mining has seen something of a resurgence in South

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There are five sites currently in operation supplying

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Aberthaw Power Station in the Vale of Glamorgan and the steelworks

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If we're not going to mine it locally in South Wales in the future

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it will have to come from elsewhere and one of the biggest producers

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If you say let's shut down everything in South Wales,

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You are asking for a larger carbon footprint.

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But this is about more than the local dispute.

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By tomorrow they reckon they will be around 400 activists

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from all across the UK from as far afield as France

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They are calling for a suspension of opencast mining across the UK,

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timing the protests so that it falls days before local and

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In Wales, Plaid Cymru, the Liberal Democrats

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and the Green Party says they will oppose any

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Labour, the Conservatives and Ukip say it should be down

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These protesters will tomorrow attempt to halt operations at Ffos y

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Fran to try and urge politicians to call time on coal.

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Those in charge of the mine say their concern will be the safety

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Police have named a man who died in a car crash near Mold yesterday,

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He came from the Nannerch area, not far from where

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The search for a fisherman who's been missing since his boat sank off

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the Pembrokeshire coast last Thursday has ended.

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Dan Willington from Carew hasn't been seen since the vessel hit rocks

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His father was rescued, but later died.

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With three days to go until the Assembly election,

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the parties are making their final push for votes.

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Labour is appealing for left-leaning supporters of other parties

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The Conservatives, Plaid Cymru and the Liberal Democrats have

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been attacking Labour's record in Government.

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He is the man Labour has put front and centre of its election campaign

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and with the opinion polls suggesting the party could concede

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political ground on Thursday Carwyn Jones today made this appeal. Over

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the next few days we will focus on getting out the vote and making sure

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those who promised to vote Labour vote Labour and secondly of course

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saying to people who live in constituencies where it is a

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straight fight between Labour and the Tories, lend us your vote. Don't

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wake up with a Tory AM representing you on Friday. The majority of tight

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contests will be between themselves and the Conservatives. The focus is

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what they say is Labour's mismanagement of the NHS. It can't

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be right that on polling day that people will reward labour for

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underinvestment in our health service and a doubling of NHS

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waiting times. What the Conservatives are promising our

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year-on-year investment, cutting waiting times and the creation of a

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cancer treatment plan for Wales. Plaid Cymru believes its campaign

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has moved up a gear in recent weeks. Opinion polls suggest the party is

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in second place behind Labour. We have had 17 years of Labour

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government and Wales is desperate for change. Plaid Cymru is a

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progressive party. People want change. Elections have not exactly

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been kind to the Liberal Democrats in recent years. In the shadow of

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one of the greatest leaders they know they are fighting for their

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very existence in Cardiff Bay. If the Welsh Liberal Democrats are not

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in the assembly they will be nobody there to talk about the issues that

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are sidelined or forgotten by the other parties. We have consistently

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highlighted the need to improvement of health services in Wales. Ukip

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poses the biggest threat to the Lib Dems with opinion polls suggesting

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they could win seats for the first time. With days to go until the

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voting starts all pie -- five parties have it all to play for.

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Football and The New Saints have completed a second successive treble

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after beating Airbus 2-0 at the Racecourse.

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Saints had already won the Welsh Premier League

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and the Word Cup for the third season in a row.

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It was Airbus' first time in the final.

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Let's get the bank holiday weather forecast.

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It has been a lovely afternoon and we can look forward to a chilly

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night and those temperatures will recover as we head into the end of

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the week. The odd isolated shower tonight but the bulk of the country

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will be tried with temperatures down to four Celsius. I pressure is in

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charge of our weather tomorrow and that will bring a settled way.

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Tomorrow morning, a chilly start with some sunshine. The odd isolated

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shower but most of us getting away with a dry day. It will be breezy

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with temperatures between 11 Celsius and 13 Celsius. Wednesday, high

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still in charge and we can look forward to more fine conditions.

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Temperatures getting up to 15 Celsius. More sunshine towards the

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end of the week. I'll be back with our

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late update at 10.45pm. the club since October. They have to

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win to avoid the drop. Bidding has not come easy

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