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The death of Private Matthew Boyd from the Royal Gibraltar

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Regiment in Brecon - a second man is arrested.

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All day local people have been leaving flowers and tributes

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The leader of the Welsh Conservatives keeps his

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job, at least for now, despite their performance

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Welsh steel transformed into solar panels.

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Tonight there are seven potential bids for Tata.

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Countdown to Euro 2016 - Chris Coleman names 29 players

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for a training camp ahead of the tournament.

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I think we're on a winner here, Trig.

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And he was the man behind so much of Britain's best loved TV -

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A soldier killed in the street in Brecon has been named tonight

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as Private Matthew Boyd of the Royal Gibraltar Regiment.

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Two men have been arrested and are being questioned by police

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Our reporter Nick Palit has been following events over the last 24

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Well, this is Lion Street, a normally quiet lane in the heart

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of Brecon town centre, but in the early hours of Sunday

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morning that peace was shattered by the killing of a serving member

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At first police said it was an unexplained death.

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Now they're treating it as a murder inquiry and two men, aged 22 and 23,

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The victim has been named as Private Matthew Boyd

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He and his family lived in Gibraltar but he was originally

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from Northern Ireland, where some of his

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relatives still live in Carrickfergus, County Antrim.

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The Watton Barracks is just 400 yards down the road and residents

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are used to having many soldiers around.

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Local people have naturally been shocked by what happened here.

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All day a steady stream of people have been leaving flowers

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One of the messages here sums up the shock in the town.

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It reads simply, an entire community, heartbroken at the loss

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The police have sought to reassure the public and earlier this

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afternoon a senior officer from the Dyfed-Powys force

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We would very much like to thank the military and the local community

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for all their continued support during this investigation of what is

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There was nothing to suggest that Matthew Boyd being a soldier was any

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motivation for this assault, nor is there any indication

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that this is linked to an act of terrorism.

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We would very much like to express our thoughts for Matthew's family,

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Remind us of the circumstances of Private Boyd's death.

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Well, he was first discovered injured and unconscious

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here in Lion Street at around one o'clock yesterday morning.

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He was taken to Neville Hall Hospital

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A forensic tent covered the spot where he was found and scenes

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of crime officers conducted a fingertip search of the area

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And as the police inquiry continues, detectives are still keen to speak

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to anyone who was in this vicinity in the early hours of Sunday morning

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Tata Steel says it has received seven expressions of interest

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for its UK business, including its largest

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Thousands of Welsh jobs were put at risk when the company announced

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in March that it was selling off its British operations.

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The company says the seven bids will immediately be

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taken to the next stage of the sale process.

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The news comes as experts warn that whoever buys Tata's operation

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will have to embrace new technologies and completely

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rethink the market for the steel it produces.

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Engineers at Swansea University say the Welsh steel industry

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won't have a sustainable future without research and innovation

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and funding that work needs to be an immediate priority for the Welsh

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Molten steel on the production line at Port Talbot -

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a familiar image of an industry in crisis.

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But this is the same steel on another production line

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It's being used to make heated floor panels that run on solar energy.

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And this is another innovation using Tata steel -

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metal cladding embedded with solar cells that allow buildings

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to generate, store and release their own power.

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Technology like this has been pioneered by engineers

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at Swansea University who are part of a multi-million pound

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This is a new product that incorporates steel

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manufactured at Port Talbot that is turned into a roofing

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component up in Shotton in North Wales to be incorporated

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Panels like these could allow the Port Talbot site

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to generate its own electricity, mitigating those high energy costs.

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Engineers here have also saved Tata ?5 million a year

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by making its blast furnaces more efficient.

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But experts are warning that without urgent investment

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in research like this, steel-making in Wales will never

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We should push quickly to form an innovation and knowledge centre

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around steel and a role of the government in the UK

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and in Wales is to underline the importance of innovation

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and technology by supporting that almost with immediate effect.

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Redefining steel production isn't cheap.

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This microscope at Swansea University costs ?1.5 million,

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but it has allowed engineers to modify metal particles at a size

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That's led to the invention of lighter, stronger steel that's

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now being used by the automotive industry.

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Developments like these could create a whole new market for Welsh steel.

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A lot has been made of the flood of cheap Chinese products.

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I think if we are going to have a successful

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steel industry in the UK, and I strongly believe

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there is the opportunity to do that, we have to look at making these

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these high-quality, innovative products in the UK.

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The steel industry is at a crossroads.

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But experts here believe that whoever takes over Tata's UK

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operation will have to put innovation at the heart

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of the business if Welsh steel is to have a long term future.

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Let's talk to Brian, our business correspondent. The impact of losing

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the steel industry is obviously going to be very far reaching, but

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even research and development in Wales could be affected. Research

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and development is incredibly significant in terms of how well we

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can keep with other parts of the world and we have already seen in

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the UK and Wales in recent years a reduction in the amount that is

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being spent on research and development so there are some

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incredible projects like Specific that are working really well. But it

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is about getting universities working with businesses to make

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things practical and getting the UK Government and Welsh government to

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back research and innovation. What more do we know about these seven

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potential buyers? We know they are interested in buying the whole

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business, including Port Talbot. Any bidder who only wants to buy parts

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of it, cherry picking the profitable bits, have been rejected by Tata

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Steel. Other businesses have also been asked to clarify their bids so

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it could be a minimum of seven at this stage but they could be even

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more going forward. A man accused of forcing another

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to work against his will has told Cardiff Crown Court that he took him

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in when he had nowhere Patrick Joseph Connors is accused

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of forced labour, along They each deny all the claims

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against them. Patrick Joseph Connors has listened

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to allegations that he bought a man, beat him and forced him to work

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against his will for Today, it was his turn

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to give his side of He told them how he met

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Michael Hughes, who was then 18, He said he gave him work

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and for the first two weeks he stayed with him

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in the family home until he moved He was employed, he said,

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to do bricking and paving. He was paid ?20 a day,

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which went up to ?50 He was asked about the allegations

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that Mr Hughes had escaped to Scotland and he had kidnapped him

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from outside the dole Mr Connors said Mr Hughes had

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wanted to come back, He said they were pleased to see

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each other and greeted On another occasion when Mr Hughes

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had gone to Scotland, he said he sent tickets and money

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to enable him to come back and Mr Hughes had even

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wanted his brother to work for him. Mr Connors told the court how

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Mr Hughes had been a guest at his daughter's wedding

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and a family christening. He said he was free to come and go

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and spent his evenings drinking, Asked if he had ever assaulted

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Mr Hughes while he was working for him, he replied,

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"No". Mr Connors and the three other

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defendants deny all the charges They lost three seats

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and dropped to third place But the Welsh Conservatives tonight

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have said there's universal backing The party's Assembly

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members met this afternoon. Our political editor Nick Servini

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is at the Senedd. Was there a threat to Andrew RT

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Davies' position? The Tory Assembly Members could have triggered a

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process that would have led to a leadership election. But that is not

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going to happen now. He has a number of things on his side. The big one

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is that there is a sense that the prevailing winds did not help him.

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The threat from Ukip, the European referendum, which would cause

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problems for any leader of the Welsh Conservatives in an election at this

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point in time. There is also the fact that there is no obvious

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candidate waiting in the wings. Mr Davies is not doing any interviews

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tonight. We are told he has universal backing in that meeting

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but some dissent in the ranks nevertheless. I have just spoken to

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Nick Ramsay, the Conservative Assembly Member for Monmouthshire,

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who told me that Andrew wants to stay in the job, he has his full

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support, but nevertheless, if he had been in his position, he would

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probably have acted differently and resigned. Mr Davies, we should say,

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is not entirely out of the woods yet because there is an internal review

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being carried out by the Welsh Conservatives into what went wrong.

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That is due to published in July, after the EU referendum. Presumably,

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if it is very critical of the Welsh Conservative leader, this is a

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subject that will be revisited. You get a sense that the dust is

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starting to settle now after the election? First of all, a sense from

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the new Labour Welsh government of the timings. Carwyn Jones will be

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nominated as First Minister on Wednesday and then the hotly

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anticipated announcements on who will form his cabinet. Labour don't

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have an overall majority. They will need support from Plaid Cymru in

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order to get budgets and other things through. It is a key

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relationship that has come under a lot of strain. A senior figure in

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Plaid Cymru on the weekend, Adam Price, said relations between Labour

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and Plaid Cymru are at an all-time low. Tomorrow, Carwyn Jones will

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meet Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood for the first time since the

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election and he will try to take the heat out of the situation. They will

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discuss the EU referendum and the steel crisis, areas they both agree

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on. There is a lack of clarity tonight on who will have the role of

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Presiding Officer. The person who will have to try to keep all the new

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make-up of Assembly Members under control during debates in the

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chamber. The reason that is that the man widely expected to get that job,

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the Conservative David Melding, today ruled himself out of that

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position. Much more to come

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before seven o'clock. Who will make it into

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Chris Coleman's squad And he was the man behind some

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of Britain's best loved comedy - Some of Wales' newly elected Police

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and Crime Commissioners have criticised the lack of information

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about the role leading The four PCCs were named yesterday

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with a higher turnout than in 2012 but there were tens of thousands

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of spoilt or blank ballot papers. Some say publicly funded leaflets

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should have been sent to voters. More bobbies on the beat, tackling

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anti-social behaviour, putting victims first. Some of the pledges

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from our four newly elected Police and Crime Commissioners. They are

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the people in charge of our police forces. But how many of us know

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their job even exists? Sensei there was not enough information during

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this election about their role. I intend to raise with the UK

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Government very much the issue of not being allowed the free post so

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that every household in Gwent could get a leaflet from candidates. I

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think we need to do better in publicising what it is all about.

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This year, turnout for the election averaged 43%. Triple the turnout

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seen four years ago. It helped that the vote was held on the same day as

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the Assembly ballot. On the form there was space for a first and

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second choice or preference but 50,001st preference votes were

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rejected. The question, did voters deliberately spoil them because they

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disagree with commissioners or did they not feel like they had enough

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information to choose them or were genuine mistakes made because the

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sheets were too complicated? Some criticised the lack of effort from

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the UK Government. There was a phone line on information online, but

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these posters were e-mailed to Welsh forces by the Home Office to

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publicise the election, but they were unusable. The pictures to

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brewery when full size. Mike Baker stood as an independent in south

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Wales. He has branded the lack of publicly funded information

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appalling and says he spent around ?30,000 getting his message out. I

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stood at several of the counts and watched as the spoil ballots were

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turned over. Each one had a comment, the majority had a comment, which is

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said, we don't understand. We don't know. What is this about? This

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afternoon, the body that helps advise on elections, the Electoral

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Commission, said it recognised that there are concerns about the number

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of spoiled ballots. It will be looking to see if changes can be

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made for future elections. Wales now has two labour and two Plaid Cymru

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Police and Crime Commissioners, each with individual priorities, but one

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goal. To make the post more relevant to the public.

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The Labour MP for Ogmore, Chris Elmore, has been sworn

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in at the House of Commons after he won the parliamentary

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by-election with 52% of the vote last week.

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The former Labour MP Huw Irranca-Davies had stood down

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to run for the Welsh Assembly election, which he won

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It is very exciting. Incredibly surreal.

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And it has just been a bit of a whirlwind from the minute

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I arrived yesterday evening through to today.

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It has been fascinating, loving it so far, and looking

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Funding for 30 new council houses in the centre of Flint has been

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Just under ?4 million has been earmarked for the scheme,

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which is part of a wider plan to build 500 new affordable

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Two blocks of maisonettes have already been demolished as part

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The council there is also investigating why gates to a beach

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car park were left unlocked yesterday, allowing 20 cars to be

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The vehicles were left under water after a nine metre high

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The car park is normally closed before a high spring tide.

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With less than five weeks before the European Championships,

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the Wales manager Chris Coleman has named 29 players who'll travel

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to Portugal for a training camp at the end of the month.

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Gareth Bale, as expected, isn't included.

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The final 23-man squad will be revealed on May 31st.

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It is nearly make your mind up time. Chris Coleman's provisional squad

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will have to be reduced before the end of this month. Some will be

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disappointed. At least six are set to miss out on Wales' first major

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tournament for 58 years. The surprise addition, Wes Burns. He has

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played at Under-21s level and spent most of the season on loan at

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Fleetwood town. Having made his debut just two months ago, Walsall

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striker Tom Bradshaw is also included. But this former striker

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told me he expects the number of forwards to be cut from the squad. I

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don't think taking five or six strikers is going to be key. I also

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think it is difficult for League 1, championship players at

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international level to go and get four or five goals in a tournament.

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Chris Coleman will take the players on a five-day get-together in the

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Algarve but Gareth Bale won't be there. He will be preparing for the

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Champions League final. His Real Madrid side take on Atletico Madrid

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in Milan. Three days later, back home, and Chris Coleman will have to

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whittle his squad down to 23 players. The final squad will fly to

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Stockholm for a warm up game against Sweden. Then it is straight to their

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base in northern France, arriving just six days before the opening

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game of the tournament. Touch wood, no injuries will happen and people

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will come through unscathed. There is always a risk. That is the nature

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of the beast. I don't see any point in revealing all my cards but 75% of

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the team that starts will be the team that starts the first game of

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the tournament. Liverpool goalkeeper Danny Ward and Crystal Palace's Joe

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Ledley are included despite picking up injuries. Chris Coleman will have

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everything crossed that those in the frame to go to France won't suffer

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any last-minute injuries. Nervous times lie ahead.

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The Swansea City chairman, Huw Jenkins, has confirmed

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Francesco Guidolin's future will be on the agenda at a board

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Guidolin has guided Swansea to safety since his appointment

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Saturday's 4-1 win at West Ham took them to 11th place in

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Meanwhile, Port Vale's manager, Rob Page, says there is no truth

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in reports linking him to the head coach's job at Cardiff City.

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The former Wales international had a short spell with the Bluebirds.

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The club is looking for a new boss after Russell Slade

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Six competitors from Wales are part of the UK Armed Forces Team

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at the Invictus Games for wounded military personnel.

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Prince Harry and US first lady Michelle Obama mixed with headline

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acts from music and film to launch the event in Orlando, Florida.

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Around 500 athletes from 14 countries will compete over four

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Coverage of the Games on BBC One Wales this evening, Jamie.

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Tributes have been paid to the man behind some of Britain's

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Gareth Gwenlan, who was from Brecon, has died at the age of 79.

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As a TV producer and Head of Comedy for the BBC, he was responsible

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for sitcoms, including Only Fools and Horses and the BBC Wales series

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Our arts and media correspondent Huw Thomas has been looking back

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Play it nice and cool, son. Nice and cool.

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A comedy classic constructed by Gareth Gwenlan.

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As the producer of Only Fools and Horses, he brought the script

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to life, creating a hit TV series that placed him at the top

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It was a role that brought him a string of awards, including this

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At BBC Wales he was head of comedy from 2002,

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bringing High Hopes to the screen, a show he returned to last year

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for a one-off special and which he was proud to make.

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If you get a good cast married to a good script,

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Just keep out of the way and don't interfere too much,

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For those who worked with Gareth Gwenlan,

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He wasn't a shrinking violet. He would say what he thought.

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And he would argue the corner, which is what you want

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He was a nice guy to sit and have a drink with.

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Gareth Gwenlan had the magic touch, producing and commissioning

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He was head of comedy at BBC television in the 1980s,

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where he oversaw some of the decade's biggest hits,

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though we regularly kept his hand in with new shows

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One of the great things about it was not only

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was he a great mover and shaker, he was a great mediator,

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so he was very good at bringing people together and getting them

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Gareth Gwenlan leaves an incredible legacy of productions and will be

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remembered for making TV shows that entertained generations of viewers

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Gareth Gwenlan, who's died at the age of 79.

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As member numbers dwindle at golf clubs in Wales, a tax rebate is

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being seen as a lifeline with some hoping to see sons of as much as

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?100,000. For a game at Swansea's Langland Bay

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golf club, a visitor playing during high season will pay between ?40 and

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?50 per round. The charge that varies from course to course is

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commonly known as a green fee. The fee is paid by nonmembers visiting a

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golf course like this one. It has been subject to VAT. But in a

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landmark ruling, the European Court of Justice decided this was wrong.

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Fees paid by members and nonmembers alike should be exempt of tax. He

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rapped Langland Bay, we take thousands of pounds and a proportion

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would go back to HMRC. This has been ongoing for years, trying to get

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some closure on it. Crucially, the European Court of Justice ruled that

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golf clubs were also able to backdate the VAT payments. Every

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golf club over the period from 1990 onwards, so obviously the reclaim 's

:25:49.:25:54.

are pretty significant. KPMG represents 450 of the nonprofit

:25:55.:25:59.

clubs, which represent about the third of the market. We believe,

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subject to final verification of the Sands, they are likely to receive

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between ?25 million and ?30 million. HMRC say around 1500 lives are

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affected by the judgment. A significant number are in Wales.

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Under the May sunshine, golfers enjoying their round. This golf club

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has been told to expect a 6-figure sum. This year we saw an increase in

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our membership but the trend has definitely been a downward trend.

:26:31.:26:36.

You have got to maintain the facilities, on the course or in the

:26:37.:26:40.

clubhouse, because you have to link rich them to come in. For us it is

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definitely going to help us move the club forward. The overall pay-out is

:26:46.:26:51.

still unknown but it is widely reported to be in the region of ?115

:26:52.:26:58.

million. In Wales, it is going to keep some golf clubs afloat, which

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is great news. Reinvested widely with irrigation systems and to make

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their product the best it can be, it will be great for the future. Clubs

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say the money will go straight back to improve course facilities. The

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windfall described as a lifeline with a future for golf in Wales

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looking a little brighter than expected.

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I am afraid we have a problem with our weather graphics tonight so we

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can't bring you the weather forecast but you can get the latest weather

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online. I will have an update at 8pm.

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From all of us on the programme, good evening.

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