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BBC website. That's all from the BBC News at Six. It's goodbye from me.

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On BBC One A couple from Cardiff who survived

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Berlin' terrorist attack tell us of their attempts

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to help those hurt. The company that underwrote

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a ?1 million Welsh government grant It is amazing to a festival

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atmosphere just changed dramatically and you heard the scene of

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devastation. The company that underwrote

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a ?1 million Welsh government grant to the takeaway sitekukd.com

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is involved in a tax At least 1,000 fish are dead,

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in what's being described as the worst act of pollution

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to the hit the Teifi in 30 years. The scenery is spectacular,

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but a call tonight to urgently do something to keep young people

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living in rural Wales. It is an environmental disaster.

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Imagine at least ten meals of the river where the fish are doing.

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The scenery is spectacular, but a call tonight to urgently do

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something to keep young people living in rural Wales.

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In tonight's sport, the rugby boys round for Christmas dinner.

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All friends for now - until the Welsh derbies!

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A couple from Cardiff, just metres away from the lorry that

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ploughed into a busy Christmas market in Berlin, have been talking

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of their attempts to help those who were hurt.

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Rhys Meredith and his girlfriend Sara Dobler described

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the devastation that has left 12 people dead and 48 injured.

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Back home, counter-terrorism police in Wales are advising people

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to remain vigilant, but not alarmed. Jenny Rees reports.

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The aftermath, as emergency services try to piece together the events

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Among those at the scene were two tourists from Cardiff.

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They were just metres away with the lorry ploughed through

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We, literally, had just sat down to get a bite to eat.

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We heard what we thought were explosions.

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We did not realise a lorry had gone through.

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Instinct prevailed, really, and we were just determined to get

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in there and help as much as we could.

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But I did not think we really comprehended

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what was going on until we started shifting the stalls.

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A few people were putting others into recovery positions.

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A mother and children were trying to take them away from the scene,

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I don't think we could put into detail enough words about how

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But Sara said she was able to comfort some,

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I saw a man trying to move on the ground.

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My first reaction was, "I need to see if he's OK."

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He was speaking a different language and it was more of a murmur.

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Unfortunately, he had a severe gash of the side

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I remember just holding his hand and telling him that everything would be

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OK. But from what I saw, unfortunately, he was the only

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person moving at that stall. Here, the counterterrorism police say the

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threat level here remains unchanged. It is classed as severe, meaning an

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attack is highly likely. The sea they are reviewing all procedures.

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They are asking people to remain a layout, but not alarmed.

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A BBC Wales investigation has found the company that underwrote

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a ?1 million Welsh government grant to the online food ordering

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service kukd.com is involved in a tax fraud enquiry.

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Earlier this year, the Welsh government

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launched an investigation into how the million pounds

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of taxpayers money was awarded to Kukd.

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The Welsh company Kukd.com were set up two years ago.

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Its website and app allowed customers to order takeaways

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It is the latest venture from Newport's Shaleem Hussain,who

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has an MBE for services to Welsh business.

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The company was in line for a grant of nearly ?3 million from the Welsh

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who has an MBE for services to Welsh business.

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The company was in line for a grant of nearly ?3 million from the Welsh

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government over three years, for creating jobs in Wales.

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Kukd received the first ?1 million, but further payments

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were suspended after some staff were laid off

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and their jobs were outsourced th Bangladesh.

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The Welsh government is investigating whether

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conditions for claiming the grant were met.

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I am the founder of the EuroFoods Group in Newport.

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He is also the director in its sister company, EuroFoods Group -

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the guarantor for the ?1 million grant given to Kukd.

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This means EuroFoods will be liable to pay back the grant,

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The company employs more than 200 people and delivers to the ethnic

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catering industry and specialist supermarkets across the UK,

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BBC Wales has discovered EuroFoods is at the centre

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of an investigation by HMRC, for suspected tax fraud or evasion.

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They have issued what is known as a Code of Practice Nine Order

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and the tax affairs of the company are being scrutinised

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Anton Lane advises companies involved in these investigations.

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To move into Code of Practice Nine is not common.

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It can result in criminal prosecution.

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This is the last chance for a taxpayer to hold their hands

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up and tell the truth, to avoid being prosecuted.

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Some are questioning whether the Welsh government should have been

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made aware of enquiries into the company's tax affairs.

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What is worrying is that the Welsh governments don't seem to have been

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in the loop on this investigation and yet they handed over ?1 million

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I would have hoped that, before the money was handed over,

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a simple question would have been asked of the guarantor,

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circumstances and in this respect, Eurofoods, to say, "Has there been

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any material change in your circumstances since you made

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In a statement, EuroFoods said they were subject to a tax

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It said the company was co-operating fully with the the tax authorities.

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The Welsh Government says it is unable

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to comment while its own investigation into the grant

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The public spending watchdog, the Wales Audit Office, is considering

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including Kukd in the review of the Welsh government's financial support

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It comes in the wake of several high-profile cases,

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where companies got into difficulties or collapsed

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The review is expected to launch early in 2017.

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Let's talk to our political editor, Nick Servini.

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What can you tell us about this broader review?

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The public spending watchdogs has been a wheel of a number of

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companies over which? Have been raised. This includes Kukd.com under

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number of other companies. The common theme for a couple of is that

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they got into financial difficulties after receiving substantial public

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support from the Welsh government. Assembly members from the Public

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Accounts Committee actually discussed this and in the

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discussions, the rate concerns about the level of Welsh government

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support for business. The wheel should audit office is no

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considering a broad-based operation into how the Welsh government does

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its business, as well as giving out grants. But this is not an exact

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science. You have two place in losses for the taxpayer, but what

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they will be looking for his systemic problems, things which keep

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on rising in these individual cases that is something which will

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inevitably be the focus of any broad-based investigation if it

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under new -- under way. If it does get under way, and it will be

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significant if it will take place in nearly next year.

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A mother has been found guilty of plotting to let a man

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rape her seven-year-old daughter. Cardiff Crown Court heard how

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54-year-old Stuart Bailey, from Rhondda Cynon Taff,

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and the mother, who cannot be named for legal reasons,

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planned the sex attack via text messages.

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The court was told how she sent Mr Bailey a naked

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photo of her daughter - and bought sleeping

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The funeral has been held of a man from Swansea killed

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when the Didcot Power Station collapsed in February.

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Christopher Huxtable was one of four men who died.

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His coffin was carried on a truck by the local recycling firm

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An investigation into the cause of his death is still ongoing.

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Plans to cut capital spending on flood prevention schemes

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are to be partially reversed by the Welsh government.

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It comes as ministers publish their final budget for 2017-2018.

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It includes an extra ?33 million for flooding schemes,

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?53 million for housing and ?50 million for

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regeneration projects over the next four years.

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It is being described as the worst act of pollution to hit

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All the salmon and sea trout in a two-mile stretch of the river

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in Ceredigion have been killed by a slurry leak.

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Over 1,000 fish have been killed and Natural Resources Wales say

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the majority of fish up to six miles downriver have also died.

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Matt Murray has been out with the environmental officers

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It is the fourth day on than ever for the environmental officers as

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they try and assess the impact of the pollution. Today, they have put

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a slight electrical current through the river, so that any loving fish

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would be attracted to it. But nearly all the salmon, sea joked and brown

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trout have been wiped out any six male section on the River Teifi. We

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have surveyed the states. At each one of these, we find practically no

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fresh. We think up to six meals of fish have been affected. Every

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single fish has been killed? It is looking like E total kill for a

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couple of materials and then progressively gets better.

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It is a very important area, because this is a major spawning area for

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the fish. Further upriver, with the would expect to fine 80 fish, there

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was only one or two alive. The ammo for Millstone stream. This part of

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the river should be bouncing with fish, but they have only 1001 salmon

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so far this stretch of river. It is an environmental disaster. It will

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take decades for the river to recover. It will take a long time

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for all the insects to come back and if the comeback, if you're lucky,

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the fish will come back. The river is known all over the world. Even

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President Jimmy Carter came to fish here in the 1980s. He regarded as

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one of his favourite fishing rivers. It is not only environmentally

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disastrous, but could be very bad for tourism. It brings in big

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jewellers. A lot of fishermen, locally, stay overnight, buy

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equipment in the local shops. There will be a knock-on effect to the

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local economy. They see the investigation will continue into

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next year and a course of action is expected to be announced in the New

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Year. Much more to come

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before seven o'clock. The rugby boys round

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for Christmas dinner. All friends for now -

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until the Welsh derbies! Wind and rain.

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Sunshine and showers. Plus Storm Barbara.

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Join me for the forecast. Some rural areas in Wales have been

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"losing young people by the bucketload",

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according to a Simon Brooks is calling on the Welsh

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government to relocate a public body's headquarters to Gwynedd,

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to stem the flow of young He told BBC Wales "an unintended

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consequence" of devolution is that more public sector jobs

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are being centralised in Cardiff. Here is our political

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correspondent, Arwyn Jones. For thrill seekers, Gwynedd as at

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all. This video was produced over the summer to try and persuade young

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people to steal of the county. The fear that too many people are

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turning their backs on rural areas. It is a beautiful day and it is

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difficult to imagine why no one would want to live and work here.

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But for young people it is difficult. For young people, there

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are jobs, but many are related to the tool is in the street, so are

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seasonal and fully paid. Matthew finished his degree where Stephen

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returned here to work. He has an hour-long commute every day. He

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thinks people are more willing to look big towns and cities for work,

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without actually looking up what is available locally. The opportunities

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are here. They may be more difficult to look up unframed, but they are of

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the air. Those would try to keep young people in rural parts say the

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perception of a lack of jobs is often the problem. There is actually

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a cluster of small technology businesses looking for staff. It is

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all about maybe telling young people that these opportunities really

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exist. There are worries that so many young people leaving the county

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could lead to future problems. They are the future leaders of our

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communities and our society. We will get an imbalance of the population

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we are we have an elderly population and one which will not go over the

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years. We need to get the balance right. We need young people and

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families. They are about to lose the tax office, which is going to

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Cardiff along with 20 jobs and one local councillor says too many

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public sector jobs are being centralised in the capital, leading

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to change. This cannot carry on. This is the unintended consequence

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of devolution. We have to do something about this. We cannot deny

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this is not a major problem. The remaining areas under the day-to-day

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control of the real Scotsman, with others receiving funding. This

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either people would benefit from public sector jobs and investment.

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They see a significant number of civil service posts have moved to

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the north of the country. They said the headquarters of the development

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bank could be located in North of the country. The countryside and the

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view will appeal to many, but it is still a struggle to retain young

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people in people like this. A man who fell out of a speedboat

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during a fishing trip off Aberystwyth tried

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to save his friend, after they were both

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thrown overboard. William Davies from

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Borth died in August. Alan Jones told an inquest

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he grabbed hold of him and called for help,

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but his friend drowned. The coroner said it an unexpected

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tragedy and recorded A coroner says were no

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suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of former

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North Wales Police Superintendent and convicted paedophile,

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Gordon Anglesea. His family say he died

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after being admitted to hospital with pneumonia and a lung infection.

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He was just six weeks into a 12-year sentence for sexually abusing

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young boys in the 1980s. 300 new jobs will be treated as an

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expansion of the Bluestone investment project. The majority of

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this years will be held by management and staff for the first

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time. It will take the total of the all year round jobs to over 1000.

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"A shambles and out of touch with fans."

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That is what former Wales striker Iwan Roberts thinks of Fifa,

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world football's governing body, after it fined Wales for displaying

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Roberts has urged the Football Association of Wales to take

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The FAW, which was fined ?15,500, has not commented yet.

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The English FA, which was also fined,

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The Duke of Cambridge will become the Welsh Rugby

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Union's new patron, after Buckingham Palace announced

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that the Queen is stepping down from the role.

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The Duke is also Patron of the Welsh Rugby Charitable Trust,

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which helps severely-injured rugby players and their families.

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They are one of the most eagerly-anticipated

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the Welsh derbies at Christmas - with stadia sold out, as the Welsh

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This year, there are four Welsh derbies to look forward to

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and we brought players from all four regions together,

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before rivalries are renewed on the pitch.

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It is the same again when friends and families gather for the season

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of goodwill. But the rivalries will be reignited on the pitch after

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Christmas. On Boxing Day, Blues v Dragons. Last year, the

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blues just one it. With this last-minute kick. The boys are very

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confident. We need to get back up the table. Having celebrated the

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major win in the European cup at the weekend, it Scarlets v Ospreys is at

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the weekend. There is a lot more space about it, not just bragging

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rights. This is one of the busiest periods of this season. We will of

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Day. Ospreys Finished on top last season and they have won six of the

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seven Boxing Day match is against their rivals. It is one of the

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highlights of this season. The best players short, drawing huge crowds.

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If the theatre last year 's mergers, we are set for an absolute cracker.

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Blues versus Dragons is on BBC Two Wales on Boxing Day.

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The following day, it is the Ospreys and the Scarlets, live on S4C.

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Real Madrid and Wales forward, Gareth Bale, has released

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another fitness update, as he recovers after ankle surgery.

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Bale says he is working hard to get fit again.

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Wales manager Chris Coleman has said Bale can be fit in time

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for Wales' next World Cup qualifier, against the Republic

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Fingers crossed, we will be looking forward to a big day for Newport

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County in the FA Cup. Books are being hidden

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across a Carmarthenshire town The volunteers, who call themselves

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the Kidwelly Book Fairies, are placing them at various

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landmarks around the town, and post clues about

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their whereabouts online. Closers to their rear rows are being

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left on social media, with a proviso that once read, the applet back

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somewhere else for someone else. They are resealed in waterproof

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cellophane. Around 80 of them have been left around the town. The

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project has been going across October. -- since October. It

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started as a piece of fun. We saw all this stuff on social media about

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Pokemon and thought we would take it further. And Welsh publisher has

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donated many books in the hope that other people will get reading. It

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puts a new spin on what it means to read. Especially the this modern

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age, with the focus on technology. But will Kidwelly Book Fairies the

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get the people of the town to need more? In the primary school, they

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already have. I found it in a tree in the park. Kidwelly Book Fairies

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The CV have had great feedback and CV will continue to sprinkle the

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fairy dust around. Whatever the weather!

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A little sunshine in Llandovery today, but the next few days more

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The worst of the weather on Friday into Saturday,

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Something to bear in mind, if you are travelling.

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Overnight, more rain will spread across the country.

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By the end of the night, it will be dry and clear, with low

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temperatures in the 4-8 Celsius range.

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It is the Winter Solstice and the shortest day of the year.

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At eight in the morning, most of the country will be

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dry, with broken cloud. A few showers in the north.

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Some rain on Anglesey, with strong and gusty winds.

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During the day, rain will spread across the rest of the country.

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During the afternoon, most of the country will

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However, in the south-east, the rain may not clear until after dark.

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Tomorrow night, many places dry and clear.

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Temperatures falling close to freezing, with touches of frost.

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Thursday - some dry weather and sunshine, but a few

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Temperatures falling close to freezing, with touches of frost.

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Thursday - some dry weather and sunshine, but a few

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During Friday, a deep low will track between Iceland and Scotland.

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The second-named storm of the season so far.

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The north and west of Scotland will bear the brunt of the severe gales.

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Here in Wales, a spell of wet and windy weather.

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The strongest winds in the norrh-west with a yellow

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Christmas Eve should be breezy and chilly.

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Some dry, bright weather as well, but with more rain

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Christmas Day itself will be mild and windy, with outbreaks

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Turning drier, clearer and colder late in the day.

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But if you are travelling later this week, watch out for Storm Barbara

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There could be some problems over there.

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A couple from Cardiff who survived Berlin' terrorist attack

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tell us of their attempts to help those hurt.

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They described the devastation which killed 12 people and left 48

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injured. It was just our instinct to get in the help as much as we could

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but I do not think we really comprehended what was on until we

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started shifting stoles. I will have an update at eight o'clock and then

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again after the BBC News at ten. Thank you for watching. Goodbye for

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now.

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