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Following the terror attack in London,

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It is understood that police are searching an address in

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Carmarthenshire. Forces review their security

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arrangements as experts say it's the big events that

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are most at risk. The rugby or recently large events

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like Roald Dahl, those short-term events are very vulnerable indeed

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and we need to look at what security gets put in there as

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temporary measures. The Senedd falls silent,

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as tributes are paid across the country to those

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who lost their lives. latest developments

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from Wales and Westminster. A bigger slice of the global

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market for our food and drink producers - ?21 million to

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help businesses grow. A refugee who fled his home

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and resettled in Colwyn Bay tells Wales Today about the challenges to

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become part of the local community. And the fans have arrived in Dublin

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singing a familiar tune - Can Wales's footballers make it to

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the World Cup. I have arrived in Dublin to face the group leaders. It

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is the Republic of Ireland at the Aviva Stadium tomorrow night.

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Police investigating yesterday's terror attack in Westminster

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are tonight searching a property in Carmarthenshire.

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It's one of several searches linked to the investigation

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into the attack by Khalid Masood which killed three people.

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Welsh police forces have told us they are reviewing

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security measures, but there is no specific

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At the Senedd today, and increased armed police presence. A minute's

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silence. Flags at half-mast. Police across the UK are mourning one of

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their own while trying to work out how to respond to a threat so simple

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as a man in a car with a knife. What we have here is a protective

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security measure to protect the pedestrians. In Cardiff city centre

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one physical measure against a threat many see as almost impossible

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to legislate against. It is very hard to identify that kind of attack

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until it happens. The location is vulnerable, it is a good example

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here, but the barriers are in place. When we have other events like the

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rugby or recent events like Roald Dahl, short-term events like those

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are very vulnerable and we need to look at what security gets put in.

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Welsh police forces say there is no specific threat here but they are

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reviewing security arrangements. South Wales Police says it will be

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increasing visibility in crowded areas and at iconic locations. At --

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the police investigation continued at the scene today. Detectives are

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searching several addresses including one in Carmarthenshire. No

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arrests have been made there and the local police say people should

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remain alert but not alarmed. As the so-called Islamic State group can --

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claim to be attacked, Muslim leaders condemned it. We stand in solidarity

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with the people of the country, we are British and it is our community

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which has been attacked. This man knows all too well the pain that

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random attack like this can cause. His sister was killed in the 7/7

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bombings. There are four families for whom their loved ones will not

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be coming back. I know what that is like and I would not wish it on

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anybody, I have said that time and time again over the last decade, it

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is terrible thing to go through and my heart goes out to them. As the

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families grieve, the Metropolitan Police said tonight that its

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investigation into Khalid Masood's attack continues to develop at a

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fast pace and involves hundreds of detectives.

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Our Parliamentary reporter is in Trafalgar Square. Londoners have

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gathered to hear from the Mayor of London Sadik Khan and the Home

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Secretary Amber Rudd. That mood has been echoed in the House of Commons,

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where MPs have tried to make it as normal as Thursday as possible.

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David Davis, the MP for Monmouth, who was caught up in the attacks

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yesterday, said he longed for today to be one of those Thursdays when

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they argue about trivial local issues. It was not quite that, as

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Theresa May briefed MPs, updated them and the attacks and what she

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had learned in the past 24 hours. That doesn't mean, despite the

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solidarity and cross-party agreement in attacking what went on, that

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there has not been a debate about how to respond to these attacks.

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Plaid Cymru in particular were concerned that a knee jerk response

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could inadvertently fuel extremism. Theresa May's message was clear, she

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said the best response is normality. David, thank you.

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who was convicted of murdering his wife, will not face further action

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following the discovery of her body 20 years after she went missing.

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The remains of Sandie Bowen were found in a reservoir

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Mike Bowen was jailed for life in 1998, but has since been released

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An inquest has heard that the use of a taser stun gun MAY NOT have

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induced the fatal cardiac arrest suffered by Matthew Williams,

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who killed 22-year-old Cerys Yemm at a B near Caerphilly in 2014.

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Two consultant cardiologists told an inquest jury that they believe

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other factors played a part in his death, including amphetamine

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use, stress from the attack and a subsequent struggle

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with police officers, and Williams' undiagnosed schizophrenia.

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A woman from Carmarthenshire who lost a high-profile libel battle

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with the chief executive of Carmarthenshire Council has been

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ordered to pay him ?250 a month in damages for ten years.

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Blogger Jacqui Thompson, from Llanwrda, was arrested

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for filming a council meeting in 2011, and went on to make

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a failed libel bid against the chief executive, Mark James.

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If she defaults, her share of her house will be sold.

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Didn't quite get, the order was not quite what was expected, but I will

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have to think about what has happened, plus the costs. At least

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the judge has given us a decent length of time to try and sort it

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out. It could have been over with within a month or two, that is

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something. More than ?20 million will be

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invested in the food It was announced at the biggest-ever

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meeting of Welsh food The Welsh Government says

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the money - from the EU's Rural Development Programme -

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will fund research into global food trends, as our economics

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correspondent, Sarah Dickins, Welsh through and through,

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grown here, made here, marketed here and today,

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on display for buyers This isn't about ensuring

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that they can grow to the point of selling their business

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to interests outside of Wales. This is making sure that

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as we leave the European Union, food and drink producers remain

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in the strongest position Food is central to the Welsh

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economy, from the farmers that grow it, the food producers

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and the hotels and I assume they're all down

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south, the vineyards? More than a quarter of a million

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people work in the wider industry, So we have some leek salami,

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laver bread at the back, In Pontardawe this husband

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and wife business has been They learned how to make

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salami abroad and then developed their own version

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at a food centre run Ruth Davis is packing samples

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for the buyers she plans to court. It's great, because I feel I'm not

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going around knocking on doors, they are coming to us

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under one roof, and I will speak to as many as I can and hopefully

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we will get some orders. More than 1000 meetings

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have been arranged. All around me there are buyers

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from all around the world meeting up The hope is that they will find

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customers here to help their businesses grow and ultimately

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that's good for the Welsh economy. So what are buyers from across

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the globe looking for? The American firm John Rogers works

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for is the largest importer It is those type of products that

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are innovative, trendy, have a local back story,

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a romance to it, and that is what consumers in the trade

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in the United States really love. He really loved the laver

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bread salami and he is to see about getting it

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out to America. And you've got some meetings

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with some supermarkets? We have just had Aldi asking

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if they can have a meeting with us The Welsh food and drink industry

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board already had a stiff growth target to reach,

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even before Brexit, and with Wales leaving the EU

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all future relationships The ombudsman for Wales, Nick

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Bennett, says it is like groundhog day in Wales with a culture of fear

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and blame and a defensive attitude from too many organisations. The

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number of complaints about public services has doubled in a decade, we

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have gone from investigating a thousand complaints to over 2000

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this year. I think the number of complaints will increase by at least

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5% over the next year. We can either do real with an ever-increasing

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number of frustrated service users in Wales or we can try to do more to

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make sure that things are being corrected at source.

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The Welsh government says they will consider the results of the findings

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-- the findings of the report. The body representing councils says it

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hopes new legislation will lead to improvements.

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A Kurdish Syrian refugee who fled his home near Aleppo

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after it was attacked by so-called Islamic State has described feeling

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isolated now that his family has been resettled in North Wales.

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Omer Muslem came to Colwyn Bay with his wife and son from a refugee

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He's been speaking to Matthew Richards.

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Looking back on the life they left behind -

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Omer and his wife Shireen are a long way from the rubble of Kobani,

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the city near Aleppo in Syria they were forced to leave.

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2014 Islamic State attacked it. Maybe you remember it. It was

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destruction, everything. Then we moved to Iraq. There was

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destruction. An agency work in that country but it isn't enough. Every

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family in Syria has lost one person in their family. I know I have lost

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a brother, the two years I don't know whether he is alive or dead.

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Mirvan was born in the Iraqi refugee camp.

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He's now a toddler, adapting to a very different environment.

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When the family arrived in North Wales they were initially

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confused about where they were - the county, and not

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I don't know where is Conwy. I was telling family we live in Conwy but

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we looked at the maps and Conwy is another country. The family are cut

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off from everything they once knew so they are trying desperately to

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make connections and return to normality.

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Omer is trying to make contact with other Kurdish

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I hope I meet many people but I know I have some friends. There is a lady

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from the council, they come every day and help meet. They are very

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good people. Building on the teaching he did

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at the refugee camp, Omer wants to earn qualifications

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here and hopes one day to help his compatriots who haven't

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able to leave Syria. Omer Muslem speaking

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to Matthew Richards. Time for tonight's sport

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now - here's Claire. Wales have arrived in Dublin ahead

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of their crucial World Cup qualifier against the Republic

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of Ireland tomorrow night. Manager Chris Coleman says he's

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reluctant to declare it a "must-win" match but his players know they need

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to close the gap The first few hundreds have already

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arrived, with a familiar anthem. The away fans cautiously optimistic.

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Chris Coleman is in Dublin with his strongest squad yet in this

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campaign. In a campaign you get halfway and see where you are, are

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you fighting at the wrong or the right" macro all this pressure on us

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is what we wanted. -- or the right end. We still have a say in who

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finishes top, who finishes second. While Wales are pretty much it., the

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Republic of Ireland are considerably weakened. Several players have

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pulled out. Martin O'Neill says he has not seen anything like it. Those

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who were fit trained on the outskirts of Dublin this morning,

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Robbie Brady it suspended and five others injured. It is the lengthiest

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list of injuries O'Neill has had to deal with in the job. We have

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players who can come in. By the time the game is finished tomorrow

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evening we are looking at halfway to the campaign. I think if you were to

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ask any of the players or the coaches of any of the national sides

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in our group they would say the same. Wales are one of three

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unbeaten sides in the group. Chris Coleman's men are third, outside the

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automatic qualifying spot and a possible play-off place. Chris

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Gunter is set to become the third most capped layer level with Craig

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Bellamy behind I -- only Gary speed and Neville Southall. He made his

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debut in a 2-2 draw against New Zealand and has not mist many games

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since. It is nice to be mentioned alongside some of the players I have

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got level with or whatever. It is a proud feeling. Spare a thought for

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Joe Ledley, his wife Ruby expecting their third child, due to give birth

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on Monday. His roommate hopes they will not be an early surprise.

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Hopefully she doesn't drop until after the game. He is not going to

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disappear? Hopefully not, I would be lost without him. The Wales players

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are not saying publicly that this is must wind but tomorrow night's

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result could go a long way to deciding whether Wales make it to

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the World Cup next year. A Welsh wind would throw the group wide

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open. Cycling, and Welshman Geraint Thomas

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is still third overall after stage four of seven

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of the Tour of Catalonia. His Sky team-mate

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Chris Froome is fifth. Both finished safely

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in the lead group today. Organisers of the Tour

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reduced today's stage And Scotland full-back Stuart Hogg

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has been voted Six Nations player of the tournament for the second

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year running, with almost a quarter In a public vote, Wales scrum half

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Rhys Webb finished eighth and hooker And just to say, ahead

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of kickoff in Dublin tomorrow night we'll be live,

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bringing you all the latest as Wales head into that crucial

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World Cup qualifier. Does Wales need a national

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gallery of modern art? At the moment the best

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of the country's art from the last hundred years can be found

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in existing museums and smaller But major work has begun

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to determine whether a new gallery is needed, where it might go,

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and what it could contain. Our arts and media correspondent,

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Huw Thomas, has more. They are the type of

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works that could hang They are by Kevin

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Sinnott, one of our Near his home, he has opened Studio

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18 to put grand art on He backs a big new home

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for modern and contemporary art, giving a permanent space

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to works that are permanently spread There's something about

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a separate venue or building that gives it emphasis,

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an accent that this is serious. The National Museum

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in Cardiff houses the bulk of the national art collection but the

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Welsh government is funding a big feasibility study that will set out

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what's needed, where it will be The gallery is expected

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to focus on Welsh art from the last 100 years but

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the debate is wide open. We certainly want a place

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which could be full of excitement in Everybody who wants that

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wants to see how it fits in with the existing scene,

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with existing galleries. There are already national galleries

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in other parts of the UK, including the building that overlooks

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Trafalgar Square. Here in London the National

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Gallery attracts the tourists and all of the money

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they spend in the city as well. And the people who are

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backing a national gallery for Wales say it

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will have an economic But not everyone feels a new

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building is the best investment. The Cardiff-born

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cultural critic Stephen Of course you could make

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an interesting new building in Aberystwyth

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or somewhere, why not? You'd have to be out

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of your mind to be against it. I just think it's a conventional,

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old-fashioned way of thinking and I'd rather see

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a different sort of investment. With initial work just

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starting on a new national gallery and a full

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feasibility study to come later this year, it will be some time yet

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before paintings like Derek's here now with

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the latest weather forecast. I think we've seen the last

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of the rain for a while. The next few days much

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drier than recently. Tonight, dry and clear but some

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cloud will spread from the east. Lighter winds in mid and north Wales

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with a frost in places. So here's the picture

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for eight tomorrow morning. Chilly but dry, bright

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in the southwest. The southeast, much of Powys

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and parts of the north cloudy Sunny in Llandudno, northwest

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Gwynedd and on Anglesey. So a dry day tomorrow,

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the best of the sunshine in parts Elsewhere it should brighten up

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during the afternoon. Top temperatures 10 to 13 Celsius

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with a light to moderate east On the North Coast tomorrow,

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a lovely day, dry and sunny. 12 Celsius in Prestatyn

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with a breeze. And the sun should break

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through in the afternoon. Eight Celsius in Blaenavon

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with a chilly wind. For football fans in Dublin,

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dry and sunny there tomorrow. Perfect for the match

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in the evening but turning cool. The sky mostly clear and it

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will turn quite cold. Some frost and fog in parts

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of the mid and north Wales. Saturday should be a nice day,

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fine with plenty of sunshine. After a cold start it will turn

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out pleasantly warm, The reason for the dry,

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settled weather, high pressure, and that will still be

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with us on Sunday. So on Sunday more

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cloud around but dry. The best of the sunshine

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in the west. Temperatures in the low to mid

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teens with a breeze. Next week, Monday fine and dry

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but on Tuesday showers may In the meantime, a lot

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of dry weather to come. Feeling more like spring again

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but gardeners watch out for frost. The man who is believed to have

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carried out yesterday's attack in Westminster has been named

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as Khalid Masood. The 52-year-old,

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who was shot dead by He had not previously been convicted

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of any terrorism offences. So-called Islamic State

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claimed responsibility - describing him as one

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of its soldiers. It is still our believe that this

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attacker acted alone and was inspired by international terrorism.

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To be explicit, at this stage we have no specific information about

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further threats to the public. The investigation is ongoing, developing

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all the time and we continue to focus on his motivation, preparation

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and associates. As part of the investigation

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into the attack it's been confirmed that a property

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has been searched in Carmarthenshire Security has been visibly stepped up

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at locations across Wales including And we'll have the latest

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in our next update at eight here on BBC One Wales,

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and then again at the slightly That's Wales Today -

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from all of us on the programme,

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