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European Union after 44 years of membership. That's all from

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It is the expectation of the government that the devolved

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administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will see a

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significant increase in their decision-making power as a result of

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this process. Wales in line for more powers,

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but as Article 50 is triggered, criticism of the Prime Minister

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for failing to involve Wales This is unacceptable

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and the culmination of a deeply frustrating process

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in which the devolved administrations have persistently

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been treated with a lack of respect. From farmers and families to workers

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and businesses, tonight, with reaction and analysis,

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we'll look at what this Its vice-chair and chair are sacked

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by the Welsh Government. I think they have handled it pretty

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poorly, pretty shockingly, actually. I've had two formal correspondence

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in the last seven months. It certainly wouldn't happen

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in normal organisations. Injuries suffered on

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Pontypridd's 3G pitch. The WRU will now inspect

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its condition, amid calls for research into the impact

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of artificial playing fields. And Jackie Kennedy at the funeral

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of the sixth Lord Harlech. She rejected his marriage proposal,

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but letters revealing their close On the day the Prime Minister

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triggered Article 50, starting the process of the UK

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leaving the European Union, Theresa May has told MPs Brexit

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will mean a "significant increase" in the Welsh Government's

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decision-making powers. Mrs May said she would consult

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on which powers should be transferred from Brussels

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to Cardiff, but that no powers currently held by devolved

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governments will be taken We will negotiate as one

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United Kingdom, taking into account the specific interests of every

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nation and region of the UK and when it comes to the powers

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that we will take back from Europe, we will consent fully

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on which powers should reside in Westminster and which should be

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passed onto the devolved But, Mr Speaker, no decision

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currently taken by the devolved administrations will be removed

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from them and it is the expectation of the government that the devolved

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administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will see

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a significant increase in their decision-making power

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as a result of this process. At the Senedd, the First Minister

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said it was "deeply regrettable" the Welsh Government was not allowed

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to contribute to the letter sent by Theresa May,

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notifying the EU of the UK's If the Prime Minister truly believes

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in the union and reflecting the wishes of the UK as a whole then she

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needs to adopt a very different approach. I don't see how the Prime

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Minister can claim to negotiate on the whole of the UK when she

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disregards the rights of this Welsh Government to speak up for the

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people of Wales. We should be under no illusions about today's Article

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50 notice. It does not fulfil the wishes of the Scottish Government,

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nor to my mind the Welsh Government. It certainly doesn't satisfy Plaid

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Cymru. The language from the UK Government is that they have an

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expectation of a significant increase in devolved powers. Anyone

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who takes that at face value needs a reality check. I say to the First

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Minister, do cheer up. This is a great opportunity for us. As well as

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a challenge. There are challenges and opportunities in life in general

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but surely the opportunity to strike free-trade agreements with the 85%

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of the global economy which is outside the European Union, given

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that the United States clip takes 22% of Welsh export, is there not a

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great opportunity there? So what will be the key concerns

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for Wales in the upcoming We're more reliant on EU funding

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and trade than anywhere else in the UK, so expect both issues

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to be high on the Welsh So too agriculture, given the sheer

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number of people who farm in Wales. Our Economics Correspondent,

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Sarah Dickins, has been to Swansea and the Gower to hear from some

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of those likely to be most affected And a new dawn for

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the Welsh economy. Ken and Sian hand

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rear pedigree pigs. They are among the 84,000 who work

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in Welsh agriculture. Food and farming is worth ?6 billion

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per year to our economy, so this Brexit deal will affect

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many rural livelihoods. Ken thinks it will end

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cheap pork imports. When you look at the quantity

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that we bring into the country, We produce in Wales 5%

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of what we eat in Wales and regulations have gone

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to the point where we have got high welfare pork in the country

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and what comes into the country We just need to be able to compete

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on a level playing field Will Westminster replace the farm

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payments Wales has had from the European Union worth almost

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?200 million per year? 90% of Welsh red meat goes

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to the European Union. A free-trade deal is

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what Karen John wants. She runs a glass recycling

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company on Swansea docks. Wales exports more goods

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to the European Union So, in terms of Brexit,

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what do you want to get from it? I would love to have tariff

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free-trade and it is highly unlikely that we are going to get that,

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I know. But that would be the

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best outcome for us. Has the relationship you have

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had with your customers They have said that whereas I would

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normally get a five - ten year contract,

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that is impossible 3% of the Welsh workforce comes

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from other countries in the European Union,

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a much smaller proportion But for those like Karen,

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who has four Polish employees, a priority is to learn

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whether they can stay. They have worked for

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us for eight years. They have experienced

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their neighbours treating And if they could stay

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here, they will. At the other end of the docks is the

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new Swansea University Bay campus. It cost ?450 million to build,

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half from European Union funds. Since 2000, Wales has had more

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than ?5 billion from this pot of cash designed

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to make us wealthier. But we remain the poorest

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part of the UK. Dr Ben Evans is developing

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the Bloodhound supersonic car in Swansea's European Union funded

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laboratories. He hopes Westminster will replace

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the funding but it's Without the access to European

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funding we have had over the last two years, the new campus

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at the University The research programmes,

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our collaborations, the European Union has been

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critical for that. So the thing that I would be

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asking our British negotiators is to make sure that there

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are as few barriers to allow me to continue the partnerships

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I already have in Spain, Despite different views of Brexit,

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most agree the Welsh economy has been more reliant

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on the European Union The battle is for a Brexit deal

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that helps us flourish. The Prime Minister said

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that her government will 'consult fully' on which powers should reside

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in Westminster and which But questions remain

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as to whether Wales' voice will be Our political reporter,

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James Williams, has been A Welsh composer's work mixing

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the European classical Revised relationships,

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new partnerships. The Brexit process

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changes everything. Wales will be fully engaged,

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according to the Prime Minister, who says she wants a Brexit that

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will work for the whole Theresa May knows she faces

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monumental task, not only in negotiating Brexit but also

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in trying to keep the UK together. So, in this context,

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does the voice of Wales, a Brexit supporting nation,

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fall on deaf ears? Do you trust the UK Government

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to reflect the Welsh opinion From what I have seen

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of the Prime Minister, I think they should be

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reflected, yes, but I don't Four nations but ultimately only

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one negotiating team. Ministers from Cardiff, Edinburgh,

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Belfast and Westminster are already engaged in a Brexit Forum

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but anxieties have been expressed about the effectiveness

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of the so-called joint ministerial The United Kingdom is not

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the place it was in 1972 It is a very different place

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and the four nations that make up the United Kingdom have an equal

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stake in these negotiations, so we are not bit players,

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none of the devolved administrations We expect that our voice will be

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heard throughout the negotiations. But hasn't Wales' voice

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already been heard? Although the whole country didn't

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sing from the same hymn sheet, a slight majority of Welsh voters

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did back Brexit. The form it takes,

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however, is less clear. I don't know why people

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call it a hard Brexit, it just seems like a sensible

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Brexit. They wanted competition, they wanted

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an end to EU regulations, they wanted an end to EU free

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migration from anybody in the EU to come here

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without any sort of control. For the future shape of the country,

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there could hardly be The Scottish Parliament

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has called for a second And in Cardiff today,

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leading Labour politicians held the first meeting of a devolution

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task force with one principal aim, more powers to the nations,

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in order to save the UK. This constitutional debate

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we are having now is not one that we have chosen to have,

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it is one that has been forced The United Kingdom is leaving

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the European Union. And the result of that means

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powers are coming back This isn't a debate

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we can opt out of. It is happening and

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it is happening now. But the people of Wales and the UK

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didn't speak with one Harmonising those differing opinions

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over the next two years poses Let's go to Westminster now

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and join our parliamentary Thank you. Historic is a word that

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is sometimes overused in Welsh politics but today certainly feels

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like a momentous day for Wales and the UK and the European Union. Let's

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try and make some sense of it now with someone who was around that

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Cabinet table with trees in May this morning, Alun Cairns, the Welsh

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Secretary. Theresa May talks of more powers going to Wales. What powers

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is she talking about? We have got to recognise a significance of this

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letter. It talks about a deep and special partnership that we want

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with the European Union. It also recognises Wales within the letter

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and that she will be negotiating for the whole of the United Kingdom and

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of course it is my role to ensure that Wales is represented in those

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negotiations. Which powers is she talking about? It is meaningless if

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she won't set out what powers she will get going to Wales. We will

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have more to say about that tomorrow in the white Paper when that is

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published but today is about the sort of relationship we want with

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the European Union, it is about the opportunities it provides for Europe

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as well as for the UK. For Europe because they can pursue the

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direction they want to pursue may be without the UK stopping them when we

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will full members but it is also about the new opportunities for

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businesses in Wales to look globally, made in too deep the

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relationships with some of the nations that we have not maybe

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fostered. Forgive me, it was the Prime Minister who talk about powers

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and will the money follow the powers? Powers without money again

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would be meaningless. Again, even if we were remaining members of the

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European Union, we wouldn't be talking about money post 2020 at

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this early stage. But what the Chancellor has done is he... The

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Chancellor has guaranteed that money from the UK Government taxpayer, in

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addition to that, those projects that will run beyond that time when

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we have left the European Union will also be guaranteed. The Prime

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Minister is absolutely delivering on what she said when she went into

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Downing Street. We are acting on the structure on the Welsh and British

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people and we have a process in place and we are following it in a

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calm and measured way to seize those new opportunities. The First

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Minister says you have treated the Welsh Government with a complete

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lack of respect from the word go. I am disappointed in that. The Prime

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Minister has been in Wales three times in the last six weeks. We have

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been talking about the contents of this letter for many months.

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Ultimately, the UK Government needs to act in the interests of the whole

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of the UK and that is what we are doing, specifically with Wales being

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mentioned. The leader of Ukip in

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the Welsh Assembly, Neil Hamilton, has apologised after AMs said

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they heard him say "suicide is an option"

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while Labour Assembly Member, Eluned Morgan said the triggering

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of Article 50 was a sad day. After being asked repeatedly by

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the Presiding Officer to say sorry - Mr Hamilton said he apologised

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for whatever remark Let's move to other news now,

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and the chair and vice-chair of Sport Wales have been sacked

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by the Welsh Government. Paul Thomas and Adele Baumgardt

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were suspended in November, along with the entire Sport Wales

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board, following concerns that the organisation had

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become dysfunctional. Tonight Mr Thomas says he's shocked

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by how poorly he's been treated. From Olympic and Paralympic gold to

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training the next generation of athletes. There is no doubting Sport

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Wales' success in promoting elite and grass-roots sport but over the

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last six months, there has been turmoil at the top of the

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organisations which gets over ?20 million of public money every year.

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Last November, the activities of the entire board were suspended after

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infighting which led to a vote of no confidence in its chair. A few weeks

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ago, the other board members were reinstated but the chair and

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vice-chair remain suspended. Today the Minister overseeing the work of

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Sport Wales said she decided new leadership was needed for the

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organisation to move on. Both the chair and the vice-chair have always

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had the interests of Sport Wales at heart. They have both exhibited

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considerable energy and dedication over the period of time and I do

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consider though the need to secure fresh leadership. In a letter to

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Paul Thomas, the public health minister says your conduct and

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behaviour is that you adopted which she fought you felt to be necessary

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change were counter-productive. But Doctor Thomas has hit back at how he

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has been treated by the Welsh Government. It is really

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disappointing that they have not backed me at a point of time where

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really what we need is just change. We need to move it on but I think

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they have handled it pretty poorly, pretty shocking actually. I have had

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to formal correspondence in the last seven months and I am shocked by

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that. But would not happen in business and it would not happen in

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normal organisations. But the vice-chair, Adele Baumgardt, also

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sacked today says regrettably the behaviour of Mr Thomas says 's

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appointment as chairing April 2016 quickly evidence that he was not in

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her opinion fit to hold senior public office but Paul Thomas has

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defended his work. Is Sport Wales fit for purpose? It is not. I think

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the staff are. I think the chief executives that supported and

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support sport in Wales are. I just think the body itself needs to

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become more efficient, effective and it needs to become 21st century in

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the way it leads itself. One of the Ames were Sport Wales is to secure

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success for swimmers. That work wouldn't tip -- continue with a new

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chair but many questions remain about what went wrong at the top of

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Sport Wales. 126 aerospace jobs are under threat

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in north east Wales. Marshall Aviation Services has said

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it wants to close down its engineering and maintenance site

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at Broughton in Flintshire. The company is now to start

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consulting with unions. A new executive jet roles off

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the production line at Broughton. Then what is now marshalling

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the was called Hawker Siddeley, a string of takeovers brought

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changes of name, the end of production and the shift to small

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aircraft engineering Now, the company is confined

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to a corner of a site it shares with Airbus

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and other aviation businesses. Marshall Aviation Services the small

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component in the massive aerospace complex at Broughton,

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dominated of course by Airbus. But these jobs will be

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missed in this area. They are well paid

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and highly skilled. The company says the Broughton

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business has been losing money. It has tried to find

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a buyer and failed. The Unite union hopes

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it can still save jobs. The area itself is highly skilled

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with high employment opportunities and that is why I am hopeful

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that the number of people on the redundancy notice today

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will have an opportunity to move There are great opportunities

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with Airbus and other companies. The investments that we have made

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from the government are something we hope will enable them

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into new skilled jobs. These pictures were taken

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inside the site six years ago. Before Marshall Aviation

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Services took it over. There have been job

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losses since then. The company says it is consulting

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but insists the site will close unless an alternative

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comes to light. A 25-year-old man has been arrested

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after a disabled man's body 67-year-old Anthony Churton

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was found dead at his home North Wales Police says

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he was a vulnerable Three other people have also been

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arrested on suspicion A decision on whether to back

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the ?425 million Circuit of Wales with public money won't be taken

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until after May's local elections. Developers behind the plans to build

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a motor racing track near Ebbw Vale want the Welsh Government

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to guarantee half the cost. But the Economy Secretary,

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Ken Skates says he's yet to receive BBC Wales understands

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the Welsh Rugby Union will inspect Pontypridd's Sardis Road pitch

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tomorrow, following burns suffered by Merthyr RFC players

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on the artificial 3G surface, during their cup semifinal

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there on the weekend. There are now calls for more

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research into the pitches, Merthyr RFC back in training

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after a painful weekend. Well, most of them, the medical

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room, or the burns unit, as some of the club have nicknamed

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it, busier than normal. Coach Lee Jarvis put these photos

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on Twitter after the club's cup semifinal defeat against RGC 1404

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at Pontypridd Sardis Road on Sunday. Whenever you land on it,

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you could feel how hard it was and how dry it was and it was

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an instant burn on your skin. Whenever you play on the pitch,

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it hurts your heels, It feels like you are

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running on tarmac. The club doctor wants rugby's

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governing bodies to do more research into injuries caused

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by artificial pitches. We ourselves as a club are learning

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every week about what pitches are doing to our players

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and the wider rugby community both locally and the WRU,

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and the IRB have a responsibility now to help us as doctors,

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physios and players to understand exactly what these pitches

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are going to do in the RGC won Sunday's match

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with this late try. They haven't commented

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on the injuries but a source at the club say they have no issue

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with the Sardis Road pitch. BBC Wales understands the WRU

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will inspect it tomorrow. The game's international

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governing body, world rugby, says research into artificial

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pitches will continue but studies indicate the risk of injury is not

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greater compared to grass. Merthyr officials,

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who have their own artificial pitch, say there's no hard

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feelings towards Pontypridd. They play them in the league

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at home this weekend. Private letters between Lord Harlech

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and Jackie Kennedy were among items from his family home in Gwynedd

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auctioned in London today. Mrs Kennedy rejected Lord Harlech's

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proposal after the death of JFK. Secluded and elegant, Glyn Cywarch

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has been home to generations The current Lord Harlech,

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Jassett has decided to fund major renovations here with the sale

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of many of its contents. Among the hundreds of paintings,

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vehicles and pieces of furniture was a red dispatch box belonging

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to Jassett's grandfather, David filled with correspondence

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to and from the Kennedys. David Ormsby Gore was

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the British ambassador Already friends with John F Kennedy

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he worked closely with the president David Ormsby Gore's own wife

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was killed in a car crash in 1967. Jackie Kennedy flew from the states

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to London and to North Wales to attend my grandmother 's funeral. I

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think that was the level of the deep ties. These two couples suddenly

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became to people who shared a terrible grief and these letters

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that we have shown an insight into that relationship they had.

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reveals how Jackie Kennedy rejected her friend's proposal,

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saying "If ever I can find some healing and some comfort,

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it has to be with somebody who is not part of all my

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In the end, she married Aristotle Onassis.

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The Kennedys left the churchyard obviously moved by the simple

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service in a Welsh church. She remained close and attended

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Lord Harlech's funeral But the depth of their feeling would

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remain private until their letters Let's return to our main story, the

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triggering of Article 50 and the formal beginning of Britain's

:24:32.:24:35.

departure from the European Union. What is your assessment then of

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today's events? Hugely symbolic. I think anecdotally, Wales voted to

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leave, there is a strong sense out there of people wanting the process

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to get underway and will be very pleased as a result of what they

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have seen. Nevertheless, real concern that we cannot ignore in

:24:52.:24:56.

areas like agriculture and industrial sectors. Interesting

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response from the Welsh Government, quite bad-tempered at the start,

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saying they had been persistently ignored but then after that, if you

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really look at the substance, looking for a trade free deal, the

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conciliatory tone of the letter, even saying the Welsh Government

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will get further powers, I am not sure that the two sides are that far

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apart. Inevitably, a big part of this will be the intergovernmental

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relations but really we shouldn't lose sight of the wider picture

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here, huge questions in Wales on trade, on immigration, and of course

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the phoney war has come to an end and the real process is about to

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start. And you can join Nick and Andrew

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Neil for a special programme, with interviews with Theresa May,

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Carwyn Jones and other That's in a few minutes,

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at 7 o'clock, here on BBC 1 Wales. There is more rain and showers on

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the way but some sunshine in the mix as well. And that goes for the

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weekend. No Sunshine in Pembrokeshire today. Wet his

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afternoon near Tenby. Cloudy in Rhuthun in Denbighshire. This

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evening, this heavy rain will clear away, dry overnight but still a few

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pockets of rain and showers about which may be heavy in places. A mild

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night, temperatures staying in double figures. Here is the picture

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for eight o'clock tomorrow morning. The north coast may be dry and

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bright. Elsewhere though it is a cloudy picture. There will be patchy

:26:28.:26:31.

rain. Misty in places. Parisi in the West. Top temperature 11 Celsius in

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Caernarfon. Rain will spread northwards. Some of this rain could

:26:40.:26:44.

be on the heavy side. Most of the country should dry and brighten up

:26:45.:26:48.

through the afternoon. Some hazy sunshine and quite warm. More rain

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for Pembrokeshire and Anglesey. Temperatures rising as high as 18

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Celsius. On Anglesey tomorrow, outbreaks of rain. Some of it heavy.

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In Monmouthshire, dry and bright in the afternoon and warm. Tomorrow

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evening, much of the country dried grain in the West will spread

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eastwards overnight. The wind picking up as well. On Friday, rain

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will clear. Some sunshine and it will turn fresher. As for the

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weekend, sunshine and April showers on Saturday. Heavy showers in

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places. Sunday, dry and bright with sunny spells and feeling a little

:27:28.:27:33.

warmer with lighter winds. We will have a quick update at 8pm and more

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after the BBC News at ten. Good evening.

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