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and on BBC One we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.

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Welcome to Wales Today. Tonight's headlines:

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Hundreds of Labour supporters turn out to welcome leader Jeremy Corbyn.

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He set out his agenda for the general election

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We are offering justice across the country, we are offering

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housing opportunities to people, we are offering education

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opportunities, we are offering an economic policy that works

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for all, invests for all and invests for the future.

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Cardiff North is one of the main battlegrounds in this election.

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Jeremy Crobyn needs to win in places like this if he's to become

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Sam Gould has been diagnosed with bowel cancer aged just 33.

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Now he's fighting to raise awareness of the symptoms

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My three young children, aged five, three and one, for them I want to

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live and beat this, for them, because I love them so much.

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A million pound supermarket swindle - the company secretary is jailed.

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Bringing the Champions League trophy to Cardiff, but ahead of June's

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Competition organisers tell us they're considering closing the roof

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amid fears the stadium could be hit by a drone attack.

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And he was one half of the '70s entertainment duo Ryan and Ronnie.

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40 years after his death, how Ryan Davies is being remembered.

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It was the first campaign visit by a party leader hoping

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to be Prime Minister after the general election.

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Hundreds of Labour supporters have turned out in Cardiff to greet

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Labour's Jeremy Corbyn, who set out his agenda,

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which he described as a journey of hope and excitement.

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Mr Corbyn was in one of the constituencies Labour

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Here's our political correspondent Arwyn Jones.

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Whether he goes, supporters follow. Today has been no exception. They

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came to hear his message of wanting to raise everybody's living

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standards and to heap praise on what he calls successes of the Labour run

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Welsh Government. We are offering an economic policy that works for all,

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that invests for all and invest for the future. The government is

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determined to grow the economy and grow the opportunities for people.

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You were heaping praise on the Welsh Government, a Labour run Welsh

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Government, but that is a double-edged sword because there are

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successes but there are also problems, especially in education.

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They have had a ?9 billion cut in their budget from the UK Government,

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they need to make sure that children get free school meals, they have an

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investment programme. It is my great pleasure to introduce the leader of

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the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn. Relationships between Jeremy Corbyn

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and the Labour leader in Wales are said to be cordial but nothing more.

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But for Jeremy Corbyn's supporters, they were happy with what they

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heard. What I heard was absolute ambition, solidarity, unification,

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reaching out to a majority of what people want and what they actually

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need. Everything he says is practical, policies that can be put

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into place. It is no surprise that Jeremy Corbyn and Labour decided to

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come to Cardiff North to launch their campaign in Wales. If the

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party is to have any chance of forming the next UK Government, this

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is exactly the kind of seat it needs to be taking from the Conservatives.

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For much of the past four decades, it has been held by the party in

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power. I really can't believe this has happened. Julie Morgan's win in

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1997 broke the Tory hold on the seat through the Thatcher and major

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years. She held it until 2010 when it was Russell back by the

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Conservatives by just 194 votes. So the Conservatives keep Cardiff

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North. The failure of Labour to win five years later and an increased

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Tory majority helps David Cameron back into Downing Street. John has

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run this furniture shop for decades and is a lifelong Tory supporter. If

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Jeremy Corbyn came in here, what would he have to do to convince you

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to back him? That's a very good question. He would have two really

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convince me a lot that the Labour Party are going to do what I want

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out of a government. The choice before the electorate is obviously

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hard-working Conservatives a length and breadth of Wales and the UK

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under the strong leadership of Theresa May and the Conservative

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team that has delivered record economic growth against the chaos

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and confusion of Jeremy Corbyn. This was Jeremy Corbyn's first visit

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to Wales since the election was called on Tuesday. Similar events

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have been organised across the UK over the next seven weeks. He'll be

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hoping for a warm reception on June the 8th.

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Arwyn, as you said, a warm welcome for Mr Corbyn,

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but it's not his core supporters he needs to convince.

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No, exactly, and make no bones about it, it will have been a good booster

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seat hundreds of his supporters turn out in Cardiff today but it's not

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enough for him to rely on the votes of Labour supporters. Take a place

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like Cardiff North, the Conservatives have got a majority of

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2000 votes. It is those voters they need to attract. And not just here

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in Cardiff but in places like dour and the Vale of Clwyd. It's not

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impossible for Labour to window seats back, despite what you might

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read in the opinion polls, because if you look at last year's Assembly

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elections, they managed to hold on there. People vote differently in

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Assembly elections than they do in general elections but that raises an

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interesting question, how does Labour in Wales play this? Do they

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revert to the election campaign they had last year which was so

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successful or do they throw all their bags into the Corbin back and

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hopefully that message will pay dividends across the UK. It will be

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an interesting way to see how that goes for them.

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A man from Caerphilly diagnosed with bowel cancer aged just 33 years

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old says he's determined to beat it and has urged people

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Last summer, Sam Gould led the campaign in Wales

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He's now campaigning to raise awareness of the disease,

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which is far more common in older people.

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A video made from his hospital bed which he hopes will save lives.

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After surgery, Mr Gould told me he put some of his symptoms down

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It took bleeding when he went to the toilet to get much worse

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When they got my biopsy results, they said, we need to operate

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on you as soon as possible, we've got no choice.

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My wife, my three young children, aged five, three and one,

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but for them, I want to live and beat this.

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For them, because I love them so much.

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I want to do everything I can to ensure that others can know

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the symptoms so that they don't wait until they are stage two,

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stage three or staged four, like me, to react to symptoms

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Every year in Wales, 2,200 people are diagnosed with bowel cancer.

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Across the UK, nine out of ten new cases are in the over 50s

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2,500 are diagnosed under the age of 50.

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The symptoms you should be aware of are bleeding from your bottom

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or blood in your urine, a change in bowel habits

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lasting three weeks or more, extreme tiredness,

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a loss of appetite or a pain or lump in your tummy.

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These symptoms are also the symptoms of many other common,

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less serious bowel conditions, but if you have any of the symptoms,

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it's really important that you see your GP straightaway

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We are all a bit embarrassed to talk about poo and going to the toilet

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but your GP isn't embarrassed about that

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Mr Gould faces more surgery or chemotherapy.

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Determined to fight his illness, determined too that others

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South Wales Police is appealing for information about the whereabouts

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Lance Kugel Craig Roberts from Conwy, Lance Corporal Edward Maher

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and Corporal James Dunsby died of heat exhaustion after taking part in

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the exercise on one of the hottest days of the year. The new report

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concludes similar incidents could happen in future.

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South Wales Police is appealing for information about the whereabouts

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of a Cardiff businessman who has escaped police custody in India.

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Mohammed Ali Ege was arrested there in connection with the murder

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of the Cardiff teenager Aamir Siddiqi seven years ago.

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He was awaiting extradition but escaped through a window

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A fire that resulted in the deaths of two men in Llanrwst could have

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The funeral has taken place of Sandie Bowen,

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whose remains were found earlier this year, nearly 20 years

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Mrs Bowen went missing from her home in Monmouthshire in 1997.

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Her husband, Michael Bowen, was convicted of her murder

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but he never revealed where he hid her body.

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Her remains were recovered from Wentwood Reservoir, near Newport.

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It's hosting the biggest sporting event in the world this year,

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the Champions League Final, and the roof of the Principality

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Stadium in Cardiff could be closed because of fears over

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Officials from European football's governing body, UEFA,

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have told this programme that the idea's being considered.

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Well, tonight, the trophy has made its way from Switzerland

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Tomos Dafydd has been travelling alongside it.

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On the banks of Lake Geneva, the historic town where you will find

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the headquarters of Uefa. Today a delegation of politicians and former

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players have arrived to take home the Champions League trophy to

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Wales. And with less than 50 days ahead of the event, security is the

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main priority. While today's semifinal draw occupy the minds of

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these former players, for the authorities, one concern is a

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potential attack from the skies. A drone armed with explosive flown

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into the stadium in Cardiff. Uefa told me the roof could be closed. An

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unprecedented move for a Champions League final. No decision has been

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made so far regarding specifically the roof. Any decision will need to

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be made will be made much closer to the match. But this is part of the

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assessment. No decision yet. Has it been discussed? Yes, it is in

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discussion. It is a possibility. Earlier this month the Borussia

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Dortmund team was attacked in a series of explosions. Uefa said

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security is always being reviewed and they are in constant contact

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with Welsh police. But they are confident the final will be safe.

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There is no specific threat of a drone attack but police have to

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consider all potential possibilities and around those possibilities there

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has been a discussion about whether the roof should be closed. Carwyn

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Jones was in Switzerland to be officially presented with the

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trophy. The countdown to Cardiff is approaching its climax. A big round

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of applause for the moment Cardiff get the Champions League trophy. And

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if Gareth Bale is to perform in his home city, is Real Madrid side will

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have to overcome Atletico Madrid in the semifinals. Juventus and Monaco

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the other teams hoping to make it to the Welsh capital. On the plane

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home, the trophy gets its own seat. Guarded by former Wales striker Ian

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rush. It will be amazing. We went so far in the euros in 2016 but this is

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another level. Wales, throughout the world, after this final, everyone

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will know about Wales as a super country. So the trophy is embarking

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on a 700 mile journey from Switzerland to Wales, where it will

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clog up many more miles before the final. The trophy will head west to

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Swansea tomorrow before visiting schools, football clubs and town

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centres right across Wales over the next three weeks. Giving fans the

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chance to glimpse club football's biggest prize. Touching down on

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Welsh soil, the trophy will stay here until the final. Before then,

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it is another photocall, this time Cardiff Castle, before a procession

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through the streets. The trophy taken to the stadium by players,

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coaches and grassroots volunteers. The Champions League final edging

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ever closer. You really get the sense that the

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final is fast approaching and displace will be called the National

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Stadium of Wales during the week of the final match for commercial

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reasons. We have got two druggies for you tonight, the men and women

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trophies. -- two trophies for you tonight. The women's final will take

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place at Cardiff City Stadium. They are confident more than 15,000

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tickets will be sold for that women's final. As for this place,

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the roof is shut tonight, will it be shut for the final? There is no

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specific intelligence to suggest an attack in Cardiff on the day but it

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is significant that organisers are even considering closing the roof

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for security reasons. It underlines the security planning that has been

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going on for many months ahead of this high profile event.

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Why this young woman is carrying a stone weighing half her body

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And Swansea City are fighting for Premier League survival tomorrow.

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They face relegation rivals Hull and the two sides have history.

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A 57-year-old woman from Carmarthenshire has been jailed

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for three years and nine months for stealing nearly ?1 million

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Susan Jones, who worked for CK's Supermarket Group,

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took the money after her family farm ran into financial difficulties.

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From Swansea Crown Court, Ben Price reports.

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She was the company secretary, interested with the business bank

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accounts. A trust she breached. Susan Jones spent two decades

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working for CK's Supermarket Group. The court heard she was regarded by

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her boss, Christopher Kiley, as a friend. Between 2009 and 2013, she

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stole ?955,000 from the company. That money was used to support her

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family farm and some of the money was paid agricultural suppliers. The

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court heard the farm, which had been in the Jones family for several

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years, had run into financial difficulty. The prosecution said

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Susan Jones made transactions from CK's Supermarket Group's account to

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pay the mortgage on the farm and the debt. Having discovered

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irregularities in the company's finances, Jones confessed to

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employer, but her boss allowed the mother of four to continue to work

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for the company as long as the money was repaid. Unable to do so, Susan

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Jones was arrested in 2015. We are very pleased that justice has been

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achieved in this matter and in relation to the losses suffered by

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the company. That will be further investigated as to the gathering of

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proceeds of those crimes from Susan Jones to try and repay the losses.

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The judge told Susan Jones he appreciated she had been a hard

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worker and contributed to the success of the company but he said

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she had been placed in a position of trust when she committed systematic

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theft. He said she stole a staggering amount of money and he

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jailed her for three years and nine months.

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A 26-year-old stonemason from Cardiff inspired by her love

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for the Orkney Island off the coast of Scotland is undertaking a rather

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unusual art project to mark the 900th anniversary

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Beatrice Searle from Cardiff has carved a stone which she'll carry

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on a 1,300 mile round trip from Orkney to Norway.

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In medieval times, similar stones were considered spiritual.

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Tomos Morgan has been to meet Beatrice on the first leg

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of her journey with her stone, named The Orkney Boat.

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A journey from Scotland to Scandinavia with its roots

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After being inspired by Orkney's rugged beauty,

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stonemason artist Beatrice Searle has carved an inauguration stone

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as these islands celebrate the 900th anniversary of their patron saint,

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They occur in pictured history and medieval history.

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Stones like these are associated with kingship so the chosen King

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would stand in the stones in order to signify his connection

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It's a 390 million-year-old ripple-marked Devonian siltstone,

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selected from Marwick Bay on the mainland, and its voyage

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We are seeing a huge mass migration and those people moving aren't

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always doing so by choice so being able to carry part

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of a beloved landscape takes on another kind

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As I do so, I will repeatedly stand in the Orkney boat and it

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will anchor me and I will invite the people I encounter to stand

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in it and to draw strength from their connection to it and add

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Beatrice's journey will continue along the north-western headland

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of Orkney's mainland, through the centre of the island

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towards the capital, the seaside town of Kirkwall.

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There she will travel across the North Sea by boat

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to Norway and then the longest leg of this journey begins.

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She travels all the way from Oslo to the northern town of Trondheim,

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following the historical pilgrim path.

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Norway chosen, of course, as part of this voyage

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On day one of this 1,300 mile journey, what do Orcadians think

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Anything we can do to add to Saint Magnus' history

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I feel a warmth coming up through the stone and that does

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At the moment just clean and refreshing.

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Beatrice says this voyage has been heavily influenced by her exposure

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to the Artes Mundi prize in Cardiff and the project has been made

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possible through an Arts Council grant and crowdfunding.

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At journey's end, the stone will be laid to rest

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in the Scottish northern isles, some time towards the end of summer.

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Quite a challenge. Good luck to her.

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Now for the sport. Kate's here.

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Let's start with football, and tomorrow afternoon

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Swansea City's players will take to the field against Stoke

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knowing their Premier League lives are hanging by a thread.

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The Swans are desperate to close the gap on relegation rivals Hull.

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As Claire Summers reports, the two sides have history.

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14 years ago, the Tigers played a huge part in Swansea's

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In May 2003, there was jubilation at The Vetch as they battled

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It was a game Swansea won 4-2 to ensure their

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14 years on, the clubs are locking horns again,

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but this time there is even more at stake.

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I don't believe that the players are not trying and don't understand

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the situation that we are in and how important this is for the club,

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We understand all those responsibilities.

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I have seen them battling and going at it hammer and tongs

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They know how important this game is.

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I think if I had seen something different in training

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in terms of mood, flat, lack of belief, I would be

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Swansea City are facing their biggest challenge yet

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And as things stand, it is advantage Hull,

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who have a precious two point lead with just five games to go.

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Swansea need to take points from Stoke tomorrow

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because he doesn't think Hull will slip up at home to Watford.

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It is out of our hands because if we win all our remaining

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five games, which is a big task, and Hull did the same,

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The fact that Hull are at home to Watford, a game I believe

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Momentum is everything going into the remaining fixtures.

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The Swans have not won in five, Hull have lost their last two,

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but have five wins out of six at home.

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Both teams have to play bottom club Sunderland,

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Swansea face West Brom on the final day and Hull's home record will be

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There is a defining few weeks ahead as Swansea City look

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to rediscover their spark and claw the Tigers back.

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Staying with football, and tomorrow Cardiff City face

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relegation strugglers Wigan away in the Championship.

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In League Two, Newport County are in their own fight for survival

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as they take on Accrington Stanley at Rodney Parade.

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While Wrexham will be hoping to build on their first win in eight

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games with another over Dagenham and Redbridge in

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Welsh cyclist Geraint Thomas has won the Tour of the Alps,

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becoming the first British rider to do so.

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Thomas, who went into the final stage with a lead, claimed

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the title by seven seconds after finishing third today.

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It's his first major win of the year.

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And there was success too at the British Swimming Championships

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with Wales' third gold medal, courtesy of Dan Jervis from Swansea.

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The 20-year-old, who works as a painter and decorator

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It adds to the two golds won by Georgia Davies in the 100m

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backstroke and Jazz Carlin in the 800m freestyle.

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Cricket, and on the 1st day of their County Championship match

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against Leicestershire, Glamorgan elected to field first.

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And that's your sport for tonight, Lucy.

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He was often described as the most versatile entertainer Wales has ever

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known and this weekend events are being held in Llanfyllin

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in Powys to celebrate the life and works of comedian Ryan Davies.

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Tomorrow marks 40 years since he died, when he was just 40 years old.

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He was best known for his partnership with Ronnie Williams

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and the TV programme Ryan and Ronnie.

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Emerging in the late 1960s, the Welsh Morecambe and Wise, Ryan and

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Ronnie drove Welsh TV and theatre to new heights. Ryan Davies was the

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cheeky joker of the two. Ryan was just 40 years of age when

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he died on holiday in the USA after suffering an asthma attack. Now, to

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mark the 40th anniversary of his death, events will be held in an

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area where he spent a good amount of his childhood. His talent was first

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spotted while he was here. His primary school headmaster was the

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first person to recognise his talents. Ryan was originally from

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Carmarthenshire and at the age of ten he moved with his parents. His

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parents took over the running of the former workhouse which was then

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being run as a care home. It was here that Ryan showed his talent as

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an entertainer and honed his craft, often performing in front of the

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residents. He was always fun. They were always laughing in his class.

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He was keeping people going. One afternoon when the teachers didn't

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arrive, Ryan said, we'll do the talking, and the singing. We held

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the Sunday school. We were halfway through when the teachers arrived.

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Ryan played a number of characters. His skills were legendary. Lots of

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people are excellent and one thing and not too bad at a few other

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things. He was superb at everything. He could play the piano, the heart,

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he had a beautiful singing voice, he could compose, he could act.

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As well as a very gifted musician, his comedy crossed the boundaries of

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every age group and those talents will be celebrated this weekend.

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And there's a special programme dedicated to Ryan on BBC Radio Wales

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Time for the weather forecast now with Derek Brockway.

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Well, there's a cold snap on the way next week.

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It is going to turn colder with hail and snow in places.

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But before then, it looks like we're in for a tidy weekend.

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This evening dry but thicker cloud will spread from the north overnight

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The south dry with gaps in the cloud.

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Lowest temperatures of 6 to 10 Celsius.

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Here's the picture for 8am in the morning.

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Thick enough for the odd spot of rain but no more than that.

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The best of the sunshine in the north and west in the afternoon.

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Cooler and fresher in the north and west.

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A chill in the air on the north coast tomorrow.

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Fine tomorrow evening and dry overnight.

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Elsewhere clearer and colder with a widespread ground frost.

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So a chilly start on Sunday but a decent day.

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Dry with a mix of clouds and some sunshine.

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Top temperatures of 11 to 15 Celsius with light winds.

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On Monday a cold front will move south bringing a little rain.

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Those winds will bring a mixture of sunshine and showers.

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Some of the showers heavy and wintry.

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Anywhere could see a few flakes of snow.

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We'll have quick update at 8pm and more after the BBC News at Ten.

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For now, from all of us on the programme,

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