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Hello. Our top stories:

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We're recycling more than ever -

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well on the way to hitting ambitious targets.

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But why is one area still falling behind and dumping too much waste?

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And Hal Robson-Kanu - picked for Wales' first

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World Cup Qualifier against Moldova, despite not having a club.

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Good evening.

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The amount of rubbish we recycle is at its highest-ever level.

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We recycle 60% of our waste, with nearly every local authority

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here recording an increase.

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But in Blaenau Gwent, there was a drop for

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the second year running.

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The targets are part of an ambitious plan to recycle all rubbish by 2050,

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and ensure less gets dumped.

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Paul Heaney reports.

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Council workers on a mission.

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Hello, good morning.

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Too many people in Caerphilly were throwing all their

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rubbish into one bin.

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Only 40% separated their food out for recycling.

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What we are trying to achieve here is we are trying to take out

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7,000 tonnes of food waste.

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The county has improved its recycling rate,

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but to improve further, it is knocking on 74,000 doors.

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The message - to put leftover food into a plastic caddy like this,

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and it will be processed, turned into electricity, rather

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than simply buried in the ground.

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Stickers, leaflets and chats on the doorstep, all to let people

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know just what can be put in the food recycling.

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Overall, the recycling rate has increased from 56% last year

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to 60% in the year to March 2016.

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The figures include anything that does not go to landfill -

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bottles, plastic, food waste and even recycled furniture.

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Ceredigion has the highest recycle rate in Wales at 60%,

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but Blaenau Gwent's rate has fallen for a second year and is now 49%.

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-- 68% in Ceredigion.

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Blaneau Gwent's is the worst in Wales by some distance.

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This is what some people blame - large plastic boxes replacing

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the old recycling system in Blaenau Gwent.

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One local campaigner says, for those on small terraces

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or with steep steps on the sides of the valleys, it is acting

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as a disincentive to recycle.

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The boxes are too small for families.

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They did not try it first.

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They did not put it into certain areas in Blaenau Gwent and see

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where it worked.

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The council are saying, look, this is just a transitional thing.

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Give it a few months and you will see that the recycling

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rate will go up as people start to get used to this new system.

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Well, give us three bags - three different-coloured bags

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for cardboard, tins and glass.

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It would have been easier.

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The Welsh Government says it will decide whether to fine councils

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which have missed this year's recycling target when today's

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provisional figures are finalised in the autumn.

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The First Minister, Carwyn Jones, is said to be "extremely angry"

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about claims Jeremy Corbyn supporters are briefing

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against Welsh Labour staff.

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It's been suggested two employees may lose their jobs if Mr Corbyn

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is re-elected because they haven't been supportive enough of him.

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The status of Welsh Labour staff is a matter for the Welsh Labour

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leader, not for people in London.

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The Welsh Labour team has delivered two Welsh Assembly election

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victories for Carwyn and he will be, I am sure, curious about

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what is being said there.

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-- he will be furious.

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I think this is absolute nonsense, the idea that there is

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some kind of hit list.

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Unfortunately, a lot of this leadership contest has been

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characterised by attempts on the part of Jeremy's opponents

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to suggest that there is an atmosphere of intolerance

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and intimidation in the campaign as a result of him

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and his supporters.

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I do not think that is true at all.

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I think anyone that knows anything about Jeremy or has spent any time

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with him knows that he hasn't got a vindictive bone in his body.

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Staying with Labour - a former watchdog on standards

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in public life has claimed the former Economy Minister had

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a potential conflict of interest when she approved over ?3 million

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of support for a Swansea firm which later went bust.

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In 2013 and 14, Edwina Hart decided to support Kancoat,

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despite being told it had a "weak" business plan.

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Sir Alistair Graham said possible job opportunities

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for her constituents meant there was a potential conflict.

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The Welsh Government said the support

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was "consistent with the Ministerial Code".

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Paul Martin reports.

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American metal giant Alcoa was a big employer in Swansea for years,

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but the company left a decade ago with hundreds of jobs lost.

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In 2012, Kancoat tried to revive the production line at Waunarlwydd,

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and received more than ?3 million from the Welsh Government in grants

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and loans, but it struggled and went bust in 2014.

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Last month, a report by the Wales Audit Office found that

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Kancoat had previously been turned down by the Welsh Government's

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investment bank, Finance Wales, who deemed it too risky.

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And the report also said the Welsh Government had continued

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to put money into Kancoat despite its own review

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describing the business plan as weak and inconsistent.

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We now know that decisions to back the firm were taken directly

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by the then Economy Minister Edwina Hart.

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If Kancoat had been based here in Edwina Hart's Gower constituency,

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she would not have been the person to take the decision to back it

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because the Government's code of conduct warns against conflicts

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between constituency matters and ministerial decisions.

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But Kancoat was actually based a short journey away

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in the neighbouring Swansea West constituency.

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It's around half a mile as the crow flies

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or about five minutes in the car.

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A former public standards watchdog has told BBC Wales that that close

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proximity meant Gower constituents could have benefited

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from the investment so there was a potential

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conflict of interest.

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It's important that ministers can stand above any decision,

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and not be conflicted by possibly having a political interest

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as an Assembly Member, plus the fact in these circumstances,

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as I understand it, the Minister concerned had very strong

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advice from civil servants that the application

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for public investment was not a strong one at all.

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We certainly need to find out, bearing in mind it's

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such a borderline case, whether she spoke to

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the First Minister about this.

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If she had exercised good judgment on that, she certainly

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would have done that, and the Welsh Conservatives

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are trying to find that out at the moment.

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The Welsh Government said this evening it would not be adding

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to its earlier statement, where it said Kancoat was not

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in the former Economy Minister's constituency and the decision

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she took was consistent with the Ministerial Code.

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We approached Edwina Hart for comment but she didn't respond.

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And tonight it's been confirmed that another company,

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which had been given more than ?1.4 million by

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the Welsh Government, has gone into administration.

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Around 50 people have lost jobs at OysterWorld,

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a computer games company based in Treforest, which had debts

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of more than ?2 million.

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The Welsh Government says figures show the survival rates

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of the companies it supports are above the UK average.

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Machynlleth Town Councillors have tonight apologised for collecting

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money following the murder of April Jones, after a report found

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that it was outside its powers.

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The council collected more than ?70,000 before handing

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it to local causes.

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But the auditor, BDO, said the money offered by the public

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should have been refused.

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Two people have been taken to hospital after a car crashed

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into a block of retirement flats in Swansea.

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Emergency services were called to Stewart Hall

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on Gower Road around lunchtime.

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The driver and one of the residents were taken to Morriston Hospital.

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A number of residents have been evacuated, due to the damage

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caused to the building.

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I heard this loud bang - two bangs.

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It was like an explosion.

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It was shocking.

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It took me five seconds to realise something had happened.

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I went outside and saw the wall had been smashed in.

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The lady next door could not get out of her flat

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because the impact had jammed the door tight shut.

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Football, and Wales manager Chris Coleman says he's

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fully focused on the job, having been approached

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by Premier League side - Hull.

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Coleman named his squad for the first World Cup Qualifier

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against Moldova today.

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As expected, Aaron Ramsey's out through injury.

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Cardiff City's Emyr Huws is included.

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Here's Kate Morgan.

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It was good while it lasted, but now the boss has called time

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on Wales' Euro 2016 party.

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The Euros was great - it was absolutely fantastic.

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But it's gone. It's behind us.

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It's finished.

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As much as I am the same as everybody else, very proud

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of Wales and what we achieved, but that is behind us now.

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It's what's next.

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And this next game, the first game of the campaign - huge.

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Aaron Ramsey with a dink!

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After a successful summer, there are not many

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surprises in the squad.

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The almost irrepressible Aaron Ramsey, Chris Coleman's words,

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is out with a hamstring problem.

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So too is Jonny Williams.

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He could be sidelined with an ankle injury for two months.

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And Nottingham Forest's David Vaughan is absent

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after announcing his retirement from international football.

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After just missing out on a seat on the plane to France, Emyr Huws

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gets a chance to prove his worth, as do Leicester City's Tom Lawrence

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and Newcastle's Paul Dummett.

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It's another chance to impress for Hal Robson-Kanu too -

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he is still without a club.

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The boss would like to see him settled as soon as possible.

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What a goal from Hal Robson-Kanu!

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Coleman remains settled himself, having signed a new two-year

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contract ahead of the Euros.

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He said he is committed after Hull City's approach failed.

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I am not going to tell a lie, somebody comes and it's

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the Premier League, anybody, you look at it sideways,

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of course you do, but I am the manager of my country,

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I have always said that comes around once if you are lucky,

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so when you are doing it, give your best.

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The same headquarters, the same manager, but don't be fooled -

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things have changed after a successful summer in France.

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Chris Coleman said today, at the start of the last qualifying

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campaign he was two bad games away from being axed.

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Now Wales are the team to beat, expectations are high.

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Wales will have to see if they can cope with the pressure in front

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of a keen home crowd against Moldova on September 5,

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at the very start of what could be a long road to Russia.

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Striker Simon Church, who was included in the squad,

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will play club football at Dutch side Roda JC.

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The 27-year-old left MK Dons for an unspecified fee.

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Cricket, and Glamorgan ended day two of their County Championship match

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against Sussex on 50-1, 19 runs ahead,

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at the Swalec Stadium.

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Let's get the weather forecast now.

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Here's Derek.

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Hello. Noswaith dda.

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Good evening.

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It's been cooler today.

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Cloudy for some of us, too.

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Tomorrow will be muggy again and there is a risk

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of a few heavy showers.

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Now, tonight we could see some rain for a time in the south-east.

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Elsewhere, dry, and a muggy night in the south, and a bit cooler

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and fresher in the north and west.

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Tomorrow morning, much of the country will be dry

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with plenty of cloud.

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Bright in parts of the west and north-west.

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Maybe one or two showers breaking out in the North.

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Now, across the rest of the UK, a weather front lying through

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England and Wales will trigger some rain

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and a few thundery showers, which will spread

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north-eastwards during the day.

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It should brighten up in south-east England in the afternoon

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with some sunshine.

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Most of Scotland and Northern Ireland dry tomorrow.

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Some sunshine and the odd shower in the west.

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Not as hot as today in London but still very warm.

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A fresh 18 Celsius in Glasgow.

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Closer to home, there will be a few showers dotted

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around tomorrow afternoon.

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They could be heavy and thundery in places.

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Having said that, some parts will stay dry,

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especially in the west.

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Feeling humid tomorrow, with light winds, at 18-22 Celsius.

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Tomorrow evening, any showers will clear away,

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leaving a dry night.

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The sky will be clearer and there will be a cooler, fresher night.

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That takes us into Friday.

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It's going to be a nice day.

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A few clouds but dry with some lovely sunshine,

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feeling pleasantly warm as well, with some light

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winds and sea breezes.

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What about the bank holiday weekend?

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Well, it's rarely straightforward.

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Saturday will start dry and bright in the north and west,

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but it looks like rain will spread northwards during the day.

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Some of that rain could be heavy.

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The rain will clear, leaving Sunday with a mixture

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of bright spells and showers.

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Some of those showers will be heavy and thundery.

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So, not great this bank holiday weekend, but not a wash-out either.

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See you soon.

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We're back in Breakfast from 6:25am.

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That's Wales Today.

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From all of us here, goodnight.

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