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02/09/2016

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Prime Minister as he says Brexit will make Russia

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Prime Minister as he says Brexit will make Russia and

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Prime Minister as he says Brexit will make Russia and Europe

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Prime Minister as he says Brexit will make Russia and Europe weaker.

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Welcome to Wales Today.

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Tonight's headlines.

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A call on the Welsh Government to do more to support asylum

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seekers and refugees.

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Oxfam Cymru says they are more likely to experience poverty.

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And her campaign to raise awareness about living with a

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terminal illness went nationwide.

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Our colleague Rowena Kincaid has died aged 40.

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Some have fled the horrors of war or the threat of violence in search

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of a better life for their families.

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Oxfam Cymru is calling on the National Assembly to review

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the support currently on offer, claiming many refugees find

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themselves living in poverty.

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The Welsh Government says it's working to ensure Wales

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plays its full part in responding to the current refugee crisis.

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The Oasis Centre in Cardiff is a place where refugees and those

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seeking asylum can meet, socialise and learn.

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Many here have learned to their cost it can be difficult to access

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vital public services.

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This man who is fearful of being identified says

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without the right paperwork accessing a doctor is not easy.

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It is because of these problems that the Oasis Centre

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It is because of these problems that the Oasis Centre

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and Oxfam Cymru have written to the National Assembly's Equality,

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Local Government and Commnities Committee to investigate.

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The ability to make hospital appointments, organise transport,

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find English lessons, and so on can be quite

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difficult and quite daunting.

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difficult and quite daunting.

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We are asking Assembly Members to have a review of those services,

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how they work, how they are working for refugees and asylum seekers,

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so they can get on with their life in Wales and have a sustainable

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livelihood here.

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An asylum seeker is someone who has fled their homeland.

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They make themselves known to authorities and submit

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an asylum application.

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That is what happened to Farouk Abdi from Ethiopia.

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I didn't go back to Ethiopia because so many of my people

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are killed by the Government.

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A refugee is someone who has proven to the authority they would be

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at risk if they returned

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to their home country.

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This 20-year-old Hussan arrived in Cardiff from Syria a month ago.

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I want to spend my life living here and I want to study English

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for college, and university.

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I am studying economics in Syria.

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But now, no.

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I now just learn English.

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English lessons are vital to refugees to progress in society

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and that is something they offer at the Oasis Centre.

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For Eric Ngalle Charles from Cameroon, language

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was never a barrier.

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He is a published author and has written about his experience

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and those of others trying to rebuild a life in Wales.

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As a refugee, you have a recognised status, and doors are open to you.

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As an asylum seeker it is a different ball game.

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Your life is not in your own hands.

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You have to rely on support from strangers.

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There is plenty of exploitation.

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He recognises he is one of the lucky ones and believes

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the angels were on his side.

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I was kicked out of my village, human trafficked into Russia.

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I came to live in a housing association in Ely.

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For me, Wales has provided a perfect canopy, a perfect umbrella

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and a time for rebirth.

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The Welsh Government says it is working hard to make sure

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Wales is playing its full part in responding to the current refugee

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crisis, coordinating housing, health, education

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and language services.

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The Labour MP, for Islwyn Chris Evans has said there's

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a deep wedge in his party with little sign it can

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be reunited after the leadership election.

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Mr Evans, who supports Pontypridd MP Owen Smith

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in the two-horse leadership race, says he's more concerned

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than ever about the future of the Labour Party.

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The saddest thing about the last year has been as a long-standing

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party member that party members are attacking each other

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rather than attacking

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political opponents.

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It has to stop.

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We are all members of the Labour Party,

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we all want a fairer society.

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That will not come about if we are fighting each other.

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One of the world's most famous actors and gay rights campaigners,

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Sir Ian McKellen, has said he's alarmed by the uncertainty

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surrounding next year's Pride event in Cardiff.

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The council has said there could be challenges over holding it

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in Coopers Field as it's being used as a Champions League final

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fanzone next summer, but stressed it has not

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cancelled the event.

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It's having an enormous impact on us going to our sponsors.

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To say, "2017, this is the theme," and we can't do that at the moment.

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Our sponsors are being cautious because if the event doesn't go

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ahead they're not going to sponsor us.

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A conservation charity has strongly criticised the National Trust

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for allowing a renewable energy project to be built on their land.

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The director of the Snowdonia Society says

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the Conwy Falls would "become the Cowny

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trickle" if a dam was built by RWE Innogy on the Conwy River.

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The National Trust says the scheme would continue

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without its involvement, but it's influenced the design

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so it's environmentally sustainable.

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Rugby, and in the Pro12, the Ospreys won against Zebre at the

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Liberty Stadium with a score of 59-5.

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Meanwhile the Newport Gwent Dragons lost in the away game

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against Ulster with a final score of 29-8.

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Tributes have been paid to Rowena Kinkaid,

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the cancer campaigner, our friend and colleague

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here at BBC Wales.

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Rowena became well known for her frank and honest

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documentary about living with a terminal illness,

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and raised thousands of pounds for cancer research.

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She was 40 years old.

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My name is Rowena Kinkaid, I am young, full of ambition

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and I have a zest for life.

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Even though I don't look it, I am terminally ill.

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Three years ago, Rowena Kinkaid was told her cancer

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was terminal and was given three to six months to live.

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Unsurprisingly to those who knew her she defied the doctors

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and became determined to raise awareness of living

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with a terminal illness.

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I want to find people in the same boat as me to see if they can

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offer sensible suggestions as to what I should be doing in the

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time I have left.

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Her documentary Before I Kick The Bucket, saw

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Rowena come to terms with her

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diagnosis and support others in similar situations.

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It has been my worst nightmare.

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And here it is.

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Living through the worst.

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Her campaign to raise awareness went nationwide and her fund raising

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for cancer charities totalled thousands of pounds.

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With details here's Rowena Kinkaid.

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Hello, good morning.

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A very cloudy Good Friday.

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We do have some rain in the forecast.

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After 13 years of working as a picture editor here,

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she became a weather presenter, fulfilling one

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of her many ambitions.

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Rowena will be remembered for her determination

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and her fighting spirit.

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And, for us at BBC Wales, as a great colleague, and our friend.

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Rowena Kincaid, who has died at the age of 40.

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A look at the weekend weather forecast now,

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with Derek Brockway.

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Hello.

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Shw mae.

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It looks like we're in for a taste of autumn this

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weekend.

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A spell of heavy rain tomorrow, stronger winds too.

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Sunday the better day of the weekend.

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Dry for most of us tonight, just the odd light shower about.

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Some clear spells with lowest temperatures around 12 celcius in

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Wrexham, 13 in Fishguard.

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Tomorrow morning most places start dry,

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bright for a time.

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But it won't last.

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Rain will spill across much of the country during the morning.

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Some of turning heavy and wind increasing.

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Across the rest of the

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UK, many areas start dry and bright, but rain will become more

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widespread during the day, some of

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the rain heavy and gusty winds in the south and West.

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The rain probably reaches London in the

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afternoon.

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North of Scotland, brighter with showers and

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temperatures of 15 Celsius in Glasgow.

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Wales, tomorrow afternoon the rain will eventually ease off,

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turning dry in the north but still some rain in the south and gusty

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winds on the Bristol Channel coast.

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Tomorrow evening the rain in the South will clear,

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dry overnight with a few sharp showers in parts of

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mid and North Wales.

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Remaining breezy on the coast.

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Sunday, a nicer day, improving, a few sharp showers

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in the north, but these will clear and the whole country ends up

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dry, bright with some sunshine and the wind easing as well.

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So a spell of wet and windy weather tomorrow,

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but not a total write-off this weekend.

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Sunday is the better day, dry and brighter with some sunshine

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and a few showers.

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Next week it looks like some will return again,

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high-pressure and much warmer south easterly winds heading our way.

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That's to come, it in the meantime, have a nice weekend.

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That's to come, it in the meantime, have a nice weekend.

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We'll be back at 5:50 tomorrow evening, that's all from

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Wales Today.

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From all of us, have a good weekend.

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Goodbye.

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