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Tonight's top stories: Hopes the new Hinkley nuclear plant

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in Somerset can boost the Welsh steel industry.

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But do we have enough skilled workers?

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A jury in the trial of a former senior police officer

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hears a police interview with an alleged victim.

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And Helen Thompson's car was nearly repossessed because of its

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Calls for a change in the law on 'logbook loans.'

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It's been billed as a good opportunity for the Welsh economy,

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but there are concerns tonight that the new nuclear power plant

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in Somerset will take the most specialist workers away from Wales.

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The Prime Minister has given the ?18 billion Hinkley C

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Overlooking the Bristol channel, it's just 14 and a half miles away

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from Wales, with up to 26,000 jobs on offer.

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Here's our economics correspondent Sarah Dickins.

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Across the water, a different country, a different economy. The

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challenge for Wales is to grab the opportunities that lie with this ?18

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million investment. If Wales can win business building the UK's first

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nuclear power plant for 20 years, it could help the Welsh economy for the

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long-term. After more than one-year-old struggling, this is

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already good news for the steel sector in Wales. But this time the

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focuses not on Steel but instead here in Cardiff. It makes the steel

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used for reinforcing concrete and it makes it from scrap steel brought in

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by massive lorries. Already 200,000 tonnes of that reinforced, are

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cycled steel have been ordered for the Hinckley project. Steal from you

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will go to express reinforcements already involved in the crossrail

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project in London and will be supplying Hinkley C. Just one loss

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company already talking to those running the nuclear power project.

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-- Welsh company. We have been expecting this work for quite a

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while so have been gearing up. But I have to say that we do also have a

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skills gap of mammoth proportions. We lost 400,000 people in the

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construction industry and the last recession and they have not come

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back. Also, are training needs to be moved up quite a few gears, so we

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need lots of Welsh Government help to do that. On the ground, there is

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a real fear that the skills gap will only get better and that the most

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specialist workers will be tempted to work on Hinckley, pushing smaller

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firms to the bottom of the food chain. I believe we are going to

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struggle with subcontractors, particularly electricians, plumbers

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and bricklayers. Hinckley will be offering a higher salary than what

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will the paying, and we already have a shortage and Hinckley will be

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taking those people away from us, making it worse here.

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But today, the First Minister pledged ?16.5 million to developing

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skills across North Wales as they prepare for a new nuclear reactor.

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He is confident we can seize the opportunities from this project. We

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know that we have the businesses of wealth that can offer jobs to people

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with the right skills. So we are not looking at a brain drain, I do not

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believe. We are looking at an opportunity for businesses in Wales

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to access suppliers and contractors, potentially, for Hinckley, which is

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something we want to explore. What is under liable is that this will

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have a clear impact on the economy of South Wales any number of ways.

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-- what is undeniable. Experts working on Hinkley Goodwin was firms

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win projects and left the whole of the Welsh economy.

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A 61-year-old man has been seriously injured and another man arrested

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Emergency services were called to Cardiff Road

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in the town centre at quarter to six this evening.

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The man was airlifted to the University Hospital of Wales

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where he remains in a life threatening condition.

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A 43-year-old man is being held on suspicion of attempted murder.

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Two people have been taken to hospital after a car

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crashed into a restaurant in Cardiff Bay this evening.

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It's understood one of the casualties was a pedestrian.

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The incident happened just before 7, when the vehicle struck

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the wall outside Bill's restaurant, in Stuart Street.

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The trial of a former senior police officer accused of the historical

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sexual abuse of two boys has heard one of them describe

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Gordon Anglesea denies three charges of indecent assault and another

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The jury at Mold Crown Court heard a police interview

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Gordon Anglesey was a former superintendent with North Wales

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Police. Now aged 78, he was a police inspector in the 1980s, based in

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Wrexham. The prosecution say that during that time he abused two

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teenagers. One of them, knowing his 40s, was interviewed by police and

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the video was played in court. He was a resident of a children's home.

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The head of the organisation was John Allen, jailed in 2014 for

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historic sexual abuse. The witness claims he was taken by John Allen to

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different locations to be abused by others over a period of months. "I

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Got used as a toy." The witness said he was taken to a property here in

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Flint, where he was indecently assaulted by a man. He said he did

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not know his name but he had a birthmark on his face and glasses,

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and was a nasty, horrible piece of work. "I Think he was something to

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do with the police." That, the prosecution say, was Gordon

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Anglesey. Those squad then the man said he had threatened him, saying

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he was send him far away and he would never see his family again. As

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so he knew the man was something to do with police, he said he heard it

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mentioned, but did not know nearby. The trial will resume on Monday,

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with the witness facing cross-examination by the defence.

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Gordon Anglesey denies two indecent assault charges and committing a

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serious sexual offence against one complainant, and an indecent assault

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charge against a second person. A drugs gang which ferried heroin

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and crack cocaine from Liverpool into north east Wales

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has been jailed. brought class-A drugs

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into Flintshire The seven members of the gang

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were given jail terms ranging from five

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years to 18 months. A reward of up to ?5,000

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is being offered for information about an arson

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attack on a school in Torfaen. A fire in January destroyed

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the nursery and infant classrooms Seven people from the area have been

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arrested on suspicion of arson BBC Wales has announced

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a major reorganisation aimed at saving

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?9 million by 2022. A shake-up of senior

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management will see six senior posts scrapped

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and three new ones created, with the commissioning of TV, radio

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and online content brought together. The changes come against

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the background of the BBC's "cash-flat" licence fee

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agreement set in 2015. Obviously we have a flat licence

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fee, which means that in real terms we will need to find savings of

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about 2% every year for the next five years. For a number of changes

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will need to be made there. The new broadcast centre in the city centre

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will make a big contribution to those savings. It will be cheaper to

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run. The second thing is that there were a number of Management changes,

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which will again reduce our costs. Doctors say there has been a

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dramatic drop in the number of diabetic patients having legs beat

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and be dated. They say better coordination between medical and

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nursing staff has helped them to act quickly and save patients from

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losing limbs. Having feet, tours and limbs at be dated it is a known risk

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for people with diabetes. -- having limbs amputated.

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A motorist from the Swansea Valley is backing calls for a change

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in the law in relation to so-called "logbook-loans".

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Helen Thompson from Ystalyfera bought a second-hand car last year.

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But, just weeks later, a finance company tried

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The previous owner had taken out a loan secured on the vehicle

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It is the biggest purchase most of us make after our home. Our cards

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can be worth hundreds, thousands, even tens of thousands of pounds.

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And, when hard times hit, it can be a valuable financial asset. Now,

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from specialist companies are offering to lend you money with your

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car as a collateral. There are whole host of companies offering to give

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you cash against the value of your car. But they are only intended as

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short term loans, with punitive rates of interest. No, some

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unscrupulous motorists have been taking the cash, selling the car on

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without settling the debt, having devastating consequences for the new

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owner. Ill and needed a cheap car to take her autistic son to college but

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the Goal she bought at ?1200 as cost to adhere. The man she bought it

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from had borrowed 500 pounds against it but had not made repayments

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before sending it on. I bought the car engine and received a letter

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saying they were coming to get the car because it had a lawn on it. And

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I contacted them then that I did not have a lawn on the car and they went

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on for weeks and weeks and weeks. They came to the door then, another

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one, wanting the car. So I pulled the wheels off and put it on the

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drive. Now it is sitting there and I cannot do anything with it because

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they will come and get it and I have had to practice this one now. Look

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at it! I can't do nothing with it. -- I have had to buy this limit.

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Ross McEwan has had to borrow from family for an alternative car and is

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now in debtors. Citizens advice say that a lot of people had been caught

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out and new legislation is needed. We will change the law so that

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people in her position will be the owners of the vehicle and fully

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protected and the lender cannot come and repossess the vehicle any more.

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What the lender will have to do is proceed, see the borrower. Helen's

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battle with the finance company has lasted more than a year and is

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taking its toll on her health. I could not sleep for months and

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months. And still now I hear somebody with a lorry and I think

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they are going to put it up and take it. They are not having it! So,

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hopefully the global change and the man who sold me the car can be

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prosecuted for selling it to me. If the government accept the

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recommendation, the new law will be on the statutes sometime next year.

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Football, and Wales' women secured a convincing 3-0 win

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in the Uefa Euro 2017 qualifiers at Rodney Parade this evening.

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Record scorer Helen Ward scored her 40th and 41st international goals.

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Wales cemented their position in third place in Pool H,

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and the men's side have climbed to tenth in the Fifa World Rankings.

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They're now above former World Champions Spain.

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Just five years ago, Wales were ranked 117th.

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Let's take a look at what the weather has in store.

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Good evening. Today was the last of the unseasonably mild days. Some

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heavy downpours overnight, feeling fresher tomorrow with some sunny

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spells. The change overnight as this cold front moves eastwards, meeting

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the team at a, triggering some thundery downpours. For a risk of

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these downpours, especially in South East Wales. Otherwise, cloud without

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breaks of another night. Tomorrow, that rain clears to the east. Cloud

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and mist lifting, allowing sunny spells to develop. Across the UK,

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that cold front continues to move eastwards, bringing some rain along

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the Nazi ghosts. Some very heavy downpours but clearing from the

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West. Cloud braking, generally breaking up and feeling fresher. 16

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Celsius in north-west Scotland, 21 in south east England. Down several

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degrees in recent days. Across Wales, sunny spells. Just the odd

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isolated shower. Brisk north-westerly winds, highs of 16 in

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some places. Temperatures back where they should be in September.

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Tomorrow night, much quieter. Clearer, dry spell. "Around And

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slightly cooler overnight, with north-westerly winds. Then high

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pressure builds from the south-west into the weekend. We swap the

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community for fresher but settled weather on Saturday, and then there

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is low and the Atlantic will try to hidden later Sunday. So, a chilly

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start Saturday. Cooler, north-westerly winds. Temperatures

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in the mid to high teens. Sunday, sunny spells but turning a bit

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cloudier with the threat of rain heading in from the West later. Some

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heavy downpours overnight and then we lose the humility tomorrow. A

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fresher feel and staying like that into the weekend.

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We'll be back in Breakfast with updates from 6.25 tomorrow morning.

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