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The headlines: ?20,000 on offer to encourage junior doctors to train

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Nadine Aburas was killed at a Cardiff Hotel on New Year's Eve.

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Sammy Almahri changes his plea and admits her murder.

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And mixed messages from the Plaid Cymru leader over whether her

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?20,000 - that's what's on offer for junior doctors

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if they choose to train as GPs

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in parts of Wales where there are big staff shortages.

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to deal with what some are calling a recruitment crisis.

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But a group representing GPs says what's on offer

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With more, here's our health correspondent Owain Clarke.

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In the early days, it all seemed so simple. Don't forget, choose your

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doctor now. But the NHS has changed a lot since then and in part of the

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country, the challenge now is not so much choosing a family doctor about

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finding one in the first place. I'd developed as a GP in one of the

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poorest boroughs of Swansea. She also teaches at the city's medical

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school. -- Heidi Phillips is one of the GPs. We are about to have a

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senior partner retire as we cannot get a replacement partner to take

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over that role, so I recognise personality challenges. To

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offer me mineral wealth is absolutely fine, but my husband

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needs a job as well. And the family connections are all there as well.

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As part of its campaign to try to persuade doctors from around the

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world to come to Wales, there are cash incentives. ?20,000 will be

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paid to those who train in areas of long-term shortages. As part of a

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new contract, every trainee doctor, regardless of their speciality, will

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get predicted time to study. But GP leaders took to the airwaves this

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morning complaining I've missed opportunity. There wasn't so much

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opportunity to use those wheels of a discharge to fix the problems we

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face in general practice. But all we have got as a marketing campaign.

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Scotland, England have just announced massive increases in the

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funding going to general practice. We had the opportunity to do that

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and so far it is not part of the wealth of. This afternoon, GPs have

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a chance to raise their concerns with the First Minister. It is not

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just about GPs. They are important but it is about looking at nurses,

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pharmacists, therapists to provide a wider comprehensive service so that

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people know how to go to when they have a particular condition. But it

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was useful today for me to listen to the GPs that I met here, just to get

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a better understanding of the pressures they feel they are under.

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But what matters most is not what they think but whether these

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second-year Swansea medical students will be more likely to stay in

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Wales. It all plays a part, but I think the main considerations are

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about family, friends and the way you form your life. I think it's

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definitely will be attractive. I think there is a lot of pressure

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being a GP and for me I think it is quite a lonely profession. Since the

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early days, the NHS has changed dramatically. But most of the care

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most people get is still delivered through the GP surgery. That is why

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tackling the shortages really does matter.

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An American man who strangled a woman in a Cardiff hotel room

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44-year-old Sammy Almahri had already admitted the manslaughter

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of Nadine Aburas on the grounds of diminished responsibility,

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He claimed the voice of God had told him to do it,

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The body of Nadine Aburas, 28, described in court as the slim,

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petite Muslim lady was found on eBay mattress in room two or three of

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those Cardiff Hotel. On New Year's Eve 2014. -- on a mattress. Sammy

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Almahri, an American she has been having a relationship with, fled the

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scene and flew to the Middle East from Heathrow before eventually

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being tracked down in Tanzania. Yesterday, he went on trial at

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Cardiff Crown Court for her murder. Sammy Almahri had already indicated

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he would plead guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of

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diminished responsibility. But not guilty to murder. However, this

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morning, on the second day of what was to have been a four-week trial,

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he decided to change that plea. He admitted he had murdered Nadine

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Aburas. Yesterday, the prosecution described the strangling as the

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deliberate killing of a defenceless woman by a jealous, angry and

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dangerous man. After the guilty plea, there were tears from an

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ideal's family in the public gallery. Relieved they no longer

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have to endure the pain of a month-long trial, they made a

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statement to the police. Justice has been done for any team, the right

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verdict has been returned. We wish to thank everybody who has assisted

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us throughout this tragic period in our lives. I asked me that we are

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given the time to grieve and remember our beautiful girl. I will

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get a full statement after sentence. The court heard how the couple met

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to an online dating site two years previously and Sammy Almahri had

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travelled to Cardiff on a few occasions to the Nadine but the

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relationship ended when he became violent and jealous. The jury heard

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that Sammy Almahri was suffering a mental illness. There will be a

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short hearing to discuss his mental state before the judge he pass

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sentence on the 3rd of November. The jury in the trial

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of a former police superintendent who's on trial

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for historical sex offences denies abusing two boys

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in Wrexham in the 1980s. Tata's operations are still not "out

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of the woods", That's despite heavy

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losses at Port Talbot being reduced by a turnaround plan,

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rising steel prices and a drop

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in the value of the pound. But the Chief Executive

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of Tata Steel UK says he expects the UK Government to keep

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its promise to help solve The leader of Plaid Cymru

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says her party is "genuinely torn" over whether it should seek

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a coalition with Labour to formally share

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power in the Assembly. Leanne Wood says Plaid is "actively

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considering" the idea. But one of her Assembly Members says

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he's "surprised" by talk of a coalition, and Labour says it's

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happy with the relationship Here's our political

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correspondent, Arwyn Jones. Rewind nine years, when the Labour

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and Plaid Cymru leaders joined together to form the One Wales

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coalition government. Labour was short of a majority so some Plaid

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Cymru members became Cabinet ministers. Ahead of the conference

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this weekend, Leanne Wood briefed journalists that they were actively

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considering whether to seek a coalition with Labour again, and

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that the discussion was ongoing. This evening, however, after some

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backlash from within her party, and criticism from other parties, she

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wrote back from her earlier comments. We are not in 2000 79.

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This time it is very different. Brexit has changed everything. From

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Plaid Cymru's perspective, we are driven by what is in Wales's best

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interests, and at this present time we feel the arrangement that we have

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got is the best one that we can proceed for wealth at this moment in

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time. So why would they be considering there's any way? It all

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comes down to the numbers in this place, the Chamber in Cardiff Bay.

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We have got 60 members, so for the government to get all of its

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policies through, it needs a majority of 30 or more. At the

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moment, Labour only has 29, so just one short of that majority. But if

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it did go into coalition with Plaid Cymru, it would mean 11 additional

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Assembly members, with a grand total of 40, more than enough. But while

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the leader might be considering that arrangement, 1am told me the group

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in the Assembly had already voted against a coalition, and that the

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party faithful would not be keen. I think I am extremely confident in

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saying that the vast majority of members do not want a coalition with

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a very toxic Labour Government. As a loyal member of the Plaid Cymru

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group, I think in public I need to convey the line which has been voted

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upon by the group, that we do not want a coalition with Labour. Of

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course, Plaid Cymru is already working with Labour in the Assembly.

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The two parties have an agreement which means Carwyn Jones could

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become a minister in May and could pass a budget earlier this week. It

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is called a compact and means Plaid Cymru also has a say in some of the

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government's policy. Labour says it is happy with the arrangement as it

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is and some observers think it serves both sides well. I do not

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think it would be a temptation for Plaid Cymru or the Welsh Government.

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When he was government stands, they have got 30 members if you include

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Kirsty Williams, and two independence, plus the compact with

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Plaid Cymru. And from Plaid Cymru's perspective, ad hoc deals that are

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reactive and have specific cons are surely more -- outcomes are surely

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more beneficial. They may become closer but might not quite joined

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forces. A private banking firm has joined

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the team behind the Circuit bringing another ?100

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million into the project. Kleinwort Benson works

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internationally putting in place the money for large

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infrastructure plans. The plans for the ?375 million

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project were rejected for the second time

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by the Welsh Government in July. A commemorative service has been

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held tonight to mark the 50th anniversary

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of the Aberfan disaster. Hundreds of people

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paid their respects to the 116 children and 28 adults

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who lost their lives when a coal waste tip collapsed

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onto the village school. The service is one

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of several events that's being held

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across the county. to be pulled of Pant

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Glas school alive. We have been inundated with messages

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of goodwill, condolences and sympathy and that is very important

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as fun as the community is concerned, to show that support. And

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it gets them through a very, very difficult time. Tomorrow is going to

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be a very difficult day for us. And we'll have a special programme

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marking all the day's events. The Wales manager has been given the

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freedom of his home city. He played 160 times for Swansea City.

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Time for a check on the weather now, here's Derek.

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Hello. It has been an unusually dry month so far. We have only had about

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31 millimetres of rain, less than one fifth the total monthly average.

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And there is plenty more dry weather to come over the few days. Much of

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the country is right on it. The clouds clearing. It will turn

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chilly, if not cold, some ground frost in the countryside by the end

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of the night. If you mist and fog patches of. It chilly, cold start

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first thing tomorrow. The mist and fog will slowly lift. Much of the

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country them dry with some bright spells on sunshine. Just the odd

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light shower perhaps in some places. Across the rest of the UK, there

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will be a few showers in East Anglia tomorrow, with a cool breeze. A

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little rain in the far north-west of Scotland. Elsewhere, mostly dry.

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Clive, sunny spells, just one or two about showers in the afternoon. A

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highs of 12 in Liverpool. In Wales tomorrow afternoon, most places dry

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with a mixture of cloud. Some sunshine, the Ord, isolated light

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shower. Most listeners dry, top temperatures 11-14dC with light

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winds. Tomorrow night, looking guy with the sky clearing. It will turn

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quite cold with a fairly widespread ground frost. A few mist and fog

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patches or so. These will slowly lift on Saturday morning, leaving a

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dry day. There will be some cloud around but we will all see some

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sunshine, I think, and that easterly breeze picking up on the side. Then

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on Sunday most places dry. Just one or two showers perhaps in the north.

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There will be some cloud around, with some sunshine in parts of the

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south and the West. Some men may reach the Bristol Channel by Sunday

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evening. A stronger easterly wind on Sunday, that will make it feel cold.

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Into next week, we may see a little rain on Monday. Otherwise, plenty

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more dry weather to come. See you soon!

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