28/10/2016 BBC Wales Today


28/10/2016

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This footage shows fireworks being used in an attack in Newport.

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Senior ambulance staff tell us they've been forced

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And around a hundred firefighters have been tackling a huge blaze

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which has destroyed most of the main building of a college in Swansea.

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Senior Welsh Ambulance workers have told BBC Wales they've had

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to abandon ambulance depots this year because of people

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Paramedics say the attacks are the worst they've seen.

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It comes as Gwent Police say more large, commercial grade

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fireworks are being used in anti-social behaviour.

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An Assembly Member is calling for the Welsh Government to have

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Eyewitness footage of bins set alight outside homes

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Riot police are needed to control the situation.

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It's claimed fireworks were thrown at people in the street.

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All we were told, were shouted at, get back in your houses now.

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Julie lives just metres from where the trouble flared.

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She says it's particularly bad this year.

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Riot police and they were across the road here.

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Are you actually going to move away?

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Because of Halloween and...?

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Police all over the country see a rise in anti-social behaviour

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Cardiff bus services have been diverted in the city in the past.

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But senior Gwent officers say they've been surprised this year

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at the size of some of the fireworks and believe they're Being

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These are a commercial display quality and it is a

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And emergency workers haven't been immune.

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Senior Welsh ambulance managers like Tony here say crews

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have had to abandon ambulance stations this year

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because of people throwing fireworks.

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I don't think I can emphasise how surprised and shocked I am

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because I've got considerable years of service and I've never heard

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of anything like it before from the Ambulance Service.

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One of the guys who has previously had military experience likened it

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to coming under fire when he was in the forces.

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Now the Assembly member for Newport West, Jane Bryant,

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is calling for the Welsh government to have the power to control

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I'm looking to raise this in the chamber next week and I am

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keen to see if any amendments can be made to the Wales Bill and see

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if those powers will be coming to Wales in the future to see

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if we can do more to regulate fireworks sales.

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Eight people have been charged after this disturbance in Newport

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and police are concerned about the growing amount of large

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fireworks that may now be falling into the wrong hands.

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A murder investigation has been launched in Rhyl after a man died

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Emergency services were called to the Home Bargains car park

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48-year-old Mark Mason was treated but died later in hospital.

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Police are appealing for witnesses to what they've described

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A message on a wreath placed by Prince Charles on the 50th

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anniversary of the Aberfan disaster has been returned.

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The Prince of Wales visited the village last Friday

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where some of the 144 victims of the tragedy are buried.

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But today it was anonymously returned to South Wales Police.

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An investigation is underway into the cause of a large fire

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which has destroyed a part of a college in Swansea.

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85 firefighters and 18 fire engines tackled the blaze at Gower College

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in the Sketty area of the city, which has 2,000 students.

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Around 4:30 this morning and this was the scene

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at Gower College in Swansea, captured on mobile phone.

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85 firefighters and 85 appliances tackled the blaze.

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People who lived opposite were awoken by the noise.

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We thought it was fireworks going off but it was

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You could see the outline of the fireman against the flames,

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In the light of day, the full extent of the damage is clear.

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Most of the main building is now destroyed.

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It is believed the fire started on the library in the third floor

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The lower floors are damaged by water that was used

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It takes a lot to bring it under control.

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People have to supply the water and all the supporting

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2,000 students are enrolled on this campus,

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they have not been here this week because of half term but now

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there will be an assessment to see which part of the campus can open

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Staff will return on Monday but it will remain closed to students

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until at least the middle of next week.

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With scheduled exams taking place at a nearby campus.

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The extent of the damage will become clearer over the next few days

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as the investigation into the causes of the fire continues.

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The man in charge of reviewing how public bodies in Wales

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spend their money says he wants to investigate the way

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the Welsh Government gives grants to companies.

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It comes as several businesses folded after receiving millions

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Last night it emerged that Pembroke Dock's Main Port Engineering,

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which was given a ?650,000 grant in March, had gone

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The Welsh Government says the survival rate

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of companies it has supported is above the UK average.

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A man has been arrested, following a raid on a Post Office

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CCTV footage shows 52-year-old Post Office worker Paula Hooper

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fending off a knife-wielding man, using a baseball bat.

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The 32-year-old man, from Ely, was released on bail

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A record number of people visited Wales' historic sites this summer,

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according to figures from Welsh Government body, Cadw.

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It says the increase is down to the success of its "Dragon

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campaign," which toured castles across Wales.

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More than 600,000 people visited CADW sites

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Landmarks and buildings across Wales have been lit up red tonight,

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to mark the start of this year's Poppy Appeal.

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They'll be lit up every night up until Rememberance Sunday.

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99-year-old Ron Jones from Newport is Britain's

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For Ron, Remembrance is about the friends he lost

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in the Second World War - a war which ended for him

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I was a prisoner of war. I was captured in January 19 42. I didn't

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tell anyone until I was 18. -- 80. Since then I have been a bit of a

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celebrity. One rugby result for you -

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the Scarlets have claimed a fourth consecutive Pro12 success with a win

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over Cardiff Blues at Following a superb break

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by Rhys Patchell 30 seconds after half time, a try

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by Hadleigh Parkes clinched the bonus point and the game

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for the visitors. Time for the weather

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forecast now - Derek's here. How's the weekend looking,

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Derek? More than and mild weather to come

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this weekend with some mist around. The odd spot of drizzle in Snowdonia

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but dry for most of us. The temperature only 10-13. We start off

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early cloudy tomorrow with maybe the odd spot of light rain and drizzle

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but no more than that. The mist will gradually left and it could even

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brighten up in one or two places. Across the rest of the UK, a similar

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story with high pressure in charge and the morning mist and fog slowly

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lifts. Most places dry and it will brighten in places with a few breaks

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and the clouds and a little bit of sunshine in the North coast of Devon

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and north-east Scotland and Aberdeen and where you see the sunshine,

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quite warm. In Wales, most places dry with the odd spot of drizzle but

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no more than that and maybe a bit of sunshine in the North, temperature

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only mild side, and the Snowdonia Marathon not looking too bad. Into

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Sunday, more dry and mild weather, officially cloudy but a better

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chance of the sun breaking through in parts of the north and west, a

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light breeze in the south and east, and more dry weather to come for

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Halloween on Monday, signs of change midweek and brighter with sunshine

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and touches of frost. Before we go, don't forget the clocks go back by

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one hour tomorrow night. We'll be back with our next update

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at 5:50 tomorrow evening.

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