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Here on BBC One it's time for the news where you are.

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Welcome to Wales Today.

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Our top stories...

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As the Prime Minister sets out her vision for Brexit,

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what will it mean for Wales?

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And Assembly Members have tonight voted to approve the UK

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Government's Wales Bill, meaning some new powers will be

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devolved to Cardiff Bay.

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Good evening.

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"A Brexit that works for the whole of the United Kingdom

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outside the single market."

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That's the promise from Prime Minister Theresa May

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as she ended months of speculation.

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She also said the Welsh government would be fully

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engaged in the process.

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The First Minister, Carwyn Jones, responded to her speech by saying

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she was heading in the wrong direction for the good

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of the economy.

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Here's our Poltiical Editor, Nick Servini.

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The wheels are slowly turning on what many considered

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to be a hard Brexit.

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And a hard Brexit is, appropriately, what the boss and most of the staff

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are after at this steel coating plant in Newport.

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The European single market aims to make trade easier by allowing

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the free movement of goods, services and people.

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A departure in order to control immigration could open

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the door to trade tariffs.

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Despite that, there's confidence here that new deals can be done

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outside of the single market.

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We buy a lot of material from the EU, and we export to the EU.

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So we've got to work out a deal that's good for both sides.

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A different industry, and a different view.

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It's not a hard, but a softer approach to Brexit, which this

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yoghurt maker on Anglesey wants.

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The firm exports between 30-50% of its goods to the EU,

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and the owner feels businesses like his are better off inside.

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The simplicity of just being able to sell products into Europe

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without being stopped at the borders and checked over and redoing

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all the paperwork.

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Theresa May says staying in the single market would not mean

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leaving the EU at all.

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And she had this message for the devolved administrations.

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Part of that would mean working very carefully to ensure that as powers

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are repatriated from Brussels back to Britain, the right powers

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are returned to Westminster and the right powers are passed

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to the devolved administrations of Scotland, Wales

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and Northern Ireland.

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Carwyn Jones said he'd continue to push for full and unfettered

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access to the single market, despite today's announcement.

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And he called for the Assembly to have a say.

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We've got to get a deal that's going to last.

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It has to be agreed as widely as possible.

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Why on earth would Whitehall take decisions on agriculture

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in Wales and Scotland that are the responsibility of the

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Welsh and Scottish Governments?

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Watch exports are particularly reliant on markets

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in the EU for trade.

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So how has the departure from the single market gone

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down in another market, Pontypool?

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An area that, like the rest of Wales, voted to leave.

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It's far right.

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This country used to be Great Britain and one time.

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Now it's just a place for immigrants.

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I think for the normal ordinary people, it is not the right thing.

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Why's that?

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Well, I just think it would be, going forward with younger people,

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it just would be very detrimental.

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Theresa May's argument is that people voted to leave including

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in places like this, Pontypool, with their eyes wide open.

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In other words, they did so knowing full well that leaving the single

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market would form part of the deal.

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Of course, what she's got to do now for everyone,

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and not just those who voted to leave, is to try to do that

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without trade being affected.

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Businesses in particular wanted clarity and so after seven months

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of speculation and long periods of silence from ministers,

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an early glimpse of what Brexit would look like.

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Assembly members have tonight backed the UK

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government's Wales Bill, by 38 votes to 17.

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It will move responsibility for several areas from London

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to Cardiff for the first time, giving Welsh ministers power

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over energy, transport, teacher's pay and some control

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of income tax.

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But the leader of the Welsh Conservatives says devolution

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will eventually need another rethink as powers come back from Brussels.

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20 years ago, Tony Blair swept to power, promising devolution.

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Since then, the extent of the Assembly's power

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has been argued over and tinkered with repeatedly.

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Tonight the latest set of changes was approved by AMs.

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And before it's even become law, talk has already

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turned to what's next.

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Some powers over energy, more power over tax.

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For some, the Wales Bill has a pick and mix feel that's left

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them undernourished.

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Yes, there are some areas that are unsatisfactory,

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and there are areas that are yet to be addressed that will need to be

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addressed in the future.

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But on balance we took the decision to support the LCM this afternoon,

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although that decision hasn't been easy.

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The First Minister is eyeing further powers, including

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the tax on plane tickets - air passenger duty.

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Devolving it would allow the Welsh Government to make flights

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from Cardiff cheaper than those in England.

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The Welsh Tory leader, too, would like that duty devolved.

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But for now he thinks this bill strikes the right balance.

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I'm particularly pleased to say that income tax will be coming to this

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institution to make sure that we do have greater accountability

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in the way the money is spent in this institution

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and by the government.

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Mr Davis also said that Brexit means devolution will eventually

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need another rethink.

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And there was a nod to that in the Prime Minister's big Brexit

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speech in London earlier.

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Some Labour AMs are backing this bill to protect powers

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they already have, like over agriculture with EU negotiations

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due to start soon.

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Plaid Cymru decided to oppose, saying this bill takes power away

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from Cardiff Bay and hoards it in Westminster.

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We welcome those aspects of the bill which enabled the future

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devolution of income tax, control of our own elections

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and the provisions over energy and fracking.

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But let there be no doubt.

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We in Plaid Cymru want to go much, much further

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than what is on offer here.

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The only reason that we are going to oppose this

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is because of the provision to remove the requirement

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for the referendum to trigger income tax raising powers,

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which we think is a breach of faith with the Welsh people.

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It's not the end of the road for the Wales Bill.

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Parliament needs to sign off on it.

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And after that, few expect this to be the end

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of the road for devolution.

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Planned changes to the way women in Wales are screened for cervical

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cancer could help detect an extra 20 cancers a year, according

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to Public Health Wales.

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In future, instead of studying cervical cells for any changes,

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cells will be screened for the main cause of cervical cancer,

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the HPV virus.

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A pilot programme will start in April.

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Rugby, and Sam Warburton is no longer Wales captain.

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It's been confirmed Alun Wyn Jones will take over.

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Interim Head Coach Rob Howley says he wants Warburton

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to concentrate on his own game.

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Seven uncapped players are included in the 36 man squad

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for the Six Nations.

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Let's see what the weather has in store.

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Here's Derek Brockway.

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Good evening.

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Parts of mid Wales saw a little sunshine today,

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but for most of us it's been grey and dreary.

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This picture was taken by one of our Weather Watchers in Monmouthshire.

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It will change tonight.

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Misty in places, some hill fog.

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The odd spot of light rain and drizzle about.

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Otherwise a dry night.

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Too much cloud for any frost, with the lowest

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temperature of seven Celsius.

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For tomorrow, a similar story.

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Misty and places in the morning with plenty of cloud.

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Again, the odd spot of light rain or drizzle, but no more than that.

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Maybe, if we're lucky, a little bit of brightness

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and sunshine in Bangor.

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Across the rest of the UK, mixed fortunes.

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Many places right and cloudy with mist and the odd spot or drizzle.

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Most of the mainly far north and north-west of Scotland.

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The best of the sunshine in south-east England.

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It will be chilly in the south-east - only four Celsius in Norwich.

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Milder in the north and west - 11 in Inverness.

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In Wales tomorrow afternoon, most places will be cloudy and dry.

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Some mist in Powys.

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A few places may brighten up with temperature similar

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to today, up to ten Celsius on the north coast.

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A chilly six in Monmouth and Brecon.

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Tomorrow night again will have some mist.

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The odd spot of drizzle.

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Otherwise dry and fairly cloudy, and a frost free night.

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Into Thursday, mist will slowly lift.

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The cance for a little sunshine in parts of the South and West.

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The odd light shower in Monmouthshire.

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Otherwise dry with light winds.

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A similar story for Friday, cloudy and mostly dry.

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Seven degree in Aberystwyth.

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This will change over the weekend with high pressure keeping things

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mostly dry unsettled - and hopefully with

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a little sunshine.

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That's Wales Today.

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Thank you for watching.

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From all of us on the programme, goodnight.

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