17/03/2017 BBC Wales Today


17/03/2017

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Welcome to Wales Today.

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On a visit to Cardiff the Prime Minister attacks

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"divisive, obsessive nationalism" as she sets out her vision

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for a "more united" Britain.

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And left dangling above a volcano, the heart-stopping rescue

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for a family from Cardiff on holiday in Spain.

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Good evening.

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The Prime Minister Theresa May has attacked what she called,

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the "divisive and obsessive nationalism of Plaid

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Cymru and the SNP".

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At the Welsh Conservatives spring conference Mrs May also insisted

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she would take account of the interests of the devolved

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nations when the official Brexit negotiations get underway in less

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than a fortnight.

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From the conference in Cardiff, our political editor Nick Servini.

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The big story may have been about Scotland all week,

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but Theresa May was in Wales today to push the case for

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the United Kingdom to stay together.

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And the gloves came off for the first time in response

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to Nicola Sturgeon's calls for another independence referendum

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as Theresa May set out her plan for all corners of the UK.

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To aspire to represent all of the country,

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and all the people, and today, our goal must be nothing less.

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Because we are now the party of the new centre ground

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of politics, rejecting the extremes of Labour socialist left comment

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Ukip's libertarian right and the divisive and obsessive

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nationalisms of Plaid Cymru and the SNP.

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APPLAUSE

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Theresa May has just addressed a hall full

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of the Welsh Tory Party faithful and they are lapping it up

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particularly the message about the strength of the union.

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But in truth much of her message was directed in particular

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to the Scottish public who are considering the prospects

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of another independence referendum.

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As the Welsh party gears up for council elections, there

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was little from the Prime Minister specifically related to Wales.

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How did the speech go down with these party figures?

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It is what we should be hearing, having a United Kingdom

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fighting on the same side.

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We need to ensure in negotiations we are a one United Kingdom,

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important from a conservative point of view.

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Plenty to chew over and Brexit wasn't far from everyone's lips.

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A waiting game before Article 50 is triggered.

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There is less than a fortnight ago.

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In the meantime, there was little detail other than saying

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the referendum result was an instruction to change the way

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the country works forever.

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Good morning, conference.

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The leader of the Welsh Conservatives set the tone

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at the beginning of the conference, to use his speech to

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warn of the dangers of tearing the union apart.

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I have got a message for the SNP and other separatist

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parties across our idols, the United Kingdom, we cherish it,

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it is not a thing of the past, it remains as ever the world's

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greatest family of nations.

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Nicola Sturgeon, take note.

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The great union you see here today is here to stay.

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APPLAUSE

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You could say it has been a tough batting surface

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for the Tories this week with trouble over expenses

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and budget U-turns.

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So appropriately at an event at the stadium, they tried to move

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from defence to attack.

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The mother of a 22-year-old woman who was killed at a Bed

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and Breakfast by one of the residentsis said to be

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tormented by the idea that the first police officer at the scene

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delayed going in.

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Paula Yemm, seen here on the right, told an inquest it might have

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resulted in her daughter's death.

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Cerys Yemm was killed by Matthew Williams at

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the Sirhowy Arms in Argoed in 2014.

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PC Kelda Griffiths said she'd been instructed to wait for back up,

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and knew Matthew Williams had previously threatened to kill police

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officers and their children.

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He was tasered by police at the scene and died shortly after.

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A North Wales Police officer, who raped a woman as she slept,

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has been sacked from the force.

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A special misconduct hearing was held into PC

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Iain Clarke, who was jailed for five years yesterday.

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Mold Crown Court heard he had shown no remorse.

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The number of black bin bags dumped illegally across Wales has nearly

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doubled in the last three years.

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In Cardiff there's been a five fold increase.

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The council's appointed more Waste Enforcement Officers,

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but critics blame the closure of rubbish tips and changes

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to refuse collection.

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Because of those changes and the cuts we are seeing to waste

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collection sites across Cardiff, it's a ridiculous situation

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and something that needs to change.

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Because we've got statutory targets we have to hit for

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recycling, so all we are doing is, seem to people, look, you don't have

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to throw so much rubbish away.

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a lot of that that you think is rubbish,

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can actually be recycled and reused.

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A family is recovering from a terrifying experience stuck

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in a cable-car dangling above a Spanish volcano.

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Berwyn Jones, wife Jennifer and six-year-old twins Kai and Erin

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eventually had to abseil 250 metres to safety, before spending the night

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in a mountain shelter.

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They're now back in their Tenerife hotel, but say it's a holiday

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they'll never forget.

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Nick Palit reports.

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Mount Teide is Spain's highest peak.

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The cable car to the summit is popular with tourists

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from around the world.

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Among the people in this stricken gondola dangling

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above the volcano on Wednesday were the Jones family from Cardiff.

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It was frightening beyond belief.

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The mountain is 3,800 metres.

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Over three times the size of Snowdon.

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We had reached the 3,500m point.

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Suddenly the cable car stopped.

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That must've been a terrifying experience, you have

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young children as well?

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We have twins and one of the twins, my daughter, she is disabled.

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She has cerebral palsy.

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She is of reduced mobility.

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After four hours, authorities radioed through on how to get out.

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They opened the floor of the cable car.

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They set in place some ropes.

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We had to abseil down.

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Seeing your six-year-old children and your wife having to abseil

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down was terrifying.

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A major rescue operation swung into action to help

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the 250 off the mountain.

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For some of those higher up like the Joneses, when they reached

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ground their ordeal was far from over.

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They still had to hike miles downhill to a concrete shelter

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as temperatures dropped down to minus ten.

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The mountain rescue guys carried my daughter all the way down.

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I helped my son all the way down the mountain.

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Eventually, 15 hours later, they were winched off the mountain.

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An investigation has begun into what caused

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the cable car to malfunction.

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A holiday to remember.

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We're never going to forget this one!

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Rugby, and the Wales Under 20s squad lost their six nations

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game against France.

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The final score 40 -20 with the home side scoring six

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tries to Wales' two.

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Look away now, it's the weekend weather forecast, here's Derek.

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The weather has gone downhill today, and there's more rain and drizzle

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to come over the weekend.

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Gusty winds, especially on Sunday.

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Not a total write-off by any means.

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Tonight, more rain to come, heaviest in Mid, West

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and north west Wales.

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Dry in the Marches, and a breezy night.

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Tomorrow morning, not great, further outbreaks of rain and drizzle.

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Wet on the Cambrian Mountains.

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But, in the south and east, parts of Powys and Wrexham

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we should see drier weather.

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The rest of the UK, mostly cloudy, rain in the West.

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Heavy on hills and mountains.

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Best of the sunshine in Scotland, north-east England

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and parts of the Midlands.

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Southern England stays largely dry.

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Top temperatures 12 Celsius in Belfast, about 14 in Norwich.

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Wales, tomorrow afternoon, mostly cloudy.

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Dry weather bet low cloud, missed and hill fog.

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Rain and drizzle as well, most of that in the Northwest.

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Temperatures tend to 13 Celsius.

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For the rugby in Paris, I can't promise sunshine, cloudy there.

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Maybe a little rain.

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Tomorrow night, cloudy, and hill fog, patches

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of light rain and drizzle, breezy and mild.

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Sunday will be a windy day, some dry weather, maybe the odd

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glimpse of sunshine.

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Some rain as well.

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Especially in the afternoon, moving south-eastwards.

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Gusty south-westerly winds on Sunday, rain

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and drizzle as times.

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The highest rainfall totals on the hills

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and mountains in Snowdonia.

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Gusty winds as well.

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Rain on Monday, followed by bright, cold weather and showers.

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Have a nice weekend.

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That's

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That's Wales

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That's Wales Today.

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That's Wales Today. Have

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That's Wales Today. Have A

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That's Wales Today. Have A Great

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That's Wales Today. Have A Great Weekend.

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