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Dennis Payne's cancer was diagnosed early.

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Now a trial to fast track cancer diagnosis to help patients like him.

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Also tonight, five-year-old Joseph Smith killed

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His stepfather is found guilty of causing his death

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And in the first investigation of its kind in Wales -

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Andrew Thomas, a sheep rustler, is convicted using DNA.

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We have some of the worst cancer survival rates in Europe.

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For lung cancer, the most common cancer worldwide,

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Wales ranked second worst in a landmark study -

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coming 28th out of 29 European countries.

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A year ago Welsh doctors visited Denmark to see how cancer services

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In this special report our Health Correspondent, Owain Clarke,

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looks at the groundbreaking new trial hoping to catch cancer

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I know my own body, and I knew something was wrong.

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But Dennis Payne, from Aberdare, wasn't sure exactly what.

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Persuaded by his wife to go to his GP, he found out

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Once people band that around, that's what is kind of frightening.

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But he's glad he took his wife's advice.

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An early diagnosis means he's got a much better chance

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But the picture's not so rosy across the board.

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Cancer survival rates in Wales are worse than in many

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Wales has some of the most challenging outcomes

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for cancer mortality, cancer presentation, new cancers

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We are urgent about tackling this as an issue and doing something

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Last spring, this group from the Welsh NHS travelled to Denmark

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The country's invested heavily in specialist diagnostic

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centres like this one, where patients who might have cancer

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but have vague symptoms can have lots of scans and tests

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People had to wait too long within the health care system,

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from attending the health care until the start of treatment.

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So the group came back from Denmark not only convinced that the system

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they saw saved lives, but also convinced that it could be

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And to be fair, they didn't hang about.

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And here in the Cynon Valley, 40 GPs are about to take part

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in a new trial, built around the principles of the Danish model.

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So what will they be looking out for?

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We go through gaps where we don't see people for a while,

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but it's a bit like if you see somebody in the street you haven't

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seen for a long time and they look different, and it worries you.

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We get the same sort of signals when people come in and we can see

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this person looks really unwell, or they don't remind me of how

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So if a GP's gut instinct says it might be cancer,

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a patient won't have to wait for a series of individual tests.

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Instead they'll be sent within a week to a new diagnostic

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clinic here at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital in Llantrisant.

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There'll also be one at the Neath and Talbot Hospital,

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and as many tests and scans as necessary will be performed -

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But will there be enough staff and resources to make it work?

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There is fewer radiologists, there is not enough endoscopies.

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But we need a completely different way of working.

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Currently what we're doing is pretty much concentrating on a smaller

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What I would like to see is to provide the same level

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of high quality of care for all cancer patients.

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And even before the trial's underway, one group of patients

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at the Royal Glamorgan are already seeing the benefit.

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So this is an MRI of a gentleman's prostate who's come

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Those with suspected prostate cancer now routinely get an MRI scan

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We were having very long waits for our patients.

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You know, 60-100 days just to get through the biopsy,

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the results and everything, which is far too long.

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Now our results show we still occasionally have delays.

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But they're coming through the pathway within sort of 15-20 days.

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When it comes to cancer, speed often matters,

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and because of his early diagnosis, Dennis is confident he'll long be

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able to enjoy seeing his young family grow up.

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They're girls, and I've got a girl who's just turned seven as well.

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So I've got four children under seven.

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And if the new trial helps others, diagnostic centres might become

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a feature of the Welsh NHS, just like in Denmark.

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A 24-year-old man who killed his own stepson in a car crash has been

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found guilty of causing death by dangerous driving.

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Joseph Smith suffered multiple injuries when the car,

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driven by Dean Collins, hit oncoming traffic

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Erratic and weaving in and out of traffic -

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that's how witnesses at the trial described Dean Collins's

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driving in the moments leading up to this crash.

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The car he was driving crossed the central reservation

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into oncoming traffic on Western Avenue in Cardiff,

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His stepson, five-year-old Joseph Smith, suffered

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Today at Cardiff Crown Court, the jury found him guilty of

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causing death by dangerous driving, and four counts of causing serious

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His partner, Joseph's mum, Laura Bright, seen here by his side,

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was in the car with him, along with her mother and

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In the back was five-year-ikd Joseph Smith, a young football fan

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The court heard he was not in a booster seat -

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a legal requirement for children under 12, or under

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The seat belt crossed his neck instead of his body.

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The trial also heard how Collins had small traces of cocaine

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in his blood at the time, although it's not known how this

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The 24-year-old from Saint Mellons, who passed his driving test three

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months before the accident, says he has no memory

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of what happened, and that it was an unavoidable, tragic accident.

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On hearing the jury deliver all five guilty verdicts,

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Dean Collins turned towards the back of the court where his

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He held their gaze, gesturing towards them as he was led away.

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He's been remanded in custody ahead of sentencing tomorrow afternoon.

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More than 120 jobs are being lost at an aviation company in Flintshire

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Marshall Aviation Services saysit's closing its site in Broughton,

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which has been open since 1930, because of significant

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The Unite Union says the closure is devastating for North Wales.

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A brother has admitted sending abusive messages to four schoolgirls

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he thought were bullying his sister, who was later found dead.

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14-year-old, Nyah James was found at her home in Swansea in February.

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Police are investigating the circumstances.

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A court heard how Jordan Clements sent the online messages

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A sheep rustler from Garnant has been given a suspended jail term

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after police used DNA evidence to prove that newborn lambs had

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It's the first investigation of its kind in Wales.

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Andrew Thomas had previously pleaded guilty to handling 18 stolen sheep.

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He was ordered to pay ?1,000 in compensation to the victim.

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Newborn lambs, full of the joys of spring.

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But they proved to be the undoing of sheep rustler

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Swansea Crown Court heard that Thomas was himself a sheep farmer,

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Suspicions were raised at Llanybydder Livestock Market

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after sheep with damaged ears were sold by Thomas.

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There was concern that ear tags had been tampered with,

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as these pictures from Dyfed-Powys Police show.

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To prove Thomas's guilt, police used DNA tests on the sheep

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They waited for pregnant ewes that had been sold to give birth.

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Blood was then taken from the newborn lambs,

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which proved they'd been fathered by the rams on the victim's farm.

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It's believed to be the first investigation

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Out of the 15 lambs that we have, nine of those could be proven to be

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directly linked to the rams that the victim had.

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They were rams that the victim had bred himself as well.

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And they were rams that hadn't been used on sheep anywhere

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So the fact that we could directly link those lambs back

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to the farmer's stock proved then that the ewes, their mothers,

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The judge said the farming community had pulled together to defeat those

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He added that Thomas had caused a great deal of hurt and had stolen

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The judge said it would take a long time before they forgave him.

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Unions say livestock thefts can have a devastating impact

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on farmers, and they hope this case will act as a deterrent to rustlers.

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Well, I think this DNA testing is a new technology.

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We haven't seen this technology being used before,

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and I hope it will be a deterrent against rustlers, these and people

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who take part in these acts will think twice about doing it

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Andrew Thomas declined to comment as he left court,

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after receiving an eight-month suspended jail term

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and an order to pay ?1,000 in compensation to the victim.

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20 acres of lost garden have been restored in the Conwy Valley

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and are open to the public for the first time.

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A decade of conservation work has been carried out

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It means visitors can now explore the previously overgrown woodland

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and meadow in one of the oldest parts of the grounds.

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Rugby now, and Wales and Cardiff Blues flanker Sam Warburton

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is expected to be out because of injury for around six weeks.

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Warburton, who's tipped by some to lead the Lions Tour

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of New Zealand this summer, injured his knee on Friday

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and is likely miss the rest of the domestic season.

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But his coach at the Blues says he should be fit for the Lions.

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The squad will be announced a week tomorrow.

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Sam's very experienced and a good pro.

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He knows now if he works hard to get that right,

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Yeah, he's been fine today, and I think relatively good news

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Former Wales and Lions scrum half Mike Phillips has announced

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The 34-year-old played 94 times for Wales and won two

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Phillips, who currently plays for Sale Sharks,

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will hang up his boots at the end of the season.

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Let's see what the weather has in store - Derek's got the forecast.

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It turns out quite nice today - dry and write with sunshine. Not quite

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so nice as this tomorrow, though. Tonight, Cloud will increase. Maybe

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the odd light shower later in the south, but no more than that. Not as

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chilly as last night, but don't call with a westerly breeze. -- but still

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cool. Tomorrow, a few glimpses of sunshine but thicker cloud will

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bring more rain to the north in the late morning. The rain is tied to

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this cold front line through northern England which will slip

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southwards during the day. The rain will turn lighter and more patchy.

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Southern counties of England will be mostly dry with sunny intervals. To

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the north of the front, a mixture of sunshine and showers. Quite windy in

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Scotland and feeling chilly. In Wales tomorrow afternoon, plenty of

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cloud. That weak cold front bringing a few spots of rain. Brightening up

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to the north with the odd shower. Breezy than today with highs between

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10-13 C. Tomorrow evening and overnight the wind will blow one or

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two showers across Wales. Otherwise dry with gaps in the cloud. Nichola

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White, and chilly inland. A bright start places for Thursday. Dry

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weather as well. Plenty of cloud and a little rain around. You should

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turn milder with highs of 11-13 Celsius with a West to

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south-westerly breeze. More change over the next few days, but amounts

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of rain will be generally small. For the Easter holiday weekend we are

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looking at one or two showers and a lot of dry weather. Sunshine, too.

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Not the best of weather, but not too bad on the whole.

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That's Wales Today - thank you for watching.

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From all of us on the programme, goodnight.

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