25/04/2017 BBC Wales Today


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

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Tonight's headlines: Theresa May campaigning in Wales,

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in Labour's heartlands, with a plea to support her

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or face what she called a coalition of chaos.

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Plaid Cymru's leader, Leanne Wood, launches her party's

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She says Labour is too weak to stand up for Wales.

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And the drugs gang accused of the murder of one

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The Prime Minister has called on voters to abandon their tribal

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loyalty to the Labour Party as she made her first visit to Wales

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In a speech to supporters in the Conservative target seat

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of Bridgend, Theresa May claimed every single vote would strengthen

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Our political editor Nick Servini was there.

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Ladies and gentlemen, please give the warmest

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of welcomes, the loudest cheers for the Prime Minister

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The Conservatives are trying to keep a lid on their excitement,

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but the noise and smiles for Theresa May in Bridgend

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I'm really pleased to be able to be here in Wales,

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and to say to Wales, how important Wales

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is to me, because Wales is important to our country.

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Wales could also become important for the Conservative Party if it

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sees a big improvement in its fortunes, as was suggested

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Theresa May's visits to Labour consistencies in Newport

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and Bridgend is a statement of intent that the party is looking

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In a speech to activists she insisted time and again that

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every single vote counted, as she looked on in her hand

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every single vote counted, as she looked to strengthen her hand

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in Brexit negotiations, which she claimed was under threat.

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What we see from other parties is that they want

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They've shown that they are willing to do anything to disrupt

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the Brexit negotiations and stop us from leading

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Remember the polls were wrong in 2015.

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They were wrong in the referendum last year.

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Jeremy Corbyn has said he was a 200 to one outsider

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for the leadership in 2015, look where that one went.

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This was a message to the Conservative party faithful.

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But there was a wider message as well for Labour voters to look

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again at their tribal loyalty to their party.

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But, you know, the Tories may think things are going reasonably well,

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but this is a huge job, in which many Tory party

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There hasn't been a Tory MP and Bridgend since the days

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There hasn't been a Tory MP in Bridgend since the days

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We still don't know who their candidate will be.

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Theresa May was just around the corner giving a speech,

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do you think the Conservatives can win Bridgend?

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People really don't want to be in Europe anymore.

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I think that will be the thing everything hinges on in the end.

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Can the Conservatives win in Bridgend?

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To me there is no Labour Party anymore.

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I think I've noticed a lot of people are turning Tory.

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She's a woman, she's a little bit like Margaret Thatcher.

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Bridgend is the Assembly seat of the Welsh Labour

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leader Carwyn Jones, who was asked about the Tories

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I am not going to turn up in Maidenhead any time soon!

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What's important is that people see the Tories for what they are.

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Their idea is to say nothing and do something.

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We want Labour MPs who will stand up from Wales and not

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Stunt or not, the Prime Minister went to a steel company in Newport.

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These are the early skirmishes of what would be a short

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But the heavy lifting for all the parties is still to come.

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And tomorrow on Radio Wales a full interview with the Prime Minister.

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Theresa May speaking to Good Morning Wales ust after 8.00am.

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Theresa May speaking to Good Morning Wales just after 8.00am.

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Plaid Cymru's leader was in Bangor to launch her party's

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Leanne Wood claimed Theresa May's Conservatives

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would damage Wales and that Labour was too weak and divided

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Fresh snow on the mountain in Plaid Cymru's heartlands.

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And just across the Menai Strait, Anglesey, Ynys Mon,

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And geography is important to Plaid Cymru at UK general

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elections they've never really managed to break out

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While the official opposition in Westminster is divided

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and riven with infighting, Plaid Cymru's message in this

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Brexit, and specifically what type of Brexit, is the backdrop

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Plaid Cymru's slogan is Defending Wales.

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Leanne Wood, the party's leader, insists the country

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It's vitally important now that Wales has strong voices

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in Westminster to defend our people and very nation from

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Why can't Labour do that, they would be better placed

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than you, at most you only have a handful of MPs, don't you?

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Well, since June we've heard more talk of Gibraltar

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than we've heard about Wales, Labour MPs have failed

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to stand up for Wales, failed to put forward the Welsh

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national interest in this crucial time in our history.

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It's down to Plaid Cymru to be that voice for Wales.

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They are not able to form the opposition that is needed now.

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Plaid Cymru always find UK elections more difficult to fight

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Their leader, candidates and party members will spend the next

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six weeks telling us that they are relevant,

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they can make a difference, and they will stand up for Wales.

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To do that they are evoking the threat of Conservatives past

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as a way of attacking what they see as a weakening Labour vote now.

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This is what a Leanne Wood told the BBC's Daily Politics.

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People in Wales would do well to remember the Tory's record.

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I grew up in the valleys, in the 1980s, when Margaret Thatcher

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was Prime Minister and she decimated the coal industry.

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It's a direct pitch for disenchanted Labour voters, they've done that

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But this election is being fought in unique circumstances.

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Workers at the Ford factory in Bridgend will be balloted

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for industrial action, amid uncertainty over

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the plant's future that's according to the Unite Union.

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It was revealed earlier this year that the plant could be downsized

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Ford has called the ballot premature and said it remained committed

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to on-going constructive dialogue with unions.

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A former Powys primary school teacher has admitted a string

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of historical sex offences against young girls.

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Swansea Crown Court heard that Gordon Fleming from Oswestry,

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seen here at a previous court appearance, abused two dozen

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He pleaded guilty to 24 counts of indecently sexually assaulting

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A Rhyl drug dealer was murdered by a rival gang in revenge

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for an earlier attack a court has heard.

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Mark Mason was stabbed more than 20 times in a supermarket

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Three men from Liverpool deny his murder.

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It was early evening on October 27th when a black BMW followed

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Four men began attacking the van's occupants.

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48-year-old father of two Mark Mason was fatally stabbed

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over 20 times as he sat in the passenger seat.

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Two other men were stabbed in the leg whilst fleeing vehicle.

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The jury was told that a man named Jake Melia had already pleaded

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guilty to the murder and two counts of wounding.

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But that the three men in the dock were also responsible.

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31-year-old Anthony Baines, Mark Ennis, whose 30 and 20-year-old

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James Davies are alleged to be members of a Liverpool gang

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called the Pensarn Crew, supplying heroin and crack

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It's claimed they murdered Mark Mason in retaliation

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for confronting two of the gang earlier that day wearing a balaclava

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and wielding a machete near Marine Lake in Rhyl.

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It alleged Jake Melia and James Davies armed themselves

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with kitchen knives, and contacted Anthony Baines

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and Mark Ennis who travelled from Liverpool to Rhyl to look

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The prosecution say it matters not which defendants

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attacked which victims, each bears equal responsibility

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for the murder of Mark Mason and the unlawful wounding

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The men deny the charges on the case continues.

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Martin Richards, BBC Wales Today, Mold Crown Court.

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Football, and Wales have been drawn against England

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They're joined in Group 1 by Russia, Kazakhstan and Bosnia HerzegoVina.

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The finals will be held in France in June 2019.

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Only the group winners are guaranteed a place at the world cup.

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England ranked fourth in the world rankings

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There will be some players on the pitch for

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England who I have played with, and have many interesting memories

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It will be an interesting challenge for the group

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A new look route means the UK's biggest road cycling event won't be

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riding through North and Mid Wales this year, but the event

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The final stage of the Tour of Britain will start in Worcester

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and pass through Monmouthshire and Newport, before finishing

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It's the first time, for a number of years,

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that the Tour of Britain has finished outside London.

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This year it will finish on the streets of Cardiff.

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The final stage is special, because it boils down

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All of the atmosphere and all of the action.

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Everything will be leading to Cardiff on September 10th.

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It's going to be be big for the city.

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It's almost May and there's been snow today in some parts.

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It will turn milder later this week but at the moment it is more like

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winter. We have had snow on the mountains today and if you are our

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garden now watch out for the frost tonight. A few showers around

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tonight. Wintry in places. Most places will become dry and clear

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overnight. Temperatures in mid Wales fall below freezing, with Frost. A

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cold start tomorrow but much of the country bright and crisp with lots

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of spring sunshine. A few showers in the West. Across the west of the new

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K -- the rest of the UK sunshine and showers sums it up. Most

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showers in England, at the blazes with hail thunder possible and sleet

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and snow. Fewer showers in the West. The North West of Scotland clouds

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over with patchy rain. The wind eases and temperatures are on the

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cold side. 9 degrees in Norwich. A few showers in Wales tomorrow

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afternoon, mainly in the south. It is looking dry with plenty of

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sunshine in the north and west. Temperatures on the cold side but

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out of the breeze and in the sunshine it should feel OK.

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Beautiful in Snowdonia tomorrow with the Arctic air in place and

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fantastic visibility. 7 degrees in Llanberis. Lots of sunshine. It will

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turn cold again with a wild frost and after midnight the cloud will

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increase and spots of rain in the north and breast. On Thursday a

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bright start in the south-east to clouds over with spots of rain

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spreading to the south. Dry weather in the afternoon as well.

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Temperatures begin to rise a few degrees. That trend continues on

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Friday with a milder day and a few showers around, otherwise a lot of

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dry weather and sunshine in places and temperatures back into double

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figures. Temperatures begin to rise later this week and on the bank

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holiday weekend, Saturday, it is likely to be dry and warm as well.

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The signs are we may see some rain on Sunday. Thank you very much.

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Good Morning Wales on BBC Radio Wales with the Prime Minister just

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From all of us on the programme, goodnight.

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I've got some good news. Did you hear?

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What are you talking about? What? What?

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