24/12/2016 BBC Wales Today


24/12/2016

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A huge programme of engineering work over the Christmas period

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is underway, with rail services disrupted across south Wales.

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A ?300 million re-signalling upgrade means there'll be no trains

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between Cardiff and Newport and restricted services

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The final dash to get home to family in time for Christmas. But for some,

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making journeys over the festive period will be harder. It is because

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this Christmas the biggest rail upgrades ever taken on gets under

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way. ?300 billion is being spent on modernising our railways. It

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includes resignalling work across the whole of South East Wales. The

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message, passengers hoping to travel to and from stations need to check

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before making the journey. Services started thinning outcomes

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experienced evening, and from 10pm tonight there will be no trains

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between Cardiff Central, Bridgend and the valleys. After that, there

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will be major disruption to services. Trains not running between

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Cardiff Central and Newport from much of the Christmas period. Travel

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between Bridgend and Newport will also be disrupted. And there will be

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disruption in the valleys. From today until the 2nd of January. But

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the place and bus services will run across all affected stations. For

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those travelling to and from London, Paddington Station is closed six

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days. Trains going to and from Ealing Broadway instead. Our son is

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going back on New Year's Day, and we found out he has to get a bus from

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Bridgend Newport which will make his journey up to London quite

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disruptive. I expected a disruption in the Christmas period, but you

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still want to get from a to B. Was distressing for those who need to

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travel, where operators and experts say Christmas is the best time of

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year to do a much-needed upgrade. There are fewer people using the

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trains and therefore best billions of role. The signalling system in

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Cardiff and south-east Wales was last rebuilt in the 1960s. We are

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now having a brand-new signalling systems which will also cope with

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the electric trains. They say the signalling work will make services

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more robust, whilst Network Rail say an army of staff will be working

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around the clock over the festive period, all to deliver a better

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railway. Is Parking fines have cost drivers

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in Wales almost ?21 million over Welsh councils have given out

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over 600,000 tickets, according to figures obtained by BBC

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Wales. The Strand in Swansea

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was Wales' most fined street, Promoting places of worship

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to tourists could boost the Welsh The Welsh Government say

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600,000 people visit Wales' religious sites every year,

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and its faith tourism action plan Swansea East AM, Mike Hedges,

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says Wales' rich religious we need to bring to wrists to Wales

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to see some of the Greek chapels we have got here. The Tabernacle is the

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classic sample other wonderful chapel which isn't visited enough

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people coming from abroad. Rugby, and George North's head

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injury earlier this month "isn't a good image for the game",

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according to the Chairman of the It comes after the governing body,

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World Rugby, said it wants more information about the way

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Northampton handled the situation, after a review found North should

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not have played on after a knock Swansea City Boss Bob Bradley has

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admitted there are vulnerabilities in the team's defence,

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ahead of their Boxing Day game Ten games into his tenure,

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Bradley's position has come under He says England striker Andy Carroll

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will be the main threat. We have got to do a very good job to

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make sure that our central defenders are aware when he drifts away. We

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don't want to lead that responsibility always with the

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outside guys. Tactically, we got to get that part right.

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And now for a look at the weather forecast.

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Tonight it will feel chilly in the wind, with patchy rain.

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Christmas Day will be rather cloudy and windy, but mild.

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There'll be some bright spells and heavy rain will arrive later

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A top temperature of 13 degrees Celsius.

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Hello. Nice and toasty both inside and out. It even struggling to snow

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across the Scottish

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