26/03/2017 BBC Wales Today


26/03/2017

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400 calls reporting grassfires were received

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by South Wales Fire Service overnight and in the past 24 hours,

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more than 60 separate grass fires have been tackled,

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Most are believed to have been started deliberately -

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and tonight officers are once again warning how dangerous they can be.

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This was a mountain in Tonypandy last night,

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It's just one of 36 ground fires South Wales Fire

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Between 4:30 yesterday and 4:30 today.

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Unfortunately, we foresee that from early evening tonight

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through into the early hours, we will see increasing fires.

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If we do see an increase, we have the resources to deal with the.

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Here, the scorched mountainside scars the landscape.

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Another fire there last night, where the flames covered ground

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Most of the grass fires are believed to have been started deliberately.

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We carry out a lot of work, partnership work,

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We do a lot of work in the schools to try and modify and change

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If we have any series house fires or serious road traffic collisions

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and people are trapped in their lives are in

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danger, we obviously are going to have a delay

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Obviously it destroys the terrain, leave a scar on the landscape

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and if you think of the wildlife at this time of year,

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that's going to be involved, it's going to kill an awful lot

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of wildlife and hopefully it doesn't end up killing any people.

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Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service told us it dealt

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with 27 separate grass fires in the past 24 hours.

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In North Wales, this fire was reported in Denbighshire,

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But the Fire Service there say only a few incidents of grass

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The First Minister has told BBC Wales that a sudden change

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of government here is "the last thing that should

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Speaking to Sunday Politics Wales from the Welsh Labour conference,

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Carwyn Jones said he's given "no thought" to when he'll stand down.

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It has been suggested he'll quit before the 2021 assembly election.

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There's a lot of work to do, particularly with Brexit.

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I'm still as enthusiastic as I ever was and I've given no thought

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What I'm focused on now is delivering the best thing

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for Wales from Brexit and that's going to be hugely important.

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The last thing which should happen is for a sudden change of government

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in Wales or anywhere else for that matter.

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There are calls for a specialist mother and baby in-patient

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mental health unit to be reinstated in Wales.

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The mental health charity, Mind Cymru, says up to 15%

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of new mothers develop postnatal depression - and for some,

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specialist in-patient care is necessary, meaning they have

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The last such unit, in Cardiff, closed in 2013 -

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and one Assembly member agrees there's a case for

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There is a clear demand in Wales for inpatient prenatal

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Above all of that, we have the human cost of not having those facilities

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which is mothers facing a choice of being separated from their babies

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or separated from their family, when what they should have

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The Welsh Government says it's invested ?1.5 million in setting up

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community perinatal mental health services, within every

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Some sport now and at the British Gymnastics Championships,

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Jac Davies became champion in the pommel horse -

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and 15-year-old Maisie Methuen is tonight British floor champion.

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The teenager from Pontypool beat four-time Commonwealth Games

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champion, Claudia Fragapane, to the title.

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I never thought I'd go out there to win gold.

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I actually just went up there to do my best,

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try and beat what I did yesterday, but actually it come out

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Rugby, and Ospreys head coach Steve Tandy says he was embarrassed

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by his side's 13-5 Pro 12 defeat in Treviso last night.

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He labelled the result "disastrous" - and promised changes for next

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week's European Challenge Cup quarter final, with Stade Francais.

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Quick look at the weather forecast, and tomorrow will be another warm

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day, with light winds and plenty of sunny spells.

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A little more cloud than today in eastern areas -

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with top temperatures of around 15 celsius.

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We're back with updates in breakfast from 6:25 tomorrow morning.

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But from all of us on the late team, thanks for your company.

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Hello there, it's not often that we have the best of the weather at the

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weekend. But, that seems to be

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