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BBC News Published image captionThis year s theme is being the light in the darkness The Prince of Wales has joined famous faces from the worlds of sport and showbusiness in urging people to remember Holocaust Memorial Day. The comments from Prince Charles, patron of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust, come amid a dwindling number of people able to bear first-hand witness. Millions of Jewish people and other minorities were executed during World War Two at the hands of the Nazis. People have been urged to light a candle in their window to show support. Buildings and landmarks will be bathed in purple light, including Cardiff Castle, Haverfordwest county hall in Pembrokeshire, the Civic Centre in Ebbw Vale, Ty Penallta in Caerphilly and Newport Civic Centre. ....
Works to be carried out include replacing scaffold-tube handrails on the sides of the clock tower with a new lanyard-type fall protection cable system, which would allow workers to clip on to the new cable when accessing the flat roof area. The replacement will “enable much better and safer access for maintenance and inspection and this will enable better conservation of the building”, a heritage impact statement says. The current arrangement to access the clock tower is “extremely hazardous” as there is no guarding around its perimeter, the statement adds. The existing access is extremely hazardous with no guarding around the perimeter. Picture: Newport council/Alwyn Jones Architects ....