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Welsh Conservative Leader, Andrew RT Davies says all public sector workers in Wales should earn the 'living wage'.

Speaking at his party conference in Cardiff, Mr Davies said they will seek to make the change by 2021 if the Conservatives win next year's Assembly election.

Around one in four Welsh workers earn less than the living wage.

A spokeswoman for East Midlands Airport has told ITV News Central that a power failure occurred at 08:30am forcing operations to be suspended.

The airport also confirmed that reports of a fire are untrue.

There is currently disruption to flights into and out of the airport.

East Midlands Airport are advising passengers to check with their airline.

An Egyptian court listed the Palestinian group Hamas as a terrorist organisation, Egyptian state television said.

Hamas is an offshoot of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood which the authorities have also declared a terrorist group and have repressed systematically since the army ousted one of its leaders, Mohamed Mursi, from the presidency in 2013.

An Egyptian court decision to list Hamas as a terrorist organization is "shocking and dangerous," the Islamist group said in a statement.

"The Egyptian court's decision to list the Hamas movement as a terror organization is shocking and is dangerous, and it targets the Palestinian people and its factions of resistance," the statement said.

"It will have no influence on the Hamas movement, which enjoys the respect of all the nation and the leaders of the nation."

Crowds have gathered at the site near the Kremlin where Boris Nemtsov was murdered last night.

Candles have been lit and flowers left as many in the crowd cried after the death of the Russian opposition leader.

Lego have waded into the white and gold or blue and black dress debate by making their very own versions.

A post on their Instagram page read: "White and gold...black and blue? We found a way around science - you can have both!"

It comes after the dress which sent the internet into a frenzy was finally revealed as being blue and black by its designer.

However, the makers now plan on making a white and gold version after selling out of the dress yesterday morning.

Read more: The dress that demonstrates colour doesn't really exist

David Cameron has said those responsible for the "callous" murder of Boris Nemtsov must be "fully, rapidly and transparently investigated and brought to justice".

It will be a cloudy day for most with overcast skies, and light and patchy rain where the cloud is thickest. However over towards the west we will see a band of heavy rain start to push in this afternoon with gale force winds that will continue into tonight.

Top temperature 11 degrees Celsius (52 F).

Prince William showed off his juggling skills during his visit to Japan - and proved he was rather good.

The Duke of Cambridge was also pelted with plastic balls as he played with children at an adventure playground in Motomiya City, the smallest town in Fukushima.

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe accompanied the Prince on his visit.

Since the Fukushima nuclear disaster in March 2011 - the largest since Chernobyl - many towns which were evacuated remain empty.

But the Prince visited a charity called Smile Kids, which aims to make the air and water around Fukushima safe.

A businessman who has written a book criticising Vladimir Putin has the regime for the death of opposition politician and former deputy Prime Minister Boris Nemtsov who was shot dead on a street in Moscow last night.

Russia's investigative committee has said it is investigating several lines of inquiry in the Nemtsov murder case, including a possible Islamic extremist terror attack.

Another line of enquiry is that is was politically motivated, the Interfax news agency reported.