Her coach left her and she lost confidence.

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The council's new leader Hugh Evans took over from Ms Hughes in October after she lost a confidence vote.

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"We will regain the lost confidence, " she said.

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"We've given our children all these opportunities to communicate in private, but we've lost the confidence to actually get involved in that, " she told the Daily Mail.

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