Only in higher regions does snowfall turn to ice.

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And in Cardiff, more than 50, 000 people gathered in the streets around the civic centre to watch bands, take a turn on the fairground rides or take to the ice in the council's Winter Wonderland rink.

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The changes will be based around the 13th turn, dubbed '50:50', and will involve shaving the ice to change the shape of the turn.

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So while last January's CES brought us news of 1, 920 x 1, 200 screens, quad-core CPUs and a proliferation of Android Ice Cream Sandwich offerings, the year ahead aims to take that same tack and turn it up a few notches.

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