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Cathy Owen

Top police officer lays out the reason fans should not sing Delilah

A senior Welsh police officer has backed the Welsh Rugby Union's decision to remove the song Delilah from its Principality Stadium choirs' playlist saying "it's time to sing something else". The Chief Constable of Dyfed Powys Police, Dr Richard Lewis, spoke out after some criticism of the decision.

His force launched a major domestic abuse campaign at the end of last year encouraging victims of domestic abuse to come forward saying speaking out “could change your life.”

It was announced on Wednesday that Sir Tom Jones' 1968 hit, about a jealous lover stabbing his unfaithful partner, will now not be played at the Principality Stadium and not sung by choirs. The Six Nations begins in Cardiff on Saturday.

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