Man, 73, deemed mentally unfit handed supervision order for rape of girl in 1977
A 73-year-old man who raped a young girl in the 1970s has been given a supervision order after he was deemed mentally unfit. Denis Coles was 26 when he raped
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Former Welsh FM returns to Government as secretary for health and social care
Former first minister Mark Drakeford has returned to the Welsh Government as health secretary. He was appointed by Eluned Morgan, who was sworn in as First Minister of Wales on
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Call for review of other cases at local authority where Lola James died
Other children’s social services cases need to be re-examined at the local authority where a toddler was murdered by her stepdad, the chairwoman behind a review into her death has
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Safeguarding review finds ‘missed opportunities’ to protect murdered toddler Lola James
There were missed opportunities to protect a Welsh toddler who was murdered by her stepfather four years ago, a review has found. Lola James (pictured), who died in July 2020,
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Woman charged with causing death by dangerous driving of eight-month-old outside hospital
A 70-year-old woman has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving after a baby girl was hit by a car outside a hospital, police have said. Bridget Carole Curtis,
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Welsh response to Covid ‘hampered by undue complexity’, inquiry finds
The Welsh government’s response to the Covid pandemic was “hampered by undue complexity,” a public inquiry has found. In its first report into preparedness for a pandemic, the UK Covid-19
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A&E times typically higher in Wales than England and Scotland in past decade
The proportion of people waiting more than four hours to be seen in A&E departments has typically been higher in Wales than either England or Scotland over the past decade,
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Patients dying in hospital corridors amid NHS ‘national emergency’, nurses warn
Nurses have declared a “national emergency” in the NHS, warning that patients are dying in hospital corridors. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) revealed patients are being left without access
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Gething sacks minister for social partnership after phone message leak to media
The First Minister of Wales has sacked his minister for social partnership following the leak of a phone message to the media, which she insists she was not behind. Vaughan
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Hundreds of staff trained with anti-opioid medicine amid deaths at Welsh prison
About 400 prison staff have been trained to use an anti-opioid medicine amid a spate of deaths which are believed to be drug-related, a minister has said. Justice minister Edward
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