CAMPAIGNERS fighting to save a Risca care home could lose their battle – as councillors meeting to discuss its future today are being asked to pass a recommendation that the site should close.

A mental health charity has condemned an “epic failure” by psychiatric services after a man with schizophrenia killed a woman at random in the street.

A pre-op transsexual has been jailed for 32 months for possessing indecent images of children and showing distressing videos to a girl.

CAMPAIGNERS trying to save a care home threatened with closure have collected 10,000 signatures supporting their cause and have a solicitor fighting their corner.

BATTLING villagers in the Neath Valley are hoping silence is golden in their fight to save a care home for the elderly from closing. They staged a silent demonstration outside Trem-y-Glyn in Glynneath as social services chief Tony Clements arrived to explain to home residents and their families why Neath Port Talbot Council wanted to shut it.

Provision of care for the elderly is an issue that generates some tough questions for policy-makers. Hundreds of care home workers, trade unionists and residents’ families marched on Neath Port Talbot council in February to protest at the closure of seven care homes.

A recent survey of accident and emergency units in England and Wales by researchers at Cardiff University brings welcome news that overall levels of serious violence are falling.  It is, however, of serious concern that there is a rise in the number of children under 10 years old who are victims of violence.

Plaid Cymru has outlined its commitment to free care provision for older and disabled people in its manifesto published this week.

THOUSANDS of people are backing the campaign to save a care home which faces the axe. More than 8,000 people have signed petitions to save Risca’s Ty Darran, which could get the chop next month.

A council has been criticised for the way it investigated complaints that a young boy was left alone with a convicted child abuser.