UNDER-FIRE council staff were relieved when a report flagged up the failings in Swansea’s child services department.

Pembrokeshire County Council have confirmed today that they are conducting an investigation into how a 96-year-old woman went missing from Cilwendeg Care Home in Boncath on Tuesday night.

CHILD protection in Swansea has improved — but still has a very long way to go. That was the verdict from the Assembly Government’s director of social services, Graham Williams, as a review of children’s social services in the city was formally presented to councillors last night.

A 50% increase in charges for home carers has angered the families of those who depend on the service in Gwynedd.

Nurseries in Wales have been singled out as having improved the quality of their services, in the annual review by the Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales.

PARENTS struggling to cope with their children will be forced to pay for foster and social care if a council becomes the first in Wales to introduce a radical cost-saving scheme.

A team of experts to oversee the work of Swansea council’s social services department are to be appointed.

WREXHAM is to fly the flag for social work in Wales. An event will be held at the RAFA Club on Ruthin Road, Wrexham on Saturday to raise awareness of social work in the Wales.

A THIRD of young people living in Flintshire have an alcohol or drug problem according to a hard-hitting new report. The study reveals that 30.8 per cent of those aged between 16-24 living in the county have a substance misuse problem.

MORE than 150 people showed their support for Bryneithin Care Home by marching through Dinas Powys on Saturday.