A PROPERTY giant has been given permission to buy and renovate a Colwyn Bay rehabilitation centre for drug addicts and alcoholics.

A RESIDENTIAL home manager from Wrexham has won a prestigious national accolade for her tireless efforts to improve the lives of those in her care.

A council has been heavily criticised by a watchdog for its treatment of a man with learning difficulties. The public services ombudsman for Wales said 38-year-old Terry Laurence suffered “a grave injustice” from Vale of Glamorgan council after a dispute.

A RADICAL shake-up of the care system in Wales is needed with rising numbers of frail, elderly people and a looming black hole in public funding, it was claimed yesterday.

POLICE are investigating a string of staff e-mails raising child protection concerns at a school for children with autism. The news comes as council officers prepare to read a report into the conduct of the headmaster at Ysgol Plas Brondyffryn, Dr Michael Toman, who allegedly allowed staff to photograph a child’s bare bottom.

TWO youngsters with big hearts now have Golden Hearts to go with them. Social care heroes have been honoured at the county’s first Golden Hearts awards ceremony at Port Talbot’s Princess Royal Theatre.

POLICE and social services officers have confirmed that they are investigating child protection concerns at a North Wales school for children with autism.

The care received by a mentally ill patient before he stabbed a 56-year-old woman to death has been criticised. Christopher Devine, 23, from Rhyl, Denbighshire, killed Sandra Bowring (also known by her maiden name Vincent) after they met at a psychiatric unit.

Urgent improvements are needed to bring social services in Gwynedd up to the required standard, say auditors. A review said the service was “inconsistent” and the council was badly placed to improve it.

Welsh Assembly Government Ministers have reaffirmed their commitment to improving services and provision for disabled young people in Wales by announcing a new funding package of support worth £2.75m.