A nurse, formerly of North Wales, who tried to kill two elderly patients was yesterday struck off.

A nurse who tried to kill two elderly patients has been struck off by the Nursing and Midwifery Council.

A care home for vulnerable adults has been banned from admitting new patients – and two of its senior members of staff have been suspended.

A front-line probation officer has voiced colleagues’ fears that job cuts could endanger public safety.

Carmarthenshire’s top casualty nurse has welcomed Assembly plans to tackle violent patients.The county’s NHS Trust’s senior A &E nurse, Lesley Jenkins, says she is backing the move towards “zero tolerance” of abuse towards health workers.

The manager and another member of staff have been suspended from a care home on Anglesey after a “series of failings”.

Grants worth £800,000 to encourage more young people to become volunteers were announced by Welsh social justice minister Brian Gibbons yesterday.

Wales prides itself on being a rugby-loving nation. But behind the sense of pride lurks a secret shame – for every match that’s played, another victim of domestic violence is claimed.

A teetotal peer wants to ban outdoor boozing to stop spiralling alcohol problems across Wales – which have got worse since the smoking ban, he claims.

Drug crime in Wales rose 11% over the past year, according to Home Office figures released yesterday.