Women in their 40s are more likely to drink potentially harmful amounts of alcohol on a night out than younger people, Cardiff researchers have found.

A multimillionaire supporter of the Children’s Hospital for Wales has called on Prime Minister Gordon Brown to fund the second phase of development.

AN 11-YEAR-OLD girl drowned in a lake as she went to feed geese at her foster parents’ home, an inquest heard yesterday.

Who would you choose? A professor, a children’s author, or maybe an athlete… ? Senedd correspondent David Williamson looks at who could be in the running for the role of Children’s Commissioner – as well as some more unusual suggestions
 

A Welsh university is among the top six across the UK for educating students with disabilities and students from low-income backgrounds, according to new figures.

A foster carer from Wales, who “changed the future” of a vulnerable teenager, has won a national award. Norma Moses was commended in the Believe In Me Awards, held to highlight the work of carers, teachers and mentors.

The images of cramped corridors and barren rooms reveal why Wales needs a purpose-built children’s hospital. Thousands of children are still being treated in coldly clinical hospital rooms designed with adults in mind, rather than in the more relaxed environment of the new children’s hospital.

The presence of mentally ill prisoners in Wales’s only private jail is a “constant concern,” says a new report. The Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) said it was also concerned there was no psychiatrist who specialised in young people with mental illness.

A charity worker and former Cardiff shopping centre manager has been jailed for 18 months for downloading pornographic images of children.

Older people in Wales suffering with an illness or disability could be losing £110 a week in benefits, Age Concern Cymru warns today.