Half of unpaid carers in Wales are not aware they are eligible for a free flu jab, according to new research. The jabs are an investment in their health and the health of the person they care for. If a carer falls ill, the welfare of the disabled or elderly person being cared for may also be at risk.

Cardiff City manager Dave Jones has spoken of the 18 months of hell he and his family suffered after he was falsely accused of child abuse. The case was thrown out of Liverpool Crown Court after the Bluebirds manager was initially charged in November 1999 by police in relation to his time as a careworker on Merseyside during the 1980s.

Wales has made “significant” improvements to cancer services for patients, Assembly Health Minister Dr Brian Gibbons claimed yesterday. Announcing a £4.5m boost to improve cancer services, he also said the NHS has made “substantial progress” in meeting one and two-month waiting times for patients with suspected cancer.

A dangerous paedophile was jailed indefinitely yesterday, only weeks after a judge varied his bail conditions to allow him to spend his wedding night at a hotel. Judge Philip Richards told Kelvin Wagstaff he posed a significant risk to the public and that he must serve a minimum of 12 months in prison before he can be considered for parole.

Police say a crackdown on domestic violence in two Gwent council areas revealed some “significant” results.

Nurses may consider industrial action if a pay award is not introduced in full, a leading Welsh nursing representative warns. Action is likely to exclude going on strike, says RCN Welsh chairman Eirlys Warrington, but would be designed to demonstrate to the government nurses’ anger over what is effectively a pay cut.

Visitors to hospital wards could have their mobile phones confiscated because of fears they are compromising patient confidentiality. Gwent Healthcare NHS Trust has introduced a ban on mobile phones in all clinical and ward areas to protect patients and staff.

Hundreds of sex offenders across Wales have been let off with their crimes – despite admitting their guilt, we can reveal. A Wales on Sunday investigation has discovered that police and the Crown Prosecution Service have released hundreds of offenders onto our streets with just a caution rather than take them to court, where they could face a jail sentence.

For the first time, pub landlords in Wrexham will join forces in a bid to drive out violent customers who regularly terrorise innocent customers. It is hoped the Pubwatch scheme will reduce the number of fights and drunken incidents in the town’s bars dramatically.

Plaid Cymru yesterday promised a full pay rise for nurses as part of its programme for the NHS. It would ditch a staggered increase which will give nurses in England and Wales a 1.5 per cent pay rise in April and another one per cent in November.