A Welsh nurse who saved a man’s life when a New York ferry crashed in 2003 could be in line for a multi-million-pound compensation payout. Kerry Griffiths could get £5.1m after a judge rejected the city government’s attempt to cap its liability for the disaster.

A lottery millionaire has been found guilty of serious sex offences against two schoolgirls. David Dyas, 52, of Newbridge, south Wales, was found guilty of one charge of rape and three indecent assaults. He was cleared of one charge of rape.

The numbers of migrant workers in parts of north Wales is unknown officials have admitted. North Wales Race Equality Network said the number of migrant workers in Wales could be five to 10 times higher than the official figure of 12,670.

An initiative pioneered in Wales to combat domestic violence is to receive a cash boost of nearly £2m, Home Secretary John Reid announces today. The Government marks the start of domestic violence month by providing £1.85m to help increase the number of action teams across Wales and England who tackle the problem.

A hospital has apologised to a heart patient who said he was woken at 3am and asked to leave his bed to make way for an emergency admission. Father-of-six Mohammed Khan said he was forced to lie on a trolley in a crowded patient waiting room for four hours before being moved to a chair.

A Swansea nurse who pulled over to help a hit and run victim found herself cradling her bloodied teenage son. Philippa Kelleher rode with the teenager in an ambulance to Morriston Hospital which she had left just minutes earlier when her shift ended.

Tenants on an Anglesey estate are taking a stand against anti-social behaviour. The Tyddyn Mostyn residents association was formed a little over a year ago, following a spate of incidents on the Menai Bridge housing estate.

A children’s charity yesterday slammed a two-year jail sentence handed to a paedophile who groomed a 14-year-old girl over the internet. Old enough to be his victim’s grandfather, 54-year-old Gary Scutchings posed as a girl called Sophie to win her confidence before admitting he was a man and persuading her to send topless photos.

Hundreds of disabled workers staged a protest as part of a campaign to prevent the closure of their factories. Around 300 people marched through Cardiff to highlight a review of Remploy factories, the biggest employer of disabled workers in Britain.

Welsh children as young as 11 are on the rocky road to alcoholism, we can reveal. A special investigation by Wales on Sunday has unveiled an increasing number of young kids under the age of 18 being treated in A&E hospital wards for shocking levels of alcohol abuse.