A NURSE, who worked at an Amman Valley care home, has been struck off — after claiming complaints made against him were due to a rejected social invite.

A young care worker was praised at the Wales Care Awards for her compassion in helping a dying man and awarded the most exceptional newcomer in Wales’ social care sector.

Charity chiefs have warned that the scandal surrounding BBC Newsnight’s investigation into the child abuse which took place at a Welsh care home, leading to a senior Tory being wrongly named on social media, could deeply damage the chances of more victims coming forward.

Copies of a shelved report into abuse at residential children’s homes in north Wales in the 1970s and 1980s have been found

The Waterhouse Inquiry was ordered by William Hague, then Welsh secretary in 1996.

JIMMY Savile has been linked to allegations of abuse at the Bryn Estyn care home, according to reports.

David Cameron has ordered an investigation that threatens to expose a senior Tory politician as a member of a child sex ring in North Wales.

A University of Wales conference will try to find out how austerity and health policy implications are affecting social care, by Gideon Calder

BLAENAU Gwent council faces a £806,000 shortfall as part of the projections for the borough’s annual cash injection from the assembly.

Care home officials have confirmed a Flintshire nursing home has been placed under special scrutiny following the death of a resident last month.