LITTLE Poppy’s mum has been forced to make an unbearable threat: “Get me the help my terminally-ill girl needs or I’ll put her in care.” The gorgeous eight-year- old may not live beyond the age of 10.

Plaid Cymru Member of Parliament for Carmarthen East & Dinefwr, Jonathan Edwards, and Plaid County Councillor Hazel Evans have launched a ferocious attack on the Labour Party as a result of the Labour / Independent County Council proposal to stop funding five Day Centres in the county.

People receiving non-residential social services such as home care services in Wales will pay a maximum of £50 per week for the assistance, the Welsh Assembly Government has confirmed, in a move welcomed by BASW Cymru.

ONE of Anglesey’s largest nursing homes is under review by social services. The 78-bed Sant Tysilio home in Llanfairpwll has come under the scrutiny of the Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales (CSSIW) – with temporary restrictions put on admissions.

A NEW sensory impairment service in the borough is helping people take a more active role in the community.

PROPOSED changes to day care services run by a South Wales council could leave some elderly people “out in the cold”.

SWANSEA’S sorry position as top of the Class As when it comes to suspect drug testing has not surprised the city’s top cop.

THE FUTURE of 30 elderly residents and 21 staff hangs in the balance after a Tywyn nursing home went into administration this week.

DEMENTIA patients in Gwent who require a spell in hospital are set to benefit from pledges by health bosses that ward staff will receive the training necessary to ensure dignity and respect is maintained at all times.

The number of children in Wales placed in local authority care has risen by 44% in the last decade, figures show.