USERS of an under-threat Newport day centre were dealt a final blow yesterday as councillors agreed to close it as part of plans to transform day services for vulnerable and older people in the city.

Wales has moved a step further in its attempt to enshrine the rights of children and young people into law, after deputy children’s minister Huw Lewis presented a measure to the Welsh Assembly this week.

ADULTS with autism in Gwent are set to benefit in the near future from work to set up an all-Wales approach to assessment, diagnosis and post-diagnosis support.

WREXHAM Council is facing a “big challenge” in sustaining and developing its social services in the face of possible spending cuts. That is the warning from chief social care officer Andrew Figiel.

The only Royal British Legion (RBL) care home in Wales has been saved from closure. Crosfield House in Rhayader, Powys, is home to about 50 elderly ex-servicemen and others, and employs up to 90 staff.

Money should not be a barrier to making sure vulnerable looked-after children get the best possible care, according to a 10-month inquiry by the National Assembly for Wales into the placement of children into care.

A PUBLIC backlash has led to a rethink of a controversial shake-up of council-run residential homes for the elderly in Neath and Port Talbot.

Social workers from Wrexham and Cardiff were the big winners at the first ever BASW Cymru Awards.

A SUPPORT worker was invited to Buckingham Palace after winning an award for his hard work. Brian Lane from Llandudno has been awarded the prestigious City and Guilds Medal for Excellence.

CARERS and campaigners are angry and disappointed by a decision to axe funding for a dementia care service in Flintshire.