A coroner says he is “desperately concerned” about a rise in the number of young men committing suicide in his area.

Swansea Council is refusing to discuss the outcome of possible disciplinary action against a social worker involved in the case of murdered baby Aaron Gilbert.The 13-month-old baby died after being treated like a punchbag by hard-drinking brute Andrew Lloyd, who left him with 50 sickening injuries to his battered body.

Almost £300m was spent on special educational needs in Wales last year, but it is unclear whether the money was put to best use, the auditor general for Wales warned yesterday.

The Home Office was under pressure today to reform the way Christian asylum seekers are treated following complaints about “ludicrous” questioning from immigration officials.

A Llanelli care home’s £2.4 million extension has left it resembling a five-star hotel, a councillor has claimed.The changes, at Llys y Bryn, in Bryn, are part of a multi-million-pound programme, drawn up by the council, to modernise care homes.

Old people in Bridgwater are being failed as a result of inequalities in health and social care – that’s the view of town MP Ian Liddell-Grainger, who is backing a campaign for care reform.

Plans have been revealed for a series of mergers in the Welsh NHS with the aim of cutting bureaucracy and delivering better care for patients. Health minister Edwina Hart has given the go-ahead for seven health trusts to discuss creating three larger bodies.

Vulnerable adults in the south Wales valleys are more likely to be abused by a family member than anyone else, according to official figures.

A devoutly religious father and son used their church-going respectability to hide their sexual abuse of children, Cardiff Crown Court has heard.

Reform proposals for the complaints procedure for children in care in Wales have been attacked as “unworkable” by a charity. Voices From Care Cymru said the plans – for local authorities to buy in advice for youngsters – “will fail some of Wales’s most vulnerable children”.