Prison After Sex Register Failure
A paedophile who avoided jail after the Home Secretary requested judges use prison sparingly, has been jailed for failing to register as a sex offender.
Read MoreA paedophile who avoided jail after the Home Secretary requested judges use prison sparingly, has been jailed for failing to register as a sex offender.
Read MoreNurses in Wales will be paid less than their Scottish colleagues as ministers ruled out breaking ranks with England. The Welsh Assembly Government last night said it would follow England’s lead and stagger a derisory and below inflation 2.5% pay rise for nurses throughout the year.
Read MoreExpensive PFI deals have been branded a waste of money as patients are being denied treatments. Plaid Cymru yesterday said it will cost Wales more than £100m to pay for a new hospital which cost just £14m to build.
Read MoreFinance Minister Sue Essex suggested the Assembly Government was flexible on the role of private finance initiatives today. She faced questions in the chamber about why there had been fewer PFI projects in Wales than in England under Labour.
Read MoreA teenage girl told a court yesterday how she was raped by a pub regular, after they swapped mobile phone numbers. Craig Davies, 26, and the school girl exchanged text messages when he invited her to a party.
Read MoreAll Mobile Creche Company franchises in Wales will be required to provide Welsh-speaking staff, even in the most anglicised areas. And in cities with large ethnic-minority populations, franchisees will need staff fluent in the relevant languages.
Read MoreNurses have called on Health Minister Brian Gibbons to increase pressure on Westminster over their annual pay review. It comes as Scottish Health Minister Andy Kerr has implemented the recommended pay increase of 2.5%.
Read MoreFears have been expressed that the creation of a new “super agency” covering all equality issues could result in Welsh input being downgraded.
In October, the Commission for Equality and Human Rights will be launched, taking over from three existing bodies – the Equal Opportunities Commission, the Commission for Racial Equality and the Disability Rights Commission.
One in five smokers say they will try to stop smoking when Wales’ smoking ban is introduced, a survey has shown. The research was conducted for No Smoking Day, which comes weeks before smoking inside public places and workplaces is banned in Wales.
Read MoreAmbulances have been freed up to answer 999 calls after GPs were drafted into control rooms. The Welsh Ambulance Service yesterday revealed it had exceeded its response times target in Carmarthen, just two weeks after the GP triage system was introduced in three control rooms.
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