Care organisation appeals for volunteers to tackle coronavirus crisis
A leading care organisation is appealing for former nurses and other staff to volunteer to help them beat the coronavirus epidemic threatening the residential care sector.
Pendine Park looks after 450 residents at its eight...
Land Rover Discovery Sport road test by Steve Rogers
So, you would like a new Range Rover but 80 grand is too salty for the pocket.
Solution. Troll the second hand market, or maybe there's a better option... buy a new Discovery Sport.
This is...
Rising star Elis talks movingly about how crushing mental anxiety attacks stopped him from...
A rising star on the Welsh music scene who has played to bumper-size crowds has spoken movingly about how he once couldn’t cross a road because he was so tormented by crushing mental anxiety.
People...
Brexit uncertainty is “hugely damaging” to social care in Wales
A social care champion is calling for certainty over Brexit.
Mario Kreft MBE, the chair of Care Forum Wales, says the current state of flux was hugely damaging.
He was speaking in the wake of the...
Don’t undervalue our national treasures
By Mario Kreft MBE, Chair of Care Forum Wales
The people who work in care homes and domiciliary care companies are national treasures and they need to be appreciated as such.
Instead, the social care sector...
Care home bosses demand stronger PPE in face of deadly new Covid-19 variant
A social care campaigner is calling on the Welsh Government to urgently invest in higher grade PPE to defend against the new coronavirus variant sweeping care homes.
Glyn Williams, a member of the Care Forum...
Family links with Italian PoW inspires new novel
A lifetime link between her family and a former Italian prisoner of war has inspired a new novel by award winning Bala author Siân Melangell Dafydd.
She drew inspiration for the book, Filò, from her...
Vauxhall Mokka road test by Steve Rogers
When my neighbour is round to spy the latest test car before the engine has cooled it must be something tasty.
In this case it was the new Vauxhall Mokka and it was the front...
Citizens Advice lead drive for justice for the vulnerable of North and Mid Wales
Vulnerable people across North and Mid Wales are to get free face-to-face legal advice thanks to a £260,000 partnership between local Citizens Advice services, law firms and a leading university.
It will help the region...
Care home boss Melanie tells of heartbreak after losing 14 residents to coronavirus
A manager who has fought a valiant battle to protect her care home from the grip of Covid has spoken of her heartbreak at losing 14 residents to the deadly virus in just three...
