Wales This Week
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‘Living With Dementia’, a half-hour documentary following two couples who are dealing with dementia, is now available on You Tube. It is in two parts. We filmed with the two couples for almost a year. There is more on their stories here. The programme is now being used to help teach clinical psychology trainees at
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Further links are now being made between Welsh serial John Cooper and the murder of an elderly brother and sister from Pembrokeshire. Forensic psychologist Dr Clive Sims said there are enough similarities between Cooper’s crimes and the deaths of Griff and Patti Thomas at their farmhouse in Llangolman in 1976 to suggest “he may at
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John Cooper is one of the most notorious criminals in British history. He burgled, raped and murdered during a 15-year reign of terror, which included four executions by shotgun. And, far from keeping a low profile between crimes, he even took time to appear on the gameshow Bullseye. This year, he was jailed for life. ITV Wales
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The UK Supreme Court has upheld an historic judgement in which a former pupil took legal action for being exposed to asbestos while at school. Dianne Willmore died aged 49 of the asbestos cancer mesothelioma on October 15, 2009, the day after she heard that the Appeal Court had upheld a High Court judgement on
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The Home Office and Attorney General’s Office have blocked calls for a public inquiry into the death of a 10-year-old boy who died after a failure to carry out a medical test which would have identified a rare treatable condition. Former First Minister Rhodri Morgan became a late convert to the idea of a public
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The “Hidden Killer” documentary about the levels of asbestos in schools is now available on the Asbestos In Schools website.The story relates not just to Wales but to the whole of the UK and includes interviews with Scottish asbestos expert Robin Howie and with the HSE.Just click the ITV Wales link at http://www.asbestosexposureschools.co.uk/npaper%20links/Documentaries.htm
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Fresh fears are raised today about the way schools are protecting teachers and pupils from potentially-deadly exposure to asbestos.The leading authority on asbestos, the Asbestos Training and Consultancy Association, took a snapshot of 16 UK schools and found that none was meeting health and safety rules on managing the substance.It reports: “All of the schools
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The UK Government yesterday claimed that the post mortem examination report into the death of biological weapons expert Dr David Kelly was being kept secret to protect his family.Campaigning MP Norman Baker asked Justice Minister Michael Wills who had made the decision that medical reports and photographs connected to the death of Dr Kelly should
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Are Welsh schoolchildren and teachers sitting on a health time-bomb?It is a frightening question and one which has been asked increasingly loudly throughout the last few months.The concern relates to asbestos in our school buildings.Between the 1960s and 1980s asbestos was widely used in the construction industry, in particular for roofing, spray coating, pipe-lagging, insulation
Greg Lewis 