Health

A selfie of two young girls smiling at the camera — Lexi May Hopkin on the left with blonde hair and blue eyes, and a younger Tallulah Chalstrey on the right with longer brown hair.

SWANSEA: ‘10km for every year we’ve been without her’ — Llansamlet woman to run 100km from London to Brighton in memory of eight-year-old friend Lexi

By

Kit Peters

5 Min Read

What Not To Eat with Professor Tim Spector & Dr Kandi Ejiofor has been recommissioned by Channel 4.

TV: Channel 4 wants Welsh families for hit health show What Not To Eat — here’s how to apply

Channel 4 is looking for Welsh families to take part in the…

By

Kit Peters

1 Min Read

a dentist at work

Hywel Dda University Health Board

NHS DENTISTRY: Nine-year-old waited two years for treatment — then was seen within days after dentist used rapid advice service

A child in the Hywel Dda health board area waited nearly two…

By

Kit Peters

4 Min Read

female dentist with assistant curing teeth of patient

Health and Care

NHS DENTISTRY IN CRISIS: Charges rocket and appointments become rarer as Wales’s biggest dental shake-up in a generation kicks in today

By

Kit Peters

9 Min Read

young child playing indoors with measuring tape

Health and Care

WEST WALES HEALTH ALERT: One in three children starting school are above a healthy weight — and activity levels are ‘deeply concerning’

By

Kit Peters

7 Min Read

Olivia holding an Arthritis UK banner at a parliamentary event raising awareness of arthritis in young people.

Health and Care

Llanelli teen invited to Parliament after years of agony from ‘invisible’ illness

A brave Llanelli schoolgirl who spent years in crippling pain has been…

By

Kit Peters

4 Min Read

An aerial photograph showing a large, sprawling complex of historic stone buildings with grey slate roofs, surrounded by green lawns, trees, and roads with car parks.

CARMARTHEN: Former Victorian asylum transformed into major health and wellbeing campus

A historic Carmarthen estate, once the site of a Victorian psychiatric hospital,…

By

Kit Peters

3 Min Read

A group of people gathered around a wooden table inside a rustic shed, carefully planting seeds into small black plastic pots.

City leaders get hands-on in Gower to back ‘farm to fork’ food revolution

Senior leaders from across Swansea have swapped their suits for wellies to…

By

Kit Peters

2 Min Read

Naja smiling with her two children, family photo before illness worsened.

Health and Care

Swansea mum’s desperate fight for life as fundraiser launched for urgent treatment abroad

A Swansea mother left bed bound by a crippling medical condition is…

By

Kit Peters

3 Min Read

Side-by-side photo of Owen Filer, 106, seated in an armchair in Cwmbran, and Mary Kier, 112, celebrating her birthday in a Llandeilo care home before her death last year.

Health and Care

Wales’ postcode lottery of life revealed

Babies born in South West Wales today face a postcode lottery that…

By

Kit Peters

5 Min Read

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