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  Dementia is now the UK’s biggest killer, with someone developing it every three minutes. Of the top 10 causes of death, dementia is the only one that we can’t cure, prevent or even slow down, but Alzheimer’s Society Faye Baylis, 41, is part of Team Bluebirds in honour of her father who was diagnosed in 2016. “As a care professional with 25 years’ experience I knew what was coming but it’s totally different when it’s your own family. “I was…

VPZ has launched a support service for adult smokers in Cardiff.   The launch of the service is part of a UK-wide aim to help a quarter of a million Brits make the switch to vaping during the next 12 months.   Reduced public health spending means that smokers in Cardiff and throughout the country are having less access to local stop smoking services.   VPZ is now stepping-in to help educate smokers in Cardiff about how they can join…

The transplant team at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff have successfully transplanted kidneys from donors infected with Hepatitis C. The procedure was the first of its kind in the United Kingdom and represents a medical breakthrough in both organ transplantation and the treatment of Hepatitis C. Hepatitis C is treated using direct acting antiviral (DAA) tablets. DAA tablets are the safest and most effective medicines for treating Hepatitis C. In Wales, DAA tablets have been available on the…

Years of working with vulnerable families convinced Tony Foulkes that he wanted to offer a safe, loving home for children in care.   Approaching early retirement he persuaded wife Cathie  that they should begin fostering with Barnardo’s Cymru and the couple have found it so rewarding that they are now backing the charity’s campaign (September 16 to 22) to recruit more much-needed foster parents in Wales.   During the last nine years Tony, 66, and Cathie, 60 of Abergele have…

We’re recreating our history…   Ahead of our first ever 999 Weekend taking place in Cardiff Bay next weekend (21st – 22nd September), we’re celebrating all things vintage.   Take a step back in time with us as our crews recreate Service photos taken up to 80 years ago.   It’s hard to imagine where the time has gone but its clear Stations, staff and equipment have seen some changes over the years.   We now cover an area of…

  Dear editor,   You never know how you would act in an emergency, yet our actions could save a life.   This is why I think it’s fantastic that, after 10 years of campaigning by the British Red Cross, it will be compulsory for first aid skills to be taught in all state schools in England from 2020. It’s an  impactful way to give young people the confidence they need to help someone.   As parents, Ben and I…

Helen Connolly, South Australia’s first Children’s Commissioner, has been in South Wales learning how Barnardo’s Cymru supports children who are affected by abuse or have parents in prison.   She was able to talk to prisoners at HMP Parc near Bridgend, tour the prison’s visitor centre run by Barnardo’s Cymru and visit the charity’s Better Futures service. Better Futures helps children and young people affected by the trauma of abuse, who engage in harmful sexual behaviour and who are victims…

COREY CREED SETS NEW HEIGHT RECORD IN MOTO QUARTERPIPE, PAT BOWDEN WINS FMX BEST TRICK FOR SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, AND KEVIN HANSEN TOPS THE PODIUM AT NITRO RALLYCROSS   NITRO WORLD GAMES RETURNS NEXT MAY WITH NITRO WORLD GAMES – WALES 2020. Salt Lake City, UT – Fans packed Utah Motorsports Campus on Saturday, 17 August to watch the action at Nitro World Games unfold. Things kicked off with ten of the world’s best FMX athletes lining up…

A disused industrial space is to become the new home of some of Cardiff’s most creative, independent businesses. The Boneyard shipping container studio development, along with pizza restaurant Dusty Knuckle, are both being moved on from their current locations in Cardiff in order to make way for developers. After spending months since their eviction notices facing an uncertain future, the two businesses have today announced a joint move into a new, larger location on a disused piece of land in…

        Vulnerable children and young people helped by Barnardo’s Cymru will have colourful and comfortable surroundings when they call in for future support sessions, thanks to a team of volunteers from IKEA.   Staff from the Swedish furniture giant’s Cardiff Bay store travelled to Barnardo’s Better Futures service in Pyle with enough furniture, pictures and toys to transform counselling rooms, a music room and art room.   It was part of a national partnership with Barnardo’s which…