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Dec 9, 2024 | yahoo.com | India Pollock |Sian Elin Dafydd

Victims of child sexual abuse were treated in a heartless, hostile and cruel way by monks on a remote island, a safeguarding review has found. One survivor says the way she has been treated since her time on Caldey Island has made the effects of the abuse "a million times worse". The review said frequent allegations of abuse had been made but not followed up on or reported to police, and the lack of challenge had enabled a monk to abuse children over four decades "in plain sight".

May 4, 2024 | bbc.com | Sian Elin Dafydd

Ffynhonnell y llun, Getty ImagesDisgrifiad o’r llun, Mae modd cael erthyliad hyd at 24 wythnos o feichiogrwydd yng Nghymru, yr Alban a Lloegr“Ro' ni wrth fy modd yn feichiog - doeddwn i byth yn disgwyl dod â’r beichiogrwydd i ben - roedd yn drawmatig iawn dod i’r canlyniad yna.”Gwnaeth Katie a’i phartner y penderfyniad i erthylu ar ôl cael gwybod na fyddai ei babi’n debygol o oroesi, neu’n dioddef bywyd “anodd a phoenus”.

Feb 23, 2024 | bbc.com | Sian Elin Dafydd

Ffynhonnell y llun, BBC CymruDisgrifiad o’r llun, Mae Glyn Jones yn dweud bydd rhaid iddo werthu ei dŷ er mwyn fforddio'r costauMae dyn â sglerosis ymledol (MS) yn dweud y bydd yn rhaid iddo werthu ei dŷ pe bai'r hyn mae'n ei dalu am ofal yn codi. Bwriad Llywodraeth Cymru yw cynyddu’r uchafswm mae unigolion yn talu ar gyfer gofal yn y cartref. Mae elusennau anabledd yn dweud eu bod yn bryderus am y sefyllfa, a bod pobl eisoes yn cael trafferth talu.

Aug 16, 2023 | bbc.co.uk | Bethan Lewis |Sian Elin Dafydd |Steve Duffy

By Bethan Lewis, Sian Elin Dafydd & Steve DuffyBBC NewsA-level results in Wales are expected to be lower than last year, despite a Covid "safety net" including more generous grading for students. It is to take account of higher grades given by teachers when exams were cancelled during the pandemic. The exams watchdog said Thursday's results were due to be broadly midway between 2019 and 2022 levels. Welsh universities said there would be "high demand" for some courses through clearing.

Aug 10, 2023 | bbc.com | Sian Elin Dafydd

Image source, GoogleImage caption, Hillview Hospital in Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent, had to stop providing adolescent mental health servicesAdolescent mental health care has been suspended at a private hospital treating young women. An unannounced inspection of Hillview Hospital in Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent, raised several concerns including about recording of patient restraints. Elysium Healthcare, operator since September 2022, said patient safety and wellbeing was its "highest priority".