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The average dad suffers 22 injuries a year – because of the kids, it emerged yesterday. From accidental kicks to the face to bad backs from being a human climbing frame, the wear and tear on Britain’s dads was revealed in a study of 2,000 parents. In fact, the average dad of school-aged children experiences 22 injuries per year – eight of those while playing with the little ones. And dad also bashes his shin three times on something the…
As one of the longest serving cardiologists at University Hospital of Wales I have had the privilege of working with hundreds of families with children with congenital heart defects, at some of the most difficult times in their life. My colleagues and I encounter a wide range of heart problems in children. Some are minor, but some are serious and life threatening. In many cases, the more serious problems are diagnosed when the baby is still in the womb, but…
Caerleon Child Care who are based in Jump Indoor Play centre in Llanishen have supported the University Hospital of Wales for several years by collecting donations for the Land Ward to help bring a smile to the face of a child and their family while they are unfortunately spending time in hospital over the festive period. The nursery this year would like to extend their donated gifts to include the Young Teenage Cancer Ward and would like to ask the…
Dr Siriol David at Ministry of Justice wins Professional of the Year Award. The Civil Service Awards ceremony, in association with Ernst and Young and Huawei, was held on Wednesday evening at the Foreign Office’s Lancaster House in London. Dr David, from Cardiff, has made a 30 year contribution to Psychological Services in Her Majesty’s Prison Service and is recognised particularly for her work in developing “through the gate” forensic psychological services in Wales. The service has improved the overall…
“Would the world not be a better place if we could make it acne-free?” I think everyone with naturally problematic skin would agree a resounding “YES” to this question. As I’m one of them, when I read this claim I knew I had to try it: “To banish those stubborn spots and heal your skin from the inside out, try the newly reformulated help: clear skin supplement from Works with Water Nutraceuticals, which contains only 100% natural complexion-clearing ingredients that…
There are some fantastic opportunities for young adults of 12-18 to join the Cadets at Ty Llewellyn Detachment in Cardiff. They parade at Ty Llewellyn Barracks, Morgan Street CF10 4FG between 1845hrs – 2100hrs every Monday and Wednesday night. The Army Cadets is a youth organisation, with military themed activities, encompassed within a Safe System of Training and CRB checks for all staff. They are a youth community group inspiring for young adults to achieve and seek new opportunities and experiences. We…
Dogs Trust, the UK’s largest dog welfare charity, will be delivering a record number of gifts to homeless people with dogs this Christmas as requests from homelessness projects across the UK have increased by more than 12%, up from 1050 parcels last year to 1180 this year. As demand for the Christmas hampers has doubled since 2010, Dogs Trust is asking the public to spread a little Christmas joy and buy a present for a dog in need….
A major new training programme for professionals in the built environment sector has got underway, aiming to put Wales at the forefront of sustainability expertise. Built Environment Sustainability Training (BEST) is offering flexible, fully subsidised training to develop knowledge and skills in the latest sustainability practices – particularly in construction, energy, waste, and water. The programme is supported by the European Social Fund, through the Welsh Government and offers fully subsidised courses to people who live or work in one…
John Lewis’s Christmas advert, Monty’s Christmas, is helping one of its official charity partners WWF raise awareness and deliver much needed support to protect the Antarctic home of real life “Monty and Mabel” Adélie Penguins at the South Pole. All profits from the CD sales of John Lewis’s Christmas advert single, Real Love by Tom Odell, are going to WWF’s Adopt a Penguin Programme. The Antarctic is undergoing rapid change as the region is affected by climate change. However, this change is…
New studies are showing that a multilingual brain is nimbler, quicker, better able to deal with ambiguities, resolve conflicts and better resists Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. Children have a natural aptitude for picking up new words and sounds because of the vast spectrum of words they are exposed to. They can easily break down a word into its component sounds and, therefore, categorising words comes naturally to them. It is easier for bilingual children to detect rhyming…
