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29 May 2018

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News imageAneurin Bevan, Minister of Health, meeting a patient at Papworth Village Hospital, following the establishment of the new NHS

'I was a nurse at the start of the NHS'

Olive Belfield was a young nurse when Britain launched the National Health Service in 1948.

News imageFile photo a pregnant woman, 1 April 2014

Should women be paid to carry other people's children?

Paying a surrogate in Canada is currently illegal and comes with harsh penalties and steep fines.

News imageEddie Gilfoyle

'Harder' to appeal wrongful convictions

The body that represents people who may have been wrongly convicted is accused of failing applicants.

News imageSteffan Lewis

'I'm so grateful I managed to survive'

An AM who has stage four bowel cancer thanks doctors who treated him when he came close to death in February.

News imageSteffan Lewis

Doctors gave Plaid AM 'second chance'

Steffan Lewis, who has stage four bowel cancer, said he came close to death in February.

News imageAn obese child

What does it mean if a child is 'severely obese'?

Children are becoming more overweight as they go through primary school, latest figures show.

News imageMarket trader, Berwick Street Market, Soho, London, 1957

A suitcase full of photographic wonder

A treasure trove of quirky street photographs by John Turner capture London's past.

News imageChild playing

'All my wages were spent on childcare'

Parents share their views on the Welsh Government's free childcare scheme.

News imageCash

Complaints about loans see sharp rise

Lenders' treatment of customers with high-cost loans is questioned by the Financial Ombudsman.

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