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1. £1.9m for thalidomide survivors
(News/Świat)

Victims in Wales of the thalidomide scandal are to share £1.9m to improve their care, nearly 50 years after the drug was withdrawn. ...

2. Public sector savings 'essential'
(News/Świat)

NHS, council and police leaders will be told they need to make efficiency savings to avoid cuts in services.

3. Wales question Bastareaud fitness
(News/Świat)

Coach Warren Gatland says Wales plan to run block-busting France centre Mathieu Bastareaud off his feet in Friday's showdown. ...

4. NHS boards to be £43m over budget
(News/Świat)

Six of Wales' seven new health boards expect a budget deficit by end of the financial year, BBC Wales learns. ...

5. Assisted death legal guidance due
(News/Świat)

Guidelines to clarify when someone should be prosecuted for assisting suicide in England and Wales are to be released. ...

6. Council tax rise below inflation
(News/Świat)

Council tax bills in Wales will rise by an average 3.6% next year, just below the rate of inflation, say local government leaders. ...

7. Warning over 'jail instability'
(News/Świat)

Jails in England and Wales could become more unstable because of budget cuts and a rising population, the chief inspector of prisons warns. ...

8. Social care law 'needs clarity'
(News/Świat)

The law and duties covering social care provided by councils in England and Wales need simplifying, experts say. ...

9. Regeneration scheme is under fire
(News/Świat)

A report finds the Communities First programme hasn't delivered value for money and assembly government management is largely to blame.

10. Badger cull decision 'perverse'
(News/Świat)

A decision to cull badgers to tackle the spread of bovine TB is criticised by an ex-scientific adviser to the UK government.

11. Call for troops to be withdrawn
(News/Świat)

A call for troops to be withdrawn from Afghanistan is made by Elfyn Llwyd MP at the Plaid Cymru conference.

12. Pupils condemned over fire stunts
(News/Świat)

A fire officer criticises "the Jackass generation" of young people, who he said are copying dangerous stunts seen on TV.

13. Hung parliament 'best for Wales'
(News/Świat)

Ieuan Wyn Jones will tell his party conference a hung parliament would enable Plaid Cymru to secure "the best deal for Wales". ...

14. Refuge woman 'killed by partner'
(News/Świat)

A woman was killed by her violent boyfriend, within hours of leaving a women's refuge to return to him, an inquest hears.

15. NHS staff private care 'must end'
(News/Świat)

The NHS in Wales must stop paying for some of its staff to receive treatment privately, the health minister says. ...

16. Armed kidnap gang in lorry hijack
(News/Świat)

Police hunt robbers who stole a lorry heading to a sportswear factory, and threatened and kidnapped the driver at gunpoint.

17. Union offers to halt port strike
(News/Świat)

A union says it believes a planned strike involving 50 port authority pilots is lawful despite facing a court challenge.

18. Union claims 100 uni jobs at risk
(News/Świat)

A union claims more than 100 jobs are under threat at Aberystwyth University and not the 70 announced last week.