Harman warns of job market 'misery'

Harriet Harman has warned of "abject misery" in the jobs market after leaked Treasury documents suggested last week's Budget could drive up unemployment by as much as 1.3 million.

At Commons question time, the acting Labour leader seized on the "secret Treasury analysis" to attack the Government's strategy of cuts to public services.

But Prime Minister David Cameron accused her of scoring a "spectacular own goal", insisting unemployment was forecast to fall "every year under this Government". He said that, under Labour's plans, there would have been 70,000 fewer public sector jobs next year.

Five million adults 'act as carers'

Five million adults in England are acting as a carer for a sick, elderly or disabled person with more than one in five providing care for more than 50 hours a week, according to figures.

The percentage of carers aged 16 and over providing 50 hours or more care a week has more than doubled in the past nine years from 10% to 22%, provisional figures from the NHS Information Centre showed.

Nearly half of carers - 48% - provide 20 hours or more of care a week and 30% provide 35 hours or more, according to figures from the centre.

Over a third, 35%, of carers look after a parent, while over a quarter, 27%, care for their spouse or partner.

One dead following St Asaph fire

St Asaph fire

A PERSON has died in a house fire in the early hours of Monday morning.

Police and fire crews were called to the burning property at Llwyn Elwy, St Asaph just after 2.30am.

An investigation has now been launched to establish the cause of the blaze.

The body was discovered after the flames had been extinguished.

A North Wales Police spokeswoman said: "One person has died following a fire at a house in St Asaph during the early hours of this morning.

"Two fire crews from Rhyl, one from St Asaph and one from Abergele attended the scene following reports of a serious fire.

Plaid Cymru MP blasts government after it rules out bilingual juries

Hywel Williams

Hywel Williams calls Westminster 'backward looking and London-centric'

PLAID Cymru has branded the government callous and London-centric after it ruled out the possibility of bilingual juries for good.

Arfon MP Hywel Williams quizzed coalition over whether it would review Labour’s decision preventing Welsh speaking panels sitting for cases involving native Welsh speakers.

 But Tory Justice Minister Jonathan Djanogly said official figures showed that it would mean excluding most of the population from selection.