GIBRALTAR House nursing home in Monmouth really got into the spirit of Valentine's Day this year by arranging for a number of elderly couples to get together at the home and then surprising them with flowers.

The home currently provides nursing and residential care for 35 residents and among those receiving the floral gift was Cecil Beach.

Andrea Booth, administrator at the home, said: "Cecil is such a wonderful character. His wife Kathleen visits him daily and the devotion between them is clear."

Mrs Booth said they were "typical of couples" looking forward to the completion of a new state of the art care village development at the home - which will enable a partner to live in their own house on site and therefore make visits to see spouses like Mr Beach much easier.

Stéphane Beaumont, nurse manager of Gibraltar House, commented: "The care team here constantly express their love and dedication to all those that live at Gibraltar House and with all this love around us on a daily basis it was a good idea to recognise Valentine's in this way."