Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News on Ageing

Sturgeon’s emotional apology for forced adoption welcomed by campaigners

In one of her final acts as Scottish First Minister, she condemned the practice which forced women to give their babies up.

The Independent UK

Sturgeon fights back tears to offer ‘heartfelt’ apology for forced adoptions

The statement was one of her final acts as Scottish First Minister.

The Independent UK

Coroner calls for drivers licence age limit after man, 95, hits and kills pensioner

Elderly driver has since pleaded guilty to dangerous driving mowing down 89-year-old at pedestrian crossing

Wales Online

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Nicola Sturgeon gives 'heartfelt' apology to mothers forced into adoption

FIRST Minister Nicola Sturgeon has issued a “sincere, heartfelt and unreserved” formal apology in the Scottish Parliament to mothers who were…

The National (Scotland)

Glasgow-born babies lives are 12 years shorter than those in wealthy parts of London

Campaign group, Health Equals, believe that poor living conditions, substandard education and poverty have the cut the lives of millions of people short and more needs to be done.

Glasgow Live

West Lothian plan to close care homes and 'privatise social care' rubber stamped

Councillors were presented with little choice to preserve existing services but unions are angry that without privatisation there will need to big cutbacks.

Edinburgh Live

The three simple habits that can help you lead a long life, according to longevity doctor

The practices can help people to feel and focus better

Manchester Evening News

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Lanarkshire dad launches art fundraiser in tribute to 'kind' daughter who lost cancer battle

Kirkmuirhill mum-of-two Carol Watson tragically lost her life to ovarian cancer at just 38 years old

Daily Record

Travellers to Unimaginable Lands by Dasha Kiper review – how dementia changes lives

A clinical psychologist turns the spotlight on caregivers in this profoundly compassionate study

The Guardian - UK

Areas of Nottinghamshire with highest and lowest life expectancy

Figures show a six-year gap between the areas with the highest and lowest in the county

Nottingham Post

Throwing voting-age legislation onto the ‘policy bonfire’ only delays a debate that has to happen

There might have been pragmatic political reasons behind the government throwing voting-age legislation onto its recent policy bonfire, but it remains a sadly wasted opportunity.

The Conversation

DWP unveils major benefits change for thousands of dying Brits from April

People in their final year of life will be able to get fast-tracked access to Personal Independent Payment (PIP), Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and Attendance Allowance (AA) from April 3

Daily Mirror

How Gold Coast doctor Dinesh Palipana helped Juan Torres practise medicine in Australia

Juan Torres thought it would be impossible to work in an Australian hospital as a doctor. Then Dinesh Palipana answered his call.

ABC News

Prioritise workplace wellbeing to support families, Princess of Wales urges business leaders

Princess of Wales spoke at taskforce whose members include Unilever, Ikea, NatWest and Lego

Birmingham Post

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Daily Record

Scottish life expectancy in one city worst in UK as babies 'live 12 years less'

A group has analysed ONS data and found that the top-10 constituencies with the lowest life expectancy all come from Scotland.

Daily Mirror

'Our sex life used to be hot, but now we're in our 50s it's gone stale and tepid'

A female reader asks Mirror agony aunt Coleen why intimacy has gone off the boil

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh social care services slammed in 'appalling' report

The report comes after wide-ranging inspection ordered by the Scottish Governent last year and warns that action is needed to address a 'litany of failures'.

The Independent UK

Nurse Lucy Letby found caring for less poorly infants ‘boring’, trial hears

Letby is accused of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder 10 others at the Countess of Chester Hospital’s neo-natal unit.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Glasgow Live

Glasgow granny celebrates 100th birthday 'as sheer determination' secret to long life

Effie Cameron has felt "truly spoiled" this week as she marked her 100th birthday. She celebrated in style by visiting her favourite lunch spot and enjoyed a girly shopping spree.

Wales Online

Council claims health board is not 'legally compliant' over funding for some mental health cases

Hywel Dda University Health Board said it did not recognise the council's interpretation but that it would work with the authority to ensure patients had the services they needed

Dynamite News

Women who work in rotating shifts are more likely to be frail: Study

A recent study headed by York University researchers discovered a relationship between shift work and frailty among middle-aged and older employees in Canada, particularly among women on rotating hours. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Independent UK

What are the rules around schools refusing entry to Ofsted inspectors?

Berkshire headteacher threatened to block visit following death of fellow school leader

The Independent UK

Nearly half of specialist doctors in England and Wales born outside UK – census

People born in the Middle East and Asia account for more than a quarter of all specialist GPs, figures show.

Daily Record

Renfrewshire childcare worker slammed by watchdog after tirade against parent on social media

Megan McGurk has since left her job at Linwood Community Childcare following the incidents.

Daily Mirror

How long are you likely to live? Check our interactive map that predicts by postcode

Inequality is rife across the UK, but what some Brits may not know is where you're born might not just impact how you'll live your life, but how long you'll be alive for

1 … 164 165 166 167

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the Scottish Government

the Scottish Parliament

The Department for Work and Pensions

Caversham Primary School

48 stories

Partnership

43 stories

Carmarthenshire Council

27 stories

Hywel Dda University Health Board

25 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.