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World's oldest person dies at 118 - after surviving World War I and Covid pandemic

French nun Lucile Randon, who was also known as Sister Andrée has died aged 118 in her sleep in her nursing home in Toulouse France, a spokesman for the home has confirmed

Daily Mirror

‘For her, it’s a liberation’: World’s oldest person dies in her sleep

Lucile Randon, known as Sister Andre, died in her sleep at nursing home

The Independent UK

World’s oldest known person, French nun Lucile Randon, dies at 118

Sister André was born in 1904 and survived an outbreak of Covid-19 in 2021 in her nursing home that killed 10 other residents

The Guardian - UK

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World's oldest person, French nun Sister Andre, dies at 118 -retirement home

French nun Sister Andre, the world's oldest person, passed away at 118 in France, her retirement home told Reuters on Tuesday.

Reuters

Monica Stockdale's family call for national aged care screening to be introduced sooner

The son of an alleged murder victim wants the government to implement a national aged care screening process sooner to ensure workers are fit for the job.

ABC News

Nurse suspended after she 'tied elderly dementia patient to a chair' with hospital blanket

A witness claimed the nurse was 'having dinner and giggling' when the restrained patient was discovered

Manchester Evening News

APS staff allowed to work on Australia Day after Morrison rule revoked

Former prime minister Scott Morrison issued a directive shortly before the election, removing the ability to allow APS staff to arrange a substitute day for Australia Day and other public holidays.

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China Back to ‘Normal’ after End of COVID Curbs, Says Official

China has returned to normal after the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions, Vice Premier Liu He told the World Economic Forum on Tuesday as he invited "international friends" to visit the country. China abruptly dropped its "zero-Covid" approach last month after three years of enforcing some of the harshest anti-pandemic restrictions…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Republican seeking to raise Social Security age claims ‘people want to work longer’

The Georgia Republican says, ‘people come up to me, they actually want to work longer’

The Independent UK

The single penalty: why it costs £860 a month to be alone

Rent, electricity, food – they all cost more if you live by yourself. And then there are the taxes ...

The Guardian - UK

DWP shares new measures to help older people remain in and return to work

People over 50 claiming Universal Credit are to receive more intensive and tailored support to find work.

Daily Record

EU's Nov 2022 excess deaths drop sharply from 2020/21 peaks - data

The European Union saw 6.7% more deaths than usual in November, down sharply from 40% in the same month of 2020 and 26.5% in November 2021, official data from the bloc's statistics office showed on Tuesday.

Reuters

Queen, happy and chaos among children's top words for 2022

Three words were shortlisted but only one came out on top

Liverpool Echo

‘I was left scared, alone, exhausted’: inside London’s maternity crisis

A new study has found that the number of women who report positive labour and birth has fallen dramatically. Claire Cohen reports on the struggling wards

Evening Standard

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'Fun, happy-go-lucky young man with huge passion' killed in farm accident

"The only thing I can think of to ease the pain of losing you is that God wanted you up there as one of his angels to be a tractor driver"

Reuters

Factbox-How China is seeking to boost its falling birth rate

China saw its population fall by roughly 850,000 last year - its first drop in six decades that marks the start of an expected long-term decline in citizen numbers with major economic consequences.

Caixin Global

China’s Population Shrinks for the First Time in Six Decades

The country had 850,000 fewer people at the end of 2022 than it did a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics says

Daily Record

Little Scots girl with leukaemia turned away by doctors TEN times as frantic mum begged for help

Theano Zahorszki's mum threatened to take the tot abroad for tests before doctors finally listened to her pleas and carried out blood tests to determine what was wrong

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Reuters

China's first population drop in six decades sounds alarm on demographic crisis

China's population fell last year for the first time in six decades, a historic turn that is expected to mark the start of a long period of decline in its citizen numbers with profound implications for its economy and the world.

Evening Standard

Bring back cottage hospitals to free capacity in NHS, says senior health leader

Cottage hospitals were a small type of hospital first developed in the UK in the mid-1800s

Daily Record

Nicola Sturgeon responds as elective surgeries are cancelled in Ayrshire

The First Minister laid out a plan to tackle the backlog of elective procedures.

The Independent UK

Thousands turn out to bid farewell to Greece’s former king

Thousands of people have been lining up since before dawn outside Athens’ cathedral to pay their final respects to Greece’s former King Constantine

Daily Record

Staff shortages hits plan for more winter beds at West Lothian hospital

Plans for more beds for elderly folk have hit a snag due to staff shortages

ABC News

Victorian aged care home faces multiple investigations over death of resident on footpath outside facility

Questions over the death of a man on the pavement outside his aged care home may soon be answered with a series of investigations underway.

Daily Record

Man dies after being found covered in blood in middle of the street

Police say he was covered in blood on his hands, face and on his bare feet.

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