Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News on Ageing

Swinney will not support assisted dying Bill at Holyrood

The Scottish First Minister revealed his decision before a key vote on the legislation next week.

Evening Standard

First Minister John Swinney speaks out against legalising assisted dying in Scotland

FIRST Minister John Swinney has said he opposes plans to legalise assisted dying in Scotland.

The National (Scotland)

‘It makes no sense’: Macmillan hiring for senior roles after axing 26% of staff

Exclusive: Charity posts several senior corporate roles, months after saying it faced ‘tough financial climate’

The Guardian - UK

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

Veteran who lied about age to join up tells of ‘relief’ at learning war was over

Don Turrell, 99, forged a letter from his parents to enlist in the Army underage.

Evening Standard

Church of Scotland to take neutral stance on Scottish assisted dying bill

Campaigners welcome church move making it first major denomination in UK to adopt neutral position

The Guardian - UK

‘The best is still to come’ – Wes Streeting promises sweeping NHS improvements

The Government has announced £100 million to refurbish and expand GP surgeries.

Evening Standard

‘The pain was worse than giving birth’: why are so many women separated from their babies in prison?

First they had to give birth in custody, then their babies were taken away. Sometimes they never got them back. Here’s what 29 women told the Lost Mothers Project

The Guardian - UK

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

Long A&E waits for people who have paid into NHS all their lives ‘appalling’

A report from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine shows that rising numbers of elderly and frail people are enduring very long waits.

Evening Standard

More than 1m older people in England waited over 12 hours in A&E last year

Royal College of Emergency Medicine says many endured ‘degrading and dehumanising’ waits on trolleys

The Guardian - UK

Oldest patients facing longest waits in A&E as doctors say system is ‘failing our most vulnerable’

The ‘degrading’ treatment of the elderly is being called ‘an alarming threat to patient safety’

The Independent UK

NHS staff to be allowed to refuse to take part in assisted dying under amendment

Changes will also be made to employment law so that nobody who refuses to take part can be dismissed or face disciplinary action.

Evening Standard

The Guardian view on paternity leave: campaigners are right to demand more

Editorial: Too many fathers are forced to miss out on precious early days with their newborns because support is too low

The Guardian - UK

King Charles hopes Princess Charlotte will do something extremely special when he's 'very old'

Whether or not she becomes a working royal one day, the King has always wished for his granddaughter to have this special role.

Woman & Home

John Swinney to reveal stance on Holyrood Assisted Dying Bill this week

The Scottish First Minister said he would make his position clear ahead of a key vote on the proposed legislation on May 13.

Evening Standard

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Evening Standard

Second World War veterans to join the King for VE Day tea party

They will have prime spots to watch the military parade and flypast in central London as part the nation’s VE Day 80th anniversary events.

The Guardian - UK

Badenoch says more children, not immigration, will help with ageing population

Conservative leader’s remarks to BBC suggest she may develop policies that encourage women to have more children

Evening Standard

Assisted dying about ‘human cost’ not pounds and pence, MP behind Bill says

Kim Leadbeater said the Bill was ‘the most robust piece of legislation in this area in the world’.

Kiplinger

Eight Ways Retirees Can Have Fun Despite Rising Prices

Higher prices are a bummer for everyone, but if you're a retiree or on a fixed income, how do you still have a good time without breaking the bank?

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Europe will mark V-E Day's 80th anniversary as once-unbreakable bonds with the US are under pressure

Europe will mark Victory in Europe Day’s 80th anniversary as once unbreakable bonds with the US are under pressure

The Independent UK

Chilean woman with muscular dystrophy becomes face of euthanasia debate as bill stalls in Senate

While right-wing populism surges in some of the world’s leading democracies, Chile’s leftist government is rushing in the opposite direction, taking on sensitive, liberal social issues in its waning months

The Independent UK

British woman now world’s oldest person shares the secret to long life

Ethel was born before the First World War

Marie Claire

The Prince and Princess of Wales have released a brand new birthday portrait of Princess Charlotte

AAP

Court approves payout after COVID-19 aged care deaths

Families of those who died amid aged care failures during a deadly COVID-19 outbreak will be compensated after a judge signed off on a deal.

The Guardian - UK

Assisted dying impact assessment to put price on enacting change in England and Wales

Long-awaited document, which could be published as soon as Friday, is expected to make difficult reading

The Independent UK

Brazilian nun who was the world's oldest person has died at 116

Sister Inah Canabarro, a Brazilian woman who was the world’s oldest person, died on Wednesday at nearly 117

1 … 25 26 27 28

People

The Prince and Princess of Wales

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

Organisations

the Conservative Party

the Royal British Legion

the Royal College of Emergency Medicine

24 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.