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‘Like a blocked gate I can’t climb over’: a Windrush victim’s DWP impasse

After 13 years of being shut out of the workplace due to documentation problems, Joseph Mowlah-Baksh was denied benefits – and left unaware of assistance programmes

The Guardian - UK

State treasurers propose targeting men to work in care sector to boost productivity

Board of treasurers’ submission to employment white paper taskforce suggests making training flexible and promoting regional jobs

The Guardian - AU

Scotland's "miracle child" to run Edinburgh Marathon almost 40 years after leukaemia diagnosis

David Campbell, 41, was told he only had a 20 per cent chance of survival when he battled blood cancer at just two years old in 1984.

Daily Record

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Births in Italy hit record low in 2022, population shrinks further

Births in Italy dropped to a new historic low below 400,000 in 2022, national statistics bureau ISTAT said on Friday, as the population continued to shrink.

Reuters

The chasm between mothers and childless women is widening

Seeing friends move on to motherhood without me is made all the more painful by a chronic failure of empathy on both sides, says journalist Nicola Slawson

The Guardian - UK

People on Carer's Allowance in Scotland set to receive an extra £541 this year

The first Carer’s Allowance Supplement payment of 2023 is worth £270.50 and due in June.

Daily Record

Young people caring for someone with a health condition could be due annual payment worth nearly £360

The Young Carer Grant is for Scots aged 16, 17 or 18 who provide up to 16 hours of care each week.

Daily Record

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Editorial: The nursing workforce needs more men

In less than two years, the U.S. could face a shortage of up to 450,000 nurses. The health-care system won’t be able to fill this gap with half the potential workforce on the sidelines: More must be done to recruit men into nursing.

Tribune News Service

Young victim of Brazil daycare center attack is buried

Residents of Blumenau, a city in Southern Brazil, gathered on Thursday at a cemetery to attend the burial of one of the four children killed by a man armed with a small axe in a local daycare center.

Reuters

Mary Mitchell obituary

Other lives: Laboratory worker and housewife with a great ability to cope with life’s tragedies

The Guardian - UK

Funeral of black WWII veteran Flight Sergeant Peter Brown set for historic RAF church

A date for the funeral of Peter Brown, one of the RAF's WW2 veterans who died alone has now been set for next month after the event became 'inundated' with requests to attend following an appeal for mourners

Daily Mirror

The Week in Detail: Karakia, retirement, Warkworth radio dish

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.

Newsroom.co.nz

Being carefree and having no life admin are top things adults miss most about childhood

Over half of adults feel they have lost their sense of fun as they have got older - and say 27 is the average age at which this happens

Daily Mirror

Ayrshire Hospice breaks ground on new £17m care facility in Ayr's Racecourse Road

The significant milestone was reached yesterday as the Hospice team ushered in work on the site.

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Wales Online

The latest death and in memoriam notices in Carmarthenshire as families remember loved ones

Our condolences go out to their families and friends

The Independent UK

Funeral of one of RAF’s last black WW2 veterans moved to historic church

The service for Flight Sergeant Peter Brown will now take place at St Clement Danes, the RAF Central Church, in Westminster so more people can attend.

Evening Standard

Funeral for black WW2 veteran Peter Brown moved to The Strand to accommodate crowds

A surge in requests to attend the Flight Sergeant’s ceremony came after a hugely successful campaign to find his family

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: America's decline in life expectancy speaks volumes about our problems

Years of widening economic inequality, compounded by the pandemic and political storm and stress, have given Americans the impression that the country is on the wrong track. Now there's empirical data to show just how far the country has run off the rails: Life expectancies have been falling.

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Woman & Home

100-year-old 'dancing nana' shares her tips on how to live a long and happy life

Meet Shirley Goodman, the 100-year-old who swears by dancing the "Tush Push" and eating chocolate every day

ABC News

Silent issue of suicide among older Australian men a growing concern, as advocates urge national conversation

Domenico is one of an increasing number of Australian men over the age of 80 who are dying by suicide, with figures rising sharply since 2021.

Daily Record

Stirling army veteran receive award nomination for LGBT support after almost four decades in Army

Dougie has been involved with efforts to hear from veterans left without support during their time with the Armed Forces.

Wales Online

Mixed Vale social services inspection reveals 'clear evidence' of improvement

The inspection report said people struggled to make contact with services but added that improvements had been made in the face of major challenges

The Guardian - UK

Beverley Lawrence Beech obituary

Campaigner who fought against the medicalisation of birth and exposed damaging practices that harmed women during labour

Chronicle Live

Northumberland facing 'unacceptable' shortage of in home care workers

Officers said care roles weren't financially attractive enough

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh pensioner fulfils her wish to return to skies at age of 93

Betty Buckland a 93-year-old care home resident in Edinburgh fulfilled her wish to fly a small plane again said the experience "brought back so many happy memories".

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