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Law is a mess and needs reform, inquiry on assisted dying told

Conservative chairman Steve Brine opened the two-hour hearing on Tuesday by acknowledging it is an ‘incredibly sensitive’ subject.

The Independent UK

Hotels' postpartum care services help ease burden on new mothers

Postpartum care services at a central Tokyo hotel are increasingly popular among new mothers.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Paisley cemetery upgrades planned for summer as councillors asked to give contract green light

Cash has been set aside to overhaul the roads, drainage and kerbs at Hawkhead Cemetery.

Daily Record

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Editorial: More transplants, more saved lives: The demand and supply for human donor organs must be better matched

It’s a now-taken-for-granted miracle that each year in these United States, more than 40,000 people have many healthy years added to their lives by getting new kidneys, livers, hearts and, in rare cases, lungs. That’s terrific, but the bureaucratic apparatus that connects people in need to organs isn’t nearly as…

Tribune News Service

When it comes to preventing COVID-19 deaths, 'how we feel about each other matters'

LOS ANGELES — The United States has the dubious distinction of suffering the highest COVID-19 mortality rate among the world's high-income countries. But that national average — 372 deaths per 100,000 people as of last summer — hides the fact that pandemic outcomes differed greatly from state to state.

Los Angeles Times

Majority of people in Northern Ireland worried about access to GP appointments

It comes as Northern Ireland's health and social care system continues to face serious issues

Belfast Live

That Australians are having fewer children isn’t just about money – but cutting the cost would help

If policymakers want a bigger population, they should do more for those who want to have kids

The Guardian - AU

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Nursing staff in England to vote on new NHS pay offer

The vote comes after six days of strikes since December.

The Independent UK

Boy, Lost author Kristina Olsson found a way to understand her mother's grief and guilt — and her own

Kristina Olsson's mother couldn't talk about the tragic separation she experienced as a teenager. After her mother died, Kristina realised she had to tell their story.

ABC News

'I've spelt my name wrong for 29 years and only found out at my grandad's funeral'

A man realised he's been spelling his own name wrong after he accidentally uncovered a 50 year old secret when attending his grandad's funeral

Daily Mirror

'It saved my life', says organ recipient as hot-air balloon launched above Nottingham

The bright pink awareness-raising balloon was launched from Forest Recreation Ground

Nottingham Post

Hunger, neglect, unnecessary sedation: this is reality inside profit-hungry UK care homes

We can’t look away any longer, says Leandra Ashton, co-founder of the People’s Care Watchdog

The Guardian - UK

Britons travelling to France warned amid fears of violence at protests

Britons travelling to France have been warned to “avoid demonstrations wherever possible” as hundreds of thousands of workers were set to go out on a national strike on Tuesday.

Evening Standard

Two Cardiff care homes could close after fall in number of residents

A period of talks will open on plans to close the care homes

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Daily Mirror

'I quit waitressing to become a plasterer - customers feel more comfortable with a woman'

Madi Forrest never thought she would become a tradeswoman, but after quitting her job as a waitress during the Covid pandemic and taking a plastering course – she has never looked back

France 24

Paris suburb grants paid menstrual leave in a first for France

The town of Saint-Ouen on the northern edge of Paris has become the first French municipality to grant paid medical leave to female staff suffering from period pain, hoping to “break a taboo” on the subject and inspire similar moves at the national level.

Wales Online

Woman, 24, quits job as a waitress to make better money, as a plasterer

Madi says there are advantages to being a woman in her chosen business

Manchester Evening News

Foster carers in Bury to get 50 per cent council tax discount amid ‘recruitment crisis’

Increasing numbers of children in care are having to be moved to placements outside the Bury due to a shortage of foster families

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Daily Mirror

'I'm worried when I give up work I'll feel no sense of purpose and be seen as an old has-been'

A grandmother considering retirement has contacted our agony aunt Coleen Nolan because she has "always been worried about getting older"

Daily Mirror

Great-grandmother celebrates 109th birthday and says being 'stubborn' key to a long life

Olive Edwards is still loving every day in Haxby, North Yorkshire, and now she has revealed the secrets behind her long life after marking her 109th birthday

Tribune News Service

End of COVID emergency will usher in changes across the US health system

The Biden administration’s decision to end the COVID-19 public health emergency in May will institute sweeping changes across the health care system that go far beyond many people having to pay more for COVID tests.

Dynamite News

Increasing education opportunities for girls can help reduce deaths in children under five: Study

A study has found that maternal education, and particularly secondary education, plays a significant role in reducing deaths in newborns and children under five years of age in both rural and urban areas of India. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Independent UK

GPs being helped to take more calls at peak times as part of appointment drive OLD

Surgeries will reportedly be told they will no longer be able to ask patients to ring back later.

The Guardian - UK

Funeral of black second world war veteran moved as large crowds expected

Westminster council says new date and venue being arranged to ensure Ft Sgt Peter Brown gets ‘sendoff he deserves’

The Guardian - UK

Five care chains thought to make £150m a year for low-rated homes in England

Providers taking £150m a year in taxpayers’ money for private places that ‘require improvement’, Guardian estimates

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