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Pregnant woman and elderly couple can't use garden after neighbours build fence

Lorraine cannot get her buggy past, her elderly grandparents now have difficulty using the steps

Wales Online

Do we really need to work longer? France's pension reform and the changing labour market

France is growing older. However, Europe's record-breaking life expectancy has a downside: in order to pay for its increasingly healthy legion of retirees, the French right wing says there's no other option but to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. The left retorts that if corporations paid their…

France 24

Debra-Lynn B. Hook: Survival of the four sisters

My sisters and I are the descendants of a woman who didn’t realize the skills she was inadvertently leaving us.

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Being an only child felt like a blessing – until I realised it wasn’t

Oliver Keens used to have an unwavering belief that being an only child was a relief, and rejected the notion of ‘only child syndrome’. But caring for an ageing parent – and having two children of his own – has made him rethink

The Independent UK

Donor-conceived woman welcomes Queensland government's in-principle support for register

Sarah found out she was donor-conceived on her 18th birthday. It would take her a decade to find her donor but proposed law reforms in Queensland could change that for others.

ABC News

New GP contract ‘will see more GPs quit and patients wait longer for care’

NHS England sent a letter to GPs on Monday imposing a new contract.

The Independent UK

Bad care homes to be named and shamed under new policy

The new policy comes after a critical report in November on the quality of Wirral care homes

Liverpool Echo

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Theodore doctor Bruce Chater prepares to pass on thriving rural medical practice

Bruce Chater was handed the keys to his medical centre by a leaving locum 42 years ago. He is now preparing for his legacy to be taken up by new doctor Elizabeth Clarkson.

ABC News

'Modern world seems to be saying - If you don't have smart phone, get lost... or die'

"It’s OK to use technology but don’t penalise us older people. We are comfortable using cash," writes Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Daily Mirror

Life-saving Edinburgh community centre given hope as council answers funding plea

Staff and volunteers said they were delighted money had been found for the community centre after they made a plea to the council last month.

Edinburgh Live

Black nurse told to 'bleach skin white' so patients would be nicer wins £25k from NHS

Adelaide Kweyama was told to bleach her skin by a senior nurse. Now she has been awarded £25,000 from the NHS after a tribunal hearing agreed she had been the victim of race-related harassment

Daily Mirror

‘I lost my legs, nose and eyelids after being electrocuted’

Adán Olmos García burned his entire body in an accident five years ago

The Independent UK

Thousands raised for 'beautiful' 16-year-old girl who died after falling ill at Dundee house

Lennix Hughes, 16, was rushed to Ninewells Hospital in Dundee in the early hours of Saturday morning but was pronounced dead by medics a short time later.

Daily Record

NHS 24 offers Lanarkshire residents new advice on how to deal with musculoskeletal pain and injuries

Organisation's 111 service receives, on average, around 12,000 calls per month regarding MSK conditions.

Daily Record

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Irish Mirror

Tributes pour in for 100-year-old Mayo woman from popular family who died 'peacefully'

Lena Cunningham of Charles Street Castlebar was decribed as a fine woman and a beautiful lady

Daily Mirror

Young adults spend almost £700 a year - on treating themselves

Adults aged 18-24 buy themselves little pick-me-ups, like chocolate, books, or meals out, as often as 51 times a year, a study has found

Daily Record

People making new claim for Carer's Allowance before next month could be due extra £245 this summer

You could be eligible for weekly payments of £69.70 plus an extra £245.70 in June and December.

Chronicle Live

Three men convicted of stealing £120,000 from elderly and vulnerable North East victims through scam

Mehakdeep Thind, Amadeep Sokhal, and Kulwinder Singh have been sentenced at Newcastle Crown Court

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Fuming pregnant Edinburgh woman 'can't get pram in garden' as neighbours build fence

The mum-to-be, who regularly stays at her grandparents home in Oxgangs, as well as caring for them, says the obstruction has left her without access to their back garden and gate.

Evening Standard

Best personal alarms for the elderly tried and tested

For independent living with help at the touch of a button

Tribune News Service

Community workers fan out to persuade immigrant seniors to get covered

OAKLAND, Calif. — For three years, Bertha Embriz of San Francisco has gone without health insurance, skipping annual wellness exams and recently tolerating a broken molar by trying not to chew with it. As an immigrant without legal status, the 58-year-old unpaid caregiver knew that California’s Medicaid program was closed…

Tribune News Service

Do prescription opioids impact cognitive function in older adults?

Prescription opioid use could have a negative effect on cognitive function in older adults, according to a recent Mayo Clinic study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

The Guardian - UK

Most fortysomethings feel much younger than they really are. My mind insists I’m 400

We all have a subjective age, as well as a chronological one. Months of insomnia have left me feeling like a barnacle-coated relic, writes Emma Beddington

Nottingham Post

New international midwife recruits 'looking to establish new life' in Nottingham

They have come from Hong Kong, Iran and Ghana

Daily Record

Shamed wife-abusing Scots cop working as undertaker leaving mourners shocked

Mourners have been left horrified that Iain Pittams has had a hands-on role in the funerals of their loved ones.

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