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Single Scots woman who fled abusive relationship denied IVF because she's single

Anne-Marie Morrison, 36, went through the heartbreak of having NHS support pulled after she left an abusive relationship.

Daily Record

Future of State Pension Triple Lock and retirement age could be impacted by number of babies born

The official age of retirement is set to rise from 66 to 68 over the next two decades.

Daily Record

More than half of Scottish employers set to hire ex-offenders in 2023

Sodexo is launching a campaign to help businesses overcome common misconceptions about those with criminal records

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Younger generation lack basic skills and say over 35 is too old to learn

Care home provider Sanctuary Care has launched a nationwide initiative to turn care on its head by empowering elderly residents to harness existing pastimes and skills

Wales Online

Tributes paid to volunteering hero and family man ahead of his funeral next week

Andy Mount died peacefully with his family around him after a long illness, on February 23 aged 82

Daily Record

Overseas transplant groups to be surveyed

Following the recent arrest of a Tokyo-based nonprofit organization's director on multiple charges of unauthorized mediation of overseas organ transplants, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry has said it will survey about 200 medical institutions across the nation to investigate the actual state of transplants abroad.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

East Lothian woman told she can't have fertility treatment because she is single

Legislation does not currently allow single women entry to publicly run IVF clinics. Females need to be in a relationship for at least three years until they are considered to obtain treatment.

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Prices at Coychurch Crematorium in Bridgend are set to increase this year

The crematorium was opened in 1970 to cover the need for services in Bridgend and the surrounding areas

Wales Online

‘Heartbroken’ family plans on laying to rest twin sisters who died just weeks apart

Joint funeral to be held for sisters Shaunie and Shavanna Thomson

The Independent UK

Three care homes to be bought out of administration

165 jobs will transfer across as part of the sales, although four head office staff are to be made redundant

Insider UK

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.

Tribune News Service

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

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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.

The Independent UK

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.

Liverpool Echo

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

ABC News

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.

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Daily Mirror

'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

Edinburgh Live

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.

Daily Mirror

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

The Independent UK

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

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

Daily Record

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.

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

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