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UK GPs body drops opposition to assisted dying and moves to neutrality

Royal College of General Practitioners opposed legalisation for 20 years, but changes stance after member survey

The Guardian - UK

WATCH: Police Fire at Elderly Woman as Argentina Faces Violent Protests Over Pension Cuts

Footage of police firing at an elderly woman during a protest in Argentina has gone viral as protests against the government's economic policies grow in size, particularly in response to pension cuts.

Latin Times

Woman who lived to age 117 had genes keeping her cells ‘younger’, study shows

Maria Branyas Morera, US-born supercentenarian who died in Spain last August, found to have microbiota of an infant

The Guardian - US

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Hospitalised Pope Marks 12 Years In Job With Future Uncertain

Pope Francis marks 12 years as head of the Catholic Church on Thursday, seemingly out of danger after a month in hospital but with his health casting a shadow over his future.

International Business Times

New estimate ‘shows scale of exploitation on Wild West care visa route’

More than 39,000 workers were associated with sponsors who had their licences revoked in recent years.

Evening Standard

MPs’ committee votes to scrap High Court judge approval in assisted dying Bill

Proposals have been made to instead establish expert panels of senior legal figures, psychiatrists and social workers to decide on applications.

Evening Standard

‘Philomena’s Law’ tabled to help survivors of mother-and-baby homes

The proposed legislation aims to remove the risk of survivors living in Britain losing access to benefits if they claim compensation.

Evening Standard

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Woman whose baby died at a Sydney hospital waited 50 minutes after emergency caesarean was called, staff say

Exclusive: Staff say category-one emergency caesarean was called at privately run Northern Beaches hospital but mother gave birth vaginally almost an hour later

The Guardian - AU

Scottish baby death rates 'some of the highest since records began'

THE infant death rate in Scotland in the last quarter of 2024 was one of the highest since records began 10 years ago, according to new data ...

The National (Scotland)

‘This is not going to last long’: Pope Francis predicted short papacy, early death

The Independent UK

‘You’ve got a willy, so you’re a man’ – Transgender case tribunal barrister

Barrister Naomi Cunningham said gender legislation had given her a ‘a good war’.

Evening Standard

Five years on: Britons among hardest hit by Covid fallout

Life expectancy, homelessness and young people’s mental health were among the areas where Britain performed poorly despite spending more than other countries

The Guardian - UK

Tributes paid to late head teacher of Scotland’s largest primary school

TRIBUTES have been paid to the former head teacher of Scotland’s biggest primary school who passed away less than two years after retiring.

The National (Scotland)

Ministers delaying inquiry into treatment of migrant carers, RCN says

Exclusive: Nursing union says it continues to receive complaints about low pay, unfit housing and illegal fees

The Guardian - UK

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Female doctors outnumber male peers in UK for first time

GMC figures also show there are more ethnic minority doctors than white ones, first reported in November

The Guardian - UK

‘I was devastated’: MP hopes her story will help improve maternity care for disabled women

Exclusive: Marie Tidball tells of her experiences with NHS as report finds 44% higher risk of stillbirth for disabled women

Evening Standard

William suggests enforced career breaks to protect NHS workers’ mental health

The Prince of Wales visited the Oasis Health and Wellbeing Centre and garden in Reading, used by staff from the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust.

Evening Standard

Four in 10 Britons think women’s equality now discriminates against men – poll

Some 42% agreed with the statement, ‘We have gone so far in promoting women’s equality that we are discriminating against men’.

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“I get up on the floor and have a bit of a twirl round, and I love it”: Meet Hilda Jackson – the 105 year old raver

Care home resident celebrated her birthday with champagne and strobes

Radio France Internationale

Poor funding and weak measures 'bury' gender equality in France warns Oxfam

President Emmanuel Macron's promise of greater gender equality has been "buried" due to insufficient budgets and weak measures, NGO Oxfam France has warned, just days before International Women's Day.

Dynamite News

SC: Centre, states must provide facilities for breastfeeding; A look...

A Bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Prasanna B Varale recognised breastfeeding as an integral component of a child's right to life. A must read on Dynamite News:

The Independent UK

Australia's most generous blood plasma donor dies aged 88

An Australian man credited with saving 2.4 million babies through his record-breaking blood plasma donations over six decades has died aged 88

The Guardian - UK

Mental health crisis ‘means youth is no longer one of happiest times of life’

UN-commissioned study in UK, US, Ireland, Australia, Canada and New Zealand finds satisfaction rises with age

The Independent UK

‘Man with the golden arm’: Grandfather whose rare blood saved millions of babies dies aged 88

By donating blood over 1,100 times, James Harrison helped develop Anti-D, a life-saving treatment for newborns at risk of Rhesus disease

Evening Standard

Adult social care facing ‘doom loop’ amid increased costs – report

Analysis of data over almost a decade suggested fewer adults are getting help from councils in England despite a rise in requests.

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