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‘I felt totally abandoned’: the trauma of being uprooted and taken into care

Jennifer Mohammadi and Kerrie Portman were both transplanted far from home by the care system … and still feel the consequences

The Guardian - UK

Britain’s care homes crisis: children sent to live hundreds of miles away

Observer investigation uncovers the scale of the crisis in a system where the most vulnerable ‘will continue to be put at risk’

The Guardian - UK

Bristol death notices and funeral announcements from this week

Our thoughts are with those who have lost a loved one

Bristol Post

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Healthcare strike called off as Secretary of State agrees to meet unions

Members of Unison and NIPSA were due to take industrial action next week

Belfast Live

After pizza, prayer and baptisms, Pope set to leave hospital Saturday

Vatican City (AFP) - Pope Francis paid a surprise visit to children in a cancer ward on Friday, even baptising a baby, as he prepared to leave the hospital where he has been undergoing treatment for three days.

AFP

100-year-old woman with head injury forced to wait 20 hours to be seen in A&E

'It was awful, absolutely awful'

Wales Online

NHS bosses order review of GP provision as thousands of new homes are built in South Bristol

"We are closely monitoring proposed housing development across South Bristol"

Bristol Post

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School bereavement support to be improved in West Dunbartonshire

In an emotional meeting councillors spoke about the pain of losing a parent at a young age as they backed calls for more support.

Glasgow Live

Couple's 'life-changing' £15,000 benefit upgrade that means they can put the heating on

The work of East Ayrshire Carers Centre to support unpaid carers was put in the spotlight at East Ayrshire Integration Joint Board

Daily Record

Petition launched in attempt to save Perthshire village surgery from closure

Carse of Gowrie councillor Alasdair Bailey is hoping to give Invergowrie Medical Centre a lifeline

Daily Record

Japan unveils fresh childcare plan but funding questions remain

Japan's government laid out a fresh plan on Friday to boost childcare over the coming three years to reverse the country's declining birth rate, a move that may lead to another big spending package and strain its already tattered finances.

Reuters

Dumfries Veterans Garden and Crichton Trust agree to work together

Both bodies met on Monday to iron out mounting issues between the two charities and to seek a way forward

Daily Record

Breastfeeding teacher 'forced to express milk in car park after no suitable room could be found in school'

“There was nothing dignified about what this teacher was forced to do.”

Belfast Live

'I want us to have sex but my new, older girlfriend seems anxious'

Mirror agony aunt Coleen Nolan advises a reader who wants to take his new relationship to the next level but can't because his girlfriend seems to be pushing him away

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Daily Record

Callander care home to close over staff shortage, low occupancy and cost of living crisis

Ashlea House care home, in Callander, is to close its doors as the operator, Mauricare, said the “difficult decision” had been made with “a heavy heart”.

The Guardian - AU

Declining number of Australian children attending preschool sparks calls for universal free childcare

Data shows 4,575 fewer children were enrolled in childcare programs in 2022 compared with the previous year – a 1.3% decrease

Daily Record

Charity calls for new devolved carers’ benefit to include payments for people of State Pension age

Carer Support Payment will start to replace the DWP from the end of this year.

Wales Online

'My daughter was born blue and floppy but is fighting back against lifelong challenges'

Eirwen Ansell was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at the age of two

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AFP

Pope 'improving' after night in hospital with breathing issues

Vatican City (AFP) - Pope Francis's health is improving after spending a night in hospital with a respiratory infection, the Vatican announced Thursday, saying the 86-year-old had eaten breakfast, read the newspapers and even done some work.

Daily Record

Life expectancies in West Dunbartonshire some of the lowest in the UK

The UK has a shocking postcode lottery when it comes to life expectancy, with children born in some areas predicted to live 16 years longer than in others.

AFP

Denied in France, disabled woman seeks exit from life in Belgium

Brussels (AFP) - Half-paralysed from birth, partially sighted and now losing control of the limbs that still move, 43-year-old Lydie Imhoff is seeking an escape from life.

Manchester Evening News

‘You can taste the grease in the air’ - The Greater Manchester postcode lottery that could mean you live five years longer

Figures show a 10-year life expectancy gap between parts of our region

ABC News

Nanyima Aged Care lifts spirits by trying to grant a wish for each Queensland resident

From riding a horse to a trip to the beach for fish and chips, an aged care facility in Queensland is asking the community for help to be able to grant each resident one wish.

Nottingham Post

Parents feel they can't visit their children due to 'disgusting' state of Nottinghamshire cemetery

The council says it continues to work on making improvements to the children's section of the cemetery

Daily Mirror

War hero's grave finally gets RIP inscription - 100 years after widow first asked for it

Amelia Young couldn’t afford to pay for the epitaph on her husband Joseph's gravestone - now her descendants have arranged it more than 100 years later

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