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Archie Battersbee's mum issues plea to MPs after heartbreaking death of son, 12

Hollie Dance and Archie's father Paul Battersbee fought a desperate legal fight to save their son after the High Court ruled ending life support was in his best interests

Daily Mirror

The Guardian view on outsourced children’s homes: the wrong model

Editorial: New research shows that for-profit businesses make worse carers. It’s time to admit that privatisation failed

The Guardian - UK

Social welfare Ireland: List of people who are eligible for €1,850 social welfare payment

The Department of Social Protection announced that 125,000 people are eligible to receive a payment worth over €1,800, with five different criteria to get the annual grant

Dublin Live

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Sailortown Festival: 87 year old to embark on sponsored walk to restore church

St Joseph's Catholic Church was originally closed to the public in 2001

Belfast Live

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says elderly won't be left in lurch with nursing homes converted for refugees

The Taoiseach acknowledged that nursing homes are closing for this purpose, but he said that bed numbers in nursing homes could be kept steady

Dublin Live

Bristol woman honours dying mother’s wish to build schools in Palestine

One school has a plaque on the wall with her mother’s name on it

Bristol Post

Parents happy for IVF success, but clinics' business-like behaviour has lasting impact

Over a decade, she went through a tragic stillbirth, 16 rounds of IVF, and hundreds of thousands of dollars. She says clinics behaved more like a business than a health service.

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Thousands of UK-trained doctors flee to work overseas as NHS staffing crisis laid bare

In March, 8,549 doctor vacancies in secondary care were reported in England, as data shows 13,400 UK-trained doctors practised abroad in 2020, where they get higher pay or a better work-life balance

Daily Mirror

Six-year-old Daithi granted freedom of Belfast

Daithi Mac Gabhann and his family campaigned for changes to Northern Ireland’s organ donation legislation.

The Independent UK

'Rainbow baby' almost killed by own DNA beats the odds after 'magic' donor found

When Leo Reed was born by caesarean section in May, 2020, at 7lb 10oz, he looked healthy - but weeks later, the family's life went upside down when it became clear the boy needed a liver transplant

Daily Mirror

India asks Germany to return 2-year-old child placed in foster care after injury

Ariha Shah was taken from her Indian parents by German authorities in September 2021

The Independent UK

‘My ex wasn’t happy, but it was the right choice’: Woman leaves husband for controversial age gap relationship

Auttumn Marshall met Jason Rohlfs at work at their local post office in 2018

The Independent UK

The ideal age gap for a relationship if you want it to last, according to experts

Researchers have found that 95 per cent of couples with a 20-year age gap are more likely to split

The Independent UK

Bristol mum uses sperm donor and IVF to avoid age gap between kids

She said she was "very aware of her biological clock ticking"

Bristol Post

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Liverpool Echo

'Chaotic' north Liverpool care home falls into special measures

The Gillmoss home has been rated inadequate by the Care Quality Commission

Irish Mirror

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says elderly won't be left in lurch with nursing homes converted for refugees

“I always say when it comes to the issue of asylum and migration is that we need to be fair, we also need to be firm"

Chronicle Live

Public invited to events to discuss future of urgent NHS care in Newcastle - as walk-in centre closure continues

What do you think of NHS urgent care service in Newcastle?

Reuters

India asks Germany to return 2-year-old Indian girl in foster care

India on Friday urged Germany to send back a 2-year-old Indian girl who has been in its foster case system for more than 20 months, saying it infringed on "her social, cultural and linguistic rights."

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Irish Mirror

Thousands of people receive €1,850 in once-off payment ahead of June Bank Holiday weekend

The Carer’s Support Grant is paid to carers once a year by the Department of Social Protection. It used to be called the Respite Care Grant.

The Guardian - UK

‘Don’t panic, it just comes naturally’: becoming a father in later life

Al Pacino is expecting a child at 83 – what is family life like for older dads and their children?

Daily Record

Low-income families urged to apply for one-off £294 payment to help cover costs of children starting school

School Age Payment applications are now open until the end of February next year.

Daily Record

Future of primary care in Ayrshire is "hanging in the balance," warns MSP

The BMA statistics show that while patients requiring treatment have increased across the south of Scotland, the number of GP surgeries have either fallen, or stayed the same, when comparing 2023 with 2013.

Irish Mirror

Ireland has one of the highest numbers of 18-34 years still living at home in Europe, report finds

The data, which was published by Eurostat, shows 64.1% of people in that age group last year hadn’t moved out yet - which is a nearly 20% increase since 2014.

Daily Record

East Kilbride MP Lisa Cameron gives cash injection to support town's hospice

Kilbryde Hospice has been providing services to people across South Lanarkshire - a population of 360,000 - since 2008

Daily Record

West Lothian care homes and providers enjoy unique sporting challenge event

The 'Canalympics' was a huge success

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