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Northern Irish mums open up on their battle to meet childcare costs while working

"I was discussing something as women that we are quite ashamed to admit, that we can't afford it"

Belfast Live

Six-year-old organ donation campaigner Dáithí Mac Gabhann honoured by Rishi Sunak

Six-year-old Dáithí has been waiting for a heart transplant for almost his entire life. His efforts to make the process easier for people like him have transformed Northern Ireland and are now being honoured by the UK's highest office.

ABC News

Why are women who don’t have children still so judged?

Letters: Readers respond to an article about a chasm of understanding that can exist between mothers and childless women

The Guardian - UK

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Meghan Markle's dilemma over if Archie and Lilibet will watch Coronation due to strict family rule

Prince Harry is set to fly from California to Britain for King Charles' Coronation but Meghan Markle will stay in the US with Archie and Lilibet who face having to watch their grandfather's big day on the television

Daily Mirror

Can you ask for a pay rise to cover childcare costs?

Pregnant Then Screwed CEO, Joeli Brearley shares her advice for asking for flexible working and pay increases. By Lauren Taylor.

The Independent UK

Midwife escapes punishment over false work logs

Ellen Burke falsely claimed to have completed hundreds of hours of midwifery practice

Liverpool Echo

‘The cost of childcare forced me to quit my dream career’

A mother gave up not only her career but also a second child, while another had to claim benefits

The Independent UK

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Northern Ireland new model of care for pregnant women launching

The new model, which will see women receive support from the same midwifery team during pregnancy, birth and in the early days after birth, is being rolled out across all HSC Trusts

Belfast Live

Primary school offer day 2025: how to appeal if your child misses first choice

Children starting reception in September will find out on Wednesday which school they’ll be attending

Evening Standard

French MPs debate bill on ‘aging well’ as more people live past 85

France's parliament is debating a bill aimed at adapting society to the growing number of people over 85. But opposition MPs and professionals working with older people say the mini-measures are a far cry from President Emmanuel Macron’s earlier ambitions.

Radio France Internationale

Early retirement 'is driving economic inactivity' in Scotland

Pension wealth among Scottish 50 to 64 year olds is around £100,000 less than required for a ‘moderate’ retirement living standard

Insider UK

Dáithí Mac Gabhann to receive award from Prime Minister for organ donation work

Number 10 said he will thank the Mac Gabhanns for their “tireless campaigning” for Daithi’s Law

Belfast Live

'I know it was our choice to have a child - but the cost is making us wonder if there's any point in working'

It comes as a new study revealed one in four UK parents are leaving work due childcare costs

Manchester Evening News

In Kerala, an aging trend bucks India's booming population

In the past 60 years, the percentage of people age 60 and over in India's Kerala state has shot up from 5.1% to 16.5% — the highest proportion in any state

The Independent UK

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Struggle for Qld maternity staff detailed in FOI docs

Maternity services in some Queensland towns were under stress last year due to a COVID-19 wave, documents obtained under Freedom of Information laws show.

Miami Herald

Nursing school operators plead guilty to selling fake diplomas to thousands in Florida

MIAMI — Two nursing school operators in the Fort Lauderdale area have fessed up to peddling fake diplomas to thousands of students who could then avoid completing a rigorous program before taking licensing exams in what prosecutors say was a multimillion-dollar racket stretching from South Florida to New York.

The Independent UK

Childcare costs force one in four UK parents to quit work or education

More than 7,000 parents and carers with children under the age of seven were questioned for global children’s charity Theirworld.

The Independent UK

Six-year-old Daithi to receive award from Prime Minister for organ donation work

The presentation forms part of the Prime Minister’s engagements coinciding with US President Joe Biden’s visit to Northern Ireland.

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The Guardian - UK

‘I’m here because I care’: junior doctors on NHS picket lines

Medics across England say they are fighting for urgent investment in staff and services to save NHS hospitals

Reuters

How India's birth control battle falters in rural district

Pratima Kumari, a government health worker in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, sets off on her mini scooter every morning, crisscrossing vast corn fields and pineapple orchards to visit villages and meet young, married couples.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Death doulas guide people through the end of life

PHILADELPHIA — Bill Siemering found himself Googling what age people die of natural causes in their sleep. He'd tell his wife where to find salmon cakes at the farmer's market when he was no longer alive. He was certain death was drawing near, though he had no terminal diagnosis.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Ben Ferencz, a classic New Yorker: The last of the Nuremberg prosecutors, he fought a very long lifetime for justice and an end to war

Having made it to the very ripe old age of 103 last month, Ben Ferencz’s death Friday night has been marked in detailed obituaries of an amazing life that brought him from a Jewish infant fleeing Eastern European antisemitism with his family to the tenements and streets of New York…

Daily Record

New calls for monthly energy tariff for older people and disabled households nears response threshold

An online petition has received nearly 10,000 signatures of support.

Chronicle Live

Jesmond widower’s anger at ‘slap in the face’ Government social care cuts

Bill Wilson is furious that the Government has reneged on a social care funding pledge.

Daily Record

Kind hearted Scots community throws 100th birthday party for local widow

Maureen Moss had no family nearby after her husband died - her nearest relations are nieces that live in England.

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