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Alfred Longtin on Rethinking Risk: How Small Businesses Can Protect What They've Built

Alfred Longtin, founder and CEO of Longtin Family Companies, has made it his mission to support businesses that have worked tirelessly to reach a place of stability and continuous growth.

International Business Times

Wrexham nursing home owner tells Covid inquiry lack of testing terrified staff

Helen Hough says her husband was traumatised by ‘horrific’ death of patient and later killed himself

The Guardian - UK

Australia’s life expectancy gap narrows but men in disadvantaged areas dying almost seven years earlier

Major causes of death contributing to inequality are lung cancer, respiratory illness and heart disease, ANU researchers say

The Guardian - AU

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Births in England and Wales increase for first time since 2021

Rise in number of babies born to men over 60 a factor in small rise in birthrate, shows ONS data

The Guardian - UK

Rise in births in England and Wales helped by ‘notable’ jump in older fathers

The largest increases were in West Midlands, up 3.4%, and London, up 1.8%.

Evening Standard

I was getting lonely. Here’s what happened when I tried to make new friends in my 30s

From streaming services to food-delivery apps, the modern world conspires to keep us home and alone. But I went out looking for a human connection

The Guardian - UK

British doctors will be given priority for NHS jobs under plans to make the health service 'self-sufficient'

The plan looks to create a ‘self-sufficient’ workforce by 2035, saying that less than 10 per cent of new recruits should be from overseas

Evening Standard

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Women and babies could die due to midwife cuts at Sydney’s RPA hospital, staff warn

Midwives’ union president warns women giving birth at one of the city’s largest hospitals will not receive a level of care considered safe

The Guardian - AU

Do you have Franken-feet? Here’s how to master the ultimate at home pedicure

Rose Beer speaks to podiatrist Margaret Dabbs to discover all you need to know about at-home foot care

Evening Standard

Voices: ‘Have more children’ is simplistic and idealistic – who can afford to start a family, minister?

COMMENT: As education secretary Bridget Phillipson suggests that young people should have more babies, Victoria Richards says it has a nice ring – but the government must do one little thing first…

The Independent UK

Bridget Phillipson says she wants more young people in UK to have children

Education secretary says she hopes new nurseries will make it easier for those who want children, after ‘worrying’ fall in birthrate

The Guardian - UK

Phillipson urges Britons to have more children amid ‘worrying’ birth rates

Official data shows fertility rates in England and Wales dropped to 1.44 children per woman in 2023.

Evening Standard

People having IVF should get time off work for appointments, say UK campaigners

Report finds more than a third have considered leaving their job due to the physical and emotional strain

The Guardian - UK

About 200 new nurseries to open at schools in England in September

Sites will accommodate 4,000 children as part of ministers’ plan to improve childcare, Bridget Phillipson to announce

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NSW police declare critical incident after protest – as it happened

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Downing Street’s radical plan for the NHS: shifting it from treatment to prevention

Despite the evidence health prevention works, successive governments have done little in this area until now

Kiplinger

The '8-Year Rule of Social Security' — A Retirement Rule

The '8-Year Rule of Social Security' holds that it's best to be like Ike — Eisenhower, that is. The five-star General knew a thing or two about good timing.

Evening Standard

Bereaved urge ‘truth’ as Covid inquiry shifts focus to care homes

Matt Hancock will appear on Wednesday for a full-day session to face questions during a module set to last five weeks.

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The Independent UK

NHS keeps patients away because they are an inconvenience, new boss admits ahead of shake-up

Failing to listen to public frustrations could mean the end of a national health service, warns Jim Mackey, as Labour prepares to unveil its 10-year plan for the NHS next week

Evening Standard

Fact check: How much do resident doctors earn, and what do they want?

With resident doctors in England being balloted over possible strike action, Full Fact looks at what resident (formerly ‘junior’) doctors earn.

The Guardian - UK

A clear set of actions is needed to improve NHS maternity services

Letters: Families devastated by failings in maternity services deserve nothing less, writes Saffron Cordery; plus letters from Ann Pearson, Zoe Green and Simon Gibbs

International Business Times

Son Of Norway Princess Suspected Of Three Rapes

The son of Norway's crown princess is suspected of three rapes and nearly two dozen other offences, Norwegian police said Friday, handing the case to prosecutors to decide whether to press charges.

Al Jazeera

Brazil announces compensation for dictatorship victim Vladimir Herzog

The Brazilian government has acknowledged its role in the killing and cover-up of a prominent journalist in the 1970s.

AAP

'Nonsense': cop's jail fight after tasering great-gran

Lawyers for an ex-policeman who fatally tasered a 95-year-old woman have rubbished claims that jailing him would deter other officers from similar conduct.

Evening Standard

Battle of Arnhem veteran becomes MBE days before 100th birthday

Geoffrey Roberts said it was important for Second World War veterans to be recognised ‘for the ones who didn’t come home’.

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