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Nurse suspended after she 'tied elderly dementia patient to a chair' with hospital blanket

A witness claimed the nurse was 'having dinner and giggling' when the restrained patient was discovered

Manchester Evening News · Jan 17, 2023

APS staff allowed to work on Australia Day after Morrison rule revoked

Former prime minister Scott Morrison issued a directive shortly before the election, removing the ability to allow APS staff to arrange a substitute day for Australia Day and other public holidays.

The Canberra Times · Jan 17, 2023

China Back to ‘Normal’ after End of COVID Curbs, Says Official

China has returned to normal after the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions, Vice Premier Liu He told the World Economic Forum on Tuesday as he invited "international friends" to visit the country. China abruptly dropped its "zero-Covid" approach last month after three years of enforcing some of the harshest anti-pandemic restrictions…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 17, 2023

Queen, happy and chaos among children's top words for 2022

Three words were shortlisted but only one came out on top

Liverpool Echo · Jan 17, 2023

‘I was left scared, alone, exhausted’: inside London’s maternity crisis

A new study has found that the number of women who report positive labour and birth has fallen dramatically. Claire Cohen reports on the struggling wards

Evening Standard · Jan 17, 2023

'Fun, happy-go-lucky young man with huge passion' killed in farm accident

"The only thing I can think of to ease the pain of losing you is that God wanted you up there as one of his angels to be a tractor driver"

Wales Online · Jan 17, 2023

Factbox-How China is seeking to boost its falling birth rate

China saw its population fall by roughly 850,000 last year - its first drop in six decades that marks the start of an expected long-term decline in citizen numbers with major economic consequences.

Reuters · Jan 17, 2023

China’s Population Shrinks for the First Time in Six Decades

The country had 850,000 fewer people at the end of 2022 than it did a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics says

Caixin Global · Jan 17, 2023

Little Scots girl with leukaemia turned away by doctors TEN times as frantic mum begged for help

Theano Zahorszki's mum threatened to take the tot abroad for tests before doctors finally listened to her pleas and carried out blood tests to determine what was wrong

Daily Record · Jan 17, 2023

China's first population drop in six decades sounds alarm on demographic crisis

China's population fell last year for the first time in six decades, a historic turn that is expected to mark the start of a long period of decline in its citizen numbers with profound implications for its economy and the world.

Reuters · Jan 17, 2023