The Latest Breaking News on Ageing

French parliament adopts long-debated bill to legalise assisted dying

France’s lower house of parliament has passed a draft law that would allow adults with incurable illness to end their lives with medical help under strict conditions.

Radio France Internationale · May 28, 2025

"I remember feeling free and alive" – women share their experiences of getting another chance with a transplant

Two women share their incredible stories about groundbreaking transplants

Woman & Home · May 28, 2025

Danish Mayors Revolt Against Plan To Raise Retirement Age To 70, Citing It's Cruel To Let Old People Continue Working

Danish mayors are opposing a new law that will raise the retirement age to 70 by 2040, warning it will harm manual workers and deepen inequality

International Business Times UK · May 28, 2025

The least ‘integrated’ part of British society isn’t the immigrants – it’s the elite

Politicians and the rightwing press talk about integration in a selective and politically loaded way. The reality is quite different, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Guardian - UK · May 23, 2025

‘Unrealistic and unreasonable’: Outcry as Denmark’s retirement age to become highest in Europe at 70

Under Danish law, the state pension age is revised every five years and rises in line with life expectancy

The Independent UK · May 23, 2025

‘Ludicrous and unfair’: older workers react to pressure to delay retirement

IMF is urging countries globally to act to ease stress on public finances, sparking mainly outrage but also support

The Guardian - UK · May 23, 2025

‘It broke my heart’: the adopters forced to return their child to care after struggling alone

A crisis in post-adoption support in England means parents feel punished rather than helped when things go wrong

The Guardian - UK · May 21, 2025

Nurse in trans doctor case demands clarity from union on single-sex spaces

The Royal College of Nursing reportedly wrote to an English health board claiming it was breaking the law with its changing room policy.

Evening Standard · May 21, 2025

Guardian journalists win Paul Foot award for carer’s allowance coverage

Patrick Butler and Josh Halliday honoured for their coverage of ‘enraging and heartbreaking’ DWP scandal

The Guardian - UK · May 20, 2025

Delay in improving NHS maternity care ‘costs lives of hundreds of babies a year’

Baby charities’ report shows that high rates of stillbirth and neonatal death are not reducing quickly enough

The Guardian - UK · May 20, 2025