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Robot carers: redefining nursing for the 21st century

Imagine you’re 90 years old, a grandmother of three and your husband is also elderly and ailing. You need help with almost everything, getting out of a chair, going to the bathroom, getting dressed, eating and remembering your medications. Despite advances in life expectancy, ageing has not been kind, and…

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'You can feel the presence of Nightingale here': Florence Nightingale's Derbyshire home for sale for £3.75m

Peter Kay bought Lea Hurst in 2011 and embarked on a three-year, “no-expenses-spared” restoration. He has since become something of a Nightingale expert — even naming his daughter after her

Evening Standard

'Backbone of the health service': The joy, trauma and rewards of nursing

Nurses celebrated and revered on Florence Nightingale's birthday.

Newcastle Herald

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These are the 8 inspirational women being honoured with their own Barbie in 2024 (but here's why you won't be able to to buy them)

These incredible women are all being honoured with their own Barbie likeness this year, but sadly they won't be available to buy. Luckily we've found six other real-life trailblazers whose Barbie form you can buy instead

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COVID inquiry heard Boris Johnson 'struggled' with graphs – if you do too, here are some tips

In March 2020, the UK government’s chief scientific adviser, Patrick Vallance, presented to the nation a graph showing “the shape of an epidemic”. The red line depicting the number of predicted COVID cases rose to a steep peak before falling again. Vallance explained that delaying and reducing the height of…

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Sports quiz of the week: South Africa, Ballon d’Or and Tyson Fury

Have you been following the big stories in football, rugby, cricket, pool, cycling, boxing and tennis?

The Guardian - UK

A history of nurses: They once had the respect they're now trying to win

In Taking Care: The Story of Nursing and its Power to Change the World, author Sarah DiGregorio tells how nurses had great stature centuries ago — and how they got pushed into the background.

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TV tonight: Nora from Queens is back, still dissatisfied and still a delight

Awkwafina’s millennial returns for a third series – and a scolding from her grandma. Plus: Joanna Lumley finds enchantment where there is patently none. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

We don’t need discount vouchers for International Women’s Day. We need equal rights

International Women’s Day is too often dumbed down into a mere marketing opportunity that capitalises feminism

The Guardian - UK

Newcastle nurse clocks 40 years, pinpoints humour as key trait

Topics: A nurse for 40 years, Florence Nightingale and a nurse joke.

Newcastle Herald

HS2’s longest tunnel reaches halfway point

HS2 Ltd said a pair of tunnel-boring machines have each made five miles of progress on their 10-mile journeys under the Chiltern Hills.

Evening Standard

Who is the only player with 100 Premier League goals for two clubs? The Saturday quiz

From the A303 to Florence Nightingale, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

The Guardian - UK

Review: English National Ballet's 'Raymonda' made accessible and relevant through reimagined story

The story took inspiration from the life of Florence Nightingale

Bristol Post

Frenetically paced ‘Marys Seacole’ journeys across time and place for trailblazer’s fascinating story

No matter the century or the circumstance, woman-as-caregiver is a role as old as time itself. Mary Seacole played it with historic impact.

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How Russia's current war in Ukraine echoes its Crimean War of the 1850s

Russia had a more powerful army. It didn't think the West would intervene. The invasion was poorly planned. We're not talking about Russia's current war, but about Russia's Crimean War in the 1850s.

Daily Record

Tam Cowan: Europa League final was not the only big football event this week

Our Columnist, Tam Cowan, on the latest news this week

The Independent UK

Florence Nightingale letter on display after spending 140 years in scrapbook

The handwritten note by the nursing pioneer is being put on show by the University of Chichester.

The Independent UK

How a war with Russia led Florence Nightingale to revolutionise nursing

During the Crimean War – not far from where the war in Ukraine is now taking place – a young English nurse changed nursing as we know it, writes Jess McHugh

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Half of Brits aged under 30 have no idea who Marilyn Monroe was, study finds

A survey of 2,000 Brits aged 18-30 found the younger generation are in the dark over icons including Marilyn Monroe, Virginia Woolf and Frida Kahlo - but they know everything about reality TV stars

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: Jerusalem; The Corn Is Green; Marys Seacole

Spellbinding Mark Rylance returns as the anarchic Johnny ‘Rooster’ Byron; Nicola Walker hits the mark in Dominic Cooke’s brilliant Emlyn Williams revival; and in praise of Mary Seacole

Belfast Live

New Derry exhibition pays tribute to nursing and midwifery heroes

The temporary collection has been developed in partnership with Ulster University's School of Nursing, based in the city.

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