What the papers said in the week ending 8 April 2023
There is humanity: the deportation of Kathleen Poole has been put on hold and may never happen: Sweden ‘places on hold’ deportation of UK woman with Alzheimer’s | Sweden | The Guardian
But Barbara Bolton fared less well in the cold of England: Woman worried about energy bills died of hypothermia – BBC News
The story of the Women’s Peace Petition of the 1920s encourage the thought that wrongs can be confronted successfully: ‘A hidden story’: women’s peace petition makes centenary return to Wales | Wales | The Guardian
Ella Creamer and others continue to campaign for a change of law on dying. Important to listen, but: My mum’s death was slow and painful – she deserved the choice to end her life | Ella Creamer | The Guardian
Passions on pensions still burn in France: Paris brasserie favoured by Macron set alight as pension protests continue | France | The Guardian
Health:
Dementia may be more likely if you have an early menopause: Early menopause ‘may make women more likely to develop dementia’ | Alzheimer’s | The Guardian
The exceptional health and personal experiences of the pandemic have changed people: Pandemic triggered ‘second midlife crisis’ among over-50s, study finds | Mental health | The Guardian
Family constellation carries implications: The highs and lows of being (or having) an only child | Parents and parenting | The Guardian
There are moves to promote better health and longevity – targets include obesity The Guardian view on obesity: prevention is as important as cure | Editorial | The Guardian
- Obesity is a symptom of a society that doesn’t care | Obesity | The Guardian
- Sleep is confirmed again as nature’s healer: Regularly getting a good night’s sleep could cut asthma risk | Asthma | The Guardian
- More medical magic offers another counter to cancer: Cancer and heart disease vaccines ‘ready by end of the decade’ | Cancer | The Guardian
- The current state of our health care means that what skills and therapies we have, are not being used to best effect: Thousands of children in England facing ‘unacceptable’ NHS delays | NHS | The Guardian
Nature is not happy:
Storms in the USA: Deadly storms and tornadoes kill at least 32 people in several US states | US news | The Guardian
Avalanches in Norway: Avalanches in Norway’s Tromsø area kill four including skiers | Avalanches | The Guardian
Wealth:
The poor children we have with us: The Guardian view on child poverty: progress is being reversed | Editorial | The Guardian
And the rich: Revealed: royals took more than £1bn income from controversial estates | Duchy of Cornwall | The Guardian
- Some of whom may not find happiness: Murdoch’s change of heart: Was marriage called off over a religious or succession issue? | Rupert Murdoch | The Guardian
The Windrush people may never receive their just payments: ‘Like a blocked gate I can’t climb over’: a Windrush victim’s DWP impasse | Windrush scandal | The Guardian
Other matters:
The unnatural world shows it can cope without us: Self-driving buses to serve route in Scotland in ‘world first’ | Self-driving cars | The Guardian
The natural world can be encouraged to take life to new territories: A dazzling display of 1.5m tulips, but only after a hard year for Indian labourers | Global development | The Guardian
- Or to reintroduce it to former homes: Rare freshwater pearl mussels to be released at secret Welsh site | Wales | The Guardian
Church life:
The Coronation is drawing near and finding that old skills are essential: A new King needs bells to be rung: A peal appeal: bellringer shortage as King Charles’s coronation looms | King Charles III | The Guardian
Church buildings may be admired, but the life of the churches grows weaker: Is the UK prepared to let its rural churches rot – or can they be saved? | Heritage | The Guardian
Older people continue to give hope:
The best Premier League season or just the most random? We’ll see | Football | The Guardian
Indigenous tattooist becomes Vogue’s oldest ever cover star at 106 | Philippines | The Guardian
David Jolley: Chair of Christians on Ageing, in a personal capacity
