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Three Good News Stories This Month That Make The World A Little Bit Brighter

We’ve rounded up three positive headlines from the past few weeks that will (hopefully) provide some light in these significantly dark times.

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World’s oldest person celebrates 117th birthday in UK - What is the secret to her longevity?

Ethel Caterham, who lives in Surrey, UK, was born in 1909 and celebrates her 117th birthday today. She inherited the title of Oldest Person in the World last year and is one of the oldest people to survive Covid-19.

Euronews

World’s oldest person turns 117 after year of ‘many firsts’

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World’s oldest person who survived Covid at 110 shares her secret to a long life

Ethel Caterham has lived through the Titanic disaster, both world wars, the fall of the Berlin Wall and six monarchs

The Independent UK

World’s oldest person celebrates ‘lovely’ 117th birthday after meeting King

Ethel Caterham, who lives at Hallmark Lakeview Care Home in Lightwater, Surrey, is spending her birthday on Friday with family and friends

Evening Standard

King Charles Met the Oldest Living Person, Who Reminisced About the Days When “All the Girls Were in Love” With Him

"Prince Charles was so handsome," the 116-year-old gushed to her granddaughter before the King's visit. "All the girls were in love with him."

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World’s oldest person makes King Charles chuckle ‘All the girls were in love with you’

King Charles visited Ethel Caterham, who is recognised as the world's oldest person, at 116. Mrs Caterham amused the King by recalling his 1969 investiture as the Prince of Wales, stating that "all the girls were in love with you". She became the world's oldest living person in April, following…

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King Charles visits world’s oldest person who jokes ‘All the girls were in love with you’

King Charles visited the world’s oldest person, Ethel Caterham, who quickly made the monarch laugh by telling him she remembered all the girls were in love with him.

The Independent UK

World’s oldest person tells King ‘all the girls were in love with you’

Charles travelled to meet 116-year-old Ethel Caterham at her care home in Lightwater, Surrey.

Evening Standard

King Charles makes trip to world’s oldest person after saying goodbye to Donald Trump

Charles headed to see 116-year-old Ethel Caterham at her care home in Lightwater, Surrey

The Independent UK

First Thing: Israeli military’s own data indicates 83% civilian death rate in Gaza

Figures from classified IDF database listed 8,900 named fighters as dead or probably dead in May, as overall death toll reached 53,000. Plus, John Roberts and the death of rule of law in America

The Guardian - UK

Ethel Caterham, world’s oldest person, marks 116th birthday

Caterham was born in Hampshire in August 1909, when Edward VII reigned, and now lives in care home in Surrey

The Guardian - UK

World’s oldest living person celebrates her 116th birthday with ‘quiet day’

Ethel Caterham, of Lightwater, Surrey, who was born in August 1909, succeeded to the title of oldest living person in April.

Evening Standard

World’s oldest living person celebrates her 116th birthday

Ethel Caterham assumed the title in April after the death of Brazilian nun Sister Inah Canbarro Lucas

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Want to live to 100? Here are four habits to adopt now

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Four lifestyle habits that might just help you live to 100

A 115-year-old Surrey woman named Ethel Caterham has officially been handed the title of the oldest living human alive.

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This 115YO Lady Takes Malicious Compliance To A New Level, Admitting It Is Secret To Her Longevity

World longevity champion from the UK claims 'never arguing with anyone' was her key to reaching this age.

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British woman now world’s oldest person shares the secret to long life

Ethel was born before the First World War

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World’s oldest living person reveals her secret to a long life

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‘I do what I like’: British woman, 115, claims world’s oldest living person title

Ethel Caterham, who lives in a care home in Surrey and takes life in her stride, is first Briton to claim title since 1987

The Independent UK

Ethel from Surrey, 115, is now world’s oldest living person

Ethel Caterham was born in 1909 and has lived through two world wars and six monarchs

Evening Standard

British woman who survived two World Wars becomes world's oldest person aged 115

Ethel May Caterham has lived through 27 prime ministers and six monarchs throughout her life — and was born before women had the vote

Euronews

World’s oldest person dies aged 116 – British woman now holds record

Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas, the oldest person in the world, died on Wednesday 30 April in Porto Alegre, Brazil, at the age of 116 years and 326 days. Ethel Caterham from the United Kingdom is now the oldest person in the world.

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