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Sky News
01-05-2025
- General
- Sky News
British woman Ethel Caterham becomes oldest person in the world at 115
A British woman has officially become the oldest person in the world at the age of 115, according to the Guinness World Records. Ethel Caterham, who lives in a care home in Surrey, has taken the mantle at 115 years and 252 days, LongeviQuest confirmed. It comes after the death on 30 April of the previous record holder, Inah Canabarro Lucas, who was a 116-year-old nun from Brazil. Mrs Caterham sets multiple records - including being the last living person to be born in 1909. She is also the youngest person to be named the oldest woman in the last 12 years. Mrs Caterham is also among the oldest survivors of coronavirus, having contracted it at 110 in 2020. She has outlived her husband Norman, who died in 1976, and both her children Gem and Anne, who died after the millennium. Asked what her secret to a long life is, she told the Salisbury Journal: "Say yes to every opportunity because you never know what it will lead to. Have a positive mental attitude and have everything in moderation." Still in good health Mrs Caterham remains in good health and enjoys sitting in the garden at her care home, which has been named Ethel's Garden in her honour. She was born in Hampshire on 21 August 1909 - the second-youngest of eight children. Her older sister Gladys also lived a long life, having died at 104 years and 78 days in 2002. Mrs Caterham moved to India to work as a nanny when she was 18 and often reminisces about her time there. When she returned she met her future husband, a British Army major, at a dinner party in 1931 - the pair marrying in Salisbury Cathedral two years later. They went to live in Hong Kong and Gibraltar when he was posted abroad, with Mrs Caterham returning to her love of children and opening her own nursery during their time in Asia. On the couple's return to the UK - they settled in Surrey where she gave birth to their daughters. Gem died in the early 2000s and Anne aged 82 in 2020.
Yahoo
01-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
British woman Ethel Caterham becomes oldest person in the world at 115
A British woman has officially become the oldest person in the world at the age of 115, according to the Guinness World Records. Ethel Caterham, who lives in a care home in Surrey, has taken the mantle at 115 years and 252 days, LongeviQuest confirmed. It comes after the death on 30 April of the previous record holder, Inah Canabarro Lucas, who was a 116-year-old nun from Brazil. Mrs Caterham sets multiple records - including being the last living person to be born in 1909. She is also the youngest person to be named the oldest woman in the last 12 years. Mrs Caterham is also among the oldest survivors of coronavirus, having contracted it at 110 in 2020. She has outlived her husband Norman, who died in 1976, and both her children Gem and Anne, who died after the millennium. Asked what her secret to a long life is, she told the Salisbury Journal: "Say yes to every opportunity because you never know what it will lead to. Have a positive mental attitude and have everything in moderation." Read more from Sky News Still in good health Mrs Caterham remains in good health and enjoys sitting in the garden at her care home, which has been named Ethel's Garden in her honour. She was born in Hampshire on 21 August 1909 - the second-youngest of eight children. Her older sister Gladys also lived a long life, having died at 104 years and 78 days in 2002. Mrs Caterham moved to India to work as a nanny when she was 18 and often reminisces about her time there. When she returned she met her future husband, a British Army major, at a dinner party in 1931 - the pair marrying in Salisbury Cathedral two years later. They went to live in Hong Kong and Gibraltar when he was posted abroad, with Mrs Caterham returning to her love of children and opening her own nursery during their time in Asia. On the couple's return to the UK - they settled in Surrey where she gave birth to their daughters. Gem died in the early 2000s and Anne aged 82 in 2020.
BBC News
24-04-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Headlines: Bristol balloons, birthdays and birds
Here is our daily pick of stories from across local websites in the West of England, and interesting content from social media. Our pick of local website stories Residents in a commonhold flat in Bristol have spoken to The Guardian ahead of plans to move new-build flats away from have released an appeal after a woman was dragged from a path and sexually assaulted in Yeovil. The Somerset Leveller has more Salisbury Journal has reported on a new musical theatre school with a special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) class which is set to open in November.A woman in Swindon celebrated her 101st birthday with a surprise lunch and cake, thanks to a befriending scheme run by the council. The Swindon Advertiser covered the another birthday - a 105-year-old from Burnham-On-Sea celebrated her special day with a visit from a group of local nursery children, which reported on. Our top three from yesterday What to watch on social media Around Wellington's Facebook post about the motorway junction in town and its link road with Chelston roundabout closing for about 14 weeks in June is gaining for the School Tether Roadshow from the Bristol Balloon Fiesta has attracted a lot of attention on Facebook with local people suggesting nominees in the residents are discussing an ice cream man who rides a bike around the town. They are asking him to turn his "excessive" volume Cathedral has released a video of a new peregrine chick which hatched in the nest up in the tower.
BBC News
16-04-2025
- BBC News
Headlines: School pupil attacked and parrot chicks hatch
Here's our daily pick of stories from across local websites in the West of England, and interesting content from social media. Our pick of local website stories Six teenagers have been charged after a 14-year-old was attacked outside a school, the Swindon Advertiser reports, and the suspects were allegedly armed with anaesthetist who raised £50,000 for Ukrainian medics with a transatlantic rowing challenge is featured in the Salisbury Journal. Dr Leonid Krivskiy's trip took 96 days. Both his wife and mother are from Ukraine.A café in Weston-super-Mare is closing, the Bristol Post reports, to make way for the renovation of the Tropicana entertainment venue. The café bid a heartfelt goodbye to customers on social endangered African parrots have hatched at the Bristol Zoo Project, with footage of the chicks featured on ITV West County. The chicks' parents were rescued from the illegal wildlife trade.A new bakery is set to open on the site of the former Crusty Cob in Burnham on Sea, the town's online news site says, after being taken on by the owners of nearby bakery Maisey's. Our top three from yesterday What to watch on social media Barbers in Swindon are being trained to talk to customers about their mental health by Swindon Borough Council in a bid to support male of an EE worker holding a cat by the scruff of its neck while making door-to-door calls in Weston-super-Mare has sparked outrage "Calne Pong" is still making life a misery for residents and Wiltshire councillor, Sam Pearce-Kearney, is continuing his mission to find its source. He has also shared advice from the Environment Agency on whether it poses a risk to human in Lydney are fed up at reportedly receiving no communication whatsoever from any of the candidates running for seats on Gloucestershire County a picture of Birnbeck Pier taken in the 1960s has sparked a wave of nostalgia from the community, and hopes that it could "look that good again" once renovation works get under way.
Yahoo
26-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Headlines: Police horse cuts, CPR and Glastonbury Festival
Here's our daily pick of stories from across local websites in the West of England, and interesting content from social media. A police force losing its mounted unit amid a £12m blackhole was reported by GloucestershireLive. The plans for a new cycle path on Temple Way were covered by BristolLive. A woman managing to save her grandmother's life after learning CPR training was published by the Salisbury Journal. Towns 'baffled' by welcome sign swaps Teachers in divorce 'limbo' take pension legal action Boxer who fled UK after supplying drugs jailed Somerset Council announced that access to Taunton's Silk Mills Park and Ride was limited because of an encampment. A woman in Somerset says she spotted an Avon and Somerset police officer weeing in her garden. Also in Somerset, Glastonbury Festival announced the full line-up for Field of Avalon. Tributes are being paid to Kingswood Rugby Club's biggest fan who was known as "Mr Kingswood". And there was a lot of love for a post about Professor Alice Roberts visiting Glastonbury Abbey where she was filming for a new TV series. Follow BBC West social channels in Bristol, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire. Send your story ideas to us on email or via WhatsApp on 0800 313 4630.
