The number of British adults aged 100 has jumped by 52% in a year, according to the Office for National Statistics, which said the number aged 100 and over also reached its highest ever level of 15,120 last year. The Evening Standard said this was is in part due to a sharp increase in births in the year following the First World War, compounded by improvements in healthcare and quality of life.
Daughter donates Picasso works to settle tax bill
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