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03/08/2012
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100-Year-Old Woman Dies Ten Minutes After Midnight
A pensioner whose ambition was to reach her 100th birthday died just 10 minutes into the day.
Agnes Alison McNaughtan, of Paisley in Scotland, died hours before a family party she had been planning for a decade.
Her family, who said she had deliberately stayed alive until midnight, went ahead with the centenarian’s birthday party as a mark of respect.
Her 65-year-old nephew Hugh said: "She was a remarkable lady who was still playing tennis in her 80s and driving until she was 95. And even then it's me that had to tell her to stop.
"She died at 12.10am and we are sure she deliberately clung on until after midnight."
University Blunder Gives Pupils Their Results Early
Some Scottish pupils have been able to find out their sixth year results early, after a blunder at one of the country's leading universities.
Pupils are not due to find out how they performed until August 7, but the University of St Andrews uploaded UCAS scores to its website this week for 65 students with fixed offers there.
A spokeswoman said the university "regretted" the error, which took place on Wednesday night.
It had "quickly taken action to close the loophole", she said.
British Airways Jobs May Be At Risk
The parent group of British Airways and Iberia has reported a €390m loss for the first half of June.
It warned it "will not be able to avoid job losses" but did not confirm where those would fall.
(NE)
A pensioner whose ambition was to reach her 100th birthday died just 10 minutes into the day.
Agnes Alison McNaughtan, of Paisley in Scotland, died hours before a family party she had been planning for a decade.
Her family, who said she had deliberately stayed alive until midnight, went ahead with the centenarian’s birthday party as a mark of respect.
Her 65-year-old nephew Hugh said: "She was a remarkable lady who was still playing tennis in her 80s and driving until she was 95. And even then it's me that had to tell her to stop.
"She died at 12.10am and we are sure she deliberately clung on until after midnight."
University Blunder Gives Pupils Their Results Early
Some Scottish pupils have been able to find out their sixth year results early, after a blunder at one of the country's leading universities.
Pupils are not due to find out how they performed until August 7, but the University of St Andrews uploaded UCAS scores to its website this week for 65 students with fixed offers there.
A spokeswoman said the university "regretted" the error, which took place on Wednesday night.
It had "quickly taken action to close the loophole", she said.
British Airways Jobs May Be At Risk
The parent group of British Airways and Iberia has reported a €390m loss for the first half of June.
It warned it "will not be able to avoid job losses" but did not confirm where those would fall.
(NE)
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