'Oldest woman' in the World dies aged 115

A woman believed to be the world's oldest person has died at the age of 115 years and 199 days.
Sant Kaur Bajwa, from Southall, west London, was born on 1 January 1898 in Pakistan, according to her passport. She has lived in the UK since 1969.

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Her family said they believed she was the oldest person, however they have not had this officially verified.
The Guinness World Records said to verify a claim, it needed to see a birth certificate and a passport.
Her grandson Sanjeev Singh Rai said: "Back in the day I don't know if they even issued birth certificates, but her passport has her birth date down as 1 January, 1898."
Up until her death on Friday, Ms Bajwa was believed to be the oldest person in the world.
According to Guinness World Records, the oldest surviving person is Misao Okawa, from Japan, who is 115 years and 99 days old.
Grace Jones, who is 113, is the oldest person in the UK, according to Guiness.
Secret to longevity
Ms Bajwa lived through three centuries, two world wars and the India-Pakistan partition.
"That was a really difficult time for her," her grandson Sukhinda Singh Rai told the BBC.
"To be uprooted from where she was born in Sialkot in Pakistan to Gurdaspur in India was hard."