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In March 2023, he spent three nights in hospital with bronchitis and in June that year underwent a three-hour operation to repair an abdominal hernia.Another bout of illness also forced him to cancel his trip to the United Arab Emirates for the COP28 climate summit in 2023.
In December last year he appeared with a large bruise on his chin when he led a ceremony in St Peter's Basilica to install 21 new Catholic cardinals, which the Vatican said was the result of a minor fall.More recently, in January he fell and hurt his right arm and a sling was put on as a precaution.A man has admitted causing the death of an 81-year-old cyclist who was killed in a crash in Rotherham.
Graham Slinn, from Sheffield, was struck by a dark blue Volkswagen Golf on the A57 near Todwick at about 15:15 BST on 4 April and was pronounced dead at the scene.At Sheffield Crown Court on Monday, Cain Byrne, 20, admitted causing Mr Slinn's death by driving dangerously, driving without a licence and driving without insurance.
Byrne, of Redvers Buller Road, Chesterfield, was warned by a judge it was "highly likely" he would face a "sentence of some substance".
Mr Slinn's family previously paid tribute to the carer from Gleadless, describing him as "gentle, funny and kind to his core"."They're a different type of visitor, their demographics are different, their spend is different and their needs are different."
Anna Hume, who grew up on Anglesey and works at Ribride in the summer, agreed that a longer season would create employment."It's great to have a summer job in tourism or hospitality, but there's nothing to keep young people here all year round," she said.
"There's not enough jobs to support young people, then we kind of end up moving away and can't afford to buy houses here because there's not enough income."Frustrations about visitor numbers have already been felt recently, albeit on a smaller scale, after the popularity of Anglesey’s Llanddwyn Beach - helped by it being featured in HBO's House of the Dragon -