De oudste persoon ter wereld heeft vrijdag haar 117e verjaardag gevierd. Ethel Caterham is volgens Guinness World Records (GWR) de eerste Brit die 117 jaar is geworden.

Ethel Caterham, who lives at Hallmark Lakeview Care Home in Lightwater, Surrey, is spending her birthday on Friday with family and friends.

Ethel Caterham has lived through the Titanic disaster, both world wars, the fall of the Berlin Wall and six monarchs