World's oldest person dies

Maria Esther de Capovilla, the world’s oldest person according to Guinness World Records, has died in Ecuador aged 116, her granddaughter said.

Catherine Capovilla, 46, a property manager and estate agent in Miami, US, said Mrs Capovilla died at 3am local time yesterday (8am Irish time) in a hospital in the coastal city of Guayaquil, two days after coming down with pneumonia. Her funeral is planned for today.