Divers have been called in by police to join the urgent search for a missing pensioner who disappeared in the early hours of New Year’s Eve. A crack team of searchers have been combing through the River Tees, trying to find Gloria
A British couple aged 84 and 78 have been killed in a house fire in a Costa Blanca resort north of Benidorm. Firefighters and other emergency services raced to the scene after being alerted by a neighbour in Denia but they later
Prince Harry reportedly once “stormed off in a huff” after an elderly fan asked if he could get a photograph of the former royal. In 2013, Harry was out for lunch with his former girlfriend Cressida Bonas, her half-sister and other family
An elderly couple who discovered an African mask worth millions in their attic have lost their case against a second-hand dealer who bought it from them for just £130. The mask, which is said to have been brought back by a relative
Counter-terror police have arrested two men in their 60s in connection with a ULEZ camera which was destroyed by an explosion triggered by an “IED” bomb. The Metropolitan Police said a “low-sophistication improvised explosive device (IED)” damaged the camera in Willersley Avenue,
Two men have been arrested in France after elderly people reportedly paid thousands of euros for unnecessary bedbug treatment. Police in Strasbourg said the men would enter their victims’ homes and carry out phoney control services. Officers say they were then overcharged
An elderly woman has been threatened with a fine for feeding birds in her back garden. Retired music teacher Anne Seago, 97, enjoyed sitting in her conversatory as birds such as wild sparrows and robins flocked to seeds she left on a
Andrew Merritt, 34, asked the 88-year-old victim if he could spare a couple of pounds and the kind pensioner took out his wallet and gave him £3.10. CCTV showed Merritt hugging the elderly man before grabbing his wallet and walking away smiling.
A poppy seller caught up in a pro-Palestine rally has said he was punched and kicked by protesters. Veteran Jim Henderson, 78, says he was set upon while selling Remembrance poppies at Waverley Station in Edinburgh. Footage shared on social media appears
An 80-year-old man with “serious head injuries” waited four hours for an ambulance but in the end took himself to hospital. It is thought he sustained the injuries after he fell while walking along the country lane, near to Wrexham. He was