Older voters overwhelmingly want the Conservative Party to ditch long-term plans to abolish National Insurance over fears it will hit pensions. The influential campaign group Silver Voices says 99% of its members oppose the “ambition” which was announced by Jeremy Hunt during
Susan Hall has made a pitch to London’s pensioners by vowing to reinstate free travel during peak times. The Tory London mayoral candidate hit out at Sadiq Khan’s “cruel penalty” after the Older Person’s Freedom Pass and the 60+ London Oyster photocard
A family begged their son’s much older girlfriend to leave him alone – she would go on to stab him to death. Kasey Anderson was 24. Natalie Bennett was 47. She attacked him on a neighbour’s driveway, stabbing him in the heart. Although
Campaigners urged older people to refuse to give up their analogue landlines after failures in the switch over to digital services. Silver Voices warned problems with the new system, which can fail when there is a power cut, could leave vulnerable people
Stone circles can be found all around the British Isles. In fact, these lands have the highest concentration of the monuments anywhere in the world. Archaeologists aren’t exactly entirely sure why this is but they think the unique style of engineering may
A working security guard has succinctly broken down Britain’s shoplifting epidemic as shops stay vigilant for potential thieves over Black Friday. Britons have been told to keep their cool and respect shop workers as retailers observe Black Friday today (November 24), with
Campaigners warned the pledge must be honoured in full amid claims the Chancellor is planning to pay out a lower rate in the autumn statement. Mr Hunt is expected to make tax cuts to get the economy “fizzing” when he delivers the
Young drivers must be a certain age to get a license — but it’s less clear when older adults should hang up the keys. Between 2020 and 2021, the number of motor vehicle deaths involving adults 65 and older rose by 15%,
Caregiving was associated with a lower risk of death in older women in the U.S., according to a recent study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. “Our hypothesis is that caregiving might provide a sense of purpose and/or fulfillment
Some patients who have to spend a night in the emergency room before being admitted to the hospital may face a higher risk of dying there, according to a new study in JAMA Internal Medicine. Researchers in France assessed statistics from 97