Saturday, 17 August 2013

Wife, 65, arrested over plan to take husband to Dignitas clinic for assisted suicide

A pensioner has been arrested after police suspected she was planning to take her husband to Switzerland to commit assisted suicide.

    

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Pensioner and girl, 15, injured in crashes across region

A man in his 80s was struck by a car along the Bridgnorth Road, in Wollaston, Stourbridge at around 2.50pm yesterday. Police closed off the road for more than two hours and the man was taken to Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital after suffering lower back pain, cuts and bruises.

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Any foolish attempt to cut pensions will be attended by the shade of Ernest Blythe

Opinion: Elderly are well organised and get a more sympathetic hearing than do some other groups

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Friday, 16 August 2013

123-year-old Bolivian may be world’s oldest man

The world's oldest person could be living in Bolivia, it has emerged. {DynamicContent:Social Media Buttons}   Birth certificates did not exist when Carmelo Flores Laura was born, but the herder fro...

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Older people invited to make new friends

OLDER people in Darlington are invited to make new friends at an event next week.

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Thursday, 15 August 2013

Suggestion elderly faring better amid recession rejected

Organisations representing older people respond to CSO survey on income and living conditions

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Consumer rights education urged

Government plans to boost consumer rights risk 'falling flat' unless more is done to educate the 47% of Britons who do not understand consumer laws.     {DynamicContent:Social Media Buttons}   A...

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