Not everyone in the family will be feeling the financial pressures from Covid-19 – with under 10 per cent of those aged 70 and over saying they have been hit. Yet almost 40 per cent of people aged 30-59 have been affected, the Office for National Statistics has found. So how can parents and grandparents … Read more
A grandmother-of-one whose fiancé is 39 years her junior has told how she ditched her pals after they disapproved of her younger beau. Pam Shasteen, 60, was devastated when her best friends labelled Jonathan Langevin, 21, ‘young enough to be her grandson’ and told Pam she ‘needed therapy.’ Since then the loved-up couple, from Tulsa, … Read more
Viewers have praised CBeebies show JoJo & Gran Gran – the first British-made animated TV show centered around the lives of a black family. The programme, which tells the story of a four-year-old girl’s adventures with her grandmother, premiered in March and has since won legions of fans, with parents taking to Twitter to applaud … Read more
Here comes the gran! Drummer, 76, who toured with the Beatles and was rumoured to have been engaged to Paul McCartney to wow BGT judges EXCLUSIVE: The Mail speaks to a drummer who once toured with the Beatles, Crissy Lee, a 76-year-old grandmother is now set to appear on BGT Miss Lee was once rumoured … Read more
Britain’s Gran Talent: Singer, 96, with Alzheimer’s will become BGT’s oldest ever contestant when she takes to the stage in pre-recorded ITV show By Eleanor Sharples Tv And Radio Reporter For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 BST, 1 May 2020 | Updated: 09:18 BST, 2 May 2020 By the time they reach their nineties, most … Read more
Dancing with your grandma for 15 minutes a week ‘promotes positive feelings and improves her state of mind’, study claims Scientists asked 16 dance therapy instructors to partner with their grandmother Found a weekly 10-15 minute session had a dramatic impact on mental wellbeing Grandmothers in the project reported a better state of mind and … Read more
My earliest memory is of being held up above my aunt’s head, looking out of the bedroom window at 5 Neville Street, Croydon, at a huge red glow in the sky. That was the Crystal Palace on fire, Prince Albert’s marvellous monument burning to the ground. Can I really remember back as far as November … Read more
‘Grime Gran’, 80, who shot to fame interviewing rappers says the younger generation is ‘selfish’ for stockpiling amid the coronavirus pandemic – and says people ‘weren’t so greedy’ during the war Margaret Keefe has shot to fame with her popular YouTube channel ‘Grime Gran’ Last week shares scathing rant on those stockpiling essential goods amid … Read more
Our sandstorm hell: Passengers in Gran Canaria tweet plea to be flown back to the UK by Tui after being ‘abandoned’ for four days following Saharan storm flight cancellations Greg Horsman had been due to fly back to Manchester on Saturday evening But his flight from Gran Canaria was cancelled due to the Saharan sandstorm … Read more