Pensioner covers raider in Creosote who tried to burgle his house

That’s self-preservation! Police hunt masked house raider soaked in Creosote after fence-painting pensioner fought back The raiders attacked the pensioners in Earlsdon, Coventry on March 27  One man targeted an elderly lady before trying to find the keys to her car  The second suspect confronted the woman’s husband who was fence painting The pensioner threw … Read more

Pensioner, 72, ‘drowned himself at holiday park after testing positive for coronavirus’ 

Pensioner, 72, found dead in holiday park pond ‘drowned himself after testing positive for coronavirus’ Body found today at Three Ponds Holiday Park, South Heighton, East Sussex Man named locally as Colin first travelled to the site a month ago, locals say It comes just hours after another body was found in the River Thames … Read more

Photo of pensioner clutching shopping list in Sainsbury’s after panic-buyers ransack shelves

What is the coronavirus?  A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more

Hull pensioner speeds down A63 in his mobility scooter

Shocking moment elderly man is spotted riding a mobility scooter along dual carriageway in front of lorries Hull pensioner holds up lorry as he drives mobility scooter on A63 Passenger ‘worried’ after seeing elderly man driving near Humber Bridge Risky situation was filmed at lunchtime on Wednesday By Luke May For Mailonline Published: 09:26 GMT, … Read more

The holiday guru solves traveller queries about Sri Lanka and travelling alone as a pensioner

Group travel on a £5k budget, cancelling trips to Sri Lanka and journeying alone as a pensioner: The holiday guru solves traveller queries To get updates around terrorism risks before travelling visit the FCO website Trailfinders can fix personalised tours for those travelling alone  Landmark Trust has historic holiday lets which are perfect for big … Read more

Coronavirus fears spare pensioner behind £53million elver eel smuggling operation from jail

A pensioner behind a £53million smuggling ring has been spared jail as his lawyer claims he is vulnerable to the coronavirus. Gilbert Khoo, 67, made a fortune smuggling critically endangered elver eels from a barn in Gloucestershire to the Far East. Khoo would import the live baby eels from Spain, hide them under hauls of … Read more

Come on Chancellor Rishi Sunak, brew up a new pensioner bond

Campaigners are calling on the Government to deliver a lifeline to savers in the Budget. National Savings and Investments (NS&I) last month announced cuts to more than a dozen products, while interest rates offered by High Street banks and building societies have been in freefall for months. Money Mail has long demanded better rates to … Read more

Couple move in home to find pensioner there – and now say ‘landlord’ they paid £800 has disappeared

Young couple moving into their first home together turn up to find a 99-year-old pensioner already living there – and now they say the Gumtree ‘landlord’ they paid £800 has disappeared Amy Da Cruz, 22, and Matthew Morgan, 26, were moving to first home together Couple spoke to a ‘landlord’ over Whatsapp after posting an … Read more

Pensioner, 81, ‘tortured’ her neighbours with parrot in bizarre campaign of harassment, court hears

An 81-year-old pensioner ‘tortured’ her neighbours by encouraging her parrot to sing loudly in a long running campaign of harassment against the couple.  Catherine Searle, 81, began her reign of terror after a parking row with neighbours Paul and Lydia Appleton outside their home in Sevenoaks, Kent. For three years, the pensioner would throw dog poo … Read more