Concorde pioneer’s tragic ‘act of love’: Retired pilot, 84, kills his dementia-stricken wife, 85… then takes his own life Tony Meadows, 84, became depressed while caring for dementia-stricken wife Wife Paula, 85, and her husband were found dead on April 2 last year Mr Meadows took his own life and Mrs Meadows was unlawfully killed … Read more
Union boss accuses retired school examiner of ‘sending children to their deaths’ in the latest Covid lockdown Alison McRobb, 77, said she was left terrified by call from North London teacher She claims that Philip Davison subjected her to series of ‘threatening’ questions It came after the CRE opposed calls to close schools in latest Covid … Read more
Dutch police chief calls for end to ‘paedophile hunts’ after teens beat 73-year-old retired teacher to death in Arnhem Jan Kruitwagen was snared by boys who posed as 15-year-old in a gay chatroom Former teacher invited to a park, followed home and beaten on October 28 Seven boys arrested, all but one of them under … Read more
Clutching a bouquet of her 97-year-old mother’s favourite roses, something inside Ylenia Angeli cracked when she arrived with daughter Leandra for their last care home ‘window visit’ before the new lockdown. As Leandra broke down in tears at the pitiful sight of her grandmother, her mother, retired nurse Ylenia, 73, pressed up against the glass, … Read more
Generation rent may be a phrase more associated with younger people, but new data shows a surge of older people now renting their home. The number of over 55s renting has more than doubled over the past decade as pension incomes wane and later life divorce becomes more common. There has been a 118 per … Read more
Sleepy Joe is ‘too old’ to be president, according to his own COUSIN: Brexit-voting retired graphic designer from Surrey, 74, is stunned to learn he is Joe Biden’s fifth cousin (but he doesn’t hold out much hope for his chances!) Ralph Biden, 74, believes his distant cousin Joe is a ‘little bit too old’ for … Read more
Shane Warne’s son Jackson has revealed that his famous father likes to use fasting tea diets to help him lose weight. The 21-year-old SAS Australia said his dad opts to sip the tea rather than turning to a traditional diet plan. ‘Dad’s always starting and finishing these 30-day fasting tea diets,’ Jackson told Daily Mail … Read more
A grandfather-of-nine faced having to put down his pet dachshund and five pugs today after they surrounded a postman and nipped at his legs – leaving him scarred for life. Allen Parkinson, 75, from Wilmslow, Cheshire, was hauled into court after the six dogs escaped through his open French doors and set upon the mailman … Read more
Eighty-year-old Major Mick has today embarked on a 100-mile charity rowing trip in a home-made boat fashioned from corrugated iron, curtain hooks and hosepipe. Travelling just 2mph, retired Army major Michael Stanley, is determined to row the stretch on the Chichester canal in West Sussex to raise money for St Wilfrid’s Hospice in Bosham. The veteran, who served in … Read more
One of the biggest criticisms of electric cars is what happens to their high-powered batteries once they degrade and have to be decommissioned from plug-in vehicles. Not only are EV batteries expensive for owners to replace, high-skilled workforces are required to extract valuable metals inside them, and even then they are difficult to recycle – … Read more