Nurse, 58, sues Royal British Legion for age discrimination after colleagues sent her birthday card saying ‘It’s not about age, it’s about attitude’ When Eileen Gleeson, of Southampton, turned 56 her colleagues got her a card The birthday card an depicted elderly woman riding a motorbike with the words ‘it’s not about age, it’s about … Read more
Frail pensioner, 73, is jailed for forging her partner’s will to cheat his sisters out of £420,000 five years after being imprisoned for doing the same to an ex-boyfriend Anne Kermode-Hutchinson, 73, was jailed for three years and nine months She drew up a fake will pretending partner George Hayes left his estate to her … Read more
A pensioner has started volunteering at her own care home to lighten the load of hardworking staff. Maureen Townend, 83, a retired receptionist from Rotherham, surprised staff of Flower Park Care Home in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, by telling them she’d like to be a care assistant in April. Fit and active Maureen, who has been … Read more
A pensioner who tried to run over his next door neighbour but missed and mowed down his own wife has been jailed. Michael Goodenough, 73, reversed his white Mercedes at next door neighbour Michelle Palmer but accidentally knocked down wife Lynda, 72, breaking her spine. She was rushed to hospital following the incident in July 2019 … Read more
Youth, 18, and boy of 15 are charged with assault after pensioner, 74, was filmed being kicked into the River Mersey while he fished Pensioner, 74, was magnet fishing when youths kicked him into River Mersey He was plunged into the river bank in Warrington at around 2:30pm on Sunday Benjamin Bridgeman, 18, was charged … Read more
Youth, 18, and boy of 15 are charged with assault after pensioner, 74, was filmed being kicked into the River Mersey while he fished Pensioner, 74, was magnet fishing when youths kicked him into River Mersey He was plunged into the river bank in Warrington at around 2:30pm on Sunday Benjamin Bridgeman, 18, was charged … Read more
Two heroic schoolgirls have spoken of the moment they rescued a 74-year-old pensioner from the River Mersey after two youths kicked him into the water. Friends Khloe Woods and Ellie Hughes, both 14, heard the man’s cries for help just seconds after spotting two boys fleeing from the river bank in Warrington on Sunday afternoon. … Read more
Two heroic schoolgirls have spoken of the moment they rescued a 74-year-old pensioner from the River Mersey after two youths kicked him into the water. Friends Khloe Woods and Ellie Hughes, both 14, heard the man’s cries for help just seconds after spotting two boys fleeing from the river bank in Warrington on Sunday afternoon. … Read more
Shocking moment thug ‘fly kicks’ fisherman, 74, into freezing cold River Mersey while being filmed by laughing friends – as police arrest boy, 15, for assault The victim had been sitting on a bank on the River Mersey when the attackers hit They pushed the elderly man, 74, into the water, and then laughed as … Read more
Shocking moment thug ‘fly kicks’ pensioner, 74, into freezing cold River Mersey while being filmed by laughing friends The victim had been sitting on a bank on the River Mersey when the attackers hit They pushed the elderly man, 74, into the freezing depths, laughing as they fled Police have vowed to catch the trio … Read more