Councillor called pensioner neighbours ‘The Peeping Tom’ and ‘The Tart’ in 13-year war of words

A councillor who called his pensioner neighbours ‘The Peeping Tom’ and ‘The Tart’ in a bitter 13-year war of words has today been banned from talking to them.  Brendan Murphy, 79, has been slapped with a restraining order and a £100 fine after being hauled to court over the neighbourly dispute in quiet Disley, in … Read more

Councillor called pensioner neighbours ‘The Peeping Tom’ and ‘The Tart’ in 13-year war of words

A councillor who called his pensioner neighbours ‘The Peeping Tom’ and ‘The Tart’ in a bitter 13-year war of words has today been banned from talking to them.  Brendan Murphy, 79, has been slapped with a restraining order and a £100 fine after being hauled to court over the neighbourly dispute in quiet Disley, in … Read more

Pensioner, 77, is brutally killed in his £468,000 Buckinghamshire home

Pensioner, 77, is brutally killed in his £468,000 Buckinghamshire home – as police arrest man, 36, ‘known to victim’ on suspicion of murder Victim died at semi-detached house in Wendover after suffering serious injuries Police were called to the address at 5.25pm on Tuesday to reports of an assault Suspect has been taken into custody … Read more

Pensioner, 77, is brutally killed in his £468,000 Buckinghamshire home

Pensioner, 77, is brutally killed in his £468,000 Buckinghamshire home – as police arrest man, 36, ‘known to victim’ on suspicion of murder Victim died at semi-detached house in Wendover after suffering serious injuries Police were called to the address at 5.25pm on Tuesday to reports of an assault Suspect has been taken into custody … Read more

Pensioner, 72, who went viral with photos of his vegetables is new face of Gucci’s latest collection

A pensioner dubbed the ‘vegetable king’ who went viral last year with photos of his impressive produce is the new face of Gucci’s latest sustainable collection. Self-confessed ‘fanatical veg grower’ Gerald Stratford, 72, from west Oxfordshire, gained praise across the globe after posting photos of his potatoes, with his gardening Twitter account followed by nearly 280,500 people. … Read more

Pensioner, 72, who went viral with photos of his vegetables is new face of Gucci’s latest collection

A pensioner dubbed the ‘vegetable king’ who went viral last year with photos of his impressive produce is the new face of Gucci’s latest sustainable collection. Self-confessed ‘fanatical veg grower’ Gerald Stratford, 72, from west Oxfordshire, gained praise across the globe after posting photos of his potatoes, with his gardening Twitter account followed by nearly 280,500 people. … Read more

Police arrest ‘two nine-year-old boys’ after pensioner suffers head injury in attack in Huddersfield

Police arrest ‘two nine-year-old boys’ after pensioner suffers head injury in attack in Huddersfield West Yorkshire Police were responding to reports of man suffering a head injury  They found a pensioner outside a pub in Huddersfield and took him to hospital Two men, believed to be just nine years old, were arrested shortly after By … Read more

Police arrest ‘two nine-year-old boys’ after pensioner suffers head injury in attack in Huddersfield

Police arrest ‘two nine-year-old boys’ after pensioner suffers head injury in attack in Huddersfield West Yorkshire Police were responding to reports of man suffering a head injury  They found a pensioner outside a pub in Huddersfield and took him to hospital Two men, believed to be just nine years old, were arrested shortly after By … Read more

Police hunt man for assaulting pensioner, 78, in Harlesden

Moment man breaks pensioner’s ribs in ‘brutal’ attack at launderette before telling the victim it was a ’joke’ as police launch new appeal to find him The 78-year-old man was attacked in a launderette in Harlesden on June 6, 2020 A man in his late 20s or early 30s assaulted the elderly man without warning  … Read more

Downsizing pensioner uncovers remains of a long-lost palace in back garden while building a bungalow

Downsizing pensioner uncovers remains of a long-lost palace in back garden where he is building a bungalow – solving 200-year-old mystery but landing himself with a £15,000 bill Charles Pole, 81, discovered a 700-year-old Bishop’s Palace under his lawn The discovery in Wiveliscombe, Somerset has excited local historians, who believed the Palace had been at … Read more