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PensionerPensioner left without heating or hot water for MONTHS is forced to use six hot water bottles to keep warm
Widowed Shirley Walsh is struggling to keep warm after workmen found a leak in pipes in her garden and the gas company is demanding she pay for repair - even though she can't afford it
AnimalsSeagull swoops down and swipes cheese and bacon toastie from man before eating it in front of him
Malcolm Baker, 60, was munching the sandwich in Brighton when the brazen bird descended and snatched the snack from his grasp
Pensioner100-year-old has NEVER left the Isle of Man - and says 'everything I want is here'
Proud Manx woman Bessie Horne has never set foot off the 221 square mile island, which has a population of just 84,000
Humberside PoliceWoman left battered and bruised after she refused to give up her handbag to a mugger
Jean Smith, 63, was left with a bruising to her face and a potential hairline fracture after she was attacked outside her home
Bad ParkingEx-marine fed up with 'poor parking' is slapping his own tickets on cars and has even painted his own road markings
Pensioner Donald Ligertwood has launched a one-man campaign to reform the parking in his street - but residents claim he is "bullying" them
AlcoholResidents at over-55s complex slam "pathetic" building managers over ban on boozy karaoke nights
Residents at the 80-apartment block in Stoke-on-Trent are up in arms, accusing the association that runs the complex of treating them like children
Loneliness'New Year's Eve was miserable and I cried': Grieving pensioner's movingly honest account of loneliness without beloved wife
Bob Lowe, 95, spoke to Radio 4's Today programme to highlight the plight of older people who struggle with their isolation over the Christmas period
PensionerOne MILLION older people may have fallen victim to email scammers, report warns
Eight per cent of over-75s targeted by fraudsters fell for the trap, insurance provider has found
FacebookGrandfather's false teeth fly out during game of Speak Out - leaving his family screaming hysterically
The old-timer's dentures come unstuck as he tries to say 'confusing' while wearing one of the game's special mouthpieces
BenefitsVile mum who used her own dead babies to swindle £50,000 in benefits told "pay back £1"
Former drug addict dubbed 'Walter Mitty' Maria Pridmore used the identity of her dead children to falsely claim benefits
SnakesWoman, 82, 'comes back from the dead' after snake bite 40 years ago returning home to shocked family
Relatives believed the pensioner had died from a snake bite and had thrown her 'dead' body into a river
Car crashesHeroic Good Samaritan pensioner killed in horror collision 'attempting to rescue car crash victim' on busy road
Elderly man suffered fatal injuries after a vehicle smashed into him as he rushed to the aid of a crashed car
PensionerPictured: Mysterious pensioner who died alone in his flat and lay unnoticed for three years
New details are emerging about Henry Summers after he was found dead at his home in June last year
Crown courtWoman who accused 101-year-old of child sex attacks 'tried to kill herself' after saying he "destroyed her world"
One of 101-year-old Ralph Clarke's alleged victims told a court she reported him to the police after reading about his 100th birthday celebrations on Facebook
Crime'Scum of the earth' attackers batter pensioner unconscious in savage street attack 'for the sake of it'
Geoff Richardson was left face down in the road with two black eyes, a broken nose, smashed spectacles and soaked in blood after going out for a quiet pint
ProstitutionUK city centre street is now an 'unofficial red light district' with sex sold from as early as 6am
Residents and business owners say prostitutes - many of whom appear to be underage - sell their bodies on street corners at all hours of the day
Driving ban'Amnesic' pensioner, 88, banned from driving after reversing into 92-year-old woman who she didn't see
Despite hearing a 'scraping sound' Iris Seddon continued to reverse her Nissan Micra and ran over fellow pensioner who was pushing her wheelie bag behind her
HousingTearful pensioners forced to leave decades of memories behind as housing trust gets ready to flatten their homes
Heartbroken Sally Connelly, 70, has been left in tears and shocked 92-year-old Harold Mutch said the news came "like a bomb"
UK News89-year-old war veteran who placed ad saying he was 'dying of boredom' lands a job
Ex-soldier Joe Bartley, who has no children and lives alone after his wife died last year, aced his first ever interview and is now a waiter in a Devon cafe
PensionerHero pooch saves pensioner from freezing to death after alerting owner to man who had collapsed
Heather McElroy was walking her Labrador Paddy in the early hours of the morning when the hound found the freezing body hidden from view in a close
Knife crimePensioner disarms knife-wielding drug addict holding blade to shop worker's throat - then coolly returns to his shopping
Retired trucker John Lugg, 75, sits on yob Ryan Gent, 21, until police arrive - before getting wife Lillian a card and flowers on his way home
PoliceCouple froze to death outside home after husband 'slipped on ice and partner had accident after going to help'
Postmaster Donald and Maureen Macmillan, who were in their 70s, have been named locally as the tragic couple who were found dead behind bins at around 8am today
FitnessGran, 87, amazes gym goers by working out four times a week and she pays for her sessions with shortbread
Joyce Fox even gives boxing a go and is the most popular customer in the Hull gym
Dangerous drivingHorrific CCTV footage shows moment cheerleader coach slammed into Audi killing three people in Valentine's Day M1 crash
WARNING GRAPHIC FOOTAGE Alan Peters killed driver Allan Evans and passengers Nathan Reeves and Tom Aldridge
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