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Pensioner, 70, rows 3,000 miles unassisted across the Atlantic

A grandfather has raised over half a million pounds for charity by rowing unassisted across the Atlantic.

British dyslexic pensioner writes entire book on his phone using one finger

A pensioner has proved that you don’t need to be the fastest with your fingers to create something you’re proud of.

Opinion

The myth of the ‘poor pensioner’ helps shield the City

By Phillip Inman

British lonely man, 75, puts poster in window asking for friends after wife’s sudden death

A pensioner has put up a heart-breaking poster in his window ‘as a last resort’ to make friends after the death of his wife left him completely isolated.

Pensioner, 90, raises over £200,000 for NHS by climbing height of mountain up her stairs

A 90-year-old woman has raised more than £200,000 for the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) by setting out to climb the height of a 2,398ft mountain on her stairs.

Pensioner killed in A1 'wrong direction' crash

An 80-year-old woman died in a road crash on the A1 in East Lothian, Scotland.

UK pensioner care crisis: Home visits could be 'a thing of the past' as nursing figures drop

Nursing visits to patients in their own homes will become a thing of the past, experts predict after the release of figures that show their numbers have almost halved in the seven years.