Number of OAPs admitted to hospital for snorting cocaine soars... including pensioners in their 90s
Of 723 snorting seniors who sought medical treatment for using the Class A drug in the year to March, eight were aged above 90.
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3 months ago
Thousands of OAPs get payouts of more than £10,000 after pension tax blunder
HMRC figures obtained through a Freedom of Information request show an increase in the number of refunds claimed in 2023-24. A handful of people were refunded more than £100,000.
4 months ago
Pensioners up to £800 worse off after one year of Labour, new analysis finds, as charities warn elderly are 'squeezed in a vice of ever-escalating household bills'
Soaring household bills and the removal of the winter fuel payment have twice outstripped this year's state pension increase, leaving OAPs feeling the pinch.
5 months ago
Even poorest OAPs face paying income tax in new stealth raid on state pension - in Labour plans that could come as early as next year
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Millions of Britain's poorest pensioners face being dragged into an 'old-age tax trap' as Chancellor Rachel Reeves desperately attempts to fill a growing black hole in the public finances.
Moment fake fraud investigator counts £30,000 he scammed from OAPs is shown as he is jailed for a year
Leicester crook Rohith-Reddy Kananala, 28, posed as a fraud investigator to prey on vulnerable people across the UK. He swindled £30,000 from eight pensioners in a few days,
6 months ago
Embezzling mother who changed her name and swindled £500,000 from two different jobs by raiding OAPs' bank accounts is ordered to pay cash back
Stephanni Houston, also known as Bryden, had previously raided cash accounts of a blind lady aged 93 and an 89-year-old frail woman in her relentless pursuit of money.
8 months ago
Mother-of-one, 23, who posted 'mission complete' on Snapchat after scamming professor, 78, out of £300,000 family jewellery in gang who posed as police to prey on OAPs is jailed
Leonnie Charles, 23, was part of a criminal gang which targeted 'vulnerable' pensioners by pretending to be police officers and asking them to hand over their cash and valuables.
Mother-of-one, 23, who posted 'mission complete' on Snapchat after scamming professor, 78, out of £300,000 family jewellery as part of fraud gang that preyed on OAPs is jailed
Leonnie Charles, 23, was part of a criminal gang which targeted 'vulnerable' pensioners by pretending to be police officers and asking them to hand over their cash and valuables.
Man, 23, is charged over double murder after two OAPs 'found stabbed to death in the street'
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Mouhamadou Fall, 23, has been charged over the deaths of Sidy Fall, 75, and Norman Scott, 68, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) confirmed today.
9 months ago
'British people used to know how to protest': Fuming OAPs issue call to arms over plans for 150 newbuilds beside leafy cul-de-sac as they vow to lie in front of developer's diggers
Home to mostly pensioners, residents of Corn Close in Fiskerton have been devastated that their retirement plans could be thwarted by years of development.
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