50s

Woman and five men in their 40s and 50s from South America are arrested for murder

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Police probing a double murder in south London have arrested a woman and five men in their 40s and 50s. The victims – a man, 59, and a 56-year-old woman – were found with multiple stab wounds in a flat above an office In Dorset Road, Stockwell, at around 4pm yesterday. Despite the efforts of … Read more

Coronavirus warning for the middle-aged: 4% in their 40s and 8% in their 50s will end up in hospital

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Middle-aged people have a dramatically higher risk of needing hospital care or dying from COVID-19 than the young, a study suggests. An analysis of more than 70,000 cases of COVID-19, mostly in China, estimated that four per cent of those in their forties will be hospitalised. The figure doubles to eight per cent for patients … Read more

Man in his late 50s dies from coronavirus in Bristol: UK death toll rises to at least 22  

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A man in his late 50s has died in Bristol after contracting the coronavirus, pushing the UK death toll to at least 22.  So far in the UK there have been over 1,000 confirmed cases of the disease and the department of health and social care today pushed back releasing new information as they continue … Read more

We sold our Chester family home to rent a flat in London in our 50s

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Rising numbers of Britons will still be renting in retirement — but for some, this isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Statistics released this month show that over a decade, the number of those renting ahead of retirement has gone from one in 20 to nearly one in ten. Yet we have spoken to older tenants … Read more