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Elderly woman ‘collapses with hypothermia’ in vaccine queue after hundreds of pensioners were forced to wait for HOURS in snow and ice due to overbooking blunder – before many were sent home and told to RE-BOOK Scottish pensioners were left queuing in freezing temperatures for a Covid jab Labour MSP Alex Rowley slams NHS Fife’s … Read more
The great licence fee farce: Pensioners are pressured to pay twice amid delays and system chaos… then can’t get refunds Pensioners pressured into paying the £157.50 fee twice due to processing delays They have also been left out of pocket for months as refund requests are ignored Around 4.2million pensioners were claiming free licence when … Read more
A whopping 750,000 pensioners are refusing to pay for a TV licence in protest over the BBC scrapping free licences for over-75s. The protesters, who make up 14 per cent of the UK’s population of their age range, have ignored the flurry of reminders they have been given and are holding strong. The BBC is … Read more
Pensioners pressured into paying twice for a TV licence forced to wait months for a refund By Fiona Parker For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 GMT, 26 January 2021 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 26 January 2021 Pensioners pressured into mistakenly paying twice for their TV licence are being forced to wait months for a refund. … Read more
Multi-millionaire private equity tycoons who masterminded a takeover which left Debenhams loaded with £1.2billion of debt are facing calls to bail out its stricken pensioners. The 243-year-old department store firm collapsed after a loss of £491.5million in 2018, buckling under the impact of online competition and a failure to invest in stores and products. Although … Read more
Pensioners in vaccination hotspots are celebrating after receiving their Covid jabs and are looking forward to making the most of their freedom by enjoying a pint and hitting the races when lockdown ends. Some regions are leading the way with vaccines, with the Cockermouth and Maryport primary care network in Cumbria having vaccinated 92.8 per … Read more
Pensioners in vaccination hotspots are celebrating today after receiving their Covid jabs – and are looking forward to making the most of their freedom by enjoying a pint and hitting the races when lockdown ends. Some regions are leading the way with vaccinations; with the Cockermouth and Maryport primary care network, in Cumbria, having vaccinated … Read more
Police swoop on pensioners waiting to receive the Covid jab at vaccination centre ‘after they received false tip-off that venue was holding an illegal rave’ Police swooped on ‘rave’ at Essex’s Freemasons’ Saxon Hall in Southend-on-Sea The crowds were reported to them by concerned neighbours raising the alarm But police instead found pensioners queueing for … Read more
Two married couples accused of conning pensioners out of £3m by claiming their relatives had been caught in accidents in UK fight extradition to Hungary Marina and Erno Horvarth from Sheffield are wanted in Hungary over the scam Maria Lakatos and partner Csaba Nemeth are also fighting extradition Investigators say they targeted Hungarian pensioners with hoax … Read more
A retired man whose family bought him a dog to help with his anxiety has posted a £5,000 reward after his pet was stolen in a London park. Mike Jasper was walking his dog Ted, a Sprocker Spaniel, in South London in December after visiting his allotment when he was brutally attacked by two men … Read more