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Eighty-year-old Major Mick has today embarked on a 100-mile charity rowing trip in a home-made boat fashioned from corrugated iron, curtain hooks and hosepipe. Travelling just 2mph, retired Army major Michael Stanley, is determined to row the stretch on the Chichester canal in West Sussex to raise money for St Wilfrid’s Hospice in Bosham. The veteran, who served in … Read more
One of the biggest criticisms of electric cars is what happens to their high-powered batteries once they degrade and have to be decommissioned from plug-in vehicles. Not only are EV batteries expensive for owners to replace, high-skilled workforces are required to extract valuable metals inside them, and even then they are difficult to recycle – … Read more
A retired footballer died of dementia triggered by heading a heavy ball so much during his career, a coroner has ruled. Coroner John Gittins ruled that Alan Jarvis’s death was an industrial disease brought on by playing football. Jarvis, 76, who played for Everton and Hull City in the 1960s and 70s, died from pneumonia … Read more
John Bercow pocketed more than £19,000 in ‘severance’ when he stepped down as Commons Speaker – despite setting his own departure date and announcing it seven weeks in advance. Government accounts show Mr Bercow received the golden goodbye when he ‘retired’ from the £155,000-a-year job on October 31. Critics questioned why he was entitled to … Read more
A retired lawyer was quoted £502,586 by BT to install a reliable broadband connection at his rural Cumbria home. David Roberts, 65, had requested a broadband service fast enough for making uninterrupted video calls to his family and to watch All Creatures Great and Small. He currently pays £70 every month for a 0.9Mbps download … Read more
Retired vicar, 85, ‘pawed at married curate’ after leaping at her ‘like a rabbit out of rabbit hole’, court hears The 85-year-old told the trainee, ‘I really miss having cuddles’ while stroking her hair, a court heard Jurors at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court heard that Reverend Geraint Hughes, hugged and attempted to kiss the married woman … Read more
Retired couple in their 90s drove in circles for 15 HOURS after getting lost on 20-mile trip to caravan dealer The couple set out from their home at 2pm to visit a local caravan dealership They took a wrong turn and then spent the next 15 hours lost in North Yorkshire Police stopped the wayward … Read more
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? viewers are left in shock as retired science teacher fails to answer ‘easy’ £4,000 chemistry question despite using a lifeline (but would YOU get it right?) Pat Lucas, from Lincoln, a retired science teacher, was asked chemistry question For £4, 0000, she was asked to identify a skull and … Read more
A retired police chief took his own life after he became ‘paranoid and neurotic’ while under coronavirus quarantine to protect his family, an inquest has heard. James Connelly-Webster, 58, was found dead in a chalet at the bottom of his garden in Crackington Haven, Bude on April 1 after self-isolating there when he began to display symptoms … Read more
Alex Rance, a retired AFL player and devout Jehovah’s Witness, was reportedly locked in to be this year’s Bachelor before negotiations broke down. And while former Australian Survivor star Locky Gilbert eventually landed the role of TV’s most eligible suitor, there’s no doubt having Rance hand out roses would have made for very compelling viewing … Read more