My partner has lost her widow’s benefit because we live together

My partner has lost her widow’s benefit because we live together – is this right, or fair? Steve Webb replies By Steve Webb for This Is Money Published: 07:43 GMT, 18 January 2021 | Updated: 07:48 GMT, 18 January 2021 The Department for Work and Pensions has recently claimed my partner is no longer entitled … Read more

Grieving widow’s plans to be buried with her late husband are thwarted by the Church of England

Grieving widow’s plans to be buried with her late husband are thwarted after her request to exhume and cremate his body is refused for going against Church philosophy Susan Richardson arranged for her husband to be buried in Sunderland in 2018  After her cancer diagnosis she made plans to move to Northamptonshire Mrs Richardson sought … Read more

How could The Crown exploit a widow’s very private tragedy?

There is no monument or commemorative plaque to explain what happened, no cairn of stones to mark the spot where a roaring avalanche swept all before it. For those involved there is no need: the events of that day in March 1988 will never be forgotten. But there is now a memorial of sorts, thanks … Read more

Orville and Emu are at centre of battle between Keith Harris and Rod Hull’s widows and toy-maker

Orville and Emu are at centre of battle between Keith Harris and Rod Hull’s widows and toy-maker who ‘borrowed’ iconic puppets only to put them up for £10,000 sale at Bonhams The birds had been put up for sale by merchandiser Roger Shaw with Bonhams They were expected to make up to £20,000 for the pair … Read more

Roger Ailes’ widow’s last words to him were ‘I forgive you’, she reveals in new movie on his life

As Roger Ailes was on his death bed his wife Elizabeth’s last words to him were ‘I forgive you’ and though he couldn’t respond, his eyes filled with tears.  The final moments between the controversial Fox News founder and his wife prior to his death in May 2017 at the age of 77 are featured … Read more

Widow’s late husband was diagnosed with a brain tumour six WEEKS after their first date

A widow who lost her husband to brain cancer says she became ‘ill’ while caring for her husband because she wasn’t taking care of her own health.  Sara Challice, 49, from London, met her husband Neal through work in 2002, but just six weeks after their first date, Neal was diagnosed with a brain tumour. The former … Read more

Widow’s fury as killer of Garry Newlove boozes in his cell to celebrate potential prison release

The widow of Garry Newlove spoke of her fury yesterday after one of the yobs who beat him to death held a party in his prison cell to celebrate his impending release. Jordan Cunliffe threw a drunken bash in an open prison just days after a Parole Board hearing was told he should be freed. … Read more