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Access to cash is still an ‘essential piece of infrastructure’ for elderly people. Cutting them off from cash and banking services is tantamount to excluding them from society. So warns Age UK, which has been pointing to recent figures from the Financial Conduct Authority that show that about 2.4million people aged 65 and over still...

If you drink a cup of coffee a day, you could reduce your risk of having a stroke by a fifth. A recent study, by researchers at Semmelweis University in Budapest, found that people who drink a moderate amount of coffee (from half a cup to three cups a day) are 21 per cent less...

If so, you will know the scenario: they happily agree a plan with you to do something, and then at the last minute, they cancel and don’t show.  As one sufferer of flaky friends put it: “Flakes are on a rise of epidemic proportions. People are becoming less reliable… the younger the generation, the worse...

Half of people in the UK who are aged over 50 have cut down on the amount of meat and dairy that they eat. They want to help the environment and to reduce their carbon footprint. A recent survey by the charity Rest Less, which offers advice to older people, found that many older people...

Boys have become as unhappy about their looks as girls over the past decade. So warns the Children’s Society, which has found a “deeply distressing” downward trend in the wellbeing of children, as it carried out its 10thannual review of data collected as part of the Office for National Statistics’ Understanding Society survey. The charity...

Our traditional front gardens are disappearing at a phenomenal rate, as more and more of us turn our green space into a driveway for car parking. More than one in 10 (12 per cent) of people in the UK have now converted either some of or all their front garden into a parking spot, according...

Dogs and sticks do not mix, and now vets have issued a warning about the possible dangers. Following two incidents where dogs chasing sticks impaled themselves and nearly died, the British Veterinary Association (BVA) warns that getting your dog to run with a stick can be life-threatening, and as it can lodge down their throat...

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 The shops are once again full of the masks, costumes and sweets of Halloween.  Your children will almost certainly want to be a part of it all, but how can you ensure they have a good time? More and more churches around the country are holding Light Parties, which allow for children to dress up...

Knowing how to manage your money is an essential life skill. The staff at Christians Against Poverty (CAP) offer some ways to help your children learn. Encourage a healthy attitude towards money Show them that money is a tool. It’s important to be in control of it – rather than be controlled by it. Let...

Are you over 65? Want to get married again? Then you are right on-trend. Recent data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows that ‘silver splitters’ – those who have divorced in later life – are remarrying in ever greater numbers. In fact, the number of brides and grooms aged 65 and over has...

Sadly, we can no longer blame a slowing metabolism for piling on the pounds as we reach middle age. Extra weight is more likely to be due to our lifestyle choices of exercise and diet. A new study, based at Duke University in the US, has found that our metabolism remains steady between 20 and...