More councils have signalled using churches, community centres and libraries as so-called ‘warm banks’ for people unable to afford to heat their homes this winter. Birmingham, which is England’s biggest
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A son “plundered” more than £1.5 million from his wealthy elderly mother, leaving her little for her own care, after she became too ill to look after her own financial
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The Government must urgently intervene to help struggling households with ballooning energy costs – or risk a “full-blown economic crisis” and mental health emergency, charities and think tanks have warned.
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A man charged with the murder of 87-year-old Thomas O’Halloran, who was stabbed in the chest in a “vicious attack” on a mobility scooter, has been remanded in custody. Lee
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A 44-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of 87-year-old Thomas O’Halloran on a mobility scooter in west London. He was arrested at an address in Southall,
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A “dangerous” knife-wielding man who was seen fleeing the scene of a fatal attack on an 87-year-old man in a mobility scooter is being sought by detectives. Thomas O’Halloran was
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An 87-year-old man stabbed to death in his mobility scooter has been named by police as Thomas O’Halloran. Mr O’Halloran was killed in a “shocking act” of “unprovoked violence”, Metropolitan
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The son of a 74-year-old woman with suspected dementia who died in a house fire claims she was failed by authorities and left living in “disgusting” conditions. Rosslyn Wolff died
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“Unprecedented numbers” of pensioners may die in their homes this winter without government help to pay spiralling energy bills, a charity has warned the Tory leadership contenders. Age UK has
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A grandfather fell, wounded his head and was taken to hospital while waiting for a social care assessment to enable him to go into a care home, his family said.
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