Tag: Elderly

Elderly women injured in sheltered housing fire

TWO elderly women were injured in sheltered housing complex blaze yesterday (Mon). The blaze is believed to have started in a living room carpet in...

Elderly man assaulted and robbed on own home

A PENSIONER was assaulted by two women who forced their way into his home and robbed him. The 78-year-old was attacked at around 1.10pm in...

100 not out: Record numbers of Scots centenarians

THE number of Scots reaching their 100th birthday has reached an all-time high. Official figures show there were 820 centenarians living in Scotland last year. A...

Elderly woman trapped after head on car collision

AN ELDERLY woman was left trapped in her car after a head on traffic collision. Firefighters had to cut the roof off the vehicle to...

War-time Germans flock to Scotland in ferry loads

DON’T mention the war but tens of thousands of elderly Germans are mounting an invasion of Scotland. The pensioners sail into Newcastle but most...

Pensioners consider using crime to get ‘an easy life’

INCREASING numbers of elderly Scots being charged with criminal offences has been blamed on high poverty levels. The pensioner ‘crime wave’ was revealed in figures...

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