Tag: pensioners

“Oan Yersel!” Magical clip shows pensioners belting out I belong to Glasgow – toasted with Irn-Bru

In Brief

Kirsty Stewart - August 10, 2018

STIRRING video shows a group of pensioners belting out “I belong to Glasgow” on a packed bus - while raising an Irn-Bru in the...

£3M funding will make for warmer homes and cheaper bills

Community

Peter Laing - April 7, 2015

The City of Edinburgh Council is to spend at least £3.3 million to make private homes across the capital warmer, more environmentally friendly and...

How a generation – and 113 miles – separate today’s pensioners from their children

Scottish News

Peter Laing - January 21, 2015

SCOTS aged 35 and over now live an average of over 110 miles from their parents, a new survey reveals. It means most OAPs and...

OAPs body-swerve cops to occupy Scotland Office

Politics

Deadline News Journalist - October 21, 2014

PENSIONERS breezed past police to “occupy” the offices of the Secretary of State for Scotland yesterday - only to discover he was on holiday. Veteran...

OAP with no feet wins Blue Badge victory over council bunglers

In Brief

Deadline News Journalist - October 2, 2014

A SCOTS pensioner who had both feet amputated has won a victory over bungling council chiefs who refused him a blue badge. Tom Hannah had...

Health Board Condemned for Night Discharges

Health

Guest - August 21, 2014

A SCOTTISH health board has been condemned after discharging almost 1,400 OAPs from hospital during the night. NHS Fife admitted that 1,363 patients aged over...

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