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Pensioners facing eviction will fight back

A GROUP of Scottish OAPs have vowed to “barricade” themselves in rather than leave their threatened sheltered housing. The pensioners say managers of the complex...

Five victims targeted in two days by bogus callers

By Emma Hamilton   BOGUS callers have targeted a number of pensioners, making of with thousands of pound of cash The thieves took five victims over just...

Pensioners robbed of Christmas savings

AN elderly couple were robbed of their Christmas savings by a thief who posed as a workman. The pair, who are in their seventies, lost...

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...

Age Scotland warns that elderly people could die at the hands of the freezing winter

A CHARITY aiming to look out for Scotland’s elderly has warned that old people could die because of the conditions caused by ...

Elderly in care homes given less to spend than criminals

By Cara Sulieman OAPS living in care homes are given less money to spend than prisoners. Residents who get their essential living costs covered by the...

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