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Spooky sights! The scariest places to celebrate Halloween
Halloween is celebrated throughout the world, with different traditions, names and beliefs. While typical Halloween activities include trick-or-treating and costume parties, there are a few places around the world where Halloween is so much more than that. From...
Playing golf gives ‘all round health benefits’
People who play golf live longer than those who do not, new research has suggested. BBC News reports that Edinburgh scientists claimed the sport was likely to increase life expectancy, help chronic diseases and improve mental health. Researchers reviewed 5,000...
Cleaner enjoys holiday paid for by Bristol university students
A university cleaner has been on holiday to Jamaica after students donated £1,500 so he could visit family for the first time in a decade. BBC News reports that about 230 University of Bristol students crowdfunded the week's trip for Herman Gordon and his wife...
Over 65s most frivolous on holiday
It has been revealed that over 65s, otherwise known as the 'grey market', spend the most money per day when away on holiday, with an average spend of £212 per day. Choice reports that by comparison, the most frugal group was the 35-45 year olds, who spend just...
What is preretirement? A way for the over-50s to stagger (towards) retirement
There is no longer a cut-off point at which you retire, according to a new report. Instead, those aged 50 to 80 are increasingly still working, at least part-time. Name: Pre-tirement. Age: Late-50s. Appearance: Clapped-out. Time to retire. Tempting, but...
Put just £40 a week aside to enjoy a happy retirement
A Which? report this week looking at what retired people spend should give hope to the early middle-aged who have saved nothing yet. The Guardian reports that the press is chock-full of stories about our impending financial doom in retirement. I should know -...
Over 50s mums: The surprising truth about becoming a mother in your 50s
The number of births to women aged over 50 is soaring. But what’s the real story behind the rise? Three mothers talk about the joy of finally having a baby long after it would once have been possible. To celebrate reaching half a century, Gemma Barnes wrote a...
‘Don’t go cold turkey’ to quit smoking
Smokers looking to quit as part of the annual Stoptober campaign are being warned not to go "cold turkey". BBC News reports that Government health officials have said smokers stand a much greater chance of succeeding giving up by using official NHS support or...
Coconuts’ health bounty
The coconut palm is traditionally known as the ‘tree of life’ for the many health benefits of its products. Choice reports that aficionados of Mutiny on the Bounty may recall that trouble really kicked off when Captain Bligh accused his Lieutenant, Fletcher...
Don’t look the other way when it comes to your vision
Two million people in the UK are living with sight loss that is severe enough to have a significant impact on their daily lives. Of people over 60, 96% will require some form of vision correction. Mature Times reports that this year’s National Eye Health Week...
Over-50s hold three quarters of UK housing wealth
Homeowners over the age of 50 hold 75pc of Britain's housing wealth, according to new research, revealing the huge generational divide in the property market. The Telegraph reports that older owner occupiers hold a total of £2.8 trillion in equity,...
Business must improve support for over-50s workforce, finds study.
More than half of over-50s feel unsupported at work although millions of employees are planning to work longer than they had previously expected and despite the emergence of a widening skills gap in the UK, according to new research. Personnel Today reports that the...