Threat of £10,000 fine over 2p debt
A widowed great-gran was shocked to receive a final TV licence demand with a threat of a £10,000 fine – over a measly 2p. Frail Iris Jameson, 74, found herself struggling with her household bill ...
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Speak Up for Libraries now!
Older people value their public libraries and use them to the full – where they are still open. They are also very effective campaigners where libraries are in danger – which is just about ...
On this week in history
Every week we go back to re-visit some of the significant happenings that took place in living memory; just about, for some of us. To remind ourselves of how life has changed and how some things stay ...
Beat the January blues
According to psychologists, the third Monday in January each year marks the point at which a month of over-indulgence, pre-payday penny-pinching and the long, dark days of winter officially take their ...