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On this week in history 8th June 2015

On this week in history 8th June 2015

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 ...
Living with dementia – a personal story

Living with dementia – a personal story

Seven years ago, we received the diagnosis that my mum had vascular dementia.  There is still confusion over the difference between dementia and Alzheimer’s: there are over 200 causes of dementia, and ...
Stolen defibrillator could have saved a life

Stolen defibrillator could have saved a life

A war veteran who suffered a fatal heart attack may have been saved if a defibrillator had not been stolen days earlier. Grandfather Peter Lane, 73, was fishing by a lake when he collapsed and fellow ...

I read the news today oh boy!

As a young boy all our important news came over the wireless. Listening in during the war on one of those large, round, brown, bakelite radios to the steady, clear RP delivery from the BBC was de rige ...