What exactly is an ‘Indian summer’?
Often when we experience a warm period of weather during the autumn, we hear it referred to as ‘Indian summer’, but what exactly does this mean and where does the phrase come from? The Met ...
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Taking away bus pass funding could cost over £1.7 billion
Concessionary bus travel for older and disabled people delivers real and significant economic and social benefits, new research has found. Taking away the bus pass could cost the UK economy considerab ...
NFOP against threat of restriction to universal benefits
The National Federation of Occupational Pensioners (NFOP) has welcomed the call for a single, ring-fenced budget for health and social care as recommended in the final report on the Future of Health a ...
New befriending service to help Minchinhampton’s isolated older residents
A VOLUNTARY befriending service to isolated older people living in and around Minchinhampton has been launched by Gloucestershire’s Police and Crime Commissioner Martin Surl in partnership with the Ru ...