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In it to win it

In it to win it

A lottery winner went to BINGO hours after scooping a £1m jackpot – which she plans to spend on a new mobility scooter and hearing aid. Retired factory worker Maggie Pendergast, 79, enters the E ...
Long life model poses for art

Long life model poses for art

Meet one of Britain’s oldest life models – a 75-year-old granddad who poses naked for art students to supplement his PENSION. Super-fit Bruce Barker took up the hobby four years ago in a b ...
Oldest nurse in Britain

Oldest nurse in Britain

Britain’s oldest nurse is celebrating her 83rd birthday this week – after 64 YEARS in the job. Monica Bulman started walking the wards in 1952 aged 19 and qualified as a registered nurse f ...
Respected GP

Respected GP

One of the last surviving GPs to witness the creation of the NHS has died just days after his 99th birthday. Widely respected Dr Michael Whiting had a 43-year career and treated victims of the blitz a ...