Half of all married men at retirement purchase a single life annuity despite risk of leaving their spouse without any private pension income should they pass away sooner, according to research by Standard Life.
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Tonight’s Question Time will feature an all-women audience
Thursday, March 11th, 2010The BBC has decided to celebrate women’s rights by showing one episode of Question Time with a female-only audience.
Pensioner forced to take 14-mile bus ride… every time she wants to visit the shop across the road
Thursday, March 11th, 2010Partially blind Nancy Underwood, 89, walks with a Zimmer frame and is unable to cross the busy road outside her home because of the constant traffic.
We’re not the retiring type! Why more and more women are determined to keep their jobs
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010The older employee is here to stay. Within 20 years, the bulk of the workforce in the developed world will be over 50.
Two of the oldest people in the world die on the same day, aged 114 and 113
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010Two of the oldest people in the world have died on the same day.
Mary Josephine Ray, who was certified as [...]
You’re never too old to Tweet: Meet the 104-year-old great grandmother who counts Gordon Brown as a fan
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010The great-grandmother – who is also followed by Peter Andre – tweeted about a visit to meet Gordon Brown at Downing Street, saying: ‘I used the prime ministers private toilet in his study too.’
Still swinging at 88: Britain’s longest-serving female golfer clocks up 78 years on the greens
Friday, February 26th, 2010Joyce Crowther has teed off at the Bolton Golf Club in Greater Manchester every week since 1935.
‘Sausage casing’: U.S. sports presenter’s verdict on female colleague, 47, he accused of ‘dressing too young’
Thursday, February 25th, 2010Veteran radio host Tony Kornheiser sparked outrage when he said Hannah Storm’s top was so tight that she looked like she was wrapped in ’sausage casing’.
