World News (Evening) for December 26th, 2008

Candles lit as tsunami victims rememberedReuters
16.25 Fri Dec 26 2008
Tsunami memorial in Asia - Obama spends Christmas with military families - Man dressed as Santa kills eight in US.

Loneliness 'rife' among elderly

07.53 Fri Oct 31 2008
More than a million old people in the UK are suffering the misery of loneliness, a survey has found.

Elderly want more help with fuel bills

14.17 Sun Oct 05 2008
Almost three-quarters of elderly people think the Government is not doing enough to help people with the rising cost of fuel bills.

£3bn of OAP benefits 'unclaimed'

19.27 Fri Sep 26 2008
Half of pensioners surveyed by Age Concern are planning to cut back on food and heating just to make ends meet this winter.

Elderly airbags unveiled

Portable airbagsReuters
16.24 Thu Sep 25 2008
A Japanese company has unveiled a portable airbag to prevent the elderly or disabled from breaking bones if they fall.

Care home raided after deaths

12.31 Wed Sep 24 2008
Police have raided a care home in connection with the deaths of six elderly residents amid allegations of neglect and ill-treatment.

Mobility scooter accident kills pensioner

18.10 Thu Aug 21 2008
A pensioner died after being knocked over by a hit-and-run rider on a mobility scooter.

'Evil' mugger has sentence increased

15.32 Fri Aug 15 2008
A mugger jailed for robbing a 96-year-old who died days later has had his sentence increased.

Offenders 'should wear bibs'

Police
20.03 Wed Jun 18 2008
A new report suggests offenders carrying out community service should wear high-visibility bibs to identify them as criminals.

Almost 350,000 elderly have been abused

The vulnerable elderly
14.38 Thu Jun 14 2007
Hundreds of thousands of elderly people have experienced some sort of abuse, a new report has found.

'Elderly missing out on billions'

The elderly are missing out
17.58 Wed Apr 11 2007
Up to £4.3 billion pounds in benefits is left unclaimed by the elderly each year, Age Concern has warned.

Blaze kills 62 at Russian old people's home

Resident's room at scene of Russian blaze
10.02 Tue Mar 20 2007
At least 61 elderly residents and a nurse have died in a blaze which engulfed a Russian old people's home.