MEMOIR THE BEATLES AND BEYOND by Don Short (Wymer £14.99, 254pp) This rollicking memoir — a veritable treasure trove of anecdote and gossip — is not so much a trip down Memory Lane as a star-strewn cavalcade down Memory Motorway. Don Short is the uncrowned king of showbusiness reporters. Anyone who grew up reading the … Read more
Detectives have launched a murder inquiry after a man in his 60s fell to his death from the third floor balcony of a young woman’s flat. Neighbours heard screams and shouts after Gary Henderson, 64, from Essex, fell around 30ft from the flat in a block off a road in Ipswich, Suffolk, at about 2.30am yesterday. … Read more
People in their sixties who use the internet every day are more likely to be lonely than those who just surf the web occasionally, a new study shows. Researchers from Anglia Ruskin University carried out the study of online behaviour among adults over 60 using data from 4,492 adults. The study on the link between … Read more
Pregnant Vogue Williams displays her blossoming baby bump in a colourful 60s style ensemble as she arrives at Global radio By Ellie Phillips For Mailonline Published: 10:42 BST, 3 May 2020 | Updated: 11:00 BST, 3 May 2020 She is expecting her second child – a baby girl – with husband Spencer Matthews. And, Vogue … Read more
That he managed to make it to the age of 82 is nothing short of a minor miracle. To get that perfect shot, photographer Peter Beard swam in crocodile-filled rivers, stood before a charging lion and survived being gored by an enraged elephant that snapped his ribs and crushed his pelvis. By the time he got … Read more
Drinking hot chocolate could help over 60s stay on their feet after a study shows cocoa boosts blood circulation in the legs. Those who drank a mug of cocoa three times a day for six months were able to walk significantly further in a walking test at the end of the study. Cocoa is abundant … Read more
A heartbroken son fears his mother could become Britain’s next coronavirus victim after she was placed in a coma. The woman, in her 60s from Sunderland, was the first person in the city diagnosed with the virus. A man in his 80s with underlying health conditions became the sixth person to die from COVID-19 on … Read more