10 h. ago Elderly couple jumps from cliffs after husband’s ‘deteriorating’ health

‘I can only conclude he was in so much pain he didn’t want to keep deteriorating’

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14 h. ago ‘Devoted’ elderly couple fell to their deaths after one tragically diagnosed with bone cancer

A "DEVOTED" elderly couple fell to their deaths near a beauty spot after one of them was diagnosed with bone cancer, an inquest heard. David and Susan Jeffcock sent a letter to their solicitor confirming they intended to end their lives before they were found close to Whitby Abbey. An inquest heard David, 80, and...

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14 h. ago Couple who jumped off a cliff hand in hand left chilling 'marker' at scene of death

David and Susan Jeffcock opted to take their own lives back in July, despite having a loving family and home — but now an inquest has heard of their deteriorating health

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14 h. ago Elderly couple jumped from cliffs near Whitby as husband's health deteriorated

The couple died from suicide in July following the husband's deteriorating health, an inquest heard

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15 h. ago Elderly cancer sufferer, 80, and his wife, 74, held hands as they jumped from Whitby cliffs to their deaths in suicide pact, inquest hears

David Jeffcock, 80, and his wife Susan, 74, placed their financial affairs in order and delivered a note to their solicitor apologising for their plan of action.

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15 h. ago Elderly couple leapt to their deaths together after leaving 'marker' on clifftop

David and Susan Jeffcock fell to their deaths after David was diagnosed with bone cancer and "he didn't want to keep deteriorating".

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16 h. ago Elderly couple who jumped to deaths together left chilling 'marker' at clifftop

David and Susan Jeffcock fell to their deaths in East Cliff, Whitby, after David received a devastating health diagnosis of bone cancer with his nephew saying 'he didn’t want to keep deteriorating'

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55 h. ago Hungry bear getting ready to hibernate broke into Nevada home and attacked elderly couple inside

The bear was searching for food near Lake Tahoe before going into a den for the winter, say officials

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57 h. ago Titanic gold pocket watch recovered from elderly couple who drowned in disaster sells for record £1.78million at auction

Auctioneers confirmed it eclipsed the previous £1.56million record set last year for a gold watch presented to the captain of the ship that rescued more than 700 survivors.

Economics

1 week ago It’s not all about roasting on an open fire – there’s so much more you can do with chestnuts

They have strong Christmas connotations, but these nuts are so versatile, whether you’re eating them hot out of the shell, or with pasta or pheasant. Plus: a burger that lives up to the hype• Sign up here for our weekly food newsletter, FeastIf I’d ever spared a thought for how chestnuts – the sweet, edible kind, not the combative horsey sort – were harvested, I would probably have conjured rosy-cheeked peasants bent low in ancient forests and filling rough-hewn hessian sacks by hand. Back-breaking labour, sure, but so picturesque!I was delighted, therefore, while on a writing retreat in Umbria last month, to get the opportunity to watch an elderly couple manoeuvre a giant vacuum around their haphazard orchard, followed by their furious sheepdog. The fallen crop was sucked into a giant fan that spat their bristly jackets back out on to the ground, and the nuts then went to be sorted by other family members on a conveyor belt in the barn – the good ones to be sold in the shell, the l...

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1 week ago Costa Blanca couple robbed elderly victims in spree of 'love hug' thefts

The so-called 'love hug' robberies are on the rise in Spain, where members of the public are being targeted by thieves pretending to be acquianted with their victims

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1 week ago Titanic gold pocket watch recovered from body of one of its richest passengers is set to fetch £1m

Isidor Straus and his wife Ida were immortalised in James Cameron's 1997 blockbuster movie as the elderly couple holding each other on their bed as the Titanic sank.

Economics

3 w. ago Good Morning Britain fans slam 'rude' Andi Peters for 'trying to embarrass elderly couple' during 'painful' competition phone

The TV presenter took to the ITV studio last Friday morning to announce the winner of the latest competition, which had a mammoth £100,000 winnings up for grabs.

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3 w. ago Elderly couple banned from Aldi after what man said at checkout

Anthony and Regina Taylor, who have been married for 15 years, regularly do their monthly shop at their local Aldi - but are no longer welcome back to the store

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