1 hour ago Warning after elderly Lanarkshire resident conned by bogus caller imitating police officer

Police say a man called the elderly woman's landline number and falsely claimed he was a detective constable from Hamilton police office.

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56 h. ago Hospital apologises as nurse banned over elderly patient's 'black eye' and faking documents

The lead nurse was discovered to have forged staff initials on safety checklists 'going back months' in an attempt to prove that checks had been done

Science

59 h. ago Elderly woman died after falling from 'second floor bedroom window' at care home

Enquiries are ongoing

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2 d. ago Man posing as valet kidnapped elderly woman from restaurant and ditched her in a different state, officials say

The 36-year-old man demanded the 75-year-old woman to ‘perform lewd acts,’ warning that he had a gun if she did not comply, prosecutors say

Society

3 d. ago Nursing home manager and two of her staff face jail after they admitted lying over death of pensioner who died from complications after falling from her wheelchair

A nursing home manager and two of her staff have admitted attempting to pervert the course of justice by covering up failings following the death of resident Shirley Froggett, 84.

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4 d. ago ‘Evil’ Scots carer who bit OAP spared jail as furious family slam ‘soft sentence’

THE son of a pensioner bitten by his carer has blasted her “soft sentence” after she was struck off but dodged jail. Claire Burnett chomped Sandy Robb, 88, on the hand and shoved and grabbed another elderly woman, causing injury, at a care home in Falkirk in 2023. She got 180 hours’ community service in...

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7 d. ago Stirling crime: Police appeal after elderly woman, 73, robbed on her doorstep in Scottish city

Police are appealing for witnesses.

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1 week ago Black writer of TV hit The Bear says elderly white woman had cops cuff him for putting his feet on train seat

Alex O'Keefe, a black writer of the hit TV series The Bear, shared a video to Instagram on Thursday showing an elderly white woman he said got him detained over the way he sat on an MTA train.

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1 week ago Elderly woman detained by Taliban for months ‘taught fellow female prisoners’

Barbie Reynolds and her husband Peter have told of their ordeal and how they feared they would never be released.

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2 w. ago Police launch probe into 'unexplained' deaths of elderly man and woman in sleepy Oxfordshire village

A man in his 80s and a woman in her 70s were found dead at a property in Milton, Abington.

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2 w. ago Where will Madeleine McCann prime suspect roam as he's released and 'may flee Germany'

Christian Brueckner, 48, was released from Sehnde prison near Hannover at 9.15am this morning after serving a seven-year sentence for raping an elderly woman in Portugal

Politics

2 w. ago Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner 'screams the girl is dead' in chilling outburst

German paedophile Christian Brueckner has been behind bars serving a seven-year prison sentence in Germany over the rape of an elderly woman at her home in Praia da Luz in 2005.

Events

2 w. ago Falkirk staff praised as schools and nurseries get 'very good' report card

All schools and nurseries that have been inspected in the past year were rated 'good' or 'very good'

Culture

2 w. ago Judge blasts 'arrogant' aristocrat Constance Marten and lover as he jails them for 14 years over the death of their baby

Millionaire heiress Constance Marten, 38, and Mark Gordon, 51, sparked a national manhunt after fleeing with their baby, camping in the freezing cold and causing the infant's death.

Events

3 w. ago Terrifying moment elderly woman attacks neighbour with flare gun in retirement community

A 76-year-old woman allegedly attacked her neighbour while he was walking his dog in their retirement community, and is now been arrested and faces a charge of second-degree assault

Events

3 w. ago Nursery worker 'grabs toddler's arm' and screams expletives in his face in horror footage

A three-year-old boy has been left traumatised after he was allegedly mistreated at nursery by one of the staff, according to horrified mum Brittany Farley

Events

3 w. ago Nursing home staff 'let elderly woman freeze to death alone in room amid storm'

Cynthia ‘Cindy’ Pierce, 73, died from hypothermia after a window was left open in her room by members of staff at a nursing home in Texas during a severe winter storm that cut power to the facility

Events

4 w. ago Pensioner who died after 'violent sexual assault' in Lancashire hospital was 'unlawfully killed'

"For someone to assault a vulnerable, relatively elderly woman in a hospital setting is really quite difficult to believe"

Events

4 w. ago Israeli military database indicates only a quarter of Gaza detainees are fighters

Elderly woman with Alzheimer’s, medical workers and children among 6,000 Palestinians heldOnly one in four detainees from Gaza are identified as fighters by Israel’s military intelligence, classified data indicates, with civilians making up the vast majority of Palestinians held without charge or trial in abusive prisons.Those jailed for long periods without charge or trial include medical workers, teachers, civil servants, media workers, writers, sick and disabled people and children. Continue reading...

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last month Trans row nurse raises fresh legal action against health board and senior staff

An employment tribunal brought by Sandie Peggie has been taking place in Dundee.

Politics