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The Seasiders

Everyone is invited to summer party for seasider attractions!

Stagecoach East Midlands and Age UK's grand day out to Normanby Hall

Mansfield bus operator gives local people a ‘grand day out’ to tackle loneliness

Experts have warned that this switch puts thousands of older people at risk

Ad Feature Experts urge older generations to buy digital-ready alarms for safety

ready, steady. knit!

Calling all yarn lovers! Let’s stitch together something extraordinary

A still from the video to Freezing This Christmas by Sir Starmer and the Granny Harmers

Who are Sir Starmer and the Granny Harmers?

With its own jetty, gym, and spa the Lake District house really is the stuff of dreams

Take a look inside the £4 million home you could win for just a tenner

Cash prizes are on offer alongside a £4 million house

One week left to enter a special £1m Omaze bonus Christmas prize draw

Prizes of up to £500,000 are up for grabs

Omaze announces special Christmas giveaway with cash prizes to be won

New homes are to be built on the near-100-year-old recreation ground at Hardwick Lane in Sutton.

Campaign to save Sutton rec fails as council plan for 40 homes gets the go-ahead

Omaze Prize Draw: Win £4m lakeside home with jetty and spa in the Lake District

Omaze: Win £4m lakeside home with jetty and spa in the Lake District

Thousands of pensioners will no longer be eligible for winter fuel payments this year. Photo: Other

Winter fuel payments cuts to put ‘huge strain’ on Nottinghamshire services

Exposed wires on the plug of an unsafe electric blanket

More than two thirds of electric blankets have potential to cause deadly housefi...

The restaurant is planned in the former Age UK charity shop on Leeming Street, Mansfield town centre.
(Photo by: Google Maps)

Plans approved for former charity shop to be turned into a 24-seater restaurant

Carers Wellbeing Programme attendees.

New Friendship Group for People with Dementia

The restaurant is planned in the former Age UK charity shop on Leeming Street, Mansfield town centre.
(Photo by: Google Maps)

Plans for new restaurant/takeaway in Mansfield town centre

Coun Dale Grounds opens the shop, watched by members of the shop team. (Photo by: Age UK)

Age UK launches new charity shop with a difference in Sutton

Coun Ben Bradley, Mansfield MP and Nottinghamshire Council leader, at the Age UK report launch event. Photo by: Coun Ben Bradley

Mansfield MP attends Age UK report launch on the State of Care for Older People

Across England and Wales, about 3.1 million elderly people lived alone when the census took place in March 2021. Of them, 66,000, 2.1 per cent, had no central heating.

Almost 100 elderly people living alone in Broxtowe have no central heating

Across England and Wales, about 3.1 million elderly people lived alone when the census took place in March 2021. Of them, 66,000, 2.1 per cent, had no central heating.

Dozens of elderly people living alone in Ashfield have no central heating

Across England and Wales, about 3.1 million elderly people lived alone when the census took place in March 2021. Of them, 66,000, 2.1 per cent, had no central heating.

Dozens of elderly people living alone in Mansfield have no central heating

As temperatures continue to plummet the NHS has issued advice to vulnerable people during the cold snap

NHS issues cold weather advice as temperatures plummet

People watch as workers place a giant bobble on top of a 23 foot high bobble hat in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the innocent Big Knit in partnership with Age UK (photo: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire)

First News: It's a supersize Bobble Hat

Put the plug in the bath before turning on the tap (photo: Unsplash)

Cost of Living Crisis: How to Save Water

Iceland is giving pensioners £30 voucher to help them buy food - how to get one

Iceland shoppers over the age of 60 will be able to make a 10% saving on their shopping (image: AFP/Getty Images)

Iceland to launch discount for shoppers over 60 as cost of living soars

Many young people rely on grandparents for emotional support, research found (photo: Adobe)

Mental Health Awareness Week: Let's hear it for the grandparents

Higher energy bills are stretching many family budgets to the limit (photo: adobe)

Cost of Living Campaign - Pensions up... but bills even higher

Take part in the survey and tell your home care story.

Are home care services in Notts supporting older people to eat and drink?

County Hall, Nottinghamshire Council's headquarters in West Bridgford.

£1m in funding granted for Notts community groups, charities and talented athlet...

Walking football can give over 50s a new social life while keeping them fit and healthy.

New walking football sessions in Eastwood to 'reduce isolation and loneliness'

Caroline Hill, head of Wills at Fidler and Pepper Lawyers

Mansfield law firm helping charities bounce back from the Covid-19 pandemic

The new games club at the Idlewells shopping centre.

Sutton shopping centre launches games club to beat lockdown blues

Jon Jacques, chair of Will Aid

Sutton residents urged to take advantage of will writing campaign

Millions of people at risk of losing free prescriptions in government shake-up

Immobility, loneliness and an inability to grieve as normal due to the Covid pandemic is leaving “deep physical and emotional scars” on a large proportion of the UK’s older population, a charity has said (Photo: Shutterstock)

Pandemic leaving ‘deep physical and emotional scars’ on large proportion of olde...

Kirkby grandad Kev Evans with wife Sue and Age UK connect support worker, Deborah Hughes.

Covid lifeline - how a little-known service helped Kirkby couple close death's d...

A charity has warned that older drinkers who do not have smartphones to order food and drinks at pubs and restaurants are at risk of being discriminated against (Photo: Shutterstock)

Older people who do not have smartphones are ‘at risk of discrimination’ in pubs...

One in 10 adults in north Nottinghamshire do not use the internet. (Photo credit should read ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP via Getty Images)

One in 10 adults in north Nottinghamshire do not use the internet

Experts have warned that, without visits, elderly people could lose the will to live (Photo: Shutterstock)

Experts warn a blanket care home visiting ban 'could risk premature deaths'

Care homes will be prioritised for testing. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Care homes will be given free PPE until March under new coronavirus plans

Call to bridge digital divide and help older people get online

The lockdown has left a quarter of adults thinking they have no real friends

Carers Week is an annual event which takes place each year, celebrating the fantastic work of carers in the UK (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here’s when national Carers Week 2020 takes place - and special discounts for ca...

Special VE Day programmes on Age UK's The Wireless - includes Angela Ripon prog...

Aldi has made some changes as a result of the coronavirus outbreak.

Aldi sorry for removing some popular items from its stores

This is how you can help your elderly relatives and friends during the coronavir...

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