Man charged with stealing handbag and purse from two Dundee OAPs, including one using zimmer
A Dundee man has appeared in court charged with stealing a wallet and a handbag from two elderly women.
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Man to appear in court after woman, 83, robbed in Dundee play park
A 48-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with a robbery involving an elderly woman in Hilltown.
‘It is vital we trace the person responsible’: Woman, 83, in hospital after Dundee robbery
An 83-year-old woman is in hospital recovering from injuries after being pushed to the ground and robbed in the Hilltown in Dundee.
Elderly Dundee residents fighting to save bus service call on council boss to step into battle
An elderly woman fighting to save a bus service has called on the chief executive of a council to step in to the row.
School boy, 10, sparks up friendship with veteran, 90, at Blairgowrie care home
A pair of friends have spanned an eight-decade age gap at a Tayside care home.
READERS’ LETTERS: TV licence fee decision will add to isolation
Madam, – Any free minded person must be appalled at the decision of the BBC to cancel free licences for the over-75s.
Fife carer accused of drinking at work and telling OAP she would ‘go to hell’
A Fife care worker is facing allegations that she drank alcohol on the job and verbally abused an elderly woman.
Tayside charity attacks plans to tax pensioners to cover £2.75bn shortfall in social care budget
A Tayside charity has strongly criticised a senior Tory MP's plan to tax pensioners to fill a £2.75bn social care budget shortfall.
READERS’ LETTERS: Elderly deserve better than care home axe
Madam, – I was truly shocked by the piece about the threatened future of Seaton Grove Care Home (Review axe hanging over Angus care home, Courier, March 9).
Fife Matters: When age isn’t just a number
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