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DON'T LET TODAY'S HARD TIMES SPOIL YOUR RETIREMENT

THE credit crunch has seen workers cutting back on their vital pension savings, warns HOLLY THOMAS...

Matchbox car collector to strike it rich

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Don't let rise in food prices ruin your diet

HAVE your shopping bills been giving you nightmares recently? If so, you’re not alone.

Pension pot poser

MAISHA Frost finds out what should be done with a top-up fund which has now been discontinued...

Plans to retire are put on hold

A HUGE number of people aged over 50 are expecting to work past the state retirement age, it was revealed yesterday – and poor pensions and a lack of savings are to blame.

Dakota downed by EU rules

TO the thousands of Allied paratroopers who jumped out of its doors on D-Day, it was a faithful wartime workhorse.

Rise of the tuck-box tourist

BRITISH holidaymakers are packing baked beans, soup and even tea bags to avoid tummy troubles when they go abroad.

Forced to retire at 65? It could breach your rights

A SOLICITOR forced to retire at 65 by his own law firm had a “fundamental” right to keep on working, an employment tribunal heard yesterday.

The silver cyclists

WITH an average age of 60, these four women cycled across America in just over eight days. They tell ADRIAN LEE why their age proved no barrier to fitness...

Man traces his royal family

RESEARCHER Roy Blackmore claims to have created the world’s largest family tree after tracing 9,390 relatives through more than 50 generations and 1,500 years.

Grandad's Army fall in 40 years on

PRIVATE Pike is no longer a “stupid boy” but a 62 year old with a distinguished grey beard.

Wonder food that protects the brain

TOMATOES could become the new weapon in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease.

Big breakfast aids weight loss

EATING a hearty breakfast of bacon and eggs is the key to staying slim, research has found.

Preparing to retire in style

FOLLOWING on from last year's success, the second Retirement Show in London takes place on July 18 and 19 at London Olympia's Grand Hall.

REVEALED: Secrets of the finest violin in the world

DEMONIC 19th-century violinist Nicolo Paganini – he was said to have entered into a pact with the devil so that he could play brilliantly – once claimed that his Stradivarius instrument came from “the wood of trees on which nightingales sang”.

Our passion for silver surgery

AMELIA, 62, and Ken, 65, are among a growing number of older people who are opting to have cosmetic surgery.

Helen: I still love a bargain

A BEAMING Dame Helen Mirren proves that she is still the queen of style.

Is now the time to unlock cash from your home?

EQUITY release is proving an ever-more popular route to a happy retirement

Casualty staff told: 'Mind your manners'

HOSPITAL accident and emergency staff are being told to mind their manners and treat patients with more respect.

Over 46? Then you should have it all

THEY say life begins at 40... and it seems passing the milestone most people dread is in fact the best time in life.

Old sea dog's gift saves Cutty Sark

THE fire-ravaged Cutty Sark will be saved thanks to a £3.3million gift from an 86-year-old shipping magnate, it was revealed yesterday.

Sunny Jim returns to Coronation Street, aged 73

THERE’S something familiar about the new chap on Coronation Street.

Oldest Tommy is 110

BRITAIN’S oldest Tommy celebrated his 110th birthday yesterday by finally becoming a Royal British Legion member – 70 years after he thought he had joined.

Now life is too busy to gossip over the fence

GOSSIPING over the garden fence is a dying practice with only one in five having any form of contact with their neighbours, new research reveals.

Nation of wine bluffs

BRITONS are a nation of wine bluffs when it comes to picking out a bottle of plonk.

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