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Bringing pensioners in from the cold

Bringing pensioners in from the cold

Age Concern Director General, Gordon Lishman, voices unease at the plight of Britain's pensioners in the cold weather

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Sinners tend to be more interesting than saints. Wickedness and wrongdoing seem to fascinate more than good deeds and gallantry, so instead of disabled role models...

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