More than nine million UK adults have never used the Internet, according to
figures released today (27 August 2010) by the Office for National Statistics - and two thirds of them are aged 65 and over.

Mature Connections has just become an even bigger, even better service - with access to tens of thousands of 50+ members across the UK - so the chances of you finding a perfect match are even greater. And if you join this month, you can get one month's membership at half price.

The 2010 National Report by the National Hip Fracture Database has shown that, alarmingly, as many as one in five elderly people with broken hips do not get surgery quickly enough.

The Switch, directed by Josh Gordon and Will Speck (Blades of Glory, Caveman), could have been called ‘More than Friends’, but as it stars Jennifer Aniston, that wouldn’t do.  Another apt title, About a Boy, would conjure up Hugh Grant at his peak, a comparison that for all his talent, Justin Bateman, The Switch’s co-star, might want to avoid. 

There is a major gulf between the lifestyle ambitions of those yet to retire and the financial reality of retirement, according to new research from MGM Advantage. 

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The number of puppies being abandoned over the past 12-months has doubled according to worrying statistics revealed by the UK's largest dog rehoming website, DogsBlog.com.
 
The recession and general belt tightening has been cited as a major cause for the upward trend, however the rapid rise in the number of dogs between the ages of 7 weeks and 12-months of age suggests more dog owners are taking on pets when they are ill equipped to fulfill the lifelong commitment to the animal.