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Loneliness among over 50s likely to increase in the next seven years

26 September 2018

The number of older people who are lonely will increase by around 50 per cent in the next seven years, says the charity Age UK

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Devastation continues more than a week after Hurricane Florence

26 September 2018

More than a week after Hurricane Florence reached the US, the record-breaking amount of rain it dumped is still causing devastation

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