All news by author: Val Savage

Val Savage attended a GP appointment this week and wanted to learn more about her GP - who she enjoyed learning more about

Daily Mirror columnist Val Savage says the incredible John Lewis-esque Christmas advert produced by a pub in Northern Ireland reinforces the need to visit elderly people living alone this festive season

Val Savage was laid up with a stinking cold this week, but with no TV in the bedroom boredom soon set in - and she has found herself an frustrating new hobby

Val Savage recalls the time she and a friend left a pub after forgetting to pay for their meal, but a trusting landlord was sympathetic

For the entire 90 minutes Robert did not stop his running commentary. He was like John Motson recreated and it did my head in - no one wants that right in their ear

When my neighbour Beryl’s here, we chat about highly personal things over a cuppa because we no longer have our mums to confide in

I’ll be glued to ITV’s My Mum, Your Dad but there should be spin-off called My Nan, Your Gramps - it’s the sweetest thing when two people fall in love in old people’s homes

The story of Lucy Letby depriving tiny, helpless babies of their lives in a hospital just 12 miles from me sent my blood pressure soaring and hot tears running, writes Val Savage

Now my new hip means I’m not in as much pain and can venture out without my walker, I headed outside - and my first stop was my favourite local eaterie, writes VAL SAVAGE

I laughed so much with the ladies on the ward we felt we were in boarding school, and we were even told to go to sleep by the nurse because we kept chatting into the night

Many people my age disapprove of the show because they can’t stand the skimpy outfits - but then I realised I have to accept the way of the modern world

Val Savage has been left hanging in her wait for surgery after it was cancelled again - but a gutsy young girl's fight reminded her to keep battling on

The warm and wise words of Val Savage (that's Robbie's mum) and this week she is singing away the gloom with pals as she faces her first ever surgery with some nerves - and some excitement

The warm and wise words of Mrs Savage (that’s Robbie’s mum) - this week, Val reflects on the horror tales of Met Police officers and Love Island bombshell Tom

In this week's column Val, the mum of Mirror columnist and football legend Robbie Savage, says telling people to stay away from A&E because it’s full of flu and Covid patients leads to deaths