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The five minute task is filling out an "expression of wishes form" for their pension pot, this allows you to choose who you want your pension pot to go to if you die before you retire

Research by Oldest in Britain shows that where you live can have an impact on how long you live and pinpoints exactly where residents can expect to live the longest

86-year-old Verna Mae Jackson made the world a “brighter, better” place before her death while working in a FedEx Hub - allegedly due to a failure in health and safety operations

The DWP has urged pensioners across the country to put in a claim for Pension Credit as if they do so before midnight tonight, they may be eligible for the £300 cost of living payment

Millions of Britons could be claiming a tax-free benefit which could add hundreds of pounds to their monthly income from the Department for Work and Pensions

Mr and Mrs Edwards loved the red-painted bomb which decorated the front of their house. But after learning it was still active, they were told their entire street may need to be evacuated…

Peter Owen has been jailed for setting fire to his sofa, with the judge ruling he was putting the lives of other residents who lived around him at risk. He will spend three years behind bars

The average Pension Credit award is worth over £3,900 per year and as well as this if pensioners put in a successful claim before December 10 then they will also get the £300 cost of living payment too

The DWP previously announced that a large number of women who reached state pension age before April 2016 had been underpaid their state pension

Anne Seago, who has lived at her home in Staining, near Blackpool, since 1982, says one of her pleasures in life is sitting in her conservatory watching sparrows and robins eat seeds on her bird table

The DWP shared a post on social media urging people over the state pension age to put in a claim for Pension Credit before December 10 next month

Warning: contains graphic images - Pete Broadhurst opted for cosmetic surgery after growing increasingly self-conscious over his 'puffy cheeks' - however it went drastically wrong

Agnes Chandler is being asked to pay £160 after a car park machine was broken. Mrs Chandler is refusing to pay - and says she is making a stand for the older generation

The Scottish Government has recently launched a consultation on its plans to replace the £300 payment with the "like for like" Pension Age Winter Heating Payment (PAWHP) next winter

The health guru was intrigued at how 'something so simple and frankly weird could have such a big effect' on our memory and problem-solving skills

With many of us living longer than ever, people are becoming more interested in how to keep their brains health - especially after the release of Live to 100 on Netflix

More studies have emerged pointing to potential health benefits of consuming caffeine regularly - with the most recent pointing to a decreased likelihood of frailty in later life

A builder, along with other members of the community, came together to make a woman's day after a rogue trader knocked down her garden wall in Maghull, Sefton, Merseyside

The Winter Fuel Payment is usually between £100 and £300, but this year those who are eligible get an extra £300 on top - this extra payment is the pensioner's cost of living payment

Analysis of the most recent Government data by the pension provider iSIPP has found that the average bill for direct taxes has hit £5,308 for retired households - this is a 7% increase compared to last year

Richard King and his wife were left dealing with a 'horrific' smell before discovering their next-door neighbour had died, with a coroner confirming his body had been rotting there for weeks

We can learn a lot from the longest-living people on the planet, who swear by nine important rules to help slow the ageing process

Martin Jolly, of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, shared a 12-pack of beer with a friend before crashing into an elderly couple driving to see their daughter

HMRC has started to write to hundreds of thousands of Brits to tell them they may be missing out on their full state pension due to an error in their national insurance records

Glenda Winter, 82, fundraised to buy a defibrillator for her Bield sheltered living block in Duns, Scotland, but was gobsmacked when she was charged a whopping amount for VAT