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People with urgent need, you know, things like cancer chemotherapy, etc, but we do have contingency plans so we can cope with the people with the greatest need during industrial action. the department for health says any "further pay increases would mean taking money away from frontline services". a new initiative is being launched next month offering thousands of free tickets to cultural shows across the capital. the national theatre is one of seven leading cultural organisations taking part in the programme. around 1,000 tickets a week will be made available to help those financially struggl...

Deputy first minister of scotland, john swinney, shortly. the cold snap is of course presenting huge challenges for elderly people. bbc london has been out with age uk and a special team who visit people in their homes who've recently been discharged from hospital. guy lynn reports. carol, pass me the key through the letterbox. one of the first problems faced by age uk isjust getting in. carol can't open her door from the inside, so we'rejust trying to get the key safe number so we can kind of get in to her to make sure she's safe. hi carol. thankfully her carer is nearby and kate can get in t...

What is that? can you make miracles. what's the miracle? tell me what the miracle is. bring him back to me. i can't do that, carol. if i could bring people back to life, that would be amazing, wouldn't it? hi, violet. how are you? the cold weather is taking a toll. and violet, who's been increasingly bedbound after a spell in hospital, is feeling positive, but struggling with the cold weather. at night, you see, we have all this heating off. of course. yeah, so leave it on as long as possible. the cold weather puts massive pressures on us and our service because there's more people likely to f...

It was when i went home. i went into an empty house. the isolated and lonely are the invisible in this world. a film about loneliness featuring people from america and shropshire, features a usually outgoing lynn volunteering as a telephone buddy for age uk, calling lonely people for a chat. it was good because it brought to light the problems of being lonely, and that's why i'd like to encourage other people that i've been like that. i have come on. and i've tried very hard. and loneliness isn'tjust some mildly unpleasant... the film premiered at the old market hall in shrewsbury. it was mast...

Age UK’s advisers answered more than 32,000 calls last Christmas alone – and this year it could be more