Daily Express - 08.08.2019

2 Daily Express Thursday, August 8, 2019

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By Michael Knowles

3.8m over-65s live

alone while young

stay with parents

75% of us would pay more

tax to fix social care crisis

Amsterdam Fair 22C/72F

Brussels Fair 24C/75F

Dublin Fair 18C/64F

Frankfurt Fair 26C/79F

Geneva Sunny 28C/82F

Lisbon Cloudy 25C/77F

Madrid Sunny 35C/95F

Paris Fair 29C/84F

Rome Fair 30C/86F

Amsterdam Thunder 24C/75F

Brussels Thunder 27C/81F

Dublin Thunder 19C/66F

Frankfurt Fair 30C/86F

Geneva Sunny 34C/93F

Lisbon Fair 27C/81F

Madrid Sunny 34C/93F

Paris Showers 28C/82F

Rome Sunny 32C/90F

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North West:A mostly dry day with

occasional spells of sunshine and patchy

cloud. Light winds. High 22C (72F).

East Anglia:Bright and dry with patchy

cloud and sunny spells, often hazy. Gentle

westerly winds. High 24C (75F).

Northern Ireland:The odd shower is

possible for a time, but sunny spells too.

Gentle south-easterly winds. High 19C

London/South East:Generally dry with

cloudyperiodsandsomesunnyspells.

Gentle south-westerly winds. High 25C

Wales:Mostly cloudy, small chance of a

light afternoon shower. Hazy cloud later.

Light winds. High 23C (73F).

South:Mainly dry and bright but with the

slim chance of a shower breaking out.

Gentle winds. High 22C (72F).

Midlands:Cloudy periods and sunny

spells, though there is the chance of a

shower later. Light winds. High 23C (73F).

South West:Bright initially, turning

cloudier and showery later. Moderate

south-easterly winds. High 22C (72F).

Channel Isles:Largely cloudy with rain.

Hail and thunder showers later. Moderate

south-easterly winds. High 22C (72F).

Sea:North Sea: Slight. Irish Sea: Slight.

Channel: Moderate.

Scotland:Largely cloudy with some

showers in the north, brighter further south.

Light winds. High 21C (70F).

UK OUTLOOK TOMORROW:An unseasonably wet and blustery day is expected

tomorrow, with spells of persistent rain across much of the UK, and gusty winds being a

North East/Yorks:Dry and fine with some

cloud and variable amounts of sunshine.

Gentle north-westerly winds. High 23C

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1623 1319 1017 1018 1118 11 18

1420 1220 816 916 916 9 16

1624 1322 1021 1019 1118 12 19

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Warmest:Writtle 24C (75F)

Coldest:Katesbridge 7C (45F)

Wettest:Aviemore 1.79in.

Sunniest:Shoeburyness 12.1hr.

Lighting-up times Glasgow 9.09pm-5.36am

London 8.37pm-5.36am

Manchester 8.52pm-5.37am

Newcastle 8.55pm-5.29am

Belfast 9.11pm-5.47am

Birmingham 8.47pm-5.39am

Bristol 8.46pm-5.45am

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MOONrises: 2.55pm, sets: -

SUNrises London: 5.34am, sets: 8.37pm

Manchesterrises: 5.35am, sets: 8.52pm

Moon, sun and tides

HIGH TIDE

London B’ge (8.12am), (8.30pm)

Liverpool (5.18am), (5.52pm)

Greenock (6.12am), (7.10pm)

Dover (5.16am), (5.40pm)

Aberdeen 2.0 0.28 13 18
Aberporth 7.2 0.00 14 18
Alnwick 7.1 0.15 11 19
Belfast 4.7 0.69 12 18
Birmingham10.5 0.00 14 21
B’mouth 8.8 0.00 15 22
Bristol 6.0 0.09 15 20
Cardiff 5.5 0.50 15 19
Durham 8.8 0.01 12 20
Edinburgh 2.0 1.02 13 20

Glasgow 4.1 1.17 12 20

Hull 7.1 0.02 14 21

Ipswich 5.8 0.01 14 22

Leeds 8.8 0.02 14 20

Lincoln 6.6 0.00 14 21

London 5.1 0.05 14 25

Manchester3.3 0.07 14 19

Oxford 5.7 0.02 14 22

S’hampton 9.0 0.06 16 22

St Andrews1.6 0.28 13 18

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Higher life expectancy has meant that more people are living on their own

THE rising number of elderly living

alone should be a call to arms in the

fight against the misery of loneliness,

experts warned last night.

Around 3.8 million aged over 65

now live on their own, up from 3.

million in 1996, according to the

Office for National Statistics. The total

includes 2.2 million over 75.

At the other end of the age range,

one in four of those aged 20 to 34 still

live with their parents.

Higher life expectancy is one reason

more older people live alone, often

following the death of a loved one.

Caroline Abrahams, of Age UK, said:

“Living alone does not automatically

mean someone will be lonely, but it is

more likely if they were precipitated

into this through bereavement.”

She said her charity expects two

million lonely older people by 2026,

“so we hope our new Prime Minister

will continue to focus government

attention on preventing and tackling

loneliness among people of all ages”.

Ms Abrahams also warned that our

“health and care system usually oper-

ates on the assumption that there is

always a close relative ready to assist”.

She added: “These new figures show

this is probably not the case for grow-

ing numbers of older people.”

Last year’s ONS figures also show

that the majority of those over 75 liv-

ing alone are women at 1.5 million, as

men tend to marry younger women

with a higher life expectancy. But

growing numbers of men aged

between 65 and 74 live alone. The

ONS said this could be because more

men never get married and they are

more likely to live alone after a rela-

tionship break-up.

Kate Shurety, of the Campaign

to End Loneliness, urged people to

“Have a chat over the fence, offer to

water the plants or invite someone

over for a cup of tea. It may seem like

nothing, but those small moments of

connection can make a huge differ-

ence to someone who is feeling lonely

or isolated.”

Overall, those living alone have

passed eight million for the first time.

The rise in the number of young

adults living with their parents is “a

damning indictment of the property

market today,” said Andrew Montlake,

of mortgage broker Coreco.

The ONS figures also show the num-

ber of unmarried couples living

together has increased to 3.4 million

from 1.5 million in 1996. Statistician

Sophie Sanders said that “cohabiting

couples are the fastest growing family

type as people increasingly choose to

live together before, or without, get-

ting married”.

The number of same-sex couples liv-

ing together has risen by 53 per cent in

three years. Married gay couples make

up 30 per cent of same-sex families.

Call for action...

Sally Copley

MILLIONS would be

prepared to pay higher

taxes if the money went to

fix the crisis in social care,

a poll shows.

Three in four said they

would stomach a rise in

income tax or national

insurance if cash was

ploughed into the broken

system. Just seven per

cent said they would

oppose tax rises.

The research by

the GMB union also

found two thirds of

people agreed social

care in England was

in a poor state. The

findings come as premier

Boris Johnson promised to

end the crisis and stop

families selling their homes

to pay for the care of elderly

loved ones.

He has vowed to inject

£8billion into the care

system, saying: “It

simply cannot be fair

that Alzheimer’s or

dementia are not

properly funded in

the way that other

illnesses at the end

of life are under the

NHS.”

Mr Johnson also

guaranteed no one

would be forced

to sell their

homes to meet spiralling

care costs. Currently

anyone with savings and

assets worth more than

£23,250 is expected to pay

the full cost of their

residential care. The value

of their home can be taken

into account.

Sally Copley, of the

Alzheimer’s Society, said:

“It is abundantly clear the

public want to see action to

fix dementia care.

“The public are ready to

make tough decisions about

where the money should

come from.

“Every day we wait for

government action,

hundreds of thousands of

people with dementia and

their families face the

realities of a broken system.

The Prime Minister should

take heed of the public’s

willingness to find a

solution and come forward

with a sustainable plan to

fix this crisis. Until a

longer-term solution is

found we need immediate

investment in an NHS

Dementia Fund to address

the devastating costs

people with dementia face.”

Earlier this week Carry

On actress Dame Barbara

Windsor called on Mr

Johnson to end a decades-

long dementia funding

scandal. Dame Barbara, 82,

who is battling

Alzheimer’s, has signed a

letter demanding

immediate action to solve a

crisis that is tearing

families apart.

By Giles Sheldrick

Chief Reporter

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