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Article: Pensioner slams tax: 'Enough is enough'
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  March 19, 2007 ;     700+ words ...A westcountry pensioner is to take a stand against council tax after saying he does not benefit from any of the services it pays for. Bob Monk, 73, said he had spent his whole life saving up to pay for his retirement but was now short because of a series of increases in council tax and soaring

Article: Pensioner slams planners.
The Star (Sheffield) (Sheffield, England);  November 4, 2007 ;     665 words ...ELDERLY residents in a South Yorkshire community are being ignored and treated shabbily by planners, a battling pensioner has claimed. Geoff Smith, aged 78, says there is an absolute crisis in Penistone with a critical and chronic shortage of housing for older residents. Mr Smith, who lives in

Article: Cheltenham pensioner slams new town centre post ...
Gloucestershire Echo, The;  June 14, 2008 ;     535 words ...Cheltenham's new post office is having to take on new staff because it can't cope with demand. The former High Street branch was relocated to WH Smith last month as part of Post Office Ltd's restructuring. The companies promised an improved service in the new first- floor office, but users feared

Article: Fife pensioner slams NHS.
Fife Free Press (Kirkcaldy, Scotland);  July 17, 2008 ;     640 words ...A FIFE emphysema sufferer has hit out at the NHS after he was told he had to buy his own medical equipment to help him breathe. Former serviceman William Park (74) contacted the Press after he was told he'd have to put his hand in his pocket and buy his own nebuliser. He spoke out because he feels

Article: Not the full shilling! Pensioner slams British Gas ...
Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England);  August 18, 2008 ;     674 words ...Byline: By DAVID HIMELFIELD News Reporter MOST people pay their utility bills every quarter. But pensioner Eddie Furness has been asked to pay for five years' electricity - in one go! The retired engineer has been hit with three bills from British Gas dating back to July, 2003. Normally grandad

Article: '10-week wait to take my rubbish' Pensioner slams ...
Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England);  September 23, 2009 ;     700+ words ...Byline: KATIE GRANT BAGS stuffed full of rubbish have been piling up outside a pensioner's house for 10 weeks. Despite Margaret Campbell contacting Kirklees Council's waste collection service to come and take the sacks away, 30 bags lie rotting at the bottom of her Upper Wellhouse drive. Margaret,

Article: DOOR TO DOOR CAMPAIGN OF HATE; ULSTER PENSIONER ...
The People (London, England);  September 7, 2003 ;     478 words ...THE girlfriend of a top loyalist has been delivering threats to Catholics on their doorsteps warning them to get out of the area, The People can reveal. The woman brazenly calls at houses in the street and tells Catholic families that they have to leave - or face the consequences. She even tells