Pedestrian, 84, killed by driver, 96, who had been warned about eyesight
He was unable to read a number plate from seven metres away. A 96-year-old man who had been warned not to drive by an optician has been jailed after killing an 84-year-old pedestrian. William Beer hit Illtyd Morgan on Bedwas Road, Caerphilly, on April 6, 2021. He pleaded guilty at Newport Crown Court to causing […]
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Man, 89, built his own hobbit house where he lives almost entirely off-grid
‘Before me there were cows, calves and chickens living in here, and a donkey.’ A woodcutter who built his own Hobbit House revealed he has never watched Lord of the Rings – and lives almost off-grid despite being nearly 90. Great-grandad Stuart Grant moved into the cottage he bought as a wreck with no roof […]
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‘World’s dirtiest man’ who went decades without washing dies aged 94
Amou Haji used to enjoy smoking animal faeces from an old pipe A man known as the “dirtiest in the world” on account of not washing for several decades has died aged 94, according to Iranian state media. Amou Haji, who managed to go for more than 60 years without cleaning himself due to fears […]
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