The UK population is getting older and faces deep financial, emotional and
health issues. In the latest part of our series on the fallout from the nation's
'age quake', we examine how a crisis will affect us all as company pension
schemes collapse and stock market failures hit private policies. Ruth Sunderland
reports on a generation who face working into their seventies - or living out
their old age in penury
A dramatic 'age quake' is shaking Britain as the country grows older - for the first time ever, the number of people over 65 exceeds those under 16. Here, in the start of a new series looking at the profound financial, emotional and practical issues faced by a rising number of Britons, we report on the best places for retired people to live across the UK.
Syrians accuse Greece of 'pushing back' migrant boats by Sue Lloyd-Roberts
BBC Newsnight - 5th June 2013
14 min film (at bottom of webpage) showing step migration from Syria to the EU
LINK: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22757485
[Submitted by Lucy Scovell]