Titanic story update

In a somewhat uplifting end to the story of the oldest Titanic survivor having to sell her memorabilia from the ill-fated ship, 96-year-old Millvina Dean actually raised some £30,000 at auction, rather than the £3,000 that had been estimated. You can read the BBC News story here.

Up ship creek

Get your thoughtsicles around this news story. It's a pretty sad state of affairs, the way we treat our old folks.