Active Lifestyle

A 106-year-old woman from Atlanta has said that being mentioned in Barack Obama's speech following presidential election results this week was "real nice".

Ann Nixon Cooper, who has lived in her Atlanta home since 1937, said that she had had all the excitement one could expect from an accolade such as this.

Elderly drivers should have to carry out a top-up motoring test, a new poll has found.

The survey, carried out by Autonational Rescue, revealed that 83 per cent of respondents believed the driving skills of pensioners should be re-examined.

However, it was not simply younger road users who made this assertion, as more than half of the people aged over 65 also supported the move.