Rep. Anthony Weiner announced his resignation Thursday, following revelations that he sent sexually explicit messages and photographs of himself to women he met online. In a packed news conference at a senior citizens’ center in Brooklyn, Weiner (D-N.Y.) said it was impossible for him to continue representing his district because of “the distraction that I have created.” Speaking above the repeated interruptions of a heckler, Weiner said, “So today I am announcing my resignation from Congress.” He said he was stepping down because he wanted his colleagues to be able to “get back to work” and so that he and his wife could “heal from the damage that I have caused.” Read full article > >

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Rep. Anthony Weiner resigns

The candidates brandished a “Health Care Bill of Rights for Seniors” that promised to protect Medicare from their opponents’ “raid.” The party chairman wrote an op-ed warning that the other guys’ plan meant that “senior citizens will pay a steeper price and will have their treatment options reduced or rationed.” The ads were even blunter. “You cut our Medicare,” one accused. “And this November, you’re fired.”

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A Grand Old Problem

Students from Shorefields Technology College in Liverpool have helped a group of over-65s about using the internet as part of First Click – a BBC initiative to help get senior citizens online.

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Strictly Come Surfing: Over-65s get online