An Island charity is calling for more volunteers to offer friendship to elderly people - to prevent a crisis of loneliness.
Last week the UK health secretary Jeremy Hunt said hundreds of thousands of people in England suffered 'chronic loneliness, a problem he branded a 'national shame.'
Live at Home schemes around the Isle of Man send volunteers to spend time with elderly people - acts of kindness that pay dividends.
Last year the Manx branch, part of a bigger UK charity, won a nationwide accolade for the number of lives they'd helped improve.
Live at Home manager in the Isle of Man Jo Dixon:
Clip 1
Plans for 'all-age pathway' for adult autism and ADHD diagnosis by 2029
Some trailers got 'lost' during recent backlog of freight at Heysham
Police told to reassess FOI response
Census support available from next week
Mobile classroom needed to 'alleviate' pressure at Henry Bloom Primary School