Aasma Day

Alison Splatt's late husband David had been diagnosed with a heart condition when he was a child, but apart from getting a bit breathless at times, it did not really affect him.

Valerie Michalski, 69, found her £895 rent wiped out of much of her monthly income – and had to seek help to afford her bills.

Dee Walsh, 56, has been through the process six times in her career – so she has become a redundancy coach to help others

When people are suddenly hit by redundancy , Dee Walsh likens it to essentially going through the grief cycle.

Heather’s husband Andy has had hundreds of parking fines over the last decade - but takes a stand and refuses to pay them. He does not realise his wife has been paying them

When Prajakta Jyoti was 16, she began getting severe abdominal pains which progressively got worse and culminated in her mother spending thousands of pounds abroad to get a diagnosis.

In our Pension Diaries series, we speak to people of all ages in the UK to find out how much or how little they have saved for retirement and the realities of putting money aside for your future.

Daniel Hughes, 24, says it is little wonder so many young people are living at home for longer as new figures reveal under 25s renting are in decline

Maged Salim, 62, is trying to recuperate after undergoing cancer treatment but says he is subjected to the constant thudding of a bass coming from a venue near his Manchester home.

Jennifer says her grandad is a gentleman and respectable in every other way - but he steals from honesty boxes outside people’s houses