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07 November 2008
George Connor, an 84-year-old widower, lives alone on the rural outskirts of the Cumbrian coastal town of Whitehaven. He manages to leave the house once or twice a week. But having become familiar with the world of digital technology, the ex-miner fills his days emailing, Googling and watching digitial television and DVDs.
This is thanks to the Whitehaven Digital and Technical Awareness inclusion project (Data) run by Age Concern North West (ACNW), and part-funded by Digital UK, the company created by public service broadcasters at the government's request to lead the UK's switch from analogue to digital television, which began with a pilot last November in the Cumbrian town.
From the Guardian