Pensioner passes maths GCSE after resitting exam aged 86

The challenge helped Brian Jones connect with his grandchildren

Claire Hayhurst, Press Association A Welsh octogenarian has passed GCSE mathematics, 70 years after first failing the subject. Brian Jones, 86, who lives in Fairwater, Cwmbran, south Wales, achieved a Grace C after studying through Torfaen Adult Community Learning. He had initially failed the subject in 1956 and always

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