‘Will we freeze to death?’: trepidation in England’s snowiest village over loss of winter fuel payment
by Mark Brown North of England correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6QH77)
Pensioners in Copley, which has 53 days of snow a year on average, say plan to limit help will be a big loss'
Ray Watson smiles, but he's only half joking in the answer he gives about what losing the winter fuel allowance potentially means for him.
That's right, we have a reputation as the snowiest village in England, so we will freeze to death?"
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