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European leaders have expressed their relief as hundreds of thousands of foreign migrants began the long trip south to their winter asylum seeking quarters. Continue reading
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Heat rises, so sit on someone tall: 20 top tips for winter survival
Why hast thou forsaken us?
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Don’t wear a condom inside, or you won’t feel the benefit when you go out.
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Wear an extra pair of socks over your arms.
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Alcohol doesn’t make you warmer you just think it does. But isn’t that enough?
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In an emergency survival situation you can coat your body with your own faeces. This will stop your neighbours coming round and opening your front door and letting all the heat out. Continue reading
Jeremy Hunt focuses on ‘positive side’ of cold weather deaths
Hunt: ‘swift action required’ to maximise potential of holiday let market
With winter fast approaching, Public Health England has published its Cold Weather Plan for people who have forgotten what a winter is or are too poor to do anything about it.
There are on average 24,000 excess winter deaths, many of which might be worth preventing. It’s a situation which Health Secretary Jeremy ‘Hunt’ described as ‘completely unacceptable’, ‘someone else’s fault’ and ‘a welcome boost to the housing market’.
The Plan aims to alert people to the surprising fact that cold weather in England is, on the whole, not very warm and as in previous years the Met Office will trigger cold weather alerts at five levels:
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