2,500 Britons ‘likely to die from cold snap’

MORE than 2,500 people in England and Wales are likely to perish from cold in the week leading up to Christmas, experts said yesterday.

2,500 Britons ‘likely to die from cold snap’

The forecast from the Faculty of Public Health and Met Office comes amid renewed concern over the plight of the poor and vulnerable during cold snaps.

Each winter, a larger proportion of Britons die because of unseasonable colder weather than in either Finland or Russia.

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