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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Robert Harries & Sam Truelove

Housebound pensioner 'can't go upstairs' as bedroom's too cold after smart meter fails

A housebound pensioner has been forced to sleep on her sofa next to an electric fire in a bid to keep warm at night due to having no heating and no hot water for nearly a week.

Margaret Rees, 79, hasn't slept in her bedroom for six days and instead sleeps with blankets and next to her pet dog on her living room sofa.

Margaret, who is largely housebound and uses a Zimmer frame indoors and a wheelchair when she ventures outside, has had no gas supply in her home since Monday.

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