News of the death of an elderly woman after she developed hypothermia - having told medics she couldn't afford her heating - has shocked Greater Manchester, laying bare, once again, the grim reality of the cost of living crisis.
Barbara Bolton, 87, from Bury, was admitted to Fairfield Hospital on December 11 last year with the condition, as well as a chest infection.
Hospital notes, the Manchester Evening News understands, indicate her illness was linked to the fact she could not afford to put her heating on.
