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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Katie Weston & Paul Byrne

Woman, 87, dies after hypothermia having been left unable to afford to turn heating on

A pensioner who was worried about the sky high costs of heating her home died after suffering hypothermia.

Barbara Bolton, 87, was found by relatives after falling ill during a bitter cold snap last month.

She was taken to hospital where her family said she was diagnosed with “severe hypothermia”.

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