National News

Heating or Eating - the harsh choice this winter

Here in the West Midlands 3,400 older people died from the cold last year. That's 900 more than in the previous year. Soaring heating bills are hitting everyone in Wolverhampton but local pensioners are being hit the hardest.

26 Dec 2009
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Measly Christmas bonus slammed

A local Liberal Democrat has slammed the government for its measly Christmas bonus. Pensioners have been awarded a Christmas bonus of just £10 this year - the same amount as when it was introduced almost four decades ago.

24 Dec 2009
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