If you are 65 or over, it is important to spend most of your time in a warm environment during the winter months. There are a number of things you can do to cope in cold weather.
Keep your main living room at around 18-21°C (65-70°F) and the rest of the house at least 16°C (61°F). If you can't heat all the rooms you use, heat the living room during the day and the bedroom just before you go to sleep.
Make sure you are receiving any benefits you are entitled to, such as the Winter Fuel Payment and Cold Weather Payment.
Regular hot drinks and eating at least one hot meal a day will help keep energy levels up during winter and keep your body warm.
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Limit RBS bonuses, Labour urges :: Labour urges Chancellor George Osborne to block any attempt by Royal Bank of Scotland to pay bonuses up to double their staff's annual salary.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25739565#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Huawei sees operating profits jump :: Chinese telecom equipment giant Huawei says its operating profit rose by more than 40% last year, helped by sales growth in emerging markets.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25740201#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Jennifer Lopez Talks About Her Personal Life At The Winter Television Critics Association Press Tour; Says She Is Unsure About Getting Married To Casper Smart :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Singer, actress and "American Idol" judge Jennifer Lopez has reportedly said that she is unsure about getting married for the fourth time and "doesn't know" if she will marry her boyfriend, Casper Smart.</p>
<p>Lopez who has been divorced three times, talked about her views on getting married at the "American Idol" panel during the Winter Television Critics Association press tour on Monday.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/jennifer-lopez-talks-about-her-personal-life-winter-television-critics-association-press-tour-says
World Bank Economists: Global Economy Is Strengthening Into Self-Sustaining Recovery :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>World Bank economists expect the global economy to strengthen this year, with growth continuing to pick up in developing countries and advanced economies appearing to leave behind their five years of slow or no growth during the global financial crisis, according to the World Bank's Global Economics Prospects report released Tuesday.</p>
<p>Continued strong growth in China and accelerating growth in high-income countries is bolstering growth in developing countries, a departure from recent years when developing countries alone pulled the global economy forward.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/world-bank-economists-global-economy-strengthening-self-sustaining-recovery-1539432
Facebook to share data with Yandex :: Facebook agrees a deal to share public data from its users in some countries with Yandex - Russia's largest search engine.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25740293#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
General Motors (GM) Declares First Dividend Since 2008; Strong Recovery In US, China Sales Helps In Building A "Fortress Balance Sheet" :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div><div class="field-item odd"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) on Tuesday declared its first quarterly dividend since the company's 2009 bailout by the U.S. government. The dividend of 30 cents a share on its common stock is payable on March 28 to all stockholders of record as of March 18, 2014.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/general-motors-gm-declares-first-dividend-2008-strong-recovery-us-china-sales-helps-building-1540376
Shoe Factory Fire In China's Zhejiang Province Claims At Least 16 Lives, Highlights Country's Poor Worker Safety Record :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>At least 16 workers have been killed in a fire at a shoe factory in the town of Wenling in Zhejiang province in eastern China, media reports said, citing Xinhua, the official news agency.</p>
<p>More than 20 people were rescued from the fire and the five injured were reportedly in stable condition in hospital. The cause of the fire, which took firefighters three hours to put out, is being investigated, according to reports citing local media.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/shoe-factory-fire-chinas-zhejiang-province-claims-least-16-lives-highlights-countrys-poor-worker
Payday loans 'fund cost of housing' :: Hundreds of thousands of people have taken out a payday loan to meet rent or mortgage payments, research for the housing charity Shelter suggests.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25733830#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Gov. Chris Christie Apologizes Again For Bridge Scandal: 'Mistakes Were Clearly Made' :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>On Tuesday, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie offered another apology for the political scandal that has tainted his administration ahead of his second term.</p>
<p>"The last week has certainly tested this administration," Christie said during his annual State of the State address to legislators and individuals at the Statehouse, reports the <a href="http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id�92469" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AP</a>. "Mistakes were clearly made. And as a result, we let down the people we are entrusted to serve. I know our citizens deserve better."</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/gov-chris-christie-apologizes-again-bridge-scandal-mistakes-were-clearly-made-1540326
CES 2014 Review: Rundown Of Showcased Products From The Trade Show :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>The 2014 International CES took place in Las Vegas last week, where more than 3,200 exhibitors and 152,000 products from more than 150 countries were showcased. In addition to a host of smartphone, tablet and wearable unveilings, CES also showcased a number of home and car orientated technologies, and quite a few quirky gadgets. Here's a rundown of just a few of the devices revealed at the consumer electronics show.</p>
<p><strong>Wearables at CES</strong></p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/ces-2014-review-rundown-showcased-products-trade-show-1540304
'Pretty Little Liars' Season 4 Spoilers: What Happened In Episode 15, 'Love ShAck Baby'? [RECAP] :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>If "Pretty Little Liars" fans had any doubts that Ezra was A, that all disappeared in episode 15, "Love ShAck Baby." The Rosewood English teacher was on full creep alert, making any thoughts that he was innocent fly out the window.</p>
<p>"Love ShAck Baby" found the liars trying to decipher Alison's journal, which was full of coded personal stories of the five girls. But the four soon realized that Alison had kept stories that they wanted to keep from one another.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/pretty-little-liars-season-4-spoilers-what-happened-episode-15-love-shack-baby-recap-1540324
GM to pay first dividend since 2008 :: US carmaker General Motors says it will resume dividend payments, capping a successful recovery since it was bailed out by the government in 2009.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25740289#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Dreamliner hit by new battery snag :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/40rIBV_rBIw/index.html
The house Google and Nest built :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/s-XtU7xl2HA/qmb-google-nest-connected-home-richard-quest.cnn.html
Does Google know too much? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/W6MWaNevPM4/qmb-google-nest-privacy-concerns-marc-rotenberg-intv.cnn.html
Queen partners with QIPCO :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/3S37-05pggY/uk-royal-ascot-qipco-sponsorship-boulden-pkg.cnn.html
Income inequality in the U.S. :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/lxpLcHk5z0A/qmb-us-inequality-robert-reich-intv.cnn.html
Are 'New Nude' Miley Cyrus Pictures Real? Twitter Users Confused Over Naked Photo's Authenticity :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Supposed <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q="New Miley Nude"&src=tren" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"new nude"</a> pictures of pop star Miley Cyrus went viral on Twitter Tuesday. The starlet appears to be naked in a black-and-white photo that shows off some signature tattoos and her bold platinum pixie cut; but is it real?</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/are-new-nude-miley-cyrus-pictures-real-twitter-users-confused-over-naked-photos-authenticity-1540318
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