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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url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25740203#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
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
Thai Stock Exchange Moves Some Of Its Services To Shopping Mall, AeroThai Readies Contingency Plans After Shutdown Threat From Protesters :: <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 Stock Exchange of Thailand, or SET, on Wednesday moved some of its staff from its main building to a shopping mall, while the country's air-traffic communications body prepared contingency plans to ensure continuing operations, following threats from opposition protesters to seize the buildings as part of their ongoing struggle to force the government out of power.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/thai-stock-exchange-moves-some-its-services-shopping-mall-aerothai-readies-contingency-plans-after
Huawei Sales Grew 8% in 2013 As China Steps Up The Pace On 4G Network :: <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>Shenzhen-based Huawei Technology Co Ltd (SHE:002502) announced on Wednesday that its global revenues grew to between 238 billion yuan ($39.36 billion) and 240 billion yuan in 2013, a growth of 8 percent over the previous year.</p>
<p>Operating profit for 2013 grew to be in the range 28.6 billion yuan to 29.4 billion yuan while cash flow from operating activities and the company's asset-to-liability ratio remained stable, Cathy Meng, the company's chief financial officer said, in a statement.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/huawei-sales-grew-8-2013-china-steps-pace-4g-network-1540442
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
Justin Bieber's Friend Lil Za Charged With Drug Possession Released From Police Custody :: <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>Justin Bieber's friend, Lil Za, who was arrested on Tuesday for possession of drugs has reportedly been released.</p>
<p>Lil Za, whose real name is Xavier Dominique Smith, was arrested on Tuesday when police raided Bieber's mansion in Calabasas, Calif., looking for "video surveillance or other relevant evidence" in the egg-throwing incident. Smith was taken into custody on suspicion of felony drug possession. He was also later charged for damaging a phone at the sheriff's station.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/justin-biebers-friend-lil-za-charged-drug-possession-released-police-custody-1540412
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<p>The last time Wright took the field was against the San Francisco 49ers. On Sunday at CenturyLink Field, the Seahawks will once again face their divisional rivals. This time, a trip to the Super Bowl is on the line.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/seattle-seahawks-news-kj-wright-available-can-linebacker-contain-49ers-tight-end-vernon-davis-nfl
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
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