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It’s so cold in Britain that it has triggered cold weather payment: What is this £25 scheme?
Fp Explainers •People in 300 postcodes across England and Wales will receive a £25 (Rs 2,515) benefit as temperatures have drastically dipped. Known as the cold weather payment, this money is designed to help the disadvantaged in meeting expenses of heating bills and other essentials like food and clothing
Polar vortex makes US cities colder than South Pole; 22 states record sub zero temperatures, whiteout conditions
Agencies •At least 22 states recorded sub-zero temperatures Wednesday and 139 million people in the U.S. who were under a wind chill advisory or wind chill warning as of midday Wednesday, according to information from the National Weather Service.