Frozen-burst water pipes cost UK insurers £27m

Sainsbury’s Home Insurance estimates a total of 13,000 water damage claims under the category ‘forcible/violent bursting’ this winter across the UK.

Total cost to insurers is estimated at £27.56 million.

Neil Laird, manager of Sainsbury’s Home Insurance, said freezing temperatures are the main culprit.

Daily Express | UK News :: British pensioners are so hard up they get handouts from Iceland

THE third-world status of Britain’s pensioners was revealed yesterday when it emerged that Iceland is sending clothes to help them keep warm.

The plight of those who cannot afford to heat their homes as temperatures plunge has so touched the hearts of Icelanders that they responded in their thousands to a plea for help.

A 20ft container filled with woollen jumpers, socks and blankets will arrive at Grimsby on Monday following an appeal on an Icelandic radio show.

The appeal was started by the show’s presenters, Heimir Karlsson and Kolbrun Bjornsdottir.

They featured a Daily Express story warning that up to one in 12 UK pensioners could die this winter because of the cold weather.

St Louis | Some struggle to stay warm

Nonprofit agencies help low-income families battle cold weather