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Games 2002  BBC Sport  BBC Weather  Friday, 11 January, 2002,
08:54 GMT UK has 'most cold weather deaths' Pensioner in front
of fire Pensioners are urged to take cold weather seriously More
people die from the cold weather in Britain than in any other
European country, including Siberia.  Up to 50,000 more people
die in the UK during the winter months than in the summer,
according to new research.  Wrapping up warm and keeping moving
when hanging about in the cold really can save your life
Professor William Keatinge Most deaths caused by the cold are
from strokes and coronary thrombosis in people aged over 55
rather than flu, said Professor William Keatinge, of London's
Queen Mary and Westfield College.   "Simple things like wrapping
up warm and keeping moving when hanging about in the cold really
can save your life," he said.  Fuel poverty  Even in the city of
Yakutsk in Siberia, where