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Emergency plans activated across west as cold snap forecast

Thomas, a 36-year-old former soldier sleeping rough in Bristol, said he had woken up in snow in the past.

“I hate, it’s horrible. I can hardly sleep I’m so scared all the time.”

He said that he has suffered four bouts of pneumonia since sleeping rough and one heart attack.

Thomas said he was very worried about the coming cold weather.

Julie Dempster, from Bristol Outreach Services for the Homeless (BOSH), said: “When the weather changes from being really quite mild to cold it does have a huge impact on health.”

She said that the average age for a male rough sleeper to die is 47, while for a woman it is just 43.

“Winter is a particularly cruel time and even one death is too many,” she said.


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