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CWR,3 mins

Amber cold health alert

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There is an amber cold health alert in place across Coventry and Warwickshire. The warning issued by the UK health security agency says that the weather forecast is "likely to cause significant impacts across health and social care services". BBC CWR's Phil Upton spoke to Professor Liz Bentley, Chief Executive of the Royal Meteorological Society, as well as Deborah Sheriff, Services Manager at Age UK Coventry on how the health warning may affect the elderly.

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