In Cumbria, investigations are under way after two elderly people died in their gardens in freezing weather.

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They wanted to stay where they were, the two elderly people.

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Two elderly people, incongruously perched on office furniture, were left behind.

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Right now, only two of every three elderly people with signs of dementia actually have Alzheimer's.

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"Russian emergency troops brought in two lorries full of elderly people, " he told the BBC.

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This soft-spoken elderly couple may be two of just a handful of people who are not surprised by her nomination as John McCain's choice for vice president of the United States.

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Its two high street stores have helped fund work which includes support for elderly people living in poverty, emergency grants, welfare rights advice and a hospital after-care service.

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Carefirst24 provided care to elderly people across Surrey and the London Borough of Sutton on behalf of the two local authorities.

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For instance, he ran the data on the locations where ambulances picked up patients with fall injuries, and discovered that a single building in central Camden sent more people to the hospital with serious falls fifty-seven elderly in two years than any other in the city, resulting in almost three million dollars in health-care bills.

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In hard-hit Kansas, there were at least six storm-related deaths: two siblings who died of carbon monoxide poisoning from a generator, three people in fatal vehicle accidents and an elderly woman who died of hypothermia sweeping snow off her steps, Gov. Sam Brownback said.

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