Wintry weather expected to last up to a month

Milkmen, posties and paperboys and girls have been asked to head a voluntary
corps of neighbours and visitors in looking out for the UK's elderly and
vulnerable during a spell of wintry weather that is expected for up to a
month.Two bands of snowfall caused minor disruption in parts of England [...]
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http://www.ezonearticle.com/2013/01/15/wintry-weather-expected-to-last-up-to-a-month/