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| Iceland appeal brings jumper aid | Iceland appeal brings jumper aid |
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| A 20ft container filled with warm clothing has arrived in Hull after an Icelandic appeal to help pensioners who cannot afford to pay their fuel bills. | A 20ft container filled with warm clothing has arrived in Hull after an Icelandic appeal to help pensioners who cannot afford to pay their fuel bills. |
| The appeal was started by a radio station after hosts of its morning show heard a warning that one in 12 British pensioners could die this winter. | The appeal was started by a radio station after hosts of its morning show heard a warning that one in 12 British pensioners could die this winter. |
| Listeners to the Bylgjan station donated hundreds of garments made from unique Icelandic wool. | Listeners to the Bylgjan station donated hundreds of garments made from unique Icelandic wool. |
| Age Concern said many pensioners in Hull were in "financial deprivation". | Age Concern said many pensioners in Hull were in "financial deprivation". |
| Icelandic broadcaster Heimir Karlsson, who helped organise the Icelandic Wool to England appeal, said: "When we broadcast the story that UK pensioners were dying from the cold, our listeners could not believe their own ears. | Icelandic broadcaster Heimir Karlsson, who helped organise the Icelandic Wool to England appeal, said: "When we broadcast the story that UK pensioners were dying from the cold, our listeners could not believe their own ears. |
| This is a fantastic and generous act of compassion from the people of Iceland Neil Duncan-Jordan, National Pensioners Convention | This is a fantastic and generous act of compassion from the people of Iceland Neil Duncan-Jordan, National Pensioners Convention |
| "We decided to give the Icelandic nation four days to fill a 20ft container of pure Icelandic wool for pensioners in Britain. | "We decided to give the Icelandic nation four days to fill a 20ft container of pure Icelandic wool for pensioners in Britain. |
| "Families, some from far away, came one after another with garments to fill the container." | "Families, some from far away, came one after another with garments to fill the container." |
| Neil Duncan-Jordan, of the National Pensioners Convention, said "This is a fantastic and generous act of compassion from the people of Iceland, particularly at a time when their own economic situation is extremely difficult. | Neil Duncan-Jordan, of the National Pensioners Convention, said "This is a fantastic and generous act of compassion from the people of Iceland, particularly at a time when their own economic situation is extremely difficult. |
| "But it is also a shocking indictment of the UK Government's complete inability to tackle properly the problem of winter deaths amongst older people." | "But it is also a shocking indictment of the UK Government's complete inability to tackle properly the problem of winter deaths amongst older people." |
| Sally Gould, from Age Concern, said: "There are approximately 40,000 older people in Hull who receive a state pension and roughly 30% of those people are in some from of financial deprivation." | Sally Gould, from Age Concern, said: "There are approximately 40,000 older people in Hull who receive a state pension and roughly 30% of those people are in some from of financial deprivation." |
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| The clothes were donated after a radio appeal |