Cost of living: Families bringing boarded-up fires back into use

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Chimney sweeps say they have noticed a surge in people wanting to reinstate fires and stoves.

Marie McHale, a compliance manager from Castleford, West Yorkshire, said she and her husband recently hired a chimney sweep.

She said: "At the moment, our gas and electric bill is £456 per month but we worked out we'd be paying about £800 per month this winter. Alex Leonard, owner of Hull-based Leonards and Airlievac, said: "We are taking bookings a month in advance with people saying they are opening up, and using, fires again.

 

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So much for smoke free zones. More air pollution = more respiratory diseases in the young and old.

Coal up £6 a bag? Had coal central heating for years. Never a cheap option, now even less so. My coal merchant has a picture of his French alpine ski chalet as his screen saver. Where there’s muck.

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