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Scots gran with dementia plunged into 'fuel poverty' after heating bills hiked by 400%

Scots gran with dementia plunged into 'fuel poverty' after heating bills hiked by 400%
Linda Chalmers, 71, paid hugely-inflated bills for several months amid a year-long dispute over the shared heat network in her Edinburgh social housing development.

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