In this particularly bitter winter, that help has made a crucial difference to many lives.

It was the middle of a very bitter winter, so the story goes.

That first year, we were alone much of the time, especially in bitter winter.

There were young people about, healthy enough to think that bitter winter could be fun.

The bitter winter was spent drilling and learning to ride.

The bitter winter had all the country in its grip.

The climate in the area is cold with long bitter winters.

Many of the refugees, trying to live through the bitter winter in tents, died.

It was the only serious incident of that long, bitter winter.

Three of the four children died the first bitter winter in Plymouth.