Coldest winter in 1000 years? No, he relayed it to you correctly, there was such a thing somewhere in the news. But there are similar "news" every year. When some new guy in the news agency finds something oh-so-cool on the web and thinks relaying it would be so awesome. Like when they said NASA had found life on Titan. The publication on NASA's site was something completely different, but wouldn't be a good headline. Before I digress on pseudo-journalism, back to the 1000 years thing. I call utter bollocks. These 1000 years would include The Little Ice Age (somewhere about 1600-1700) Also the sun is near a solar maximum now. While it's true that we're heavily influencing the climate and I think we'll be seeing more and more erratic weather in the future, it' can't be true this will be the coldest winter in such a long time period. Like this thing about this October being the only one with five Fridays in several centuries. Heh, some people will believe anything. 
And about the forecast, I don't rely on it. I think their Extended Forecast isn't as accurate as my Wild Guess Forecast. But it would be a good place to hear some OK Bulgarian. :)