Arctic freeze grinds Britain to a halt: London set to plunge to -6C with flights grounded, ‘do not travel’ rail warning and roads blocked – as UK braces for coldest night of winter

Flights were cancelled, trains axed and hundreds of schools closed today after Britain was hit by heavy snow as the cold snap continues for at least the rest of this week. Liverpool, Aberdeen, Inverness and Belfast International airports were worst hit by disruption with a series of cancellations as the …

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easy pickings? – Isle of Wight Observer News

Dear Editor, A couple of weeks before Christmas I posted five Christmas cards to the mainland. Three were received in Dorset, Northampton and Portsmouth. Another that was addressed to Shrewsbury, went ‘missing’. The last one arrived in Southampton, just an empty envelope, opened, and in a plastic bag with a …

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