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| UK's cold weather bites back | UK's cold weather bites back |
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| Just days after the warmest days of the year so far, winter has returned with a vengeance, with bitterly cold winds from Siberia sweeping the UK, and snow and sleet in many places. | Just days after the warmest days of the year so far, winter has returned with a vengeance, with bitterly cold winds from Siberia sweeping the UK, and snow and sleet in many places. |
| The Met Office issued a strikingly bleak warning of "100% probability of severe cold weather/icy conditions/heavy snow" across much of the country for the next four days. | The Met Office issued a strikingly bleak warning of "100% probability of severe cold weather/icy conditions/heavy snow" across much of the country for the next four days. |
| Snow and sleet has already fallen in a band across the country from East Anglia to Lancashire, but the forecast is for it to move south and west. | Snow and sleet has already fallen in a band across the country from East Anglia to Lancashire, but the forecast is for it to move south and west. |
| The alert, warning "this weather could increase the health risks to vulnerable patients and disrupt the delivery of services" is at amber, the second highest level. | The alert, warning "this weather could increase the health risks to vulnerable patients and disrupt the delivery of services" is at amber, the second highest level. |
| The temperature is not expected to rise above freezing in many places on Monday, but the windchill factor will make it feel even colder. | The temperature is not expected to rise above freezing in many places on Monday, but the windchill factor will make it feel even colder. |
| Temperatures could fall even further in the next few days, as low as -7C on high ground in northern England. | Temperatures could fall even further in the next few days, as low as -7C on high ground in northern England. |
| Officials at Cheltenham racecourse will be keeping an anxious eye on the forecasts, with people already converging on the Gloucestershire town for the start on Tuesday of its annual horseracing festival. Crowds of 60,000 are expected on each of the four days. | Officials at Cheltenham racecourse will be keeping an anxious eye on the forecasts, with people already converging on the Gloucestershire town for the start on Tuesday of its annual horseracing festival. Crowds of 60,000 are expected on each of the four days. |
| The south coast and the Greater London area, which had escaped the worst of the weather so far, could see up to 5cm (1.9in) of snow in places, with up to 10cm forecast for higher ground and exposed regions like Dartmoor. | The south coast and the Greater London area, which had escaped the worst of the weather so far, could see up to 5cm (1.9in) of snow in places, with up to 10cm forecast for higher ground and exposed regions like Dartmoor. |
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