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| Snow halts Frankfurt flights and Eurostar trains | Snow halts Frankfurt flights and Eurostar trains |
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| Frankfurt airport in Germany - Europe's third-busiest hub - has been shut down because of heavy snow. | Frankfurt airport in Germany - Europe's third-busiest hub - has been shut down because of heavy snow. |
| The Eurostar high-speed train service between London and Paris has also been suspended as snow blankets a swathe of northern Europe. | The Eurostar high-speed train service between London and Paris has also been suspended as snow blankets a swathe of northern Europe. |
| In south-eastern England, hundreds of people were stranded in their cars by the snow as emergency services struggled with road chaos. | |
| There were huge traffic jams in Belgium and northern France too. | There were huge traffic jams in Belgium and northern France too. |
| Having received about 12cm (5in) of snow, Frankfurt airport was set to remain closed until at least 13:30 (12:30 GMT), said Stefan Schulte, a spokesman for airport operator Fraport AG. | |
| More than 100 flights had already been cancelled, he added, but the final number was likely to be much higher. | |
| In Paris more than a quarter of flights from Charles de Gaulle and Orly airports were cancelled. | |
| Parts of southern England were coping with a second day of snow and freezing conditions. | |
| Just in the county of Sussex, police dealt with more than 300 traffic collisions in 24 hours. | |
| The Channel Islands have experienced some of their worst conditions in decades, with airports still closed following heavy snow. | |
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