A "cold plunge of Arctic air" has moved across the UK in recent days, bringing temperatures that are considerably lower than normal for this time of year.
The Met Office has said that temperatures may drop as low as -12C in parts of the UK with further snow accumulating in the north - and their may well also be flurries in the south
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