A cold snap forecast to last up to two weeks has sent temperatures plunging throughout the country and prompted the earliest widespread snowfall for 17 years.
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Conditions caused disruption across the UK throughout Thursday with up to 6ins (15cm) of snow settling in northern England and the Scottish Highlands.
The Met Office issued severe weather warnings for widespread icy roads and heavy snow across the north-east, Yorkshire and Humber, East Midlands, the east and south-west of England as well as parts of Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.
It warned of snowfall reaching up to 10ins (25cm) over higher ground by Saturday.
John Hammond, Met Office forecaster, said: "This snow we're seeing at the moment and expecting to see is the heaviest widespread snow since November 1993 when the Highlands got around 12ins (30cm) and North Yorkshire got 10.5ins (27cm).
"Winds are continuing to blow in from a north-easterly direction over the course of the rest of this week and into next week. Even where we haven't had any snow, temperatures are going down to minus 5C or minus 6C in several places."
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