Tuesday could be the coldest night of the year so far with the mercury plunging to -15C in some isolated Scottish glens
People in the north of England and Scotland have woken up to snow as a cold snap begins to hit the UK.
More than four inches of snow fell in parts of northern Scotland on Monday and eight inches of could fall later in the week as a cold snap brings snow, ice, wind and rain.
The fields surrounding Alnwick Castle in Northumberland are covered in snow on Tuesday morning
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A Shetland pony at home in the snow on West Sandwick Beach on Monday. The UK Health Security Agency has issued a level-three cold weather alert for the whole of England which is likely to be reviewed in the coming days
Temperatures dipped to -7.6C at Altnaharra in the Scottish Highlands on Monday night and the small hamlet was covered in 12cm of snow, more than anywhere else in the UK.
Tuesday could be the coldest night of the year so far with the mercury plunging to minus 15C in some isolated Scottish glens
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Cars proceed with caution in Stokenchurch, Buckinghamshire. Disruption to some roads and railways across parts of south-east England, London, the Westcountry, the Midlands and Wales is likely, according to the Met Office
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A delivery van off the road on the A988 near Alford, Aberdeenshire
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Sledging before school in Tynemouth on Tuesday morning
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A train travels through snow-covered trees as it passes through Egton Station in North Yorkshire
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Snow is more likely to settle when it moves across much of northern England, Northern Ireland and much of Scotland on Thursday
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Daffodils bent over from the weight of the snow
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A woman pulls a child on a sledge through the snow beside the beach huts at Blyth in Northumberland
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Hardy open-water swimmers brave the elements at Tynemouth Longsands beach in North Tyneside
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St Mary's Church in Goathland, North Yorkshire, is surrounded by snow as weather warnings for snow and ice are in place across all four nations of the UK
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Holy Trinity Church in Bilboa, County Carlow, in Ireland blanketed in snow
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Snow covers cars in the west end of Aberdeen, Scotland
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Town of Ardateggle, County Laois, in Ireland
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Sheep and lambs in a snow dusted field in Ardenteggle, County Laois, in Ireland
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