Brits are waking up to yet another gloomy, frosty morning, with temperatures dropping to minus 11C overnight.

It comes after hundreds of schools were forced to close, roads were disrupted, and homes were left without power because of snow.

About 100 schools closed in northern Scotland on Thursday, while in Wales, 36 were closed in Pembrokeshire, 14 in Carmarthenshire and seven in Ceredigion.

In North Yorkshire, 33 schools were closed, while eight were listed as fully closed in East Yorkshire.

Temperatures were slightly milder in England and Wales, with lows of minus 6C at Trawsgoed in Ceredigion, Wales and minus 4C at Rostherne, Cheshire. Forecaster Simon Partridge said the chill stemmed primarily from ‘little ridge of high pressure moving across the UK overnight’, adding ‘the main dif

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