Met Office warns of rare freezing rain and snow set to hit UK

Temperatures are set to plummet once more - dropping to as low as -4C in the coming days - as snow and a "rare weather phenomenon" approaches.

Britons will encounter freezing rain, which the Met Office warns can occasionally bring down trees and power lines, as another band of low pressure moves across the nation from the north. In areas where conditions aren't quite cold enough for snow, the freezing rain - an uncommon type of liquid precipitation - will descend.

Dramatic weather maps indicate these wintry showers are probable through Sunday night and into Monday morning, with the heaviest falls during the early hours. Snow is forecast as far south as Greater Manchester, although significant settling is unlikely.

Residents across most of Scotland, Northumberland, Cumbria and County