Snow hits England – in pictures Read moreNHS England issued a level 3 cold weather alert, one notch below a crisis level. Members of the public have been told to check on elderly neighbours and relatives during the freezing weather and look out for the homeless. The Met Office warned that some rural communities could be cut off by heavy snow over the next few days, with power outages and disruption to mobile phone services likely. School leaders said that the safety of pupils and staff should be their first concern during the freezing weather, and warned closures were possible. Blizzards, gales and freezing rain have been forecast for the end of the week as another weather system passes over the UK.

Source: The Guardian February 26, 2018 19:05 UTC