Temperatures have plummeted across the UK and hundreds of schools have closed in Scotland as a blast of wintry weather has brought snow and ice to many parts of the UK.
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In Pictures: Cold snap brings snow and ice to many parts of the UK
Wednesday was the UK’s coldest night of the winter so far.
In Pictures: Cold snap brings snow and ice to many parts of the UKWednesday was the UK’s coldest night of the winter so far.Swans and seagulls on a frozen Tynemouth boating lake (Owen Humphreys/PA)PA Wire