Blizzards hit the UK

A man makes his way home with his shopping through heavy snow in the village of Cushendall in the Glens of Antrim Photograph: Cathal McNaughton/Reuters

A programme seller at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium. Most Premier League fixtures, including Arsenal's tie with Stoke, were abandoned because of the weather
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A man swims in the unheated outdoor lido on Parliament Hill in north London Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images

Sokari Douglas Camp's bronze sculpture, The First Man, stands covered in snow as blizzards hit central London near Tower Bridge Photograph: Steve Crisp/Reuters

A man pushes a giant snow ball in Ealing, London Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP

A postman battles through the weather to make his deliveries in Oaksey, Wiltshire Photograph: Tim Ireland/PA

A store greeter on London's Regent Street welcomes customers as snow hits the capital Photograph: Ian Nicholson/PA

Workers try to clear the snow at Heathrow Airport. All flights at the airport were grounded Photograph: Steve Parsons/PA

A squirrel runs through the snow in Saint James's Park, London Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images

A statue of Winston Churchill is blanketed in snow on Parliament Square Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images

Snow collects on Ice Wharf Marina on London's Regent's canal Photograph: Michael Whitaker

A man tows his daughter through Oaksey in Wiltshire after heavy snowfall overnight Photograph: Tim Ireland/PA