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Magdalene Dalziel & Jess Flaherty

Bookies unveil odds for Liverpool's chance of a white Christmas

Bookies have revealed which cities across the UK could see a white Christmas this year - and Liverpool has made the cut.

Liverpool's proximity to the coast, mild temperatures and the Welsh hills are often cited as reasons why snow fall in the city is relatively rare but that may not stop it this year.

According to bookmaker Coral, Scottish cities are the most likely to wake up to snow on Christmas Day.

Aberdeen is the 2-1 favourite with Coral for which area of the country can expect blankets of snow on December 25. Glasgow and Edinburgh come next in the chart, at 5-2.

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A white out in Newcastle has odds of 3-1 while winter wonderland conditions in Manchester, Liverpool or Leeds on the big day get a 5-1 chance from the firm, reports the Daily Record.

Coral's Harry Aitkenhead said: "Our betting suggests that the Scottish cities have the greatest chance of seeing snow fall on Christmas Day, with Aberdeen the most likely at 2-1.

"It is 8-1 for snow to fall in London on Christmas Day and give the capital the White Christmas everybody will be dreaming about."

Nottingham, Birmingham and Cardiff all have more chance than London of seeing snow on Christmas Day, with odds of 6-1, while Belfast and Bristol are 10-1.

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The last time Scotland saw a full white Christmas was in 2010, the second in a row after a snowy big day in 2009.

Scotland holds the honour of having experienced the whitest Christmas in the UK's recorded history, when 47cm of snow fell on Christmas Day 1981.

Ten years ago, Liverpool experienced one of the worst winters in living memory.

Thick snow blanketed Merseyside on December 17 2010, bringing buses to a standstill while roads were closed, taxi drivers thought better than braving the conditions, and trains were literally stopped in their tracks.

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