Snow and flooding hits the UK - in pictures

It's slippery underfoot in Glengormley, Northern Ireland Photograph: Peter Muhly/AFP/Getty Images

Snow covers the Monsal Head viaduct over the River Wye in Derbyshire Photograph: Lindsey Parnaby/AFP/Getty Images

A soldier from the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards, dressed in his summer red tunic, stands guard outside Buckingham Palace in London Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA

A snowy lane in Derbyshire Photograph: Lindsey Parnaby/AFP/Getty Images

Sheep shelter from a blizzard behind a stone wall in the Peak District Photograph: Alexander Hyde/Barcroft Media

A woman shovels deep snow from the pavement in Mold, Flintshire, north Wales Photograph: Andrew Yates/AFP/Getty Images

Sophie Rhodes, 10, heads down a hill in Cambourne, Cambridgeshire Photograph: Chris Radburn/PA

Many sporting fixtures were cancelled around the UK due to bad weather. Starting stalls stand unused at Doncaster racecourse Photograph: Anna Gowthorpe/PA

A tractor clears drifting snow in the hills above the Glens of Antrim, Northern Ireland Photograph: Paul Faith/PA

Daniel and James Egerton play on their sledge in Bingham, Nottinghamshire Photograph: Mike Egerton/PA

A car is buried in a snowdrift in the Craigant Hills near Belfast, Northern Ireland Photograph: Peter Muhly/AFP/Getty Images

An afternoon of sledging in Ruthing, north Wales Photograph: Andrew Yates/AFP/Getty Images

A sheep shelters from the wind and snow at a farm near Fintry, Scotland Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA

Craig and Allan Ashe ride their bikes in the snow at the Carronvalley Mountain bike trail, Scotland Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA

A car crashed into a hedge during heavy snow in Harrogate Photograph: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images

Spring flowers surrounded by snow on a roundabout in Ruthin, north Wales Photograph: Dave Thompson/PA

Motorists drive through snow blown from fields near Buxton Photograph: Darren Staples/Reuters

A police officer struggles in the wind and snow whilst attending an accident after a bus came off the road in Stirlingshire Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA

A man feeds birds at the snow-covered Pavilion Gardens in Buxton Photograph: Andrew Yates/AFP/Getty Images

A tractor attempts to clear drifting snow from the A6 near Buxton Photograph: Andrew Yates/AFP/Getty Images

Kirsty Grogan and daughter in Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow Photograph: Michael McGurk/Rex Features

Ground staff help clear snow off the pitch at Windsor Park, Belfast Photograph: Rory Dollard/PA

A white house surrounded by snow covered trees in Mold, north Wales Photograph: Dave Thompson/PA