Winter weather in the UK

Snow falls on Westminster bridge in London Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images

A couple make their way slowly up Gold Hill in Shaftesbury, Dorset, as weathermen predicted heavy snow storms would batter nearly every part of the UK over the weekend Photograph: Chris Ison/PA

A man with an umbrella walks during a snowfall in London Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/Reuters

Snow falls on a bike bay in central London Photograph: Ian Nicholson/PA

Dog walking on a main road closed by snow in the Caerphilly mountains Photograph: Andy Rouse/Rex Features

General view of snow covered London from Alexandra Palace Photograph: Steven Paston/Action Images

Snow in Trafalgar Square, London Photograph: Martin Godwin for the Guardian

Ssnow settles on a street in Eastbourne, East Sussex Photograph: Tom Pugh/PA

Clerk of The Course Chris Stickels (r) and a groundsman remove a frost cover in Ascot. The course passed an early morning inspection but racing was abandoned after temperatures failed to rise sufficiently to remove the frost covers Photograph: Julian Herbert/Action Images