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Locals across the capital have opened their curtains to heavy snowfall on Saturday morning as delays across the central belt are expected throughout the weekend as the Met Office have issued a yellow warning for snow and ice

Snow is falling in Greater Manchester this morning with more wintry showers forecast throughout the weekend

The Met Office said the conditions could lead to travel disruption, especially on Monday morning.

The freezing temperatures are set to continue into Saturday and Sunday, but it will be mostly dry with sunny spells over the weekend

A deep freeze of -10C across the UK this weekend has sparked fears of a winter energy crisis for millions of people unable to heat their homes

Parts of the region saw their first snowfall of the winter on Thursday and more is forecast over the weekend when temperatures also falling below freezing

Readings of rain and temperature recording the Crieff area climate have been coming in to the Met Office from Drummond Castle's tiny weather station very day for fifty three years.

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As the Met Office issue a yellow snow and ice warning for London and the South East, the north is bracing itself for temperatures of -13 early next week with the freezing conditions not letting up