Hundreds of schools closed as temperature drops to

Hundreds of schools closed as temperature drops to -11C View Image

Temperatures fell as low as minus 11C overnight as the UK’s cold snap continued ad health alerts remain in place for another day. According to the Met Office, the frigid temperature was recorded at Loch Glascarnoch in the Scottish Highlands, with the mercury dipping below minus 7C across much of the country.

Temperatures were slightly milder in England and Wales, with lows of minus 6C at Trawsgoed in Ceredigion, Wales and minus 4C at Rostherne, Cheshire. Forecaster Simon Partridge said the chill stemmed primarily from “a little ridge of high pressure moving across the UK overnight”, adding “the main difference between that and previous nights is the winds are a lot lighter”.

Mr Partridge said that much of the country