UK weather: new year set for frosty start as odds on coldest January slashed

‘Beast from the east’-style cold snap predicted with warnings of snow by the end of the week

The new year is set to get off to a frosty start with plummeting temperatures, unsettled weather conditions and the return of the sort of cold snap dubbed the ‘beast from the east’ last year.

As the odds were cut on this month ending as the coldest January on record, forecasters warned of snow on hills by the end of the week, with the possibility that lower ground could also be affected.

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from World news | The Guardian http://bit.ly/2AoUvEf