Large parts of UK hit by ice, fog and snow with airports forced to close and rail and roads affected
Photograph: James Manning/PAPhotograph: James Manning/PAThe UK has experienced its coldest night of the year so far, with temperatures in Scotland dipping below -15C.
Drivers on the M25 were stranded for several hours due to the UK’s busiest motorway being closed in both directions between junction 23 at South Mimms and junction 25 at Waltham Cross, both in Hertfordshire. The AA president, Edmund King, said the number of breakdown callouts was about 25% higher than normal.
Several rail lines were closed, with Southeastern issuing a “do not travel” alert to passengers. There was also major disruption to services run by Greater Anglia, South Western Railway and Southern.in a critical condition after being rescued from a lake in Solihull in the West Midlands on Sunday afternoon after falling through ice.
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