Britain shivered through its coldest May night in five years as temperatures plummeted to minus 6.1C, the Met Office confirmed. Widespread frost greeted residents across Scotland, parts of northern England, and Northern Ireland on Wednesday morning.
The mercury dropped furthest in Altnaharra, located in the Scottish Highlands, while sub-zero conditions were also recorded in Shap, Cumbria, and Castlederg, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
