More snow is set to sweep across the nation in the next 24 hours as weather forecasters predicted the coldest night of the year so far.
People across the UK woke up to wintry scenes on Tuesday morning, with the mercury dropping to a chilly -7.6C in one tiny UK hamlet last night as the cold snap began.
Altnaharra in the Scottish Highlands recorded the temperature late on Monday, with the small settlement covered in 12cm (4.7in) of snow overnight - more than anywhere else in the UK.
