UK sees coldest January night in 15 years as winter snap continues

Temperatures are forecast to fall further over the coming days (Gareth Fuller/PA) - (PA Wire)

The UK has recorded its coldest January night in 15 years as more freezing temperatures are expected to roll in over the coming days.

In Altnaharra, a hamlet in Sutherland, the most northern region of the Highlands, overnight temperatures dropped to minus 14.5C overnight into Friday – the coldest night of the winter so far in the UK.