An Arctic blast is on its way with bone-chilling temperatures and the snowiest period in 12 years, a forecaster has said.
While most of the UK looks set be denied a white Christmas, with temperatures predicted to be mild, the nation could be set to freeze in January as the mercury plungea to bone-chilling lows.
There are fears Britain could be heading to a bitterly cold and snowy period, similar to what we saw in 2018 with Beast from the East.