Brits are being warned to brace for brutally low temperatures that could dip to -10C as an Arctic freeze hits before a week of snow.
It has been a cold February so far especially for the north of the UK and it is to get colder before there is some slight respite over the weekend with milder weather, the Met Office said.
The worst of the temperatures again are set to be in Scotland going into Friday as well as rural and isolated spots.
