Britain wakes to a big freeze as temperatures plummet

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Britain has woken up to another icy start&comma; with a risk of fog affecting the morning rush hour&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Swathes of the country shivered overnight as a widespread frost took hold and temperatures fell below freezing&comma; dropping to minus 8C &lpar;17&period;6F&rpar; in parts of Oxfordshire and further still in the Scottish Highlands&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Met Office has issued yellow warnings of ice&comma; stretching from the northern half of Scotland down to northern England up to 11am and freezing fog is expected to linger&comma; with scattered light wintry showers across the north and east later on&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A yellow fog warning has been issued for some western parts of the Midlands&comma; with localised dense freezing fog and lighter patches expected until 10&period;30am&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Met Office forecaster Charlie Powell said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;There are patches of quite dense freezing fog that can be quite nasty and the ice in Scotland could be problematic&period; It will be a pretty wintry start for most&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>When skies clear later&comma; the south and west are expected to enjoy bright&comma; crisp spells – although temperatures will remain low&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A band of rain is expected to arrive from the west on Wednesday night with icy winds&period; Any clear patches risk the return of freezing fog&comma; especially in eastern parts&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Met Office said the coldest spot in the UK on Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning was at Kinbrace in Sutherland&comma; northern Scotland – where the mercury dropped to minus 10&period;6C&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Highland village had experienced the coldest night of the year so far with temperatures falling to minus 12&period;4C in the early hours of Tuesday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Upper Lambourn in Oxfordshire had the coldest night in England&comma; where a low of minus 8&period;4C was recorded&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68e22fdc87149">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; window&period;tudeMappings &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings&period;push&lpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;divId&colon; 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68e22fdc87149'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;format&colon; 'belowpost'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; document&period;readyState &equals;&equals;&equals; 'loading' &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;document&period;addEventListener&lpar; 'DOMContentLoaded'&comma; window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; else &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback&lpar;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>


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