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Elsrickle, South Lanarkshire

By Simon King & Marita Moloney

BBC Weather

Temperatures could drop to as low as -10C (14F) in parts of the UK on Friday with snow also forecast as the current cold snap continues.

A warning for ice and snow will be in place for eastern England and parts of Scotland overnight into Saturday.

Hilly areas - including the North York Moors and parts of Scotland - will see more snow later, forecasters said.

Thursday was the coldest night in the UK since mid-March, with temperatures in Cumbria dipping to -9.4C overnight.

Temperatures were widely down to between -3C to -6C, even in major towns and cities: it was -5C in Manchester and Edinburgh and -3C in south-west London and Birmingham.

Snow swept across south-west England, parts of Yorkshire, the North East and Scotland.

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