Get out the winter woolies! Britain set for Arctic blast with temperatures plummeting as low as -8C and ice to cause travel chaos

Temperatures could plummeted to as low as -8 in the coming days as Britain is battered with an Arctic blast which saw many parts of the UK this morning wake up to a frosty start. Dog walkers in Richmond Park, west London this morning, main, were forced to wrap up warm, while last night special gritter quad bikes were out spreading salt to keep people safe on the city centre streets of Manchester, inset.