Cold snap brings snow flurries to Britain

Spring on hold until weekend as forecasters predict Arctic blast will be replaced by hail and thunderstorms through to Wednesday

A blast of late winter weather has brought snow flurries to many parts of northern England and the Midlands.

Towns as far south as Norwich woke to a sprinkling of snow on Tuesday morning, with Staffordshire, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and the north-east also reporting wintry showers.