UK weather: heavy snow disrupts Scotland and north of England

Courts and vaccine clinics affected as more freezing conditions are forecast for coming days

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Heavy snow and freezing rain in Scotland and northern England has disrupted court trials and Covid vaccination appointments.

Amid warnings that a Beast from the East 2" could hit the UK next week, the Met Office issued an amber snow warning for parts of Scotland and north-east England overnight, with up to 11cm falling in the Perth and Kinross area, 5cm in Cumbria, and large accumulations in other parts of northern England.