UK weather: temperatures stay below zero for 12 nights running

Forecasters predict the weather will turn milder into next week

Temperatures have stayed firmly below freezing for the 12th night in a row across the UK, as forecasters predict the weather will turn milder into next week.

Scotland remained the coldest place in the UK, with the Met Office reporting a low of -13.9C (7F) in Kinbrace in the northern Highlands. Wales experienced a low of -2.2C in Hawarden, Flintshire; England's coldest temperature was -7.8C at Cavendish, Suffolk; and Northern Ireland recorded -1.5C at Katesbridge, Co Down.