It’s been a long, cold winter!
Saturday 17th January 2009, 11:55AM GMT.
As Shropshire braces for a long weekend of biting winds and possible snowfall, we look at what’s been happening across the rest of the UK as bitter temperatures caused much of the country to freeze.

A fence near the Mallyan Spout waterfall in Goathland, North Yorkshire.
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