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Commuters saw disruptions on parts of Southern Rail and South Western Railway, while police in Kent urged drivers to be careful on icy roads.

Public Health England has warned people to prepare for a long spell of cold, and advised those most at risk to take precautions. The Met Office warned the cold weather looks set to remain on Sunday, with a short-lived milder day on Monday, before a prolonged period of low temperatures throughout next week and the following week.

There will be a risk of ice throughout Saturday night into Sunday as well. We have noticed that there is an issue with your subscription billing details. Please update your billing details here. Please update your billing information.

The subscription details associated with this account need to be updated. Please update your billing details here to continue enjoying your subscription. Within the M25 it was -2C at Kenley, near Croydon, at 10am. Further north it was warming up a little as a band of cloud slowly made its way down the country.

North-west Scotland was enjoying a relatively balmy 7C. Over the next few days it is likely to stay warmer in the north but remain perishing in many parts of the south. There was a dusting of snow in many places in England today, but the Met Office does not believe there are likely to be heavy falls.

In north Wales a primary school had to stay shut after thieves stole an emergency delivery of heating oil. Tania Armstrong-Owen, headteacher of the pupil Ysgol Rhewl in Ruthin, branded the thieves "callous" and said the primary school could be closed until Friday. We take it quite personally.

The UK is full of thousands of such 'cold spots', tucked away in the folds of the countryside. Indeed, temperatures may well have fallen a lot lower in recent nights, it's just that we didn't have an 'official' thermometer there to record it.