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Met Office Shares 5 'Essentials' For Snow-Related Power Cuts

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05.01.2026
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Hundreds of schools have been forced to close on the first Monday of the new year as snow covers parts of the UK. 

This follows temperatures as low as -10.9°C recorded on 4 January, in Cumbria and 52cm of snowfall recorded at Tomintoul in Banffshire this morning (Monday, 5 January). 

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