3 d. ago Daredevil achieves incredible ice climbing feat as winter grips Britain

Pictures show climber Mick Ellerton, 48, scaling the icy waterfall at Gordale Scar, near Malham Cove in the Yorkshire Dales after temperatures dropped well below freezing

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4 d. ago 'Major incident' declared with communities warned they could be cut off as heavy snow continues

School closures and widespread disruption across transport network as severe winter weather tightens grip

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4 d. ago Met Office records coldest night of winter so far as snow and ice grip Britain

Marham in Norfolk recorded a low of -12.5C overnight on Monday

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5 d. ago Volunteers help 'desperate' rough sleepers on streets of Scotland’s biggest city as temperatures plunge to

A community group handed life-saving kit to six individuals who were preparing to spend the night outdoors as the country is gripped by some of the coldest weather it’s seen this winter.

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5 d. ago Winter is here: Greater Manchester in the grip of snow and ice in photos

The region has woken up under a blanket of frost and ice this morning

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2 w. ago Sub made incredible discovery underneath Antarctic ice before going missing

Unmanned submarine Ran mapped Antarctica's Dotson Ice Shelf on 14 successful missions before vanishing on an extended expedition in 2022

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2 w. ago When my father first came to the UK, people bonded and looked after him. Would that happen now? | Nell Frizzell

I’ve taken in refugees from time to time, and formed ties that have lasted to this day. Instead of demonising people, we could try sharing our lives with themThere is one Christmas story from when my father first arrived in the UK, 43 years ago, that can still make me howl with laughter. It was a cold winter and my dad had been gripped by the idea of roasting chestnuts. He had grown up in the southern hemisphere, in a former British colony, so despite the fact that his Christmases were hot – spent in shorts and flip-flops – he had been surrounded by images of snowy churches, robin redbreasts, holly, ivy and, yes, chestnuts roasting on an open fire.And so, he headed out to Clapham Common in south London to collect conkers. They were chestnuts, after all. Horse chestnuts but hey, that’s still a chestnut. Or so he thought. And so, that evening when his British friends arrived at the house where he was staying, they were greeted by the suspiciously acrid smell of about 30 conkers, bakin...

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