UK Met Office issues severe weather warning after coldest night

The Met Office has issued an amber “severe cold weather action” warning for the next four days after the coldest night of the winter so far and a forecast of more freezing temperatures to come.

The amber warning – the second level below “national emergency” – is in force until Thursday for all of England, apart from two southern regions where a third-tier yellow alert is in place .... http://www.theguardian.com