Britain prepares for Arctic Easter - 19 Mar 08 - Forecasters are warning Britons to expect bitterly cold temperatures and travel delays over the Easter holiday period. The country is expected to face biting Arctic winds, snow and some of the worst weather on the roads over the earliest Easter since 1913.
Scotland and northeast and eastern England were likely to be hit with snow tomorrow night. The snow could spread to the south-east by the weekend.Advisory notes have been issued, warning of snowfall of up to 10cm in some places in the north.

Temperatures were expected to hover between 4C and 8C during the day and drop as low as ––3C at night.