First England-wide health alert for severe cold weather issued in three years as UK braces for snow
Wintry conditions are set to return with a prolonged cold snap that echoes 2018's Beast from the East
5 February 2021 • 6:11pm
Snow surrounds the post box at Queen's View, which features the silhouette of Queen Victoria and her Scottish servant John Brown alongside on the wall, near Pitlochry, Perthshire, on Thursday
Credit: Jane Barlow /PA
Public Health England has issued its first nationwide severe warning for cold weather since the Beast from the East hit the UK three years ago, as the elderly were warned to stay indoors.