The UK has been blasted by arctic weather as the coldest temperatures since last winter were recorded, with unofficial reports suggesting as much as 30cm of snow fell in some areas over the weekend.
The Met Office has issued rain warnings for the North East of England until 9am tomorrow and the South West until 6pm this evening amid fears over flooding and travel disruption.
NEWS: Ambleside Here is the latest round up for Ambleside from our correspondent Jane Renouf. Lakes Parish Council welcomed news of the recently re-established Ambleside Chamber of Trade as “wonderful” and looked forward to organising a meeting with the 45 businesses that have joined the Chamber so far, to discuss what Parish Council and the Chamber could do for each other. Lakes PC Vice-Chair Brian Hewitt suggested a marketing initiative to revive tourism in 2021 with the slogan ‘Spring into Summer’. “This is exciting news, to have co-operation with the shops and traders who are the lifeblood of Ambleside. We need them – so let’s work with them,” he said at the recent Council meeting.