WEATHER
Snow in Crowborough captured by Phil Blackwell on January 6 - The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for snow this weekend A WEATHER warning for snow has been issued across parts of Sussex this weekend. The yellow Met Office alert covers parts of the county north of, and including, Haywards Heath and will be in place from 3am to 8pm tomorrow. A band of heavy snow may bring disruption as it moves eastwards on Saturday, a spokesman for the weather service said.
The Met Office weather warning for snow over parts of Sussex tomorrow (Saturday, January 16)
As a result, people living in affected areas are being warned to expect:
CHRISTMAS may be over, but people in some parts of Sussex woke up to a festive scene this morning as snow covered cars, gardens and more. A blanket of the white stuff fell across Crowborough overnight with further snowfall reported in the town this morning. Phil Morphew captured a couple of centimetres of snow which had settled on top of vans at the Royal Mail s Crowborough Delivery Office.
Snow at the Royal Mail Crowborough Delivery Office this morning Credit: Phil Morphew A photograph from Phil Blackwell (at the bottom of the page) showed how snow had also settled in the town centre, off the A26.
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he s now calling a referendum to decide whether crimea breaking away altogether from ukraine, with independence. and if that happens it s a foregone conclusion that crimea will become part of russia. and the heart of these tensions between the u.s., europe and russia. anna coren, thank you so much. as for the russians, vladimir putin not showing any signs of backing down. the russians turned aside a formal investigation for international talks today. this is aing vladimir putin remains steadfast. phil blackwell is in russia. phil, i understand there s a tough stance on sanctions? reporter: yeah, john, that s right. you ve got the foreign minister meeting with some european officials today maintaining a
to intervene in ukraine. phil black is in moscow with that part of the story. phil, what are the russians saying this morning? reporter: they re going to talk today, christine, about how russia will respond in the event that the west, united states and europe carries through with their threat of economic sanctions. the upper house of russian parliament, effectively, the russian senate is working on with the russian government can seize property from american and european-based companies based here in the event that sanctions are leveled against russia. it sounds extreme. there are a number of big american companies based here over the last few years as the country has transitioned from communism to capitalism. this is what russia talks about when it talks about an asymmetrical response. it doesn t like when other countries are trying to interfere with or attack its