In pictures: Snow brings misery for motorists but joy to children
PA Reporters
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People have been warned not to travel unless absolutely necessary after snow caused chaos around the UK.
Gales and blizzards as a result of Storm Larisa battered parts of the country, and the Met Office still has a number of warnings in place for snow and ice.
A temperature of minus 13.6C was recorded in Altnaharra in Sutherland in the Highland region of northern Scotland overnight.
However, children availed themselves of the opportunity to frolic in the wintry conditions.
Snow covered fields looking out from Tilton-on-the-Hill in Leicestershire (Joe Giddens/PA)
People sledging in the snow at the foot of Antony Gormley’s Angel of the North sculpture in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear (owen Humphreys/PA)
Snow covers a park in Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire (Tim Goode/PA)
People sledging in the snow at Bradgate park in Leicestershire (Joe Giddens/PA)
Eva Anwyl performs a cartwheel as she plays in snowy conditions in Knaresborough (Danny Lawson/PA)
A view of the Loxley area of Sheffield after heavy snow overnight (Dave Higgens/PA)
A woman clears snow from a windscreen of a car in Liverpool (Peter Byrne/PA)
Hundreds of used cars covered in snow in Corby, Northamptonshire. (Joe Giddens/PA)
Snow surrounds one of the Antony Gormley statues called Another Place at Crosby Beach Merseyside (Peter Byrne/PA)
People were stuck for eight hours on the M62 travelling from Manchester (Emma Hamilton)
A woman pulls two children on a sledge through the snow in Leeds (Danny Lawson/PA)
Snow covers cars in Lee Park in Liverpool (Peter Byrne/PA)
A man walks his dog in Tow Law, Co Durham (Owen Humphreys/PA)
People enjoy the snow at Stormont estate in Belfast (David Young/PA)
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