A man makes a huge snowball in Ealing, West London. The met Office said conditions the coldest December on record are likely to do. Photo: Kirsty Wigglesworth/APThe travel plans were broken by millions of people when planes were grounded, rail services cancelled and streets of heavy snow rendered impassable. The busiest weekend before Christmas turned into a nightmare for much of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
British Airways were forced cancelled all short-haul flights, shopping malls to close, and drifts many motorways by heavy snow have been blocked.
At Heathrow fighting erupted, as staff tried to deal with thousands of stranded passengers. "People were scrambling to get on other airlines, people have been in panic," a passenger told the observer. "This is the Christmas from hell."
Last night the met Office warned that interruptions probably leave was streets in a treacherous icy condition for the next few days, with freezing weather. In many areas will be the night temperatures plunge minus 10 C or below. The conditions are likely to this record with a current average temperature of minus 0.7 C, five degrees below the long-term average the coldest December issue.
The error that followed - the second serious episode of weather chaos to travel in the UK this month - meeting led to calls by high-level politicians to make radical improvements in their ability to deal with cold weather yesterday for the Government. Louise Ellman, labour Chairman of the Committee choose transport camp, said it was no longer sufficient for Minister brush away criticism by the difficult conditions exceptional said.
"This is winter in a row now the third bad." We need to establish, whether we think it can be a change in weather patterns and to respond, if "she said.""We should us to these events are better respond." Ellman said your Committee would examine what went wrong. "Sure is something that we will have to investigate."
Amid chaos on the streets, a man was killed after the ambulance covers he was of the street near Eastbourne, East Sussex slipped. The man who last night, which was named by the police as Daniel Martin, 31, suffered life-threatening injuries in a crash between his mini and a flatbed truck.
The driver of the truck - 36-year-old man from St Leonards-on-sea, East Sussex, for a contractor on behalf of East Sussex County Council operation worked - kept arrested for suspected of dangerous driving and over night in prison on Friday.
In another incident, a 19 year old man in the neck in Sheffield was stabbed after questions, a group of young people, take to stop snowballs.
Snow causes chaos at airports. Heathrow and Gatwick concluded both, while flights to Aberdeen, Belfast City, Cardiff, London City and Southampton airports were also disturbed.
In Northern Ireland, freezing conditions continue to travel to some of heaviest snowfall dangerous for 25 years - with more forecast. The said Northern Ireland roads service mud from Friday had frozen over night and Christmas should buyer think carefully before setting out of car.
Jon Caudwell, of the Highways Agency said it did his best to help clear the main routes in England but needed the "really should consider" help from driver, if you needed to go this weekend.
In the rest of Europe, about 2,500 passengers over night at Frankfurt airport, Germany were stranded after flights have been cancelled; Florence airport, North Italy was closed and hundreds of cars were stuck on the highways in Tuscany; France snow has affected by road and rail travel in the West and North, and from Paris Charles de Gaulle airport is reporting delays; in the Netherlands have many flights at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol have been cancelled.
Rescue teams were called Coast Guard to help the NHS achieve doctors, nurses and midwives hospitals. Volunteers helped with kidney cancer patients transfers and the supply of essential drugs.
Shopper, suffered as snow forced to leave many of your travel. Brent cross shopping centre in North London was forced to close. In contrast, end remained open and appropriate business reported shops in the West.
"Although impact sound was easy on forecasts down, many retailers sales last year with jewelry sell quickly and strongly like 3D TV and Apple iPads told technology", said a spokesman.
Trafford Centre, Manchester, employees have used more than 20 tons of grit of the 150 acres over 24 hours. Worked through the night to ensure that streets safe and parking ready to open.
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