Braemar has been hit with cold, frost, wind and snow in recent weeks
An Aberdeenshire village officially record Britain’s coldest temperature of the year on Christmas day.
Temperatures dipped as low as -8.5C (16.7F) in Braemar, Aberdeenshire, on Christmas evening.
However, the Met Office have suggested things could get even colder at the start of next week, with experts predicting temperatures could drop as low as -10C (14F) in some places at the start of next week as the cloud and wet weather gives way to clearer skies.
While Christmas night in Braemar was the coldest the UK has seen yet, wild and wintry weather swept the UK today, with heavy snow forcing two airports south of the border to close.
Both Liverpool’s John Lennon Airport and Leeds Bradford International in Yorkshire closed while their runways were cleared of snow as a band of wet weather crossed the country from Merseyside and north Wales through the Midlands and Yorkshire.
Leek, near the Peak District in Staffordshire, saw the worst of the snow with 10cm (4 in), the Met Office said, with Cranwell in Lincolnshire also seeing 7cm (2.75 in).
Large parts of Scotland have also been issued with a yellow warning for snow between now and Hogmanay.
Aberdeenshire village records UK’s coldest temperature of 2014
