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Wed 12 Dec 2009Coldest night of year looms as big freeze set to hit -8C
MOST PLACES are expected to face the coldest night of the year tonight with temperatures falling to minus eight degrees as the prolonged period of freezing weather continues.
Snow, ice and freezing fog, which have made road conditions treacherous, will not ease off until Christmas Day at the earliest. Temperatures last night fell as low as minus seven in the midlands and are unlikely to rise above three degrees anywhere today.
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