thomas magill, bbc news. let's speak to nickjohnson, who's in harrogate, north yorkshire.he conditions like more widely?— what are the conditions like more widely? it is chilly here, it was about _ more widely? it is chilly here, it was about -4, _ more widely? it is chilly here, it was about -4, minus - more widely? it is chilly here, it was about -4, minus five i it was about —4, minus five degrees, we think, overnight, probably around —2 and we think it will get to around plus two at around midday. this scene, it really is lovely, it feels like a winter wonderland and we are seeing many people enjoying it this morning but there has not been a fresh flake of snow here since sunday, but because the temperatures have been so bitter everything has frozen over. one of these pavements here right in the middle of town, more like a skate wing, we have seen people really struggling to negotiate that this morning —— more like a skating rink. this is in the middle of town next to the shops, we have heard the snow and ice has had a real impact on businesses. we heard from somebody

thomas magill, bbc news. earlier i spoke to our reporter, nickjohnson.ay. it was about “4, minus five degrees overnight, probably about —2 now. we think it will get around plus two at around midday today. there's a scene here is really lovely, feels like a winter wonderland and we have seen lots of people enjoying it this morning but that hasn't been a fresh flake of snow which has fallen here since sunday but because the temperatures have been so bitter, everything has frozen over. one of these payments here, which is right in the middle of town, more like the skate rink and we have seen people really struggling to negotiate that this morning. this is right in the middle of town, right next to the shops and we have had that the snow and we have had that the snow and ice has had a real impact on businesses here. we have heard from someone who speaks on behalf of local businesses who said in the past week or so, they have had a 75% reduction in football because people just haven't been able to get into town. —— fitful. some children have been the school s

thomas magill, bbc news.reporter nickjohnson, who is in harrogate. but first, ben philip is in braemar in aberdeenshire. ben, braemar holds the record for the lowest temperature recorded in the uk. yes we are a long way off the record this morning. it is still cold, minus five celsius at the moment. colder temperatures overnight in the highlands. one area minus 10.3 celsius. the north of scotland is no stranger to winter weather. it has been under this yellow snow and ice morning for almost two weeks with hundreds of schools closed for days. travel disruption. it keeps snowing. the yellow warning here expires at ten o'clock this morning. we are in for another cold day. we hear it is going to struggle to get above freezing today. tonight, we could see temperatures in some areas, perhaps in highland glens, as low as -20 perhaps in highland glens, as low as —20 celsius. with ice warnings in place for other parts of the uk, england, wales and northern ireland, the advice at the moment is to try to stay warm and s

here's more from our reporter thomas magill.ruption across much of the south west. this is the a38 in devon, where it fell earlier than expected and heavier than forecasters thought, leaving many caught out. some drivers got stuck in this tailback for hours. in lancashire, the icy conditions have caused problems on the roads, with one car crashing after it lost control. rescuers battled for eight hours through ice and snow to rescue a man who had become stuck on bleaklow in the peak district. 60 volunteers from search and rescue teams were involved in getting him off the mountain as temperatures plummeted. he'd gone out for a walk onto bleaklow, following a route that he knew where he was going, and just got into some difficulty during the conditions. the snow was very deep in places up — to your waist — where it had been blown around over the last couple of days. so, yeah, it was it was a very challenging rescue. the environment agency have also issued a number of flood warnings. this is leicestershire, where there has already