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Ice warning issued as plunging temperatures meet melting snow
4:47pm Monday 11th March 2013
A severe weather warning for ice has been issued as temperatures across Dorset drop below freezing overnight.
UPDATED: Snow in March? No, you're not seeing things - but look how bad it could have been
12:10pm Monday 11th March 2013
SNOW has hit Dorset overnight with more expected throughout today accompanied by icy gale force winds. Transport and schools are so far unaffected.
Spring's off for another week: Monday temperatures will feel like -9, with snow forecast
12:18pm Friday 8th March 2013
Spring will seem like a distant prospect this weekend as a wave of freezing weather and snow sweeps in.
10ft snowdrifts and a frozen River Stour: looking back at the Big Freeze of 1962-63
9:59am Tuesday 12th February 2013
WE have known the occasional harsh winter in recent years but nothing compares to the Big Freeze of 1962-63.
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