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Heavy snow has fallen across large parts of the UK, disrupting travel and closing thousands of schools. South-east England has the worst snow it has seen for 18 years, causing all London buses to be pulled from service and the closure of Heathrow's runways. The Met Office has issued an extreme weather warning for England, Wales and parts of eastern Scotland. By late Monday, the South East could be under a foot (30cm) of snow and the North East under 20 inches (50cm). Speaking at a press conference in Downing Street, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said: "We are doing everything...

AFTER one of the hottest summers on record, Britons have been warned to prepare for the big chill.Weathermen sent out the alert as they told the nation to wrap up for an icy blast from the Arctic. Temperatures are set to plummet to minus 4 degrees celsius (24F) overnight in some parts of the country in what could herald the start of a long and bitter winter. The sheer scale of the change in temperature, dropping up to 24F, will make conditions feel even colder. The meteorologists warned that strong winds will also add to the chill factor in the...

When Helen and Michael Allen got married, the wedding bill included an unusual extra item - about £120 ($270) to clean up gases blamed for causing global warming. And when the Rolling Stones toured Britain last year, they added about 15 British pence to the price of each ticket to plant 3000 trees to soak up the concerts' pollution and demonstrate, as they said, that "rock'n'roll is not a gas". One Dutch car rental company adds about 1 per cent to its prices to help plant forests to absorb the vehicles' emissions of carbon dioxide, a non-toxic gas widely blamed...