Aidan Radnedge

Britons are being told to expect icy patches on the roads and, as the cold flurries continue, a risk of power cuts and disruption to bus and train services.

Drivers have been getting stuck and trains cancelled while there are warnings of more icy weather ahead as temperatures plunged to -11.2C.

The 4.5m-tall installation was unveiled at Earnley Viewpoint at Medmerry Nature Reserve, near Chichester in West Sussex - but has faced a public backlash.

Ed Sheeran and Fuse ODG are among those who have criticised the song Do They Know It's Christmas? ahead of a 40th anniversary rerelease.

Forces across the country have signed up to Operation Snap, which urges cyclists, passengers and pedestrians to report filmed examples of bad road behaviour.

The Met Office put in place a yellow warning for ice for much of southern England, the Midlands and eastern Wales from 5pm yesterday - lasting until at least 10am today.

Ofsted chief inspector Sir Martyn Oliver (pictured) described spiralling knife crime as 'blighting' the lives of Britain's children and called it a 'national scandal'.

Ex-Labour minister Jim Murphy condemned Clarkson as 'rude' and 'aggressive' - but ex-Conservative party chairman Sir Jake Berry hit back to defend him.

Ms Cassidy was seen arriving at St Mary's Church in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, ahead of this afternoon's ceremony.

A Labour minister has been accused of being 'patronising' by BBC presenter Victoria Derbyshire over his comments about the new 'tractor tax' on farmers.