As cold as the Himalayas

The Big Freeze continued overnight with temperatures plummeting as low as -12c (10.4f), the same as the Himalayas. She said: ‘This will affect the whole of the UK, including England with up to four inches of snow falling in the Isle of Wight, London, Birmingham and Newcastle.’ She added: ‘Motorists must be ready to expect some disruption.’

Clucking freezing: But these chickens will keeping warm in their very own woolly jumpers at Green Meadow Animal Sanctuary, Pattingham, Wolverhampton

Not great weather for ducks... Ducks swim in the icy waters of St. James's Park in central London

Quick, where's Nelly's thermals? An elephant fountain display outside a garden centre in Marks Tey, Essex is covered in ice after the freezing cold night

Don't slip! A fell walker admires a frozen waterfall at Fisher Gill in the Lake District yesterday

Deep and crisp and relaxing: Wild Ponies enjoy the snow in the Quantock Hills in Somerset