It’s time to switch the heating on (if you can afford it): Temperatures plummet as gales blow away the sun

It’s time to pull the winter woollies from the wardrobe, dry clean the winter coat and dig out the winter duvet.

Today finally sees the end of the unseasonably balmy autumn which seemed to keep going and going this month with temperatures soaring to 19C in parts of Britain over the weekend.

Gales and rain battered parts of Britain yesterday and the arrival of winter proper was confirmed as the Met Office issued a severe weather warning for parts of England and Wales.    More Read