A dad who was shot dead in broad daylight has become the latest person to lose their life after another weekend of bloodshed on the streets of Greater Manchester.
11.03.2023 - 01:27 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Forecasters have issued another warning for icy weather in Greater Manchester this weekend. But with a bit of luck we might have seen the back of the snow... for now.
Blizzards brought treacherous conditions with drivers left stranded for more than seven hours on the M62 near Rochdale last night. National Highways North West estimated that at one point congestion on the eastbound carriageway between Rochdale and Saddleworth stretched to around eight miles.
A warning for ice issued for Greater Manchester remains in place until 10am on Saturday, while another snow and ice warning has been issued for northern England on Saturday into Sunday morning. But after that it looks like temperatures will start to pick up.
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Saturday will see temperatures in Manchester peak at 6C at about 3pm, before dropping to around 3C overnight. But Sunday looks set to get a bit warmer, with temperatures rising to around 12C.
Speaking to the M.E.N. earlier today Met Office spokesperson, Grahame Madge said that although the conditions brought by Storm Larisa are starting to exit the UK, cold weather is likely to continue. He said the reason many people across the country, including some parts of Greater Manchester, woke up to such thick snow this week was a perfect mix of different weather systems.
"Storm Larisa is now exiting the UK and making its way to southern Europe, but what is coming now is further cold air from the north," he said. "From Saturday we will start to see a change in the weather and by Sunday conditions should be relatively milder compared to this week.
"Temperatures could rise to seven or eight degrees which is much warmer than
A dad who was shot dead in broad daylight has become the latest person to lose their life after another weekend of bloodshed on the streets of Greater Manchester.
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Snow is expected to fall across Greater Manchester tomorrow as temperatures dip below freezing.
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A cold snap is set to hit the UK this week. Temperatures are set to plummet to freezing or below in parts, potentially the coldest it has been this year, with snow forecast for later in the week.
The Met Office has issued a heavy snow weather warning for Greater Manchester and other parks of the UK this week.