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Severe winter weather has brought dangerous conditions and transport disruption to parts of Europe. Up to 1.5ft (47cm) of snow fell across the UK yesterday, hampering transport Networks and shutting schools as millions of people stayed home.Extreme or severe weather warnings are still in place across the UK, which is in the grip of its longest cold snap for almost 30 years. Its hospitals have implemented major incident plans to deal with the extreme weather.A weather alert has been issued for 14 regions in south-western France that were hit by heavy snow.
