Snow grains are the solid equivalent of drizzle and look like very small white grains of ice, the Met Office said.

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Karen Adam, an SNP MSP, backs idea touted by John Swinney and suggests three positive polls may be enough for vote

The company behind a new electricity link between Scotland and Northern Ireland has said it has taken a "significant step forward". It comes after the Utility Regulator for Northern Ireland awarded the licence for the new project last month.

Commuters are being warned of icy roads and travel disruption, as temperatures plummeted again overnight across the UK. Fresh weather warnings have been issued, with snow, ice and fog forecast across southern England, Wales, Northern Ireland and northern Scotland on Thursday.

Bereaved families have criticised the “haphazard” rollout of the coronavirus vaccine, including concerns over who was classed a key worker and access for rural communities.

Northern Ireland is to remain in the grip of the current icy winter blast with a new weather warning issued by the Met Office.

A leading supermarket has urgently recalled a product from its shelves amid concerns it could cause 'flu-like symptoms' in consumers.

Northern Ireland will face Sweden in March as Michael O'Neill's team prepare for the start of World Cup qualifying.

The Met Office has issued new weather warnings for parts of the UK, with yellow warnings for ice and snow in place until Friday morning. The two new warnings cover parts of Northern Ireland and Wales as well as areas in north-west England and the east of England - they come after an existing warning for snow and ice in parts of northern Scotland.

Jon Rahm and Viktor Hovland have missed the cut and Rory McIlroy was forced to battle to make the weekend as the headline acts struggled at the Dubai Desert Classic.

Nazi thug Mark Brown has been convicted of threatening to kill a woman four years after the PSNI were censured for failing to properly investigate alleged threats he made to a journalist.