5 STORIES COMING UP TODAY

SNOW BLOWS IN

Large swathes of the UK will see heavy snow in the coming days, with warnings of dangerous icy conditions. The Met Office has issued yellow snow and ice alerts.

GAS STRIKES

British Gas engineers have started a fresh wave of strikes in their dispute over pay and conditions amid warnings of a ‘complete breakdown’ in industrial relations at the company.

VACCINE HELP

The UK will aid neighbouring nations with their vaccine supplies ‘where it can’, the

Government has said, as the row between Brussels and AstraZeneca intensifies.

COVID RATE LEVELS

Coronavirus infections appear to have levelled off across the UK, according to the latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

BIRTHDAYS

Gene Hackman, actor, 91; Vanessa Redgrave, actress, 84; Boris Spassky, chess master, 84; Dick Cheney, US politician, 80; Phil Collins, rock singer/ drummer, 70; Christian Bale, actor, 47; Wilmer Valderrama, actor, 41; Peter Crouch, footballer, 40.