A second day of winter weather and snow has caused further disruption in the UK. At 15:13 GMT (December 19th) , one Wikinews contributor in West Lothian described the conditions there as 'white-out', although later conditions were reported to have improved. Forecasters had indicated further snow in Scotland later in the evening(19th) , with some higher ground experiencing as much as 15 centimetres into Sunday (20th) . Heavy snow for parts of Northern England had also been forecast. In addition to transport disruption, a number of sports have been affected. At least 20 football fixtures across the UK have been postponed, with some rugby matches also affected. Race meetings at Haydock, Newcastle were cancelled due to the conditions, a planned meet at Ascot having been abandoned earlier. A National Hunt meeting at Carlisle yesterday was also abandoned.
A second day of winter weather and snow has caused further disruption in the UK. At 15:13 GMT last Saturday , one Wikinews contributor in West Lothian described the conditions there as 'white-out', although later conditions were reported to have improved. Forecasters had indicated further snow in Scotland later into Saturday evening , with some higher ground experiencing as much as 15 centimetres into Sunday . Heavy snow for parts of Northern England had also been forecast. In addition to transport disruption, a number of sports have been affected. At least twenty football fixtures across the UK have been postponed, with some rugby matches also affected. Race meetings at Haydock, Newcastle were cancelled due to the conditions, a planned meet at Ascot having been abandoned earlier. A National Hunt meeting at Carlisle yesterday was also abandoned.
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