26th January - Today's News: Snow Hits Central England

 Sunday saw lockdown treat as families frolic in the white stuff, sledding, building snowmen and even having a snowball fight outside Buckingham Palace after people across the South were woken by deafening 'thundersnow' clap this morning  We even had 1cm of snow in Evesham ..... but it didn't last long.  Still, the most we have seen since March 2018.     And on Monday morning, the icy blast sparks travel chaos in parts of the Midlands.

Meanwhile, in California, rare Malibu snowfall sees excited locals break out the sleds while an Alabama tornado kills one man and injures at least 20 as buildings collapse, roofs fly off church and hotel and people are trapped in cars - while winter storm blankets Midwest

And International Space Station detects blue 'jets' of lightning shooting upwards from thunder clouds that could influence greenhouse gas concentrations in Earth's atmosphere