Snow in England and Wales...

Hey..it's only November...

Winter truly arrived as large parts of central England and Wales were blanketed in snow and forecasters predicted more chilly weather.

	Birmingham was covered in a carpet of snow

Four inches of snow fell in some areas on Sunday night, and in the early hours of Monday, leading to treacherous conditions on roads.

Bookmakers now expect a £1 million surge of bets on a white Christmas. Ladbrokes cut the price of snow in London on Christmas Day from 8-1 to 6-1.