The north-west of England has been populated by snowmen alongside some snow pets after people woke to a blanket of snow. The wintry scenes have given way to some creative figures emerging in parks, back gardens, and outside football grounds.

Heavy snow and freezing rain has brought widespread disruption across the U.K. with several major airports forced to suspend flights and many roads in the north of England unnavigable

As the clean-up continues across the north-west of England after torrential rain led to severe flooding on New Year's Day, local politicians are calling for a probe into what warnings were given and how agencies responded to the region's third "once-in-a-hundred-year weather event" in five years.