As temperatures plummet, the Met Office has issued warnings for heavy snow and blizzards until Saturday, and has urged those travelling to prepare for chaos on the roads and rail networks. Parts of the country have been told to expect up to four inches of snow in the next few days, which will mean travel chaos on the roads across Britain.

Winter is set at arrive with a vengeance as the big freeze kicks in tonight. It is expected that blizzards of sleet and snow will hit parts of the Midlands, the north of England, and Scotland.

Met Office forecaster John Hammond said: “It looks like an early taste of winter for millions of people over the next few days. We will start to get wintry showers on Wednesday night, especially on higher ground. By the time people wake up on Thursday, there could be a good covering of snow. Temperatures will dip below freezing on Thursday night so there’s a risk of frost.”

Drivers are being urged to prepare for the winter by carrying out vehicle checks and carrying an emergency weather kit in their cars. It’s expected the cold conditions are set to continue up until Christmas.

Snow on the roads can create for the worst driving conditions, so if possible, it’s best to avoid driving in such conditions. When snow is on the roads, the slightest pressure applied to the breaks can cause a vehicle to skid out of control, resulting in a road traffic accident.

No one wants to spend this Christmas in hospital, or laid in bed injured at home, so make the most of public transport this year and leave your motor vehicle at home. If in the unfortunate event that you do become involved in a car accident this year, and suffer injury as a result of the accident, you may be able to make an injury compensation claim if the accident wasn’t your fault.

To make a successful injury compensation claim, you need to be able to prove that the other party involved were negligent, and that their negligence caused you to suffer your injuries. For more information about making a claim, contact the Injury Lawyers for free and friendly advice.

We all love going out – whether it means going for a few drinks at our local pub, or a big night out on the town. Either way it gives us the chance to let our hair down and relax. Some of us spend all week looking forward to a big night out at the weekend – but what happens if that big night out just doesn’t go to plan?

When I say doesn’t go to plan, I mean the unfortunate event of an accident occurring. When we’re out, we tend to drink more than necessary, and girls wear huge heels, which to some of us seem impossible to walk in. Both of these make the chances of us falling over and becoming injured greater.
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If you ask anybody about the best invention ever to be created, there is a good chance that a lot of people will reply with a motor vehicle as their answer. Motor vehicles give us a sense of freedom that we would have never had before. They allow us to go where we want and whenever we want to. If we wanted, we could be at the other end of the country in hours.

They allow us to visit family and friends on a regular basis, and keep us out of the cold in the winter. A lot of people say the type of motor vehicle you have is a show of your personality. In some cases, motor vehicles give a sense of social status – some vehicles are aimed at female drivers, others at male drivers.

With the latest rise in fuel, running our vehicles is becoming more and more expensive – however, we still find a way to pay for them each month, because we all know that life would be so much harder without them. As much as we love driving our vehicle, we all know that every time we do, there is a chance that we could become involved in a road traffic accident.
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To a lot of us out there, a dog is a man’s best friend – they wait anxiously for us coming home from work, and seem rather excited to see us when we do. We walk them, talk to them, and feed them. If a stranger knocks at the front door our dog will bark to warn us that they do not recognise that person.

In the UK, a dog is one of the most popular animals kept as a pet, along with cats, rabbits, and hamsters. We have dogs as pets for a number of reasons – some of us have them as family pets, others have them to protect them if need be. Whatever the reason we have them, they say a dog is a companion for life.

There has been an increase in the number of dog attack stories in the news recently, which makes parents fear for their children’s safety. Most of the news stories have reported dog attacks on toddlers and young children. Some of the attacks on the children were by a family pet, and now animal groups such as the RSPCA are urging parents not to leave their child unsupervised with a dog.
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It’s that time of year again that seems to come around faster and faster each and every time. I can barely remember Summer; it seemed to go so fast. Yesterday, the North East of England saw the first fall of snow for the coming winter. The Met Office are warning that this could be just a taster of the first falls of snow due to make an appearance this week. They say that temperatures could go as low as -10c on Friday night.

This will be good news for those of us who love to see snow falling on the ground – for those of us who don’t, it may be the worst news we’ve heard since we found out Wagner was not voted out once again on this week’s X-factor.

With Christmas approaching, the cold weather and winter snow really gets us in the mood for all things festive. It also makes us want to avoid roads at all costs. Snow and ice creates some of the worst driving conditions, making it more likely for us to become involved in a road traffic accident.
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If you are unfortunate enough to become involved in an accident at a supermarket that wasn’t your fault then you might be able to make an injury compensation claim. Unfortunately, accidents like this occur more often than we’d think – in fact, supermarket accidents are on the increase as one of the more common injury compensation claims. Although health and safety regulations state that all facilities must ensure they show a duty of care to customers, accidents still happen on a regular basis.

All supermarkets have a number of checks they must complete throughout the day. They must ensure that spillages are cleaned up as soon as they happen to prevent anyone from injuring themselves. They must also check that any other hazards, such as displays that have been knocked over, are rectified immediately.

Supermarkets can get extremely busy, especially during the evenings and weekends. This means the likeliness of you becoming involved in an accident increases. People in supermarkets can be careless when pushing their shopping trolleys, and often push them into people or over people’s toes without realising.
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Road traffic accidents are something we are all aware of, we read about them in the news every day and some of us have either been involved in them or witnessed them. Anybody who becomes involved in a road traffic accident is likely to suffer some kind of injury, whether it is a minor or fatal injury.

Pedestrians are extremely vulnerable when using the road, and if they become involved in a road traffic accident, the side effects can be fatal. When on the road, pedestrians have no protection. That is why it is extremely important that motorists maintain the duty of care they have towards all road users and pay attention to pedestrians on the highways.

A nine-year-old boy was badly injured when he was hit by a car on his way home from school on a busy Sheffield road – slammed as dangerous by residents.

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People of all ages can enjoy going swimming; it is a fun way to keep fit and makes for a great family day out. Whether it is leisure swimming you are taking part in, a swimming class or lane swimming, it is a more fun and relaxing way to keep fit. A lot of local swimming pools offer a range of swimming activities for people of all ages to take part in.

When you visit your local swimming pool there should be life guards on duty in the unfortunate event that an accident does happen. They should always be alert and nearby the pool keeping watch. It is also the lifeguard’s responsibility to make sure that those using the pool are doing so in safe manner.

There should also be signs around your local pool warning that you should not run around the pool, as it is wet and slippery, which could cause you injury. There should also be signs warning where non swimmers are allowed to go to, how deep the water is, and whether or not people are allowed to dive in the pool.
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For some aspiring cyclists, the ride to and from work in a morning is the best way for them to begin their day. It fills their body with fresh air, and contributes to their healthy lifestyle. Cyclists are fully aware of the dangers of cycling to work, which is why they follow guidelines in place, such as wearing protective gear and high visibility clothing.

The government and local councils have worked together in building cycling lanes across the U.K which provide cyclists with a safe place to ride that should have no interference from other road users. Although the government is building more and more cycle lanes to make cycling safer yet, accidents still happen.

A report in the Daily Mail reveals how a lorry driver has been banned from driving for life and received a 7-year jail sentence after he was found guilty of causing death by dangerous driving. A court heard he was over the drink-drive limit and had consumed almost a gallon of Guinness the night before the accident. He was said to have been suffering from the ‘most God-awful hangover’.
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Thousands of us travel in our vehicles everyday; a lot of us say we wouldn’t be able to cope without them. We use them for both work and social use. We are all fully aware that the slightest mistake when driving can cause an accident, and in the most unfortunate circumstances, it can even result in fatalities.

The Sheffield Star revealed a court report of a woman whom has been cleared of causing the death of a motorist who swerved to avoid a bed base which fell from the roof of her car. Liza Brothers, aged 41, tried to secure the bed base with an old washing line, jurors at Sheffield Crown Court heard.

The seamstress, who was driving to a tip on Greaves Lane, High Green, with her aunt Diane Foxton, told the court she heard a “whooshing” noise as the base slid off her Vauxhall Vectra. Another motorist, Helen Denton, also 41, of Walders Avenue, Hillsborough, Sheffield, was killed instantly after she lost control of her Peugeot trying to avoid the bed base on the A61 Westwood New Road, near Tankersley, and ploughed into an oncoming vehicle.
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