Colosseum closes and drivers abandon cars as snow falls on Rome for the first time in 26 YEARS

Daily Mail
#talian capital grinds to halt as severe weather halts traffic
#Locals shiver in tiled homes thanks to city's heating restrictions
#-36C temperatures across eastern Europe send death toll to 176
#Military on alert in the UK as temperatures drop and snowfall is predicted
#Over 11,000 villagers in Serbia trapped by snowdrifts and blizzards
#Death toll in Ukraine now 122, with 38 people killed by cold last night