Power problems remain after severe cold cuts supplies

Thousands of homes around the UK remain without electricity after severe weather disrupted supplies.

Up to 18,000 properties in Northern Ireland, 10,000 in Scotland and 2,000 in Wales have been without power overnight, despite efforts by energy firms to reconnect them.

In Lancashire the body of a 27-year-old man was found in deep snow in farmland near Burnley, police said.

Helena Lee reports.