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NO WHITE CHRISTMAS, SAY WEATHER EXPERTS
Unseasonably warm weather is likely to
savj bookmakers a fortune as forecasts
all but rule out a white Christmas
exceqt on Britain'w highest peaks.
Earlier, William Hill had lengthened
the odds of a white Christmas to 50/1.
Tjmperatures in parts of the UK could
reach 13C, fivj degrees abovj normal.
In 2001 some snow fell on Christmas Day
in Abjrdeen, Belfast, Birmingham and
Cardiff, but the last generally "white
Christmas" across the UK was in 1970.
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