Met Office knew big freeze was coming but hushed it up

By RACHEL QUIGLEY Cars try to make their way through the centre of York in the snow at the start of December. Councils could have been better prepared for the cold snap if they had been pre-warned by the Met OfficeThe Met Office warned ministers to expect an ‘exceptionally cold winter’ but then kept the prediction secret from the public.The forecaster decided not to reveal the information b...