Will it be a White Christmas this year? UK weather forecast prediction and odds for 2017 where you live
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Leading bookies have slashed the odds on the UK seeing a ' White Christmas ' this year.
Brits are set for shock snowstorms, frosts and plummeting temperatures after four mild winters in a row, according to bookmakers.
It's now odds on (1/2, from 13/8) that snow falls on a city over the 24 hours of Christmas Day.
Hospitals are already gearing up, with the elderly and sick at risk from harsh conditions.
Ladbrokes is offering 5-2 that people in Newcastle will wake up to snow on December 25, while Manchester and Liverpool are at 4-1. Birmingham,
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Bristol, Cardiff, Dublin, Leeds and London all face a 5-1 chance of a white Christmas.
Spokesman Alex Apati said bets on December being the coldest ever were 'really hotting up, but the same can't be said for the weather."
William Hill spokesman Rupert Adams added: "The White Christmas betting is going bonkers and there are going to be a lot of very happy punters if there is widespread snow."
Coral's Harry Aitkenhead said: "Snow is falling all around us now and Londoners are beginning to get excited at the prospect of a dash of the white stuff.
"It's now 5-1 that the capital gets a White Christmas this year."
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William Hill odds
7/4 Aberdeen
7/4 Belfast
7/4 Edinburgh
7/4 Glasgow
2/1 Belfast
2/1 Leeds
3/1 Newcastle
3/1 Birmingham
3/1 Liverpool
3/1 Manchester
4/1 Bristol
4/1 Cardiff
5/1 London
5/1 Norwich
5/1 Dublin
8/1 Penzance