Key news and reports: WEEKEND 9/10 JANUARY
FOOTBALL HIT BY BIG FREEZE
This was the worst weekend for sport throughout the UK since December 1981. Not only were most amateur and semi-pro games frozen off all over the country, only six games survived in the FA Premiership and Football League and not a ball was kicked in open-age and youth leagues on the Fylde Coast. Rugby and horse racing similarly affected as well with sporting venues everywhere being under snow and ice.
