Drivers have been told to expect difficult driving conditions as icy weather grips the UK. The Met Office has issued yellow 'be aware' warnings for ice across the country and snow across the Midlands, northern England and Wales, Scotland and N Ireland.
Tiger Woods has said he will "keep fighting" after he plunged to new depths with the worst score of his professional career in Friday's second round at the TPC Scottsdale.
Woods was out-of-sorts in every phase of his game as he struggled to an 11-over-par score of 82 at the Phoenix Open.
Woods was competing at Scottsdale in only his second event in five months after suffering back problems for most of last year after undergoing surgery.
The number of people dying from liver disease in the UK has risen by 400% over the last 40 years according to the British Liver Trust.
The charity is calling for the Government to introduce early liver disease screening along with a specific national liver health prevention campaign which it said could save £600m and thousands of lives.
Chief Executive of the Trust, Andrew Langford, said: “If we do nothing, we will continue to see ever increasing rates of liver damage and early death.
"The average age of death from liver disease is 57, that’s over 20 years lower than deaths from cancer, stroke and heart disease – liver disease is now the third most common cause of premature death."
The organisation has launched its fourth annual 'Love Your Liver' campaign along with an online screening tool which is designed to help the public assess their risk of liver disease.
The British army is setting set up a specialist brigade that will be expert in the use of social media in the digital age, according to reports.
The new brigade, which will be made up of reservists and regular troops and based in Hermitage in Berkshire, is expected to be officially operational in April following a recruitment drive in the Spring.
An Army spokesman said the unit would "play a key part in enabling the UK to fight in the information age" and that it "consists of more than just traditional capabilities".
He added: "77 Brigade is being created to draw together a host of existing and developing capabilities essential to meet the challenges of modern conflict and warfare.
The new brigade is being named the 77th in tribute to the Chindits,a British guerrilla force led by Major General Orde Wingate against the Japanese in Burma during WWII, which used unorthodox tactics.
All rank-and-file police officers should be armed with a Taser because of the heightened security threat, the head of the Police Federation has said.
Steve White, chairman of the body which represents front-line officers, said acts of terrorism could be carried out anywhere and police needed to be protected.
He cited the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby near Woolwich Barracks in 2013 as an example of how lone wolf-style attacks could be carried out without guns.
He told The Guardian: "The terrorist ideal to get attention no longer relies on an attack being in a place of note. It could be in Cheam high street, in any town, in any part of the UK.
"We know there are more dangerous people out there, preparing to attack police officers and we need to be able to respond to that threat."
Motorists have been warned to expect difficult driving conditions as icy weather continues to grip the UK.
The Met Office has issued yellow 'be aware' warnings for ice across the entire country and snow across the Midlands, northern England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
With temperatures remaining low overnight, forecasters have warned that ice is likely to form on untreated road surfaces and more snow is expected on high ground, especially across Scotland.
Strong winds of up to 60mph are predicted in north-west Scotland, meaning blizzard conditions are likely, experts say.
The Met Office said sleet and snow showers would affect parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland today, with snow falling to lower levels and extending further south through the day.
Business leaders have called on the Government to merge or scrap taxes raising less than £5 billion for the Treasury.
The Institute of Directors (IoD) said taxes such as stamp duty on shares, air passenger duty, and capital gains and inheritance tax could be simplified or reduced.
Stephen Herring, head of taxation at the IoD, said: "The basic principles here are that taxes should be focused purely upon the fiscal revenues collected and their wider economic impact. They should not be confiscatory, punishing or unduly complex."
He added: "We continue to support the priority given to reducing the UK's annual fiscal deficit and recognise that this is no easy task. We also support reforms that have improved the UK's competitive ranking as a business friendly country.
"However, we have been disappointed with the pace of tax reform under the Coalition, and a more radical agenda for tax reforms is now needed."
