Climbers killed in Scottish Highlands avalanche as Europe hit by blizzards, snow

FOUR people have been killed and a woman is seriously injured after an avalanche in the Scottish Highlands today as the UK is besieged by once-in-a-decade snowfalls.

The snow and ice caused chaos for the second day in a row at various airports, particularly Heathrow which had to cancel 417 flights yesterday and another 111 today with many other short-haul flights disrupted.

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