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15:49 UK time, Monday, 11 February 2013

A service highlighting the riches of the daily press.

Sometimes the old ones are the best.

"Arctic chaos to last a week" .

The paper with staple splashes - Diana, Maddy, asylum seekers - opts for another old favourite. Snow.

"Britain was today in the grip of an Arctic blast with up to eight inches of snow set to wreak havoc."

The cause? Forecasters blame a "battle" between mild, moist air and a colder front. As with all the best stories it comes to an elemental battle between Good and Evil.

And like that bit in the A Team with the upbeat music where they fit out a new jeep, you can almost hear the snow ploughs revving.

"With more heavy snow on the way, 2,000 gritters across the country were gearing up for the busiest few days of an already biting winter.

A forecaster at Vantage Weather Services is quoted as saying south eastern England could see eight inches of snow. Night time temperatures could fall to -15C. A different forecaster warns of "a very severe spell of winter weather ahead."

The impact is reduced by a bullet point at the end.

"A huge blizzard with hurricane-force winds has battered the north-eastern US and Canada, cutting power to 650,000 homes and leaving at least eight people dead."

It goes on: "More than three feet of snow was dumped on the region in a few hours. Cars were entombed in drifts and many householders could not open their doors."

One might argue that some perspective is required.

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