First significant snowfall of season falls on Scotland's largest ski resort | Highlands & Islands | News | STV

A blizzard hit Scotland's largest ski resort overnight on Monday giving schoolchildren on holiday the chance for an early snowball fight.

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[Danish Energy Agency's director of EU affairs Ulrich] Bang said that the [carbon dioxide trading] system has "almost collapsed," a view widely shared by other European-based specialists.

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Frost damage to SA vineyards

[South Australia] Cold winters like conditions have caused extensive damage to vineyards in South Australia's Barossa and Clare Valleys.

Some grape growers in the north of the Barossa are reporting up to 70 per cent crop losses due to frost.

AU: Cold weather pushes down Summer fruit prices

Queensland fruit growers are worried that the unseasonably cold weather in the country's south will make it difficult to market their summer produce.

As snow fell in some southern states, watermelon prices were halved within a week.