Hundreds of schools closed following the first snowfall on Friday and eight remained closed on Monday.

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"Online sales soared during the first snowfall as customers struggled to get to the shops, " said Andy Street, John Lewis managing director.

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It will come back on sometime in December, with the first snowfall.

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In Pittsburgh, which was seeing its first major snowfall of the season, travelers battled the elements.

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Mr Clinton's visit coincided with Kosovo's first substantial snowfall and many who were driven away by the Serbian offensive are still sheltering in tents beside the ruins of their burnt out homes.

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Amid bitterly cold conditions and heavy snowfall, the players deserved credit for the general quality of the first half - but the same could not be said about much of the second.

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