'Beast from the East' threatens to bring more snow and freezing fog The cold front from the north east relented slightly on Saturday, allowing temperatures to climb above freezing in many areas, allowing slightly more comfortable conditions for walkers in snow covered areas like Saddleworth Moor near Manchester. Met Office forecasters, however, warned that more cold weather was coming from northern Scandinavia, bringing the risk of freezing fog on Monday and Tuesday night. A Met Office spokesman said that by the middle of the week, there might be snow in the east, even as far south as Kent. This follows a battering that saw much of Britain shivering in snow and sub-zero temperatures last week, with the lowest recorded temperature being 9F (-12.9C), in Braemar, Aberdeenshire, on Wednesday, while the heaviest snowfall was 3.5 inches in Aboyne, also in Aberdeenshire, on Tuesday night. The effects of the flooding were still being felt in Whitby, north Yorkshire, where a 140-year old smokehouse was hit by debris from the cliff above it because of a landslip thought to have been caused by a damaged drainage pipe. Fortune's smokehouse was hit by debris on Friday night, when the landslip caused part of the cliff near St Mary's church and the Grade I listed abbey to fall onto the cobbled street below. The damage to the drainage pipe has left rainwater pouring down the cliff near the church graveyard. At the end of November another landslip, further along the east cliff in Whitby, left five cottages hanging over a sheer drop. Their patio gardens disappeared and engineers said the cottages would have to be demolished. Due to the precarious position of the houses, the work is being done brick-by-brick.