Jolly old England Bogged Down in Snow (Football matches postpone in London & Manchester)

LONDON -- Unusually heavy snowfall stranded hundreds of motorists, disrupted trains and shut down schools and airports across Britain on Wednesday as the country suffered through its longest cold snap in nearly 30 years.

Airports across the country were paralyzed, with London's Gatwick and Stansted unable to operate and hundreds of flights canceled. At Gatwick, where the only runway had been shut for snow clearance all day, more than 240 flights were canceled. London Luton airport was closed until early afternoon. A dozen flights were also canceled at London's Heathrow airport, Europe's busiest, with long lines building at check-in desks.

LONDON (AP) — Heavy snow has forced Arsenal to postpone its Premier League game against Bolton in London, one of several events to be postponed because of severe winter weather in Britain.

Arsenal called the game off at Emirates Stadium after heavy snow kept falling throughout Wednesday afternoon.The heaviest snowfalls to hit Britain in three decades had already forced two League Cup games -- Tuesday's Blackburn-Aston Villa match and Wednesday's Manchester City-Manchester United game -- to be rescheduled for later this month.