Weatherday: "We want two million for him"

Very cold, with a yellow alert for snow and ice across the region. Mostly cloud for the day with occasional bright spells.

Highest temperature expected to be no more than 1deg. Fresh and gusty wind from the east will add a wind chill.

On this day in 1983, a nationwide hunt began for the 1981 Derby winner Shergar, stolen for ransom the evening before from the Aga Khan's stud at Ballymany. The horse was never found. 

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