Rush-hour commuters in the heart of London were met by snow showers on Monday morning.<br /><br />Video shows Londoners battling the elements as snow flurries descended around Oxford Circus, one the capital's busiest underground stations.<br /><br />The snowy blast, nicknamed "the Beast from the East", has sent temperatures plunging across parts of the UK.<br /><br />Forecasters warned it could be the UK's coldest spell for five years.<br /><br />++CLIENTS PLEASE NOTE: THIS VIDEO HAS BEEN LOOPED++
