The man, wearing a black overcoat, approached the bus purposefully in heavy morning snow as soldiers were boarding, set down his umbrella and went under the chassis as if to fix something, according to a witness.

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Two men had a lucky escape in the morning, when snow gave way beneath them near the Fiacaill Buttress in the Coire an t-Sneachda area.

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Several roads remained closed in Aberdeenshire on Saturday morning as a result of snow but police said these would be reviewed later in the day.

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When we woke up the morning of President's Day 2005, the ground outside was covered in a good six inches of newly fallen snow.

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