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By Paul Byrne & Dan Warburton Britain is braced for a bitter icy blast after last week’s deluge as an amber cold health alert is issued for large parts of the country. Snow and ice are forecast early this week as temperatures plummet. Many communities are still coping with the severe floods that followed Storm Henk and now health chiefs and the Met Office say wintery conditions could bring more misery. An amber cold health alert for the North West of England, West Midlands, East Midlands and South West England, issued by the UK Health Security Agency and the Met Office, runs until 12pm next Fr…