It comes after three weather warnings were in place for most of Wales at the same time with snow, heavy in places, closing roads and seeing some vehicles stranded

An amber weather warning for snow and ice for most of Wales has been issued for this weekend by the Met Office. It is the second highest level of warning and is in effect from 18:00 GMT on Saturday until midday on Sunday, with warnings of travel disruption.

Up to 30cm of snowfall is expected in some areas as the Met Office warned of rare freezing rain across England and Wales

The national forecaster says snow will fall on Sunday morning before later turning to rain in central and southern parts of England, while heavy snow will continue to fall through

Heavy overnight snow is causing disruption across the UK as the cold start to the new year continues. Two amber weather warnings from the Met Office have been put in place in England and Wales, with 3cm to 7cm of snowfall predicted for much of the affected area,

Amber warnings in place as snow and freezing rain hits Britain - Major health warning issued and disruption including travel chaos and power cuts likely as Met Office issues alerts across the country

Heavy snow and freezing rain are set to bring considerable disruption across the UK, with an amber weather warning now in force. Parts of northern England, the Midlands and Wales are forecast to be among the worst hit as adverse weather pushes northwards throughout the night,