A cold weather alert has been issued as parts of the UK are set to be hit by snow this week. Yellow weather warnings issued by the Met Office have been brought forward as Arctic air moves over parts of Scotland and then down to northern England.
North-west England is among the areas hit by a level three alert by the UK Health Security Agency, meaning a 90 per cent chance of severely cold weather, icy conditions or heavy snow that could impact the most vulnerable.
It is predicted that temperatures could plummet to the coldest yet so far this year, particularly on higher ground in northern Scotland, which could experience lows of below minus 10C. The wintry conditions could lead to up to 10cm of snow on higher ground in Scotland and 5cm at lower levels.
