The Met Office has issued a new two-day weather warning of snow and ice across a huge swathe of England and Wales, coming into force at 9pm tonight. It follows one already issued for the whole of Scotland and North East England in place until Wednesday.
The new alert reads: "A band of rain will edge southwards through the course of Monday evening and early Tuesday, this rain turning to snow on hills and perhaps to lower levels in places.
"Many areas will see little or no accumulations of snow, but 1 to 2cm could settle in some spots, most likely over high ground and southern parts of the warning area.
