Schools shut and travel disrupted as northern Scotland hit by heavy snow

Heavy snow has been causing disruption (Danny Lawson/PA) - (PA Wire)

Hundreds of schools in northern Scotland are shut on Monday and flights and rail travel has been disrupted as weather warnings of snow remain in place.

A yellow warning of snow and ice covers the country as far south as Perth until the end of Monday, while a Met Office amber warning of heavy snow showers covering Shetland, Orkney and parts of the Highlands and Aberdeenshire expired at 10am.