UK snow in pictures as Arctic blast leaves entire neighbourhoods blanketed sparking travel chaos

Parts of the UK person woken up to snowfall this greeting arsenic temperatures dropped overnight and meteorologists issued warnings owed to the acold upwind which could beryllium 'disruptive'

Brits crossed respective parts of the state person woken up to a wintertime wonderland arsenic the first snowfall of the season fell overnight.

The Met Office issued 3 yellowish upwind alerts for snowfall and crystal covering the Midlands, bluish England, parts of Northern Ireland, northbound eastbound Wales and sections of Northern Ireland. And snowfall besides caused question chaos, with the National Rail informing the acold clime would interaction assorted routes connected the Northern Rail until astatine slightest 2pm connected Tuesday.

Dan Suri, Chief Meteorologist astatine the Met Office, said: "An country of debased unit slides its mode eastwards connected Monday night. The associated frontal system, marking the bound betwixt acold aerial successful the northbound and milder conditions to the south, volition bring disruptive snowfall to immoderate areas betwixt Monday evening and Tuesday morning.

"This is apt to coincide with unreserved hour, starring to disruption to immoderate transport routes crossed a cardinal swathe of the UK connected Tuesday morning. It volition besides beryllium windy successful the acold south." Motorists were besides enactment connected precocious alert, with the National Highways issuing an amber terrible snowfall alert for roads crossed the North East and North West of the country. Road users were advised to instrumentality other attraction and debar the country if possible.

Impacted roads included the M26 betwixt J21-J23, the M1 astatine Leeds and Sheffield and the M56 astatine Manchester. It comes arsenic the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) issued the archetypal amber acold upwind wellness alert of the play this week.

The amber warning covers the eastbound and northbound of England, midlands, and Yorkshire and the Humber, with yellowish alerts coming into spot for the South East, South West and London astatine 8am connected Tuesday, lasting until 6pm connected Saturday. Charity Age UK warned that the conditions could beryllium unsafe for susceptible people, including the elderly.

Dr Agostinho Sousa, from the UKHSA, said: "This is the archetypal amber Cold Weather Health Alert of the season, but we tin expect much arsenic we attack winter, and it is captious to cheque successful connected susceptible friends, household and neighbours to guarantee they are good prepared for the onset of acold weather. Particularly if they are aged oregon different astatine accrued risk."

Age UK manager Caroline Abrahams said the foundation was disquieted that the nonaccomplishment of the Winter Fuel Payment has caused galore older radical to beryllium "extra fearful" astir turning connected their heating this winter. "With precocious vigor bills and nutrient prices it is understandable that immoderate whitethorn deliberation they person to chopped backmost connected nutrient and crook their heating off, but prolonged vulnerability to acold temperatures tin person a superior interaction connected an older person's health, particularly if they are already trying to negociate existing illnesses," she said.