Travel disruption across UK caused by ice and snow to continue

Met Office has issued weather warnings for all four nations, and declared flooding of Somerset Levels to be a major incident

The Met Office has warned of continued travel disruption caused by ice and snow in parts of the UK, as a major incident has been declared in Somerset because of flooding after heavy rain in recent weeks.

Weather warnings for snow and ice are in place for four parts of the UK until midday on Thursday, including northern Scotland and the Orkney Islands, Northern Ireland and north-west England, Wales and parts of the West Midlands.