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As snow, sleet and ice continue to affect much of the country, the Met Office is urging people to stay safe in the cold weather and to take precautions when heading outdoors. If you are going outside for a walk you should follow a "thin clothing" rule and wear several layers of light clothes, rather than one thick layer.

Surfaces were left wet and cold following Wednesday's rain and snow, potentially causing dangerous icy conditions on roads, pavements and cycle paths, the Met Office has warned

Nearly every part of the country has been issued one or several yellow weather warning by the Met Office for between Monday and Thursday, where conditions will be severe. The forecast spells a turbulent New Years’ Eve for many as the bad weather is set to travel southwards across the country between December 31 and January 1.

The Met Office has issued a fresh eight-hour weather warning as the UK reels from heavy snowfall after what was expected to be the coldest night of winter so far. A new yellow warning covers large swathes of southwest England and south to mid Wales for ice, which came into place at 3am this morning and will remain until 11am.

Tonight, January 10, the Met Office has predicted that parts of the UK could reach a whopping -20C. In Altnaharra, a hamlet in Sutherland, the most northern region of the Highlands, overnight temperatures dropped to -14.5C overnight into Friday, the coldest night of the winter so far in the UK.

An 18-hour weather warning is currently covering Merseyside. The new yellow weather warning is for ice and the Met Office has warned that scattered wintry showers which may lead to icy patches and travel disruption.

The Met Office has issued new weather warnings for parts of the UK, with yellow warnings for ice and snow in place until Friday morning. The two new warnings cover parts of Northern Ireland and Wales as well as areas in north-west England and the east of England - they come after an existing warning for snow and ice in parts of northern Scotland.

The mercury could reach minus 20C in some parts of the UK on Friday night, the Met Office has said, with weather warnings for ice in place across the UK