Britain braced for more snow

More snow has fallen across the north of the UK overnight, with up to 10 cms settling across the high mountains.

Overnight Glasgow and Edinburgh in Scotland have seen up to 5cm fall, with up to 4cm settling in Teesside and County Durham in northern England.

A covering of 10cms has decorated mountains in Cumbria, Northumbria and parts of Scotland.

More snow has fallen across the north of the UK overnight, with up to 10 cms settling across the high mountains.

Overnight Glasgow and Edinburgh in Scotland have seen up to 5cm fall, with up to 4cm settling in Teesside and County Durham in northern England.

Further south, areas including Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, escaped the snowfall but experienced rain fall and very cold temperatures instead.

The showers hitting sub-zero road surfaces will have resulted icy conditions for drivers, a weather expert said.

It comes just days after severe flooding hit Britain, from which many areas are still recovering.

In its latest weather forecast, the Met Office said rain will spread from the west tonight, it will snow across parts ofScotland and northern England.

An early frost will come - mainly in the north and east - but temperatures look set to rise overnight.

Tomorrow the rain will clear eastwards during the morning, with most places seeing sunny spells by afternoon, the Met Office said.

However, showers will still affect many western areas, and snow will linger in northeastern Scotland.

The white start to the month was enough to prompt record numbers of punters to place bets on snow falling on Christmas Day.

According to bookmakers Ladbrokes, more money had been staked on a White Christmas yesterday than by any other December 1 in its history.

The Met Office has issued a low-level severe weather warning across most of Scotland, north and east England, and north Wales, because of the freezing temperatures and snow fall:

Widespread snow is expected to fall across England and Scotland tonight, as the severe weather continues to take hold of Britain.

Many areas will see up to 3cm of snow mark the start of December, while 15cm is predicted to fall in the Scottish mountains.

Edinburgh, the Pennines, the Peak District, County Durham, Yorkshire, Norfolk and East Anglia are all expected to be affected.

Overnight temperatures have dropped to -6C in many parts of Britain, from central Scotland through to Cumbria and Buckinghamshire.

The Met Office warned it will be a clear, cold and frosty night for most in the UK, with a risk of ice and isolated fog patches.

Northern Scotland, coastal eastern Britain and maybe parts of the Irish Sea coast are at higher risk of ice due to continuing wintry showers, the Met Office continued.

Tomorrow will be cold, crisp and sunny for most. It will gradually cloud over in the far west ahead of wet weather spreading east later, with some snow likely in northeast Britain overnight, it added.

The Met Office has issued a severe cold weather alert for North East England and Yorkshire and the Humber.

It also issued lower level alerts for North West England, West Midlands, East Midlands and the East of England.

The Met Office said, "Cold weather is expected to continue through to Sunday with widespread overnight frosts expected".

"Rain may be preceded by hill snow over the Pennines before less cold conditions become established", it added.

For more information on your region, visit The Met Office website.