UK weather: Met Office issues severe snow warning as rush-hour chaos engulfs Britain
Travellers warned to check ahead after snow hits overnight
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Your support makes all the difference.Ice and snow has disrupted travel on Friday after the UK braced through the coldest night in seven years.
Southern England woke up to ongoing sleet and snow and the Scottish Highlands recorded a low overnight temperature of -15.4C.
More than 100 people were stranded overnight in the Jamaica Inn pub on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, due to snow blanketing the A30.
The Met Office‘s amber warning for snow and ice – its second-highest level – was issued for London until 11am, with yellow warnings still in place across much of the rest of the UK.
Flights were cancelled at Heathrow and Bristol airports while Southeastern and Transport for Wales warned of timetable alterations. Northern Ireland and Scotland are expected to miss out on wintry showers that will persist into the evening for the rest of the country.
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Another one for the 'winter weather is annoying but pretty' file, this time from Cambridgeshire.
Some are taking a classically British approach to the cold weather by comparing the UK's dusting of snow with the havoc hitting the American midwest.
Temperatures in some places, like Chicago, have hit -50C.
It was so cold in areas trapped in the so-called polar vortex that Lake Michigan froze over.
Road police in Surrey are warning motorists to take it slow "clear all snow from vehicle not just from windows, wrap warm&take a hot drink".
Officers said that the M3 at junction 2 - for the M25 - was partially blocked by a van on its side.
A model railway enthusiast has tweeted a video of a miniature snow plough in action.
The 200ft-long Gretton Garden Railway, based on the 16mm scale, was dusted with snow overnight.
But a home-made snow plough attached to an old model carriage soon got the track clear.
Here's how the A30 looked last night - the road where drivers abandoned their vehicles due to snow and were put up in the Jamaica Inn pub.
It's still going in Berkshire, which is under the Met Office's amber warning.
Meteorologists have warned that some rural communities may be cut off with power cuts likely.
Road and rail users could be stranded as travel disruption in central southern England is also likely, they said.
The University of Reading - covered by the Met's amber warning - has cancelled all classes on Friday.
It warned students only to travel if it was safe to do so.
The Met Office has released radar imagery showing where snow is still falling across the UK.
Ice may still be a danger factor even where it is not snowing, forecasters warned.
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