Snow hits London after cancelled trains and icy roads cause disruption across UK

Motorists in the north of England have been put on notice and train services cancelled after severe weather warnings were issued across the UK.

The Met Office issued three yellow weather alerts for snow and ice which are in place throughout Tuesday morning.

Impacted areas include the Bradford Interchange and Huddersfield, and also between Halifax and Hebden Bridge and Hull.

MerseyRail issued an alert warning passengers that due to the potential of snow and ice covering tracks, the first service on each line in north west England would run without customers to ensure conditions could be checked.

Travellers were advised to check their local rail app or social media and plan their journeys ahead.

Dan Suri, chief meteorologist at the Met Office, said: ‘An area of low pressure slides its way eastwards on Monday night. The associated frontal system, marking the boundary between cold air in the north and milder conditions to the south, will bring disruptive snow to some areas between Monday evening and Tuesday morning.

‘This is likely to coincide with rush hour, leading to disruption to some transport routes across a central swathe of the UK on Tuesday morning. It will also be windy in the far south.’

National Highways have issued an amber severe snow alert for roads across the north east and north west of the country.

Impacted roads included the M26 between J21-J23, the M1 at Leeds and Sheffield and the M56 at Manchester.