UK weather: heavy snow and freezing rain set to hit as amber warning issued

Met Office warns of up to 40cm snowfall in northern England and Pennines overnight as temperatures drop to -8.6C

Further weather warnings have been issued for England, Scotland and Wales amid heavy snow and freezing rain that has been forecast this weekend.

A new yellow weather warning has been issued for rain, affecting Wales, north-west England, east Midlands and the west Midlands.