The cold spell is set to continue overnight after temperatures plummeted to -18.9C on Saturday morning in Altnaharra, which is in the most northern region of the Highlands and was the UK's coldest Jan

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.

Yellow and amber weather warnings are in place for the country as we head through January 9 and towards the coming weekend.

The Met Office has issued yellow weather warnings of snow and ice for several regions as snow continues to cause carnage across the country.

A yellow weather warning for ice has been issued by the Met Office. The warning, external is in place for parts of Suffolk and Norfolk and comes into force from 16:00 GMT until 10:00 on Friday. The Met Office said scattered wintery showers could lead to some icy patches on untreated surfaces.

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