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Live updates as snow hits the West Midlands
Birmingham Airport closed for two hours overnight
Staff have cleared runways but travellers are urged to allow extra time
Some buses in Birmingham and the Black Country are being diverted
The Met Office has issued an amber alert for snow across much of the UK, to run until midnight on Sunday
By Susie Rack
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Steady and persistent rain is expected to spread across Birmingham and Staffordshire later today before the weather turns breezy and mild.
Forecasters predict there could be further showers on Monday, with some of them wintry.
Yellow warnings for snow and ice in the region run until midnight, with an amber warning for snow affecting Staffordshire until the same time.
A yellow warning for outbreaks of heavy rain runs overnight until 06:00 GMT on Monday.
Meanwhile, the Met Office is predicting snow and ice will continue to impact Shropshire and Staffordshire until midday on Monday.
No weather warnings have yet been put into place from Tuesday onwards.
With medics warning people to stay warm as sub-zero temperatures hit, how can people on already squeezed budgets keep costs down?
Advice includes turning radiators off in unused rooms, improvising draught excluders and drawing curtains at dusk.
Other tips include pushing furniture away from radiators and not overfilling the kettle.
The elderly and those with underlying health conditions are advised to keep the temperatures at 18C in their main room.
Read more here.
Simon Humphreys
BBC Radio Stoke
The leader of Staffordshire County Council, Alan White, has told us he's concerned about flooding as snow on the ground melts and turns to slush.
"We are now moving on... to an amber warning for flooding because as that snow melts, the excess water starts to run off and we have got to keep an eye on how that water is managed," he said.
"We are hoping to see that water run off in a controlled manner but, as always with these things, we have just got to keep an eye out."
Councillor White said gritting teams had worked through the night and thanked local farmers for ploughing roads on the Leek Moorlands.
Elsewhere, children have been enjoying sledging in Brough Park in Leek - a "legendary" spot according to one participant.
Alec Blackman
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
Coventry and Warwickshire seems to have escaped the worst of the snow.
Earlier predictions of up to 13cm (5in) of snow have proved to be over-cautious with most places reporting a light dusting instead of anything more significant.
No major problems have been reported on the area’s roads and slightly warmer temperatures are seeing what did settle overnight now melting away.
Thomas Berrington
BBC Radio Shropshire
In Shropshire there was some snow overnight but a lot of it has since melted away.
However, callers to BBC Radio Shropshire have been telling us rural roads are still pretty bad.
For a time in the morning, 152 homes were without power in Easthope, near Church Stretton, but this is now down to 48.
Ten properties in Shifnal have had no power all morning – the National Grid originally said it should be back on by 11:00 GMT but that’s now been pushed back to 14:00.
Despite conditions being worse further north, the train services between Shrewsbury and Crewe/ Manchester have had little to no delays.
More than two hundred households are without power in the West Midlands, according to the National Grid, external.
In Wolverhampton, 109 properties near New Cross Hospital are expected to be affected by outages until about 17:00 GMT, with a further 72 affected in the Birchills area of Walsall.
Residents in parts of Birmingham, Easthope and Shifnal in Shropshire, Penkridge in Staffordshire and Hartshill and Bishops Tachbrook in Warwickshire are also impacted.
With National Highways warning of ice on the roads, drivers are advised to check local forecasts before thinking about setting off.
Here's a reminder of some tips, including using second gear to avoid wheel spin and not to splash boiling water onto iced-up windscreens.
Stopping distances can be up to 10 times greater in snow and ice, so leave more space than usual.
Lara Davies
BBC Radio WM
Snow and ice in Birmingham has not been as bad as expected, although about 5cm (2in) fell across Birmingham and the Black Country and up to 20cm (8in) in more hilly areas of the region.
Birmingham Airport temporarily suspended operations for a few hours overnight but said it was on schedule for "business as usual" this morning.
The Met Office has reduced Birmingham and the Black Country's amber weather warning to a yellow one for snow and ice.
A lot of what the weather office expected to fall as snow fell as rain instead, as the temperatures were milder than predicted.
BBC Weather Watchers have been sending in their wintry wonderland snaps.Matt has captured livestock looking a bit soggy in a snow-covered field in Leek Wootton, Warwickshire.
If you want to share photos of your own, visit the BBC Weather Watchers site for more information.
There's an amber warning for snow in Staffordshire until midnight on Sunday.
This means the Met Office thinks there is a high likelihood of residents seeing more widespread power cuts, transport delays and cancellations.
It also means some rural communities are likely to be cut off.
Parts of Shropshire, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Telford and Wrekin and Warwickshire are also under an amber warnings of snow and ice, meaning driving is likely to hazardous.
A yellow warning of snow and ice means areas are less likely to be impacted by widespread disruption, but should still check the forecast and take necessary steps.
BBC Weather Watcher Laura445 sent in this snap of two swans-a-swimming in the village of Horsehay in Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire.
Temperatures in the area are expected to peak at 4C (39.2F) today.
Rather them than us!
National Express West Midlands has put out a list of bus routes, external in Birmingham and the Black Country affected this morning by "difficult road conditions and low temperatures".
The National Grid says it's working to restore power after outages across the West Midlands.
The company's live map, external shows power cuts around central Birmingham, Atherstone, Shifnal and Bromsgrove this morning.
Customers are facing disruptions to their supplies until after midday.
There are no major delays to bring you yet this morning.
However National Highways has warned motorists rain falling on frozen routes could lead to ice, particularly on high ground.
Staffordshire Police advised drivers to take precautions, particularly in the Moorlands area, including allowing extra distance and braking time.
"Clear your car of ice and snow, including the windscreen, rear window, wing mirrors and roof, before driving," said Scott McGrath from the road crime team.
"Don’t start driving until the windscreen is fully defrosted and avoid driving altogether if weather conditions are extreme."
You’re waking up to a scattering of snow across the West Midlands.
Weather warnings from the Met Office remain active in the region until midnight.
An amber warning forecasts snow and ice across parts of Shropshire, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Telford and Wrekin and Warwickshire.
Here, the Met Office is predicting 3cm to 7cm of snowfall, mixing with rain in lower-lying spots.
Elsewhere, a yellow weather warning is still in place for areas in Birmingham, Wolverhampton and the Black Country, Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
Forecasters say further sleet and snow is likely in these places, with some also getting a spell of freezing rain.
Birmingham Airport has warned passengers to allow for extra travel time after it shut overnight.
Posting on X, the airport said it closed for two hours, external to clear heavy snow off the runways.
It warned passengers on Sunday that while the start of the flight schedule remained normal, people travelling to the airport should allow plenty of time.
A statement from the airport said: "As a result of resilience teams working throughout the night, the start up to the schedule remains business as usual."
There's been flurries overnight in most parts of our region - we'll keep you up to date here with any travel disruption.
Please get in touch if you want to share any information. We've already had lots of pictures sent in and we'll share some of these on this page too.