Gritting trains not deployedpublished at 16:31 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2017
Great Western Railway says no gritting trains needed
Summary
Updates on Friday, 13 January 2017
England's east coast escapes significant flood damage
Thousands of homes evacuated in Norfolk, Suffolk, Lincolnshire and Essex
Seventeen severe flood warnings remain in place
Icy conditions expected across the UK
Gritting trains not deployedpublished at 16:31 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2017
Sandbags at the readypublished at 16:30 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2017
BBC reporter Phil Bodmer is in Scarborough in North Yorkshire, where flooding from the sea is feared:
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End of twitter postWhen does snow form?published at 16:24 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2017
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End of twitter postWarnings in Northern Irelandpublished at 16:21 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2017
Weather warnings are in place in Northern Ireland until Friday.
This picture was taken in Coleraine earlier:
Image source, Ken CoxAll downhill from herepublished at 16:17 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2017
A sledger at Pont ar Daf in the Brecon Beacons:
Image source, Getty ImagesTravel disruption and school closures north of the borderpublished at 16:11 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2017
The weather is affecting the Highlands, central belt and south of Scotland.
Statuesquepublished at 15:53 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2017
The snow-covered commando memorial at Spean Bridge in the Highlands:
Image source, Getty ImagesHouses evacuated in Essexpublished at 15:46 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2017
People in the Essex village of Jaywick are being told to leave their homes, because of possible flooding.
Police officers will be going from house to house to tell people who live there
From 7am on Friday, residents will be able to go to a centre at Tendring, where they and their pets can stay until it is safe to return.