Updates from Friday 29 January
A fresh warning of icy conditions across the West Midlands has been issued for this evening and tonight.
Image source, Met OfficeArea covered by the yellow weather warning
The Met Office has, external put out a yellow alert and said there could be injuries from slips and falls along with travel disruption.
The warning runs from 18:00 today until 10:00 on Tuesday.
Bin collections have now also been suspended in Lichfield and the surrounding area, and south Staffordshire:
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Some footpaths will be cleared in Birmingham by city council staff today.
The local authority said , externalit would be working to treat priority paths including clearing snow as well as sending out gritters.
Image source, Birmingham City CouncilTwo Covid-19 testing centres in Birmingham remain closed today because of the icy weather.
The sites at Castle Vale Stadium and Maypole Youth Centre shut yesterday but the city council said the closure decision would be reviewed each hour., external
However the test centre at the Arcadian Centre has reopened after being closed on Sunday during the snow.
The number of places having their bin collections cancelled today due to the wintry weather is increasing.
Image source, Sandwell CouncilSandwell Council said, external pavement and road conditions have forced them to suspend household waste collections and recycling collections have already been suspended due to staff shortages.
In Walsall, external, Wolverhampton, external and the Staffordshire Moorlands, external, local councils said collections would continue but warned of disruption away from main, treated roads.
Walsall Council has , externalalso closed both tips in the borough.
Wintry scenes dominate photographs from our local BBC Weather Watchers today as you'd expect, from sledding to gritters.
Here are three from users OgySnaps in Tardebigge, Worcestershire, Jayne G in Alrewas, Staffordshire and Milsonian in Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire:
Image source, OgySnaps
Image source, Jayne G
Image source, Milsonian
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Drivers on the M6 are being urged to slow down in the wintry weather.
The Central Motorway Police Group (CMPG) said , externalthere had been four crashes already this morning by 08:41 including this car which lost control at junction 8, near Walsall.
Image source, CMPGSeveral flood warnings have been downgraded in the West Midlands this morning as levels on the River Severn continue to fall.
Among those being scaled back is the village of Kempsey, which is now just a flood alert.
The Environment Agency said the flood pumps kept the village dry over the weekend.
It was not the same story at Beales Corner in Bewdley, where temporary barriers failed.
This was the scene near Worcester yesterday, as captured by BBC Weather Watcher Sky High:
Image source, Sky HighSixteen current warnings cover:
Some areas are covered by multiple flood warnings
Three coronavirus testing centres have been confirmed closed today due to the ongoing wintry conditions in the West Midlands.
Image source, Herefordshire CouncilThe site at Lichfield FC in Staffordshire closed yesterday in the snow and the county council confirmed it had not reopened.
Herefordshire Council said , externalthe icy conditions meant the ones on Wilton road car park, Ross on Wye, and Merton Meadow, Hereford, were shut today.
Five other sites closed yesterday and we are still awaiting confirmation from the councils in Birmingham, Coventry and Telford if they have reopened.
More bin collections have been suspended today with councils citing the unsafe conditions to work in due to the snow and ice.
Image source, BBC Weather Watcher Cathyvee25Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council said, external alternative arrangements would be put in place and residents who had been due a collection today should keep their bins out.
North Warwickshire Borough Council said, external areas hit by the conditions today included Coleshill, Water Orton, Wishaw, Curdworth and Middleton.
It said while some roads appeared clear "they represent a very small percentage of the collections to be undertaken".
Temperatures in the West Midlands dropped dramatically overnight with some places getting down to -7C.
The Environment Agency's Dave Throup said at about 08:00 Pershore, in Worcestershire, was one of the coldest places in the country:
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A group that helps medical staff get in and out of work in bad weather said it had been in high demand at the weekend.
Image source, West Midlands 4x4 ResponseWest Midlands 4x4 Response is run by a team of volunteer drivers and Simon Croft, from the group, said they have been busy.
"I have been lucky enough to respond a couple of times over the last couple of weeks, helping out a senior registrar in one instance who got stuck and spent two hours after a 12-hour shift trying to get home," he said.
Quad bike owners are being warned not to use the snow as an excuse to cause "havoc" in their communities.
West Midlands Police said, external officers seized multiple bikes on Sunday and warned they would seize and crush other vehicles causing disruption.
Image source, West Midlands PoliceA group that gives surplus food to community groups has had to cancel events today due to the snow.
Shrewsbury Food Hub said its food share efforts at Christ Church and Belle Vue would be closed today to keep its volunteer drivers safe.
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A Coventry-based charity has been thanked after serving more than 200 hot meals to flood-hit residents and emergency workers.
Image source, Langar AidLangar Aid despatched volunteers to Bewdley, Worcestershire, and said police escorted them to the town., external
The Environment Agency's Dave Throup thanked them, external for their "help and generosity".
All bin collections in Solihull have been suspended today because of the bad weather.
The council said, external it would not reschedule the collections and crews would instead pick up "all waste presented" on Monday 1 February.
Our local news websites have been covering the impact of the snow and ice today:
About 20 flood warnings are still in force in the region, along the route of the River Severn -almost half of those across England.
The worst of the flooding has moved downstream over the weekend and river levels are expected to fall further.
A flood warning in Ironbridge was removed yesterday evening, the Environment Agency said, although flood barriers remain up.
Tweeting over the weekend, Dave Throup from the Environment agency said levels in Bewdley were almost the same as the horrendous floods of last winter.
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While the snow on Sunday disrupted transport across the West Midlands, others decided to try their hand at building a snowman or woman.
Here are some of the examples photographed by our local BBC Weather Watchers.
Image source, Peter StegglesThis snowman looked to be trying his luck for some fishing in Rushbury, Shropshire
Image source, DonutThis snow dog kept watch in Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire
Image source, MikeyBRapsSome snow carving took place for this snowman in Alderminster
People are being urged to stay inside if they can in the West Midlands as road conditions are described as "absolutely horrendous" by the police., external
Gritters have been out already this morning, external treating roads in the region.
Image source, Telford and Wrekin Council