Ice is expected to cause travel disruption across the West Midlands this morning with some freezing fog patches also possible.

A yellow weather warning is in place for the whole of the region until 12:00., external

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BBC Midlands Today

It will be a cold and cloudy day with patchy rain, sleet and snow and highs of 2°C (36°F)

A Met Office warning, external for snow and ice has been extended until the end of Friday.

Ice is expected to cause travel disruption across the West Midlands with some freezing fog patches also possible.

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A yellow weather warning for snow and ice, external has been extended across the West Midlands.

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While ice is expected to be the most widespread hazard, snow is likely in places too, the Met Office says.

Freezing fog patches are also likely to persist and may prove an additional hazard.

The warning is in place from 14:00 today until midday on Friday.

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Shefali Oza
BBC Midlands Today

It will be a cold, bright day with some bright spells and the odd snow flurry is possible towards evening.

Temperatures will get up to about 1°C (34°F).

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BBC Weather

A dull morning with the odd shower around before they mainly clear away this afternoon with the chance of a sunny spell later. High: 4C (39F).

Clear spells to start tonight leading to a widespread frost. By the early hours, fog is expected to develop for many places. Low: -2C (28F).

You can stay up-to-date with the latest forecast for your area by going to the BBC Weather website.

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In the seven days to 30 December the rate of infection in the West Midlands was 389.9 per 100,000 population, up from 278.3 the previous week.

Wolverhampton has the highest rate in the region at 626.1, followed by Sandwell - 557.8 and Walsall - 488.

These areas, along with most of the West Midlands, are under tier four restrictions under which non-essential shops are closed and people can only leave their homes for a certain number of reasons.

Worcestershire and Shropshire are currently in tier three - very high alert - although rates in these areas are now running level with those places in tier four.

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BBC Weather

It will be a chilly day with the chance of showers and highs of 5°C (41°F).

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BBC Weather

Another cold day, mainly dry but with some lingering patches of fog or freezing fog. Sunny where the fog clears with a high of 3C/37F.

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A largely clear night for most but some places will have some patchy cloud and more fog will develop. Frosty with a low of -1C/30F.

You can keep up-to-date on your local weather forecast via the BBC Weather website.

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With infection rates continuing to rise, a number of West Midlands authority areas have moved into tier four restrictions.

They are:

• Dudley
• Birmingham
• Sandwell
• Walsall
• Wolverhampton
• Coventry
• Solihull
• Rugby
• Nuneaton and Bedworth
• Warwick
• North Warwickshire
• Stratford-upon-Avon
• East Staffordshire
• Stafford
• South Staffordshire
• Cannock Chase
• Lichfield
• Staffordshire Moorlands
• Newcastle-under-Lyme
• Tamworth
• Stoke-on-Trent

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The latest news, sport, travel and weather across the West Midlands and south Cheshire.

Snow and ice is expected to cause further travel disruption this week, with fresh weather warnings issued for the West Midlands.

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A Met Office yellow warning of ice, external for much of the West Midlands remains in place until 10:00 on Wednesday.

A yellow warning for snow across the whole region has been issued from 18:00 on Wednesday until 14:00 on Thursday.

Roads around Staffordshire and Shropshire have been affected.

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Snow caused some supermarket delivery orders to be cancelled, with Tesco saying it was unable to reach some customers in Stoke-on-Trent and the West Midlands.

West Mercia Police said officers in Telford had attended multiple crashes due to the snow and warned drivers to only travel if necessary.