An amber weather warning for snow in parts of Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Hampshire had been due to last until 11:00 GMT.

The Met Office has now ended it early.

A yellow warning for snow and ice remains in place, based on both the likelihood of wintry weather and the severity of its impact.

The latest warning says the snow will "slowly fade away during Friday" but "even where snow does not fall icy stretches are still to be expected".

We can say with some certainty that about four-and-a-half inches (11cm) of snow fell overnight in Minterne Magna, north Dorset, as this scientific reading shows.

Driving tests are being cancelled across many parts of the UK today because of the weather.

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is advising people to check with their test centre to see if they have been affected.

Tests cancelled due to the weather are automatically re-booked at the next available date.

You should receive details of the changes within three to seven working days, the DVSA says.

Heavy snow that fell overnight is causing hazardous driving conditions, widespread school closures and disruption to public transport across Berkshire as an amber warning remains in place.

BBC Radio Berkshire's Michael Race gives us the latest travel updates from Abingdon in Oxfordshire.

Two sailings have been cancelled between Portsmouth and Fishbourne for "technical" reasons.

Flights have resumed at Bournemouth Airport which was closed earlier due to the weather.

An incoming flight from Geneva is due to land two hours late, causing a delay to the outbound service.

No other flights are showing as delayed on the airport's website, external.

An amber warning is in place in Berkshire, Oxfordshire and north Hampshire for snow and ice until 11:00 GMT.

BBC Radio 5 Live meteorologist Simon King gave listeners advice on what to do when an amber warning, the second highest alert, is issued.

"An amber warning is quite serious," he said.

Our correspondent said that he would be planning ahead and probably cancel his plans as there would be transport disruptions.

Amber warnings are more localised and focused than yellow warnings, raising the probability of disruptions.

He added that more people seem to be taking note of warnings issued by the Met Office, resulting in less chaos.

Dorset County Council has said all main roads are open after specialist vehicles were out overnight laying salt and clearing snow.

The authority said priority routes should remain open throughout the day.

It said it was working to keep smaller "community routes" open too.

BBC reporter Tristan Pascoe took these pictures of donkeys near Fritham in the New Forest.

He said the roads were "passable with care", although the wandering donkeys may have other ideas.

Brize Norton in Oxfordshire has received 12cm overnight as amber weather warnings remain in place in the area.

The Met Office says there will be temperatures of between 2C and -2C in the area.

Staff at RAF Brize Norton have been clearing the runway at the base overnight.

Liz Bentley from the Royal Meteorological Society in Reading, told BBC Radio Berkshire the snow could stick around for a few days in Berkshire thanks to the chilly temperatures.

She said: "Probably as we get into lunchtime and afternoon we’ll see the worst of these conditions clear.

"But it stays cold then for the next few days so this snow is not going to shift very quickly until we get into the beginning of next week."

Flights at Bournemouth Airport remain grounded until at least 09:00 GMT as staff work to clear the airfield.

Patrick O'Hagan
BBC Radio Berkshire reporter

West Berkshire seems to be where the snow is at its worst in our region from what I can see.

I'm here in Newbury town centre where the snow is still coming down very heavily, if anything it's getting worse.

Normally there would be lots of people here at this time of day, but the coffee shops are all empty and there is nobody around.

Hampshire County Council has said 178 schools are closed, external due to the snow and freezing conditions, as well as Alton College and Basingstoke College of Technology.

Dorset County Council, external has 115 of its schools closed, while Kingston Maurward College, external in Dorchester is also shut.

Bournemouth and Poole councils have said all schools appear to be open as normal.

Four schools are closed on the Isle of Wight, external, and the Compass School is the only local authority school shut in Southampton, external.

Scores of schools across Berkshire are closed because their sites are unsafe or because staff and students are unable to get there after the heavy snowfall.

The number of closures is continuing to rise and others are opening later than usual due to the weather.

These are the schools that have told BBC Radio Berkshire they are closed so far:

• Reading Bluecoat School in Reading
• Kendall Lane School in Bracknell
• Bearwood Primary School in Wokingham
• Brackenhale School in Bracknell
• Addington School in Woodley
• Farley Hill Primary School in Reading
• Bulmershe School in Woodley
• Reading College in Reading
• Reading University Technical College in Reading
• Beechwood Primary School in Reading
• Down School in Compton
• Newlands Girls School in Maidenhead
• Shinfield Infants and Junior School in Shinfield
• Palmer Academy in Reading
• Brookfield School Tilehurst
• Brimpton CofE Primary School
• Sandhurst School
• Densbury Maidenhead
• Boyne Hill Infant and Nursery School
• Springfield Primary School in Tilehurst
• Winchcombe School in Newbury
• Alexander First School in Dedworth
• Reading School
• Katesgrove Primary School in Reading
• Piggott School in Wargrave
• Calcot Infants and Junior School in Reading
• Pulhampton Infants School in Twyford
• Walter Infant School in Wokingham
• Colleton School in Twyford
• Trevellyan Middle School in Windsor
• All Saints CofE Junior School in Maidenhead
• Englefield CofE Primary School
• Alton College
• Geoffrey Field Junior School in Reading
• Geoffrey Field Infants School
• Reading Girls School
• Jennetts Park Primary School in Bracknell
• Blagdon Nursery School in Whitley
• Theale Green School
• Coley Primary School in Reading
• All Saints Primary School in Wokingham
• White Waltham CofE Academy
• Polehampton Infant School
• Cranbourne Primary School
• Marist School in Sonning Hill an Ascot
• Clewergreen CofE First School in Windsor
• Hawthorne’s Primary School
• Bayliss Court School in Slough
• Holly Spring Infants and Junior Schools in Bracknell
• Purley School in Purley on Thames
• Ascot AC Junior School
• Badgemore Primary School in Henley on Thames
• Furze Platt Senior School
• St Edwards First School in Windsor
• Altwood CofE School in Maidenhead
• Hillside Primary School in Lower Earley
• Leighton Park School in Reading
• Kendrick School in Reading
• Alfred Sutton Primary School in Reading
• New Christ Church Primary School in Reading
• Binfield Primary School
• Manor Green School in Maidenhead
• Oaklands Junior and Infants School in Crowthorne
• Prospect School in Reading
• Aldermaston Church of England Primary School
• Winkfield St Mary’s School in Bracknell
• Chieveley Primary School
• Birchcot Primary School in Tilehurst
• Ranelagh School in Bracknell
• New Town Primary School in Reading
• The Hill Primary in Reading
• Windsor Girls School
• Maidenhead Nursery School
• Lawns Nursery School in Windsor
• Hawkedon Primary School in Lower Earley
• Newbold School in Bracknell
• Newbury College (opens at 10:00 GMT)
• Mortimer St John’s
• Mortimer St Mary’s
• Gillotts School in Henley
• St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School in Newbury
• Battle Primary Academy in Reading
• Radstock Primary School in Reading
• St Anne’s Catholic Primary School in Caversham
• Highwood Primary School in Wokingham
• Shiplake Primary School

Snow disruption meant she sought refuge in an Asda in Cornwall while she waited for an ambulance.

BBC Radio Berkshire's reporter, Rob Lilley, has ventured to Basingstoke and sent us the latest from the "winter wonderland".