Snow disruption across UK

Key Points

• Travel has been disrupted across a wide swathe of the UK following snowfall
• Thousands of schools were closed in England, Wales and Scotland
• A rare red Met Office warning for snow is in place for parts of Wales, meaning severe disruption is likely
• Airports including Cardiff, Bristol, Birmingham, Exeter, Southampton, Jersey, Belfast and London Heathrow see flights disrupted
• There is an amber warning for Northern Ireland and much of SW and central England, and central and eastern Scotland
• The snow is moving north-east having blanketed most of southern England and Wales on Friday morning