Further travel disruption from snow and ice has hit the UK as the temperature plummeted to its lowest in a decade.
A temperature of -16.7C was recorded in Altnaharra in the Scottish Highlands on Tuesday morning – the lowest reading in the UK since December 2010.
More snow is on the way with yellow warnings in place for parts of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Hundreds of schools and some Covid vaccination centres remain shut. Police have warned people not to travel.
Biting winds from the east are contributing to the sub-zero temperatures, and it will feel like -10C in parts of Cornwall with the strongest winds later.
The Met Office said it was “bitterly cold” due to Storm Darcy’s strong easterly winds.
Spokeswoman Nicola Maxey said temperatures could drop further on Wednesday night but that conditions across the UK are set to get milder at the weekend.
Yellow warnings – meaning there could be travel disruption and a slight chance of power cuts or communities being cut off – include, snow along the entire central and eastern length of Britain until the end of Wednesday and snow and ice in the south east of Northern Ireland until Wednesday morning
There were also 19 flood warnings across England, as of 13:00 on Tuesday.