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30 November 2010
Last updated at 05:57 ET
Snow has fallen across much of England causing travel problems and school closures.
Falls spread from the North to the Midlands and Merseyside overnight, with the South East and London now seeing snow.
More than 800 school closures have been announced in the North East, Yorkshire, the Midlands, Kent, Essex and Cornwall.
Early flight delays were announced at Newcastle and Leeds-Bradford airports. Some roads are badly affected.
Met Office UK severe weather warnings are in place for much of England.
BBC broadcast meteorologist Alex Deakin said: "It will be bitterly cold with a bone chilling wind blowing across the whole of the country."
In South Yorkshire, a 53-year-old man, from Glasgow, died after becoming trapped between two vehicles on an M18 slip road.
Police said there was snow on the road at the time and officers were looking into the possibility the incident was weather-related.
Nearly 100 commuters travelling from central London to Ashford in Kent were stranded on a SouthEastern train for more than two hours with no power after the tracks froze in the subzero temperatures on Monday night.
Passengers stranded The 2307 GMT service from London Victoria became stuck between Borough Green and West Malling before being towed to safety by another train.
There was disruption to train services on the East Coast Mainline where a revised timetable was operating.
About 400 schools in County Durham, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear and Teesside are closed, along with 130 in Essex, more than 100 in West Yorkshire, more than 100 in South Yorkshire, 70 in Kent, 60 in Cornwall, 60 in Derbyshire and 30 in North Yorkshire.
There are also some closures in Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Shropshire and Staffordshire.
Many roads have been affected by heavy snow.
A rescue operation was carried out in Lincolnshire on Monday night to free up to 60 cars stuck on a road which had become impassable.
Police and farmers worked to move the vehicles, which became trapped on a hill on the A153 near Louth.
The UK has been experiencing the earliest widespread snowfall since 1993.
The unusual weather is being caused by high pressure over Greenland and low pressure in the Baltic states, forcing cold winds from the north-east across Europe.
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Falls spread from the North to the Midlands and Merseyside overnight, with the South East and London now seeing snow.
More than 800 school closures have been announced in the North East, Yorkshire, the Midlands, Kent, Essex and Cornwall.
Early flight delays were announced at Newcastle and Leeds-Bradford airports. Some roads are badly affected.
Met Office UK severe weather warnings are in place for much of England.
BBC broadcast meteorologist Alex Deakin said: "It will be bitterly cold with a bone chilling wind blowing across the whole of the country."
In South Yorkshire, a 53-year-old man, from Glasgow, died after becoming trapped between two vehicles on an M18 slip road.
Police said there was snow on the road at the time and officers were looking into the possibility the incident was weather-related.
Nearly 100 commuters travelling from central London to Ashford in Kent were stranded on a SouthEastern train for more than two hours with no power after the tracks froze in the subzero temperatures on Monday night.
Passengers stranded The 2307 GMT service from London Victoria became stuck between Borough Green and West Malling before being towed to safety by another train.
There was disruption to train services on the East Coast Mainline where a revised timetable was operating.
About 400 schools in County Durham, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear and Teesside are closed, along with 130 in Essex, more than 100 in West Yorkshire, more than 100 in South Yorkshire, 70 in Kent, 60 in Cornwall, 60 in Derbyshire and 30 in North Yorkshire.
There are also some closures in Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Shropshire and Staffordshire.
Many roads have been affected by heavy snow.
- The A169 is closed in the Whitby area because of drifting wet snow, while the M1 is down to one lane between junction 41-39
- Main roads are impassable in Barnsley
- In Cumbria the A66 remains closed, as is the A686
- In Lincolnshire the A157 Wragby to Louth is closed after a lorry jack-knifed in difficult driving conditions
- In Derbyshire the A57 Snake pass, A6024 up to Holme Moss, A537 Cat and Fiddle, Woodhead Pass and Steep Turnpike are closed
A rescue operation was carried out in Lincolnshire on Monday night to free up to 60 cars stuck on a road which had become impassable.
Police and farmers worked to move the vehicles, which became trapped on a hill on the A153 near Louth.
The UK has been experiencing the earliest widespread snowfall since 1993.
The unusual weather is being caused by high pressure over Greenland and low pressure in the Baltic states, forcing cold winds from the north-east across Europe.
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