UK weather: Met Office releases warning for snow and ice from Birmingham to London amid travel delay fears

Today's alert covers most of the southern England, including and stretching up into the as far as , as well as into Wales.

Meanwhile, Scotland could even see up to 7 inches of snow in northern areas.

The warnings will last for up to three days and may disrupt travel across the country.

The Northern Irish and southern warnings last from 9pm tonight until 10am tomorrow, while the third came into force at midnight this morning and goes through until 10am on Wednesday.

The Met Office warns: "Ice and some snow leading to difficult travel conditions in places.

"Some roads and railways likely to be affected with longer journey times by road, bus and train services. Some injuries from slips and falls on icy surfaces.

"Probably some icy patches on some untreated roads, pavements and cycle paths."

Met Office spokesperson Grahame Madge, added: “Temperatures will be much, much colder than we would expect at this time of year.

He continued: “The pattern will set in for some time. We have got this feed of cold air coming in from a much higher latitude.

"We expect these conditions to remain in place until at least next weekend and possibly longer because sometimes these conditions can be quite stubborn and not easily subject to change."

He explained that conditions could be similar to those experience during the recent deep freeze in December.