Parents were forced to keep children home as hundreds of schools in Wales, South West England, Scotland and Northern Ireland shut their doors – with more closures planned tomorrow
Kids across the UK have been enjoying a snow day(Image: PA)
As freezing weather sweeps Britain hundreds of schoolchildren have enjoyed an unplanned day off with hundreds of schools across the country closed due to the winter weather.
The Met Office issued new cold weather warnings this afternoon as the mercury dipped below minus 10 in Cumbria overnight.
Met Office sensors recorded 20. Inches of snow in Banffshire in Scotland. Yellow warnings are currently in place for the whole of Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England.
Meanwhile additional warnings have been issued for the east of England and west of Wales, Devon and Cornwall.
“The UK will continue to experience a range of winter weather hazards through this week, with low temperatures as well as snow showers and the risk of ice for many,” said Met Office Chief Meteorologist, Matthew Lehnert.
“A number of severe weather warnings have been issued and these are likely to be updated through the week so do keep up to date with the forecast.”
Met office graphic shows snow warnings into Tuesday
Hundreds of schools closed for the day on Monday, with parents forced to keep children home as schools in Wales, South West England, Scotland and Northern Ireland shut their doors.
This afternoon schools have started to announce they will not be opening their doors to students on Tuesday either, with a raft of closures in Northern Ireland announced.
The UK government has issued guidance to parents who wish to check if their children’s school will be open tomorrow.
You can check on the gov.uk School closures website here by typing in your postcode. This will then take you to the website for your local council which will give you the information you need.
The cold weather could be set to continue with frontal systems pushing in from the west on Wednesday to Friday bringing with them a mixture of rain, sleet and snow will move across the country at times with a risk of strong winds.
The forecast for tomorrow (Tuesday January 6) calls for another cold day with a mixture of rain, sleet and snow across the north. Drier in the south with sunny skies, before rain, sleet and snow moves in towards the evening.