Met Office says UK will see as much as 20 to 40cm of snow over hills, accompanied by strong winds
The PA news agency has some more travel disruption updates:
The M48 Severn Bridge in Gloucestershire is closed in both directions between J1 and J2 due to strong winds and National Highways has advised motorists to use the M4 Prince of Wales Bridge.
Avanti West Coast, which runs the west coast mainline services, has cancelled its services north of Preston all day.
