Heavy snow causes travel chaos as flights grounded in Bristol and crashes on M5 - Major health warning issued and disruption including travel chaos and power cuts likely as Met Office issues alerts ac

Stranded vehicles on the roads, delayed or cancelled rail and air travel and power cuts are all likely as the country grapples with wintry conditions

The latest hour-by-hour Met Office forecast for Liverpool on Saturday morning has several hours of heavy snow hitting from Saturday night. That's expected to carry on until Sunday morning, turning to rain as the day progresses.

Amber and yellow weather warnings are in place across the UK, with heavy snow and freezing rain forecast this weekend Snow is beginning to fall across many parts of the West this evening. In Somerset,