Weather warnings for snow and ice are in place across swathes of the UK as temperatures plummeted below freezing overnight.

Forecasters have warned the wintry conditions could affect some road and rail journeys with icy surfaces posing the risk of injury from slips and falls.

Yellow warnings have been issued by the Met Office for the northern coast and southwest of Scotland, as well as southwest and the eastern coast of England throughout Saturday morning.

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Temperatures dipped as low as -10C (14F) in parts overnight, with Tulloch Bridge and Eskdalemuir in Scotland recording -8C (18F).

The freeze is expected to continue over the weekend, with several sporting events cancelled due to snow and icy conditions.

Met Office meteorologist Annie Shuttleworth said many towns and cities will see temperatures hover around -4C (25F) on Saturday.

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“There’ll… be some snow showers continuing across southwestern Scotland throughout Saturday morning, mainly falling over the high ground above one or 200m, but there could be some sleetiness to lower levels across parts of the Lake District, for example, by lunchtime,” she said.

“Elsewhere, though we’ll see the mist and fog slowly clear, it could remain quite murky for a lot of the morning across central and eastern areas.

“The best sunshine will be across northern areas of Scotland, but further south and west, you can see things starting to change a little bit [by Saturday afternoon] with a greater risk of some showers.”

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