Warnings for ice in northern England are in place after wintry conditions affected large parts of the UK, with snow and heavy rain in many areas.
Met Office yellow "be aware" warnings for the North East and Yorkshire and Humber into Monday say icy patches could form on wet surfaces. Temperatures fell sharply on Saturday night, with a low of -13.5C (7.7F) in the Highlands village of Dalwhinnie. Homes were evacuated in north Devon amid "widespread flooding" after rain. How cold is it where you are? Weather warnings explained Travel warning as heavy snow hits Scotland Snow brings weather warning for Wales The Environment Agency has six flood warnings in place for south-west England and 44 flood alerts. There are four flood warnings and more than 20 flood alerts in Wales. The Met Office warnings apply between 18:00 GMT and 08:00 GMT and say icy patches are likely to form on untreated surfaces left wet from Sunday's mix of rain, sleet and snow.
Its earlier warning of snow and ice was in place on Sunday and affected areas from northern Scotland to the southern counties of England.
A Met Office warning of rain was in place for central and southern Wales and north Devon, and Northern Ireland. Saturday night was the coldest since -14.1C was recorded at Braemar in Aberdeenshire on 14 February 2016.
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