Snow chaos LIVE: Tube, trains & flights CANCELLED, motorway delays – UPDATES

Snowfall has already disrupted many airports today and flights have been suspended due to a severe weather warning.

Up to 10cm is expected to build up quite widely, with 15-20cm in some spots, train and underground lines have been disrupted with many cancellations.

Here are some closures in the region:

• Birmingham Airport flights have been suspended – Passengers have been advised to check Birminghamairport.co.uk for updates or contact their airline for further information.
• London Stansted Airport are diverting their flights to Liverpool and have cancelled all their flight departures, please check the Stansted Airport site for further updates. 
• East Midlands Airport closes its runway until midday.
• London Luton Airport have temporarily suspended all departed flights until 11:30am.
• Cardiff Airport has announced departures will also cause flyers major distruptions as delays are expected. 
• Motorists have been stranded because of heavy snowfall on the M40 motorway, the A34 in Oxfordshire and the A5 in Milton Keynes.
• M1 northbound stopped between junction 16 and junction 17 due to "numerous breakdowns/collisions".
• M40 outside Warwick closed due to a multiple vehicle collision between junction 15 and Junction 16. Expected to re-open once ploughed.
• A458 in Shropshire closed in both directions between the Welsh border and the A5 near Shrewsbury while police deal with a serious collision.
• Motorists will face major queues on the M11 due to the snow on both ways between Junction 7 A414 London Road and Junction 6 M25.
• One lane is blocked on the M50 with very slow traffic – but this is due to a tree falling on M50 Westbound between Junction A38 The Major and Junction 2 A417.
• London Euston to Liverpool Lime Street delays will distrupt fans travelling to Old Trafford ahead of the Merseyside Derby and Manchester Derby.
• London Underground lines including the Central Line, London Overground, Metropolitan, Northern, Piccadilly, TfL Rail, Waterloo & City are facing problems with some suspended lines.
• Heavy snow causing problems for the National Rail services in the Midlands. 
• Great Northern to and from London Kings Cross and Moorgate is affected.

Staff will conduct a further inspection at East Mids Airport as a number of outbound/inbound flights have been delayed.

The busy airport has urged flyers to check with their airlines before travelling for further updates.

Meanwhile on trains, Chiltern Railways between London Marylebone and Amersham, Aylesbury Vale Parkway, Aylesbury, Birmingham New Street will be disrupted due to heavy snow.

Commuters will be entitled to compensation if they experience any delay in completing their journeys.

The weather will also affect South Western Railway services as high winds and snow are forecasted until 4pm today.

And lines on the London Underground have already announced they will expect utter chaos on Transport for London lines.

Services between Camden Town to High Barnet/Edgware are delayed due to faulty trains at East Finchley and Colindale on the Northern Line.

There are no services between Acton to Uxbridge on the Piccadilly Line due to power supply problems caused by snow.

The Metropolitan line has been suspended and no services will run due to power supply problems caused by the snow.

The Central Line which runs through the main parts of the capital are also facing delays.

No services are running between Woodford to Hainault/Epping also caused by snow and severe delays are expected on the rest of the line.

Other lines on TfL are still running with a good service but could expect delays due to the weather.

The RAC predicted breakdowns to rocket 20% to 7,000 tomorrow, with its busiest day since last winter due on Monday.

RAC spokesman Pete Williams said: “Call-outs are expected to soar on Sunday, with Monday seeing the highest number of roadside requests since last winter.”

Severe weather is forecasted for a swathe of North Wales and central England and snow has already fallen on parts of Powys, Hertfordshire and Shropshire.

Significant build-ups have been also reported in Leicestershire, Worcestershire and Bedfordshire.

Steven Keate, Met Office forecaster, said: "The worst of the snow is currently across parts of Wales and the west and southern Midlands, while there is some snow falling over the home counties as well.

"Herefordshire, Shropshire and Powys have seen a few centimetres in a couple of hours.

"Steady snow is expected as this weather system moves over the next few hours into the afternoon roughly from mid-Wales to the north of London.

"There's going to a split from the M4 corridor south, where it will mostly be rain, although the winds are really picking up there as well with gusts up to 60mph in some places in the south.”

The amber alert is accompanied by a yellow warning of wind for parts of eastern England, London and the South East, the South West and Wales that could bring "short-term loss of power and other services" as well as transport disruption.

A NHS Trust in the West Midlands was forced to appeal online after snow left hospitals with nurse shortages.

Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield serves northern Birmingham, while Heartlands hospital is based in Bordesley Green, in the east of the city.

The trust earlier said online: "Trained nurses needed at goodhope hospital due to heavy snow. If [you] can get in please call site office 424 7564."