Airports cancelled flights, hundreds of schools closed across the UK and motorists navigated treacherous icy roads on their way to work this morning. 

The Met Office has now issued even more widespread snow warnings for south-east England, the entire east coast of Britain, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Storm Ana is also tearing in from the Continent and is set to clip Kent, bringing the risk of snow over from France which is in the grip of a big freeze this week. 

With Britain braced for another day of freezing temperatures and disruptive snow, here are live updates on the latest Met Office weather warnings. 

Tuesday 6.30am: Bitterly cold temperatures set to stay across Britain

The Met Office has warned that plummeting temperatures are set to stay on Tuesday in their latest weather report.

Meteorologist Aidan McGivern declared: “A bitterly cold start to Tuesday and we’re not going to lose the cold air very quickly either because a ridge of high pressure and gentle winds across much of the country during the day will lead to very small changes during Tuesday itself.

“So fog patches as we begin the day, sub-zero temperatures only very slowly warming up during Tuesday morning and some freezing fog patches will continue into the afternoon, particularly where we have a got a pack of snow on the ground.

“Away from the fog there will be some sunshine, everywhere though will be feeling particularly cold

“Some places will be below freezing through the day.”

As Tuesday ends outbreaks of cloud and rain will start to cover the west of the UK that could result in further snow.

Mr McGivern added: “Signs of a change though to the west as we end Tuesday, cloud and outbreaks of rain move into western parts of Britain.

“The rain will be heavy in places and as it moves its way from the west to the east there will be some hill snow - but actually it brings with it milder temperatures.

“So by the end of Tuesday night and into the start of Wednesday temperatures will already be recovering and I don’t think we will see an substantial snow at lower levels.”

Wednesday will see a slight improvement in temperatures as figures start to climb above freezing.

Monday 3.45pm: UK braced for bitter cold and fog 

BBC weather presenter Carol Kirkwood said: "Tonight conditions will be bitterly cold, with temperatures below freezing just about everywhere, and below minus 10C over lying snow.

"Freezing fog patches will also develop."

2.20pm: Map shows snow across Wales, Midlands, further north

The Met Office said: “As the cloud clears eastwards this afternoon, snow can be seen across much of Wales and into the Midlands as well as hills further north.” 

2.18pm: Danger shifts from snow to ice 

Met Office spokesman Grahame Madge said: "We are not expecting too much more in terms of fresh snowfall and the risk now transfers to ice.

"We have got fairly widespread clear skies, which will bring temperatures down and where there is lying snow, that creates an ice risk."

He said a weather front coming in from France would affect the east coast and South East, bringing with it wintry showers, and possibly snow.

But he added it would be "nothing like what we've seen already".

2.15pm: Temperatures set to plummet as low as minus 15C

Forecasters warned that clear skies on Monday night could see temperatures drop as low as minus 15C.  

Met Office meteorologist Alex Burkill said: "It was chilly in Chillingham Barns, but it wasn't the coldest night of 2017 - that was Saturday night when temperatures went down to minus 12.4C.

"We could well beat that tonight and could go as low as minus 12C and even minus 15C."

2pm: Flurries of snow fall in London

Flurries of snow were seen falling in central London on Monday afternoon.

1.30pm: Public Health England issues warning 

Public Health England urged people to check in on elderly loved ones and those with heart and lung conditions and recommended heating homes to at least 18C.

12.40pm: Storm Ana smashes into France, clips south-east England 

France is on high alert as Storm Ana batters the country with destructive 100mph winds, torrential rain and heavy snow.  

The Met Office said: “An intense area of low pressure has moved over central parts of France today, with 100 mph wind gusts.

“This low will move northeast through the rest of today, with heavy rain and strong winds expected along with heavy snow across the Alps." 

11.45am: Snow forecast to 'stick' over hills of East Anglia 

Met Office forecaster Aidan McGivern said that East Anglia will remain grey as cold winds, snow and sleet continue through the day. 

But he added: "The snow is only tending to stick over the hills though.

"And the snow across northern Scotland now, coming in the form of showers, will also tend to only affect the hills." 

He said a mixture of snow, sleet and rain is also affecting coastal parts of Scotland, Northern Ireland and western parts of Wales and England. 

11.34: Snow, sleet and freezing winds hit south-east England 

The Met Office said: “Rain, sleet and snow will continue to affect southeastern parts of England through today, along with a brisk and cold wind.”

11.30am: Snow seen falling in south-east England right now 

The UK Snow Map below shows where it is snowing in the UK right now based on the latest tweets with the hashtag #UKsnow from across the country. 

Most of the snow is falling in the south-east today, while the central swathe of Britain was the areas hardest hit on Sunday.  

11.15am: Snow and ice 'persisting' in Ireland today

Met Éireann, the Irish version of the Met Office, said it is still very cold but many areas of Ireland are enjoying with sunny spells.

It added: “Scattered wintry showers mainly across the north and west. The showers mainly of rain or sleet. Lying snow and ice persisting in places.”  

11am: Met Office ice warning comes to an end 

Met Office warnings of ice across swathes of England and Wales ended at 11am. The maps below show the warnings still in place for today and tomorrow. 

Another ice warning for much of England and Wales will come into force between 4pm this evening and 11am tomorrow.

10.50am: Weather map shows sleet and snow 

The latest Met Office map shows that rain, sleet and snow is coming to the south-east of England from the Continent. 

10.35am: Met Office warning in force across England 

Another yellow level Met Office warning of snow and ice came into force across the East Midlands, London and south-east, south-west and east England at 9.25am. 

The Met Office chief forecaster said: “With cold conditions and some snow lying over parts of England, as well as further rain pushing in from the southeast during the second half of the night, icy stretches have formed on untreated surfaces. 

“At the same time some snow will fall over parts of southeast England this morning and early afternoon as well as over parts of East Anglia in the afternoon.” 

Up to 5cm of snow could fall over areas higher than 100m, while pedestrians and cyclists could slip and fall on pavements, roads and cycle paths. 

10am: Temperatures plummet below minus 12 overnight 

The Met Office said: “It was another very cold night across much of the UK, with minus 12.2 °C recorded at Chillingham Barns in Northumberland.” 

9.50am: Met Office issues warning along entire east coast 

A yellow Met Office warning of snow and ice will cover Scotland and eastern England this afternoon. 

The Met Office chief forecaster said: “Showers, falling as a messy mix of rain, sleet and snow, will push into northern and eastern parts of the UK on Monday afternoon and last through much of the night. 

“These will lead to icy stretches forming as surface temperatures rapidly fall below freezing from early Monday evening. Some small further snow accumulations are also possible in places. 

“The showers will gradually die out from the north overnight, but will likely persist for much of the period in parts of southeast England.”

9.45am: Ice warnings cover England, Wales and Northern Ireland 

Met Office warnings cover central England, Wales and Northern Ireland as yesterday’s snow turns gives way to icy conditions. 

9.40am: Historic properties forced to close in Wales 

National Trust Wales announced that many of its historic properties that have been forced to close because of the weather.

9.35am: Hundreds of schools get snow day 

Hundred of school across Britain have been closed for a snow day. You can check if your local school is closed on this government website.