UK weather: Warning of ice danger as cold spell continues

People person been warned to enactment distant from unfastened h2o amid the UK's acold spell - aft 4 children fell successful an icy water adjacent Birmingham.

West Midlands officials urged others not to measurement onto crystal "regardless of however heavy oregon safe" it appeared to be.

The acold upwind has besides disrupted travel, with each flights from London Stansted Airport suspended connected Sunday night.

That informing applies successful Scotland - wherever temperatures could driblet arsenic debased arsenic -15C (5F) overnight, the lowest of the twelvemonth - arsenic good arsenic successful London and south-west England.

Speaking astir the forecast for Monday, BBC upwind presenter Sarah Keith-Lucas said "after that precise acold start, temperatures volition conflict to get supra freezing successful places".

She said the acold spell was acceptable to proceed implicit the adjacent fewer days, with further disruption imaginable owing to ice, snowfall showers, freezing fog and hard frosts.

Four children who fell into a water astatine Babbs Mill Park, Kingshurst, were taken to infirmary successful a captious information aft being rescued connected Sunday afternoon.

Following the incident, West Midlands Fire and Rescue Service country commandant Richard Stanton advised the nationalist to enactment distant from unfastened water.

"We cognize that the upwind forecast for the adjacent fewer days is expected to beryllium bitterly cold, please, adults and children alike, enactment distant from unfastened water, nether nary circumstances task onto crystal careless however heavy oregon harmless you deliberation this crystal whitethorn be," helium said.

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), which has issued a acold upwind alert until Friday, is encouraging radical to enactment lukewarm and look retired for those astir astatine hazard during the acold weather.

On Sunday night, London Stansted Airport closed its runways to wide snow. There person besides been delays astatine Heathrow and Gatwick.

London Stansted said successful a statement: "London Stansted Airport's runway is presently closed to let for snowfall clearance owed to upwind conditions and each flights are presently suspended."

The BBC has contacted the airdrome to inquire erstwhile it volition reopen.

Yellow warnings, meaning conditions volition marque it hard to travel, are successful spot until Monday greeting for bluish and south-western Scotland, Northern Ireland, north-eastern England, the Midlands, southbound west, London and south-east England.

National Highways urged lone indispensable question connected roads successful the south-east of England connected Sunday night. Kent was peculiarly deed hard, with snowfall severely affecting the M2 and parts of the M20, it said.

The AA has told motorists to set their driving to the freezing conditions connected Monday morning.

Met Office meteorologist Rachel Ayers said: "There volition beryllium crystal forming, peculiarly adjacent to the wherever determination is rainfall and sleet, and freezing temperatures which could origin immoderate question disruption to commencement Monday with that valid until 9am."

Distribution of newspapers has besides been affected. News UK, who ain the Times and the Sun, apologised to customers who mightiness not beryllium capable to get the accustomed transcript of their newspaper.

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