UK weather LIVE: Hour-by-hour updates as snow closes Manchester airport and causes travel chaos on Britain’s roads – amid warnings more is to come

• Manchester, Liverpool and Leeds Bradford airports have shut their runways today
• Birmingham Airport has reopened its runway after snow clearing overnight
• Bristol Airport reopened at around 11pm but warned of further delays today

• Dublin: Hainan Airlines from Beijing, Tui from Barbados, Aer Lingus from New York
• Shannon: Norse from Barbados
• Paris CDG: Air Transat from Toronto
• Birmingham: Qatar Airways from Doha, Juneyao Air from Shanghai, Etihad from Abu Dhabi, Vueling from Barcelona
• London Heathrow: Gulf Air from Bahrain, Virgin Atlantic from Atlanta, Cathay Pacific from Hong Kong
• Glasgow: Aer Lingus from Orlando

The Met Office has just given us an update on another yellow weather warning for southern parts of England.

The rain warning is set to stay in place until 9am tomorrow morning.

Manchester Airport has been forced to shut its runways this morning due to heavy overnight snowfall.

In a post on X, formerly Twitter, the airport confirmed: ‘Our runways are temporarily closed due to heavy snow, as our teams work hard to clear them as quickly as possible.

‘The safety of our passengers is our top priority, and we appreciate your patience during this time. Please check with your airline for the latest flight information and allow extra travel time today.

‘We will update you as soon as possible. Thank you.’

Wintery images of snowfall along Hunt’s Cross line in Liverpool have been captured this morning.

Heavy overnight snow is causing disruption across the UK as the cold start to the new year continues.

Many have experienced travel chaos today, with snow affecting train lines, roads and flights.

The A66 in County Durham and Cumbria has closed between the M6 and A1M because of the conditions.

Meanwhile, National Rail said the line between Leeds and Halifax via Dewbury has closed in both directions, with disruption on northern routes expected into tomorrow.

The Met Office said Bingley, West Yorkshire, has seen 12cm of snow until 7am this morning, with Shap in Cumbria and Capel Curig, Gwynedd, both seeing 10cm.

Heavy snow has closed both runways at Manchester airport this morning.

The last plane landed at 6.05am, and since then a string of long-haul planes have been waiting to touch down.

So far Qatar Airways from Doha and Vueling from Barcelona have gone to Birmingham, while the Virgin Atlantic flight from Atlanta landed at London Heathrow. Aer Lingus from Orlando in Florida is currently on the ground at Glasgow.

The Met Office has updated severe weather warnings covering areas of the Midlands, Wales and much of northern England today.

Much of the UK is affected by the warnings, including Birmingham, Newcastle and parts of Cardiff.

Motosists have been struggling to get on the road this morning amid snowy weather conditions in Newcastle city centre.

An Arctic blast has brought heavy snow, freezing rain, and ice that has shut roads, halted travel and caused power outages across the UK this weekend.