Scotland's cold snap has brought fresh ice and snow warnings after temperatures plummeted to -6C in Scotland on Thursday night. Yellow warnings are in place for for icy conditions across the country. Wintry conditions are forecast to continue into next week, with widespread snow expected to hit large parts of the country on Sunday.

Northern Scotland is expected to be hit with snow on New Year’s Day, as organisers of the cancelled Hogmanay event in Edinburgh branded this week “challenging”. The Met Office’s yellow warning that covered most of Scotland on New Year’s Eve, causing the capital’s outdoor celebrations to be cancelled, has now been lifted.

A yellow weather warning for ice has been issued for the north and west of Scotland as temperatures drop across the country.

Heavy snow and ice is expected to cause disruption across Scotland over the weekend, with temperatures forecast to drop as low as -10C. A yellow alert for ice is in place across almost all of the country until 10:00 on Saturday,

Fresh weather warnings have been issued for ice ahead of a blast of snow over the weekend. The yellow Met Office warning indicates there could be icy surfaces in northern and western Scotland, the north west of England and Northern Ireland.

An ice warning is in force for much of the UK as temperatures dropped after a major incident was declared due to flooding.