Schools closed and flights cancelled as cold weather hits West Yorkshire
There's delays at Leeds Bradford Airport, while a handful of schools have been forced to close
Schools have been closed and flights have been delayed or cancelled at Leeds Bradford Airport, after temperatures dipped well below freezing in West Yorkshire.
The Met Office has a yellow weather warning in force for ice and snow, which it said could lead to possible travel delays and power cuts.
Bradford Council said six schools were partially or fully closed, including: Keighley St Andrew's CofE Primary School & Nursery, Laycock Primary School, Parkwood Primary School, Riddlesden St Mary's CofE Primary School, Stanbury Village School and Steeton Primary School.
Lows of -14C recorded in Scotland
It follows temperatures falling well below freezing over night, with lows of -14C recorded in the Scottish highlands.
Forecasters had predicted some snow-covered parts of Scotland could reach minus 15C overnight into Wednesday, which would have been the coldest January night for 14 years, when minus 22.3C was recorded in 2010.
While temperatures did not drop as low as that, Tuesday night did mark the coldest night this winter so far, beating the minus 12.5C daily minimum temperature recorded at Altnaharra in the Highlands on December 3.
Freezing temperatures and snow will continue for much of Britain this week due to a blast of Arctic air, before "potentially disruptive" stormy weather lands over the weekend.
A "cold plunge of Arctic air" has moved south across the whole country over the past few days, making it 5C to 6C lower than usual for this time of year, the Met Office said.
The forecaster has said more than 40cm of snow may fall on high ground in north-west Scotland by the end of Friday.
Meanwhile, lower ground in north-west Scotland could see between five and 10cm of snow by the end of the working week.
A Met Office spokeswoman said the low temperatures are also due to how long the cold snap has lasted.
She said: "It's due to the prolonged nature of this cold spell, it will have been lasting for quite a few days.
"A build up of snow, as well, just allows for the temperatures to get colder and colder and we don't often see a cold spell last three to five days.
"The air is coming directly from the Arctic, so it is exceptionally cold air.
"It's staying cold until Friday, and then looking further ahead into the weekend we've got some deep areas of low pressure pushing in, so a big change in weather type, and we could see some stormy conditions by the end of the week.
"The cold isn't lasting right to end of the week, but we have a very different type of potentially disruptive weather arriving."
The weather is forecast to turn stormy on Sunday, she added.
The weekend will be milder, but westerly weather will bring wind and rain - and the potential for more weather warnings as the snow melts.
Cold weather payments sent out to Yorkshire pensioners
The UK Government has confirmed thousands of households in England and Wales are eligible for cold weather payments.
They are made to vulnerable people, including pensioners, to help them pay for heating when the temperature dips below freezing.
The payments go to those living in an area where the average temperature is recorded as, or forecast to be, 0C or below over seven consecutive days.
Payments will be made to homes across Cumbria, Oxfordshire, Yorkshire, Northumberland, Norfolk, Staffordshire and Powys in Wales.
The UK Health Security Agency has issued a cold-health alert, which warns of possible impacts for the health and social care sector.