Plea to watch out for others and drive carefully during latest cold snap
Temperatures reached minus 5C overnight at Yeovilton in Somerset
There's a plea - across the West Country - to look out for others during the latest cold snap.
An Amber Cold-Health Alert has been issued by the UK Health Security Agency with councils warning the elderly, young children or those with long-term health conditions are most at risk
Across the region, drivers are being urged to take extra care this morning because of all the ice around.
In most areas gritters were sent out both yesterday afternoon and last night - with 14 miles of cycle path around Exeter also gritted.
Some snow could fall across parts of Exmoor and Dartmoor this weekend - with some sleet in other areas like Bristol, Bath and light snow expected in Swindon and heavier snow in Gloucester on Saturday night.
Alex Deakin is from the Devon-based Met Office, which has issued a snow and ice yellow weather warning for much of England and Wales.
He said: "Across the South West we're not expecting too many problems from the snow.
"We could see some during Saturday evening really - so we'll probably start off with a bit of rain and then we'll see some snow for a time but it's not expected to cause too many problems."
As the cold spell starts to bite, doctors say they're dealing with a "quad-demic" of flu, norovirus, RSV and Covid.
Geeta Iyer is a GP in Bristol who warns: "I have been working over the Christmas and new year period and there are lots of people who have been ill for a few weeks so it's definitely affecting people quite a lot at the moment,
"If you are eligible for a flu vaccination on the NHS please do take up that offer."
Meteorologists had warned that temperatures overnight could have plummeted to as low as minus 8C as a week-long spell of wintry conditions hit the UK.
Initial data indicated that Rostherne in Cheshire and in Yeovilton in Somerset dropped to minus 5C overnight.
Dan Stroud, a meteorologist at the Met Office, said conditions should become warmer by the end of this weekend before cold weather strikes again early next week.
He said: "The second half of the weekend should be in the high singles or low doubles (for temperature figures).
"But temperatures will dive again next week, particularly on Monday and Tuesday.