A new warning has been issued for four northern counties ahead of another Status Orange warning coming into effect on Wednesday evening

A fresh yellow warning for snow and ice has been issued for parts of Northern Ireland from Wednesday afternoon until Thursday morning. The warning is in place for counties Antrim, Londonderry, Fermanagh, and Tyrone from 16:00 GMT until 11:00 GMT.

Ireland is in the midst of a cold snap, with "significant accumulations" of snow expected to fall this weekend. The brutally bitter weather conditions are expected to last until the end of next week, prompting Met Eireann to issue a number of weather warnings this weekend.

The Met Office has issued new weather warnings for parts of the UK, with yellow warnings for ice and snow in place until Friday morning. The two new warnings cover parts of Northern Ireland and Wales as well as areas in north-west England and the east of England - they come after an existing warning for snow and ice in parts of northern Scotland.

A yellow weather warning for ice has been issued by the Met Office. The warning is in place for parts of Suffolk and Norfolk and comes into force from 16:00 GMT until 10:00 on Friday. The Met Office said scattered wintery showers could lead to some icy patches on untreated surfaces.

The torrid weather of the weekend has continued into this week with much of the UK seeing snow, sleet and ice. Four new yellow weather warnings for ice have been issued by the Met Office for today. These warnings are in place for Wales,

The Met Office has issued fresh weather warnings for ice after huge areas of the UK were hit by heavy snow. Parts of southern Scotland, the northeast, Yorkshire, the Midlands and East Anglia have been issued a yellow warning for ice.

The Met Office urges people to leave extra time to make required trips and plan routes carefully.