Many children have been told to stay home today (Picture: Guy Bell/Shutterstock)
Thousands are waking up to snow this morning – with yellow warnings of ice, fog and snow still in place for much of the UK.
Brits have been advised to stay safe while travelling into work and school – that is, of course, if your child’s school is still open.
Many children in London, Essex, Gloucestershire, Devon, Cornwall, East Sussex, Hertfordshire and other spots have been told to stay home today.
The country has experienced its coldest night of the year so far, with temperatures in Scotland dipping below minus 15C.
Braemar in Aberdeenshire recorded minus 15.7C overnight, the Met Office said.
It comes after snowfall on Sunday evening forced airports to close their runways and left drivers struggling.
Four children were taken to hospital in critical condition after being rescued from a lake in Solihull in the West Midlands on Sunday afternoon after falling through ice.
Which schools are closed today?
Is your children’s school one of them?
To find out, you can search the postcode of the school on government websites.
To find out about schools shut in England and Wales, try this site.
Alternatively, you can take a look at which schools are closing by area:
Gloucestershire school closures
Cambridgeshire school closures
Somerset schools restricted opening hours
This list is being updated
If you live in Scotland, you can use this website to help.
For those who live in Northern Ireland, this page lists school closures due to severe weather or other unexpected events.
Snow causes delays for motorists on the M25 in Essex this morning (Picture: Rob Welham/McLellan)
Revellers roll giant snowballs in the first snow of winter that fell on the north Essex town of Saffron Walden (Picture: Celia Bartlett/SWNS)
Drivers in the South East were being asked by National Highways not to travel unless it was essential due to heavy snow already falling on Sunday evening.
The yellow warnings are in place from Sunday until Monday morning.
They apply to northern and south-western Scotland, Northern Ireland, north-eastern England, the Midlands and South West, as well as London and the South East.
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Many children have been told to stay home today.
