The UK has been hit by weather chaos as snow blankets towns up and down the country, and the Met Office says there is more in store. On Tuesday, the agency issued yellow weather warnings for snow and ice in Scotland, northern England, parts of south-east England, most of Wales, and Northern Ireland.

Snowfall will be increasingly confined to far north of Scotland but ice risk to linger across many areas

This is an in-depth Met Office UK Weather forecast for the next week and beyond. With Arctic air surrounding the UK, Atlantic-driven weather attempts a comeback this week. Not once, not twice but three times.

Amber and yellow weather warnings are in place across the UK as the first weekend of the New Year looks set to be a chilly one.

Other areas of the UK saw snow on Friday, and yellow warnings are now in place for parts of the UK, including much of Northern Ireland, until 3pm on Monday. Met Office chief meteorologist Rebekah Hicks said: "Arctic air and brisk northerly winds are gripping the UK as we start the new year.