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The UK continues to be in the grip of cold air sweeping across from the north, bringing with it freezing temperatures and heavy snowfall.

Cumbria Police said some highway teams had been ‘verbally abused’ as they attempted to deal with the situation.

Drivers have been trapped overnight in their cars amid heavy snowfall in Cumbria.

A brutal snow bomb has wreaked havoc across the UK as hundreds of people were left stranded and forced to abandon their cars in Cumbria.

Scattered weather warnings for snow and ice are in place across the country.

The UK is set to face temperatures dropping to -12C overnight with parts of the country seeing up to 15 centimetres of snow says the Met Office who have an amber warning in place

Traffic Wales have issued a warning to drivers on parts of A470

WXCharts show how the snow is forecast to spread from this evening into the early hours of Sunday - with multiple weather warnings in place across parts of the UK

Scattered weather warnings for snow and ice are in place across the country.

Cumbria Police said people should only travel where necessary.