Weather warnings for snow and ice updated - as video shows snowfall across UK

Amber and yellow weather warnings for snow and ice are in place across the UK, with some parts already hit by freezing temperatures and heavy snowfall.

Updated warnings were issued on Wednesday for parts of East Anglia and the South West. Wintry conditions are expected to continue closer to coastal areas after up to 7cm (2.75in) of snow fell in parts of the UK, forecasters said.

Snowfall has been recorded in northern areas of the UK, as well as in central parts and as far south as London. Met Office weather stations in Lake Vyrnwy in Powys, Wales, recorded 7cm of lying snow at 8am.

Other weather stations reporting lying snow include Lerwick in Shetland which saw 5cm, 4cm in Loch Glascarnoch and 7cm in Altnaharra, both in the Scottish Highlands, 2cm in Aviemore, and 1cm each in Dyce, Aberdeenshire, Drumalbin in Lanarkshire and at Redesdale Camp in Northumberland. The Met Office warned the wintry weather "could create some particularly tricky travel conditions".

A spokesman said: "We will continue to see wintry showers on the windward coasts, so north Scotland as well as the east and west coasts of the UK." A yellow warning for ice earlier on Wednesday was later adjusted to potentially impact South Wales, parts of northern England and northern and southeastern Scotland. Most of northern Scotland is under a yellow warning for snow and ice until 9pm on Thursday.

A yellow warning for snow and ice has been issued for Northern Ireland, running from 5pm on Wednesday until midday on Thursday. Check the forecast for your area In East Anglia, a yellow warning for snow and ice is in place from 5pm on Wednesday to 11am on Thursday.

In Cornwall, parts of Devon, and west Wales, the warning for snow and ice applies from midday on Wednesday to 11.59pm on Thursday. A yellow warning is in place for northern and northeastern England and southeastern Scotland from Hull in the south to Eyemouth in the north, from midnight on Wednesday to 11.59pm on Thursday.

Read more: 'Wintry blast could be a dry run for a cold December' An amber weather warning for snow has been issued for parts of Yorkshire on Thursday between 3am and 9pm - with forecasters warning of significant accumulations of snow. Frequent wintry showers will feed inland from the North Sea, making conditions difficult over the North York Moors and parts of the Yorkshire Wolds.

By the end of Thursday, as much as 15-25cm may have accumulated on hills above 100m elevation, which is likely to cause "substantial disruption.