Severe weather alerts have been issued across Britain with the Met Office warning of dangerous conditions caused by snowfall, heavy rain and extreme cold.
The Met Office says there is a 90% chance of severe cold, ice and snow in some areas of England between today and the New Year.
Yellow weather alerts are in place in the East Midlands, the West Midlands, London and the South East of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland's South West, Wales and across several other regions.
The cold weather alert issued by the Met Office warns conditions could "increase the health risks to vulnerable patients and disrupt the delivery of services".
The wild weather has already caused travel disruption on the roads, railway and at UK airports.
Motorists were forced to abandon their vehicles after becoming stuck in snow in Sheffield.
Traffic was backed up on the Prince of Wales Road in the early hours of the morning with some motorists reporting four-hour tailbacks.
Stranded coach passengers spent the night at Our Lady and St Thomas Church in Sheffield after their vehicle got stuck on the A61 heading out of the city. They eventually continued their journey early on Saturday morning.
Liverpool's John Lennon Airport and Leeds Bradford International Airport in Yorkshire were forced to close their runways while snow was cleared.
Four flights into Liverpool from Malta, Berlin and Bucharest had to be diverted to Manchester Airport on Boxing Day. Both airports reopened on Saturday.
A pilot at Manchester Airport was also forced to call the police after he was stuck on the tarmac for three hours waiting to be "de-iced" as the snow fell.
The ferry port at Calais, in France, was closed for around two hours after a ferry was forced to turn back due to strong winds.
And Newcastle United football fans were forced to spend the night on their coach after it got suck heading back from Manchester near Rochdale.
Around 52 fans spent the night on the coach on the M62, before arriving back in the North East 12 hours later than expected.
Christmas night was the coldest of the year so far, with -8.5C recorded at Braemar in Aberdeenshire.
Temperatures could also drop as low as -10C in some places at the start of next week.
Leek, near the Peak District in Staffordshire, has seen the worst of the snowfall with four inches falling, according to the Met Office.
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