Birmingham airport reopens after heavy snow
Motorists across much of the country were hit by the bad weather
Birmingham International Airport has been reopened after snowfall forced its closure overnight.
There was misery for passengers, with 12 flights cancelled and seven delayed. The airport reopened at 0600 GMT.
Snow extended to many parts of the UK, especially Wales and central England where some areas saw several inches.
A series of accidents led to road and lane closures on some major routes. Forecasters predicted further snow over the weekend.
Power supply problems caused delays to rail services in the West Midlands and the Liverpool area.
A jack-knifed lorry caused a section of the M40 in Warwickshire to be closed, while an accident also shut a section of the M62 in Greater Manchester.
From here into the first part of next week, there's no sign of any meaningful warming
BBC Met Office forecaster Phil Avery
Accidents also affected traffic on the M5 in Worcestershire, the A14 in Cambridgeshire, the M55 in Lancashire and the M62 in West Yorkshire.
And an overhead wire problem in the Sutton Coldfield area meant the London Midland train company had to replace trains with buses between Lichfield Trent Valley and Wylde Green.
An electrical supply problem at Ainsdale in Merseyside led to delays to services run by the Merseyrail train company.
BBC Met Office forecaster Phil Avery said: "From here into the first part of next week, there's no sign of any meaningful warming.
"On Saturday there's a feature coming in from the Bristol Channel which will affect the southern half of Britain, and its northern extremity might affect the West Midlands.
"That will turn very readily to snow. Sunday could be a repeat performance.
"That could bring more snow associated with it."
