Met Office weather maps show 258-mile stretch of UK to be hit by heavy snow

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Large parts of the UK will be hit with heavy snow this weekend, according to the latest weather maps from the Met Office. A large 258-mile long stretch of the UK from London all the way up to Northumberland will be covered with the white stuff overnight on Saturday.

It comes as the UK Health Security Agency upgraded the cold weather health alert to amber for every area of England as temperatures plummet.

The alerts are now in place and will remain in place until Wednesday, January 8. Temperatures could fall as low as -8C on Thursday night in rural southern Scotland and northern England, according to the Met Office, while it will also be cold in rural Wales and the south west of England with -6C expected.

As temperatures dip, the UK is bracing for some 'heavy and disruptive' snow with a yellow snow and ice warning covering much of England coming into force from midday on Saturday.