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Roads closed as Arctic blast brings snow, ice and plunging temperatures

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Roads have been closed in Scotland overnight as freezing Arctic air brought snow and ice sweeping in from the north. Yellow weather warnings have been issued for parts of the country, with the Met Office warning of "difficult travel conditions" this morning (March 7) with roads and railways likely to be affected.

People should expect longer journey times. Among the roads being reported as closed by the traffic monitoring website Inrix National in the early hours of this morning was the A93, which has been closed due to snow from School Road to the Spittal of Glenshee turn-off and the A939 between Tomintoul and Cock Bridge, also due to snow.

The Met Office has also issued a yellow warning for snow between 3am on Thursday and 6pm on Friday. Its first warning began on Sunday evening for parts of Scotland, covering places including Aberdeen and Dundee, the Highlands, Orkney and Shetland.

The latest warning covers more of Scotland and a corridor of north-east England that extends to Newcastle upon Tyne and Yorkshire.For today (March 7), the area extends to cover Strathclyde.

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