Dozens of schools were closed and road and train travel ground to a halt as a cold snap brought snow, ice and sleet across parts of the UK.

About 130 schools have shut and several roads are closed after snow fell across parts of Wales. There are three yellow warnings in place for snow and ice across the UK, including Wales. Snow left one road impassable and collisions on two others roads,

Snow has fallen across parts of Wales for the first time this winter. In Gwynedd, Conwy and Wrexham, locals captured snowy scenes on the road and in the countryside. Snow started falling across parts of the UK on Monday night in what the Met Office called the country’s "first taste of winter".

Snow has started falling across parts of the UK in what the Met Office is describing as the country’s “first taste of winter”. There are currently three yellow warnings for snow and ice in place until late morning in northern Scotland,