UK prepares for freezing weekend

The AA had received more than 3,000 callouts by 0930 GMT on Friday, double its normal workload.

Children enjoy the weather on Gold Hill in Shaftesbury, Dorset, where it has snowed everyday this week.

The West Country and south Wales were worst-hit overnight. Up to eight inches (20cm) of snow is forecast in places.

The heavy snow in Bristol provided a chance to go sledging.

Ski resorts in Scotland said they were bracing themselves for a bumper weekend after a week of heavy snow.

Many motorists in south Devon were forced to abandon their vehicles and spend the night in hotels or community centres nearby.

Several lorries were stranded on the A37 in Totterdown, Bristol.

In Exeter the snowploughs battled to keep the streets free of snow.

More than 150 people were stranded in their vehicles for several hours after heavy snow brought the A38 near Exeter to a standstill

Michael Cude sent this photo after he and his three children were stuck in freezing temperatures for more than three hours

The Old Market Square in Nottingham, is one part of the UK currently experiencing heavy snow.

Sheep wait to be fed in the snow at Coombe near Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire.

In Bristol's Victoria Park people are out enjoying the snow.

More snowfall in parts of England and Wales has brought fresh travel disruption and school closures.

A spokesman for the Highways Agency has advised drivers to take extreme care and not to travel in the worst affected areas unless it is essential.

Snow is forecast to gradually become lighter during Thursday as the band of bad weather moves north, but very little of the existing snow cover is expected to melt.

Lorries queue on the A45 near East Hunsbury. Photo: Peter Brown. Please send your photos to [e-mail]

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