Overview
- The Met Office has multiple yellow and amber snow and ice warnings in place through the weekend across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, with Scotland advised to prepare for freezing conditions.
- Forecasters expect snowfall where Atlantic rain bands meet entrenched cold air, with likely delays to air and rail services and a risk that some rural communities become isolated.
- NHS guidance urges people to stay calm after a fall, check for pain or injury, and use NHS 111 or its online service for non-urgent help.
- People should call 999 immediately for suspected head, neck, back or hip injuries or when a person cannot get up after a fall.
- Prevention advice includes the 2024 “waddle like a penguin” technique, as more than 7,000 people are taken to hospital each year after falls on snow or ice.