Amber and yellow weather warnings are in place across the UK as the first weekend of the New Year looks set to be a chilly one.

Snow and ice are expected to bring significant disruption across the UK as temperatures in many places will struggle to get above freezing.

According to experts at Wavin, more than a million pipes could be at risk of bursting this week, with plumbers expected to be inundated with call outs - the most since Britain’s last extended deep freeze in January 2022.

Watch the Met Office forecast for New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, as snow is predicted for Northern Ireland at the start of 2026.

Most of the UK is covered by weather warnings, leading to the risk of travel disruption, as the RAC warns that it expects Monday to be the worst day of the year for vehicle breakdowns.

Warnings for snow and ice are in force across much of the UK as tens of thousands of people are still without power after Storm Goretti. Yellow warnings for snow and ice continue until Sunday and rail disruption may be seen through the weekend across England,