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| Flights cancelled ahead of snowy conditions | Flights cancelled ahead of snowy conditions |
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| Flights have been cancelled amid warnings of blizzard conditions set to sweep across the UK on Thursday. | Flights have been cancelled amid warnings of blizzard conditions set to sweep across the UK on Thursday. |
| London's Heathrow Airport said airlines had pre-emptively cancelled 6% of its usual daily flights - 80 out of 1,350 departures and arrivals - with disruption expected from 15:00 GMT. | |
| The airport said without the cancellations it could not reschedule any flights delayed by the weather. | |
| The Met Office has issued yellow warnings for snow for much of the UK. | |
| The "be aware" warnings are in place for many areas of the country until Saturday. | |
| Airports including Gatwick, Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Belfast International and Belfast City airports are operating as normal with no reported weather-related disruption. | Airports including Gatwick, Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Belfast International and Belfast City airports are operating as normal with no reported weather-related disruption. |
| Click here to see your pictures of snow | Click here to see your pictures of snow |
| Frequent snow showers and strong winds are expected widely across Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales and the north of England on Thursday. | Frequent snow showers and strong winds are expected widely across Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales and the north of England on Thursday. |
| Meanwhile in the south, rain is forecast to turn to snow. | |
| Around the country | Around the country |
| For the latest on the roads visit the BBC's travel news page and keep up to date with incidents on the motorways here. | For the latest on the roads visit the BBC's travel news page and keep up to date with incidents on the motorways here. |
| Other links | Other links |
| Heavy snow has already hit parts of Northern Ireland with Coleraine and Ballymena among the towns worst affected. | Heavy snow has already hit parts of Northern Ireland with Coleraine and Ballymena among the towns worst affected. |
| The Met Office has issued a yellow warning for wind and snow across Scotland, with gusts of up to 60mph in places as well as 10cm (4in) to 20cm (8in) of snow on higher ground. | The Met Office has issued a yellow warning for wind and snow across Scotland, with gusts of up to 60mph in places as well as 10cm (4in) to 20cm (8in) of snow on higher ground. |
| People living in southern England and Wales can expect a cold and wet day with some heavy rain on Thursday, which is forecast to turn into snow later. | |
| A combination of high tides and strong winds are expected to result in a large tidal surge down the east coast of England, which the Environment Agency is monitoring. | A combination of high tides and strong winds are expected to result in a large tidal surge down the east coast of England, which the Environment Agency is monitoring. |
| The conditions are likely to cause localised flooding due to waves overtopping the flood defences and wind-blown spray. | The conditions are likely to cause localised flooding due to waves overtopping the flood defences and wind-blown spray. |
| BBC Weather's Thomasz Schafernaker said the snow had "so far" hit more northern areas of the UK. | |
| "But the rain here in the south, that eventually will start to turn to snow, particularly across the Midlands, parts of East Anglia and the South East," he said. | |
| "Then we are going to seeing clearing skies through this evening so some of the slushy weather we will get will start to freeze - so really nasty conditions on the way. | |
| "Those snow showers will continue across some of these northern areas." | |
| The Local Government Association said councils in England and Wales were well prepared for the low temperatures and snow. | |
| It said about half of local authorities have full stocks of grit, having stored up 1.2 million tonnes of salt to prepare for winter. | It said about half of local authorities have full stocks of grit, having stored up 1.2 million tonnes of salt to prepare for winter. |
| Scotland has been hit by heavy snow showers which have already caused travel disruption. | Scotland has been hit by heavy snow showers which have already caused travel disruption. |
| Police said there have been some minor road accidents in the Highlands, while the M74 was closed for a time at junction eight due to ice. | Police said there have been some minor road accidents in the Highlands, while the M74 was closed for a time at junction eight due to ice. |
| Ferry services have also been affected, with Caledonian MacBrayne expecting "heavy disruption" and problems are also likely on Northlink and Orkney Ferries. | Ferry services have also been affected, with Caledonian MacBrayne expecting "heavy disruption" and problems are also likely on Northlink and Orkney Ferries. |
| The Forth Road Bridge, linking Edinburgh and Fife, has reopened after a lorry was blown over and damaged the central reservation on Wednesday. | The Forth Road Bridge, linking Edinburgh and Fife, has reopened after a lorry was blown over and damaged the central reservation on Wednesday. |
| Have you been affected by the weather conditions? Tell us your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk | Have you been affected by the weather conditions? Tell us your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk |
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