UK weather: frosty start to weekend expected

Met Office warns of potential for icy conditions on Saturday morning after freezing overnight temperatures, becoming milder in lead-up to Christmas

Britain has awoken to another frosty morning after temperatures plunged as low as -6C overnight.

Shoppers eager to avoid a last-minute rush next weekend are being warned to watch out for icy pavements, with a weather warning in place for much of Scotland and across the east and west of the UK until 11am.