UKHSA warns of health impact on those vulnerable to cold and urges people to check in with neighbours
Cold weather warnings have been issued for parts of the UK, as alerts for the risk to health services are due to begin on Sunday evening.
The Met Office issued yellow weather warnings for ice for central and eastern Scotland from 6pm on Sunday evening until 10am on Monday.
People should be vigilant as they travel due to the risk from slipping on footpaths in icy conditions, it added.
It comes as the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) issued yellow cold health alerts for north-west and north-east England and for Yorkshire and the Humber about the impact of the cold snap on health services.
A previous warning for the West Midlands has been dropped.
They will come into force at 9pm on Sunday and run until Thursday morning.
The UKHSA alerts mean the weather is “likely to have minor impacts on health and social care services”, including an increased use of healthcare services and a greater risk to life for vulnerable people, the agency said.
Suffolk had the lowest temperature in the UK overnight into Sunday, with -4.5c recorded at Santon Downham.
The Met Office said snow could fall on hills in northern England and Scotland in the coming days.
