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The last day of the UK s cold snap will bring freezing rain, treacherous ice and 80mph winds, according to the Met Office.
Roads and paths could quickly become dangerous and impassable in northern Britain as the temperature plummets to between -5C and -8C overnight, forecasters warned.
Strong winds will also lash western Scotland and Northern Ireland, potentially generating large waves and causing disruption to travel.
However, milder air from the west is expected to push away the recent bitterly cold air from the east by Monday, when temperatures could rise as high as 13C.
Avalanche warning issued to Scots after alarming picture shared at beauty spot near Edinburgh
A worrying photograph shows a huge crack in the snow at the Pentland Hills - considered to be a red flag by the experienced Tweed Valley team.
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A Scottish mountain rescue team has warned walkers and hikers of an extreme avalanche risk in the hills around Edinburgh. The Tweed Valley Mountain Rescue Team (TVMRT) shared an alarming photograph of a huge crack in the snow at the Pentland Hills, which is they say is a red flag .
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Around 20 per cent of contracts involve foreign firms (PA Wire)
MPs are calling on the government to ban China and Russia from any involvement in supplying equipment to Britain s armed forces.
The Commons Defence Sub-Committee said nine companies operating in the UK defence sector had been acquired by Chinese firms in recent years, including a firm printing circuit boards used in the American F-35 fighters operated by both the British and US armed forces.
Six of the nine companies list defence as a key business area.
The committee said the Ministry of Defence (MoD) should publish a list of countries it “considers friendly and from whom investment should be encouraged”.