Met Office issues new weather warning covering 6 major cities as ice to inflicts chaos

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The Met Office has issued a new weather warning for ice (Image: GETTY-STOCK)

Many cities in Britain should prepare for more weather misery as the has issued a fresh yellow alert for ice.

The warning begins at at 5pm today and lasts until 12 noon on Wednesday.

The alert covers several counties and areas in the Midlands, northern England and Wales, and covers six cities including York, Leeds, Sheffield, Manchester, Liverpool and Stoke-on-Trent.

The alert come hours after the forecaster issued warnings of snow and ice for several parts of the country.

A yellow warning was issued on Tuesday morning by the for areas such as Grampian, Strathclyde, Dumfries, Galloway, Lothian.

Chief Forecaster, Jason Kelly, said: “With cold weather persisting across the UK this week we have a number of severe weather warnings for wintry hazards.

“Snow showers will continue to fall over Scotland, Northern Ireland and into Northern Wales and northern England too. Where surface water and snow freeze overnight there is a risk of ice as temperatures widely dip below freezing.

“There will however be good spells of sunshine for those away from northern coasts, though it’ll still feel cold in the northerly breeze.”

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