Met Office tells Brits pack emergency kit with 9 things in car amid snow warnings

Motorists have been told they should keep an emergency kit with nine essential items in their car as eight-inch snowstorms hit parts of the UK as Brits face a blast of chilly Arctic air

Drivers have been urged to pack nine essential items in their car as amber warnings for snow and ice come into force across Britain.

The Met Office has warned that "significant" amounts of snow could fall in parts of the UK over the next 48 hours, with as much as eight inches (20cm) forecast in North York Moors and parts of the Yorkshire Wolds, where an amber weather warning is in place beginning this evening. The northeast, northern Scotland and much of coastal Wales has meanwhile been placed under yellow weather warnings for snow and ice, while hazardous icy conditions are also expected in p