Winter weather causes havoc around the UK

A cyclist braves the snow in Brislington, Bristol, early in the morning after heavy snowfall over the city Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA

Roadsigns covered in snow in Middlemoor, Exeter, this morning Photograph: Steve Pope/PA

Handout photo of snow on the A30 at Okehampton, Devon, where a motorist became stuck in the treacherous weather this morning Photograph: MPC Steve Thomson/PA

A woman crosses the road in Totterdown, Bristol, where the ice and compacted snow is affecting travelling throughout the south-west this morning Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA

Leah Monmont, six, and Owen Shield, six, make their way to school in Caldecote, Cambridgeshire Photograph: Chris Radburn/PA

A man walks through the snow in Caldecote, Cambridgeshire, which has been experiencing severe weather conditions all this week Photograph: Chris Radburn/PA

A deserted Junction 30 Torbay-bound on the M5 at peak morning rush-hour time Photograph: Steve Pope/PA

Betty, an eight month old Brittany Spaniel, braves the snow in Caldecote, Cambridgeshire Photograph: Chris Radburn/PA

Members of the public help to push cars stuck on the compacted ice and snow on the A37 in Bristol Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA

Cars and lorries stranded on the A37 in Bristol this morning as more than 200 people were rescued from trapped cars after blizzard conditions battered the West Country Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA

Josh Wyman (left) and his friend Alex Rivers pull Louis Wyman up the iconic Gold Hill in Shaftesbury, Dorset, on a sledge, where it has snowed everyday this week Photograph: Chris Ison/PA