A part of the M1 is closed as a result of a van is on hearth, with drivers going through enormous delays.

Nationwide Highways mentioned the M1 stays closed northbound between J22, close to Leicester, and J23, close to Loughborough, on Monday morning.

It added that emergency companies together with Leicestershire Hearth and Rescue Service proceed to work on the scene the place a van is on hearth.

A diversion route is in place for motorists, though they’re suggested to permit for additional journey time amid delays, and even to postpone journey.

The Met Workplace has issued an ice warning for elements of the UK.

The yellow climate alert is in place throughout areas in northeast Scotland till 10am immediately.

Waiting for subsequent week, circumstances are anticipated to enhance and the UK might see a “gray Christmas”, quite than a white one.

Met Workplace meteorologist Dan Stroud mentioned: “We’re anticipating to see some sunny spells additional east and quite a lot of cloud from the west.

“Temperatures ought to rise significantly and it will likely be extraordinarily delicate over Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

“In England and Wales, temperatures might be effectively above common with some gray within the combine.

“We’re anticipating a median of round 12C or 13C on Christmas Eve and 11C or 12C on Christmas Day. The standard common for this time of 12 months is 7C or 8C so we’ll be round double the place we normally are.

“In a single day temperatures in Scotland for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day might be extraordinarily delicate.”

Situations are anticipated to enhance this week after dangerous climate brought on disruption through the Christmas getaway interval.

The Met Workplace has forecast a “gray Christmas” with some sunny spells and “extraordinarily delicate” temperatures.

It comes after a “good storm” of hostile climate circumstances and highway congestion led to widespread disruption through the Christmas getaway.

George Greatest Belfast Metropolis airport has reopened after the runway was blocked by a stricken aircraft – however widespread disruption continues via Monday morning.

The drama started shortly after 4pm on Sunday afternoon when an Aer Lingus Regional ATR72 plane flew in from Edinburgh on a “positioning” flight to Belfast Metropolis. 4 crew however no passengers had been on board.

After a 40-minute flight the propellor aircraft made what the airline known as a “exhausting touchdown” due to dangerous climate. The nostril wheel collapsed, leaving the plane resting on its nostril. Nobody was harm, however the runway was blocked. 4 incoming flights had been diverted to Belfast Worldwide and two to Dublin, and dozens had been cancelled.

The airport says: “Following an incident on 22 December, the runway at Belfast Metropolis Airport has reopened and is working as regular.”

The runway is definitely open, with the primary passenger flight from Manchester touching down at 7.15am, however operations are removed from regular.

A British Airways flight that was due out at 5.25pm on Sunday however which was diverted to Dublin is now anticipated to depart at 9am.

The early departure on KLM to Amsterdam is cancelled as a result of the plane couldn’t attain Belfast Metropolis.

Many flights are delayed by a number of hours. The Emerald Airways fleet of 10 plane has been lowered by one, whereas the plane is assessed and repaired, which is able to trigger extra cancellations.

Round 29.3 million Christmas journeys will happen between Wednesday and 24 December, the RAC has estimated, with practically half happening on the pre-Christmas weekend alone.

Surveying over 2,000 drivers, the motoring group has urged festive commuters when to keep away from main routes over the approaching days. On Friday, it’s greatest to remain off the roads for the 5 hours between 2pm and 7pm on Friday 20 December, with practically three million journeys deliberate throughout the day.

This jumps to an enormous 3.72 million on Saturday, when drivers are urged to keep away from the 5 hours between 1pm and 6pm and set off effectively earlier than this “gridlock” interval if they’ll.

Individuals becoming a member of the Christmas getaway this weekend are being warned of heavy rain and winds of as much as 80mph which can be prone to trigger journey disruption.

And it didn’t begin effectively for a lot of on Friday with hold-ups on most of the nation’s foremost routes. They included motorists on the M5 who had been caught in 90-minute queues after hay bales on the again of a lorry caught hearth close to Exeter.

The incident closed two of 4 southbound lanes between J30 for Exeter and J31 for Shillingford Abbot and got here on the identical time there have been queues attributable to a crash on the M4 close to Bristol and congestion round Dartford Bridge on the M25.

Britons hoping for a white Christmas are set to be sorely upset with a light and gray 25 December, forecasters have predicted.

Nonetheless, the day is prone to be settled, cloudy and dry with gentle winds for a lot of the UK, in accordance with the forecaster.

Belfast Metropolis Airport was compelled to enact emergency procedures on Sunday after a aircraft’s nostril wheel collapsed upon touchdown in hostile climate circumstances. There have been no reported accidents.

There have been 4 crew and no passengers on board the Emerald Airways flight when the exhausting touchdown occurred at round 4pm on Sunday afternoon, as winds of as much as 82mph battered elements of the UK.

The incident brought on the runway to be closed for the remainder of the day, after what the airport mentioned had been the busiest day of the 12 months thus far on Friday, and a number of other flights had been diverted to Belfast Worldwide Airport on Sunday night.

It got here as climate warnings had been in drive throughout the UK, save for japanese elements of England, inflicting ferries, trains and flights to be cancelled in a blow to passengers travelling to spend Christmas with their family members.