Richmond residents are enjoying a snow day today as Jack Frost visited over night.

A blanket of snow has covered the borough, which is accompanied by a yellow warning for snow and ice covering London and the south from midnight on Wednesday until 9am on Thursday.

Richmind trees covered in snow and frost. Credit: Ruth Wadey.

These beautiful pics of the borough covered in snow come courtesy of local photographer Ruth Wadey, who is well known in the area as her weather watch photos of Richmond regularly appear on weather bulletins on both the BBC and ITV.

Richmond Riverside covered in frost. Credit: Ruth Wadey.

Night-time sub-zero climes are predicted in all four UK nations until at least Friday.

Following a "very chilly" start to Wednesday, the Met Office has issued several yellow weather warnings for snow and ice, which may lead to injuries from slips and falls and cause travel disruption.

Ruth captures the snow covered Richmind borough. Credit: Ruth Wadey.

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The warnings for Wednesday cover northern and eastern Scotland until 10am, and Northern Ireland and southern England until 9am.

Forecasters have said in most places the snowfall will continue until Friday, with a yellow warning for snow covering all of the UK north of Birmingham spanning from 3am on Thursday until 6pm on Friday.