Drivers are being urged to be prepared before setting out on their journeys this evening and into tomorrow morning, after the Met Office issued a yellow warning for ice.

Temperatures are likely to fall rapidly below freezing later this evening across the district, plunging to around -3 overnight in Bradford.

The alert is in place until 11am on Tuesday morning and Highways England said it would be working around the clock this evening and into the early hours to treat its motorways and major A-roads and keep them free from disruption.

Highways England’s National Winter and Severe Weather Team Leader, Paul Furlong, said: “We will be working around the clock to keep our roads open and free from disruption.

“Drivers are encouraged to drive to the conditions and reduce their speed as appropriate and should plan their journeys, monitor weather reports and pack a snow kit of blankets, food, water and a shovel as well as any essentials such as medication.”

In issuing a tellow weather warning for ice, the Met Office said: "Ice is expected to form on some surfaces from late Monday afternoon and last overnight into Tuesday morning.

"There will probably be icy stretches on untreated roads, pavements and cycle paths with some injuries possible from slips and falls."