State pensioners and people born in these years are at particular risk and are being told to stay inside.

Eliza and Henrietta Huszti have been missing from Aberdeen since early on Tuesday morning.

Expect longer waiting times if you end up in A&E

The next few nights will be very cold with a widespread hard frost, bringing a risk of ice and also freezing fog in places. It does gradually look to turn milder from Sunday, starting in the northwest then all parts through early next week.

A number of hospitals in our region have already taken the emergency measure as the A&E crisis deepens