Drivers help to push a vehicle back on the road in Midlothian near Edinburgh DAVID CHESKIN/PAContinuing blizzard conditions will push the authorities to their limit, the transport minister warned yesterday as he urged motorists to leave their cars at home. Up to 20cm (8in) of snow was expected to fall overnight in parts of southern and central Scotland, with the arctic conditions due to continue today. Humza Yousaf, the transport minister, said motorists should avoid travelling after 9pm as amber weather warnings were upgraded, affecting Edinburgh and the Lothians, Lanarkshire, Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire, Dumfries and Galloway and the Borders, while temperatures in some areas fell to minus 9C. Pigs explore a snow-covered field near Hawick CHRIS STRICKLAND/ALAMY LIVE NEWSWarnings for “persistent and possibly heavy snow” were also put in place yesterday for Glasgow, Stirling, Falkirk, Argyll and the west Highlands. Mr Yousaf issued an apology to hundreds of motorists forced…

Source: The Times January 18, 2018 00:00 UTC