UK: More snow and cold temperatures on way after hundreds of air passengers stranded

Plunging temperatures and widespread ice are expected to cause more problems for road and air travellers, after passengers voiced their anger at being stranded overnight due to cancelled flights. The Met Office has issued yellow warnings of ice for large parts of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland after snow brought major disruption and power outages to swathes of the UK on Wednesday. Tempers flared as up to 300 passengers spent the night at Stansted Airport after snow and ice forced dozens of Ryanair and easyJet flights to be scrapped or delayed. Images posted on social media showed families trying to sleep on seats in the arrivals hall in the early hours of Thursday, with one onlooker describing "tension" in the terminal as frustrated travellers found themselves facing hours of delays "because of a few centimetres of snow". Sub-zero temperatures are expected widely across the UK again on Thursday night - which could be the coldest of the year - with the mercury due to plunge below -13C (8.6F) in parts of Scotland and Wales. Wednesday's ice left officials at Stansted airport having to close the runway twice - leading to the cancellation of 27 inbound and 27 outbound flights. Around 50 flights were cancelled at Luton.<br/>