Northern Isles

In Scotland, similar conditions are likely to affect areas including Strathclyde, the Highlands, Aberdeenshire, and the Northern Isles, with snow accumulation of five to 10cm expected in higher areas.

A blanket of cloud will greet early risers on Christmas morning, with the threat of rain isolated to the western and northern isles of the UK, and around the Highlands' Great Glen.

Rona may hail from a Northern Isles sheep farm, but as a 20-something studying biology in London, her life is one long, blitzed club crawl until a particularly chaotic night ends in her being assaulted — this narrative’s fulcrum as we move forward and backward.

The Met Office amber warning said frequent, occasionally heavy snow showers would affect the Northern Isles and northwest Scotland, creating possible blizzard conditions.

A yellow warning for ice in central and southern Scotland will remain valid until midday, with a warning for ice and snow in place across the Northeast and Northern Isles, Highlands and Islands, Argyll, Stirlingshire, Perthshire, Angus and Ayrshire.