Rural communities could be cut off on Monday after the mini Beast from the East covered much of Britain in a blanket of snow.

South West England bore the brunt of the weekend's weather and villages in Dartmoor and Exmoor may wake up on Monday to find themselves unable to travel to due to inaccessible country roads.

Forecasters warned temperatures would feel as low as -10c across the entire country for the start of the week and said villages in Devon and Cornwall may find themselves facing burst pipes and power outages.