British Airways has warned passengers of more disruption at London's Heathrow Airport after bad weather forced hundreds of flights to be cancelled.
Hundreds of people spent the night on the airport's floor after more than 400 flights were cancelled on Friday, with 100 cancelled so far on Saturday.
More snow has fallen overnight in parts of north-east England, eastern Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Drivers are being warned of icy roads across the UK.
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In other developments:
- In County Down, some 2,400 households have been left without power owing to the severe weather. But power has largely been restored in Wales where 10,000 homes were cut off at one stage on Friday
- Some major roads are being affected by snow, with the M48 Severn Bridge, in Monmouthshire closed, BBC travel reports
- Eurostar services are experiencing delays of up to 30 minutes due to speed restrictions in France
- A number of football matches have been postponed, including six matches in League One, eight in League Two and four matches in Scotland. Big race meetings at Ascot and Haydock have been called off
- South West Trains has published a revised timetable and is not running a service on certain routes
- A woman was killed following a crash involving a number of vehicles in bad weather on the A1 at Little Ponton, near Grantham on Friday
On Friday, Heathrow bosses were forced to close a runway to de-ice it, and 300 of its usual 1,300 flights were cancelled.
At the scene
Ian Aitchison, who was due to fly to the US for a conference, said he was "mildly hysterical" about being on a plane for more than six hours before the flight was cancelled.
"We're trying to get our luggage back, of course, and BA have told us we can't have our luggage so all the suitcases are being held of all the people who are on the cancelled BA flights.
"So, I'm with a party of people here flying over to the US, and we're all trying to find ourselves hotels. We've not got our cases.
"It will be sent on alternative flights or you can arrange to have it sent to you through the website.
"It's pretty funny. To be honest I'm mildly hysterical... obviously there's a lot of people who are quite upset.
"Mostly people are just confused and dazed rather than shouting and swearing."
By Saturday morning flights were getting back to normal, with up to 44 aircraft taking off and landing every hour.
Simon Calder, travel editor of the Independent, said Terminal Five no longer looked like a "refugee camp", which it had overnight, but was extremely crowded with thousands of people waiting for flights.
A spokeswoman for Heathrow's operators BAA said: "Two-thirds of the 100 - 67 of the cancellations - are departures, and the remainder are arrival cancellations. At the moment the airport is operating as usual."
British Airways apologised after some passengers were kept on board aircraft at the airport for several hours as they waited for a slot to take off.
BA has warned of further delays due to the backlog of Friday's services.
A spokesman said: "We've got a number of aircraft out of position and it's quite a complex operation to put that back together, so that's what we're working on at the moment."
He added that about 30 mostly short haul flights were affected.
Drifting snowThe Met Office has issued a yellow warning, which means be aware, for ice across much of the UK. In particular, Northern Ireland, parts of Scotland, north-east England and Yorkshire and Humber are due to be affected.
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Friday's snowfall reached 26cm (10in) in Sennybridge, in Powys, while elsewhere there was 16cm in Filton, near Bristol, 12cm in Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, and 10cm in Nottingham, according to the BBC Weather Centre.
Forecaster Mike Silverstone said the snow was easing in most places, although Saturday would see light flurries.
The heavy snow forecast across parts of north-east England, eastern Scotland and Northern Ireland could bring 5-10cm, he said, but was due to ease during Saturday.
"Most places will be around or below freezing, so there will be no or little thaw," he added. "There will be quite a breeze, which means there could be snow drifts."
The AA warned drivers to take extra care on the roads. Its head of special operations, Darron Burness, said: "With the snow compacting down and turning icy, we're likely to see treacherous driving conditions throughout the weekend. Any fresh snow on top will just add to the problems."
More than 3,000 schools in England, Wales and Scotland were closed on Friday because of snow.
Other airports, many major roads and the rail network suffered disruption on Friday, but transport minister Stephen Hammond said transport authorities had responded well.
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The RAC said it had rescued a number of stranded motorists in west Wales and parts of Wiltshire, South Gloucestershire and Hampshire on Friday, while the AA said it had received about 900 calls an hour from stranded drivers in England and Wales.
The BBC's Mr Silverstone said that Sunday would see mostly light snow confined to the southern half of the UK, adding: "But we could see something a bit heavier in the south-eastern corner."
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