Trains are cancelled and roads closed as 'Beast from the East' sweeps west leaving four dead in crashes across the UK

An icy blast has caused misery for commuters trying to head home from London this afternoon with scores of trains cancelled. A car and lorry collided before dawn this morning on the snowy A15 in Baston, Lincolnshire, leaving three people dead. A fourth person also died in the bad weather today after a three-car collision on the A47 in Cambridgeshire near Peterborough. Other police forces reported treacherous driving conditions and blocked routes - as the country is hit by Siberian air dubbed the 'Beast from the East'. Meanwhile shelves at an Asda in Gillingham, Kent, have been cleared of bread. Many schools across the country were shut today, including more than 200 in Wales and 131 in Kent. Pictured: People walk through the snowy conditions on Millennium Bridge (left and top right) and near Tower Bridge (centre), while a bus travels to Oxford Street in London (bottom right).