This live blog has now finished, but you can still read all of the updates on snow in the region for Monday 20 December.

This week has been a dreadful week for many landlords with empty properties, as the cold weather takes its toll writes property blogger Lea Beven.

Another arctic blast will bring more snow and a White Christmas to the West Midlands, forecasters are predicting.

Is it worth fitting winter tyres to our cars, asks motoring editor Peter Carroll?

A “Trojan” bus with reinforced windows and carrying plainclothes police officers is being developed to clamp down on yobs throwing stones and snowballs at vehicles in the West Midlands, it was revealed today.

Kent Police release a recording of a woman who called 999 to demand an investigation into the theft of a snowman from outside her house.

The RAC has just had its busiest day in 17 years. Cathy Spencer went out with one of the patrols to find out the challenges facing motorists during the bitterly cold snap.

Drivers are flocking to buy off-road vehicles to get them through the worst of the winter weather – which spells good news for 4×4 specialists like Land Rover.

If the forecasts are right, we could be in for snow in the next few days, but it doesn’t have to bring misery on the roads, as Motoring Editor Peter Carroll explains.

Remember last winter? If you were among the thousands stranded by extreme weather, you’ll know just how important it is to go prepared, writes Ray Castle of motors.co.uk.