ROADS will be gritted by the council tonight (January 20), as temperatures are expected to drop further.

The council confirmed it will be using lorries to de-ice primary routes from 7pm.

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According to the Met Office, temperatures are set to drop to as low as -1C throughout the night, with 4am - 9am being the coldest.

It is predicted that it will start to warm up later in the morning tomorrow (January 21), with a high of 4C.