A SEVERE weather warning for fog has been issued for parts of Cheshire.

The warning is in place this evening, Monday, and into Tuesday morning.

Icy conditions are also expected overnight, with Cheshire East Council commencing gritting operations at 3pm on Monday and Cheshire West and Chester Council starting at 6pm.

'Severe' Met Office warnings are in place across large parts of England, including east Cheshire, urging people to be aware of the fog and plan around it as necessary.

The warning reads: "Areas of fog, including some locally dense freezing fog patches with visibility less than 100 metres, will readily form on Monday evening and persist through the night into Tuesday.

"Please be aware of likely tricky road travel conditions."

A chief forecaster adds: "With little cloud and light winds fog is expected to readily develop during Monday evening, affecting the evening rush hour in some areas as well as the morning rush hour on Tuesday.

"Fog is then expected to be locally slow to lift and clear on Tuesday, lingering for much of the morning and perhaps onwards into the afternoon in some spots."