Screening protocols for Ebola in the UK will be reviewed after a nurse being treated for Ebola in London was allowed to leave Heathrow even though she was tested repeatedly.

The British Government has defended its Ebola screening programme as it has revealed the British nurse now battling the virus was checked seven times at Heathrow Airport.

Three people died after being caught up in avalanches and three others were killed in a crash on a snowy stretch of motorway as the cold snap continued to grip Britain today.