Major airports issue flight warnings after 'dense fog' engulfs Britain - before soggy New Year's Eve with six inches of rain to fall in just days

Passengers at some of the country's busiest airports are facing disruption and mayhem due to foggy weather. Travellers are being urged to check with their airline as air traffic restrictions are in place at several UK airports due to 'dense fog', the country's main air traffic control provider Nats said on Friday. Low-lying fog over Huddersfield in West Yorkshire today as the dreary weather continues A miserable and misty afternoon in the Oxfordshire countryside at Dunsden today A double-decker red bus is driven across Westminster Bridge during foggy weather today Looking ahead to New Year's Eve, Hogmanay celebrations are under threat after the Met Office issued a 'danger to life' rain warning for most of Scotland. The Met Office yellow warning said: 'Rain is likely to become persistent and occasionally heavy on Monday and possibly last through New Year's Eve. The Met Office issued a rain warning for most of Scotland for next Monday and New Year's Eve 'Widespread totals of 50 to 70mm are possible over the two days with some places perhaps seeing 100 to 140mm of rain, these higher totals most likely over western Scotland.