Snow batters Britain for fifth day but warmer weather on the way It has also led to the deaths of at least nine people, including a man who is believed to have died after slipping on ice near his home in Accrington, Lancashire after a night out. The Met Office has amber warnings in place in south west England and Wales, urging the public to take extra care against freezing temperatures, ice and snow. Yellow warnings highlighting a risk of disruption to transport due to ice and freezing fog affect all but northern Scotland in the UK. National Rail said all rail services would be running normally on Wednesday although some Eurostar services are still affected by the poor weather conditions. Police said that James Hurst, 54, fell over after he had been dropped off by taxi following an evening at a local pub on Saturday. Neighbours saw his body lying near a doorstep close to his address in Worsley Street at about 8am the next day. Police confirmed Mr Hurst suffered a head injury which they were treating as an accident. Devon and Cornwall Police are investigating whether a fatal crash yesterday morning may have occurred because of icy conditions. Police confirmed that a 42-year-old local man died following the two-vehicle collision on the A38 Parkway in Plymouth - one of the region's busiest roads - shortly before 6am. It resulted in the road being closed for 10 hours. Forecasters warned of further disruption as a light coating of snow is expected to fall across South West England and South Wales. Nick Prebble, a forecaster for MeteoGroup, the weather division of the Press Association, said: "There will more disruption to come today no doubt with reports that up to 9cms (3.5in) have already fallen in Hampshire and around seven in the Midlands, Hereford, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire. The snow will ease through the day for most areas, but with a further 3cms (1.2in) expected later in the day for south Wales and parts of south-west England. However, by Saturday a band of wet and windy weather will come in from the West, bringing midler conditions. Temperatures could climb up to 8 or 9C in the South by Sunday, forecasters predicted. Tributes were paid yesterday to postman John Bircham, who collapsed as he approached the end of his deliveries in and around the Somerset down of Dulverton on Saturday. He had been a postman since the late 1980s. It is understood that the 57-year-old father of two was towed out of a snowdrift by a farmer before collapsing soon afterwards. A woman found dead in a garden early on Sunday is believed to have collapsed in the snow after a night out. Bernadette Lee, 25, was discovered in the front garden of the house next to her sister's by a man walking his dog in Church Meadows, Deal, Kent, at 7.30am. Kent Police are investigating the cause of death but there have been reports that she had no visible injuries and was found without a coat. A man was killed in another weather-related incident when the car he was driving left the road and crashed into a tree on the A12 in Essex on Sunday evening. It came after four people died in an avalanche as they descended Bidean Nam Bian in Glencoe in the Scottish Highlands on Saturday afternoon. Elsewhere, teenager Liam Stafford, 16, remains critically ill in hospital after hitting a tree while sledging in Flatts Lane Country Park, Normanby, Middlesbrough, on Sunday afternoon.