National Highways’ gritters will be back out on the roads in the coming days with a period of cold weather due.

It comes as BBC Weather predicted snow for areas in the UK including Bolton.

The BBC forecast predicts that the borough may be in for a bit of the white stuff on Monday 16, and Tuesday, January 17.

National Highways is also reminding motorists to give gritters plenty of space and time on the road after revealing one of its vehicles was hit by another vehicle while out salt spreading earlier this winter.

Met Office forecasters are predicting a change to cooler conditions later this weekend.

Showers from the north could fall as snow over the high ground in Scotland, northern England and Northern Ireland later in the weekend, with a wintry mix of rain, hail, sleet and snow possible at the start of next week, especially over high ground.

Ice is likely to be an ongoing hazard for most from Sunday onwards.

On Monday, between 7am and 1pm, Bolton may see some 'sleet showers' with temperatures increasing from 1C to 4C, later on that evening the sleet is set to turn into 'light snow showers' by 11pm.

From 11pm onwards, as the temperature stays at a steady 1C throughout the night, the BBC predicts those light showers will turn into 'heavy snow showers' between 2am and 5am.

The last time it snowed in Bolton, many people complained about the lack of gritted roads.

Some people reported not being able to leave their homes and one Bolton councillor was out gritting roads himself in a bid to make roads safe.

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Darren Clark, Severe Weather Resilience Manager, at National Highways said: “We would ask all road users to take extra care when driving when our gritters are out on our road.

“Whilst gritters travel up to 50mph when spreading road users need to be aware of the road and traffic ahead of them.”

National Highways now has around 530 gritting vehicles which can be out on the roads in sub-zero temperatures helping to maintain our network and enhance service to customers.