SNOW is falling in parts of Dorset.

Light snow showers are being reported across the county including Weymouth, Portland, Dorchester and Blandford.

The Met Office has forecast "wintry snow showers" affecting the whole of the south west of England this afternoon "amid sunny spells but still feeling cold and especially bitter in the wind."

Forecasters say that wintry showers will ease through this evening.

Temperatures are predicted to drop to -1 °C.