MARLBOROUGH and District Junior Athletics Club has cancelled the Sports Relief Quadraphonic Kids style event tomorrow because of the bitterly cold weather and snow and ice forecast.

The community event was due to have taken place from 11am to 1pm on Sunday at the track in Marlborough. The club had planned to run a series of races by age group for everyone from toddlers to senior citizens.

The club said the event has been postponed because of the bitterly cold weather and the Met Office warnings about snow and ice tomorrow.

BBC Wiltshire also postponed its Sports Relief event, ‘Ben Takes the Lead’ for the same reasons.

Breakfast presenter Ben Prater was due to lead a dog walk on Roundway Hill near Devizes tomorrow. The event will now be held in May.

The Met Office has issued Amber and Yellow warnings for snow and ice this weekend.

It said a band of rain today will be followed by scattered snow showers through the remainder of the day.

These showers may become more prolonged, particularly during the evening.

Any melting of lying snow will lead to an ice risk on untreated surfaces on Saturday morning and night.

Travel delays on roads with some stranded vehicles and passengers, along with delayed or cancelled rail and air travel is possible. Drivers are being urged to take care when using the roads.

Great Western Railway suspended train services between Chippenham and Westbury this morning due to the weather.

Melksham will not be served by rail services for the duration of the day, the train operator said.

A GWR spokesperson said: "Due to anticipated heavy snowfall; the decision has been taken to suspend services between Chippenham and Westbury (via Melksham) in both directions for the whole of today.

"The suspension allows Network Rail to protect critical signalling assets to enable the main Westbury to Bath and Chippenham to Bath lines to run. Replacement buses have been sourced to run."

GWR said that customers may use their tickets to travel via Bath Spa if they so wish.

The closure comes amid engineering work affecting the Great Western Main Line through Swindon.

On both Saturday and Sunday trains between London Paddington and Bristol Temple Meads/South Wales will be diverted and not call at Didcot Parkway, Swindon and Chippenham or Bristol Parkway. Replacement buses will serve these stations.

GWR said some services may be terminated earlier in their journey, while some services will not run at all.

Trains between London Paddington/Swindon and Cheltenham Spa will also not be running over the course of the weekend. Replacement buses will run between Swindon and Gloucester. Passengers travelling north from Swindon should change at Gloucester for an onwards rail connection to Cheltenham Spa

On Saturday most trains between Swindon and Westbury will run between Chippenham and Westbury only. Replacement buses will run between Swindon and Chippenham, while some services may be cancelled.

GWR has advised all passengers to visit www.gwr.com or call National Rail Enquiries on 03457 484950.

The Met Office warned that some rural communities could become cut off and power cuts may occur. Some injuries from slips and falls are possible on icy surfaces.

Residents are being urged to look in on elderly and vulnerable neighbours to make sure they are safe and warm.