Schools have closed and cars abandoned after up to 4cm of snow fell during Tuesday night and Wednesday.

Simon Balle and Richard Hale were closed and will remain shut tomorrow.
Cars were abandoned at the bottom of Port Hill after failing to make the ascent to Bengeo. There were also a number of minor accidents around the town, although the A414 was quiet for most of the day, as was the town centre.
This news archive was previously known as the 'blog' and ran from June 2009 until July 2014.
Following a four year hiatus the news service was re-introduced as a pilot in April 2018..