January 21, 2013: Live snow updates, school closures and travel news (From The Northern Echo)
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January 21, 2013: Live snow updates, school closures and travel news
7:11am Monday 21st January 2013 in News
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Latest
- Amber weather warning for parts of region
- Schools closed across North-East and North Yorks
- Drivers urged to take extra care
5:31pm
A690 - Hazardous conditions on between Willington and Crook, Drifting snow.
— @TrafficTees 21 January 2013
5:30pm
A gritter has left the road on the A171 Moors Road near to Liverton Road. http://t.co/5nhOsYhu
— @TrafficTees 21 January 2013
5:22pm
School Closures: County Durham
Tomorrow, January 22
- Belmont Community School (4185)
- Forest-of-Teesdale Primary School (2410)
- Rookhope Primary School (2321)
- Crook Nursery School (1032)
4:40pm
4:32pm Mon 21 Jan 13
A mazing says
The truth hurts! Schools closing yet again...Suprise, Suprise!! Why when everytime we get some snow teachers decide to opt for the easy life and close schools???? Why should they get away with it in this day and age?? come on, get a grip its a bit of snow...nothing that a bit of dedication to work, careful planning and careful driving cant solve!! Absolutely ridiculous that teachers seem to think its too dangerous for them to carry out their duty, attend work and teach children as they're paid to do of course!!!! What if all of us working in hospitals decide its too dangerous to go to work??? people are neglected or die because theres no one there to care for them! Everytime teachers close schools they are stating to me that they do not consider childrens education to be that important to them and that it is beneath them to do what everyone else in the Country is doing, making their way to work regardless, now thats dedication! Well done to all who have made it safely to work and back in this white stuff! And teachers time someone shook you all up and showed you the real world!
4:37pm
Only @barney_school would a pupil drive in by tractor! 5 stars for commitment to taking an exam today! http://t.co/IhnQKJyT
— @barney_school 21 January 2013
4:24pm
3:57pm Mon 21 Jan 13
Motorhome owner says
fracker wrote:Why should any compensation be payable? We live in a country where it snows in winter and we get ice because of low temperatures. We learn before ever going to school that snow and ice are slippery and we need to take care - and that it is our fault if we slip. It is about time people started taking responsibility for themselves again instead of always looking for somebody to blame/sue.
If teachers or pupils were involved in accidents would you jokers pay the compensation,work can be e-mailed to pupils to keep them occupied,this is the 21st century you know!!!
4:24pm
3:43pm Mon 21 Jan 13
Magic Steve says
fracker wrote:I don't think any of the above are Jokers! They are only stating a point as to why "Teachers are so special compared to people who have to work for a living!
If teachers or pupils were involved in accidents would you jokers pay the compensation,work can be e-mailed to pupils to keep them occupied,this is the 21st century you know!!!
Rant over.
4:24pm
3:40pm Mon 21 Jan 13
Motorhome owner says
Why on Earth was Acklam Grange School in Middlesbrough closed today? Pupils arrived as usual but were then sent away later.
It's actually been thawing in the area round the school all day, there is less snow now than first thing this morning.
4:24pm
3:26pm Mon 21 Jan 13
fracker says
If teachers or pupils were involved in accidents would you jokers pay the compensation,work can be e-mailed to pupils to keep them occupied,this is the 21st century you know!!!
4:24pm
3:07pm Mon 21 Jan 13
stevegg says
Its an absolute scandal in this day and age that schools close (whoevers to bliam for it) when everywhere else manages to stay open and their staff manage to get into work. Health and Safety is just an excuse. You have to take into account the disruption to parents, many of whom will have also to take time off work. Its high time that the dinosaur teachers unions were overhauled and brought into the modern age like almost all other unions have had to. Imagine what would have happenned if the teachers were made to reform their pay and working conditions as the police have had to forcibly undergo in the last 12 months with no industrial rights!
4:23pm
2:50pm Mon 21 Jan 13
me2earth says
@ voice-of-reality, if i could give your comment a million thumbs up i would. Teachers are a pathetic breed,i remember when the heating broke down at my school in the late 90's during snow fall,we didn't get sent home we were told to keep our coats on and lessons went ahead as normal. Its pretty much any excuse for an extra day off now.
4:09pm
POlice have issued a warning to drivers heading home from work today.
Northumbria Police chief superintendent Gary Calvert said: "Snow has fallen throughout this morning and into the afternoon, on top of already existing snow and ice, and there is forecast for further adverse weather to come.
"This is causing some disruption across the force, particularly in areas of Northumberland, and we'd urge people to only travel if absolutely necessary.
"For those leaving work or travelling home this afternoon, we'd advise people to take extra care during this evening's rush hour.
"We expect rush hour to be a little slower than usual due to the weather. I'd like people to think in advance about their journey home and consider whether it might be appropriate to set off a little early to avoid any rush hour problems.
"Before setting off for home, clear snow and ice from windows and headlights. Drivers should moderate their speed to match the conditions and be aware that stopping distances are longer on wet or icy roads and drivers should maintain a safe distance from other road users.
"Motorists also need to keep a look out for pedestrians who may be walking on the road to avoid icy pavements.
"We will continue to monitor weather forecasts and conditions across the force and will have officers out and about on the roads and in our communities overnight. I would ask everyone to remain alert and drive with care and consideration."
3:51pm
Do you have elderly or infirm neighbours? Please keep an eye out for them and make sure they are safe and warm! #neighbours
— @DSIDE_POLICE_A 21 January 2013
3:50pm
A snow plough tries to clear snow from the A66 dual carriageway after it was closed between County Durham and Cumbria this morning
3:49pm
A snow plough tries to clear snow from the A66 dual carriageway after it was closed between County Durham and Cumbria
3:48pm
A row of houses in Tow Law, County Durham is completely covered in snow and icicles this morning as temperatures plummet
3:47pm
Eight-year-old Harvey Proctor plays in the snow in front of a row of houses in Tow Law, County Durham
3:44pm
A snow plough tries to clear snow from the A66 dual carriageway after it was closed between County Durham and Cumbria this morning
3:35pm
Snow-sunset darlington college, #echosnow @TheNorthernEcho http://t.co/MFJFSfRT
— @charlmetcalfe 21 January 2013
2:40pm
SEDGEFIELD POWER CUT
All but 121 of the 2,000 homes affected by a power cut this morning are back on
2:34pm
Dawn Gibson sent in this picture of a snow kangaroo.
She said: "This is fantastic. My son and daughter made this outside our home! Loving the North-East after spending two years out in Australia!
2:32pm
ROAD CLOSED
The A66 is closed in both directions between the junctions with the A685 (Brough) and the A67 (Bowes) due to snowfall resulting in unsafe road conditions.
The road is not expected to reopen until tomorrow morning (22nd January 2013) and drivers are advised to seek alternative routes.
2:30pm
Janet Smith has sent in this picture of Laura Wilson enjoying the snow in Staindrop
2:22pm
Mad snow in Boro today #echosnow http://t.co/gYQN6TRM
— @Easterbr00k 21 January 2013
2:13pm
Six year old Alex Kingston puts the final touches to his amazing upside down snowman in his garden in Barnard Castle on Saturday.
2:11pm
NORTH YORKSHIRE TRAVEL
A169 closed due to snow between B1410 The Carrs (Whitby) and Shaker Stile Road (Pickering).
A170 Sutton Bank between Cross Hill and Sutton Bank is just passable due to snow. The road was initially blocked but traffic can now pass with care, affecting traffic between Thirsk and Pickering.
Hazardous driving conditions due to snow on A171 between Blacksmith Hill and Flask, affecting traffic between Whitby and Scarborough.
B1365 in Stokesley is just passable due to snow between A172 and A174 / A1032.
2:07pm
SCHOOL CLOSURES: COUNTY DURHAM
- Aclet Close Nursery School (1018)
- All Saints Catholic VA Primary School (3413)
- Annfield Plain Infant School (2213)
- Annfield Plain Junior School (2212)
- Beamish Primary School (2205)
- Bearpark Primary School (2477)
- Beechdale Nursery School (1033)
- Belmont Community School (4185)
- Benfieldside Primary School (2749)
- Bishop Barrington School (4162)
- Bishop Ian Ramsey CofE Primary School (3411)
- Blessed John Duckett RCVA Primary School (3511)
- Bloemfontein Primary School (2233)
- Bowburn Infant and Nursery School (2389) - PM only
- Bowburn Junior School (2388) - PM only
- Bowes Hutchinson's CofE (Aided) School (3303)
- Broom Cottages Primary School (2400)
- Burnopfield Primary School (2234)
- Burnside Primary School (2232)
- Butterknowle Primary School (2413)
- Cassop Primary School (2362)
- Castleside Primary School (2266)
- Catchgate Primary School (2210)
- Chilton Primary School (2002)
- Cockfield Primary School (2440)
- Collierley Primary School (2208)
- Consett Academy (4001)
- Consett Infant School and Nursery Unit (2278)
- Consett Junior School (2277)
- Copeland Road Primary School (2704)
- Crook Nursery School (1032)
- Crook Primary School (2308)
- Delves Lane Infant School (2275)
- Delves Lane Junior School (2272)
- Durham Community Business College (4192)
- East Stanley School (2217)
- Ebchester CofE Primary School (3063)
- Edmondsley Primary School (2105)
- Elemore Hall School (7006)
- Esh CofE (Aided) Primary School (3406)
- Etherley Lane Nursery School (1024) - PM only
- Etherley Lane Primary School (2401)
- Evenwood CE (Cont.) Primary School (3130)
- Evergreen School (7034)
- Ferryhill Business and Enterprise College (4150)
- Forest-of-Teesdale Primary School (2410)
- Fyndoune Community College (4052)
- Green Lane CE Controlled Primary School (3121)
- Greenland Community Primary School (3526)
- Hare Law School (7013)
- Hartside Primary School (2310)
- Howden-le-Wear Primary School (2318)
- Kelloe Primary School (2374)
- King James I Academy (4178)
- Kirk Merrington Primary School (2361)
- Lanchester Endowed Parochial Primary School (3213)
- Langley Moor Nursery School (1025)
- Langley Moor Primary School (2455)
- Leadgate Infant and Nursery School (2260)
- Leadgate Junior School (2259)
- Ludworth Primary School (2472)
- Moorside Primary School (2276)
- Nettlesworth Primary School (2116)
- Neville's Cross Primary School (2481)
- New Brancepeth Primary School (2453)
- North Durham Academy (4000)
- Oakley Cross Primary School (2330) - PM only
- Our Lady and St Joseph's RCVA Primary School (3409)
- Oxhill Nursery School (1014)
- Peases West Primary School (2311)
- Plawsworth Road Infant School (2147)
- Prince Bishop's Community Primary School (3516)
- Rookhope Primary School (2321)
- Roseberry Primary School (2744)
- Sacriston Junior School (2122)
- Sacriston Nursery and Infant School (2123)
- Seascape Primary School (2004)
- Sedgefield Community College (4231)
- Sedgefield Primary School (2563)
- Shield Row Primary School (2730)
- Shotley Bridge Infants' School (2257)
- Shotley Bridge Junior School (2254)
- Silver Tree Primary School (3519)
- South Stanley Infant School (2225)
- South Stanley Junior School (2226)
- St Andrews Primary School (2705)
- St Anne's Church of England Primary School (3123)
- St Bede's Catholic School, Sacriston (3344)
- St Bede's Catholic School and Sixth Form College, Lanchester (4694)
- St Francis CofE Aided Junior School (3472)
- St Helen Auckland Primary School (2419)
- St Hild's College CofE Aided Primary School (3485)
- St John's Chapel Primary School (2322)
- St John's CofE Aided Primary School (3513)
- St John's School and Sixth Form College (4681)
- St Joseph's RCVA Primary School, Coundon (3469)
- St Joseph's RCVA Primary School, Stanley (3381)
- St Mary's RCVA Primary School, Consett (3401)
- St Mary's RCVA Primary School, Southmoor (3384)
- St Michael's C of E (Aided) Primary School, Bishop Middleham (3441)
- St Michael's RCVA Primary School, Esh (3407)
- St Patrick's RCVA Primary School, Consett (3404)
- St Patrick's RCVA Primary School, Dipton (3382)
- St Pius X RCVA Primary School (3403)
- St Stephen's Church of England Primary School (3085)
- St Thomas More RCVA Primary School (3492)
- St William's RCVA Primary School (3442)
- Staindrop CofE (Controlled) Primary School (3141)
- Stanhope Barrington CofE Primary School (3087)
- Stanley (Crook) Primary School (2313)
- Sunnydale Community College for Maths + Computing (4180)
- Tanfield Lea Community Primary School (3522)
- The Grove Primary School (2269)
- The Oaks Secondary School (7033)
- Timothy Hackworth Primary School (2438)
- Tow Law Millennium Primary School (2307)
- Victoria Lane Academy (2402)
- Villa Real School (7028)
- Walworth School (7014)
- Willington Primary School (2326)
- Witton Gilbert Primary School (2462)
- Witton-le-Wear Primary School (2328)
- Woodhouse Community Primary School (3523)
- Woodland Primary School (2428)
2:00pm
Majority of roads in #aycliffe are driveable with care.
— @Aycliffe_FiveO 21 January 2013
1:50pm
This is the summit A66 with Durham/Cumbria boarder treacherous conditions still too dangerous to open#1259 http://t.co/IIPmvpRF
— @DurhamRPU 21 January 2013
1:35pm
Apologies to anyone whose bins we haven't been able to empty yet. Further information is available here http://t.co/c5EKut3B
— @DurhamCouncil 21 January 2013
1:35pm
Sacriston and Esh Winning Libraries have closed due to the weather http://t.co/HjDhNpGB
— @DurhamCouncil 21 January 2013
1:34pm
@TheNorthernEcho @Darlingtonfe closing at 3.15pm #echosnow further details on the facebook page.
— @Darlingtonfe 21 January 2013
1:34pm
Stanley, snow on shed....might have to brush that off #echosnow http://t.co/eVxJvVCj
— @jwpwade 21 January 2013
1:33pm
Hardwick Park has closed due to a power outage in the Sedgefield area. http://t.co/C7dswcpy
— @DurhamCouncil 21 January 2013
1:32pm
Main roads in Durham city are slushy but easily passable, roads around estates etc. are getting bad though #echosnow
— @banks_photo 21 January 2013
12:33pm
SERVICE UPDATE: Services X3/X4 (Brotton) now serving its full route. Please expect delays
— @arrivanortheast 21 January 2013
12:32pm
SERVICE UPDATE: Service 56 (County Durham) now serving its normal route. Please expect some delays
— @arrivanortheast 21 January 2013
12:14pm
Evenwood http://t.co/NP7srkHl
— @BishopNPT 21 January 2013
12:14pm
Road to Evenwood fm Toft Hill. Main road currently passable but its still snowing http://t.co/wzIHbsMD
— @BishopNPT 21 January 2013
12:07pm
@TheNorthernEcho #echosnow My road in Guisborough at 8am http://t.co/nFTa7AV2
— @LCDPlasmaRepair 21 January 2013
12:00pm
@northyorkscc: #nygrit #update In #Whitby #Scarborough areas A169 closed. Other P1's passable, gritted, being retreated. Treating P2's are resources allow.
12:00pm
@liamdutton Snowed here in Stokesley 6 out of last 8 days. Roads good, local village school open. @northyorkscc doing a great job!
— @Katebye 21 January 2013
11:58am
Get the latest updates on Arriva bus services directly from their website: http://highload.arrivabus.co.uk/Region/Northeast
11:51am
Arriva North East: Callum has updated us with this "Service 7 Darlington to Durham via Newton Aycliffe and Ferryhill is still running at a 15 minute frequency but with severe delays. Service 8 Darlington to Spennymoor via Newton Aycliffe and Ferryhill is running with delays of around 45 minutes"
11:49am
PC Lee Cowley has sent these pictures of the snow gates on the A66 near Bowes.
11:46am
SCHOOL CLOSURES: COUNTY DURHAM
- Aclet Close Nursery School (1018)
- All Saints Catholic VA Primary School (3413)
- Annfield Plain Infant School (2213)
- Annfield Plain Junior School (2212)
- Beamish Primary School (2205)
- Bearpark Primary School (2477)
- Beechdale Nursery School (1033)
- Belmont Community School (4185)
- Benfieldside Primary School (2749)
- Bishop Barrington School (4162)
- Bishop Ian Ramsey CofE Primary School (3411)
- Blessed John Duckett RCVA Primary School (3511)
- Bloemfontein Primary School (2233)
- Bowburn Junior School (2388) - PM only
- Bowes Hutchinson's CofE (Aided) School (3303)
- Broom Cottages Primary School (2400)
- Burnopfield Primary School (2234)
- Burnside Primary School (2232)
- Butterknowle Primary School (2413)
- Cassop Primary School (2362)
- Castleside Primary School (2266)
- Catchgate Primary School (2210)
- Chilton Primary School (2002)
- Cockfield Primary School (2440)
- Collierley Primary School (2208)
- Consett Academy (4001)
- Consett Infant School and Nursery Unit (2278)
- Consett Junior School (2277)
- Copeland Road Primary School (2704)
- Crook Nursery School (1032)
- Crook Primary School (2308)
- Delves Lane Infant School (2275)
- Delves Lane Junior School (2272)
- Durham Community Business College (4192)
- East Stanley School (2217)
- Ebchester CofE Primary School (3063)
- Edmondsley Primary School (2105)
- Elemore Hall School (7006)
- Esh CofE (Aided) Primary School (3406)
- Etherley Lane Primary School (2401)
- Evenwood CE (Cont.) Primary School (3130)
- Evergreen School (7034)
- Ferryhill Business and Enterprise College (4150)
- Forest-of-Teesdale Primary School (2410)
- Fyndoune Community College (4052)
- Green Lane CE Controlled Primary School (3121)
- Greenland Community Primary School (3526)
- Hare Law School (7013)
- Hartside Primary School (2310)
- Howden-le-Wear Primary School (2318)
- Kelloe Primary School (2374)
- King James I Academy (4178)
- Kirk Merrington Primary School (2361)
- Lanchester Endowed Parochial Primary School (3213) - PM only
- Langley Moor Primary School (2455)
- Leadgate Infant and Nursery School (2260)
- Leadgate Junior School (2259)
- Ludworth Primary School (2472)
- Moorside Primary School (2276)
- Nettlesworth Primary School (2116)
- Neville's Cross Primary School (2481)
- New Brancepeth Primary School (2453)
- North Durham Academy (4000)
- Our Lady and St Joseph's RCVA Primary School (3409)
- Oxhill Nursery School (1014)
- Peases West Primary School (2311)
- Plawsworth Road Infant School (2147)
- Prince Bishop's Community Primary School (3516)
- Rookhope Primary School (2321)
- Roseberry Primary School (2744)
- Sacriston Junior School (2122)
- Sacriston Nursery and Infant School (2123)
- Seascape Primary School (2004)
- Sedgefield Primary School (2563)
- Shield Row Primary School (2730)
- Shotley Bridge Infants' School (2257)
- Shotley Bridge Junior School (2254)
- Silver Tree Primary School (3519)
- South Stanley Infant School (2225)
- South Stanley Junior School (2226)
- St Andrews Primary School (2705)
- St Anne's Church of England Primary School (3123)
- St Bede's Catholic School, Sacriston (3344)
- St Bede's Catholic School and Sixth Form College, Lanchester (4694)
- St Helen Auckland Primary School (2419)
- St Hild's College CofE Aided Primary School (3485)
- St John's Chapel Primary School (2322)
- St John's CofE Aided Primary School (3513)
- St John's School and Sixth Form College (4681)
- St Joseph's RCVA Primary School, Coundon (3469)
- St Joseph's RCVA Primary School, Stanley (3381)
- St Mary's RCVA Primary School, Consett (3401)
- St Mary's RCVA Primary School, Southmoor (3384)
- St Michael's C of E (Aided) Primary School, Bishop Middleham (3441)
- St Michael's RCVA Primary School, Esh (3407)
- St Patrick's RCVA Primary School, Consett (3404)
- St Patrick's RCVA Primary School, Dipton (3382)
- St Pius X RCVA Primary School (3403)
- St Stephen's Church of England Primary School (3085)
- Stanhope Barrington CofE Primary School (3087)
- Stanley (Crook) Primary School (2313)
- Sunnydale Community College for Maths + Computing (4180)
- Tanfield Lea Community Primary School (3522)
- The Grove Primary School (2269)
- The Oaks Secondary School (7033)
- Timothy Hackworth Primary School (2438)
- Tow Law Millennium Primary School (2307)
- Victoria Lane Academy (2402)
- Villa Real School (7028)
- Walworth School (7014)
- Willington Primary School (2326)
- Witton Gilbert Primary School (2462)
- Witton-le-Wear Primary School (2328)
- Woodhouse Community Primary School (3523)
- Woodland Primary School (2428)
11:42am
Thank you to Jonny for this update "SERVICE 22 - DURHAM - HARTLEPOOL RUNNING APPROX 20-30 MINS BEHIND..ROUTE IS BAD"
— @arrivanortheast 21 January 2013
11:40am
#echosnow Police say apart from A66, main roads in Teesdale are not too bad and motorists are heeding calls to drive carefully.
— @StuartLaundy 21 January 2013
11:36am
All good fun outside - snow child #echosnow http://t.co/d9oOy8Ma
— @loughlinecho 21 January 2013
11:35am
POWER CUTS
Power restored to Malton at 10.22am. Northern Grid staff still working on restoring power to Sedgefield.
11:11am
Catterick Garrison...a bit nippy #echosnow #echobasemorelike http://t.co/saaH8k4f
— @Maughann_Sylvex 21 January 2013
11:11am
Delayed arrivals and departures at Durham Tees Valley and Newcastle airports, although both airports very much open.
11:10am
SCHOOL CLOSURES: NORTH YORKSHIRE
•Askrigg CE Primary School
•Bainbridge CE Primary School
•Barton CE Primary School
•Bilsdale, Midcable Chopgate CE School
•Bilton Grange CP School, Harrogate
•Bishop Monkton C of E Primary School
•Boroughbridge High School - open for exams
•Brompton & Sawdon CP School
•Burnsall CE Primary School
•Burnt Yates Primary School
•Carnagill CP School, Catterick Garrison
•Castleton CP School
•Cononley Primary School
•Cracoe and Rhylstone VC CE Primary School
•Craven Pupil Referral Service
•Dacre Braithwaite CP School
•Danby CE Primary School
•Danby, C of E, Whitby
•Darley CP School
•Egton CE VA School
•Eppleby Forcett CE Primary School
•Ermysted's Grammar School
•Eskdale School, Whitby
•Follifoot Primary School
•Forest School, Knaresborough
•Fountains CE Primary School
•Fountains Earth, Lofthouse Primary School
•Gillamoor CE Primary School
•Glaisdale CP School
•Glusburn CP School
•Goathland Primary School
•Grassington Primary School
•Great Ouseburn CE Primary School
•Gunnerside Methodist Primary School
•Hackforth & Hornby Primary School
•Hampsthwaite Primary School
•Harrogate Grammar School - open for exams
•High Bentham Primary School
•Hookstone Chase CP School, Harrogate
•Husthwaite CE Primary School
•Ingleby Greenhow CE Primary School
•Kettlesing Felliscliffe Primary School
•Kettlewell CE Primary School
•Kildwick CE VC Primary School
•Killinghall CE Primary School
•King James' School, Knaresborough - open for exams
•Kirk Fenton CE Primary School
•Kirk Smeaton CE Primary School
•Langton Primary School
•Lealholm Primary School
•Leavening CP School
•Lothersdale CP School
•Luttons CP School
•Lythe CE Primary School
•Malton CP School
•Markington CE Primary School
•Marton-cum-Grafton CE VC Primary School
•Masham CE Primary School
•Melsonby Primary School
•Michael Syddall CE Primary School, Catterick
•Middleham CE Primary School
•Middleton Tyas Primary School
•Mowbray School, Bedale
•Nidderdale High School
•North Rigton Primary School
•Oakridge CP School, Hinderwell
•Ravensworth CE Primary School
•Richard Taylor Primary School, Harrogate
•Richmond CE Primary School
•Richmond School
•Ripley Endowed Primary School
•Ripon Cathedral CE Primary School
•Ripon Grammar School - open for examinations only
•Roseberry CP School, Great Ayton
•Rosedale Abbey, Pickering
•Rossett Acre CP School
•Rossett School - open for exams
•Scotton Lingerfield CP School
•Selby High School - open for years 10 and 11
•Selby Pupil Referral Service
•Seton, Staithes CP School
•Sleights CE Primary School
•Spofforth CP School
•Springhead School, Scarborough will be open until lunchtime.
•St Cuthbert's Primary School, Pateley Bridge
•St Francis Xavier RC School, Richmond
•St Hedda's Primary School, Egton Bridge
•St Hilda's Primary School, Ampleforth
•St Hilda's RC Primary School, Whitby
•St John Fisher, Harrogate - open for exams only
•St Mary's Primary School, Knaresborough
•St Peter's CE Primary School, Harrogate
•St Robert's RC Primary School, Harrogate
•Staveley CP School
•Stokesley School - open to students sitting exams only
•Sutton in Craven CE Primary School
•Sutton in Craven CP School
•The Dales School, Morton on Swale
•Thornton in Craven CP School
•Upper Wharfedale School, Threshfield
•Wavell Infants School, Catterick Garrison
•Wavell Junior School, Catterick Garrison
•Welburn CP School
•Welburn Hall School, Kirkbymoorside
•West Cliff Primary School, Whitby
•Western Primary School, Harrogate
•Whitby Community College - open for exams only
•Willow Tree CP School, Harrogate
•Woodfield CJ School, Harrogate
•Oatlands Junior School, Harrogate will open at 10.00 am today
•Selby High School - open for A Level students only
•Ripon Grammar School - will be open for examination students only
•Weaverthorpe Primary School will close at 12 noon today
11:07am
POWER CUTS
Northern Grid are reporting that 2,000 are without power in Sedgefield and over 800 were left without power in Malton.
Northern Grid said: "We have staff on site right now but the weather there is hampering our efforts."
10:57am
Everything you need to know about North east weather. #Echosnow http://t.co/4CBZoLUO
— @TomScollen 21 January 2013
10:57am
#echosnow about 4 inches overnight ontop of the couple we've had already http://t.co/gF3GJUs0
— @alexx_k2011 21 January 2013
10:54am
Newker Primary School's afternoon nursery session is cancelled due to problems with the heating.
— @DurhamCouncil 21 January 2013
10:52am
Motorists warned against driving "snowman cars"...
Edmund King, president of the AA, warned of people driving so-called snowman cars by not clearing off the piles of snow on top of their vehicles before getting behind the wheel.
He said: "Drivers must clear the snow off their windscreens, lights and tops of their cars before setting out. This morning we have spotted lots of snowman cars, which are cars driving along with piles of snow on their tops.
"I saw one sports car this morning on the M3 with almost a snowman of its roof but the dangerous thing was that it was being followed by a motorcycle. The hardened snow could have been a real hazard, had it fallen off in the path of the motorcycle.
"We have also seen drivers peering out of small openings on their windscreen as if they were driving a tank. The other issue is the number of cars with their lights and indicators compacted with hardened snow.
"Drivers need to take a broom to clear excess snow off their vehicles before setting out."
He also advised motorists to stick to main roads where grit and extra traffic has helped keep the ice away.
10:38am
#echosnow http://t.co/6gBlkTCc
— @bigdog9691 21 January 2013
10:38am
#echosnow corbridge http://t.co/DtNDzD6b
— @bigdog9691 21 January 2013
10:36am
Statement from Durham Police on the snow:
Update on #snow in County Durham and Darlington. The A66 remains closed between Bowes and Brought east and westbound but other routes are passable with extreme care. We have had no reports of any major problems, and drivers are thanked for being sensible and patient during the current adverse conditions. We advise people to continue to check on the conditions before travelling and monitor our regular updates. Stay safe in snow!
10:35am
Confirmed road closures in North Yorkshire:
- A169 Pickering Road
- Blakey Bank
10:31am
Due to poor weather conditions, the library supermobile won't be visiting Robin Hood’s Bay, Sleights and Rosedale today #northyorks
— @northyorkscc 21 January 2013
10:30am
School's shut but keeping Wensleydale safe instead. :-) http://t.co/p10MCI0O
— @DalesHamperCo 21 January 2013
10:28am
SCHOOL CLOSURES: MIDDLESBROUGH
- Acklam Grange School
- Rose Wood Primary - Partially closed
10:23am
Just driven A167 Spennymoor to Aykley Heads, Durham, no problems with road, however be patient & always drive according to conditions #732
— @DurhamRPU 21 January 2013
10:22am
SCHOOL CLOSURES: COUNTY DURHAM
- Aclet Close Nursery School (1018)
- All Saints Catholic VA Primary School (3413)
- Annfield Plain Infant School (2213)
- Annfield Plain Junior School (2212)
- Beamish Primary School (2205)
- Bearpark Primary School (2477)
- Beechdale Nursery School (1033)
- Belmont Community School (4185)
- Benfieldside Primary School (2749)
- Bishop Barrington School (4162)
- Bishop Ian Ramsey CofE Primary School (3411)
- Blessed John Duckett RCVA Primary School (3511)
- Bloemfontein Primary School (2233)
- Bowes Hutchinson's CofE (Aided) School (3303)
- Broom Cottages Primary School (2400)
- Burnopfield Primary School (2234)
- Burnside Primary School (2232)
- Cassop Primary School (2362)
- Castleside Primary School (2266)
- Catchgate Primary School (2210)
- Chilton Primary School (2002)
- Cockfield Primary School (2440)
- Collierley Primary School (2208)
- Consett Academy (4001)
- Consett Infant School and Nursery Unit (2278)
- Consett Junior School (2277)
- Copeland Road Primary School (2704)
- Crook Nursery School (1032)
- Crook Primary School (2308)
- Delves Lane Infant School (2275)
- Delves Lane Junior School (2272)
- Durham Community Business College (4192)
- East Stanley School (2217)
- Ebchester CofE Primary School (3063)
- Edmondsley Primary School (2105)
- Elemore Hall School (7006)
- Esh CofE (Aided) Primary School (3406)
- Evergreen School (7034)
- Ferryhill Business and Enterprise College (4150)
- Forest-of-Teesdale Primary School (2410)
- Fyndoune Community College (4052)
- Green Lane CE Controlled Primary School (3121)
- Greenland Community Primary School (3526)
- Hartside Primary School (2310)
- Howden-le-Wear Primary School (2318)
- Kelloe Primary School (2374)
- King James I Academy (4178)
- Lanchester Endowed Parochial Primary School (3213)
- Langley Moor Primary School (2455)
- Leadgate Infant and Nursery School (2260)
- Leadgate Junior School (2259)
- Ludworth Primary School (2472)
- Moorside Primary School (2276)
- Nettlesworth Primary School (2116)
- Neville's Cross Primary School (2481)
- New Brancepeth Primary School (2453)
- North Durham Academy (4000)
- Our Lady and St Joseph's RCVA Primary School (3409)
- Oxhill Nursery School (1014)
- Peases West Primary School (2311)
- Plawsworth Road Infant School (2147)
- Prince Bishop's Community Primary School (3516)
- Rookhope Primary School (2321)
- Roseberry Primary School (2744)
- Sacriston Junior School (2122)
- Sacriston Nursery and Infant School (2123)
- Seascape Primary School (2004)
- Shield Row Primary School (2730)
- Shotley Bridge Infants' School (2257)
- Shotley Bridge Junior School (2254)
- Silver Tree Primary School (3519)
- South Stanley Infant School (2225)
- South Stanley Junior School (2226)
- St Andrews Primary School (2705)
- St Anne's Church of England Primary School (3123)
- St Bede's Catholic School, Sacriston (3344)
- St Bede's Catholic School and Sixth Form College, Lanchester (4694)
- St Helen Auckland Primary School (2419)
- St Hild's College CofE Aided Primary School (3485)
- St John's Chapel Primary School (2322)
- St John's CofE Aided Primary School (3513)
- St John's School and Sixth Form College (4681)
- St Joseph's RCVA Primary School, Coundon (3469)
- St Joseph's RCVA Primary School, Stanley (3381)
- St Mary's RCVA Primary School, Consett (3401)
- St Mary's RCVA Primary School, Southmoor (3384)
- St Michael's C of E (Aided) Primary School, Bishop Middleham (3441)
- St Michael's RCVA Primary School, Esh (3407)
- St Patrick's RCVA Primary School, Consett (3404)
- St Patrick's RCVA Primary School, Dipton (3382)
- St Pius X RCVA Primary School (3403)
- St Stephen's Church of England Primary School (3085)
- Stanley (Crook) Primary School (2313)
- Sunnydale Community College for Maths + Computing (4180)
- Tanfield Lea Community Primary School (3522)
- The Grove Primary School (2269)
- The Oaks Secondary School (7033)
- Timothy Hackworth Primary School (2438)
- Tow Law Millennium Primary School (2307)
- Villa Real School (7028)
- Willington Primary School (2326)
- Witton Gilbert Primary School (2462)
- Witton-le-Wear Primary School (2328)
- Woodhouse Community Primary School (3523)
- Woodland Primary School (2428)
10:21am
This is the summit A66 with Durham/Cumbria boarder treacherous conditions still too dangerous to open#1259 http://t.co/IIPmvpRF
— @DurhamRPU 21 January 2013
10:21am
#echosnow http://t.co/aLeh4tJx
— @hollired 21 January 2013
10:20am
9:59am Mon 21 Jan 13
Voice-of-reality says
One notes that independent schools usually remain open. Perhaps their Heads are made of sterner stuff or perhaps they value the importance of education more than their state counterparts.
10:20am
9:48am Mon 21 Jan 13
miketually says
lilboysmammy wrote:It's the head teacher of the individual school who makes the decision, not the LEA.
the teachers don't make the decision to close the school the l.e.a do, so blame them
10:20am
9:45am Mon 21 Jan 13
Magic Steve says
lilboysmammy wrote:OK, I blame them!
the teachers don't make the decision to close the school the l.e.a do, so blame them
10:20am
9:41am Mon 21 Jan 13
lilboysmammy says
the teachers don't make the decision to close the school the l.e.a do, so blame them
10:20am
9:07am Mon 21 Jan 13
Magic Steve says
Bit of a rant.
Makes me laugh when they say they are closing Schools due to bad weather. My point is, I can understand them closing Schools where Children have to travel via transport but when they close a village school where the kids can actually walk in is a joke! At the end of the day real people have to travel to get to work and can not take time off like THE TEACHERS CAN!
10:19am
Lorry at A691 Lanchester recovered. Road is now fully open. Report from scene is that there is no traffic flow problems. Drive safely. #732
— @DurhamRPU 21 January 2013
10:18am
A66 remains closed still snowing heavily with drifting- gritters working hard to clear but winds are against us#1259 http://t.co/AkdRjX2X
— @DurhamRPU 21 January 2013
10:16am
SCHOOL CLOSURES: REDCAR AND CLEVELAND
Primary Schools
- Belmont Primary School - School & Nursery opening at 9.30am
- Handale Primary School - closed
- Hummersea Primary School - closed
- Lingdale Primary School - closed
- Nunthorpe Primary School - opening at 10am
- Skelton Primary School - closed
- St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School - Closed
- St. Peter's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School - closed
- Whitecliffe Primary School - closed
Secondary Schools
- Freebrough Academy - Closed to students today, but Geography exam will go ahead this afternoon
- Laurence Jackson School - closed
- Nunthorpe Academy - closed, students involved in external exams should attend the 6th Form building as normal as exams will go ahead
- Sacred Heart RC School - A Specialist Science College - closed
Special Schools
- Kilton Thorpe School - closed
9:47am
Two roads in Weardale are currently closed due to the snow, the B6278 Eggleston - Stanhope and B6278 Crawleyside Bank, north of Stanhope.
9:46am
SCHOOL CLOSURES: COUNTY DURHAM
- Aclet Close Nursery School (1018)
- All Saints Catholic VA Primary School (3413)
- Annfield Plain Infant School (2213)
- Annfield Plain Junior School (2212)
- Beamish Primary School (2205)
- Beechdale Nursery School (1033)
- Belmont Community School (4185)
- Benfieldside Primary School (2749)
- Bishop Barrington School (4162)
- Bishop Ian Ramsey CofE Primary School (3411)
- Blessed John Duckett RCVA Primary School (3511)
- Bloemfontein Primary School (2233)
- Bowes Hutchinson's CofE (Aided) School (3303)
- Burnopfield Primary School (2234)
- Burnside Primary School (2232)
- Cassop Primary School (2362)
- Castleside Primary School (2266)
- Catchgate Primary School (2210)
- Chilton Primary School (2002)
- Cockfield Primary School (2440)
- Collierley Primary School (2208)
- Consett Academy (4001)
- Consett Infant School and Nursery Unit (2278)
- Consett Junior School (2277)
- Crook Nursery School (1032)
- Crook Primary School (2308)
- Delves Lane Infant School (2275)
- Delves Lane Junior School (2272)
- Durham Community Business College (4192)
- East Stanley School (2217)
- Ebchester CofE Primary School (3063)
- Edmondsley Primary School (2105)
- Elemore Hall School (7006)
- Esh CofE (Aided) Primary School (3406)
- Evergreen School (7034)
- Ferryhill Business and Enterprise College (4150)
- Forest-of-Teesdale Primary School (2410)
- Fyndoune Community College (4052)
- Green Lane CE Controlled Primary School (3121)
- Greenland Community Primary School (3526)
- Hartside Primary School (2310)
- Kelloe Primary School (2374)
- King James I Academy (4178)
- Lanchester Endowed Parochial Primary School (3213)
- Leadgate Infant and Nursery School (2260)
- Leadgate Junior School (2259)
- Ludworth Primary School (2472)
- Moorside Primary School (2276)
- Nettlesworth Primary School (2116)
- Neville's Cross Primary School (2481)
- North Durham Academy (4000)
- Our Lady and St Joseph's RCVA Primary School (3409)
- Oxhill Nursery School (1014)
- Peases West Primary School (2311)
- Plawsworth Road Infant School (2147)
- Prince Bishop's Community Primary School (3516)
- Rookhope Primary School (2321)
- Roseberry Primary School (2744)
- Sacriston Junior School (2122)
- Sacriston Nursery and Infant School (2123)
- Seascape Primary School (2004)
- Shield Row Primary School (2730)
- Shotley Bridge Infants' School (2257)
- Shotley Bridge Junior School (2254)
- Silver Tree Primary School (3519)
- South Stanley Infant School (2225)
- South Stanley Junior School (2226)
- St Andrews Primary School (2705)
- St Bede's Catholic School, Sacriston (3344)
- St Bede's Catholic School and Sixth Form College, Lanchester (4694)
- St Helen Auckland Primary School (2419)
- St Hild's College CofE Aided Primary School (3485)
- St John's Chapel Primary School (2322)
- St John's CofE Aided Primary School (3513)
- St John's School and Sixth Form College (4681)
- St Joseph's RCVA Primary School, Coundon (3469)
- St Joseph's RCVA Primary School, Stanley (3381)
- St Mary's RCVA Primary School, Consett (3401)
- St Mary's RCVA Primary School, Southmoor (3384)
- St Michael's C of E (Aided) Primary School, Bishop Middleham (3441)
- St Michael's RCVA Primary School, Esh (3407)
- St Patrick's RCVA Primary School, Consett (3404)
- St Patrick's RCVA Primary School, Dipton (3382)
- St Pius X RCVA Primary School (3403)
- St Stephen's Church of England Primary School (3085)
- Stanley (Crook) Primary School (2313)
- Sunnydale Community College for Maths + Computing (4180)
- Tanfield Lea Community Primary School (3522)
- The Grove Primary School (2269)
- The Oaks Secondary School (7033)
- Tow Law Millennium Primary School (2307)
- Villa Real School (7028)
- Willington Primary School (2326)
- Witton Gilbert Primary School (2462)
- Witton-le-Wear Primary School (2328)
- Woodhouse Community Primary School (3523)
- Woodland Primary School (2428)
9:31am
The reason why the A66 trans Pennine is closed. Please be patient. It's to ensure the safety of all road users #737 http://t.co/WbsfJMHm
— @DurhamRPU 21 January 2013
9:30am
Recovery on scene at the jack knifed lorry A691 Lanchester, hopefully road will be clear within 30 minutes, further update to follow #732
— @DurhamRPU 21 January 2013
9:27am
More information on the snow situation in the rest of the country is available here
9:23am
An update on the roads from Durham Police: "The A66 remains closed between Bowes and Brough east and westbound but other routes are passable with extreme care.
"We have had no reports of any major problems, and drivers are thanked for being sensible and patient during the current adverse conditions.
"We advise people to continue to check on the conditions before travelling and monitor our regular updates. Stay safe in snow!"
9:19am
SCHOOL CLOSURES: COUNTY DURHAM
- Aclet Close Nursery School (1018)
- Annfield Plain Infant School (2213)
- Annfield Plain Junior School (2212)
- Beamish Primary School (2205)
- Beechdale Nursery School (1033)
- Belmont Community School (4185)
- Benfieldside Primary School (2749)
- Bishop Barrington School (4162)
- Bishop Ian Ramsey CofE Primary School (3411)
- Blessed John Duckett RCVA Primary School (3511)
- Bloemfontein Primary School (2233)
- Bowes Hutchinson's CofE (Aided) School (3303)
- Burnopfield Primary School (2234)
- Burnside Primary School (2232)
- Cassop Primary School (2362)
- Castleside Primary School (2266)
- Catchgate Primary School (2210)
- Cockfield Primary School (2440)
- Collierley Primary School (2208)
- Consett Academy (4001)
- Consett Infant School and Nursery Unit (2278)
- Consett Junior School (2277)
- Crook Nursery School (1032)
- Crook Primary School (2308)
- Delves Lane Infant School (2275)
- Delves Lane Junior School (2272)
- East Stanley School (2217)
- Ebchester CofE Primary School (3063)
- Edmondsley Primary School (2105)
- Elemore Hall School (7006)
- Esh CofE (Aided) Primary School (3406)
- Evergreen School (7034)
- Ferryhill Business and Enterprise College (4150)
- Forest-of-Teesdale Primary School (2410)
- Green Lane CE Controlled Primary School (3121)
- Greenland Community Primary School (3526)
- Hartside Primary School (2310)
- Kelloe Primary School (2374)
- King James I Academy (4178)
- Lanchester Endowed Parochial Primary School (3213)
- Leadgate Infant and Nursery School (2260)
- Leadgate Junior School (2259)
- Moorside Primary School (2276)
- Neville's Cross Primary School (2481)
- North Durham Academy (4000)
- Our Lady and St Joseph's RCVA Primary School (3409)
- Oxhill Nursery School (1014)
- Peases West Primary School (2311)
- Plawsworth Road Infant School (2147)
- Prince Bishop's Community Primary School (3516)
- Rookhope Primary School (2321)
- Sacriston Junior School (2122)
- Sacriston Nursery and Infant School (2123)
- Shield Row Primary School (2730)
- Shotley Bridge Infants' School (2257)
- Shotley Bridge Junior School (2254)
- South Stanley Infant School (2225)
- South Stanley Junior School (2226)
- St Andrews Primary School (2705)
- St Bede's Catholic School, Sacriston (3344)
- St Bede's Catholic School and Sixth Form College, Lanchester (4694)
- St Helen Auckland Primary School (2419)
- St John's Chapel Primary School (2322)
- St John's School and Sixth Form College (4681)
- St Joseph's RCVA Primary School, Coundon (3469)
- St Joseph's RCVA Primary School, Stanley (3381)
- St Mary's RCVA Primary School, Consett (3401)
- St Mary's RCVA Primary School, Southmoor (3384)
- St Michael's C of E (Aided) Primary School, Bishop Middleham (3441)
- St Michael's RCVA Primary School, Esh (3407)
- St Patrick's RCVA Primary School, Consett (3404)
- St Pius X RCVA Primary School (3403)
- St Stephen's Church of England Primary School (3085)
- Stanley (Crook) Primary School (2313)
- Sunnydale Community College for Maths + Computing (4180)
- Tanfield Lea Community Primary School (3522)
- The Grove Primary School (2269)
- The Oaks Secondary School (7033)
- Tow Law Millennium Primary School (2307)
- Villa Real School (7028)
- Willington Primary School (2326)
- Witton Gilbert Primary School (2462)
- Witton-le-Wear Primary School (2328)
- Woodhouse Community Primary School (3523)
- Woodland Primary School (2428)
9:18am
SCHOOL CLOSURES: REDCAR AND CLEVELAND
Primary Schools
- Belmont Primary School - School & Nursery opening at 9.30am
- Handale Primary School - closed
- Hummersea Primary School - closed
- Lingdale Primary School - closed
- Nunthorpe Primary School - opening at 10am
- Skelton Primary School - closed
- St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School - Closed
- St. Peter's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School - closed
- Whitecliffe Primary School - closed
Secondary Schools
- Freebrough Academy - Closed to students today, but Geography exam will go ahead this afternoon
- Laurence Jackson School - closed
- Nunthorpe Academy - closed, students involved in external exams should attend the 6th Form building as normal as exams will go ahead
- Sacred Heart RC School - A Specialist Science College - closed
Special Schools
- Kilton Thorpe School - closed
9:06am
Redcar is wet n cold then Saltburn is thick snow!! Bonkers!
— @Jacqs_42 21 January 2013
9:01am
SCHOOL CLOSURES: NORTH YORKSHIRE
- Askrigg CE Primary School
- Bainbridge CE Primary School
- Barton CE Primary School
- Bilsdale, Midcable Chopgate CE School
- Boroughbridge High School
- Brompton & Sawdon CP School
- Brooklands Special School, Skipton
- Burnt Yates Primary School
- Cononley Primary School
- Craven Pupil Referral Service
- Dacre Braithwaite CP School
- Danby CE Primary School
- Darley CP School
- Ermysted's Grammar School
- Forest School, Knaresborough
- Fountains Earth, Lofthouse Primary School
- Glusburn CP School
- Grassington Primary School
- Great Ouseburn CE Primary School
- Hackforth & Hornby Primary School
- Hampsthwaite Primary School
- High Bentham Primary School
- Husthwaite CE Primary School
- Kettlesing Felliscliffe Primary School
- Kettlewell CE Primary School
- Kirk Fenton CE Primary School
- Kirk Smeaton CE Primary School
- Lealholm Primary School
- Luttons CP School
- Lythe Primary School
- Masham CE Primary School
- Middleham CE Primary School
- Middleton Tyas Primary School
- Nidderdale High School
- Norton CP School
- Oakridge CP School, Hinderwell near Scarborough
- Richard Taylor Primary School, Harrogate
- Richmond CE Primary School
- Richmond School
- Ripley Endowed Primary School
- Ripon Cathedral CE Primary School
- Roseberry CP School, Great Ayton
- Rossett Acre CP School
- Scotton Lingerfield CP School
- Seton, Staithes CP School
- Spofforth CP School
- Springhead School, Scarborough will be open until lunchtime.
- St Cuthbert's Primary School, Pateley Bridge
- St Francis Xavier RC School, Richmond
- St Hedda's Primary School, Egton Bridge
- St John Fisher RC School, Harrogate
- St Peter's CE Primary School, Harrogate
- St Robert's RC Primary School, Harrogate
- Staveley CP School
- Sutton in Craven CE Primary School
- Sutton in Craven CP School
- The Dales School, Morton on Swale
- Thornton in Craven CP School
- Upper Wharfedale School, Threshfield
- Wavell Infants School, Catterick Garrison
- Wavell Junior School, Catterick Garrison
- Welburn Hall School, Kirkbymoorside
- Western Primary School, Harrogate
- Whitby College
- Willow Tree CP School, Harrogate
- Woodfield CJ School, Harrogate
- Oatlands Junior School, Harrogate will open at 10.00 am today
- Selby High School - open for A Level students only
8:54am
“@jfoxsafc: Safe to say winter has reached Consett@Seventy3Fanzine http://t.co/bTmX4z5F” Thats bad.
— @MTowersX 21 January 2013
8:51am
People saying there has been a foot of snowfall in Consett overnight need a good look at a tape measure! 4 inches is about right.
— @sean_kerry 21 January 2013
8:49am
Please be aware that due to dangerous road conditions services in Stanley and Consett are serving main roads only.
— @gonortheast 21 January 2013
8:49am
Services on the buses around County Durham have been reduced due to the weather.
8:43am
Newcastle Airport is reporting some disruption due to snowy weather in the North-East and at destination airports.
Passengers are advised to check the airport's website for updates.
8:38am
Durham County Council's website also seems to be having problems. See 7.19am on this blog for an earlier list of school closures.
8:35am
Darlington Borough Council has cancelled its Monday market due to the bad weather.
8:34am
.from @HAtraffic_neast: MetOffice Warning of #uksnow for North East England http://t.co/r5lGO9YO
— @highwaysagency 21 January 2013
8:30am
I've just seen a Chinese cowboy. In the snow. In Durham.
— @andy_alcock 21 January 2013
8:29am
Wow snow really coming down ok a1 durham. Settling on the road too
— @Top8trin 21 January 2013
8:24am
Other roads suffering disruption this morning are the A171 ay Guisborough, the A171 at Stokesley and the A174 Brotton bypass, where there has been an accident. There are also reports of delays on the A1 through County Durham.
8:14am
Reports are coming in of problems on the A174 at Middlesbrough due to a car colliding with the central reservation.
8:12am
Turn your headlights on in light and heavy snow. They help you see the road, but they'll help other drivers see you. #ClevelandSnow
— @ClevelandPolice 21 January 2013
8:07am
Darlington Borough Council are still saying they have no reports of any school closures.
8:06am
North Yorkshire County Council's website has crashed so full information is not yet available on school closures. Around 30 in the county are thought to be shut. Full list will be here as soon as we get it.
8:04am
The A170 is closed at Sutton Bank, as is the B1257 near Stokesley.
7:59am
The latest forecast from the Met Office for the North-East today.
Today:
Snow, heavy at times, throughout today will bring further significant accumulations. However, along the coast rain or sleet will fall, as temperatures struggle just above freezing. Everywhere will have a strong, bitter wind, bringing a risk of drifting snow inland. Maximum Temperature 2 °C.
Tonight:
Snow, and sleet along the coast, will continue and will still be heavy at times, producing further snow accumulations. Widespread ice on untreated surfaces. The wind will ease a little. Minimum Temperature -3 °C.
7:54am
@SimplyBows No snow overnight at all in #Darlington.
— @nattrassflowers 21 January 2013
7:51am
Wife has to go to #Darlington for meeting today. Looking at weather forecast could be a few weeks before I see her again #AloneWithTeenagers
— @BestDadICanBe 21 January 2013
7:50am
Among the schools closed in North Yorkshire are Richmond School, Stokesley School, Lythe Primary and Lealholm Primary.
7:46am
Northumbria Police say there had been low temperatures and steady snowfall across the force area overnight.
All major roads are passable with care, but road users are urged to drive with care, police said.
A Northumbria Police spokesman said: "We are expecting further snow across Monday and we will continue to have officers out in our communities supporting the public."
7:42am
So apparently Durham is a snow death trap..
— @BethLaskey 21 January 2013
7:35am
Here's a picture from Durham Police of the jack-knifed lorry in Lanchester
7:29am
Avoid LANCHESTER on A691 if you can for a while. Junction next to Church & KINGS HEAD Pub. Lorry blocking road in RTC http://t.co/vqTtC0fm
— @DurhamPoliceK9 21 January 2013
7:27am
On the roads, the A66 is closed both ways between Bowes and Brough due to the snow.
Difficult conditions are also reported on the A169 between Pickering and Whitby and the A172 around Stokesley in North Yorkshire, and on the A691 at Lanchester in County Durham.
Keep up to date with the latest traffic news here.
7:23am
Darlington Borough Council's website is down, but no schools have notified the authority that they are closing yet.
7:16am
Morning everyone, hope you are all staying safe on this snowy Monday.
A number of schools around the region are already closed due to the bad weather.
Comments are closed on this article.
Comments (35)
9:07am Mon 21 Jan 13
Magic Steve says...
Makes me laugh when they say they are closing Schools due to bad weather. My point is, I can understand them closing Schools where Children have to travel via transport but when they close a village school where the kids can actually walk in is a joke! At the end of the day real people have to travel to get to work and can not take time off like THE TEACHERS CAN!
9:41am Mon 21 Jan 13
lilboysmammy says...
9:45am Mon 21 Jan 13
Magic Steve says...
9:48am Mon 21 Jan 13
miketually says...
9:59am Mon 21 Jan 13
Voice-of-reality says...
2:50pm Mon 21 Jan 13
me2earth says...
3:07pm Mon 21 Jan 13
stevegg says...
3:26pm Mon 21 Jan 13
fracker says...
3:40pm Mon 21 Jan 13
Motorhome owner says...
It's actually been thawing in the area round the school all day, there is less snow now than first thing this morning.
3:43pm Mon 21 Jan 13
Magic Steve says...
Rant over.
3:57pm Mon 21 Jan 13
Motorhome owner says...
4:04pm Mon 21 Jan 13
Magic Steve says...
4:12pm Mon 21 Jan 13
stevegg says...
4:32pm Mon 21 Jan 13
A mazing says...
5:20pm Mon 21 Jan 13
fracker says...
5:20pm Mon 21 Jan 13
fracker says...
5:22pm Mon 21 Jan 13
frankyboy says...
There are more variables to consider than just 'lazy' teachers, who probably have nothing to do with the decision to close anyway.
And I'm not a teacher!
5:38pm Mon 21 Jan 13
Motorhome owner says...
Now whatever other reasons there might be, this is one that is totally invalid and totally unacceptable. When any of us takes a job in the real world, part of our contract is to make sure we live close enough so that we can get to work whatever the weather conditions (remember, snow and ice in winter are normal in this country). That applies even more so for teachers, who can't simply take a day's annual leave when they don't turn up (something they know before they take the job). Any teacher who fails to get to work because of the distance between where they choose to live and to work should lose a day's pay and if they continue to default they should be dismissed.
6:22pm Mon 21 Jan 13
fracker says...
6:39pm Mon 21 Jan 13
Motorhome owner says...
As for the spurious compensation argument see my earlier comment - people need to take responsibility for themselves not simply pass the buck.
6:49pm Mon 21 Jan 13
fracker says...
7:03pm Mon 21 Jan 13
spragger says...
- The 'real' winter of 1963.
7:54pm Mon 21 Jan 13
IanfromCrook says...
It no longer seems a factor in deciding who gets a job Commuter Madness negatively impacts on lots of areas. Lack of job prospects then and now serves to fuel this madness as does the lack of decent affordable housing all over.
7:56pm Mon 21 Jan 13
Longbowman666 says...
And even if you did do as some of you say, did it make it right? Did your education benefit from this approach, or do you recall it with a less than nostalgic shiver?
I'm not a teacher. I am a parent, who does indeed believe that an education is vital, but reading some of the comments I've seen here makes me despair. Do you lot honestly believe that the decision to close a school is made just because the teachers want a day off? Oh, yes, I forgot, it's because they're lazy etc etc!
In case anyone hadn't noticed a very good example of why such decisions get made happened today. In Wales a school bus slid off the road and into a ditch, due to the snow / ice conditions. Luckily no-one was hurt, but the result could have well been very different. Think of the parents of those children when they were informed and how they must have felt, thinking the 'what if' scenario? What if they'd been injured? What if they'd died? What if the school had been closed, or I'd not let them go?
I might also add that even if the schools manage to open, don't you think that it should be the parents who should judge whether it is safe for their children to get to school, or safe to come back? Yes I want them educated, but I also want them safe.
And it is interesting to see how a viewpoint can alter depending upon the situation. On one hand you might read a headline that tells you of a person's struggle to get to work, and you might say 'well done, good for you'. Equally, if that person is reported as having to be rescued from a snowdrift by the emergency services you might say 'well, if they'd stopped at home that wouldn't have happened'
So, when you make such ill-informed and nostalgia driven judgements perhaps you might like to think a bit first. Yes, we know that nurses etc do go to great lengths to ensure their patients are looked after, but if they do become trapped by snow in a hospital then at least they are able to (and have done so) bed down there, with some resources. What resources would a teacher have, if they too can't get home?
Dickens's world was a long time ago and now resides in books...let it stay there!
8:33pm Mon 21 Jan 13
spragger says...
Parents are transporting them in CARS. Which teachers find difficult to drive.
They are sledging down hills slamming into each other, falling off, running into barbed wire in the fences.
Which is more 'dangerous'?
If we had a choice we would use our money, boycott the closed schools and pay for the ones who can bother to teach.
Never have so many been conned by so few.
- If they were not paid watch them turn up
8:37pm Mon 21 Jan 13
IanfromCrook says...
e. Do the staff live near........yes. Incidentally they have a very hot summer .. I would have mentioned Sweden, Iceland, Norway but the defence would be that these countries are used to it..
People do not want accidents happening but it is laughable to other countries that the UK falls apart. If the family and community is so important to politicians there actions over the last 35 years indicates the opposite.
9:30pm Mon 21 Jan 13
diga says...
10:44pm Mon 21 Jan 13
A mazing says...
10:48pm Mon 21 Jan 13
bishop1 says...
11:37pm Mon 21 Jan 13
Longbowman666 says...
There is, however, a world of difference between these things and a car / bus crash where the vehicles slide on snow and ice, or where pupils can't get to schools due to distance and become stranded. Ah, but in your day you all walked 5 miles in the terrible winter of 1963 (which as we all know was the only winter that we've ever really had...) and never had a day off (not even a sneaky one to play in the snow)
Today I battled through the snow both there and back (walking, as I don't drive) to the local primary school, (which had managed to open), with my nine year old daughter, in the teeth of a blizzard there and back. With the deluge of snow we've had today, I have now judged that even if, by some miracle the school opens, I will not be taking her, as today was hell enough for us both and I'm not willing to put her through that again. Does that make me lazy etc, or does it make me a sensible parent with a sense of responsibility?
A mazing - out of curiosity, did you ever ask the school if they would set work for them? My child was off ill and I asked them to do so, and they did.
Penalising teachers financially - so you advocate a system whereby even if the weather is atrocious that they must get in to work. And if that person has a serious accident on their way to work or coming back, because they are so scared of losing money, which results in their injury or death, then how would rate it a success?
As for the distance / work issue - once again the world has changed, Decades ago teachers in village schools did live in their locality, but not anymore, no more than all of the children do. There is no difference between them and any other person who has to travel a distance. Yes, I do agree that we can learn from other countries and how things are done, but this is now, not the past or the future, and people will cope as best they can, including the teachers!
8:37am Tue 22 Jan 13
glyn says...
I will tell you why.
Look on the social network and teachers are leaving comments cheering and laughing because they have the day (days) off.
This is just an excuse for a day off shopping or in the pub.
Please look before you reply deriding this comment.”
9:15am Tue 22 Jan 13
mark.wilkinson says...
Get on with it for gods sake. Our kids are going to grow up like real wimps.
Typical teachers taking the pi$$ again and going for the easy option. Another day off!....Ohh it's snowin,g let's shut the gates and go back to bed. Shirking fcukers that they are.
12:57pm Wed 23 Jan 13
burgardsi says...
1:02pm Wed 23 Jan 13
burgardsi says...
5:10pm Fri 25 Jan 13
robbiejay says...
I have teacher friends on social networking sites and they all rejoice when they get a day off.