HEAVY snow is set to make a return to parts of the region, including Darlington, this week as a yellow weather warning has been issued.

Parts of County Durham, Darlington and North Yorkshire, are set to see heavy snow fall for several hours on Thursday.

The warning, which will be in place from 4am tomorrow until 3pm, warns between two and five cm of snow could lie in some areas.

Meanwhile around ten to 15cm of snow could lie in higher areas, especially across North Yorkshire.

Map shows where is likely to be affected

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The Met Office has warned that some roads and rail services are likely to be affected with longer journey times by road, bus and train services.

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The latest warning is in addition to an alert for snow across West County Durham and North Yorkshire on Friday.

What forecasters have said about the weather warning

"A band of rain will move north on Thursday and turn to snow over high ground.

"Snow is likely to low levels at times, but will mostly settle over higher ground above 200 m with two to five cm likely quite widely, while some places above 300m may see ten to 15 cm.

"Less cold air following the snow could lead to some thawing and localised surface water flooding on a few roads."