Snow closes school
PUPILS at St John's Primary School, Wetley Rocks have been given a day off after the winter weather forced the school to close.
Across Staffordshire motorists have faced long delays as they negotiated snow covered roads.
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Last night gritters were out through the night on roads across Staffordshire and Cheshire following a severe weather warning from the Met Office.
Up to five centimetres of heavy snow is expected today in parts of the Midlands and Cheshire following flurries and icy temperatures yesterday.
In Stoke-on-Trent, nine gritters were dispatched at 6pm last night to cover A and B roads and major bus routes.
Cheshire County Council's 35-vehicle fleet of gritters started work on all routes across the county at 4pm yesterday.
Staffordshire County Council's 55-strong fleet was also on the road.
The lowest temperature was -4C last night. Today's temperature is expected to reach 3C.
2 Comments
by Jeff Jackson, Essex
Tuesday, December 02 2008, 1:42PM
“Comical it really is. I l;ived in Canada for 2 years, I woke many times in the winter to minus 40 and snow up to 3 feet high over night. Amazingly schools stayed open we were all expected to be at work. We are really a pathetic weak nation”
by lexicon2, stoke on trent
Tuesday, December 02 2008, 9:29AM
“WHAT !!!! OMG school closes because of a hard frost .... oh and some 'flurries' I cannot believe it ... lets have another day off”