lincolnshire police had 39 weather related incidents this morning.they have got extra things in place such as hiring and axa. the council has been doing lots to prepare. i have been in the council control room and they are monitoring things closely, even to the extent that tomorrow morning they are going to set up an emergency planning room and that is where all the emergency services will come together, so that they can coordinate a response, should they need to. because schools, social ca re need to. because schools, social care could be disrupted in the coming days. also, they are taking into consideration the fact that the homeless are amongst the most vulnerable here. and local charities are saying they are doing all they can to help and support these people with extra blankets and food ad offering shelter. but there is a worry here amongst the authorities that this might take people by surprise. there is a morning to night to people to be prepared. thank you. we will be keeping a close watch on how this situation develops. if you wa nt how this

lincolnshire police dealt with 20 accidents in a three hour period. people died in a collision on the a15, and a schoolbus veered off the road elsewhere. in essex, a car passenger filmed 17 damaged or abandoned vehicles alongside the a120 close to colchester. in kent, where the county council had declared a snow emergency, gritters worked flat out to cover as many roads as possible. but traffic overnight meant salt couldn't do its work. by the time the morning commute began, accidents and ice had closed a series of routes. drivers posted video images of the m20, where all traffic was brought to north of maidstone. up to ten centimetres of snow fell across kent, surrey and east sussex, where farmers helped to keep minor roads open. more than 300 schools were closed. across the eastern counties, traffic called and travellers waited for news on cancelled rail services. 0perators had run empty trains through the night to keep the tracks open, but for a while the snow defeated them. temperatures are falling again. travelling will remain unpredictable and h

lincolnshire police dealt with 20 accidents in a three hour period.people died in a collision on the a15, and a schoolbus beard of the a15, and a schoolbus beard of the road elsewhere. in essex, a car passenger filmed 17 damaged or abandoned vehicles alongside the a120 close to colchester. in kent, where the county council had declared a snow emergency, gritters worked flat out to cover as many roads as possible. but like traffic overnight meant salt couldn't do its work. by the time the morning commute began, accidents and ice had closed a series of routes. tribe is posted video images of m20, where all traffic was brought to north of maidstone. —— drivers. up to ten centimetres of snow fell across kent, sorry and east sussex, where farmers helped to keep minor roads open. more than 300 schools were closed. this village was completely cut off for a time as ice and compacted snow stranded cars and lorries. some of the locals here have been helping people move cars off the main roads, it has been very icy, and the sun has not had time to hit it, so, ye

we know about lincolnshire police and they were dealing with a number of issues this morning. f plenty of time to travel. the concern is that with ice on the roads and further snow predicted, conditions are likely to get worse. that is the situation here in north yorkshire, let's go down to ethics. let's go down to sx. probably around half the normal numberof trains running probably around half the normal number of trains running down to london. that will of had a serious impact, why giving that conditions are not as bad as expected. that is because network rail had to make decisions based on forecast. they did not want to run the risk of trains full of people becoming stuck in snowdrifts, for example, in the moat locations that no one could get to. they took the decision to offer the service they felt the infrastructure could cope with. trains do not cope well with low temperatures as points can freeze and signals can fail and trains need to run more slowly. going forward, greater anglia who won trains from here and othertrain greater anglia who won trains from here and other

lincolnshire police dealt with 20 accidents in a three—hour period.oad are deepening saintjames. in essex, a car passenger filmed 17 damaged or abandoned vehicles alongside the a120 close to colchester. in kent where the county council had declared a snow emergency, grifters worked flat out to cover as many roads as possible but like traffic overnight meant salt couldn‘t do its work and by the time the morning commute began, accidents and ice had closed a series of routes. drivers posted video images of the m20 where traffic was brought to a halt north of maidstone and the weald. up to ten centimetres of snow fell across kent, surrey and east sussex where farmers helped to keep minor roads open. more than 300 schools were closed. the village of leeds was com pletely closed. the village of leeds was completely is cut off a time as ice and compacted snow was stranded cars and compacted snow was stranded cars and lorries. across the eastern counties, traffic crawled and travellers waited for news on cancelled rail services. operators have run empty train

we are hearing reports of a series of crashes on the roads in the north and east, lincolnshire policesome part of the country where you might be waking up and you have no snow, as there could be nothing for the next few hours. but there are certain part of the uk which are really feeling the bite of the beast from the east this morning. there are a number of amber warnings, we will keep you up—to—date. we will try to make sure you are prepared. when sue walklett‘s mum gwen had to move into a care home nearly four years ago, sue described the process as isolating and devastating. now, a survey has found choosing adult social care is one of the most stressful life events any of us will face. sue is with us on the sofa and we are also joined from london by andrea sutcliffe from the care quality commission, which carried out the survey. we will come to you in a moment. first of all, sue, tell us your experience and in terms of what we're hearing, why was it such a difficult decision for you to make? mum, my father passed away and he was her carer. it was all very traumatic, we weren't exp

on the roads there have been problems on the m62, lincolnshire police dealt with five collisions before problems will come later tonight, as you can see, a fair amount of snow already but as the temperatures drop and fall below freezing, that is when it will form and the concern is that that will mean there will be more tricky conditions for tomorrow morning, especially as more snow falls, as is forecast overnight. that amber weather warning expired about 11am this morning but we did not have quite as much snow as was anticipated but nonetheless, conditions are less than ideal and as the temperatures drop tonight there is concern about the rush hour tomorrow morning. as far as we know, here in yorkshire and least, several schools are closed, several hundreds of schools, but people are going about their business as much as they can all be trying circumstances. phil bodmer, thank you. heavy snowfall is hitting parts of the uk, causing road and rail disruption in many areas. one of the worst affected is kent, where our correspondent robert hall said there is disruption on the roads and rai

night to clear the rails. 0n the roads, merseyside police, the northwest motorway police and lincolnshire policeort accidents on treacherous surfaces and they are warning drivers to take extra care. snow continuing to fall here in sta mford snow continuing to fall here in stamford bridge. my colleague robert hall is in ashford in kent. yes, we are right alongside the m20 so yes, we are right alongside the m20 so first of all, straight to sambadrome pictures we shot about an hour ago to give you the general situation, about five centimetres of si'iow situation, about five centimetres of show on situation, about five centimetres of snow on the ground, just like in yorkshire, it is coming and going. kent county council declared what they called a snow emergency yesterday, which basically meant they got every available gritting truck on the road and they alerted farmers with snowploughs so the country roads were covered. broadly, the region's roads are running but we have had difficulties on the m2, the m20, the a249 which isjust to the m20, the a249 which isjust to the south—east of london at the n

the police have been busy in lincolnshire, three people died in a crash between a car and a lorry. half a dozen accidents before 6:30am. there have been reports from merseyside police dealing with collisions on icy surfaces and on the m 62, the northwest medway police have had a busy day. if you are heading to the airport, regionalairports busy day. if you are heading to the airport, regional airports are operating but the airlines advise is to check in early if you can and allow extra time for yourjourney from home to the airport. here in yorkshire, several hundred schools are closed today. the disruption wasn't perhaps as bad as initially anticipated but nonetheless with more snow anticipated tonight, conditions could deteriorate and drivers are being warned to take extra ca re. phil bodmer in levisham in north yorkshire. ben ando is in colchester in essex. how much disruption has there been there? there has been a fair amount. greater anglia who run trains from this station into london normally packed with rush—hour commuters were running barely half the number of services. the s

ground it has been a much less pretty picture for drivers, with police reporting scores of accidents across the country. in lincolnshirewas teesside yesterday. they have seen some was teesside yesterday. they have seen some of the heaviest snowfall. with more expected today, many schools are likely to stay closed. when i was younger the snow was a lot thicker and we could get in. wwe the teachers cannot get in in this area, because of the outlying villages that teachers come from. for the homeless, in central london, it was another tough night. temperatures down to —10 degrees in some parts and feeling much colder in the wind. the elderly too are vulnerable. in hull, extra staff at meals on wheels services have been brought in to deliver hot food. meals on wheels services have been brought in to deliver hot foodlj cannot brought in to deliver hot food.|j cannot get out to get meals and things. it isjust cannot get out to get meals and things. it is just wonderful. cannot get out to get meals and things. it isjust wonderful. the only complaint i have is they never bring you a drop of brandy! over the next few days, that

police reported dozens of accidents. these images are from the a120 in colchester, littered with damaged and abandoned vehicles. in lincolnshirepeople died in a collision on the a15 near baston. elsewhere, school children escaped unhurt when their bus veered off the road. across the worst affected southern counties, traffic crawled and journeys lengthened. as is always the case, the greater hazards lie away from main roads, where there is less traffic and the snow has had time to settle and freeze. that has brought a series of accidents which began before dawn, it has disrupted bus services and caused the closure of dozens services and caused the closure of d oze ns of services and caused the closure of dozens of schools. the village of leeds near maidstone was complete the cut off for a time as ice and compacted snow stranded cars and lorries. landlord jason tharp helped to clear the road. you have seen the forecast, are you worried about the rest of the week? yes, it will be the same tomorrow, and thursday evening as well. it will be the same again. norfolk also saw school closures. at mulbarton primary school, the head teac

you mentioned in north lincolnshire, in leave there are fantastic examples of technical education, building colleges, and greater manchester policeogrammes themselves might get some 1 grand c - behind going on into the grand ideas behind what this report is talking about? that is the important question. the report has for quite a lot of money, —— asks for quite a lot of funny, i‘m not sure it will be found. if we look at how education is run and how further education colleges especially are run, the funding streams are incredibly complicated. they, i think i have been cut in the last recent years. it is an hard to figure out where mer‘e , — last recent years. it is an hard to figure out where mene is , — last recent years. it is an hard to figure out where mene is going , — last recent years. it is an hard to figure out where mene is going in , — we “2:2, {4.5 the - ,, w- . ,, ,,