news reporter 0livia richward filled me in on the situation in the north yorkshire town of pately bridgelutely freezing here and the slush is now ankle deep. well, people here in north yorkshire woke up to absolutely beautiful scenes. there was loads of snow. i live about half an hour away and we had about 2.5in. it was fantastic but it very soon turned to rain. and of course that's caused a lot of problems here in pateley bridge. we're in a valley and all of the roads out of this village are very steep. so this morning there were cars sliding all over the place and struggling and having to abandon their vehicles to come in and out of the village. things are an improving picture, at least as far as the roads are concerned. but the problem now is that it's solid rain and there's loads of slush underfoot, so the roads are still hazardous because there's big piles of slush and snow collecting in places and bits of flooding across the north. there has been some disruption. you talked about the cancellations, delays and diversions that have been taking place at newcastle airport. i understand

news reporter 0livia richward filled me in on the situation in the north yorkshire town of pately bridge freezing here and the slush is now ankle deep. well, people here in north yorkshire woke up to absolutely beautiful scenes. there was loads of snow. i live about half an hour away and we had about 2.5in. it was fantastic but it very soon turned to rain. and of course that's caused a lot of problems here in pateley bridge. we're in a valley and all of the roads out of this village are very steep. so this morning there were cars sliding all over the place and struggling and having to abandon their vehicles to come in and out of the village. things are an improving picture, at least as far as the roads are concerned. but the problem now is that it's solid rain and there's loads of slush underfoot, so the roads are still hazardous because there's big piles of slush and snow collecting in places and bits of flooding across the north. there has been some disruption. you talked about the cancellations, delays and diversions that have been taking place at newcastle airport. i understand that

news reporter 0livia richward filled me in on the situation in the north yorkshire town of pateley bridgely freezing here and the slush is now ankle—deep. well, people here in north yorkshire woke up to absolutely beautiful scenes. there was loads of snow. i live about half an hour away and we had about 2.5in. it was fantastic but it very soon turned to rain. and of course that's caused a lot of problems here in pateley bridge. we're in a valley and all of the roads out of this village are very steep. so this morning there were cars sliding all over the place and struggling and having to abandon their vehicles to come in and out of the village. things are an improving picture, at least as far as the roads are concerned. but the problem now is that its solid rain and there's loads of slush underfoot, so the roads are still hazardous because there's big piles of slush and snow collecting in places and bits of flooding. there's been some disruption. you talked about the cancellations, delays and diversions that have been taking place at newcastle airport. i understand that planes are now lan

let's speak to our news reporter 0livia richward who is in the town of pately bridge in north yorkshireing cold, give us a sense of what it is like across north yorkshire at the moment. yes, i have been waiting for you to come to me so i can take my hood off, you can understand why i did not take it off before, it is absolutely freezing and the slush is now ankle—deep. people here in north yorkshire woke up to absolutely beautiful scenes, loads of snow, i live about half an away and we had 2.5 inches and was fantastic but it soon turned to rain which has caused a lot of problems. here in pateley bridge we are in a valley and all the roads out of this village is very steep so there were cars sliding all over the place, struggling, and abandon their vehicles. it is an improving picture is at least as far as the roads are concerned. it is a solid rain with loads of slush underfoot so the roads are still hazardous because they're are big piles of slush and snow collecting in places and bits of flooding. across the north, there has been some disruption. we talked about the cancellations, del