Nottinghamshire wakes to a blanket of snow

Nottinghamshire has woken to a blanket of white after several hours of heavy snow. The first flakes began falling at about 5.45pm on Boxing Day and continued until the early hours of the morning. As the skies clear on Saturday and temperatures plunge, the Met Office is warning the snow could soon turn to ice. It has issued a yellow weather warning, urging people to be prepared. The chief weather forecaster said: "Following the overnight rain, sleet and snow, clearing skies will allow surfaces to fall below freezing. "This will lead to icy stretches developing on untreated surfaces and the risk of treacherous driving conditions, especially where wet snow cover freezes." The weather caused several delays on the roads on Boxing Day, and many transport services are still suffering on Saturday morning. NCT buses says all services are experiencing delays, and the following diversions are in place: Lilac 25 is diverted via Mansfield Road and Woodthorpe Drive and is not serving Breck Hill Road or Thackeray's Lane Lilac 27 is running between City and Carlton Square only and not serving Cavendish Road or Coningswath Road. Pink 28 is running between City and Burnside Green only in Bilborough and not serving Birchover Road or Stotfield Road. Blue 39 is running a one way loop from City through Thorneywood, Porchester Road, Woodborough Road to the City. Customers on Gordon Road, Thorneywood Mount an Porchester Road need to cross the road to catch the bus to the City. Blue 40, 42 are running between City and St Ann's (Kildare Road) only and are not continuing to Sherwood or City Hospital Red 43 is running between City and Cardale Road roundabout only and is not serving Oakdale Road or Bakersfield loop Red 44 is unable to serve Gedling or Gedling Village. Buses will run between City and Main Road then via Westdale Lane to terminate at Holyoake Road. Arnold Lane not being served. Sky Blue 45 is running between City and Holyoake Road only and is not serving Shelford Road or Wollaton Avenue terminus in Gedling Sky Blue 47, 47A are suspended and will not run until further notice. Lime Line 58 is diverted via Beechwood Road and Coppice Road and is not serving stops on Birchfield Road, Homefield Avenue, Surgeys Lane or Church Street

Lime 56 is unable to serve Gedling Road, Whitby Crescent, Somersby Road part of route due to an abandoned car. Direct via Arno Vale Road.

— Nottm City Transport (@NCT_Buses) December 27, 2014

As the snow quickly settled on Boxing Day night, several drivers found themselves in difficulty and were forced to abandon their cars or push them to the side of the road. Other drivers found themselves stuck in long traffic jams, including on the A610 and on the A611 Annesley bypass.

Traffic chaos in Nottingham this evening as heavy snow hits central England pic.twitter.com/QUh55u2kgu

— Tom m (@MaddickTom) December 27, 2014