![]() 'The conditions show that it is essential to be prepared if you are driving.' He urged drivers to check fuel levels and take warm clothing, a charged mobile phone, food and drink. Roads in Kent were also severely affected including the M2, and M20. 'Traffic is still severely delayed there this morning due to the continuous snow fall. Travel disruption is expected on motorways after there were several accidents, with drivers being urged to take care on major roads and not travel unless essential, as the AA said the number of breakdown calls it is receiving is 25 per cent higher than normal.ĪA president Edmund King said: 'Many drivers were stranded or severely delayed on the northern section of the M25 last night between London Colney and the M11. Mr Stanton urged people to take care near lakes amid the freezing temperatures that have swept across the UK today, saying it was 'really important' people contacted emergency services as quickly as possible.Ī primary school in the area said it had closed the school 'due to the incident at Babbs Mill', and asked people to 'keep all those affected in your prayers at this difficult time'. He told BBC's Radio 4 Today programme: 'Initial reports stated that there were up to six people that had gone into the water and so search operations have continued throughout yesterday and will continue today to search the entirety of the lake.' 'I had no choice but to leave the van last as I just wasn't going anywhere.' The council should have gritted the roads more. 'The roads still look bad but not as dangerous as last night. But I now have a job to do in Crawley and so have to get going. 'I don't live far and so walked back home. He said: 'I left the van on a driveway with the homeowner's permission. Workman Dennis Stephens, 52, was one of those motorists who had to abandon his van when the weather became too bad. There were cars sliding and wheel spinning all over my street this morning and last night motorists were just leaving their vehicles at the side of the road. It's a tough walk as it's uphill and there's a lot of slush and ice everywhere. 'I live at the bottom of the hill and my office is in the town centre at the top. ![]() Many of the roads were left impassable with abandoned cars left stuck in the snow.Īccountant Cournell Warmington, 33, said: 'This is the biggest snowfall we've had in about ten years or more. The hill-top town is one of the highest points in East Sussex and was blanketed in snow after a five-hour deluge yesterday. Meanwhile, commuters in snow-hit Crowborough struggled into work this morning. ‘We’ll get to London, but is just hassle and not the best or relaxed journey we’d hoped’. Jeff Arland and his wife Anne were hoping to travel to meet friends in central London.īusiness manager Jeff said: ‘No one’s to blame but we do seem to grind to a half with any bad weather in this country. Inside many commuters stared up at the electronic notice board relaying the departure times only to see their trains to London had been cancelled or delayed. South West Trains were reduced to one train every 30 minutes to London Waterloo instead of every 10 minutes.Ĭommuters were greeted at the station with a sign warning of delays due to power failures.īut there were also numerous sign warning of further disruption- this time industrial action on December 13. Staff at the south west London station said only two trains on the District Line into London had run in two hours. Commuters faced a travel nightmare into the capital with almost all trains from Richmond cancelled due to power failures.
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